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We hope you are feeling hungry on the 9 July, because we have some tasty food stalls attending with some great food on offer, both day and night. Whether you fancy a burger, curry, fish and chips or a simple sandwich we have it covered. You wont be short of a sweet treat or two either with lots of chocolate, sweets, cakes and ice cream available.
Alfies Ices – We've ordered sun so make sure you cool down with some ice creams and lollies. Day and evening.
Barry the Baker – lots of lovely sweet and savoury offerings including sandwiches, pasties and cakes. Day and evening.
Cylon Curry will be at our event for the first time. The chefs are native Sri Lankans with vast experience in event catering. Ceylon Curry House is renowned for its bhaji starters, chicken curry, lamb curry, vegetable curry and seafood curry. Day and evening.
LayzRicks Fish and Chips will be in attendance this year. A regular site in the Village Hall car park on a Thursday night, locals may be familiar with their yummy food. Day and evening.
Ruishton FC are doing the BBQ this year. With mouthwatering burgers supplied by Pynes it promises to be delicious high quality food. Day and evening.
Candyfloss and soft drinks – the Party in the Park organisers and volunteers will be manning this stall to raise funds for next years event! Day time only.
Pre-School will be running the main refreshments tent in the daytime and will be selling a range of hot and cold drinks and some mouthwatering cakes. Daytime only.
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Emma's Occasions will be offering lots of sweet treats including crepes, popcorn and candyfloss. Evening only.
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The Dallas Mavericks beat the Miami Heat 105-95 in Game 6 last night, and Dirk Nowitzki was named the Finals MVP. Of course celebrations took place on and off the court, and tons of photos are coming out now, depicting how the Mavs seem to have had quite a Hangover-esque time. They partied at the fancy-pants Fontainebleau in Miami, hung out with Lil' Wayne, and Nowitzki was snapped drinking from a $80K bottle of champagne. Good times, huh? Maybe a little too good.
I know he's the MVP, a great basketball player, kicked the Heat's butt, etc. He also abstained from alcohol all season reportedly, and so that's supposed to make us think better of him chugging right from the super-pricey champagne bottle. But I have a problem with that champagne. I have a problem with the fact that the Mavs ordered that and "at least 100 champagne bottles" that could have very well been in the same price range. Win or no win, champs or not, throwing money around like that is just plain wrong.
Maybe I don't value basketball as much as some people. I admit that. But I'm not sure even the biggest fan could justify dropping that kind of dough on celebration. $1K bottle of champagne? Maaaaaaaaaaybe. $80K!? $80K could go toward so many better things. Charity, for one. The Dallas Mavericks Foundation supposedly "possesses a strong sense of social responsibility, acknowledging that a community is only as strong as its weakest link." What the hell does that mean? Obviously a whole lotta nothin', since they seem to be so wasteful. And it looks really distasteful.
To be blunt, I am not down with professional sports organizations making so much money. It's one thing to make a decent profit that can go toward keeping up a nice stadium or paying players and other employees fairly. But we all know ticket prices are astronomical, and it's obvious that the proceeds go toward ridiculous, unnecessary crap like $80K bottles of champagne. It just doesn't add up. Most teachers make HALF of that in a YEAR, and they're doing a job that's much more important to society. Whether you're a fan or not, that sobering thought kind of takes away from the excitement of a win.
What do you think -- do sports teams deserve to be rolling in so much dough that it's no big deal to throw $80K away on booze?
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The Embassy of Finland in Pretoria, organized a 2-day training workshop on Risk and Financial Management for its development partners from the 25th to the 26th of October 2016. This was a follow up workshop from the 2015 workshop on Results Based Management. The aim of this training was to provide our partners with information and skills on how to identify, manage and mitigate risks related to financial management, project implementation, slow progress, external factors and the reputation of the financer, as well as the project implementers .The workshop also introduced some useful tools i.e. the means and ways on how to better mitigate some of this risks.
The programme consisted of group work and discussions. We received very positive feedback on how practical the workshop was. On both days participants had a lot of time to score their own organization's work and also to learn from each other. We also looked at the new manual for Bilateral Programmes on Project Design and Implementation, focusing more on risk management. This also gave them exposure to donor perspectives and the link between technical and financial management.
At the end of the workshop participants managed to link the past two workshops on Human Rights Approach and Results Based Management to the Risk and Financial Management training. These topics are very import to us and our development partners. As the Embassy we are very happy and proud that we have managed to organize all these training workshops in the past 3 years. Participants were given an opportunity to suggest topics for the future, particularly for 2017. Two of the topics that were identified are Monitoring & Evaluation and Sustainability Strategies/Diversifying Funding.
A big thank-you to our facilitators Mr. Tomi Särkioja from our ministry in Helsinki with a long experience in development cooperation issues, and Mr. Lauri Tuomaala from the KPMG, who is currently working as the head of Management and Finance for the Energy and Environment Partnership. Moreover, we would like to thank Ms. Päivi Lehtonen, our Counsellor for Energy and Natural Resources at the Embassy, and everyone who contributed to this occasion to become a reality!


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Mr. Malter says, " A father has a right to raise his son in his own way, Reuven." Considering the way Reb Saunders raises Danny, do you agree with this statement? Why or why not?
From the book The Chosen
From the book The Chosen
While it is probably true that there are certain "basics" of raising children and fathering, each father is different. Both fathers in this novel think they are raising their sons in appropriate fashion, yet they are very different in their approach. Most people would agree that as long as the fathers are not abusive in some horrible way, the way Reb Saunders raises Danny is within his rights as a father.


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Good effort yesterday, couple more of those and we'll be ahead. Well done also on early alerts and daytime bees.


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DICE reveals a photo of the monster PC that ran the Battlefield 4 demo. It featured 4 GPUs and a massive 12 GB of video memory.
Waste of money.
How is it a waste? Should I get a console to run bf4 3k 60fps?
I think it's a privilage to be able to experience ps5 resolution and frame rate in the end of ps3 era.
But then again you may have a point since most games won't push pc that hard.
A sony/xbox game can't experience this till say 2022?
can't wait for ddr4 & gddr6 next year! Should be interesting.
I can't wait for the new consoles but if bf4 is 30fps like killzone then I will laugh and buy infamous since u know.. Controllers and shooter are not good for me anyway(I need to check both side a room in less than 1.8 sec and usually that's 4 secs on console). It's like playing under water.
Show me a 3480 x 2400 pixels monitor plz?? that can be bought by normal gamers . Not the 1% if not it doesn't matter
oh god, you just had to start a pc vs console war didnt you
Dude, calm down. You ripped into consoles for no reason. He just said "waste of money" Did he say "waste of money, get a PS4"? Get that chip off of your shoulder he wasn't attacking PC's.
back to the topic at hand, isn't it a waste of money tho?
it was unoptimized code so they had to go balls out to make sure their unoptimized code would run smoothly. I'm sure when it's optimized you wont need 2x7990's and 12GB of GDDR5. I'm sure you'll be able to run the game with just 1x7990 and 4GB of GDDR5 RAM.
This PC is designed to run unoptimised pre alpha code with less than optimised driver revisions at some uber resolutions to impress everybody as much as possible. To that end, it needs to be an absolute beast.
The game won't need this sort of machine to run well, because nobody designs even PC games that won't run well on a decent array of current machines.
The game will no doubt take advantage of high end gear, but considering that Battlefield 3 was actually rather well optimised I would expect no less from this new game.
See DICE really built the game well for PC. You could run BF3 on old hardware like the Geforce 8800/9800 series and it looked good. 8800GTX comfortably managed 1080p on mix of low/medium and all low = console according to DICE which also only ran the game at 1280 x 704.
You could run it on top end stuff @ 1080p and ultra with MSAA and it ran great. In other words top end hardware didn't actually struggle with BF3 at the time, they ran it easily and it still looked superb. Still does.
I don't see why BF4 will be any different.
The only thing I'm going to say is... lol at the few PC gamers (note few) who were ripping on Killzone 4 for not having Graphics as good as BF4's, while comparing PS4 to this.
He was saying that a PC like that would be a bit of an overkill to be honest.
I have never heard of Dance Dance Revolution 4
dude its just a video game get a life and stop talkin shit about playing video games on a PC
It only served for exhibition purposes, but it IS a waste of money for a gamer when NO game is developed and optimized to run at those specs. Do you realize how much money this set-up costs??
So you can keep pretending that you'll be able to play your imaginary PS5 quality games today.
Why don't you guys quit pretending that PC gaming automatically means graphics and performance leaps and bounds over PS4 as if every PC gamer has a PC of the highest-end, because in reality they're the minority.
Well, there are other things that use that much power. And btw, Metro 2033 can't run at maximum on a 680 so this rig might be the only setup that can.
Also, imaginary PS5 is imaginary.
"I need to check both side a room in less than 1.8 sec and usually that's 4 secs on console."
Waste of resources. They don't even have talented developers to ultilize those wasted power.
Why do you think it's an unoptimized code?
It's the same engine bf3 runs on with more bells and whistles.
This setup a about at least $4000 only!!!! (not counting the OS license and other things (gamekeyboard etc etc)
Wauw . Thats really cheap!!!
Nothing will run it 3k 60fps constant, have you seen people running just 2 monitors with 2 graphics cards? some of the games have pitiful framerates as low as 20-30.
if you want 60fps almost constantly you need 1080p, or 120fps for those who own a 120hz monitor. You will not achieve a playable framerate with 2-3 monitors any time in the near future, 1080p is the sweet spot and will be for a very long time, at least until graphics cards have a huge jump in performance. That likely won't happen as it's always something like a 20%-30% increase every major card release.
How is he ripping into consoles?
He is just stating facts about upcoming technologies.
It served its purpose. Therefore, it's not a waste of money. This isn't Joe down the block's gaming rig.
Its not joe down the blocks gaming rig. Its a gaming rig for the person who has too much money. I have a good gaming rig that runs all current games with maximum settings and it only cost a third of what that thing costs.
Two 7990's arent needed for gaming , a Core I7 is overkill. I have a CoreI5 760 , 8GB DDR3 ram and a GTX680 and I optomised windows to use as little resources as possible.
That computer is a complete waste of money for gaming. It is more suited for video rendering or games development or other stuff most gamers wont use it for.
So you don't get it either? This is not a gaming rig lol hence why I said it served its purpose. It had a purpose, and it has been served. It is a show off piece of equipment. And a Core i7 is not overkill.
You cant make up your mind can you? First you said its joe down the roads gaming rig and then you say its not. Also anybody with knowledge of gaming would tell you that a Core I7 is overkill. A core I5 is perfect because there isn't any games out yet that will use more than 4 cores of a CPU where a core I7 is 4 cores with 8 threads and a game only uses 4 of those threads or 4 cores. Its a waste.
May want to re-read what I said. This *isn't* Joe down the block's rig. I would think that was obvious, given the context of my whole point. Are we done with this?
Dont tell me a pc gamer would spend so much money to run one game..waste of money.
Morty: "How could you spend two hundred dollars on a tip calculator?!"
Jerry: "It does other things!"
Because a high end PC only plays one new game.
Fanfuckingtastic logic!
But who are you to tell anyone what is a waste of money? I love tech, and it's my hobby to build gaming PC's. If I think it's worth it is it really a "waste of money " if i find happiness doing something i love?
Do you need all that? Of course not. But if you have the money what's the harm? I have yet to get an answer to that question.
Well said solar I feel same way been building rigs for going on decade it's endless so is the price. But there's a huge community out there that many n4gs may not realise modders and enthusiasts.
It's a passion hobby lifestyle we enjoy? It also doesn't have to cost the earth like that's shown in the article but it can be easy to go crazy.
If a lot of people here think this amount is ridiculous for a hobby, they're in for a rude awakening for other hobbies..
clue: VROOOMM!!!!
I agree and I've never spent more than 1000 on a rig, people that can spend 4000, good for you. People spend a lot more than that on other hobbies or vacations
Jeez, it's quite obvious you can't afford it, but if others can afford it, what's the problem?
People who can afford a ferrari, why should they buy a second hand toyota?
People who can afford an 8 bedroom house, why should they buy a studio apartment with half a toilet?
DICE were hardly going to showcase their new title on a console, they didn't want to embarrass themselves!
Lol well it is a waste because you cannot actually use the power that rig has-its like buying a ferrari when you'll never be able to drive it.... ever Its an exersize in feeding your own ego. Plus half those features even on a large 4k screen become barely discernable to the human eye...
This guy doesn't have money 2 spend ^^^^
Not a waste of money if your a PC enthusiast.
The way I see it, gaming PCs are like muscle cars. They're not a waste of money because some people prefer having options and more power.
at least you can fuck a real girl in a muscle car but what will u do with an expensive PC nooooooooooooooothing oh I forgot, masturbation
Porn with such a high def resolution that it will make your eyes cum.
On bright side only 48 people needed for petition to be sent to EA FOR BOTS MODE
Good advice, sadly if consoles were superior to PC gaming i'd be glued to my consoles.
They arnt, they are hard to look at on the eyes; low res, bloom and jaggies. Ontop of that I can only game on them. Like wtf, waste of hardware potential.
PCs do alot more then just gaming, hell they create all the games you play on consoles to boot.
PC masterace.
Consoles poor mans PC.
Technically that system has TWO gpus with 4 cores.
I've seen worse.
You guys are the one osbessed with consoles and brought it to the conversation .
It is ... very telling
U mad bro?
Look at the post I replied to.
Nobody ever said consoles were superior to PC's, but why must those people who own a console and not a gaming PC be poor? I for one don't own a gaming rig yet i'm very satisfied with what my bank account tells me.
Fact is if i want to look at realistic and pretty things i'd go outside or go on holiday, i play games to have fun which doesn't require me to spend anything over the price of a console.....so i'll happily play on one even if you don't like it.
I thought the Nvidia Titan was the best GPU in the world??
Titan is the best desktop GPU at the moment with 4.5 Tflops. AMD's is at 4.3 Tflops, but not far behind. Their new 8000 lineup should push beyond 4.5 Tflops. Server CPUs go up to 5.9 Tflops for AMD and only 5.3 Tflops for NVIDIA so far.
it's best but hugely overpriced, if it weren't for micro stuttering i would buy 2 7970's because they stomp all over it and are quite a bit cheaper.
Stop gap card = Titan, price will drop like a rock soon once the next proper series starts.
Plus what's funny is the fact that even Crysis 3 can't run full 60+fps @ 1080p on the Titan and look at the cost of it, what a joke.. not that i like Crysis because it's a mediocre game with flashy graphics. Just tells me that the Titan is hugely overpriced for what it can do.
if they want to release a card like Titan and be taken seriously, it should have been 2x more powerful than it is now and that way be able to compete with proper high end cards 2 years from now, but it's a rip off as it is.
Yup definitely a waste. To be clear on why they used the most powerful thing they could find. They stated that it was a raw unoptimized Alpha build of the game. So that is why it was used. Final version should run at 30-60+ fps with PS4 specs no problem or quad core PC + decent Video card and 4 GB RAM.
The 60fps term gets thrown around a lot.. but what a lot of people don't realise is that you need a lot of power to be able to keep 60fps+ under intense scenes, so the game will need above recommended specs to run well even @ 1080p.
This is from experience. Loads of games i've played have run much better way above the recommended spec, which is stupid because they don't state you need a way higher than listed spec to keep 60fps. They won't tell you it's gonna dip to 20-30fps in intense parts if you only have recommended spec.
Disagree all you want but this is a fact.
you have a pretty low expectations in requirements for 60+ fps in BF4. Good luck with your expectation.
I am pretty confident a 2.5 Tflop card can run BF4 at 60 fps. I didn't throw a resolution out there, but pretty sure 720p is guaranteed 60 fps.
I do agree under intense scenes things have always lagged. If they are developing things like the new consoles with GPGPU type development with OpenCL + DirectX/OpenGL on your PC then your GPU cores could numb or stop that. Many cards have been carrying OpenCL for a few years now with latest DirectX/OpenGL adding in OpenCL extensions.
thats how you need to buy pc and to stop wasting money on console if you didnt bought ps3,xbox,wii u you can get this beast
PC will always have better graphics than consoles, get over it.
PC is never a waste of money.
When you want something, you buy it. Gaming is a hobby and you put into it what you want to put into it.
if almost the entire gaming community can't afford it, then it's a waste of money lol.
Everybody prepare yourself for November, wallets ready: computer store.
We knew once next gen started, it would be a beast upgrade. Like I said before, your not just making the same assets or features in 1080p 60fps, your making new assets and textures and tessellation run at a much higher frame.
No doubt it took a beast to run such a thing. This is the way of all gaming. The disagrees from people who don't care for PC gaming really just need to understand the tech more.
Whats happening with PC NOW, WON'T be BIGGER then what are in consoles Next, next gen. ie PS5 etc.
When PS3 launched, the 8800gtx came out about a year later. Clearly a PS4 beats the crap out of a 8800gtx.
Its nothing to cower over or feel like PC gamers are showing off. Its just the way gaming progress. This is good for me and you. Why disagree?
On that note, don't build fro this now, I would wait until ending of next year when all the GPU's are out and have been benchmarked right with the first wave of next gen PC games.
I'm getting a PS4 in the mean time just based on that most of those beast PC games won't be optimized right on those new GPU's for a while. I'm upgrading ending of next year.
Look at it as a bigger glimpse into the future of all gaming.
This chart shows the approximately power/score of the PS4 gpu in Passmark.
7850 being the approximately the power level of PS4 GPU.
7850 average score is 3700 - 180$
680 gtx average score is 5600 - 400$
GeForce 8800 GTX average score is 760
Hate when ignorant/troll ppl say PS4 Gpu is low end.
The PS4 GPU isn't a low end if it was a pc deadicated video card it be classed at a mid level tier card.
That's we're Sony put tere money they've done well
@hiredhelp and all of you who neged me , read what i wrote in the last sentence.
Fuck it im done writing comments when ppl cant fuking read and understand what was writen.
Careful. This place is full of console fanboys who hate PC.
Since you finished the demo care to give me the PC? :)
If you're able to run BF3 decently, I don't think you'll need a big upgrade. BF3 and BF4 look very similar, the new engine is more of an evolution than revolution.
Holy Moly!... Was mad but then happy whe i saw the part and i quote "the singleplayer demo was an "unoptimized alpha version" of the game"
for people serious about gaming!
Try replacing the word "gaming" with "graphics" and you're good to go.
Are you so insecure that you resort to "try" trolling someone who isn't even bashing PC gaming?
The whole point of my comment was to argue that only PC gamers are serious about gaming.
And if you wanna play dirty then: Did you enjoy Red Dead Redemption, my God that game was so freaking swee... Oh sorry, I just didn't mean to offend you :(
So how was 64 player MP on BF3 for...oh....oh I see. LOL!
I dunno, a big old clusterf*** with Op Metro on 90% of the time, and tons of hacks.
Upside down.
Actually, that's a new PC case that's inverted by design.


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Household power consumption can be estimated non-invasively by attaching a current transformer(s) to the incoming phase(s). There are quite a few commercial kits available that do this, plus EmonTX. I wanted a solution that allowed me to log power consumption over the network, and bought an Efergy "Smart" sensor, designed for Efergy's E2 and Elite monitors.
Unlike other current transformers, the Efergy sensor contains some more interesting components. There's a long discussion on the OpenEnergyMonitor forums about this sensor, including internals, and response characteristics, that ultimately concludes the components should be replaced to get it to work with EmonTX's design. I wanted to keep the sensor as a unit for safety, so opted to embrace the odd design.
In a nutshell, the EmonTX reference design is to take the AC signal from a transformer fitted with an appropriate burden resistor, DC-bias it to lift the whole signal so it's always positive, and then scale it to a range that the microcontroller on the board can tolerate (5V or 3.3V).
This design is very simple, requires very few components (resistors and a capacitor), and makes estimation easy: sample the waveform, scale the value according to the burden resistance and turns ratio, then compute the RMS of those samples to get an estimate of current. Multiplying this by an estimated (or measured) voltage and power factor generates a power consumption estimate in Watts.
The Efergy sensor's extra components do a couple of things. Firstly, a half-wave rectifier diode (D2 in the schematic) chops half of the waveform off (in practice, this limits the voltage on one half of the signal to 0.7V). This immediately means sampling the waveform won't work without extra logic.
The diode D1 serves to decrease the burden resistance for larger loads. This results in a non-linear response to the current through the primary. Both of these components allow more of the ADC's resolution to be used measuring the waveform at lower (expected) loads.
I threw this circuit into LTSPICE, and simulated it under a sinusoidal current source with an amplitude of 110mA, corresponding to a sinusoidal current through the primary of about 100A with a turns ratio of 1350. The waveform's shown below:
This shows the clipped waveform, limited by D2, and the non-linear "kink" in the output voltage as the current increases, roughly at -52mA on the secondary (about 73A on the primary).
I'm using an MSP430G2553 for this project, which includes a 10-bit ADC. Unfortunately, TI advises against applying voltages outside the region of 0-3.3V to the microcontroller, and the ADC only converts inputs between 0V and 3V.
Like the EmonTX design, this signal requires at least two transforms, one to shift it so it's all positive, and another to scale it to the safe input range. The shift can be achieved by biasing the circuit from a voltage divider (as EmonTX does), and the scale can also be achieved using a voltage divider.
However, half of the waveform isn't useful at all, so it doesn't make sense to waste the ADC's range on it. The negative voltage still needs to be removed, however, so the sensor needs to be biased by the drop of D2.
To claw back some useful range, and to clamp the negative cycle to (close to) zero, I placed a diode in line with the signal, which drops the signal by about 0.7V. With a 0.8V bas, this takes the 0mA offset for the positive cycle from 0.7V to about 0.4V. This bias also ensures (at least theoretically) that the rectifier diode is biased when the interesting signal is going through it. Putting this together with an output divider:
This produces the following waveforms, measured at the current transformer (red), at the diode D5 (green), and at the output (blue), against current (cyan):
This scales the input (roughly) into the 0-3V range. At the top end, the output does increase to around 3.3V, but this occurs when the current drawn at the primary is around 95A; at this point, I have bigger problems than a blown MSP430.
Up to now, I've only been simulating the circuit, so practical considerations might change things. I still need to build the hardware and deal with mapping the signal to estimates of instantaneous AC usage. I'll cover these issues in later posts.
The LTSPICE model for this post is available here.


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A new European project funded by Erasmus+ has been launched within the social business and the educational innovation field. Under the name 'Circular Design: Learning for Innovative Design for Sustainability', this initiative will enhance the creation and consumption of sustainable products and services, aligned with European Circular Economy policies.
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Over the next three years, the 'Circular Design: Learning for Innovative Design for Sustainability' project will involve thirteen partners including European universities, design centers and companies coming from four different regions: Catalonia (Spain), Ireland, Holland and Sweden. Amongst them:
Four Universities, the leading partner Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya – Barcelona Tech (UPC), University of Limerick (UL), NHL University of Applied Sciences (NHL) and Linköping University (LiU).
Four Design Centres, Barcelona Design Centre (BCD), Institute of Designers of Ireland (IDI), House of Design (HoD), Swedish Industrial Design Foundation (SVID).
Four companies; NutCreatives (NutC), One Off, Better Future Factory (BFF), Habermann Design & Development (HD&D).
And also one creative fab provided by the Barcelona city council: Ajuntament BCN Ateneu Fab.
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Vampire Peaks, New Routes. Pike Howard and I flew to Summit Lake in the Vampire Peaks area on July 8. Our intentions were to explore the peaks west of Mount Mulholland on the Moraine Hill Glacier and continue the exploration of the Vampire Peaks. We established Base Camp at the foot of the Phoenix in rainy weather near the terminus of the Moraine Hill Glacier. The rain continued for seven days and deposited several inches of snow on the glacier and nearby faces. Hoping that time and good weather would stabilize conditions, we headed up to the Vampire Spires, which had escaped much of the snow. A window of good weather opened as we hiked and for the first time we saw blue sky. Not wanting to waste the opportunity, we rushed toward the Canine, an 800-foot, free-standing granite tower, and glassed a line for the next day.
The Canine had been attempted by the Childers party in 1998 (see 1999 AAJ, pp. 269- 271), but they were forced to retreat in the face of poor weather. We found predominantly moderate climbing, although loose and unsavory at times, on our route, Rabies Shot (IV 5.10 C2+). A long (180'+), loose, and lichenous offwidth was the first major obstacle. Having grunted our way up that, Howard battled a bizarre comer formed by the convergence of two plates of rock (5.10 C2+). Protection in this section was difficult as cams would hopelessly umbrella in a chimney behind the façade of an otherwise normal-looking crack. A final pitch that included 5.10 face and crack climbing ended on a spacious ledge 15-18 feet below the true summit. Alas, the summit block was composed of rotten, vertical, and decomposing stone. I tried to lasso the summit, but that trick ended when the flake I snagged nearly chopped the rope after it peeled off the wall. We decided against a bolt ladder, and I drilled a single bolt for a rappel. This was the only bolt or piton used on the climb. Considering that fact and our alpine location, we felt justified in our restraint.
After a rest day, we started up the Vampire Spire. Our route took a direct line up the center of the south face on clean, golden rock. The first three long leads (5.9, A2+, 5.10/A1) follow a large dihedral before meeting The Infusion below a difficult (5.10+) offwidth. No bolts were used on the direct start, which we called The Undead (IV/V 5.10+ A2+). After a day off due to rain, we headed back up, hoping to summit via the final pitches of The Infusion. Sleet and rain once again sent us fleeing for the tents just before a pendulum onto easier ground. The next morning, we awoke to six inches of snow. Having only one day's food left, we headed down to our food cache to eat and dry out. To our surprise, our metal bear box containing two weeks of provisions and our radio was gone. "Into Thin Air" was a fitting title to that chapter of the trip as we searched fruitlessly for our provisions. A large grizzly had eaten our canned goods and simply walked away with a 60-pound food box. Seven days of rain, snow and hunger followed until a break in the weather allowed us to hike back up to the Vampires and retrieve our gear. Luckily, our bush pilot Warren LaFave flew in to drop off a crew from Colorado. On the fifth day of good weather out of 23, we wished the newcomers good luck and flew away. I wish only that Mother Nature had been more hospitable. Future parties are warned against the unpredictable weather.
Jack Childress*
*Recipient of the Boyd Everett Fellowship Grant


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I recently booked onto a last minute writing retreat in the gorgeous Shropshire countryside. I thought I would use this as an opportunity to get some reading and writing done away from the distractions of the city, work, and children. And have some space from some relationships.
The weather seemed to match my emotions, when I got here a few days ago. At first there was constant drizzly rain. The kind you can't really see from inside but when you go out you get soaked.
When I first ventured out the tracks as the rain subsided on the second day, I felt nervous and anxious walking along deserted roads myself. There seemed to be constant rustling noises from the bushes and I almost screamed when 1, 2, then 3 squirrels (yes squirrels!) leapt out through the air in front of me landing expertly on some trees to the side of the road. After that I started to walk along clapping my hands in warning for another other unseen rustler ready to jump out.
As I walked on through the winding road through the countryside I started to take in my surroundings. My anxious mind was still fretting over things at home that were out of my control, but with each step I took I felt braver. I was no longer clapping or jumping at unusual sounds.
The following day after doing some writing in the morning, I decided to walk in the opposite direction and head up into the forest on the hills behind the writing centre. I'd felt more confident and capable in myself after the walk the day before and although I was used to walking with others, it felt good to do this by myself.
There is something that stirs my soul walking through the forest as the sunlight catches on the leaves and trees. At one point the sun shone straight through to the forest floor highlighting a lone buttercup. It was perfection. I then walked round a path past some crazy tall redwood trees. Their height and presence caught me by surprise. And the bark was surprisingly soft, almost furry. I could feel tears in my eyes as I carried on past them, somehow feeling that I wasn't alone.
At certain places there were crossroads and I sat and drank some water at one, contemplating which way to go. It resonated deeply with where I am in my life at the moment. I'd already walked up quite far and had tried to memorise the route back. But I still felt I had options here. Somehow knowing this was enough. I sat looking at all the trees surrounding me and I felt embraced, like they were sending back the love that I was sending them.
After a while I headed back down the path, following the route I'd already come up and I was ok with that.
Today I woke up after a sleepless night, chastising myself for not writing enough, for wasting time just reading or 'googling 'stuff'. Even though I have written ideas, finished a short story and submitted to a few places and obviously done some walking.
Why this need for self- punishment?
So I again took myself off for a walk. Today I felt instantly at home walking the rough tracks, stopping to watch butterflies and just being in awe of this beautiful planet. Then I started to be kinder to myself. Going through periods of change calls for it.
I may not have knocked out a novel or anything like it since being here but I've listened to myself, sought comfort and found personal strength in nature, and I know I'll be ok no matter what.
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This cake was a bit of an experiment.
I didn't think I was taking much of a risk using Matcha (Japanese green tea) which as well as making the cake smell of soothing green tea, should have given this cake a green tint too. What happened instead was: the Tonka bean! (See picture below to get an idea of what this looks like). It took just a few shavings of this bean to overpower the overall taste of this cake. Initially I had wanted to use it as an interesting substitute for vanilla. However, the Tonka bean smells and tastes nothing like vanilla to my palate; it tastes rather like almonds but to other palates (those of my friendly testers) cinnamon, cloves and even notes of orange blossom were detected. This is definitely a spice to use on its own as there is more than enough flavour to be had in one bean.
|In case you're wondering, that is my hand! Care to read my life line?
The addition of ground hazelnuts to the cake batter also makes the texture of this cake feel deceptively like an almond cake with the added bonus of making it moist and light. All it needed was some icing sugar for decoration and rose petals to inaugurate its accidental beginning.
The Recipe
100g unsalted butter
80g sugar
2 eggs
120g flour
2 tsps of baking powder
60g ground hazelnuts
60ml buttermilk
1 tsp of Matcha (optional; taste will be overpowered by the Tonka bean)
Pinch of Tonka bean shavings (grated with a microplane)
Preheat the oven at 180°
Line and butter a 20cm square cake tin with baking parchment.
In a bowl, throw in the tonka bean shavings, sugar and butter. Cream together. Next add the eggs and beat into the mixture, followed by the flour, baking powder and hazelnut meal. Finally add the Matcha (if using) to the buttermilk and stir until thoroughly combined before pouring into the bowl and beating until a smooth batter is obtained. Pour into the tray and bake for 25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out of the cake clean.


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I can find no warrant for such an appropriation in the Constitution, and I do not believe that the power and duty of the General Government ought to be extended to the relief of individual suffering which is in no manner properly related to the public service or benefit. The friendliness and charity of our countrymen can always be relied upon to relieve their fellow-citizens in misfortune. This has been repeatedly and quite lately demonstrated. Federal aid in such cases encourages the expectation of paternal care on the part of the Government and weakens the sturdiness of our national character, while it prevents the indulgence among our people of that kindly sentiment and conduct which strengthens the bonds of a common brotherhood.
– Grover Cleveland, " Letter to the House of Representatives" [1887]
"Poor Law dries up the springs of private charity."
"...and the class requiring assistance would begin to consider that they had a right to demand the money which was collected by means of the poor rate, whereas they ought rather to feel that any assistance they obtained was given as a charity".
"I consider that to be a most dangerous principle for any State to confirm."


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Making History in Woodbury: Excel Lifeforce put focus on students' success
One of the keys to Excel Lifeforce Martial Arts Training Center's success over three decades may be that it never really left Woodbury.
The martial arts academy that started in small, rented space has changed locations several times, mostly to accommodate its rising enrollment, but it remained in Woodbury and grew with its host city.
Excel Lifeforce marks 30 years in 2017 as the city of Woodbury celebrates 50 years.
"We've been all over the city, but we've stayed in the city for 30 years," owner Sue Kondratowicz said.
Excel began as ATA Blackbelt Academy when it only offered taekwondo instruction. It started in the workout room of a former golf course, renting space three days a week. From there it moved to the Valley Creek Mall.
"We kept growing," Kondratowicz said.
Excel Lifeforce later relocated to an industrial/warehouse building north of Interstate 94 for five years, and it also had a stint at the YMCA. Eventually the studio moved to a space near its current Commerce Drive location while that studio was being built.
