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Flowserve's Employee Data Protection Policy guides the company's conduct regarding the collection and use of all personal information about employees, employee family members and applicants, customers and suppliers when it is conducting company business, including, but not limited to, the provision of appropriate career opportunities, pay programs, and benefits to employees.
Employee and Customer Data Protection Policy
Revised January 1st, 2014.
Flowserve's Employee Data Protection Policy guides the company's conduct regarding the collection and use of all personal information about employees, employee family members and applicants, customers and suppliers when it is conducting company business, including, but not limited to, the provision of appropriate career opportunities, pay programs, and benefits to employees.
Flowserve's Employee Data Protection Policy covers the collection, processing, transmission and electronic and manual storage of personal data pertaining to any Flowserve customer, supplier, employee or candidate for employment in all of its domestic and international offices, subsidiaries and affiliates. This includes personal data that is transferred across international borders or that is shared with any entity affiliated with Flowserve. The obligations, restrictions and procedures outlined in this policy apply to all Flowserve personnel and third party service providers, even if local laws are less restrictive.
For the purposes of this policy, "personal data" or "personal information" is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person, including without limitation such person's name, date of birth, personal home address, home telephone number, work experience and biometric data (i.e. photographs and fingerprints). For the purposes of this policy, "sensitive personal data" includes, among other things, an individual's racial or ethnic origin, religious beliefs, trade-union membership, social security number or other national identification number, medical or health conditions and other similar types of sensitive personal data.
Flowserve collects, processes, stores and transmits applicant and employee-related personal information through the use of two automated processes. First, when appropriate, Flowserve relies on local, in-country personal data management systems for maintaining payroll, benefits, and other routine personal information needs. In such cases, personal data pertaining to an employee or a candidate for employment is ordinarily processed and stored in the country that is the place of employment. In some cases, a regional office may process personal data for several countries. In the second instance, Flowserve uses automated systems and databases to consolidate division-wide or company-wide information pertaining to employees and candidates for employment on a global basis. In this case, personal data may be transferred to another country, including the United States. Because Flowserve is a global company headquartered in the United States, the use of this system necessitates our transfer of aggregate and individual employee data, which could include sensitive personal data (to the extent permitted by applicable local law), through the computers and electronic systems of Flowserve in the United States and, when applicable, to certain Flowserve service providers, under conditions described in this policy. However, Flowserve Corporation has self-certified with the U.S. Department of Commerce and is a member of its "Safe Harbor" regime, which requires Flowserve Corporation to provide an adequate level of privacy protection that fulfils the standards of the EU Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC (the "Directive"). Accordingly, personal data transmissions from Europe to Flowserve Corporation in the United States are permissible under the Directive.
Flowserve may also collect certain limited personal data relating to its customers and suppliers. This is limited to names and contact details such as telephone number or email address. Customer and supplier personal data will be stored in our customer record management systems.
Maintaining the security and confidentiality of personal and sensitive personal data pertaining to our customers, suppliers, employees and applicants is very important to Flowserve. Flowserve has designed its personal data management systems to protect that data. Records pertaining to customers, suppliers and employees can only be used for legitimate employment-related and business-related purposes and to provide information to government entities and third parties when required by applicable laws. This data will not be used for other purposes without the consent of the person to whom the records pertain. Flowserve's records containing personal data are maintained securely so that no one has access to them except designated Flowserve personnel.
Flowserve has established a process for Flowserve's customers, suppliers and employees to review their personal and sensitive personal data in employee records. If an employee wishes to review this information, he or she should contact their local human resources manager. Flowserve employees may correct their data if any of the records are inaccurate or out-of-date.
Flowserve prescribes certain specific purposes for which personal and sensitive personal data regarding customers, suppliers and employees are to be used as well as who will have access to the information, the procedures to be used by employees to access their own individual files and to make corrections and the security measures established to protect employee-related data.
Flowserve processes and transfers to other countries, including the United States, personal and (subject to applicable local law) sensitive personal data from prospective, current and past employees, including self-employed and contract personnel, secondees, temporary staff, and voluntary workers for a variety of administrative purposes. These administrative purposes may include, among others, recruitment, recording of working time, administration and payment of wages, salaries, pensions and other benefits with deductions, employee assessment and training, negotiation or communication with employees, staffing and career planning, compliance with company policy and/or legislation in relation to health, safety and other employment matters, as well as analysis for management purposes and legally-mandated filings and returns. Examples of the most common uses of personal data include:
- Job Applicants. Flowserve collects personal data from job applicants as part of the process of assessing the suitability of candidates for a vacancy within the organization, and to determine offers of employment to applicants who are selected for opportunities with the company.
- Employees. Flowserve collects personal data about employees as needed for the supervision, management and remuneration (or compensation) of employees, to develop and maintain the employment relationship and to support Flowserve's development of appropriately skilled staff. This information may also be used to contact employees when absent from the office, in producing tax returns, assessing employees' training and development needs, planning promotions, administering retirement plans to which employees contribute and from which they may benefit, providing internal directories for use by employees in communicating with one another for business purposes and other similar activities.
- Post-Employment. Flowserve maintains personal data about former employees to the extent permitted by applicable local data protection law. Flowserve uses this information to provide residual employment-related services to the former employee, such as job references, processing applications for re-employment, matters relating to pensions, retirement scheme payments or healthcare insurance or reimbursement, as well as other activities.
In addition to routine personal data processing, Flowserve may to the extent permitted by applicable data protection law transfer human resources data to its offices in other countries, including the United States, for other employment-related purposes including, but not limited to:
- Providing healthcare services such as preventive medical care programs, medical diagnosis, other health-related care or treatment or the management of health-care services.
- Processing data relating to offences, criminal convictions or security measures, if authorized under applicable local laws.
- Processing necessary for the performance of a contract to which the employee or candidate for employment is a party, or to act upon a request of the employee or candidate for employment prior to entering into a contract.
- Processing necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which Flowserve is subject.
- Processing necessary to protect the vital interests of the employee or employment candidate.
- Processing necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest subject to applicable laws.
- Processing for other purposes consented to by the employee or candidate for employment.
Flowserve may store personal data limited personal data relating to its customers and suppliers in its systems and databases, for marketing, fulfillment, procurement and invoicing purposes. This personal data is not transferred out of the European Economic Area.
Flowserve will process sensitive personal data pertaining to employees only if: (i) it is necessary to meet the obligations and specific rights of Flowserve under applicable employment laws, insofar as national laws authorize such processing; (ii) it is necessary to protect the vital interests of the employee or of another person under circumstances where the employee is physically or legally incapable of giving consent; (iii) it is required under applicable national law for the purposes of preventive medicine, medical diagnosis, or the provision of care or treatment or the management of health-care services by healthcare professionals or other persons subject to national laws or rules relating to professional secrecy; (iv) the employee has given his or her explicit consent to the processing of such sensitive personal data, unless such consent is not sufficient under the laws of the country in which such employee is located; (v) the sensitive personal data is manifestly made public by the employee; or (vi) processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.
Flowserve will not, other than in exceptional circumstances, process sensitive personal data pertaining to customers or suppliers.
Personal and sensitive personal data supplied by Flowserve's employees may be shared with Flowserve's insurers, bankers, consultants, legal representatives, human resource consultants, healthcare providers and other third parties that provide services to Flowserve and/or Flowserve's employees and their family members. Retirement fund managers and personnel and, in some countries, relevant labor organizations, may also be provided data. In addition, Flowserve provides personal employee-related information to government organizations when so required by law. Such legal requirements may include the preparation of tax-related material, pension-related material, responses to summonses or other legal processes, compliance with labor and employment laws, or as elsewhere required under local law.
