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Heading into the final month of the 2012 Major League Soccer regular season, Vancouver Whitecaps FC (10W-12L-9D) host Western Conference rivals Chivas USA (7W-16L-7D) for the first and only time this season on Wednesday night.
After claiming two draws during their end-of-season home stand, Martin Rennie's side are keen to return to the win column and take a step closer to the MLS Cup Playoffs when they host their opponents from Southern California. In what will be the first-ever league meeting between Whitecaps FC and The Goats on Bell Pitch at BC Place, Chivas USA arrive on Canada's west coast with their postseason lives on the line after a difficult 2012 campaign.
Wednesday's match between Whitecaps FC and Chivas USA at BC Place kicks off at 7 p.m. PT. Individual match tickets start at $20, plus applicable service charges, and are available at all Ticketmaster Ticket Centres, online at ticketmaster.ca, and Charge-by-Phone at 1.855.6.GO-CAPS (1.855.646.2277). CLICK HERE for more information on Whitecaps FC tickets.
Whitecaps FC's home match versus Chivas USA can also be seen live on Sportsnet Pacific, Sportsnet West, and Bell mobile devices at 7 p.m. PT. 'Caps fans can also listen to Wednesday's match live on TEAM 1040 radio (change from TEAM 1410) and teamradio.ca, starting with the pre-game show at 6 p.m. PT. TEAM 1040 will also have a two-hour post-game show, which will begin following the match at around 9 p.m. PT. Fans can also follow Wednesday's match on Twitter @WhitecapsMatch.
As the race to the postseason becomes ever more intriguing, Whitecaps FC's task on Wednesday is just as straight forward as the last few matches. This time around, a second victory of the season over Chivas USA would not only extend the gap to five points between Vancouver and sixth-place FC Dallas for the fifth and final playoff spot in the MLS Western Conference, they would also eliminate three clubs from postseason contention. A win over Chivas USA would end their hopes of making this year's MLS Cup Playoffs, as well as the hopes of Colorado Rapids and Portland Timbers. A draw with The Goats would also eliminate them and Portland, while Colorado would be hanging on by a thread, as they would trail Whitecaps FC by nine points with three matches remaining.
Much of the talk surrounding Rennie's side concerns the fitness of rookie striker Darren Mattocks. The young Jamaican international was forced out of Saturday's goalless home draw with Seattle Sounders FC with a strain in his right hamstring and is questionable for Wednesday's match. That could see Camilo Sanvezzo return to the starting XI after the Brazilian looked a threat off the substitutes' bench over the weekend. Speedy winger Dane Richards also available for selection after sitting out the Seattle match through suspension for caution accumulation. With Mattocks and midfielder John Thorrington (out with a left hamstring strain) on the sidelines, Rennie will likely bring Richards back into his midfield set-up to face The Goats.
The 'Caps will aim to approach this midweek clash with the same confidence and application that was seen in their weekend performance versus arch-rivals Seattle. Not only did the Blue and White create chances to win the match, they also earned a confidence-boosting 10th clean sheet of the season. With the international break to follow Wednesday's match, Whitecaps FC will want to head into the two-and-a-half weeks off in high spirits with an important home result.
Whitecaps FC's other injury concern is striker Etienne Barbara. The Maltese international will miss Wednesday's match with lower back pain.
2012 has proven to be a difficult second season for Robin Fraser as Chivas USA head coach, with The Goats facing a third-straight year without playoff soccer. They travel to Vancouver this week on a 10-match winless run in MLS, including six straight league defeats. This despite a fine run in this year's Lamar Hunt US Open Cup, where they reached the semifinals before falling to Seattle on July 11. Despite their struggles, The Goats have had two competitive games with Whitecaps FC and will want to restore some pride at BC Place following a 4-0 home defeat to Real Salt Lake last Saturday evening.
With an attack that includes promising American youngster Juan Agudelo and veteran Colombian striker Juan Pablo Angel, Chivas USA's struggles can be attributed in large part to a lack of goal production, as they have scored the fewest goals of any MLS club this season (21). That may come as a bit of a surprise when you consider the qualities in Fraser's strike force and some of the other experienced MLS players that he acquired during the campaign. Former New York Red Bulls striker Agudelo and former Philadelphia Union captain Danny Califf arrived on the west coast on May 17, while former New England Revolution captain Shalrie Joseph arrived at The Home Depot Center in a deal that saw midfielder Blair Gavin head the other way on August 1. The Goats also have an MLS All-Star in Dan Kennedy, who is considered one of the league's top goalkeepers.
Chivas USA will be without midfielder Ryan Smith (concussion) in Vancouver, while goalkeeper Tim Melia is doubtful with lower back pain. Defender Jorge Villafaña (calf) and midfielder Ben Zemanski (ankle) are listed as probable.
Wednesday's match is the fifth MLS meeting between Whitecaps FC and Chivas USA, with Vancouver having won and drawn their two previous encounters at The Home Depot Center this season. On March 17, the 'Caps claimed their first away win as an MLS club with a 1-0 victory over The Goats. Captain Jay DeMerit's first goal for Whitecaps FC was enough to earn three valuable away points in Week Two. On July 7, the 'Caps had to settle for a goalless draw with Chivas USA in Carson, California. Since becoming an MLS club in 2011, Whitecaps FC have an undefeated record of a 1W-0L-3D versus Chivas USA.
While there is not much history between the two clubs, there are many ties between both sets of players. Whitecaps FC striker Atiba Harris spent two seasons with Chivas USA, while Salgado was in the youth system of Chivas USA's parent club – Mexican giants Club Deportivo (Chivas) Guadalajara. Chivas USA's Peter Vagenas made 16 appearances for Whitecaps FC during their inaugural MLS season of 2011, while striker Alejandro Moreno was a Vancouver selection in the 2010 MLS Expansion Draft before he was traded to The Goats. The South American was also teammates with Chivas USA centre back Danny Califf, Whitecaps FC goalkeeper Brad Knighton, and 'Caps left fullback Jordan Harvey during Philadelphia Union's inaugural MLS season of 2010. Harvey was also teammates with Goats midfielder Nick LaBrocca at Colorado Rapids. 'Caps midfielder Michael Nanchoff played with Chivas USA's Ben Zemanski at the University of Akron.
Whitecaps FC fans have until midnight Pacific time on WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3 to take advantage of our special offer on 2013 Season Tickets. As a 'thank you' to our fans for their continued support, those who purchase Season Tickets between now and MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY will receive a special signing bonus of 12 per cent off. Fans can take advantage of this offer and renew or purchase their Season Tickets online at whitecapsfc.com or by phone at 604.669.9283.
Whitecaps FC fans will be able to get a $10 discount on the purchase of FIFA Soccer 13 when they bring Wednesday's match ticket to any EB Games location in the Lower Mainland.
Thanks to one of our Founding Partners, EA SPORTS, 'Caps supporters will be able to use their Chivas USA ticket to redeem a discount until this Saturday, October 6.
As MLS enters the final month of the 2012 regular season, league clubs and players will be raising awareness of breast cancer during October. On Wednesday night, Whitecaps FC players will wear customized jerseys and pink sweatbands, while Vancouver and Chivas USA will contest their midweek match using customized pink balls supplied by the league.
During Wednesday's match, the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation - BC/Yukon Division - will have an interactive booth on 'Caps Kick Off, as well as a silent auction table on the concourse at Section 235 running throughout the game.
Following Wednesday's match with Chivas USA, Whitecaps FC will be idle during this month's international break before returning to action on Sunday afternoon, October 21, when they host Pacific Northwest rivals Portland Timbers in their final regular season home match of 2012. Kickoff from BC Place is set for 4 p.m. PT. Individual match tickets start at $20, plus applicable service charges, and are available at all Ticketmaster Ticket Centres, online at ticketmaster.ca, and Charge-by-Phone at 1.855.6.GO-CAPS (1.855.646.2277). CLICK HERE for more information on Whitecaps FC tickets.
Whitecaps FC's home match versus Portland Timbers on Sunday, October 21, will be live on Bell mobile devices at 4 p.m. PT. 'Caps fans can also listen to the October 21 match live on TEAM 1410 radio and teamradio.ca, starting with the pre-game show at 2 p.m. PT. TEAM 1410 will also have a two-hour post-game show, which will begin following the match at around 6 p.m. PT. Fans can also follow the October 21 match on Twitter @WhitecapsMatch.


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In 1978, twentysomething artist Mimi Pond dropped out of art school and worked in an Oakland greasy spoon, serving punk rockers, hippies and the occasional prostitute.
She never forgot her time there: "I knew from the moment I stepped through the door that it was a story."
Fast-forward several years, in which Pond racked up experience writing for "The Simpsons" (she penned the debut episode), "Pee-wee's Playhouse" and "Designing Women," all while drawing cartoons for the Los Angeles Times and Seventeen magazine (not to mention raising two kids with her husband, the artist Wayne White).
Finally, some 25 years later, she turned her attention to writing about Mama's Royal, still a pit stop for Bay Area artists to this day.
This month, the resulting fictionalized memoir, "Over Easy," hits the shelves from Drawn & Quarterly. For lovers of tawdry tales from the '70s, told with smarts and sensitivity, "Over Easy" is a gold mine.
In addition to sex and drugs, "Over Easy" doles out plenty of politically incorrect humor from the opening pages on. "I think racial sensitivity is a good thing, feminism is the greatest thing, and I consider myself" a feminist, Pond said in an interview with The Times. "But I don't think we should forget how it was. It shouldn't be whitewashed." (Check out the rest of what she had to say at our sister blog Jacket Copy.)
Pond, who is a charming raconteur, will appear Saturday at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books with fellow graphic novelists Vanessa Davis, Ben Katchor and Anders Nilsen on the panel Illustrating the Point: The Art of the Graphic Novel, at noon.
For more information on the panelists and the festival, which runs Friday to Sunday on the USC campus, visit latimes.com/festivalofbooks.
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Camden, N.J., Jan 8, 2013 / 10:58 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Auxiliary Bishop Dennis J. Sullivan of New York to lead the Diocese of Camden, N.J., accepting the resignation of his predecessor.
In a Jan. 8 statement, Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York praised Bishop Sullivan, calling him "one of the finest bishops I know" and describing him as "an invaluable help" and "my right hand."
The bishop's years of service have given him "a special closeness and dedication to the immigrant community, particularly the Latino and Asian population," the cardinal reflected, adding that he has always treated "every situation with the heart and mind of a pastor, always asking how we can do more for the people."
"Bishop Sullivan always generously shared with me his wise counsel and insights, based on his more than 40 years of priesthood in this archdiocese he proudly calls home," he explained.
The 67-year-old bishop will succeed Bishop Joseph A. Galante, whose resignation was accepted by the Holy Father as the new appointment was made on Jan. 8.
Although he is one year short of submitting his mandatory resignation at age 75, Bishop Galante had requested early retirement due to health problems.
Bishop Galante has headed the Diocese of Camden since 2004. He had previously served in several Texas dioceses.
Ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of New York in 1971, he was named a monsignor in 1999 and an auxiliary bishop in 2004.
Over the past years, Bishop Sullivan has served as pastor and parochial vicar at several churches in New York. He is currently the vicar general for the archdiocese.
In the U.S. bishops' conference, he is a member of the Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Islanders and the Committee on the Protection of Children and Young People.
When he is installed on Feb. 12, Bishop Sullivan will become the eighth bishop of Camden, leading a diocese that is home to half a million Catholics. The diocese includes the New Jersey counties of Atlantic, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem.
Cardinal Edward M. Egan, archbishop-emeritus of New York, called the appointment "a singular blessing" for the people of Camden.
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BASTAD, Sweden, July 9 (UPI) -- Seeded players Viktor Troicki and Fernando Verdasco posted straight-set victories Tuesday as the first round of the Skistar Swedish Open wrapped up.
Troicki, the No. 6 seed, defeated Joao Souza 6-4, 6-2 while losing just six points in nine games serving. He took 36-of-42 (85 percent) of the points on serve.
Souza won more than 60 percent of the points when serving but Troicki finished off three of his eight break chances to move to the second round.
Verdasco, seeded eight and coming off a quarterfinal appearance at Wimbledon, stopped Andreas Vinciguerra 6-5, 7-6 (7-3). He had 12 aces and lost 11 points -- five on double faults -- when serving.
Henri Laaksonen claimed a 5-7, 6-1, 6-1 decision over Antonio Veic in a battle of qualifiers. It was the only match Tuesday to go three sets.
Filippo Volandri pasted Jurgen Zopp 6-1, 6-2 in 53 minutes. He took nearly three-quarters of the points when Zopp served.
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When Spencer Stout uploaded his marriage proposal to his boyfriend Dustin Reeser in September 2013, no one expected the video to go viral — least of all singer/songwriter Betty Who, whose single "Somebody Loves You" served as the soundtrack to the musical engagement.
"I saw it on a Thursday when it had maybe 300 [to] 400 views," said Who, born Jessica Newham 22 years ago. "And then I saw it again Friday morning and it had a million views."
The fast-rising Australian singer self-released her debut EP "The Movement" last April and expects her full-length out on RCA by the end of 2014. In a late December phone interview, she opened up about viral video fame, her skills as a dancer and feeling personal connections to other artists' songs.
What was your reaction to seeing the viral video featuring "Somebody Loves You" for the first time?
It's a crazy thing. I cried [the first time I saw it] because I was so overwhelmed. It builds up so steadily throughout the song. You know it's going to be a marriage proposal, but you don't know how heartfelt and amazing it's going to be until Spencer walks out and then it's like, "Oh my god…"
Do you think Spencer and Dustin are going to ask you to officiate their wedding ceremony?
I actually just got my invitation to the wedding. I'm dying to [attend], so I'm going to try and make it work. I'm on tour, but I think I'm going to try and make a stop in Salt Lake City to go to their wedding.
Do you have a favorite viral video other than the one your song was featured in?
I think Jimmy Kimmel is a genius, and when he did that twerking video where the girl catches on fire I was dying. Before anybody knew Jimmy Kimmel was behind the video and completely won the Internet I remember watching it and thinking, "God, people are soooo stupid."
Considering the EP is titled "The Movement," I wanted you to rate your skills as a dancer.
Oh, great question. I think it depends who you ask. If you ask me I'd be like, "Oh my gosh, I'm a gazelle." If you ask my roommate she'd say, "She's the worst." I just like to move and I'm super excitable onstage, so my band and I tend to jump around a lot. I just dance however it feels right and hope everyone isn't low-key making fun of me.
Even though your music is upbeat, the songs can be fairly personal at times. Are you someone who grew up keeping a diary?
I don't think I kept a diary, but I should have. The problem I always had is when you write something down and then go back a month later and read what you wrote don't you always feel like your problems were so insignificant and then get upset you spent so much time wallowing in them? You're so honest because it's like, "No one else is going to read this." But then even you don't want to read it.
Do you ever have the same issue with your songs?
When I'm writing songs I'll have that little moment where it's like, "Jesus, that's really personal," but then you spend so much time with it and it means something different to every person who hears it. I'm so affected by what other people feel while they're listening to the songs that it starts to become my story as opposed to what I wrote it about in that moment.
It's great when someone can take ownership of something that comes from such a personal place. Is there a song you've have that kind of relationship with?
Oh sure. There's this Missy Higgins song called "They Weren't There," and also "Gravity" by Sara Bareilles and "One and Only" by Adele. They're these songs where these women are pouring their hearts out, and because it's so honest you feel so connected with it. That's what I strive for in my music.
Is Paul Hogan as big a deal in Australia as I hope he is?
You know, to be perfectly honest, not particularly [laughs]. There was a lot of ["Crocodile Hunter"] Steve Irwin stuff though. I remember the day Steve Irwin died and it was devastating. There was an announcement at my school. It was pretty intense.
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When Spencer Stout uploaded his marriage proposal to his boyfriend Dustin Reeser in September 2013, no one expected the video to go viral — least of all singer/songwriter Betty Who, whose single "Somebody Loves You" served as the soundtrack to the musical engagement.


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1. Re: Illustrator 8 installation problem[scott] Apr 24, 2012 1:27 PM (in response to karyn17)1 person found this helpful
The 64 bit version is called Illustrator CS6. Which will begin shipping next month.
You can't use Illustrator 8 with Windows 7.
2. Re: Illustrator 8 installation problemkaryn17 Apr 24, 2012 1:45 PM (in response to [scott])
3. Re: Illustrator 8 installation problemJacob Bugge Apr 24, 2012 2:31 PM (in response to karyn17)
You may Google Windows 7 Windows XP mode
At least according to this website, you should be able to run older applications/versions in XP mode in Windows 7:
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With Windows 7, however, Redmond has provided a solution to the problem: Windows XP Mode. Windows XP Mode uses virtualization technology to let applications running on a virtualized copy of Windows XP show up in the Windows 7 Start menu and on the Windows 7 desktop.
Windows XP Mode is a downloadable add-on for Windows 7 Professional, Ultimate, and Enterprise. It has two parts: the virtualization software itself, and a disk image containing a pre-installed, activated, licensed copy of Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 3 preinstalled, complete with the glorious Internet Explorer 6.
The virtualization software is the latest iteration of Virtual PC. Although you wouldn't know it from the download page, this is available for any version of Windows 7 aside from Starter. You wouldn't know it, because selecting a version of Windows other than those previously listed removes the option to download Virtual PC. It shouldn't, though; it should only remove the option to download the Windows XP Mode image.
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4. Re: Illustrator 8 installation problemkaryn17 Apr 24, 2012 6:21 PM (in response to Jacob Bugge)
Thanks, Jacob.
I'll definitely check this out.
Oops. I'd have to have (or upgrade to) Windows 7 Professional. But that $80 would be less than the $350+ to upgrade to CS6.
5. Re: Illustrator 8 installation problemJacob Bugge Apr 25, 2012 2:35 PM (in response to karyn17)
You are welcome, Karyn. I am still with 10, on XP.


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One, don't forget to comment on the David Stark post for a shot at winning his gorgeous book! Right now, those who have commented have a one in sixteen chance of winning, which is not too shabby!
Two, check out this Jane Fonda inspired room over at Decor Demon. Remember that crazy lady singing during the workout video? It's etched on my brain forever, but luckily since reading this post, the song going through my head is "9 to 5" …it's all takin' and no givin' they just…use your mind…ahhhh Dolly. How about a Dolly Parton room next Brian? You are one of the only design blogs that has text I am dying to read, and it makes me laugh every time. Oh, and we're glad you didn't add Jane's mug shot, as this is an object from our design drinking game. It seemed to pop up in every other Met Home and Elle Decor shoot for awhile there. I'm not sure if one stylist was taking it from shoot to shoot or if it was just that popular!
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The wasp was investigating her plate. Its body was throbbing. "We shall try to eat one later," she observed, "but it must be gorged to taste good. Of course, it can't sting your tongue. No animal will touch a person's tongue. When a lion has finished a traveler, bones and all, he always leaves the man's tongue lying like that in the desert" (making a negligent gesture).


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Oh bodhisattva mahasattva!
As I prostrate at your lotus feet, I offer everything I can name and understand, And all my mind's conjurings, As well as everything that exists, inconceivable and undreamed of, Throughout immeasurable space.
To you, who are the very essence of space, I offer praise. Bless this cyber-space with comfort, bliss and enlightenment— May it be of benefit to myself and others. Unburden our misgivings; Purify all that sullies and despoils us, And the profligate displays, That throng and colour this space.
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international / elections / politics / press release Monday November 14, 2016 22:35 by pbp 4 comments (last - thursday november 17, 2016 16:34) 1 image
The shock victory of Donald Trump in defiance of both the polls and most of the US establishment is testimony to the deep anger felt by many millions of working class Americans at their abandonment by the system.
The defeat of Bernie Sanders by the Democratic Party elite made it possible for a billionaire racist and sexist to present himself as the voice of that anger. There is much evidence that if Sanders had been the candidate he would have beaten Trump comfortably. read full story / add a comment
Photojournalist Artur Widak Exhibition, "The Path to Freedom" in Rathmines Library from November 17th
international / racism & migration related issues / event notice Monday November 07, 2016 21:04 by Michael O'Dea 1 image
Artur Widak's exhibition of photographs, initially shown in Rathmines Town Hall on Culture Night will be on display in Rathmines Library from November 17th. read full story / add a comment
international / environment / press release Monday October 31, 2016 13:37 by Ban Hare Coursing in Ireland 1 image
Damning new film footage from Offaly and and Galway hare coursing events in the past week prove "regulations" to protect hares in the bloodsport are worthless!
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BOOK LAUNCH by the author: Dr Pat Walsh Friday 11 November 2016 7:00 pm The Pearse Centre, 27 Pearse Street, Dublin 2 The Catholic Predicament in 'Northern Ireland Volume Two Resurgence 1969-201
international / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Saturday October 29, 2016 16:33 by JACK LANE
In August 1969 came a pivotal event in the collective experience of the Catholics of the North after the Unionist Pogrom of that month set off a defensive Insurrection. Things could never be the same again. And they weren't.
The Catholic community, let down in its hour of need by both the British Labour Government of the State and Jack Lynch's Government in Dublin, for the first time fell back on its own resources. In the vital hour it produced something from itself that transformed its situation, turning its position from one of subordination to that of equality.
The Insurrection turned into a 28 Year War that set out to solve, once and for all, the political predicament that the Catholic community of the North had been sealed into back in 1920-1 by Westminster. That was when Britain set up the perverse political construct known as 'Northern Ireland' that generated an eternal conflict between its two communities, in which the minority' always came off worst.
Volume One in this series, aptly titled Catastrophe, gives an account of what happened between 1914 and 1968. The present volume tells the rest of the story, putting military and political developments in context.
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Saturday October 15, 2016 21:53 by 1 of Indymedia 3 comments (last - thursday october 27, 2016 15:14)
This press release was reported on the 3rd but it has only come to our attention recently and it is likely did not receive much coverage. Therefore we are posting it here.
In a frankly shocking move, the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) had its bank accounts closed last week by Bank of Ireland without any proper explanation other than we no longer met their risk appetite.
It is a move which appears to be part of a campaign orchestrated by the Israeli government to silence organisations which support the global boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign which aims to pressure Israel until it ends its occupation of Palestine and adheres fully to international law ensuring freedom, justice and equality for the Palestinian people. read full story / add a comment
international / elections / politics / opinion/analysis Tuesday October 11, 2016 19:15 by Sean Throne
US capitalism has had a century of relative political stability through the domination of its politics by its two capitalist parties. This is now coming to an end. A new era in US and world politics is opening up.Sean Throne read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday October 11, 2016 09:09 by Sonny Melencio 1 image
This article has been presented and discussed by the leadership and organizers of the Partido Lakas ng Masa (Party of the Laboring Masses - PLM) to mark the coming 100-day anniversary of the Duterte administration. It is a contribution to the discussion among the Left and progressive forces on how to view this administration and the tasks ahead.
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Friday September 30, 2016 23:52 by 1 of Indymedia
LASC have written an good article by Liam Bradshaw covering the massacre of teachers and students by the police in Mexico back in 2014 and the join up the dots on this terrible event. It is republished here because to bring some attention to it.
On September 26, 2014, two years ago this week, student teachers form the Escuela Rural Normal Isidro Burgos in Ayotzinapa were attacked in Iguala, Guerrero by local police. Six people were killed, dozens injured, and 43 remain missing two years later. One of the murdered students had been tortured and his face cut off. Elements of the municipal, state and federal police as well as the army participated in the crime, making it a state crime. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday September 26, 2016 23:31 by wsm 2 images
On Saturday, 24 September, LASC and the Mexico-Ireland Solidarity Collective organised a vigil at the Mexican embassy to remember and to call for justice for the 43 missing students of Ayotzinapa and the thousands more like them who have been disappeared in Mexico.
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international / crime and justice / other press Wednesday September 14, 2016 23:10 by 1 of Indymedia 1 video file
In the months leading up to the Olympics there was a clear political campaign to kick Russia out of the Olympics and this was all part of the broader strategy to make Russia the number one enemy of the West and to restart a new Cold War which the USA has managed to more or less achieve.
However it was surely obvious to anyone who follows sport that there are plenty of others taking drugs and nobody is squeaky clean. Therefore it comes as no surprise to discover the US athletes were taking drugs but what does come as a surprise is the influence of the global US machine on the likes of bodies such as World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) who seem to have one set of rules for some countries and allows them to take drugs with "doctor's note" and other rules for other countries where no such exemptions or rather turning of a blind eye are allowed.
All of this has come to light as a result of recent hacking of WADA. Naturally it is blamed on the Russians. Whether it is or isn't is in material. What matters is what was found and blaming the hackers whoever they are, is simply away to distract from the issue. read full story / add a comment
international / animal rights / press release Saturday September 10, 2016 20:08 by Ban Hare Coursing in Ireland 3 images
A few months after the defeat of Bill to ban hare coursing in Irelands parliament, an extraordinary statement from the Greyhound Owners and Breeders Federation (IGOBF) has come to light.
The IGBOF is the main body representing those involved in greyhound racing and hare coursing in Ireland.
The statement claims that Ireland's greyhound industry is a "failure", with rising debts and plummeting attendance and sponsorship - and that the decline looks set to continue.
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international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Sunday August 28, 2016 22:59 by 1 of Indymedia 1 video file
For those still naive about nature of the US state and it's foreign policy and the sinister and corrupting role of corporate power then this interview of U.S. Army Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson who served at the very top of the US war machine should leave them under no further illusions after listening to him.
Abby Martin interviews retired U.S. Army Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, former national security advisor to the Reagan administration, who spent years as an assistant to Secretary of State Colin Powell during both Bush administrations. Today, he is honest about the unfixable corruption inside the establishment and the corporate interests driving foreign policy.
Hear a rare insider's view of what interests are behind U.S. wars, the manipulation of intelligence, the intertwining of the military and corporate world, and why the U.S. Empire is doomed.
http://multimedia.telesurtv.net/v/the-empire-files-482829/ read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Thursday August 25, 2016 00:46 by 1 of Indymedia 2 comments (last - friday august 26, 2016 00:50)
Even though this story broke in early Aug, it received almost zero coverage except on RT.com. Given the biggest thing in the 1990s was the breakup and wars in the former Yugoslavia and Slobodan Milosevic the former president of Yugoslavia and the endless accusations of war crimes and so forth against Milosevic who was eventually tried in the Hague, it now comes as very big news to discover he has been belatedly pardoned and completely exonerated and therefore it is important that what really happened and the role of NATO as the instrument of the Neo Cons needs to be re-examined.
From RT.com: The ICTYs exoneration of the late Slobodan Milosevic, the former President of Yugoslavia, for war crimes committed in the Bosnia war, proves again we should take NATO claims regarding its official enemies not with a pinch of salt, but a huge lorry load.
For the past twenty odd years, neocon commentators and 'liberal interventionist' pundits have been telling us at every possible opportunity, that Milosevic (a democratically elected leader in a country where over 20 political parties freely operated) was an evil genocidal dictator who was to blame for ALL the deaths in the Balkans in the 1990s. Repeat after me in a robotic voice (while making robotic arm movements): 'Milosevic's genocidal aggression' 'Milosevic's genocidal aggression'. read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Wednesday August 24, 2016 22:31 by T 1 comment (last - friday august 26, 2016 00:10)
This article appear on the Saker blog and is reproduced here as George Soros has a huge and sinister influence over many organisations particularly in Europe and was implicated in the installation of the neo Nazi thugs in power in Kiev, in the Ukraine and for help trigger numerous colour revolutions that ultimately help install puppet governments answerable to the neo cons in Washington and carry out the neo liberal agenda which ultimately only serves the agenda of the rich.
A leak of private documents of George Soros' Open Society Foundations has been released, courtesy of http://soros.dcleaks.com/.George Soros is known to be involved in pretty much any revolution or coup around the world as well as heavily influencing politics. But these leaks provide direct evidence and show how deep and serious his involvement is. Here's a quick analysis of what one can find. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / other press Tuesday August 23, 2016 15:39 by Fírinne 1 comment (last - thursday february 09, 2017 09:57)
Original article By Graham Vanbergen http://truepublica.org.uk/global/decade-evidence-demons...tion/
According to wikipedia, Globalisation is the process of international integration arising from the interchange of world views, products, ideas and other aspects of culture. However, over the last ten years there has been a sea change decline in all the indicators that would measure the success of this model. Democracy, economic growth, freedom and an interchange of world views and culture has all but been abandoned to a vice like grip of globalisation driven more by the corporate principles of power and greed resulting in war, terrorism, a biblical refugee crisis, fear and a fully co-opted media. read full story / add a comment
international / history and heritage / event notice Monday August 22, 2016 22:59 by Sharon. 1 image
Bundoran , Donegal , Saturday 27th August 2016 , 3PM.
35th Annual Hunger Strike Commemoration , East End, Bundoran , Saturday 27th August 2016. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Friday August 19, 2016 12:39 by iDefend 3 images
Newly formed human rights coalition, In Defense of Human Rights and Dignity Movement (iDefend|) calls on President Rodrigo Roa Duterte not to make his governments war on drugs a war on human rights.
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international / miscellaneous / news report Monday August 15, 2016 14:54 by Fírinne
Patrick Poole describes the discussion of a document entitled The Project, which so far has been limited to the top-secret world of Western intelligence communities.
It was only through the work of an intrepid Swiss journalist, Sylvain Besson, that information regarding The Project was finally been made public. It was found in a raid of a villa in Campione, Switzerland on November 7, 2001.
Included in the documents seized was a fourteen-page plan dated December 1, 1982, outlined a twelve-point strategy for a flexible, multi-phased, long-term approach to the cultural invasion of the West. read full story / add a comment
international / racism & migration related issues / event notice Saturday August 13, 2016 11:47 by Rechte Netzwerke zerschlagen! 1 image
On 27th August the fifth Imperium Fighting Championship will take place at Leipzig. Place of the event will be the Kohlrabizirkus in the southern part of the city. The organizer Imperium Fight Team is interspersed with neo-Nazis. Well-known is certainly their coach Benjamin Brinsa. Brinsa was a leading member of the allegedly dissolved right-wing Ultra-group Scenario Lok of the1. Football Club Lokomotive Leipzig. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / news report Tuesday July 26, 2016 13:08 by Akbayan (Citizens Action Party) 1 image
Nothing should inspire the publics outrage more than the chasm that exists between the haves and have nots in Philippine society. And what better indicator can there be of inequality than when poor people suspected of involvement in drugs start dropping dead on the streets while the rich and powerful escape plunder charges through the courts? read full story / add a comment
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Rui Saotome, the actress who blogged about her difficulties dancing in the now cancelled iDOLM@STER porn parody, is back. She now blogging about yet another adult film parody. Dancing, too.
This time, Ms. Saotome is appearing as green-haired Ranka in a Macross Frontier send-up. She blogs:
Today, TMA filmed the Ranka from XXcross cosplay.
I was able to do the dance numbers without any problem thanks to everyone who supported me.
It was the first time I wore a wig, first color contact lenses and first green eyebrows.
So everything else in the movie she had already done? (And bwah? Dancing? Again?) Odd that TMA's iDOLM@STER parody got shitcanned while this very blatant Macross Frontier adult movie grinds on. Sure, we don't know why that iDOLM@STER parody was canned, but we can throw out educated guesses. The dancing? No. Fucking. Clue. Maybe something like this.
Pretty sure the Macross legal eagles are as good as the ones at Namco Bandai, so what gives?
Sidenote: Namco Bandai just released PSP title Macross Ace Frontier, so...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — For years, Washington has sent military equipment to U.S. police departments. But federal officials are now reconsidering the idea in light of the violence in Ferguson, Missouri.
Attorney General Eric Holder says that when police and citizens need to restore calm, he's concerned that using military equipment and vehicles sends "a conflicting message."
Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill says police responses like the one in Ferguson have "become the problem instead of the solution."
Rep. Hank Johnson of Georgia says he'll introduce legislation to reverse police militarization.
The Senate Armed Services Committee will review the program to determine if the Defense Department's surplus equipment is being used as intended.
The American Civil Liberties Union says police agencies have become "excessively militarized" as officers use battlefield equipment and training on city streets.


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Most kids have had an ear infection, also known as otitis media. Media means middle, so when you get an ear infection, germs get into the middle part of the ear causing fluid or pus to build up in the space behind the eardrum. This makes your ear sore. The good news is that ear infections often go away on their own in a few days. Sometimes a doctor will give you some medicine to make it better.
Note: All information is for educational purposes only. For specific medical advice, diagnoses, and treatment, consult your doctor.
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Welcome to the West of Clare on the Scenic Wild Atlantic Way!
Nature, tradition and hospitality in one of the most beautiful areas Ireland has to offer... The West of Clare is probably best known as being home to the Cliffs of Moher but it also offers many unspoiled tourist spots off the beaten track!
Natural elements shape the landscape which is fronting the crashing Atlantic waves and which are central to all the sights and activities in Clare
Experience the West of Clare:
- the dramatic cliff scenery at the Cliffs of Moher and the equally impressive Cliff scenery extending from Kilkee all the way to Loop Head!
- the unique limestone landscape of the Burren with an extraordinary flora and fauna as well as ancient monuments
- the surfing breaks in Ireland's foremost surfing village, Lahinch, but also in the other renowned surfing areas in Clare
- the sandy golden beaches inviting not only swimmers, but also taking the shoes off and walking
- the Atlantic ocean ideal for all kinds of watersports including angling, wakeboarding, sea kayaking, canoeing, sailing and diving - in one of the clearest waters you'll find in Ireland
- the golf courses for every taste and ambition
- the rare and breeding birds, dolphin families and whales making the West of Clare a haven for bird and wildlife watchers
- experience the best of the west coast of County Clare on the Wild Atlantic Way
- West Clare is also where traditional Irish music has its home. Music is everywhere, you'll find it on one of the many festivals as well as in the lively sessions in the traditional pubs throughout the County, from Doolin in the North to Kilrush in the South [more...]


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Sweet shop
Marissa Peden is a Wyoming girl who fell in love with Paris when she studied there during a year abroad from her studies of government and politics. The little boutiques and cafes, the way women dressed and the sense of whimsy the French have about fashion stuck with Peden after she returned to the States, graduated and went on to lobby in Washington, D.C. Now 28, she's left politics for retailing and just opened a shop, Sucré, at 1444 Market St. in LoDo. Selling clothes for men and women from such lines as French Connection, William Rast and Jodi Arnold, Sucré is a sweet spot for jeans and sweaters, dresses and accessories. (In the photo above, a model wears a faux fur neck wrap and arm warmers that are great with sleeveless holiday tops and dresses). The store's grand opening event will be from 7-10 p.m. Friday, hosted by Holly Kylberg and Bill Ward. Guests will be treated to sweets from Happy Cakes and a vodka bar by 42 Below. A portion of the night's sales will go to the Raymond Wentz Foundation, which supports cancer patients with limited resources. Info: 303-825-0825 or sucredenver.com. (Photo by Cyrus McCrimmon/The Denver Post. Stylist: Sylvia Atencio. Model: Christina of Maximum Talent)


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Rafael Benítez will confront the cluttered festive programme confident he can convince Chelsea's unforgiving support that his appointment as interim first-team manager will benefit the club's challenge this season.
The Spaniard has endured a fractious relationship with the Londoners' fans, a legacy of his days in charge of Liverpool when the ferocious rivalry with José Mourinho's Chelsea was at its peak. Supporters continue to mark the 16th minute of every fixture with a round of applause for the departed Roberto Di Matteo and, although Benítez was not heckled during Sunday's rousing 8-0 thrashing of Aston Villa, he had been booed by the travelling contingent at the Club World Cup in Japan this month.
Yet the recent upturn in form, instigated with an avalanche of goals – there have been 22 in four domestic matches ahead of the Boxing Day trip to Norwich – has served to focus attention on the apparent resurgence of the team. Although true acceptance will always prove elusive, Benítez is hopeful the disgruntled support will come to appreciate the positive effect he is having at the club.
"I said at the beginning and I will say it at the end: my job is to bring the best from the players, try to get results and try to play the best football," he said. "I'm sure the fans will appreciate this. It's just a question of time.
"I think they will realise I am a professional. I will try to do the best for the club and, at the end of the day, that will be the best for them because they will enjoy it. The fans play every game. It's the same for the manager. Not every player plays in every game. But the fans and the manager live every game together."
The rampant dismissal of Villa – the defeat was the heaviest in the visitors' history – confirmed Chelsea have rediscovered their bite having initially struggled to make an attacking impression under the new manager. The goalless draws with Manchester City and Fulham in Benítez's first two games had appeared to reinforce the notion that he is an overly cautious coach, a reputation the Spaniard denies.
"At Liverpool we had the Champions League record win, 8-0 against Besiktas," he said. "And I have always had an attacking mentality throughout my career because I came originally from Real Madrid. I have always tried to find the right balance: a clean sheet and yet still attack and score goals.
"The team and the organisation of the team is important to me. Some people see it as defensive. But I don't. I see it as a way of keeping the organisation of the team, but it's all geared towards being attacking."
Chelsea will bolster their forward ranks next month, particularly with Daniel Sturridge on the verge of completing his move to Liverpool, with Benítez in regular contact with the technical director, Michael Emenalo, and the board over recruitment strategy for the midwinter window.
The stand-in manager is hopeful up to three players can be bought, principal among them a striker but also possibly an attacker to play off a frontman, though there is an acceptance Atlético Madrid will not sell Radamel Falcao mid-season.
