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According to a new report from the Washington, DC-based nonpartisan Government Accountability Institute (GAI), President Barack Obama has spent more than twice as much time on vacation and golfing (976 hours) than he has spent in meetings about the economy (474.4 hours).
The report, “Presidential Calendar: A Time-Based Analysis,” analyzed the official White House calendar and other media reports starting at the president’s inauguration and running through March 31, 2013.
Other findings from the GAI report include:
- President Obama has devoted 3.6 percent of his working hours to economic meetings throughout his presidency.
- So far this year, President Obama has committed a total of 6 hours to economic meetings of any kind.
- President Obama has played 115 rounds of golf and enjoyed 86 days of vacation, for an estimated 976 hours of leisure.
Review the full report and its methodology here: GAI Institute.


Eight Minnesota killers who were teenagers when they committed crimes that landed them in prison for life are now at the heart of a debate over whether the state should give them even a far-off chance at parole.
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling in 2012 declared that mandatory life sentences for juveniles without the possibility of parole violated the Constitution’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment.
The eight prisoners are men now. All fell under a state law that requires mandatory life sentences for some juveniles who are certified to stand trial as adults. Some have been in prison since 1996. Among their 10 victims: a 17-year-old girl, a little boy and a sheriff’s deputy.
Under Minnesota law, life sentences without parole are mandatory for some first-degree murder cases, such as premeditated murder, murder committed during a sexual assault, the killing of a police officer or life taken during a terrorist act. That mandate makes no exception for juveniles who are certified to stand trial as adults.
But in its ruling, the nation’s high court declared that states could not impose life sentences on juvenile offenders without also considering factors like the offender’s youth, why they committed the crime and their potential for rehabilitation.
Prosecutors and juvenile justice advocates alike agree that Minnesota laws should conform to the U.S. Supreme Court’s order by doing away with mandatory life sentences for juveniles.
The problem comes in what to do with the eight imprisoned before the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling.
The most recent of the crimes was committed in 2010, when then 16-year-old Mahdi Ali gunned down three men during a robbery at the Seward Market in south Minneapolis. The earliest: 1996, when 17-year-old Timothy Chambers stole a car and led police on a high-speed chase that ended when he slammed into a squad car, killing a Rice County sheriff’s deputy.
Sen. Ron Latz, DFL-St. Louis Park, is sponsoring a bill that would repeal mandatory life sentencing for juveniles, and would make it retroactive to include the eight now serving life without parole.
“I think it’s important that we treat everyone similarly situated the same way,” said Latz, whose bill would give all such offenders the chance to appeal for parole after serving 20 years. “They may have committed the exact same crime, just at a different decade, it seems to me that would be very unfair.”
But the Minnesota County Attorneys Association has advocated for a bill that would retain juvenile life without parole for a very narrow class of offenders, while giving others a chance at freedom after 30 years. The association’s bill would not be retroactive.
“Those eight were convicted by a jury and sentenced under a statute that existed at the time,” said John Kingrey, MCAA executive director. “We feel those very heinous crimes deserve life without parole. Now we have new guidance from the Supreme Court and going forward, there’s going to be different standards.”
Kingrey said that despite the differences with Latz, “This is an issue we’d like to resolve.”
No likely changes in 2014
Minnesota’s eight teen killers are a fraction of the number of juvenile lifers other states have.
The Illinois Supreme Court last week ruled that inmates serving life for juvenile crimes would receive new sentencing hearings, affecting 100 convicted killers. Courts in Iowa, Massachusetts and Texas have issued similar rulings.
Not in Minnesota. The Supreme Court here last year ruled that Chambers was not eligible for resentencing. The court is currently considering the case of Tony Roman Nose, who was 17 when he raped and killed a Woodbury teenager in her house in 2000. A Washington County judge resentenced Roman Nose to life with the possibility of release after 30 years following the ruling, but prosecutors appealed.