Kondratowicz said they were the first martial arts business in Woodbury, and they've seen small studios come and go over the years. One reason for their ability to last is that they are associated with international, professional organizations, she said. They are licensed by the American Taekwondo Association and by Gracie Jiu Jitsu.
"We're not a karate store," she said. "Our No. 1 goal is when our students walk out of here ... they're safer than when they walk in."
They want students to gain confidence and knowledge and to be more physically fit.
"To be able to defend yourself you have to know how to, you have to practice it so it's an automatic reflex, and you need to be physically fit enough to do it," she said.
Excel Lifeforce trains students in two spectrums of defense arts. Kondratowicz said taekwondo uses the idea that you're going to keep your distance from an opponent. Students use kicks, speed and blocks to keep someone away.
An attacker's purpose is to try to control you, Kondratowicz explained, and jiu-jitsu focuses on how to defend yourself once you get to the ground and how to apprehend without injury. It's a "physical chess game," she said. The sport has gained popularity, thanks in part to the popularity of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
In both programs, belt rank is an indication of knowledge and skill. The requirements for rank advancement are very strict, Kondratowicz said. It takes about 12 years to achieve a black belt in jiu-jitsu. In taekwondo, it takes the average student three years to achieve his or her first-degree black belt, but there are nine degrees of black belt.
Excel Lifeforce's current location is an expansive space in a commercial building at 707 Commerce Drive, Suite 150. The average martial arts studio is about 2,500 square feet. Excel Lifeforce is at 12,000 square feet. The large space is needed to run both programs simultaneously.
Excel Lifeforce has eight instructors and some 300 members. The studio is led by Kondratowicz, herself a former national women's champion in taekwondo, and Dave Niska, a master instructor with 30 years experience.
"We have some people that have been here for years and years," she said, while others may only stay for a year or a season.
Kondratowicz has her own history with the city of Woodbury. She worked as an appraiser and later as the city assessor during 12 years with Woodbury. She went to Kanabec County in north-central Minnesota for seven years before returning to Woodbury to focus on Excel Lifeforce.
Kondratowicz's daughter Richelle met her husband, Mike Moh, when they were both students at Excel Lifeforce. Moh is an actor who landed work in this fall's "Marvel Inhumans" series on ABC.
Others have met at Excel Lifeforce and later married, including Tana and Pat DuPaul, who met as kids at the martial arts training center and now work there.
The training center offers classes for men, women and children. Excel Lifeforce's top source for growth is referrals.
"We have so many parents come up to us and say, 'You've saved our child's life,'" Kondratowicz said. Some of the young students were shy, and gained confidence in skills through martial arts.
The retention rate is high. About 50 percent of students are longtime members. She credits that to their instructors.
"The success of the students is so personally important to them," she said. "It's not a job."


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Miranda Waterboard Settles With Alleged Water Thieving Construction Company
Salomon and the District were concerned not only because of the loss during a drought but because shutting off a hydrant incorrectly can cause serious and expensive damage to their system. One incorrect shut down by a thief had left residents without water for days.
Later, we learned that the same construction company. Myers and Sons Construction, that owned the tanker had been in trouble before for taking water from Garberville at least twice.
Miranda Community Service District demanded restitution and recently a check was deposited in their account. Salomon declined to give the amount.
According to Saloman, the Garberville water district has put in a place a new ordinance that states anyone caught stealing water or tampering with their system could be fined $10,000. The Garberville ordinance reportedly was inspired by the settlement Miranda received.
According to Doug Bryan, Vice Chair of the Garberville Water District, "I suggested the $10000 penalty amount for illegal taking of water from GSD because…I wanted the penalty to be greater than the amount someone could make by selling the water."
Miranda will also be adopting that ordinance soon, Saloman said.
Miranda Communtiy Service District agreed not to press charges against Myers and Son after settling out of court. However, neither Humboldt County nor the state of California are part of that agreement and could choose to press charges.
Earlier stories:
- Brazen Water Theft From Tiny Town, Alleges Miranda Community Service District Director
- Twice? Construction Company Alleged to Have Stolen Water in Miranda Was Previously Caught in Garberville Doing the Same Thing
- Miranda Pushes Back Against Construction Company Accused of Water Thefts
- Supervisors Vote Against Sending a Letter to Caltrans About Alleged Miranda Water Theft


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André Gingras - Rambert Dance Company
- Kelly Apter
- 16 October 2008
Take it to the limit
Rambert Dance Company is known for its beautiful technique but choreographer, André Gingras wasn't afraid to rough things up a little, as he tells Kelly Apter
If you've ever watched children charge around a soft play centre, you'll know how joyful, liberating and downright fun it looks. If only we could shrink ourselves small enough to join in. Well, the dancers at Rambert don't need to, because Canadian choreographer, André Gingras has given them a cushioned world all of their own.
Created in 2007, but playing in Edinburgh for the first time this October, Anatomica #3 is a remarkable piece of work that owes as much to the world of gymnastics as it does contemporary dance. Using a set comprised of layer upon layer of mattresses, built high upon a steeply raked ramp, the dance is fuelled by athletic energy and raw exuberance. Dancers leap, tumble and fall dramatically from great heights – hardly what you'd expect from a company that starts most days with a classical ballet class.
'The Rambert dancers speak many languages,' says Gingras. 'Yes, they have a great classical training as a base, but many of them come from, or have embraced, other disciplines. So it was really a pleasure to just let them cut loose.' That said, Gingras still had to keep a lid on things, because, as all soft play attendees know, it's all fun and games until somebody gets hurt.
'I felt like the guard at the playground sometimes,' laughs Gingras. 'Having to say "whoa there!" to the dancers. I encouraged them to go a little bit beyond their limits, but I also had to take responsibility for their safety. Because that ramp is very high, and they have other performances to do and a career that they want to continue with.'
But there's more to Anatomica #3, and Gingras, than choreographed hi-jinks. Inspired by media representations of the human body, he makes us question the idea of perfection. Dancers stand at the front of the stage, pulling up their tops to reveal taut stomachs, or stretch backwards to demonstrate incredible flexibility. During a 'competition' to see who can stretch their leg the highest, however, not everyone stays balanced – which is exactly what Gingras had in mind.
'We want to believe the dancers are these magical creatures who can do anything,' says Gingras. 'But for me it's very important that you see them also as human beings with failures. So I insist that every night a few of them go so far that they push themselves over.'
The closing work in a triple-bill featuring Mark Baldwin's stunning new piece, Eternal Light, and Siobhan Davies' popular Carnival of the Animals, Anatomica #3 works first and foremost as an entertainment. Close behind, however, is its ability to provoke thought. Not that Gingras is trying to tell us something – even when he sends 18 dancers out on stage dressed as the Queen. He's leaving that part to us.
'We have a pretty intelligent audience out there,' says Gingras. 'So I don't think it's my place to make statements about these things and be didactic. I feel my role as an artist is to put what I see around me into a theatrical context and then let the audience decide.'
Rambert Dance Company, Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Wed 29–Fri 31 Oct.


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|By Ari (Grade 5)
Lesson Background:
As a part of our ANZAC day commemorations, my Year 5 class examined the dove artworks of Picasso and why he created the now famous symbol of the peace dove. We then created our own version of his dove artworks to symbolise the peaceful future we hope for, and included a red poppy to symbolise and remember ANZAC day and our fallen soldiers.
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Grade 5 Student Artworks:
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To Hell and Back
- Lorna Irvine
- 18 September 2015
A satirical cabaret that targets apathy and cuts to the bone
Withering satire is one thing, but where does it get really you in life? That is the question being raised here in this brand new show: free speech as a force for good. The team behind A Play, A Pie and A Pint's The Jean Jacques Rousseau Show – which featured local theatre favourites like Julia Taudevin, Kieran Hurley and Gary McNair, as well as the performers in To Hell and Beck – are now called The DM Collective. The DM of their name is of course, a doff of the cap to late, much-missed founder of PPP, theatre activist David MacLennan.
This trip to hell with a nod to Dante's Inferno suggests that today we are stuck in an endless purgatory of Twitter, peer pressure, crap telly and first-world problems which detract from real issues. A fantastic cast of five, with particularly excellent work from Brian James and Joyce Falconer as a seductive capitalist Satan, their political skits play with the formula and are genuinely hard-hitting: the race horses representing immigration scene feeling especially uncomfortable and timely.
Everyone gets it in the neck- Nick Clegg, Labour, left and right alike,SNP, tabloid and Guardian readers. The Jeremy Corbyn sketch, impishly performed by James, is a wince-inducing deconstruction of stand-up comedy's feel-good banter complete with rubbish stick-on beard. Fleetwood Mac's 'Lies' is delivered to The Sun's prurient celeb-obsessed writers; while D: Ream's New Labour anthem 'Things Can Only Get Better' is upended completely. It's biting all right, but coming from a good place.
MacLennan himself would have been proud- a fitting homage to his humour and humanity alike.
Òran Mór, Glasgow, until Sat 19 Sep.


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Lil Wayne Brings Drake on Nice Comeback Jam 'Believe Me'
Lil Wayne hasn't left the public consciousness over the past six or so years. In fact, his celebrity has never burned brighter, thanks to Young Money's dominant roster, ubiquitous pop song appearances, and Floyd Mayweather. But for diehard fans of his early mixtapes and his breakout work on The Carter III, something has been missing. Call it a spark, a fire in his belly, whatever. The quality isn't there.
Wayne promised the Carter V would be different. That he'd put in a ton of work. And that'd it be his last solo LP ever. (… Sure.) Judging by the first single at least, he's a man of his word. "Believe Me" has Wayne trading verses with Drake (on production from Boi-1da that does show a heavy NWTS influence) and it's good. Not earth-shatteringly good, but quotable and passionate. Color us intrigued.


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The only pictures we came home with are below. There was a professional pet photographer taking complimentary pictures for only $8 and the money went to Pugs for Pinky! Pinky went over the Rainbow Bridge after suffering from cancer. Pinky's mom was one of the founders of Pugs for Pinky! (Minnie didn't go, she doesn't like big crowds.)
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Busy Days
The only pictures we came home with are below. There was a professional pet photographer taking complimentary pictures for only $8 and the money went to Pugs for Pinky! Pinky went over the Rainbow Bridge after suffering from cancer. Pinky's mom was one of the founders of Pugs for Pinky! (Minnie didn't go, she doesn't like big crowds.)
15 comments:
- Rumpydog said...
I hope Mario soon finds his forever home!
- May 5, 2012 at 8:58 PM
- Southern Fried Pugs said...
Your pictures from Pugs for Pinky are wonderful! We hope Mario does find a good home soon. It's hard. We have a new foster pug, too. We will be posting about him later this week.
- May 5, 2012 at 10:00 PM
- houndstooth said...
Good luck to Mario! It sounds like you've been busy!
- May 5, 2012 at 11:49 PM
- Frankie Furter and Ernie said...
OH Minnie... I am so sorry that Mario's Poop Shooter went WILD on him like that.
It sounds like you have been havin a grrreat time.
Enjoy your company... and hurry back!
- May 6, 2012 at 9:31 AM
- H and Flo said...
Hi M & M
Sorry we haven't been to visit for a while! We are very disturbed by this post. Any post that has the word 'diarrhoea' which is preceded by the word 'EXPLOSIVE' is disturbing! :)
- May 6, 2012 at 10:32 AM
- tubby3pug said...
Poor Mario, he will find a good home soon.
The pictures are very nice
urban hounds
- May 6, 2012 at 11:18 AM
- Reggie and Minnie said...
Hey M & M! i do hope Mario is feeling better soon! bless him, sounds not nice!!
We would LOVE Mario to come live with us if we didnt live across the pond, he looks a lovely dog! Think if Ma & pa followed their heart instead of their head they'd have 50 rehomed dogs and spend all their pennies on them! your really lovely people taking care of these lovely dogs!
looking forward to seeing the other photos.
Big hug and love Reggie... & my new little sister, Minnie xxx
- May 7, 2012 at 5:08 PM
- Keith Andrea said...
Wonderful Photos., Good Luck Mario, hope you will see your home forever..
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- Frank The Tank said...
Hi Minnie, Mack and Mario! Wow you have been very busy puggys! I love the photos from the pug meet but sad that you didn't have your photo done Minnie, it would have been beautiful, but I don't like big crowds either! Poor Mario with his "explosive" pooping, I hope that he is better now, bless him, though I wouldn't have minded the chicken and rice! I hope to see the photos and hear lots of your adventures soon! I feel sorry for Mario and hope that he gets his forever home soon, I think he is such a cute and handsome puggle, I feel that we would be fast friends if we met! Paws crossed for him! Love, Licks and Pugalier Hugs from your friend and Love Frank x x x x x x x x
- May 8, 2012 at 5:47 PM
- Frank The Tank said...
Ps, that photo of Mario snuggling is the best, he really does look like he thinks he is a little lap dog, bless him! He is super cute! X x x x X
- May 8, 2012 at 5:49 PM
- Honey the Great Dane said...
Oh - Glad to hear that Mario is getting over his upset tummy. It sounded horrible! And hope he finds a nice home soon – he really deserves one!