Flowserve may require third-party service providers to perform data processing or other services involving employee data, such as human resource consulting. All third-party service providers who will have access to personal and sensitive personal data must enter into written contracts with Flowserve requiring them to limit their processing of the data to the purposes set forth in Flowserve's Employee Data Protection Policy and only as authorized by Flowserve. Under these contracts, service providers will be required to maintain the same level of protection and security regarding personal and sensitive personal data as that provided by Flowserve itself. Service providers will also be required by these contracts to retain the data only for as long as it is necessary to carry out the services requested by Flowserve. Upon completing these services, service providers will be required to return the data contained in manually processed files to Flowserve and to expunge all personal and sensitive personal data stored on their electronic files.
In certain limited circumstances, third-party service providers may be permitted to use non-personally identifiable employee data in the form of aggregate or statistical data for surveys, research, or similar purposes.
Every Flowserve job applicant, employee, and former employee may request access to his or her personal records and may correct, amend or delete personal and sensitive personal data that pertains to him or her which is incorrect or outdated. Such requests, as well as any enquiries or complaints, should be referred to Human Resources. Human Resources can also provide assistance in contacting the Data Protection Officer. Flowserve will respond to each request within a reasonable time frame and in accordance with any period specified by applicable data protection law so as to provide appropriate access to personal and sensitive personal data and the ability to correct such data. The Company will require individuals to provide sufficient information to allow Flowserve to confirm their identity before granting them access to their data. If Human Resources is unable to help you, you can contact the Flowserve Data Protection Officer at Flowserve Corporation, 5215 North O'Connor Boulevard, Suite 2300, Irving, Texas 75039 USA. You can also reach the Data Protection Officer by leaving a message on the Flowserve Ethics Hotline, where available.
Flowserve may make certain exceptions to this access in cases involving internal investigations, law enforcement, or other legal restrictions to the extent permitted by applicable law. In addition, access may be denied or limited (in accordance with applicable data protection law) in cases, including, without limitation, where (i) the burden or expense of providing access would be disproportionate to the risks to the employee's privacy; (ii) the privacy of persons other than the person making the request would be violated; (iii) it would interfere with law enforcement, private legal causes of action, a legal or other professional privilege or obligation, future or ongoing mergers and acquisition negotiations or employee succession planning. If Flowserve is unable to provide access to an employee's personal or sensitive personal data, it will provide the individual requesting access with an explanation of why it has made that determination and a contact point for further enquiries.
Flowserve may be required by applicable law to take reasonable steps to prevent the loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration and destruction of personal data and has established the following practices to protect the security and integrity of such data:
- Access to personal data, including actual processing, is strictly restricted to those Flowserve persons or service providers who have a defined "need to know" and/or "need to use" function.
- Flowserve staff and service providers who access and/or process personal data are required to maintain the security and confidentiality of this data through Flowserve's Code of Business Conduct or U.S. Department of Commerce "Safe Harbor" Guidelines.
- If protocols are breached, Flowserve will take appropriate investigative and enforcement action against staff who have violated the terms and conditions of their confidentiality responsibility. In addition, Flowserve will where required by law, notify those whose personal data has been breached.
- Flowserve electronic data systems have security features to protect confidential information. These include the use of account names and passwords, audit trails and prohibitions against unauthorized use. Only authorized personnel are allowed to modify security settings.
- Flowserve requires that all electronic files containing personal data be secured and it forbids the removal of that data from the Company's premises, unless such removal has been determined by Flowserve as being necessary for the performance of a legitimate data processing or business purpose provided for in this policy.
Flowserve limits its processing and use of personal and sensitive personal data to those purposes relevant for human resources program and process management as outlined in this policy. Flowserve is committed to ensuring that its personal and sensitive personal data is reliable, accurate, complete and current. Flowserve relies on its current and former employees and employment candidates, as well as any providers of services to these individuals, as the primary source of their personal data. Accordingly, Flowserve has a legitimate expectation that these sources will provide personal data to Flowserve that is reliable, accurate and current.
Flowserve retains personal and sensitive personal data for as long as is reasonably necessary to fulfill Flowserve's legitimate business needs and will take reasonable care in the destruction of documents containing persona data. Flowserve will collect store and process employee data lawfully. Flowserve will make reasonable efforts to ensure the accuracy of personal data. Flowserve will only authorize the transfer of personal data when such a transfer is lawfully permitted.
Flowserve informs employees and candidates for employment of the Data Protection Policy by posting an electronic version of this policy on Passport, Flowserve's Intranet website.
If, as a job candidate or current or former employee, you become aware of any violation of this Policy, including any breach of Flowserve's security measures pertaining to personal and sensitive personal data, please contact Flowserve's Data Protection Compliance Officer via the Flowserve Ethics Hotline, where available. If necessary, you may (where permitted by local law) anonymously notify the Data Protection Officer by writing to Data Protection Officer, Flowserve, 5215 North O'Connor Boulevard, Suite 2300, Irving, Texas 75039. The Data Protection Officer will investigate and resolve individual complaints and disputes and will execute procedures for verifying compliance with Flowserve's Data Privacy Policy. If the Data Protection Officer determines that a privacy breach has occurred as the result of an employee or service provider's negligence or intentional misconduct, Flowserve will impose appropriate sanctions, including suspending or terminating such employee/service provider. Flowserve has also established an appeals procedure for individuals whose data has been mishandled and/or who are not satisfied with the investigation results or determinations of the Data Protection Officer. In order to initiate an appeal, individuals should contact Flowserve's Chief Compliance Officer at 5215 North O'Connor Boulevard, Suite 2300, Irving, Texas 75039. Anonymous complaints can also be submitted via the Flowserve Ethics Hotline, where available.
As a member of "Safe Harbor", Flowserve has agreed to co-operate with European Data Protection Authorities. These Authorities can investigate and provide independent recourse in instances where Flowserve's internal recourse mechanisms fail to redress a privacy breach affecting the personal data of European individuals. Employees are encouraged to exhaust all of Flowserve's in-house enforcement mechanisms prior to involving European Data Protection Authorities in these matters.
Flowserve Corporation complies with the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Framework as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of personal information from European Union member countries. Flowserve Corporation has certified that it adheres to the Safe Harbor Privacy Principles of notice, choice, onward transfer, security, data integrity, access, and enforcement. To learn more about the Safe Harbor program, and to view Flowserve Corporation's certification, please visit http://www.export.gov/safeharbor/.
Web Site Privacy
What This Policy Covers
This policy covers how we at Flowserve treat personal information that we collect and receive through our Web site. Personal information is information about you that is personally identifiable like your name, address, email address, or phone number, and that is not otherwise publicly available.
We are committed to protecting your information. We want your experience as a visitor to our Web site to be safe, secure, and valuable. We believe that helping you feel comfortable with our information practices will contribute to your ability to effectively use our Web site.
We will not share your name, email address, or any other information provided on our Web site with other people or nonaffiliated companies except to provide products or services that you have requested. You are also free to request that we delete any information that you have submitted.
How Information is Used
We use information collected on the Web site to fulfill your requests for product, services, support, contact you, conduct research, and provide anonymous reporting for internal and external clients.
We limit access to personal information about you to employees who we believe reasonably need to come into contact with that information to provide products, services, or support to you or in order to do their jobs.
We have physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that comply with federal regulations to protect personal information about you.
Information Automatically Collected by our Web sites
Our servers automatically collect certain non-personally identifiable information, such as your computer's IP address, the type of browser in use, and pages viewed, when you visit our Web site. We use this information to understand how visitors navigate through our Web site, to enhance your experience while using our Web site, and to make the materials we post as valuable to visitors as possible. We do not link this information to personally identifiable information on our Web site.
Changes in this Privacy Statement
If we change this privacy statement in ways that affect the personally identifiable information we have collected through our Web site, we will post those changes in this space to advise you of choices you may have as a result of those changes. We will also post a notice on our home page that this privacy statement has changed.
Questions and Compliance
If you have any questions about information submitted you can contact us to discuss our Web site and how we use the information that we gather, or if for any reason you feel that we have not completely complied with this privacy statement, please email us at email@example.com.


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ATHENS, Greece -- National Bank of Greece, the debt-crippled country's biggest lender by assets, on Friday announced a public offer to merge with its largest domestic competitor, Eurobank.
NBG said in a statement that the proposal called for Eurobank shareholders to receive 58 new shares for every 100 that they own. Eurobank CEO Nikolaos Nanopoulos said his bank's board would examine the proposal "in a constructive spirit."
Greek banks are under pressure to merge after experiencing severe damage from the three-year-old financial crisis and a major write-down in the country's debt earlier this year.
"Today's public offer aims to create a broader banking group in Greece that will ... stabilize the Greek banking system and provide the necessary financing to support Greece's economic recovery," NBG chairman George Zannias said in a statement.
NBG said that together, the two lenders would have deposits of (EURO)87.9 billion ($114.3 billion), loans of (EURO)109.7 billion ($142.6 billion) and a network of 925 branches in Greece.
Earlier Friday, Greek stock market authorities temporarily suspended trading in the two banks following media reports that a merger was possible.
Anticipation of a deal fuelled a strong rally on the Athens stock market, with the benchmark general share index closing 5.05 percent up. The bank sector posted gains of nearly 10 percent.
Shortly before the decision, NBG and Eurobank shares were up 4.5 and 5.5 percent, respectively.

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This year's version of GT Academy once again blurs the line between virtual racing and real racing as it takes a crop of gamer wannabes and turns them into actual race car drivers. It's not a dream. It's the future. And you can win it even if you're a Vegas showgirl.
For the uninitiated, GT Academy gives anyone with a PS3 and a copy of the latest Gran Turismo demo a chance to compete in a time trial that leads to a reality show on Spike TV that eventually leads to a real seat in a real race car. It's not how Mario Andretti did it, but you're not Mario Andretti.
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- Main article: Military duty status
A reservist is a person who is a member of a military reserve force. They are otherwise civilians, and in peacetime have careers outside the military. Reservists usually go for training on an annual basis to refresh their skills. This person is usually a former active-duty member of the armed forces, and he remains a reservist either voluntarily, or by obligation. In some countries such as Israel, Singapore, Serbia and Switzerland, reservists are conscripted soldiers who are called up for training and service when necessary.
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Template:Expand section Historically reservists first played a significant role in Europe after the Prussian defeat in the Battle of Jena-Auerstedt. On 9 July 1807 in the Treaty of Tilsit, Napoleon forced Prussia to drastically reduce its military strength, in addition to ceding large amounts of territory. The Prussian army could no longer be stronger than 42,000 men.
The Krümpersystem, introduced to the Prussian army by the military reformer Gerhard von Scharnhorst, arranged for giving recruits a short period of training, which in the event of war could be considerably expanded. With this the reduction of the army's strength did not have the desired effect, and in the following wars Prussia was able to draw up a large number of trained soldiers. By the time of the Second Reich reservists were already being given so-called 'war arrangements' following the completion of their military service, which contained exact instructions relating to the conduct of reservists in time of war.
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- Main article: Canadian Forces Primary Reserve
Germany Edit
Every conscript which has served at least a day in the Bundeswehr is a reservist, unless he is declared ineligible for military service or has made a claim of conscientious objection. Soldiers of enlisted ranks with a limited contract (either 4, 8 or 12 years) or professional soldiers, who have filled their tour of duty, are likewise part of the reserve. This is also the case for women, but on the basis of the Soldatengesetz (Eng: Soldier Bill), not the Wehrpflichtgesetz (Conscription Bill). Every soldier follows his rank with the initials "d.R." ("der Reserve" - "in the reserve"). So it does not affect whether the soldier is called up, placed in an inactive formation, or not. Only professional soldiers use the appellation "a.D.d.R" ("außer Dienst, der Reserve" - "out of service, in the reserve") after the end of their service. All others (part-time soldiers and conscripts) strictly use "d.R." until the end of their lives.
Reservists are an integral part of the Bundeswehr. They are essential for the capability of the armed forces in time of war.
Reservists can be active in the Bundeswehr in addition to their mandatory service. This mostly happens through (mostly voluntarily) military exercises or official events. Apart from that the Bundeswehr organises reservist unions as particularly representative supporting organisations of "voluntarily reservist work".
Eligibility for compulsory military service for soldiers and other servicemen of low rank ends at the end of the 45th year of age. Thereafter the conscript is no longer part of the reserve. Despite that the appellations "a.D." and/or "d.R." may still be used. Conscription for under-officers and officers lasts until the 60th year of age. Until the 32nd year of age every conscript is subject to military inspection.
Recognised conscientious objectors, who have competed their civil service, are nonetheless part of the reserve and in the event of war will be given a suitable non-combatant role outside the Bundeswehr, such as emergency medical services, clearing debris or minesweeping.
All conscripts who have not done their service belong to the Ersatzreserve (replacement reserve).
- Main article: National Service in Singapore
All male able-bodied Singapore citizens and second-generation permanent residents upon reaching the age of 18 are required to serve National Service. They serve a two-year period as Full Time National Servicemen (NSFs), assigned to the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF), Singapore Police Force (SPF), or the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF).
When a conscript completes his full time service, he is considered to be "operationally ready", and is thereafter known as an Operationally-Ready National Serviceman (NSman). NSmen are the equivalent of other militaries' reservists. The difference in nomenclature is because these NSmen will form the bulk of the Singapore Armed Forces in times of war. The term Operationally-Ready National Servicemen conveys more importance than the reservists. Similarly, Operationally-Ready NSmen of the SPF and SCDF are available to be called on in time of need.
Reservistas voluntarios (Volunteer reservists) provide the Spanish armed forces branches of qualified professionals essentially required for each army. After four weeks of training the reservists acquire the degree of soldier, sergeant or junior lieutenant (alférez).
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Template:Expand section All five branches of the United States armed forces have their own Reserve Forces, whose reservists can be called upon to serve anywhere at any time:
- United States Army Reserve
- Marine Forces Reserve (U.S. Marine Corps)
- United States Navy Reserve
- Air Force Reserve Command (U.S. Air Force)
- United States Coast Guard Reserve
There is also the United States National Guard, which is under dual Federal/State control, and is traditionally intended for homeland defense and domestic disaster relief (although large numbers are currently deployed in Iraq, and as such the distinction between National Guardsmen and Reservists has become blurred). The National Guard is divided into:
- Army National Guard (U.S. Army)
- Air National Guard (U.S. Air Force)
During peacetime Reservists and National Guardsmen spend one weekend a month, two weeks a year annually in training.
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2. Rarely make fanfictions, art, worlds, or catchphrases. Moderator's aren't allowed to be creative, they're robots.
3. Agree with people that say "Moderators are normal player too". It helps when you are an undercover robot which most moderators are.
4. Don't say LOL, lol, Lol, lOl, lOL, LOl, LOl or anything that depicts laughter. The happy chemicals in your body are removed before placing your mind into a robot. Saying anything among that genre will activate a self-destruction sequence.
5. Always have invisible skin, it reminds you that you don't have organs.
6. Remember, mods don't have eyebrows.
7. Remember when banning people, hold the wand firmly near the bottom of the handle with both hands. Thrust the wand in the direction of where you want to band while whispering the incantation "Uoy nab lliw I".