While the debate continues, chances are slim that any proposal will become law this year. Latz’s bill is moving through the Senate, but a similar bill by Rep. Joe Mullery, DFL-Minneapolis, appears to be in limbo. Mullery’s bill would allow juveniles serving life to apply for parole after 20 years if they committed the crime when they were 14 or 15. If they were 16 or 17, they could apply for parole after 25 years. The bill would be retroactive. It has yet to even get a hearing and may not before the 2014 Legislative session draws to a close in May.
Mullery said the issue of retroactivity is likely a sticking point, but said there’s also little sense of urgency to address the matter. Even though the state law has not been repealed, judges in Minnesota will sentence juveniles in accordance with the U.S. Supreme Court’s orders, he said, and none of the incarcerated eight would be eligible for parole anytime soon.
Mullery said the bill may have a chance next year.
Perry Moriearty, an associate professor at the University of Minnesota Law School, is co-director of the Child Advocacy and Juvenile Justice Clinic, which represents Chambers and another, Brian Lee Flowers. Moriearty said that the Supreme Court’s decision has no bearing on what kind of legislation can be passed, though she understands the opposition to retroactively changing the law, particularly for the closure for crime victims’ families.
“What I would suggest, though, is that we now know that juvenile brains are not adult brains,” Moriearty said. “We know a lot more about the development of kids than when the majority of these eight people committed their crimes.”


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We spent 1 week here in August 2011. I was very disappointed on arrival to see that this "cottage resort" is 1/2 cottage resort and the other half trailer park.
The General Store and Restaurant noted in the listing from the owner has closed, and the "20 minute drive" to Kelowna is more like 45 minutes, on a very windy, challenging road. So dont arrive there without all your groceries.....(but nobody tells you that)
We rented directly from an owner, who did not inform us that the resort would charge us an additional $100 fee to use some of the resort amenities including the kayaks, gym, etc.
The cottage itself was lovely, but the location is poor. I think you would be alot better off with something closer to town, to enjoy some of the surrounding area. This place is like suburbia carved into the hillside. Your vacation dollars are better spent elsewhere.
I will NOT go back.
- Official Description (provided by the hotel):
- Located on the west side of Lake Okanagan, 30 minutes north of West Kelowna, British Columbia, offering 60 vacation rental cottages in the La Casa resort. Beautiful new, fully-equipped 2 and 3 bedroom cottages near the lake/marina, around the swimming pool/activities centre, or on the upper ridge with spectacular lake views. Activities include: 2 swimming pools, 3 jacuzzi, 2 tennis courts, mini-golf, beach volleyball, basketball, playground, group BBQ area, kayaks, lake aqua trampolines, marina, trails right behind the resort for hiking, biking, ATV, and nearby horseback riding, golf, and wineries. Perched on the hill, the lake view Events Centre is ideal for weddings or groups up to 130 people. ... more less
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#Smiles: Wyoming Indian High School holds banquet for National Honor Society students
On Tuesday, the Wyoming Indian High School National Honor Society hosted their annual banquet to recognize existing members and welcome new ones.
New inductees included Justice Moss, Dorianna White, Margaret Friday, and Jaden Ferris.
Freshmen scholars included Larissa McElroy, Amya Her Many Horses, Inez Harris, Dezreen C’Hair, and Jayce Marie Boyer.
Wyoming Indian NHS sponsors include Josei Redman, Derek Sandall, and Hyrum Booth.

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The massive sedan class isn't what it was. Fewer automakers provide them as a result of customers are more and more gravitating to SUVs and extremely capable midsize sedans. This Cars, however, is one model that is nonetheless carrying the torch. Actually, it's doubled down. Redesigned just last yr, the car concurrently exemplifies and upends the conventions of the class.
Like past automotive (and most large sedans), this newest mannequin has a V6 engine that delivers easy acceleration. It additionally has a roomy interior. Although solely slightly larger than the Camry, the Avalon has acres of legroom for all occupants and a better proportion of premium materials. The Avalon lends itself nicely to long road journeys due to the supportive outboard seats and minimal wind noise.