Like a professional photos! :-)
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It All Comes Down to Richmond
In a season that has been nuts with wild-card talk, one more hand must be played this Saturday under the lights at Richmond International Raceway.
That will be wild in itself, but the way the 2012 Chase for the Sprint Cup is shaping up, it hardly will be the end of all the craziness. You thought last year's Chase, which eventually boiled down to a two-man battle between Tony Stewart and Carl Edwards, was compelling? This year's Chase may be even better.
Ten of the 12 spots have been clinched in the wake of Denny Hamlin's victory at Atlanta last Sunday, and the 11th player is all but determined.
The top nine in the points standings have not only clinched spots, but three points for each win they've recorded thus far this season (with three more up for grabs at Richmond). It's time to forget where they all are in points beyond how it affects the Chase seeding, for finishing first or second in points means essentially nothing now without victories to back it up. (Although Jimmie Johnson recently made a good point when he suggested that the regular-season leader in points ought to at least get something for it, like perhaps three additional bonus points to start out the Chase).
Anyway, those top nine drivers in the current standings – Greg Biffle, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Matt Kenseth, Jimmie Johnson, Martin Truex Jr., Brad Keselowski, Hamlin, Clint Bowyer and Kevin Harvick – have all clinched Chase spots based on the points they've earned throughout the first 25 races. No one behind them can knock them out of the top 10 now.
Defending champion Tony Stewart has clinched at least a wild-card spot, but needs to avoid disaster at Richmond and fend off Kasey Kahne, who is 18 points behind him, to ensure that he'll get in on points and thus be able to utilize the nine bonus points that would then come with his three wins. Kahne, with two victories and a virtual stranglehold on the first of two wild-card Chase spots, would like to catch Stewart and crack the top 10 so he, too, can begin the Chase with a bit of a bonus-points head start.
The two wild-card entries do not get to carry over any bonus points for their regular-season victories. Kyle Busch currently holds the second wild-card spot, but a victory at Richmond by any one of four other drivers – Jeff Gordon, Marcos Ambrose, Ryan Newman or Joey Logano – would get them in. That guarantees a fun night of wild racing at RIR.
But after that? Who knows? And that's the beauty of this year's Chase. Pretty much anyone could rise up and win it. From the looks of it now, though, there appear to be three distinct groups heading into the fray.
The Favorites
This select group includes the hottest driver in Sprint Cup right now, Hamlin, as well as the two drivers who have combined to win the last six championships (okay, so Jimmie Johnson won five in a row before Stewart won last year).
Hamlin has won the last two races and now heads to his favorite track at Richmond, so he's obviously building momentum and confidence at the right time. But Johnson can never be counted out. And after last year, when Stewart seemed dead in the water when the Chase began, only to reel off five wins in the 10 Chase races, the same has to be said of Smoke.
The real wild card in this group is Brad Keselowski. It's no coincidence that the calling card to get into this select club is a minimum of three race wins (Hamlin now has a series-high four). Like the rest, Keselowski has proven he can get to Victory Lane and it's likely going to require at least one or two more trips there to win the title. Keselowski also has developed a determined edge to him, dating back to midway through last season, that seemingly will serve him well in his second Chase.
Don't underestimate the fact that Dodge, the manufacturer that is leaving the sport after this season, would love to go out on top and will be funneling every possible resource into Keselowski's championship charge. Not that the other manufacturers won't do the same for their guys, but Dodge may pour more energy and effort and dollars into it than all the rest.
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Biffle heads up this second group. He has two wins this season and has been at or near the top in points virtually all season. He can't be dismissed lightly and also seems to be building momentum at precisely the right time.
The others who could rise up? Well, Dale Earnhardt Jr. needs to prove he can win at a track other than Michigan, and more than once every Presidential election, but he's been remarkably consistent all year. He also seems more calm and confident than at any other point recently in his career, which should serve him well in the Chase.
Yet the guys who really could surprise and make some noise are the two wild-card entries, especially if they end up being Kahne and either Kyle Busch or Jeff Gordon -- the combination that seems most likely (with Stewart getting in on points). Kahne has had fast cars all year long and finally seems comfortable in his Hendrick Motorsports ride. Busch and Gordon have both endured more than their share of bad luck this season, but have the potential to muster up a Stewart-like Chase run if they can just get in the hunt.
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This group includes Kevin Harvick, Martin Truex Jr., Clint Bowyer and Matt Kenseth. Given the rest of the stout field, it would be somewhat of a shocker if any of these guys actually won the championship under their unique circumstances.
Harvick, still seeking his first win of the season, recently changed crew chiefs -- going back with Gil Martin, the guy who got him to the Chase a year ago but then was removed from the position when Harvick's title hopes fizzled over the final 10 races. It might be the right move (Martin is a solid crew chief who never should have been removed in the first place), but it smacks of Hail Mary-like desperation at this late stage of the season.
Truex and Bowyer already have overachieved in their first season together at Michael Waltrip Racing. Bowyer, who has one win, also has experience at contending in the Chase and is the best bet to beat the odds to rise up and challenge for the title. He admitted the other day that he's in a good spot and feels relaxed, like he's playing with house money because his team already has exceeded expectations. Truex should have won at Atlanta and at this point it truly does seem to merely be a matter of time before he gets to Victory Lane. But with only one win in his Cup career to date -- one that came in 2007 -- it seems a stretch to think he's suddenly going to rise up and run with the top dogs in the Chase pressure cooker.
That leaves Kenseth, who won the season-opening Daytona 500 and has remained consistent enough to rank third in the points heading into Richmond. But he's already announced he's leaving Roush Fenway Racing at the end of the season (it finally becomes official that he's headed to Joe Gibbs Racing this Tuesday). He's in a lame-duck situation that's bound to only get stranger as this Chase progresses. There's little doubt that RFR will be trying to push Biffle, who will remain with the organization following this season, a little harder toward to the title than the guy who's already got one foot out the door on his way to a major competitor who fields cars from a rival manufacturer.


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The all-consuming American consumer has pulled the US economy – and the world's – out of tough times so many times, it's hard to keep track.
But 2009 will probably not be one of them.
US retail sales fell an unexpected 0.1 percent in July, the Commerce Department reported Thursday. Even the wildly popular clash-for-clunkers program, which turbocharged auto sales, failed to push consumer spending into the black. Excluding motor vehicles and parts, sales fell 0.6 percent.
The decline is worrying, analysts say, because consumers make up two-thirds of the economy and don't appear ready to add much oomph to an economic upturn for at least the next several months.
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"In the last decade, the US basically has been the consumer of last resort for the global economy," he adds. "How was the US consumer able to do that? The answer is debt."
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