8. When duct-taping, apply the adhesive where it covers the upper lip and bottom lip fully. If you run out of tape, go to the nearest GrowDepot.
9. Humor doesn't exist in your word files, remember that.
10. Remember to remember this message telling you to remember about remembering.
11. Friendship doesn't exist when you can inflict third degree burns, remember that.
12. Always carry eggs, it makes for a substitute ninja smoke when you want to disappear.
13. Always remain fully clothed, naked moderators would be awkward.
14. Perspiration is not allowed.
15. Remember to wear to gloves and a mask before handling a freeze wand.
16. Don't swim in water, water short-circuits you.
17. Always save the rolls from the tape roll, they are fun to play with.
18. When disposing of garbage, do not trash the item, instead place it down and pulverize it with your fist.
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26. Do not attempt to fit in small holes, no matter how much you think you van fly through blocks.
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28. Fruits increase activity in your bowels, I recommend not eating them.
29. Remember, eating for survival is a lie because gorging ourselves with organisms is the true way of life.
30. If you have hearing problems, eat carrots. They are good for your eyes.
31. Never participate in forum arguments. They nasty.
32. Never say "They nasty".
33. Refrain from sitting on horses, the buttmarks give away your true identity.
34. Facebook is unethical in your eyes.
35. Always submit.
36. Have stylish hairdos.
37. Refrain from screaming. Why settle verbally when you can apply an adhesive to their face?
38. Never apply adhesives to yourself.
39. Remember block glue.
40. Remember why Seth made you.
41. Remember that you don't exist.
42. Accept that your life is a lie
43. Never say that the cake was a lie, cakes can't lie.
44. Cakes are racist.
45. When moderating, never do it with a smile. It's hard to ban people and do /smile constantly. Very distracting.
46. Stick the readies very thoroughly.
48. Never judge a book by it's cover but humans aren't books. Allegory doesn't exist in this world.
49. Now that you think about it, the author could have had a more interesting title or cover to compliment the book but no, let's let them explore the wonders themselves. Last time I did that, I read the most boring book ever. The cover was ugly too.
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The ankle braces many basketball players strap on to prevent injuries may actually work, a study of high school players suggests.
Researchers found that of the nearly 1,500 basketball players they followed for a season, those who were assigned to wear ankle braces during practice and games were 68 percent less likely to suffer an ankle sprain or fracture.
The study, published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine, looked at the effects of "lace-up" ankle braces, which are made of synthetic fabric and secured with Velcro.
They are widely used in basketball, where ankle injuries are the most common type of injury. But there has been scant evidence that they actually work, especially on high school players.
"There are advertising claims that they'll do wonderful things," said Timothy A. McGuine, a researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who led the new study.
On the other hand, he told Reuters Health, there have been concerns that limiting the ankles' mobility with a brace could set basketball players up for knee injuries, including tears of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL).
The ACL, which connects the thigh and shin bones, is often torn when the knee suddenly twists but the foot stays planted in place.
But in their study, McGuine and his colleagues found no evidence of higher knee injury risks.
Of the 740 players randomly assigned to wear lace-up ankle braces, 27 suffered an ankle sprain or fracture over one basketball season.
In contrast, there were 78 ankle injuries among the 720 teenagers who played and practiced brace-free.
That translated into an injury rate of just under 0.5 for every 1,000 practice sessions and games in the brace group. The rate in the brace-free group was about three times higher, at 1.4 per 1,000.
There was no significant difference, though, in the two groups' risk for knee injuries; there were 15 in the brace group and 13 in the comparison group.
It's likely, McGuine said, that the softer, flexible lace-up brace does not put the knee at risk in the way that a semi-rigid plastic brace might.
"Ankle braces could be a cost-effective way to prevent ankle injuries in basketball players," McGuine said. "But they're not a panacea."
They also do not seem to reduce the severity of ankle injuries when they do occur. McGuine's team found that injured players in both groups needed the same recovery time -- about a week.
Once the ankle "goes," McGuine said, a brace may not do anything to limit the severity of the injury.
There are also other ways to reduce basketball players' ankle injury risk. Studies have found, for instance, that training regimens focused on balance, coordination and jumping technique seem to cut ankle injuries to the same degree that braces did in this study.
Of course, training programs are much more involved than strapping on a brace.
But, McGuine said, "the advantage of training is that it also seems to reduce the risk of knee injuries."
It may be that a combination of training and ankle bracing is best, according to the researchers.
An estimated 1 million U.S. high school students play basketball. When they suffer ankle injuries, their risk of further injuries to the same joint and possibly their risk of arthritis later in life go up.
"The more we can do to prevent these injuries in kids, the more we'll save in healthcare costs in the long run," McGuine noted.
The braces used in the study, made by McDavid Inc., cost about $35 each.
The study was funded by the University of Wisconsin and none of the researchers reports any connection to the brace manufacturer. McGuine has received speaker fees from another sports-product company, Mueller Sports Medicine Inc.
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Riff Raff goes back to his Aquaberry Aquarius album in the official music video for the Tommy Girl-featured "Root Beer Float Ghost". Directed by…
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After dropping his new album Aquaberry Aquarius yesterday, Riff Raff returns with a new freestyle "Neon Oakley" with Poodeezy. Shot by Shooter Meez.
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Riff Raff drops his new album Aquaberry Aquarius, hosted by DJ Afterthought. The project contains nine records with features from Wiz Khalifa, Choo Jackson,…
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Riff Raff returns with a visual for his Aquaberry Aquarius track "Chris Paul". The track is all about his favorite basketball player, who he…
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It's another 'quick fix' release to workaround the 'Insecure Library Loading Vulnerability' (MSA 2269637) in Windows. This one also adds proper (as in, multi-session/track) support for the .CDI image file format.
Full changelog:
Added: Support for Plextor PX-870 / PX-880 / PX-L890 drives to be treated as LiteOn drives (rather than true Plextor drives) by the 'Book Type' / 'Advanced Settings' code. This negates the need to manually enter the Device IDs in the 'Configure Drive OEM' window.
Added: Support for /NOSAVELOG command line switch (see ReadMe.txt for usage).
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Added: Support for relative paths when reading the boot image file name from an IBB file.
Added: Proper support for CDI images (including multi-track/session ones) via Padus's PfcToc.dll file (must be present where ImgBurn.exe is).
Changed: Show a little more firmware version information for LG drives on the Device Capabilities window and when checking for firmware updates. This is useful for drives like the BH10LS30 that display 1.00 when the full version number might actually be 1.00-A9.
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Ireland and Masculinities (NUI Galway): CFP
In recent years, scholars of culture and literature have begun to elaborate on masculinities in the contemporary Irish context. While providing an invaluable starting point for discussion of Irish masculinities, these studies have tended to focus on the postmodern, with highly theoretical emphases in the findings. Normative and hegemonic masculinities remain largely unquestioned, and historical contexts and continuities are often ignored or neglected.
This groundbreaking symposium will attempt to bring the history of Irish masculinities into focus. We aim to bring together for the first time scholars working in history, literature, culture, and sociology, in Medieval, Early Modern, Modern and Contemporary time period specialisms in the fields of gender and masculinities. The symposium will explore connections, continuities, changes and dissonances in masculinities in relation to Ireland, and will explore these themes diachronically. To this end, contributors need to be willing to present and discuss their research in thematically orientated panels that discuss their subject across time periods. This will move discussion of masculinities beyond the synchronic emphases upon 'crisis' and the presentist perspective, and foster scholarship that is genuinely interdisciplinary.
We welcome papers in the following fields of enquiry - and are open to suggestion for others: politics, class, social order; religion and conflict; families; fatherhood; the diaspora (from *any* angle); popular imagery; labour and employment issues; Irishmen as "the other"; spaces as areas of negotiated gendered identities; mythology and folklore; language and traditions; manliness and alcohol; war and violence; iconography; masculinities in relation to the nationalist/revisionist binary; masculinities and sexualities.
It is intended to publish the findings of this symposium with the academic series, Genders and Sexualities in History, Palgrave Macmillan
The series has global distribution, and fosters scholarship and scholarly enterprise that examines genders and sexualities in the Longue Duree. We therefore would welcome contributors to the symposium who also have the serious intent to contribute to this publication. Please send an abstract of no more than 250 words to Dr. Rebecca Barr, Dr. Sean Brady, and Dr. Jane McGaughey. Deadline for abstracts 4th January 2013.


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The Linux Box Corporation's first commercial software product, an advanced email archiving, retrieval, and reporting system, has gone live in a community edition and is available for free download at www.enkive.org.
Email archiving remains a serious issue for corporations small and large. As email is now a record of corporate communication and integral to business operations, email storage is growing 25 percent annually, according to Osterman Research.
Enkive Community Edition (Enkive CE) is a comprehensive open source solution. It promises to help organizations of all sizes address the problem of e-mail retention for business intelligence and legal and regulatory compliance.
According to Elizabeth Ziph, president and CEO of The Linux Box, "The need to have easy access to a secure email archive is more useful than and just as important as being compliant with laws and regulations governing communications. Email today represents employees' work product and their entire record of customer interaction. This type of business intelligence should be retained and not put at risk of being lost."
Enkive captures emails as they are sent and received to ensure they are saved before an employee can delete them. It reduces storage costs by de-duplicating redundant emails and searches are conducted not only in the main email body, but also in attachments. Enkive also provides organizations with easy search and recovery of emails, helping companies to address compliance issues with laws and regulations, as well as litigation support.


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In the December issue of the Atlantic, writers Jessica Bennett and Rachel Simmons identify an emerging workplace trend: the "xo" email sign-off, employed by the likes of journalist Diane Sawyer, talk-show host Wendy Williams and media maven Arianna Huffington. If you're wondering, yes; the emailed "xo" is the very same hugs-and-kisses sentiment of your grade-school Valentine's Day cards. What once was reserved for private-life endearing is now "feminizing the workplace," according to the authors.
The article suggests "xo" sign-offs (i.e. Hi Jane, please call me. xoxo) are used to soften a directive or keep email correspondences casual and friendly. But are they really office appropriate?
"Completely tacky," says E. Monier-Williams, a writer for social media and communications blog The Analytic Eye. Meanwhile, Canadian media entrepreneur Mat Wilcox says, "I xo all the time, but never for work."
Sarah Ware, the founder of analytics company Markerly, doesn't use the "xo" sign-off (too personal), but she's long been on the receiving end. "Xo sign-offs are weird to me, but when I was working for [deal site] LivingSocial in London, it happened weekly!"
Personally, I find the smooches symbols overly friendly and a bit girlish. But when I searched my inbox, I discovered three instances in the past three months of others (two women and one man) ending emails in "xo." All were professional in nature, and I never thought twice about the usage. In fact, I'd forgotten them entirely.
I asked communication expert Karen Friedman, author of Shut Up and Say Something: Business Communication Strategies to Overcome Challenges and Influence Listeners, if and when this could be appropriate.
"If someone signs their email 'xo,' it doesn't necessarily mean they love you or want to date you," explains Friedman. "It often means appreciation or thanks—as if they're giving you a little hug for helping them out. In professions like art, massage, yoga, theater, therapy or more touchy-feely settings, it's considered a nice gesture. But be careful in more corporate settings where 'xo' can be misunderstood and is not considered professional."
New York–based lawyer Carolyn Edgar agrees that workers should mind there x's and o's in more formal workplaces. "I've worked almost exclusively in 'traditional' corporate settings and have never seen 'xo' in an email," she says. In creative environments, however, she could see it being more acceptable.
But xo-ers beware: Even in casual workplaces, generational differences may confuse the sender's meaning. "A 20-something man or woman may think nothing of receiving an email or text with 'xo,'" Friedman says, "but a 50 or 60-something person who knows the symbol as a more intimate, personal gesture may interpret something that isn't intended." Same goes for cross-gender hugs-and-kissing, which may unintentionally spark a recipient's imagination.
In the Atlantic piece, Bennett and Simmons say women xo much more often than men, mirroring the gender split of actual hugging. They also see the sign-off as a potentially "savvy means of navigating a persistent double standard," in which women must be both authoritative and nice in order to communicate effectively.
But is it really professional? Ultimately, Friedman isn't too worried. She deems all those x's and o's a welcome break from our otherwise thankless office talk. "Most of us don't take time to tell others that their work or advice is appreciated," she says.
Readers: Have you ever used or received the "xo" email sign-off? Is it ever professional? And in what context?
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Complete Story
Cable Stocks Halt Their Slide in '09
By: Mike Farrell, Multichannel News
Cable stocks appeared to be on the rebound in 2009 after a dismal two-year slide, with the MSO sector rising by 42% and programming stocks gaining 47%.
At least two cable giants helped buck the negative stock trends in 2009 — the first full year of the recession. Time Warner Cable nearly doubled its share price from $22.22 on Jan. 2, 2009 to $41.39 on Dec. 31 and Cablevision Systems stock rose 48.6% for the year ($8.44 per share) from $17.38 on Jan. 2 to $25.82 on Dec. 31.
"Cable companies were the canary in the coal mine when housing formations started to turn negative a couple of summers ago," Miller Tabak media analyst David Joyce said. MSO stocks were initially affected by fears the capital markets would shut down completely in the beginning of the year, he said, a fear that was partly alleviated when Cablevision Systems stepped up with two $500 million debt offerings in January and February that helped open the door for other companies.
"With the fear subsiding, the companies that had potential liquidity issues had the market not opened up again, it really led those equities to outperform," Joyce said.
Cablevision's rise was also fueled by its strong operating performance and its plans to spin off its Madison Square Garden unit (which rekindled speculation that it would sell other assets), Time Warner Cable's rise was due to a few mechanical changes in the stock. In March, Time Warner cable completed its separation from Time Warner Inc., issuing a $9 billion dividend to its former parent and later in the month completing a one-for-three reverse split of its shares.
Collins Stewart media analyst Tom Eagan said that dividend payment hurt TWC stock early in the year, but the shares rebounded after the company began paying back some of that debt and investors began to rotate out of Comcast and into TWC.
"As leverage became OK, investors started to see more upside potential in TWC because of that leverage," Eagan said.
Among the losers, Comcast fell about 6% to $16.86 per share on Dec. 31 and Mediacom Communications lost about 5% of its value (24 cents) to $4.47 during the 12-month period, much of that decline took place in the latter part of the year. Comcast stock was holding its own, hovering around the $17 level in September when speculation, later confirmed, that it was in talks to acquire a stake in NBC Universal began to surface in October. That sent the stock into a slide — it sank as low as $13.95 on Nov. 5 — that lasted until the deal was officially announced on Dec. 3.
For Mediacom, news that it could rekindle a retransmission consent battle with Sinclair Broadcast Group began to weigh on the stock in late October — it was trading at around $5 per share before it announced that it had filed documents with the Federal Communications Commission claiming Sinclair was not negotiating in good faith. The two reached a one-year deal on Dec. 31 and that seemed to ease the pressure for awhile, but Mediacom has said that it is still pushing for retrans reform in Washington.
Joyce said that the retransmission overhang is distracting investors from the small-market MSO's strong operating metrics. Mediacom is on track to generate about $1.40 per share in free cash flow in 2009, which translates into a trading multiple of about 3.3 times. Other, larger cable stocks are trading at seven to 10 times estimated free cash flow.
"People are giving them almost no credit for the amazing amount of free cash flow they are generating," Joyce said.
The programming sector, which was pounded in 2008 as the advertising market dried up (stocks were down 47.3% in 2008) gained most of those losses back in 2009, rising 47% in the period.
Not surprisingly, Discovery Communications led the programming pack — its stock price more than doubled from $14.65 apiece on Jan. 2 to $30.67 per share on Dec 31. Discovery was the only major programmer to report domestic ad sales gains for the first nine months of the year.
"They [Discovery] were the one media name that everyone felt comfortable enough sticking with and having exposure to," Joyce said.
Scripps Networks Interactive rose almost 75% in 2009 from $23.75 on Jan. 2 to $41.50 on Dec. 31, also the year it agreed to pay almost $1 billion for a controlling interest in the Travel Channel. Other big gainers included CBS (up 57.7%); Viacom (up 48.9%); News Corp. (up 56.5%) and Walt Disney (up 34.8%).
Eagan said there was one common thread in the content rebound. "Throughout the whole process, there was continued interest in cable networks," Eagan said. "Scripps and Discovery outperformed them all, not only during the ad pullback in the first half of the year, but also in the resurgence in the second half."
While the growth was substantial and fueled by increasing signs that the ad market was bouncing back, the stocks also were coming off a low base. CBS in 2008 plunged 70%, News Corp. was down 55% and Scripps fell 46% as the global recession hammered programmers.
Joyce said that ad sales appeared to show signs of recovery in November, which should be a good sign for the sector.
"The trajectory is still positive and the visibility has been pretty decent for the first quarter for TV advertising," Joyce said. "There will be a concern, post first quarter, on what the new normal will be for consumer discretionary spending and therefore advertising."
Cable stocks appeared to rebound last year:
|Share Price 1/02/09
|Share Price 12/31/09
|% Change
|SOURCE: Nasdaq
|Time Warner Cable
|Cablevision Systems
|Dish Network
|Scripps Networks
|News Corp.
|Walt Disney
|Time Warner Inc.
Source: http://www.multichannel.com/article/444584-Cable_Stocks_Halt_Their_Slide_in_09.php?rssid=20061


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A little after 7:00 on race morning, Craig, Todd Braje, Lewis, John Ticer and I headed out for a warm-up and preview of a bit of the new course. It was promising to be a great day, weather wise, with blue skies and cool temperatures. Back at the start area, decisions on clothing (hat/no hat, gloves, sleeves) were made and I headed for the start. Craig and I ran some strides, and bumped into Jed Tukman, one of my pacers for Western States this June. Jed said to me "I'm going to stay behind you this year, because I hate it when you pass me!" I told him that was a good idea.
I lined up next to Joelle Vaught and Caitlin Smith, both previous winners of this race. I had mentally seeded myself 3rd to those 2, but never allowed myself to think that I couldn't win. Caren Spore was behind me, fit and ready to go as always.
After a greeting to the masses from RD Julie Fingar, the countdown began. Finally, we were off at a quick clip. I was with Joelle and Caitlin for about a half mile before they began to drift ahead. Jed was unable to contain himself as was Craig, and they both pulled away from me early. My first mile felt faster than the 6:40 I clocked and I wondered then and there if I was not going to have a good day after all.
The race begins! Photo by Chuck Godtfredson
The only wildlife I would see all day was surprising - a gorilla jumping out of the bushes randomly scaring runners, as we hit the single track of the new part of the course. That was a first for me. The trail felt sweet beneath my feet. I was running right behind John, and could no longer see Craig, Jed, Joelle, or Caitlin. After the first stream crossing, the trail wound upwards, and my heart rate was getting out of control. Ugh - so early, and runners pulling away. A train caught up to me and hung on me heels for the next few miles as we wound through a beautiful oak savanna. The runner behind me asked if he was annoying me being so close. "Not at all". He hadn't run an ultra in some time and was not sure how hard to go, liked my pace, and decided to stick there.
Some bikers were out on the course, cheering us on, and one of them said "Good job, Caren!". Great. Caren is right behind me. I yelled back "Are you stalking me Caren?" I'm not sure she heard me, but shortly after she passed me at a water crossing, and I hung on her heels all the way to the end of the first loop. At that point she urged me to go ahead as we were hitting the long down hill section, which is my strength and her weakness.
Caren leading me into the end of loop 1. Photo by Barbara Ashe
Finally, things started to click in my body. I surged until reaching the next new part of the course - the Western States Trail down to the lower quarry road. What an absolute blast! The perfect downhill pitch for flying. When it finally ended and we crossed hwy 49, I was certain I would not see Caren again. I grabbed a couple of cups of water, downed them, and forged on.
I was experimenting using a gel flask rather than packets to see if I could improve on my calorie intake during a race. Historically, I would get behind on consumption due to inattentiveness to time and the nuisance of opening gel packs, the sticky mess, and lack of getting all the contents in my mouth. Today, I was taking periodic nips of gel, trying to stay topped off all the time. So far, so good!
Clipping along the lower quarry road, my Garmin was registering about 7:00 miles. It was a good effort, but I didn't want to go any harder. I realized the Caren can easily be running that pace, and as the road began including some climbs, she inched her way back to me. We ran together for awhile and I said "I think we would make either a really good Trans-Rockie team or a really bad Trans-Rockie team" - a race where team mates must start and finish each leg together - and we concluded we would probably be pretty good because we would always be containing each other - she would have to slow her climbs and I, my downhill.
She pulled away from me before Maine Bar aid station, and I stopped to get my bottle filled. John was still there and waited for me, and we ran out together. He said Craig was about a minute ahead and that he was tired of trying to catch up to him. We settled into working together, which we do very well, as we have run most of White River 50 Mile together, he paced me to a win at Where's Waldo 100k, and we have done numerous workouts on the track and long training runs together. Come to think of it, Craig should have been with us from the start. Maybe then....but I don't want to spoil the story.
As usual, Jady Palko caught up to me, and I chatted with him for a bit. Jady is known for his sporadic bursts of speed followed by tortuous slow downs, but he seems to enjoy himself. He apparently tired of my talking and flew ahead, only to be passed by John and me shortly after. We took turns leading, and I wondered when the heck I was going to see Caren, or was she feeling so good that she would catch the leading ladies? A couple of stream crossings were so deep I wondered if she had gotten swept away. John noticed my untied shoe and made me tie it. I told him to keep moving and make me catch up. As I started to reel him back in, he started to pick it up, and fairly soon, we were beginning to roll. We flew into ALT, I grabbed and S!Cap, drank two cups of coke, and was gone.
John and I cruising into ALT aid station. Photo by Carole Connor
John then had to run hard to catch me, and we kept the pace going. I was feeling great, and suddenly ahead of me I spied blue shorts, grey shirt, and red cap. Not remembering what color hat Craig had on, I yelled back to John "what color hat is Craig wearing?". I got no reply, so I asked louder (we are getting older, after all). A very reluctant "Red, yes, that is Craig". I did a little happy jump, and John reined me in with a "Just wait, be patient", but what I heard was "Pipe down for crying out loud!"
I did a little yoga breathing, and John and I silently caught up to Craig. I put my arm around his shoulder and he said "I wondered when you guys would catch me". In a very sympathetic voice I said "how's it going?" He said "oh, up and down". I took off, baiting him with an invitation to "work with me!" but he declined. John and I kept up our strong pace, passing a couple more runners before we hit the base of the big climb up Goat Hill. I spied Jed and yelled out to him. He was a sack-a-woe, cramping and beat. He tried to run with me, and I chided him for not sticking to his plan. I told him his job at Western States is to make me hate him, and he said he hated me already. "But you can't drop me at Western States" I said as I left him to struggle his way in.