This Vehicles also plays towards type by bringing performance into the image. The automotive, with nimble handling and fast steering, is surprisingly as much as the problem of zipping along a curvy road. There's even a new TRD model this 12 months with a sport-tuned suspension. In order for you an uncompromising mix of efficiency and comfort, think about the top Touring trim. It is outfitted with adaptive dampers that soften the journey or sharpen dealing with at the press of a button — a uncommon characteristic for this type of car.
Downsides? Effectively, there's not an enormous amount of headroom, which is odd for this class of auto, and Android Auto smartphone integration is conspicuously lacking from the features listing. However overall, we think highly of the car. It's a definite step up by way of high quality and luxury compared to the Camry, and it is probably the most well-rounded choose in comparison with rivals such because the Chrysler 300 and the Kia Cadenza.
Munich. The BMW Z4 GT3 anchored two belvedere spots at the third hunt in the Agenda Nürburgring Ability Series powered by VCO on Saturday. BMW M Motorsport Customer Antagonism Aggregation Walkenhorst Motorsport claimed additional abode in the #34 car afterwards three blood-tingling hours of racing. Aggregation BMW Bank, with BMW works disciplinarian Bruno Spengler (CAN), was appropriate abaft in third. A absolute of eight BMW Z4 GT3s were on the starting grid.
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Professional antagonism drivers and sim racers delivered addition agitative ability hunt on the agenda Nürburgring Nordschleife (GER). The #189 BMW Z4 GT3 of BS COMPETITION, apprenticed by BMW works disciplinarian Philipp Eng (AUT), Alexander Voß and Laurin Heinrich (both GER), beyond the accomplishment band in aboriginal place. However, a aphorism contravention led to the attendant artifice of a time amends that agape the car aback to sixth position. MAHLE Antagonism Aggregation was accordingly declared the winner.
That answer the Walkenhorst Motorsport #34 BMW Z4 GT3 from third to second. David Pittard, Sam Michaels and Scott Michaels (all GBR) had formed their way into the top three afterwards starting from eighth place. Spengler and his team-mates Nils Koch and Kay Kaschube (both GER) were able to affected a agitated aperture aeon to put on a able hunt in the Aggregation BMW Bank #107 BMW Z4 GT3. They beyond the band in fourth, affective up to third abode and a atom on the podium.
“After my win in the IMSA iRacing Pro Series on Thursday, it was abundant to drive actuality on the Nürburgring Nordschleife today,” says Spengler. “I am acquirements a lot from my team-mates here. I still accept some allowance for improvement, decidedly in qualifying, but I bigger with every lap in the race. Unfortunately, I got spun alert during the aboriginal laps and we fell back. I managed to get aback to eleventh abode and my team-mates Nils Koch and Kay Kaschube did a abundant job to get us up to fourth. The adverse amends for Philipp Eng and his aggregation again saw us placed third. Any position in the top bristles would accept been a acceptable aftereffect aback you attending at how the hunt started for us. We are delighted, it was a air-conditioned race.”
BMW works disciplinarian Eng and his team-mates Voß and Heinrich in the #189 BS COMPETITION BMW Z4 GT3 were amidst the favourites from the chat go. They had a advantageous advance in the closing phase, bridge the band in aboriginal abode afterwards three hours, afore the amends was imposed due to a aphorism contravention during the pit stop.
“We absolutely had a abundant race. The way it finished, with the attendant time amends costing us the win, is black of course,” says Eng. “Unfortunately, we didn’t change all the tyres during the pit stop as we were not acquainted of the accordant aphorism change. That was adverse and was not intentional, but it was acutely our fault. Nonetheless, the car showed abundant pace. Everyone in the aggregation did a superb job.”
BMW Aggregation Green Hell, featuring the BMW works drivers Martin Tomczyk and Jens Klingmann (both GER) additionally suffered some bad luck. Their #112 BMW Z4 GT3 was not at accountability in an blow on the aboriginal lap, which resulted in such austere blow that they had to stop for repairs. They again acclimated the actual hunt ambit to adapt for the abutting event.
Results BMW Z4 GT3 – annular two of the DNLS powered by VCO.
2nd abode all-embracing / 2nd SP9: #34 Walkenhorst Motorsport (David Pittard, Sam Michaels, