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So you're working on a renovation project and going for LEED certification, congratulations! You'll eventually need to calculate total surface areas for various elements in your design and compare them between what is being reused, demolished, and new for material reuse credits.
Here are a couple of Revit tricks to gather these calculated values and display them in a nice and easy to read set of schedules. You will need to create separate schedules for New, Demo and Existing for proper comparisons.
First create a new text shared parameter named something to the effect of "LEEDScheduleFilter" and bind it to all categories in your model. This parameter will be the target of any schedule and view filtering for each of our required conditions. This parameter also allows us to filter out specific elements that exist in the facility model but are not part of the renovation scope (very important).
Bind this new parameter to all categories in your model.
Some families may need to be modified to schedule calculated facial areas and volumes (doors, casework, etc.).
Now that this parameter is accessible as an instance parameter to all categories in the model, we can begin to enter filtering data for the categories that we need to calculate surface areas for.
Now that this parameter is accessible as an instance parameter to all categories in the model, we can begin to enter filtering data for the categories that we need to calculate surface areas for.
I typically setup a few working views so I can visualize the data that I am entering into my elements by using filters. Create a new view and name it something like "LEED Surface Areas Level 1" and set it to "Hidden Line." Then in Visibility Graphics, create filters in the Filters tab for:
· Included Walls Exterior
· Included Walls Interior (Area X 2)
· Included Casework
· Included Doors
· Included Ceilings
Apply these filters to the view and set a color for each of them so you can tell which elements have "qualified data" applied to them. Setup your schedules to use the same filtering rules as your filter views.
Here are some fairly self explanatory images for setting up your schedules:
If you love this kind of stuff and also like to dabble with the RevitAPI, I manage another blog called http://www.revitnet.blogspot.com/. Happy LEEDing


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Covid-19We look forward to welcoming you back into the gallery shop, with safety precautions in place. Details of our safety precautions are on our 'contact us 'page. Our jewellery continues to be available through our online shop, where purchases will still be dispatched with FREE P&P for all UK orders. Thank you for your continued support and we look forward to seeing some of you back in the gallery soon, Victoria and the gallery team.


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What a great year it was in Baseballtown this season. Hopefully, it's not over yet!
The R-Phils played their last home games of the 2011 season on Saturday, August 27 due to the threat of Hurricane Irene. The club split their doubleheader with Portland, losing the second game by a score of 4-2. With that loss, they fell out of second place, and are now 0.5 games out of the final spot.
And, while we hope to host our fans again in 2011 for some playoff games — I thought it was time to take a look back at the 2011 regular season. It was a season I'll never forget. I would also love to hear from the fans. What did you like most about the 2011 season? All feedback is welcome!
In the upcoming weeks, I am going to put together a "Top 10 Moments" of the 2011 season on here — so make sure you check back each week for the next Top 10 moment. I'll have photos, as well as a story, and, I am hoping to have some words from the fans. Leave me your Top 10 Moments, and I'll add your comments to this blog.
In the meantime, continue following www.readingphillies.com for all of the latest news and notes. Listen to the final games of the season on ESPN Radio 1240 AM WIOV.
The R-Phils are in a playoff race — nothing could be more exciting than that!
As I close this blog for now, I just wanted to say thank you to all of the fans who make it so great to come to work. Your continued support is tremendous. The passion you show for this team is amazing, and we thank you for that.
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I have a great idea for a theme night.
We'll call it "No BS, just Baseball"
You could do it early in the season when it's cold so you won't loose too much money. Turn off the monster scoreboard. No audio except a low volume organ if you have one. No contests between innings. No pleas to "make some noise". Mascots get the night off, Same for hot dog vendor and other cast of distractions. If you really need a contest you could print numbers in the programs and call out numbers. A night for baseball.. Just one.
This Blog is great love reading all the info off season.You are always informative and like reading your stories. eep up the good work.,


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There's no word on whether President Obama will guest-star, but FX has ordered 10 episodes of the new comedy Baskets, starring Zach Galifianakis, the network announced Wednesday.
Created by Galifianakis (Between Two Ferns), Louis C.K. (Louie) and Jonathan Krisel (Portlandia), Baskets follows Chip Baskets' (Galifianakis) pursuit of his dream of becoming a respected clown.
After a failing to enroll in a prestigious clowning school (is that an oxymoron?) in Paris, of all places, the only job that Chip can find is with a local rodeo in California.
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"Zach Galifianakis, Louis C.K. and Jonathan Krisel have created an absolutely brilliant show," said Eric Schrier, president of original programming for FX Networks. "To say Zach's portrayal of the lead character Chip Baskets is hilarious/unique/riveting/fascinating would be an understatement. We can't wait for the world to meet him."
Production is slated to begin next year for a 2016 premiere.
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EPM Cloud Pre-Sales Solution Consultant Job
San Francisco Bay, West Coast
A leading EPM Cloud/SasS Software provider is seeking a seasoned Pre-Sales Solution Consultant who wants to build a great career helping to drive exciting, high-growth business to the next level.
As the fastest growing cloud-based Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) company, the client is growing and looking for a high-energy individual with exceptional business acumen who wants to be part of that success.
The Solution Consultant is central to how the company does business, serving as the subject matter experts who works with prospective customers as they evaluate their corporate Budgeting, Planning, Forecasting & Consolidation challenges and goals while a considering EPM solution. Working to understand the buyers' needs and delivering dynamic presentations to drive compelling discussions which map and illustrate the solutions and benefits that the software solution can bring to their prospects' issues and business effectiveness. Their customers benefit from improved business agility, improved security and lower overall cost compared to legacy on-premises alternatives. World-class companies like NEC, Burlington Coat Factory and Splunk are just a few customers that trust the client's software solution to power their strategic financial processes.
The ideal candidate will be based on the west coast.
- Support the sales cycle for solution based activities through customized product demonstrations, Proofs of Concept, and hands-on workshops
- Confidently present industry and domain focused expertise and convey understanding and professionalism to prospective customers
- Demonstrate business benefits and the value of using the Cloud EPM solution
- Drive the initial evaluation and qualification of the customer opportunity
- Maintain product competence by keeping abreast of new product enhancements, product best practices and new product offerings
- Bring a high level of energy to the team
- Embrace an entrepreneurial spirit and add creative ideas and perspective to all internal and external interactions
Desired skills and experience:
- More than three years of relevant financial applications experience
- Experience in multi-product solution selling within the Enterprise Performance Management sector or other similar application software focused on finance
- Working knowledge of Financial Planning and Analysis standards and practices and the associated challenges and pains experienced by finance and the broader business
- Working knowledge of the monthly close and consolidation process and associated challenges and pains experienced by accounting and the broader business
- Proven ability to establish credibility with senior finance and accounting professionals.