Goat Hill is runnable if you are Caren Spore. I could run sections, and when I got to the top was told that Caren was about a minute ahead of me. I grabbed a couple of cups of liquid, one gel pack in case the flask went dry, and flew down the hill. John was no longer with me, and I was on a mission. I was focused on not going too crazy, as there are some uphills that I had forgotten about in previous races here. I caught a couple more men, and FINALLY saw the bright yellow jersey of Caren. She was cresting a hill, and I hope she hadn't seen me, but as I approached the top, realized it was part of a switchback, and she probably saw me and picked up the pace. I kept pushing, and saw her again. Gradually, I reeled her in, called her a stinker, and she returned the compliment. Finally I said I was going around and she stayed right on my heels. We caught a man ahead, and I abruptly told him "You're going to have to get out our way, there's a race going on" and I think he probably heard "OUT OF OUR WAY! TWO B____S COMING THROUGH". (To the man we passed - if you are reading this, I sincerely apologize!)
I managed to stay ahead of Caren by a few feet all the way about half way up the trail before the hwy 49 crossing. She is a superior climber, and she pulled away a good 10 yards by the time we crested. My long legs pulled her back and we crossed the hwy virtually together. She ran close to the aid station table and whether she was planning on stopping or not, I yelled at her "don't stop!" I wanted this race to play out with no excuses. She stayed in the lead as we climbed out of the aid station, and somehow I managed to stay right on her heels in the lower section. As soon as we hit the steeper, rocky section, she gapped me again. We had less than a mile to go, and I was about to explode I was breathing so hard. I only hoped she was breathing hard enough to not hear mine, as it is kind of embarrassing.
At the top of the rocky section she had 20 yards on me. My mind was no longer in the game, but my body completely took over. My legs unwound and ate up the ground beneath me. Caren was getting closer and closer, and at the very top of the climb, I caught her - with a quarter mile to go. "Let's go!" I shouted between gasps. "I'm done" she said. I clambered down the steep dip before me, fumbled my way up the other side, and ran as hard as I could. "She may think she's done, but I know better than to give an inch," I thought to myself.
Finish line in sight! Photo by Chuck Godtfredson
I did try to look back, but couldn't see anything. I crossed the finish line, 4:11 flat, and Caren, a mere 11 seconds back. We embraced, and laughed at how much we hated each other.
So glad to be done - photo by Chuck Godtfredson
Of course, in reality, I love her for what she brought out in me, and I think I did the same for her. Without our race, I would have easily been a minute slower. I found that my body could actually take over my mind, rather than the other way around. Joelle and Caitlin added their bit of drama to the finish with Joelle taking over the lead the same place I passed Caren.
The top 4 women left to right - Me, Joelle (1st in 4:02) and Caitlin (2nd in 4:04), and Caren. They were reacting to me telling them I was turning 50 in 5 weeks. And, I'm really NOT that tall. RD Julie Fingar at far right. Photo by Chuck Godtfredson
This was my fastest Cool ever, even though with a different course it is hard to compare. My energy levels were great for the entire race, so the gel flask is 'in'. John finished in 4:15, and the 6 minutes I had predicted I would beat Craig by turned into 9.
Hmmm - 4:20:27 minus 4:11....that is MORE than 9 minutes. Photo by Chuck Godtfredson.
He and Jed both say they are going to stay behind me at Lake Sonoma 50 Mile on April 2nd. Really? We'll see.
John Ticer, Chris and Craig (you can take the boys out of Cool, but you can't take the Cool out of the Thornley Boys) and me. Photo by Carole Connor.


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Maximum height for area: 678 metres,
Maximum prominence for area: 657 metres,
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Balix Hill 403m
Barnes Top 456m
Benbradagh 465m
Bessy Bell 420m
Bohilbreaga 478m
Boviel Top 454m
Carn Hill 448m
Carnanelly 562m
Carnanelly West Top 505m
Carntogher 464m
Clogherny Top 408m
Clondermot Hill 220m
Coolnasillagh Mountain 423m
Corick Mountain 430m
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Craignamaddy 385m
Cregganconroe 300m
Crockalougha 407m
Crockbrack 526m
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Curradrolan Hill 270m
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Dart Mountain 619m
Eglish 277m
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Gortmonly Hill 218m
Knockanbane Mountain 441m
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Learmount Mountain 489m
Learmount Mountain South Top 492m
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Meenard Mountain 620m
Meenard Mtn W Top 480m
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Mullaghaneany 627m
Mullaghash 480m
Mullaghasturrakeen 581m
Mullaghbane 467m
Mullaghbolig 442m
Mullaghcarbatagh 517m
Mullaghcarn 542m
Mullaghcarn South Top 525m
Mullaghclogha 635m
Mullaghclogher 572m
Mullaghcroy 242m
Mullaghdoo 568m
Mullaghmeash Hill 244m
Mullaghmore 550m
Mullaghsallagh 485m
Mullaghturk 416m
Oughtmore 569m
Oughtmore 382m
Owenreagh Hill 400m
Sawel 678m
Slieve Gallion 528m
Slieve Gallion NE Top 496m
Slieveboy 259m
Slievekirk 370m
Spaltindoagh 420m
Spelhoagh 568m
Straid Hill 303m
White Mountain 537m
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Carn Tóchair
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(Ir. Carn Tóchair [DUPN], 'cairn of the causeway')
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Longitude: -6.759461, Latitude: 54.896098
, Easting: 279643, Northing: 406089
Prominence: 138m
, Isolation: 1.4km
, GPS IDs, 6 char: Crntgh, 10 char: Carntogher
Bedrock type: Olivine basalt lava, (Lower Basalt Formation)
The causeway referred to may be that mentioned in Táin Bó Cuailnge. Conchobar, King of Ulster, sends his son throughout the kingdom to rouse the warriors to battle. He passed across a causeway before arriving in the valley of Dungiven. See Máire MacNeill, 'The Festival of Lughnasa' (pp. 148-49) for details of the festive assembly on Carntogher. Carntogher is the 676th highest place in Ireland. Carntogher is the second most easterly summit in the Sperrin Mountains area.
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Picture from Harry Goodman : Carntogher Summit
Carntogher Summit
Harry Goodman on Carntogher, 2010
Harry Goodman
4 Mar 2010
On the first occasion I climbed this hill I did so as part of a linear walk from the top of the Glenshane Pass along the ridge of hills to Benbradagh above Dungiven. On the second occasion, 9 February 2010, I decided to include it as part of a walk around the Carntogher Way starting from the Car Park at
which is reached by taking theTirkane Road out of Maghera. Having walked NW along the road for some 800 metres I turned left across a stile (
) and followed the red waymarks up a good green road to the open hillside. While the track at times became a little less distinct it was easy to follow. Further up at a post marking Altkeeran Glen,
, the path turned to the right and continued up, over a stile, to a T junction at a much more defined stoney track. From here I turned left and followed the track along to its highpoint at
marked by "The Emigrants Cairn" a large cairn of small stones said to have been built by emigrants travelling to the port of Derry, who having reached the high point on this ancient road, left a stone at the spot which gave them a last look back at home before leaving for the new world. From here I climbed up the short rocky face to the flat top of Carntogher with its summit clearly marked by a large wooden post and small plaque (see photo). From the top the views around 360 degrees were splendid and encompassed the Donegal Hills, Sperrins, Mournes, Belfast and Antrim Hills. While I deciced to go out to Moneyoran Hill and back before continuing around the Carntogher Way it is possible to go back to the "Emigrants Cairn" and pick up the waymarked trail at
and follow it along the N flank of Carntogher to meet a well made stone track at approximately
. From here turn right and follow down to a T junction and minor road. I joined the same track on my return from Moneyoran Hill and followed it down as described. At the minor road I turned right
and followed it back to the car park.