The Colombian will remain a long-term target and may be prised away from Atlético in the summer, but alternatives will now be pursued. The European champions could explore the possibility of recruiting David Villa from Barcelona, the 31-year-old having entered the final 18 months of his contract with little prospect of regular first-team football at the Camp Nou, even if the Catalans' director of football, Andoni Zubizarreta, has been quoted saying there is no appetite to allow the Spain forward to leave.
There is interest from Chelsea, too, in the Bayer Leverkusen forward André Schürrle, who came close to moving to Stamford Bridge last summer, and the £7.5m release clause in Demba Ba's contract at Newcastle has also been discussed. "We are working hard to find the right players," said Benítez. "Top sides have top players. It's not easy to find better players than we have at the moment, but we are working to find the right players."
This article was written by Dominic Fifield, for The Guardian on Tuesday 25th December 2012 23.01 Europe/London
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Taylor Swift: Charges Dropped in Nashville Intruder Case
- Find out why charges were dropped against Jacob Kulke after he was found on Taylor Swift's property – TMZ
- Check out the newest details of Kate Winslet's marriage to Ned Rocknroll – US Weekly
- Justin Bieber's Believe acoustic album has been completed! – Just Jared Jr
- Did Tom Cruise hit the dance floor with a new lady? – Lainey Gossip
- The Simpson family goes on vacation together – The Superficial
- Which Les Miserables renditions are the best? – TooFab
- Marina and the Diamonds do a Christmas performance – MTV Buzz
- Katie Holmes' play is closing early – Popsugar
- Nicki Minaj steps out for the holidays – Celebslam


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During the early decades of the nineteenth century, Roger Williams ran a ferry in West Springfield, Mass., carrying passengers and freight across the Connecticut River.
The Williams ledger is a combination daybook and account book, recording several dozen transactions of a Connecticut River ferryman, centered on the years around the War of 1812. Most of the entries are brief records of trips carrying individuals or freight across the river, however a few provide indications of other economic activity, including framing and joining, making a coffin, fixing sleds, and cidering.
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- Ferries--Massachusetts--Connecticut River
- West Springfield (Mass.)
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- Williams, Roger
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- Account books
- Daybooks


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I think I've figured it out. Republicans must be staging some kind of fiendishly clever plot to lure Democrats into a false sense of security.
I think I've figured it out. Republicans must be staging some kind of fiendishly clever plot to lure Democrats into a false sense of security.
That's the only possible explanation for some of the weirdness we're seeing and hearing from the GOP. The party must be waiting to come out with its real candidates and policy positions at a moment when unsuspecting Democrats are in the vulnerable position of being doubled over with laughter.
Why else, except for the entertainment value, would the party nominate former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford - he of Appalachian Trail fame, or infamy - in next month's special election to fill a vacant seat in Congress?
Sanford, you will recall, made news in 2009 when he disappeared for a week, which is rarely a good idea for a sitting governor. Upon reappearing, he acknowledged he hadn't been hiking in the mountains but rather visiting his mistress in Argentina, which is never a good idea for a sitting governor, especially one who is married and preaches sanctimoniously about family values.
Sanford's wife, Jenny, refused to play the role of dutiful spouse, basically telling interviewers that her husband was, in fact, a heel; they divorced the following year. After his term ended in 2011, he went slinking into the wilderness. But a toppling of political dominoes - former Sen. Jim DeMint resigned, then-Rep. Tim Scott was appointed to replace him, Scott's seat in the House thus had to be filled in a special election - gave Sanford the opening for a comeback.
Last month, Sanford finished first in the GOP primary against a weak field. Then he won a runoff. Since South Carolina's 1st Congressional District is solidly Republican, Sanford's victory on May 7 should be a foregone conclusion. Even the fact that Democrats are running an unusually viable candidate - Elizabeth Colbert Busch, the sister of late-night satirist Stephen Colbert - ought to make little difference. But the GOP establishment is worried.
So far, it appears that Sanford is less interested in victory than personal redemption.
He had the nerve to ask Jenny Sanford to manage his campaign; she, of course, declined. As he gave his victory speech after runoff, his fiancee - Maria Belen Chapur, the former mistress who lives in Buenos Aires - stood behind him.
If Sanford ends up making this contest a referendum on his personal life, some loyal Republicans may hold their noses as they vote for him. Others will just stay home.
Republicans are also trying their best to lose a governorship - in Virginia - that could be theirs for the taking.
The Democratic candidate, longtime party fundraiser and operative Terry McAuliffe, has always shown more talent as a kingmaker than as a candidate. But he's fortunate to have as his opponent Ken Cuccinelli, the commonwealth's loony-bin attorney general.
Describing Cuccinelli's views as "far right" is like calling Usain Bolt "reasonably fast."
At the moment, Cuccinelli is challenging an appeals court decision that struck down Virginia's sodomy law, which sought to restrict sex acts between any two people, including married couples. The Supreme Court ruled such laws unconstitutional 10 years ago, so the appeals court really had no choice. But Cuccinelli is appealing anyway.
When he was campaigning for attorney general, Cuccinelli refused to endorse his Republican predecessor's policy of nondiscrimination against gays and lesbians.
"My view is that homosexual acts, not homosexuality, but homosexual acts are wrong," he said at the time.
"They're intrinsically wrong. ... They don't comport with natural law."
Cuccinelli has also tried his best to halt all abortions, launched what looked like a witch hunt against climate-change scientists, and generally pursued an ultra-conservative agenda with chilling gusto. Virginia has voted twice for President Barack Obama; I'll admit I was surprised when Cuccinelli won statewide office in 2009, even though the attorney general's authority is limited.
I'll be really surprised if Virginians put him in the governor's mansion, giving him the whole state as a sandbox.
You'd think the national GOP would try to avoid potential giveaways like these.
But leading Republicans are too busy tying themselves in knots over issues that much of the country considers settled and done with - same-sex marriage, immigration reform, background checks for gun purchases, a balanced approach to debt reduction.
A party can be out of step on any of these issues and still win elections. But on all of them?
I'm telling you, this has got to be some kind of trick.
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There are no junk miles. If you're not injured so badly that you're altering your form, or so sick that you feel much worse after running, then it's all good. Even if you think a run doesn't advance your fitness, it has other benefits -- promoting blood flow, clearing your mind, getting you away from the computer, burning calories, getting you out in nature, helping you spend time with friends, maintaining the rhythm of good training, and infinitely so on.
It's not uncommon to go to bed thinking, "Darn, I should have run today." It's not common to go to bed thinking, "I shouldn't have run today."
When you're feeling flat, a little fast running is often the best cure. A slow 5 miles might leave you feeling more lethargic. Instead, throw in some random short pick-ups, or do a set of striders on your street once you've done your normal loop. See "Managing Muscle Tension" here for an explanation of why little bursts of fast running can help you surpass sluggishness.
Multipace training is, of course, the key to top performance regardless of your target race distance. But that's not the only reason to regularly do all sorts of workouts, from long runs and basic speed sessions to slow recovery runs and tempo workouts. There's no better way to keep your running interesting than to have peaks and valleys of intensity and duration woven throughout your training weeks.
Not every "hard" workout has to be a killer session. You can sneak in more quality without going to the well by stopping by a track or hill or obstacle-free stretch of road toward the end of a run and doing a few up-tempo repeats of between 200 and 800m.
Finish some of your longer repeat workouts, like miles or kilometers, with a few 200s or 300s. You'll be pleasantly surprised at how fast you can run the short segments once you're fully warmed up. I once set a 200m PR on the last of four 200s done impromptu after a set of six 800s.
When you hear elites talk about their training, translate their workouts into efforts relative to race pace. A 20-miler with the last 8 miles at 5:00 per mile sounds really fast -- and it is -- but for an elite man, it's a long run with the last portion at marathon race pace. You can and should do such a workout regularly before your next marathon.
It's also helpful to understand elites' recovery paces relative to race paces. A national-class woman who runs easy mileage at 7:30 per mile is doing those recovery runs more than 2 minutes per mile slower than her 10K race pace. Do you?
At least a few days a week, decide what course you're going to run, and then leave your watch at home. Other days, run wherever, guided by total time on your watch. The thing to mostly avoid is timing yourself over the same courses day after day. That way lies the madness of beating yourself up for running slower than you "should" or forcing yourself to pick it up because you're 6 seconds slower at your 45-minutes-into-it checkpoint than you were yesterday.
When you're hurt and have to cross-train, try to spend more time on it than you do your running. After all, you can get in a decent run in 30 minutes, but you're not going to find lots of cyclists who would consider half an hour anything but a warm-up. Make the time go faster on individual workouts by translating your usual hard running workouts -- VO2 max sessions, tempo workouts, etc. -- to the pool or bike or elliptical or wherever you're spending your non-running time. Structure cross-training weeks like your running weeks; the variety will help your time in injury limbo pass faster than if you do the same medium-effort waiting-out-the-clock workout every day.
When you feel like you're in a rut, make a deliberate effort to shake things up. Head out the door without the slightest plan of where to run. Run at an unusual time of day. Drive to run somewhere different. Even wearing crazy clothes can be enough to reboot your mental approach.
Look, you know you're going to run. So don't waste time and mental energy staring out the window at the horrible weather.
Look through your old logs once in a while. Even when you were running PR after PR, things were never as effortless as you now remember them. And when you were hurt or struggling, you got through it, just like you will the next time you hit a roadblock.
We find time for the things that are important to us. Period.
Avoid tying your training to arbitrary numbers. As Don Kardong once noted in relation to weekly mileage, 88 is a much rounder number than 100. (Besides, can you honestly say that all your courses are precisely calibrated?) This notion also applies to numbers outside of weekly volume. "One mile" and "10 percent" are meaningless constructs to your body, so why would "Increase your mileage by no more than 10 percent per week" have any relevance to how you can safely progress? Similarly, 8:00 or 7:00 or whatever number you've decided is the pace per mile at which anything slower is a waste of time might mean something to your head, but not to your body.
Always get a run in before getting on an airplane.
Behavioral economists talk about the importance of choice architecture, or the environment in which we make choices. The classic example is the difference between an employer-matched retirement fund where participation requires choosing to enroll versus enrollment being the default option. In the latter case, more employees participate. The gist of the field's teaching is: Make it easy to do the right thing. Choice architecture is huge for daily and long-term success in running. Whether it's establishing that the default Sunday morning option is meeting your group to go long, or keeping your stretching rope in plain sight in an area you frequently pass, or having healthful post-run snacks on hand for when you're famished, or packing your running gear in your carry-on luggage, make it easy to do the right thing.
Do almost of all your tempo runs off the track. When was the last time you got 400m splits on a perfectly flat course in a 10-mile race or a marathon?
Become a student of the sport. It ruins none of the magic of self-discovery to learn that thousands of others have gone before you and experienced every challenge and joy that you have. Take advantage of the lessons others have drawn from their mistakes so that you don't have to repeat them.
Always stay in touch with your basic speed. You'll spend a lot more time just getting back to where you were if you ignore it for weeks at a time than you will tending to it once or twice a week throughout the year. You don't need to do hands-on-knees sets of 200s every week to maintain your speed. Fast, relaxed striders toward the end of an easy run or immediately following one will go a long way toward preserving your turnover and the increased range of motion that comes only with running near top-end speed.
Think of ancillary matters -- flexibility work, core strengthening, form drills -- not in either/or terms in relation to your running, but in terms of "yes, and … " That is, they're not replacements for running, but a form of insurance policy that will allow you to better pursue and enjoy your running at whatever level you choose to. Even if they don't improve your performance -- and they almost certainly will -- when done correctly they're going to make the simple act of running feel better, especially the older you get and the longer you've been running. Most of these activities are easy to sneak in throughout the day in little clumps of activity.
Something is almost always better than nothing. There will be days when some aspect of reality intrudes and you have to scrap your ideal-world training plan. That doesn't make scrapping the whole affair the logical conclusion. A 4-miler is much closer to a 10-miler than it is to 0 miles for the day.
Many of us are in shape to get in shape. Put another way, many of us have never really tested the limits of our running potential. Remembering being tired during that 70-mile week you tried once doesn't count as "high mileage doesn't work for me." You know from your early running days that, once you make a fitness breakthrough, it's easier, not harder to train at higher levels of volume and intensity. Of course you're free to run at whatever level you want and that you think the rest of your life allows. But don't mistake that choice for confirmation that your current level of performance is the best you're capable of. How will you know unless you try?
If you were healthy and at a good weight when you were 25, there's almost never good reason to be significantly heavier than that. Even if you've tacked on muscle -- which, come on, is usually not the case -- the extra weight is almost certainly making you slower, not faster. As runners, we already live in ways contrary to accepted beliefs on what aging is supposed to be like, so why not take that attitude toward weight as well?
Don't believe everything you read. It is indeed possible to run -- long and fast, for months on end -- on a stress fracture. Rest doesn't cure all injuries. Great races are possible when you're deep into heavy training. Less is almost never more. And here's the real upender: Haile Gebrselassie jogs in place at stoplights.
Relax, it's just running. Of course it can be the most intoxicating, captivating, meaningful part of your life. But it's still just running. Nobody's making you do it, and you're not going to save the world doing it. So find what you enjoy about running, and then follow your bliss.


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Justin Rose takes 2-shot lead in Grand Slam
SOUTHAMPTON, Bermuda (AP) — U.S. Open champion Justin Rose birdied the first hole with a blind shot he hit to a foot of the pin, and stayed ahead until completing a 4-under 67 for a two-shot lead over Jason Dufner in PGA Grand Slam of Golf on Tuesday.
The 36-hole exhibition, which concludes Wednesday, is for the four major champions of the year. British Open champion Phil Mickelson chose not to play and was replaced at Port Royal Golf Course by three-time major champion Padraig Harrington.
Dufner, who won the PGA Championship, opened with a 69. Masters champion Adam Scott struggled late in the wind for a 70. Harrington, who won the PGA Grand Slam last year as an alternate, shot 74.
Rose opened the round with a shot so far off line that he was in the rough near the second fairway. Facing a blind approach over trees and water, he cut a 6-iron to tap-in range for birdie.
"It should have been the shot of the day," Rose said. "It followed the worst shot of the day."
Rose made three more birdies on the front nine and was tied briefly by Dufner and Scott. But while Dufner and Scott struggled on the back nine as the wind picked up, Rose challenged the course record until bogeys on the 13th and 14th holes. Rose made an 8-foot par putt on the 15th, and he was the only player to make par on the 16th.
Harrington said he might skip a few tournaments toward the end of the year because of too much golf.
"Already in my head, (I have) pulled out of another two events during the winter to give me a long winter break," Harrington said. "And it will be probably the longest winter break I've taken probably since I won my majors. I played stale golf, tired golf. There's not a shadow of a doubt that I am completed over-golfed at this very moment."


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Appeals court delays Wisconsin governor's big win
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Prosecutors investigating Gov. Scott Walker's 2012 recall campaign and conservative groups that supported him won a victory Wednesday with a federal appeals court ruling that, at least for now, blocks a judge's ruling that halted the probe.
A three-judge panel of the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago also said prosecutors could not be ordered by U.S. District Judge Rudolph Randa to return or destroy evidence they had gathered during the nearly two-year-old investigation.
The probe has dogged Walker as he runs for re-election this year and eyes a possible 2016 presidential bid. The Wisconsin Club for Growth, a conservative group with close ties to Walker, filed the civil lawsuit against prosecutors to stop the investigation that began after Walker won a recall election in 2012.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, right, speaks to reporters Wednesday, May 7, 2014, after a memorial event in Milwaukee for fallen law enforcement officers. Walker, who scored a major court victory a day earlier when a judge halted an investigation into his 2012 recall campaign, said he is glad the case seems to be approaching an end so he can return to the business of governing. (AP Photo/Dinesh Ramde)
Wednesday's victory for investigators may be short-lived.
While the appeals court said the Tuesday injunction was in error, it said the judge could reinstate his order by determining that a separate appeal by prosecutors is frivolous. Prosecutors, including Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm, had argued that they were immune from being sued by the Club for Growth.
If the judge determines that appeal is frivolous, the stay could be lifted, although prosecutors could ask for another one, the appeals court said.
The Club for Growth's attorney declined comment. The attorney representing prosecutors did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The granting of the stay is the latest twist in the ongoing drama of the investigation that has largely been conducted in secret. The setback for Walker and his supporters came roughly 24 hours after the ruling in their favor, which they hailed.
"Obviously the reason this witch hunt was launched was to impugn the integrity of the governor and he has been completely vindicated," said Mark Graul, a Republican strategist who ran President George W. Bush's re-election campaign in Wisconsin.
The Tuesday ruling will help to silence Walker's critics who tried to use the investigations against him, said Mike Maistelman, a Milwaukee attorney who represented Democratic and Republican elected officials in a variety of cases.
"Walker and his spin doctors around him are going to say this was a political endeavor, and that argument was backed up by the federal court," Maistelman said.
Walker, speaking to reporters following an event in Milwaukee before the stay was issued, said he hadn't read the judge's ruling and didn't have much to say about it. He said he expected the case would continue on appeal and he'd do his best not to let it distract him.
"I don't think there's any elected official in America who's been more scrutinized than I have," Walker said. "This is just another stage in that. But we tried not to lose sight of our larger charge."
His expected Democratic opponent for re-election, former Trek Bicycle Corp. executive Mary Burke, had no immediate comment.
Walker made a national name for himself by taking on public sector union collective bargaining in 2011. The following year, he became the first governor in U.S. history to win a recall election — despite the first investigation being an issue during the campaign.
That investigation lasted three years and ended in 2013 with six convictions, including three of his former aides. Walker was interviewed but never charged.
Under Wisconsin law, prosecutors can launch John Doe investigations that are overseen by judges and conducted largely in secret.
Walker's political opponents have been keeping a close watch on the second probe, which has taken on even greater significance as Walker considers a 2016 presidential run.
The investigation focused on alleged illegal coordination between and among Walker's recall committee and "all or nearly all right-of-center groups and individuals in Wisconsin who have engaged in issue advocacy from 2010 to the present," according to Randa's ruling.
Randa, who was appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1992, issued a preliminary injunction in favor of the Wisconsin Club for Growth, finding that the investigation an infringement on the conservative group's free speech rights.
One of the targets of the investigation is Walker campaign adviser R.J. Johnson, who allegedly controlled a "hub" of issue-ad groups in 2011 and 2012 in coordination with Walker's campaign. Johnson did not immediately return an email or message left on his cellphone Wednesday.
Despite the ruling, Democrats won't necessarily stop trying to use the investigations to taint Walker, said Patrick Guarasci, a Democratic consultant and fundraiser.
"There is enough for both sides to make use of the investigation for their own political ends, but the everyday person is going to be very confused by the back and forth on this issue," Guarasci said. "Maybe that was the objective of the Walker side all along — to cause confusion."
Associated Press writer Dinesh Ramde contributed to this report from Milwaukee.
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Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is all smiles as he ziplines down the new adventure park ride at the NEW Zoo in Suamico, Wis., on Wednesday, May 7, 2014. Walker, along with Brown County Executive Troy Streckenbach, ziplined through a ribbon to help celebrate the grand opening of the park. (AP Photo/Green Bay Press-Gazette, Evan Siegle)
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In Their Own Words: Camilo Mejía (above) of Miami, and three others share their impressions of the interactions between US military forces and Iraqi noncombatants in this slide show. They were among the fifty combat veterans interviewed for this article.
Over the past several months The Nation has interviewed fifty combat veterans of the Iraq War from around the United States in an effort to investigate the effects of the four-year-old occupation on average Iraqi civilians. These combat veterans, some of whom bear deep emotional and physical scars, and many of whom have come to oppose the occupation, gave vivid, on-the-record accounts. They described a brutal side of the war rarely seen on television screens or chronicled in newspaper accounts.
Their stories, recorded and typed into thousands of pages of transcripts, reveal disturbing patterns of behavior by American troops in Iraq. Dozens of those interviewed witnessed Iraqi civilians, including children, dying from American firepower. Some participated in such killings; others treated or investigated civilian casualties after the fact. Many also heard such stories, in detail, from members of their unit. The soldiers, sailors and marines emphasized that not all troops took part in indiscriminate killings. Many said that these acts were perpetrated by a minority. But they nevertheless described such acts as common and said they often go unreported–and almost always go unpunished.
Court cases, such as the ones surrounding the massacre in Haditha and the rape and murder of a 14-year-old in Mahmudiya, and news stories in the Washington Post, Time, the London Independent and elsewhere based on Iraqi accounts have begun to hint at the wide extent of the attacks on civilians. Human rights groups have issued reports, such as Human Rights Watch's Hearts and Minds: Post-war Civilian Deaths in Baghdad Caused by U.S. Forces, packed with detailed incidents that suggest that the killing of Iraqi civilians by occupation forces is more common than has been acknowledged by military authorities.
This Nation investigation marks the first time so many on-the-record, named eyewitnesses from within the US military have been assembled in one place to openly corroborate these assertions.
While some veterans said civilian shootings were routinely investigated by the military, many more said such inquiries were rare. "I mean, you physically could not do an investigation every time a civilian was wounded or killed because it just happens a lot and you'd spend all your time doing that," said Marine Reserve Lieut. Jonathan Morgenstein, 35, of Arlington, Virginia. He served from August 2004 to March 2005 in Ramadi with a Marine Corps civil affairs unit supporting a combat team with the Second Marine Expeditionary Brigade. (All interviewees are identified by the rank they held during the period of service they recount here; some have since been promoted or demoted.)


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Buffalo Bills running back Fred Jackson told co-host Bob Koshinski on his WBBZ-TV show Monday night that he is excited to have defensive end Shawne Merriman back on the team. The Bills cut Merriman in August during the pre-season. He was not picked up by another team, and continued his workouts here in the Buffalo area. Linebacker Bryan Scott, Jackson's guest on the show, added that Merriman is a hard-working teammate.
When asked about the Bills' 19-16 overtime win Sunday against the Arizona Cardinals, Jackson saidthat, after the loss in San Francisco, the team came together to make some good plays and get a win.
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Charter schools remain option in York
Recovery team could present plan in May
YORK, Pa. —
The York City School District is considering a plan to switch the entire district to charter schools.
Consultants surveyed York charter school parents, who gave near-failing grades to city schools.
The recovery team is still figuring out how much the change would cost as the district tries to fill its multimillion dollar budget gap.
However, district officials want parents to know charter schools are simply an option at this point.
"I'm holding on to the fact that -- identify the resources and let's move forward," said superintendent Deborah Wortham.
The 20-member recovery team plans to present its full plan to the school board May 15.