- A strong background of solving complex challenges in sophisticated business environments
- Able to understand and explain business and technical issues related to Customer's proposed solution
- Exceptional presentation skills to drive highly compelling meetings and product demonstrations Sales positioning and process experience
- Outstanding communication (written and oral), organizational and time management skills
- Ability to execute to a plan and demonstrate dependability and ownership
- Ability to prioritize opportunities and tasks
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent required; advanced degree desirable.
- Ability to travel as needed.
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
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One can only feel bad for the parents of a 5-year-old boy named Danny Kitchen in the U.K. after they had received a £1,700 ($2500) bill from iTunes in less than fifteen minutes; unintentionally, of course. According to SWNS, the boy had asked the parents to enter an iTunes password on the parents' iPad to download the free iOS game Zombies vs Ninja from the App Store.
The game is indeed free, so when the parents checked to make sure it was free in the App Store, they thought nothing of it. In less than 15 minutes after the download, the 5-year-old boy had purchased so many of the in-app purchases, including weapons and power-ups, that the parents had ended up with a $2500 iTunes bill:
Perhaps next time the parents will take a little more caution before entering an iTunes password. Until then, the child is no longer allowed to use the parents iPad, and he is very sorry for the incident. Apple has refunded the family with all of the money that the child accidentally spent from the parents' wallets.
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In-app purchasable content is certainly becoming more popular. Free applications that offer in-app purchasable content is a good way for developers to get users to try games out and then end up tempted to purchase the in-game power-ups to avoid waiting a long time to earn them in the game. One such example is the freemium Real Racing 3 game, which is free and comes with many in-app purchases.
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"Afternoon Adventures" is a series of programs for kids to have afterschool fun, with a different activity each week. The next Afternoon Adventures activity is: edible science. Join in on a Thanksgiving feast of experiments you can eat! The program will be on Tuesday, Nov. 13 from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. All children and their families are welcome to attend. Children under 8 years old must be accompanied by an adult. All materials will be supplied.
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We've been provided with five movie clips from the upcoming sequel Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance to share with our readers. Nicolas Cage returns at the titular Ghost Rider, and Crank directors Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor bring their signature visual style to the comic book franchise. Cage finds himself tasked with rescuing a young boy from the grip of the Devil. The film also stars Violante Placido, Fergus Riordan, Ciaran Hinds, Idris Elba, Christopher Lambert, Anthony Head, and Johnny Whitworth.
Hit the jump to watch the clips and click here for our previous coverage on the film which includes Steve's set visit and tons of on set interviews with the cast. Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance opens in 3D February 17th.
Here's the official synopsis for Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance:
Nicolas Cage returns as Johnny Blaze in Columbia Pictures' and Hyde Park Entertainment's Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance. In the successor to the worldwide hit Ghost Rider, Johnny – still struggling with his curse as the devil's bounty hunter – is hiding out in a remote part of Eastern Europe when he is recruited by a secret sect of the church to save a young boy (Fergus Riordan) from the devil (Ciaran Hinds). At first, Johnny is reluctant to embrace the power of the Ghost Rider, but it is the only way to protect the boy – and possibly rid himself of his curse forever. Directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor. Screenplay by Scott M. Gimple & Seth Hoffman and David S. Goyer. Story by David S. Goyer. Based on the Marvel Comic. Produced by Steven Paul, Ashok Amritraj, Michael De Luca, Avi Arad, and Ari Arad.


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North Bethesda, MD – October 5, 2012 – Students in Lisa Bowman's Working with Information course in the University of the West of England's Information and Library Management Master's program will begin utilizing LibLime Academic Koha 5.0 this fall through LibLime's Koha with Class program.
LibLime will provide the class of approximately 25 students with a hosted installation of LibLime Academic Koha 5.0, free of charge. This will allow the students unlimited access and all privileges associated with the staff end of LibLime Academic Koha 5.0 as well as all OPAC functionality for the duration of the course. With the support for authority control and RDA, Ms. Bowman will be able to give her students a deep understanding of hands-on cataloging in an integrated library system.
Lisa Bowman, instructor of the Working with Information course, says "The education of information professionals requires a balance of that which is theoretical and anecdotal. Student feedback has been wholly positive for the practical element involved in Cat/Class and using Koha with Class will guarantee hands-on engagement with cataloguing tools that turn theory into action for the 21st century informed reflective practitioners."
About LibLime's Koha with Class Program
LibLime's Koha with Class program is designed to give library school faculty a chance to embed the use of an ILS into their coursework and curricula. This allows students to gain practical experience with library automation software as they prepare to enter the library workforce. Many faculty members around the world are taking advantage of the free support that LibLime provides with the Koha with Class installations. LibLime is striving to expand the program overseas to support librarianship at an international level. To learn more about the program or to get involved please visit: http://www.liblime.com/we-give-back.
About LibLime - PTFS
LibLime – PTFS is the global leader in providing support for the Koha open source ILS. Rather than sell software licenses for static, hard-to-customize software products, the PTFS LibLime Division educates libraries about the benefits of open source, enabling them to make choices about how best to provide their communities and staff with better technology services. The PTFS LibLime Division then facilitates deployment of Koha in libraries by providing outstanding consulting, development, implementation, and support/hosting for libraries of all types and sizes. PTFS is also the developer of the world's leading content management software, ArchivalWare, and specializes in meeting library personnel staffing requirements, digitization, and metadata keying services. For more information, see http://liblime.com or http://ptfs.com or http://archivalware.net.


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Cleared of charges, teacher sues accusing parents
SAN JOSE >> In an unusual case that some experts worry will have a chilling effect on the reporting of school abuse, a former San Jose teacher is suing a group of parents and young girls he says defamed him by complaining about his behavior.
The families accused physical education teacher John Fischler of inappropriately touching their two 10- and 11-year-old girls at Holy Spirit Catholic school and peeking in a girls' bathroom. The Almaden Valley school, and eventually the police, cleared Fischler of sexual misconduct.
But the teacher, claiming that the ordeal indelibly stained his reputation and ruined his teaching career, brought suit, leading to a rare defamation trial now underway in a San Jose civil court.
The trial epitomizes the tension between two societal aims -- encouraging victims to report perceived abuse and restoring the reputation of the wrongfully accused.
While there's no doubt some people are unjustly accused, "lawsuits like this have a tremendous chilling effect because 80 to 90 percent of victims are too cowed to come forward anyway,'' said attorney Paul A. Mones, one of the nation's leading children's-rights advocates.
Most defamation suits, commonly filed these days over false online reviews or angry accusations by members of homeowner associations, wind up settling or are kicked out of court on the grounds of free speech about issues of public significance, said Aaron P. Morris, president of the California Defamation Lawyers Association.
"One goal in a defamation action can be to recover damages,'' Morris said. "But the priceless value of a defamation action is to gain back your reputation.''
Some Catholic priests accused of sexual abuse have sued their accusers, but with little success. However, in August, a judge in Ontario, Canada, ordered a man's nieces to pay him $125,000 in defamation damages for sending emails to family members accusing him of sexually abusing them when they were young girls.
In Fischler's case, he contends he was the victim of a "conspiracy'' by "classic parent bullies'' and their daughters, including a popular girl he describes as having a "gang-leader-like personality,'' to get him fired from the private Catholic school where he was an at-will employee, according to court documents.
The three girls named in the suit, but not identified by this newspaper because they are under 18, lied about his conduct, he claims, and helped spread false rumors in 2009 and 2010 that built to a "malicious craze" against him. One family used words like "pervert," a gross exaggeration of his conduct by any measure, he claims. The parents, Fischler contends, either knew the allegations were false or should have known and were negligent.
"He wants his day in court, so that the abuse and bullying will stop, and the whispery innuendo and uncertainty... ends in the official record,'' his lawyer, Robert M. Vantress, wrote in a court document.
The families staunchly deny the claims, contending in court documents that their children were "naturally uncomfortable" about Fischler's conduct, giving them the right to be concerned and talk to others about it. The situation also is partly Fischler's fault, they say, because he did not abide by the school's no-touching policy, even after being explicitly warned.
"He is a crude, rude , socially inappropriate teacher who has offended the sensibilities of young girls by his unthinking and uncaring conduct," one of the lawyers, Rick R. Pedersen, wrote in a court document.
The lawsuit arises chiefly out of two incidents about a year apart. In fall 2009, one of the girls said Fischler touched her buttocks while teaching the class to do squats. However, the other children did not corroborate the girl's account. Fischler acknowledged touching her hips and was admonished by administrators to abide by the school's no-touching policy. However, the girl's parents remained deeply concerned about his conduct.
In December 2010, Fischler knocked on the door of the girls' bathroom, which served as a quasi-locker-room. He was drawn to the sound of shrieking inside because the noise was disrupting a nearby class. Some of the girls were changing clothes, and a few of them claimed Fischler poked his head in and stared at them.
The school reported the incident to police, and Fischler was put on paid leave for alleged sexual misconduct. An independent investigator cleared Fischler after finding the ringleader of the accusers acted out of an "angry, childish grievance" and persuaded other girls to go along with the restroom accusations. Fischler alleges the girl did not like him because he had once chided her; she also may have believed he touched her friend's buttocks in the 2009 incident.
The same girl told her parents after the restroom incident that a few weeks earlier Fischler had massaged her shoulders, prompting her to tell him not to touch her. Fischler said he merely tapped her on the shoulder because she refused to get out of his chair.
Among the witnesses expected to take the stand are one of the girls who was allegedly pressured into saying Fischler had leered at the girls in the bathroom, as well as the child's father, who exposed the alleged coercion.
But in a court document, one of the family's lawyers characterizes the situation not as a conspiracy but as an understandable misperception by the children: -... the junior high girls had acted like junior high girls; they misunderstood and misrepresented the two incidents.''
Despite the school's conclusions, Fischler was never publicly exonerated. Initially, San Jose police took a cautious approach, characterizing the investigation as "inconclusive.'' That meant that Fischler was listed for a time on the California Abuse Central Index, a database used by law enforcement and employers who are in regular, professional contact with children. Months passed before police concluded the accusations were "unfounded" and took his name off the list.


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Even though Halloween has become synonymous with "sexy" and "trashy" — heck, there's even a naughty ladies' "Bert & Ernie" ensemble — you have a choice. And you can choose fashion and sophistication.
There are plenty of options that will have you looking runway-ready, while remaining true to the holiday.
We combed the racks at some of the region's top clothing boutiques, consignment shops, vintage troves and even a furrier for our "no costumes allowed" photo shoot. We were able to capture period charm from "Downton Abbey," "Boardwalk Empire" and "Mad Men," the futuristic feel of "Hunger Games" and the boho chic of "Girls."
Yes, these ensembles will likely call for more thought and resourcefulness, but you can incorporate the pieces all year long.
Vintage and Consignment Shopping
Period looks require a little digging, but the reward is a one-of-a-kind piece. We were able to find a smoky pair of Manolo Blahnik heels — perfect for "Downton Abbey" — at Love Me Two Times, a Roland Park consignment shop. There, we also scored vintage black heels by Christian Dior and a stunning pink pair of Gucci heels — both perfect to complete a "Mad Men" look.
The fact that top designers opted for a more retro feel this year made finding pieces easier.
Trillium and Jones & Jones carry Milly, which has a number of dresses that echo the "Mad Men" and "Boardwalk Empire" eras. We scooped up a long, black, sheer dress by Nanette Lepore at Trillium, which suited "Boardwalk Empire." Kate Spade bags sold at Handbags in the City added just a little contemporary polish to the "Mad Men" looks.
For history purists, Jill Andrews Gowns provided custom-made gowns that were true to "Game of Thrones" and "Downton Abbey."
In a modern vein, Babe, Ma Petite Shoe and Poppy and Stella ably captured the quirky, youthful feel of HBO's hit show "Girls."
Bijoux, the high-end jewelry boutique, had an array of bling that kept each look polished and true to the time period.
Mano Swartz, the Green Spring Station furrier, provided breath-taking garments that captured the ruggedness of "Game of Thrones" and the sophisticated polish of "Mad Men."
Getting the look
Hair and makeup mean a world of difference when creating your Hollywood-inspired Halloween look. We asked makeup artist Kim Reyes from T.H.E Artist Agency how she was able to whip up distinct looks for our photo shoot. Reyes used Make Up For Ever, available at Sephora.
Mad Men:
"It's all about liner and lip," according to Reyes.
Nicolette is wearing eye shadow White Shimmer No. 7, Aqua Liner Matte Black No. 13, Rouge Artist Intense Lipstick Satin Vermillion Red No. 42, Smoky Lash Matte Black
"Boardwalk Empire":
A smoky eye and dark lip look of the '20s is key, according to Reyes. "And it's all about color under the lash line," she says.
Ashley is wearing eye shadow Slate Grey No. 33, Peacock Green No. 80, Aqua Creamliner Matte Black No. 1, Lipstick Rouge Artist Intense Satin Blackcurrant No. 46.
Nicolette is wearing eye shadow Deep Plum Shimmer No. 79, Aqua Creamliner Matte Purple No. 5, lipstick Rouge Artist Intense Satin Bordeaux Red No. 48.
The shoot
Photographed by Christopher March at Jimmy's Restaurant, The Get Down and other sites in Fells Point. Models: Ashley Clark, Nicolette Steele. Styling by
, The Baltimore Sun. Hair by Brian Oliver and makeup by Kim Reyes, both of T.H.E Artist Agency.
The stores
1716 Aliceanna St., Fells Point; 410-244-5114, babeaboutique.com.
Bijoux Inspired Jewels:
10749 Falls Road, Green Spring Station, Lutherville; 410-823-5545, bijouxjewels.com.
Handbags in the City:
840 Aliceanna St., Harbor East; 410-528-1443, handbagsinthecity.com.
Jill Andrews Gowns LLC:
3355 Keswick Road, Suite 101, Hampden; 410-338-2525, jillandrewsgowns.com.
1709 Aliceanna St., Fells Point; 410-669-0600.
Ma Petite Shoe:
West 36th Street in Hampden; 410-235-3442, mapetiteshoe.com.
2360 W.Joppa Road, Lutherville; 410-821-9696.
Poppy and Stella:
728 S. Broadway, Fells Point; 410-522-1970, poppyandstella.blogspot.com.


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WASHINGTON, JULY 27, 2013 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public notification of a recall being conducted by the Chilean Ministry of Health for chicken products. After official notification from the government of Chile of the positive result for dioxin, FSIS instructed importers to hold product, which was presented for re-inspection. FSIS has determined that 188,522 lbs of chicken may be affected and 126,082 lbs is currently being held. The agency is investigating the distribution of the remaining 62,440, lbs. and verifying if additional shipments are involved. FSIS may expand the public notification and will take necessary and appropriate action after analyzing updated information received from the government of Chile.
The Chilean Ministry of Health and Ministry of Agriculture oversees the recall activities and investigations in Chile. FSIS is performing effectiveness checks in the United States by verifying that those companies who have received implicated product from the Chile-initiated recall have been notified and that all adulterated product is held and destroyed.
Information for Consumers
FSIS conducted an analysis of the Chilean test results and determined that the risk to consumers is negligible. FSIS continues to investigate distribution of the product and will take immediate action on new information.
Information for Industry
FSIS has reason to believe, based on information provided by the Chilean Ministry of Agriculture, that recent shipments of poultry from Chile contain dioxin, and, because they have been recalled, they are unfit for consumption. Therefore, all products produced at San Vicente establishment [Chilean establishment 0608] on the affected dates [May 29, 2013 to June 12, 2013] are considered adulterated and should be destroyed.
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If you're as involved in the web conferencing and webinar industry as we are, I'm sure DimDim's acquisition by Salesforce.com got your attention. But what really got our attention is that they're going to be shutting down their service permanently on March 15th. This means that if you had a DimDim account, you can kiss it goodbye!
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My first story of finding the book that made someone a reader is one of my favorites.
I work closely with classes at Markham Elementary, and last year one class began visiting me at Eastmont every two weeks. They were a small class, first and second grade special ed, with a warm and attentive teacher who worked hard to help each student find a book they wanted to check out.
One girl, a child of six I'll call Josefina, had not yet learned to read, and was not interested in doing so.
It's not hard to identify the reluctant readers in a class visit. They're the ones who, every time you show them a book, look at you something like this:
A reluctant reader throws shade on an EXCELLENT book suggestion
Josefina's very kind teacher was showing her books that she might like, and Josefina was giving her reluctant reader face. The teacher explained to me that Josefina was still learning to read, and needed something with very simple words to practice on. The books she wanted, though, were the DC Super Pets readers her classmates had swarmed upon like ants on a lollipop. Josefina wanted cute, cartoony pictures; she *needed* something with short, simple words, lots of open white space, and minimal sentences per page.
Well, I just did what any children's librarian worth her salt would do: I pulled out the Mo Willems books. I am especially fond of Elephant and Piggie, and the best part is, they're as good for struggling older readers as they are for little guys; superb cartooning, expressive linework, funny like a good joke. Josefina, though, went wide-eyed over Cat the Cat.
Josefina LOVED Cat the Cat.
Josefina checked out Cat the Cat. Her teacher read it with her, and then she read it on her own. Josefina came back wanting MORE Cat the Cat. Josefina checked out and read every Cat the Cat book in existence. (There are four)* And then, Josefina came in with her teacher all a-flutter and asked for the Cat the Cat book where she does ballet.
I searched; we reviewed all four books; we determined that there IS no Cat the Cat book where she does ballet. On the cover of Let's Say Hi to Friends Who Fly, Cat is striking a pose and wearing pink; Josefina had remembered that picture and invented a Cat the Cat book about ballet. Josefina deflated like a little polo-shirted balloon when I explained to her that, sadly, the book she was looking for did not exist. And then, I added my standard follow-up to that sentence: "...but since you want to read it, and it doesn't exist, you should write that book yourself."
I've said that to a bunch of kids over the years, and most of them have responded with the same look of hope and intrigue I got from Josefina. But I was in no way prepared for the phone call I got four weeks later from Josefina's teacher: they'd been writing, illustrating and binding the book for the past month, it was finished, and Josefina was bringing me a copy TODAY.
Also, the teacher told me, Josefina was so nervous about presenting me with the book that she couldn't eat her breakfast that morning, and the teacher wanted to make sure I knew how important it was to her so I could react accordingly.
When they came in, I was prepared with a thousand watt smile, a Cat the Cat poster I'd picked up from a giveaway, and a circle of chairs in case Josefina wanted me to read her book to the class. She did. In fact, because her book is so wonderful, I'd like to read it to you. I can never look at it without picturing Josefina shaking, hopping from foot to foot, clutching her first published work to her tiny chest, and then breaking out in a grin as she handed me one of four copies in the world of TINA, THE CAT BALLERINA.
I present it to you below in its entirety (though with her name redacted), with thanks to Mr. Willems and recommendations that you read every single book he's ever made (available at your local public library!). And as you read, I want you to pay attention to the author's already remarkable sense of narrative structure-- her pacing is spot on, and I challenge any seasoned children's author to craft a more perfect last line than Josefina's: "Last, she bowed."
Cat the Cat was the right book for Josefina. It made her not only a reader; it made her an author. Here's to many more right books in Josefina's future, including a long bibliography of her own.
--Miss Amy
TINA, THE CAT BALLERINA, by Josefina
First, Tina the Cat Ballerina went to ballet school.
Next, she was happy she went.
Then Tina was dancing in a ballet show.
Last, she bowed.**
*Mo Willems, if you are reading this, please write more Cat the Cat books. Actually just write more of everything.
**Josefina, if you are reading this, please write more books and bring me copies.


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No Soccer for Oil!
Fans of soccer and liberal democracy — I'm in both groups — were disappointed to hear that the FIFA grandees awarded the 2018 World Cup to Putinland Russia and the 2022 event to Qatar (!). My friend Grant Wahl has a typically sharp immediate reaction for Sports Illustrated that boils down to three points: (1) the choices prove once again that FIFA is not exactly a model of integrity and transparency; (2) Qatar? Really? Really?; and (3) the U.S. put together a strong bid and left everything on the pitch.