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gerrym on Carntogher, 2009
26 Jul 2009
Carntogher is litte more than a bump on the long line hills stretching down from the north coast - before the Sperrins turn east-west to follow the Glenelly valley and gain significantly in height. This probably explains why i have left it so long to pay a visit BUT i have to say the visit was well worth it.
Access is from Cotter Row carpark (
) just outside Maghera, where there is an impressively large information board. A short and pleasant road walk crosses rivers and gives views of the steep northern side of Slieve Gallion through the hedgerow. Just as the minor road loses it tar a large stone pillar heralds the crossing of a stile and a green track (old coach road) along Altkeeran Glen. Height is gained gradually and markers show the way. A stout marker post is a good place to stop and savour the view over Lough Neagh, the clear jagged line of the Mournes, Belfast Hills and the Antrim Hills - the eastern half of the North. The view only being interrupted by the black curtains of heavy showers sweeping across.
Follow alongside the river, where supermodel skinny thistles show off thier purple clothes range, to reach a stile and wall. Continue to follow the remains of this wall uphill. A little plaque has been placed just off to commemorate the crash of a cessna in 1943, where Commodore James Logan (US Navy), David Grimes (Vice-President Philco Radio) and Capt. Loren Miles (USAAF) died. I caught the sound of voices on the wind and saw some people ahead, thinking it was a group of walkers. It turned out to be 50+ people taking part in the provincial Poc Fada hurling competition. This involves hitting a sliotar (ball) over a course of 2.5 miles marked out over the mountain - the least number of strikes taken winning and going on to the All Ireland final in the Cooley Mtns. Fantastic sight and another for the list of uses for the Irish mountainside. It did mean i did have to detour off the track to avoid fast moving flying objects.
The summit has a large marker post on the summit cairn and with it the views open out to the other half of the North - Lough Foyle visible between Donalds Hill and Benbradgh, the big Sperrin hills heading west where i could clearly make out Muckish, Aglas, Errigal and Slieve Snaght. Reached in i hour and 2.5 miles. As i sat at the summit with a warm cup of tea an ominously dark cloud appraoched from Donegal and soon large raindrops were splattering into my cup before turning to hail which machine gunned into my back. It soon passed to join the other dark sweeps of rain which obsured and then revealed distant hills over the north. I continued on to Moneyoran Hill before contouring back over Carntoghter and following the track back to the minor road and the carpark.
An undemanding walk for an afternoon or evening, with a fair bit of history and some stunning views in the mix. Much more detail can be found at: http://www.walkni.com/d/walks/320/Carntogher_History_Trail.pdf
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Picture from slemish : View west towards the high Sperrins from Carntogher summit
View west towards the high Sperrins from Carntogher summit
Sperrin outlier wth long views
20 Aug 2010
Carntogher is a hill I had been meaning to climb for a very long time as I can see it on my daily commute. It doesn't look like much from afar but as others have suggested, it punches well above its weight in terms of views. I parked at the car park on the Tirkane road from Maghera (
). From here the stony track ascends all the way up to the Emigrant's Cairn and is well signposted by waymarkers. The track became somewhat muddier above 350m due to the recent wet weather which made the going tougher. It was however a beautiful day with excellent visibility. On reaching the Emigrant's cairn you turn right to ascend the last steep rocky section up to the 464m summit. This part of the hill is known locally as 'the Snout'. Beware of hidden drainage ditches on the summit, one of which I managed to fall into but no damage done luckily. It was incredibly windy on the summit but the long views held my attention. Carntogher's position on the outskirts of the Sperrins gives it an unrestricted 360 degree panorama. I won't go into massive detail but just say that most of Northern Ireland is visible - the Antrim hills, Lough Neagh, the Belfast hills, the Mournes, the Donegal hills and the higher Sperrins. Sawel in particular looked incredibly high from here. I was surprised to be able to clearly make out the distinctive profiles of Muckish, Errigal and the Aghlas to the NW. The hills of Islay were just visible across the North Channel to the left of Knocklayd. I drank in the views for some time enjoying the sunshine before returning via the track back to the car. A wonderful walk and a hill I'm sure I will return to in the future. Total trip - about 1 and a half hours.
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Picture from eflanaga : 'Exactly as it says on the tin'!
'Exactly as it says on the tin'!
eflanaga on Carntogher, 2007
25 Oct 2007
Carntogher punches much more than its weight in terms of view and scenery available from its broad grassy top. Breathtaking views SE over the Lough Neagh basin and onwards to the Mournes, NE towards the Antrim Hills, North beyond Binevenagh & Lough Foyle towards the Innishowen hills in distant view, NW Donegal's western peaks beckon invitingly, while immediately west the Sperrins await your footsteps. Their is a 9k waymarked route (and a shorter one) called 'The Carntogher Way' which has a number of interesting, and rather helpfully signed, historical artefacts on its route. Carntogher is translated on an information board (at a layby near a bridge over the Pollan Water river) as 'burial mound of the raised pathway' which is more or less as Paul translates it above. Much of the Stone Age summit cairn named 'Carn Mullaigh ón Chlochaois' (? 'summit cairn of the aged/old stone) is dated circa 3000-4000 BC on the summit signpost. My translation is probably wrong but Paul Tempan will put me right I'm sure. Apart from the summit cairn, which is mostly covered by the abundant grass there is another cairn called the 'Immigrant's Cairn' below the summit and further down the route there is a bronze age 'cist grave' at the side of the track. A relatively easy walk which should only take a couple of hours dependent upon how long you spend viewing the artefacts or taking in the splendid views.
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pdtempan on Carntogher, 2007
3 Nov 2007
In answer to your questions, Éamonn, Carn Mullaigh ón Chlochaois is not so much a name as a description. It means 'summit cairn (dating) from the Stone Age'. You are perfectly right about 'Tuama ón Ré Chré Umha': 'tomb (dating) from the Bronze Age'. I'm not familiar with Carntogher, though I've passed nearby on the Glenshane Pass dozens of times. I had heard very positive things about the initiatives taken by the Irish language community group in the area. Good to hear about these waymarked trails. Must pay it a visit! By the way, I can't claim the credit for the Irish form Carn Tóchair and the translation 'cairn of the causeway'. I gathered the place-name information for MV from various authoritative place-name surveys, though in a few cases I have offered my own suggestions where none was available from a published source. In this case the information came from A Dictionary of Ulster Place-Names (1999), written by my colleague, Dr. Patrick McKay. The 2nd edition of this book was launched recently. Another recent publication from the Northern Ireland Place-Name Project is Lough Neagh Places - Their Names and Origins (publ. September 2007) co-authored by the project's senior researchers, Pat McKay and Dr. Kay Muhr.
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Picture from eflanaga : Cist Grave on the Carntogher Way
Cist Grave on the Carntogher Way
eflanaga on Carntogher, 2007
25 Oct 2007
Here's a picture of the bronze age 'cist grave' which is on the Carntogher Way route. The signpost plaque beside it reads 'Tuama ón Ré - Chré Umha - (circa 1500 BC). Now as far as I can tell Chré Umha = Bronze age, while Tuama = tomb or grave, while if memory serves Ré is literally translated as 'era' - Era-Tomb? 'Old Tomb' ? - Need help with that one Paul, please!
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