I would expand Grant's first point to darned‐near all elite international organizations, from the International Olympic Committee all the way to the United Nations (though the Wall Street Journal today said FIFA makes the UN look like a model). Where there is no democratic accountability and plenty of rent‐seeking opportunities, is corruption and non‐merit‐based decisionmaking all that surprising?
And of course this isn't a matter of the United States losing out to a nation with a deep soccer (or any athletic) tradition, or even to a developing country set to burst onto the geo‐political stage (like awarding the 1968 Olympics to Mexico City, the 1988 Games to Seoul, or the 2008 Games to Beijing). No, this was a matter of petro‐wealthy sheiks buying a major sporting event. Bully for commercial competition, of course, but (a) those are sovereign, not private funds in play (though the distinction is observed in the breach in the Middle East); (b) playing in 110‐degree heat can't make sense (see the problems with the relatively balmy 1996 Atlanta Olympics — and I'll believe the air‐conditioned outdoor stadiums when I see them); and (c) who knows what the political situation will be in the region 12 years hence. Plus bribing officials and riding anti‐American sentiment — shocking, I know, given that George W. Bush was not part of the Bill Clinton/Morgan Freeman‐led lobbying team — ain't exactly a testament to the free market.
Speaking of economics, though, one silver lining to the U.S. disappointment — and that of England, once favored for the 2018 Cup but finishing with only two votes — is that hosting a "mega‐event" like the World Cup or Olympics really doesn't do much for a national economy (and more often than not has a detrimental economic impact). And while I haven't studied the details of the U.S. bid, it's safe to assume that whatever public stadium and other subsidies were in it — probably not much compared to luring/keeping pro sports teams — paled in comparison to Qatar's bid (let alone Russia's). And so American soccer fans' loss is almost certainly American taxpayers' gain.
In short, the Russia‐Qatar double is a cynical course of events that will harm soccer's long‐term prospects in the United States and the reputation of international athletic bodies everywhere. (Just in time for the annual peak in anti‐BCS vitriol among lovers of American football, this time with a neat antitrust twist — on which more at some later point.)
Perhaps the biggest question, though, is how will Qatar's strict alcohol laws affect fans' enjoyment of "the beautiful game"?


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I have been working on an issue for several weeks now together with Microsoft Support to investigate a case where the Check Permissions function in SharePoint 2013 is not returning correct information for several users.
Let me first describe the exact situation.
We have a site collection with a standard team site template. We have setup the default SharePoint groups for defining access, such as the Visitors, Members and Owners groups. In these groups we are adding Active Directory groups. Pretty straight forward so far. As is expected, Active Directory users that are members of the added Active Directory groups have access to the SharePoint team site. No problem there. Those same users can do all actions that have been defined by the permissions as well.
So in normal circumstances, when we want to check the permissions for a user in a specific document library, we would expect something like the image below
Well, in my case the permission levels returned was "None" even though the user was a member of the "Team Members" group.
To make a long story short, the issue turned out to be caused by SidHistory. The customer had previously migrated its Active Directory users and groups to a new domain and used SidHistory during the migration. After the migration, these sidhistory attributes were not cleaned up properly by the Active Directory team.
Now, SharePoint does not behave well if you still have groups that have SidHistory attributes specified on them because SharePoint tries to resolve these SID's which may not be possible anymore because the domain the original SIDD belongs to is no longer available. In this case SharePoint gives up on the call. Unfortunately no error message is returned is generated so no error is returned. Instead SharePoint shows "None" as the permission level as it did not receive a correct answer to the group membership resolution
Now to be sure that you are not experiencing the same issue, you need to verify all groups that the user you are having the same issue with is a member of and make sure that the sidhistory attribute is cleared. Also check nested group membership.
Hope this helps anyone.
For my customer's case the issue was classified as a bug in SharePoint 2013


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Obama Considers Geithner, Summers for TreasuryBy Reuters - Print
Timothy Geithner, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers and former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker are among those being considered for the Treasury post in an Obama presidential adminisration.
CHICAGO (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama, who will inherit the worst financial crisis in decades when he takes office, is expected to announce his pick for some key economic jobs soon and may reveal his Treasury Secretary selection as early as Thursday.
Timothy Geithner, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers and former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker are among those being considered for the Treasury post.
After an election victory on Tuesday that will make him the first black U.S. president, Obama also appeared to be getting close to announcing his chief of staff.
U.S. Rep. Rahm Emanuel of Illinois, a Democratic lawmaker known for this hard-charging style, has been offered the job of leading Obama's White House staff, according to Democratic sources who spoke on condition of anonymity.
The 48-year-old congressman has close ties to Obama's inner circle and is a fellow Chicagoan. He was expected to accept the job, which would make him the gatekeeper to the Oval Office.
Obama has already launched a transition team that was working fast to fill the next administration's economic and homeland security teams, according to one of the Democratic sources.
Heading up that team are Valerie Jarrett, a close friend of Obama, Pete Rouse, his U.S. Senate chief of staff and John Podesta, former chief of staff to Bill Clinton.
Amid the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, Obama wants to move quickly to be prepared to handle a probable recession and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Obama's office is maintaining secrecy on the transition, which is occurring in the 11 weeks before January 20, when he will be sworn in as successor to President George W. Bush.
Whoever gets the Treasury job will be faced with guiding the $700 billion economic bailout package and the regulatory reform needed to prevent a repeat of the current crisis.
In addition to Geithner, Summers and Volcker, the short list for Treasury includes former Clinton administration adviser Laura Tyson.
Obama could soon announce other economic posts as well. Likely to end up in top advisory roles are University of Chicago economist Austan Goolsbee and Jason Furman, a former economic adviser to President Clinton.
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Urge House to Support the NEA in FY12! - (July 7, 2011)
Urge the House to Protect the NEA!
Washington, DC - Today, the U.S. House Interior Appropriations Subcommittee voted to cut National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) funding by $20 million for FY12 from the current funding level of $155 million. Last year the NEA suffered a $12.5 million decrease. Today's proposal more than doubles the $9 million reduction recommended by President Obama this year. The Subcommittee's nearly 13% cut is also disproportionate to the 7% cut to the overall spending levels in the entire Interior bill.
The full House Appropriations Committee is expected to vote on the FY12 Interior Appropriations bill as early as next Tuesday. In advance, it is extremely important that members of the Appropriations Committee hear from constituents across the country supporting funding for the NEA.
If your Representative serves on the House Appropriations Committee (see chart below), it is particularly critical that you ACT TODAY and ask your Representative to protect funding for the NEA. You can verify who your Representative is here.
Even if your Representative is not on the committee, please consider sending a letter of support for the NEA. Throughout this summer, and into the fall, Congress will continue the budget process and every vote will count. Be sure your Representative knows the value of NEA funding for your community!
House Appropriations Committee Members
- Harold Rogers (KY-5), Chairman
- Robert Aderholt (AL-4)
- Jo Bonner (AL-1)
- Jeff Flake (AZ-6)
- Steve Womack (AR-3)
- Ken Calvert (CA-44)
- Jerry Lewis (CA-41)
- Ander Crenshaw (FL-4)
- Mario Diaz-Balart (FL-21)
- C.W. Bill Young (FL-10)
- Tom Graves (GA-9)
- Jack Kingston (GA-1)
- Tom Latham (IA-4)
- Kevin Yoder (KS-3)
- Rodney Alexander (LA-5)
- Alan Nunnelee (MS-1)
- Jo Ann Emerson (MO-8)
- Denny Rehberg (MT-AL)
- Rodney Frelinghuysen (NJ-11)
- Steve Austria (OH-7)
- Steven LaTourette (OH-14)
- Tom Cole (OK-4)
- Charles Dent (PA-15)
- John Carter (TX-31)
- John Abney Culberson (TX-7)
- Kay Granger (TX-12)
- Frank Wolf (VA-10)
- Cynthia Lummis (WY-AL)
- Norman Dicks (WA-6), Ranking Member
- Ed Pastor (AZ-4)
- Sam Farr (CA-17)
- Michael Honda (CA-15)
- Barbara Lee (CA-9)
- Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34)
- Adam Schiff (CA-29)
- Rosa DeLauro (CT-3)
- Sanford Bishop, Jr. (GA-2)
- Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. (IL-2)
- Peter Visclosky (IN-1)
- John Olver (MA-1)
- Betty McCollum (MN-4)
- Steven R. Rothman (NJ-9)
- Nita Lowey (NY-18)
- Jose Sérrano (NY-16)
- David Price (NC-4)
- Marcy Kaptur (OH-9)
- Chaka Fattah (PA-2)
- James Moran (VA-8)
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All club rooms were recently built to todays 4 star standard of finish, equipment and size. As such, most can accommodate in relative ease up to 3 adults, with room for a baby cot. Some can accommodate up to 4 or even 5 in the room. Normal configuration of our club is for two full sized single beds ( 2 meters by 1 meter) or a king size double ( 2 meters by 2 meters) so please ensure we know which you would prefer. If you have booked for 3, 4, or 5 people please inform us how may double and single beds you will need.
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Cristian Brenna
Interview with Cristian Brenna, one of the world's most important sports climbers.
Cristian Brenna has established himself as one of the world's top sports climbers, competing at the highest levels and making swift repeats of some of the hardest routes around. We decided we could no longer afford to leave him unnoticed.
Our idea was that of a theoretical journey from the crag to competitions, via isolation areas and intense training sessions, technique and stamina. And who better to have as a guide?
Cristian is crazy about climbing and he accompanied us enthusiastically, tirelessly, in between one coffee and the next cake.
This is the result: a brief profile based on his thoughts, followed by an interview and an (extremely impressive) curriculum vitae - don't miss it, because it shows just how good he really is…
My strongpoint is my endurance. Other Italians such as Cristian Core, Luca Zardini and Mauro Calibani are far more powerful than me. From what I've seen the Italians are incredibly strong compared to other climbers, but they lack competition experience. I've always been very serious when it comes to climbing, always very methodical and I've always trained hard. I started in 1988 using a pull-up bar, then in 1991 we built a wooden board to train on.
I didn't manage to organise a real training method until '95. I used to go to the wall 3 times a week to work on my endurance. I kept a record of everything I did: every evening I repeated the same circuits, doing 500-600 moves for 5 years. I never bouldered, occasionally I worked out using a pull-up bar. Then one day a friend of mine, Marzio Nardi, gave me a training plan… tables, weeks of high intensity bouldering, followed by rest weeks, then endurance training, power training etc. The results then started to appear. What really helped me was climbing on rock because my technique was my weakpoint. It didn't improve on the wall and climbing outside at the weekend just wasn't enough. It wasn't that important for the crag, but more for competitions, because the holds are obligatory and so you have to be that bit better.
"I think I'm the only Italian who's won a World Cup event (Courmayeur 1998) and who's also placed last in the Italian Cup (1990)!"
I started to compete in 1989 in Turin. I placed 27th and I remember that there were three routes to be flashed, so you had a couple of goes. At that time there were no alternatives to this formula: either you competed on a national level, or you didn't compete at all. Regional comps didn't exist and neither did ones for amateurs. At Trento in 1990 the competition consisted of a single on-sight route and I placed 15th - so my results were encouraging right from the start.
Competitions are stressful, but I like that. Being in isolation takes ages though. You feel the pressure less when you go just to gain experience. But when you go to get a good result, the wait never ends!
Perhaps my climbing style didn't look that good in the beginning, but it was efficient! My first hard routes were all vertical: my first 7c+ was Liquer de Coco in Verdon, my first 8a was Apache in Cornalba and my first 8a+ was Outsider, all of which are fairly technical. Perhaps the way I climbed them was fairly brutal though….
I enjoy bouldering competitions, but I prefer normal competitions which I feel are more complete, in a sense "harder' and more demanding. In bouldering comps even if you fall you get another go, you have 6 minutes to sort yourself out.
It's harder to train for normal competitions, much more complicated. To train for power you need to train for 2-3 hours a day and that's it, then all you do is rest. Endurance training is completely different: 3 hours in the morning, 3 in the afternoon, for 3-4 days without a break.
I really enjoy bouldering outdoors: I've been to Fontainebleau, to Cresciano and Meschia. I go in winter when conditions are good and I can get up an 8a. I do about 60 problems in a day, instead of trying the same boulder problem again and again. I just can't do this, because the whole thing is a game and I enjoy going from one boulder to the next. I saw Fred Nicole at Cresciano - he doesn't climb anything! He tries a problem, then rests for 20 minutes, tries again and rests for a further 20 minutes. I get bored doing that. I try one, then move on to the next.
You represent the athletes within the F.A.S.I., the Italian Climbing Federation...
Yes, I was elected about three years ago, after a new law by the governing body stated that each federation needed a representative elected either by World Cup or Olympic athletes. Climbing isn't an Olympic sport so only those who had competed in the World Cup were eligible to vote, and they elected me as their president, Luca Zardini as Vice President, and Luca Giupponi as Adviser.
You are regarded by many as charismatic…
I'll let the others comment on that. I enjoy this job and I try to carry it out as well as possible. Of course there are some people who find things to criticise about, but that's useful for us to move on. Every year Zardini, Giupponi and I write a report for the Federation about the competition season and about the National Team. We mention what worked and what didn't and we suggest ways to improve things. I also take part in all the Federal Advisory meetings, to hear their new ideas. So it's a job that means you can have your say.
What issues are important?
Above all I'd like the Federation to publicise our sport more. There are other things that need working on though, such as improving isolation areas, which in general are inadequate, and improving the quality of the competition walls and the routes themselves. Another proposal is competition prizes in the Italian Cup. Until now these haven't been obligatory, and although we're not after a lot of money it does seem fair that the finalists at least get their expenses paid for.
Sports climbing nowadays has reached such high levels that it requires professional athletes. How do you manage this?
At the moment it's a bit difficult to live off climbing in Italy. We're lucky though because the army sports groups offer the chance to become professional athletes. There are six of us at the moment and perhaps there'll be more this year. So that's something positive. I hope to continue this rapport even after I've stopped competing, perhaps as trainer. This happens in other Federations, like the Italian Skiing Federation, since it's a good to have professionals who develop the youth sector.
How important is it to have a trainer?
If he follows the athletes on a weekly, not necessarily daily basis, then the trainer becomes indispensable. But reality is different here in Italy and so instead of having a trainer only once a month we asked the Federation for a physiotherapist who now helps us recover after competitions and prepare for the next one.
But you didn't have a trainer in the beginning…
No, like all those of my generation, I'm self-taught. Zardini, Giupponi, myself and many others share advice, try different training methods and see what works best. Even though it's true that one person's training method doesn't necessarily work for someone else. For example, when Marzio Nardi worked as adviser to the Federation he devised a training plan for the entire team: one of the exercises worked well for Zardini, but it didn't work at all for me. So in the end we try to work out what's best for us, to find a method that best suits the individual.
Can you describe a typical training day?
It depends on the time of year. Winter is the preparation phase and consists of high intensity workouts: a typical day may be 2-3 hours on the board in the morning, followed by a weights session in the gym and then another session on the board in the afternoon. When I prepare for competitions I always do some weights first because I tend to lose muscle easily and in the afternoon I have a session on the wall. Immediately before the competition I concentrate on "quality", with just one session on the board which lasts between 2-3 hours. I climb fewer moves, perhaps only 2 or 3 circuits, but with plenty of rest between each one, to see if I'm on form. I always do some form of aerobic workout - usually cycling. I also do some stretching... although not that much because I don't really like it.
Do you do anything to improve your concentration?
I don't do any specific training for this but I do exercises to improve my technique and tactics. I try to work on my memory by doing long circuits, and I also try to simulate the moment we have to check out the route. When I'm at a friend's house I get him to show me a circuit once and then I try to repeat it without being told where to go.
Right. Let's see, what can you remember about your first 8b on-sight?
My first 8b on-sight was "Australia" at a crag called Ceredo, in Italy, but I can't really remember very much about it. There's a large bucket beneath the roof which is a semi-rest, then you continue up a series of small crimps. The hardest section for me was leaving that rest, since that's where the crux is. I find it hard to remember routes I've on-sighted, while competition moves are easier to remember. One of the hard things about competitions is working the best place to clip, or where the best place is for your feet. And it's really important to see if there are any possible rests on the route.
So what happens in those crucial few minutes before the competition while you examine the route?
I quickly study the route, mime the moves and try to understand where to clip from and where to rest. I concentrate more on the upper section than the first half, because there are rarely hard moves low down.
Do you know all the holds?
No, and that's why we sometimes use binoculars. Compared to the French we usually have a hard time on the Entreprise walls. This is something the UIAA will have to look into, because there are some athletes who design holds and panels and then go and compete on them. This isn't their "fault", on the contrary, but there's no doubt it's an advantage and perhaps not fair on the others.
When you're checking out the route with the others, is there anyone you trust most?
In the end I trust myself most. Usually you look at the route in groups of two or three and when you then go into isolation you all talk about the route to try and clarify things. That's really nice. Those who have to climb immediately usually don't have enough time to work things out completely, but those who start later have time to discuss things with the other members of the group. There's always something about the route that isn't clear, so you ask the others "and what about those moves…"
Have you ever been misled by anybody?
Possibly sometimes, but certainly not on purpose. For example, once François Petit was sure that a move had to be done in a certain way, while I said the opposite. In the end he fell on that move. Perhaps if I'd listened to him I would have fallen too. Everybody has their own climbing style, even if in competitions it looks as if they all climb in the same way. But if you examine the video afterwards you notice that they aren't all the same. There might only be minor differences, but they change everything. This is true above all for the men, where the level of the best climbers is very similar. There's no one at the moment who is way better than the rest. If you look at the World Cup results the top 20 could potentially all reach the Final.
Apart from this, what else happens during isolation?
Every now and then there are some informal boulder competitions. And then there's the Ukranian Evgeni Krivocheicev who devises a circuit for all. He arrives with some chalk, marks the holds, and off we go…
And do you all take part?
It depends on what he sets. Sometimes he does things that are too hard, with about 60 moves. When I warm up I do 30 moves max. He completes the entire circuit because he does killer warm-ups!
Has anyone ever done the hardest boulder problem during isolation and then immediately fallen off the route?
Yes, but this doesn't usually happen. When someone is inexperienced it's hard to know when you've warmed up properly - it happened to me in the beginning. There are some climbers, like Arnaud Petit or Luca Zardini, who need to get really pumped during the warm up, but as soon as I feel a bit tired I stop.
You look like you're in a trance before you start up the route. What do you think about?
You try to memorise all the moves, the holds and footholds - you think about nothing else but the route ahead of you.
And do you ever think about the route once the competition is over?
Every now and then I look at videos of old competitions to see what I did wrong and to compare myself with the others. Videos are really useful.
How much do nerves influence your performance?
Everybody feels the pressure, although some feel it more than others. You have to try and transform it into positive energy, a bit of "aggression" for the route - but that's hard.
Do you manage?
It's strange but it depends on the competition: sometimes you're fine right until you start to climb, while other times you're excited during isolation and then when you climb you're really calm. It's difficult. In some competitions I failed to do my best because I was too tense. In Courmayeur in 1996 I lost because I was too tense and eventually placed second in the World Cup, the same happened in Milan two years ago.
Can you work on this aspect?
We all try to reduce tension in some way or other, but there's no standard technique that makes it disappear. During training it's difficult to simulate the same competition atmosphere. Perhaps I should do something to train my mind, something like yoga. I know that Yuji Hirayama does autogenous training.
Do you consider yourself to be cool or hot-headed?
A bit of both. I still haven't found the best method to stay calm during competitions. I rarely feel tense during national competitions, but in international comps it varies. Things have improved a bit lately and I'm getting a bit calmer.
But outside of competitions how would you describe yourself?
Relatively cool-headed
Who is the calmest in competitions?
Definitely François Legrand.
And who suffers the most?
Christian Bindhammer gets fairly nervous - in competitions he literally trembles, and this never happens to him outside. Of the Italians there are Luca Zardina and Alberto Gnerro, who's really strong but gets hyper worked up. He's more powerful than anyone else I know and he still has the potential to win some World Cup events. It's just that he gets really nervous.
What does the crag represent to you? Is it complementary to or in contrast with competitions?
I'm not capable of only climbing indoors, I need to climb outside - if I don't I can't climb well. It helps my technique, tactics, rhythm… and I can let off some steam!
What's more important, a good route or a good competition result?
I take part in competitions so a good competition result is far more important than climbing a hard route. But of course I also like to climb hard routes - I seem to do them quite easily, perhaps because I'm relaxed and don't have any competition pressure to worry about.
So a good competition result is more important than an 8b on-sight?
For me, yes, because I do competitions. I get more satisfaction out of winning a World Cup event then doing an 8b on-sight. But it has to be said that on-sighting an 8b is always a great feeling. Winning a competition is the main objective though and the crowning achievement.
Are you interested in doing any new routes?
This hasn't interested me yet, especially because when I was an electrician I worked with a drill all day and I can't bare the sight of them any more! I haven't found a line that inspires me here in Lombardy, but perhaps if I find one then I'll start to clean and work it. Also because once it's done, it remains for all to see and do.
Italian climbers seem to lack the determination which English or French climbers show. What do you think about this?
I reckon there are many climbers in Italy who are still afraid of falling and consequently that blocks them psychologically, whatever level they climb at. I've noticed on the wall where I train that as soon as someone is a bit tired he or she gives up, instead of pushing on or searching for other solutions which could help on a route or in competitions. This is what training is all about, to try to overcome one's limits. Perhaps Italian climbers lack this "characteristic", perhaps they lack a bit of grit and determination.
Is there a distinctive French or Italian climbing style?
Italian climbing concentrates more on power than technique, and so it differs greatly from the French style which is renowned for its technique. For the last couple of years I've worked more on this than on power, because it was one of my weakpoints, along with my tactical ability. This means that I climb a lot on vertical walls and try to transfer as much weight as possible onto my feet, even when I'm on the on the smallest holds.
On overhangs I try never to cut loose and lose my footholds. This really helps in competitions - if you can transfer your weight from your hands to your feet, then you can really rest. Two years ago, at Rock Master in Arco, François Legrand, Yuji Hirayama and François Lombard all reached a huge hold where they put in a knee-bar. Yuji and Lombard were tense, while Legrand looked as if he was sitting down. It was if he had said to himself: "right, I've got a knee bar and now I'll relax".
Last year Legrand bridged out to a massive stalactite beneath the roof at Lipsia: was the only one to see the rest and it helped him win the competition. At the end of the day all of these things add up, he has something more than the other athletes, a certain ability that the Italians are lacking.
If you had to talk about climbing to someone who knows nothing about it, what would you say?
That it's a wonderful sport because you climb outside and you're in touch with nature. I would try and convince the person to climb outside, not just indoors.
So why should someone take part in competitions?
Because if you like to compare your ability with that of other climbers, then it's only right to do it in a competition. It's true that results at the crag count, but the most precise way to confront your ability with that of the others is in a competition. Conditions are equal for all, and it becomes obvious who is the best, at least on that particular day. Out at the crag someone can on-sight an 8b, while another person may take three goes to redpoint it. This doesn't necessarily mean that the first is better. You have to see if all the influencing factors, not just atmospheric conditions, were the same.
And in competitions there is the crowd who can see everything!
Yes, although at the crag people can see everything too. Even though there's never anyone there, everyone sees something…
So what would you say about sports climbing?
That it's a lovely sport and very demanding, and that in the beginning one should concentrate less on the grade but more on climbing as an art. Especially in the beginning one should climb to have fun - later on grades come as a result of this.
One shouldn't start off with the fixed idea of having to achieve a certain grade: there are many young climbers who skip 7a, 7b or 7c and jump onto an 8a or 8b, and this is completely wrong.
Climbing outside is also a way to relax, especially for those who want to do well in competitions. We're lucky, because this variety doesn't exist in other sports.
What is your ambition in climbing?
I would like to on-sight an 8c+ - this is my dream and main target at the moment. I've already identified a route, 'Il calvario del sicario' at Cuenca. I prefer to on-sight routes than work a really hard project, because on-sighting is the essence of climbing. At least, that's the way I interpret climbing. Working a route for a year is more like gymnastics. You have to keep at it, try and try again. A bit like the working on the parallel bars, you have to keep on trying untill you do it. So this has less to do with climbing but more to do with an athletic achievement.
I find I get really motivated when it comes to on-sighting a hard route or repeating one quickly, because that's my way of interpreting climbing. This isn't necessarily the only way though.


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The Comedian Who Ran For Mayor
Jon Gnarr is an absurdist Icelandic comedian. Last year, he ran for mayor of Reykjavik. Like most absurdist comedians, he had no political experience.
"I just invented a new political party," he says. "I was not drunk or anything."
Gnarr called his party the "Best Party." Because what could be better than the best party?
He created a 10-point campaign platform — with 13 points.
Four months before the election, his poll numbers were terrible. Only 2 percent of voters supported the Best Party. So Gnarr got himself a nice suit and tie and started actually going around like a politician.
Whenever anyone else made a political promise, Gnarr made a bigger one. Gnarr proposed attracting tourists by leveraging the fame of Iceland's most famous citizen: The pop singer Bjork.
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We should have this huge statue of Bjork at the harbor like the statue of liberty and instead of a torch she would be having a microphone and she would shout out some information about Reykjavik in three different languages and she would be revolving, you know? And also there would be lights. Her eyes would shoot lights on interesting tourist spots in Reykjavik.
When a candidate proposed building an entire amusement park, Gnarr went small.
"I promised to have a life size Mickey Mouse," he says. "We would be the only Disney World that had a life size Mickey Mouse."
When political events turned boring, Gnarr would walk out.
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I said I was born in this place. I'm brought up in this place and all my friends live here and all my family lives here and I love this place, I love this city, and I would really like to do something useful for it, you know?
On May 29, 2010, Jon Gnarr was elected the 21st mayor of Rejkyavik. Then he got scared.
"This thought popped into my mind," he says. "'You can still quit. Run, run. Don't do it. ... What have I gotten all these people into?"
As mayor, Gnarr still makes fun of the system he's now part of. Sometimes wears a gorilla mask around the office. He gave a speech wearing lipstick.
But of course, he also has to do the mayor's job.
Reykjavik had a huge budget deficit. Gnarr raised taxes, re-structured the education system and laid off employees from the electric utility.
The job has given him new sympathy for public officials.
"I have realized that the politicians, or most of them, are not evil, stupid people like I thought they were," he says.
Gnarr has been on the job a year now, and his poll numbers have taken a dive. Half of those who used to support the party no longer do.
On the other hand, Gnarr has done something politicians often struggle with: Rekjavik's budget is finally in balance.
This is the latest in a series on Iceland by Planet Money correspondent David Kestenbaum and Planet Money's Icelandic intern, Baldur Hedinsson. Here's more from their trip to Iceland.
Correction: An earlier version of this post incorrectly stated the year Gnarr was elected mayor.
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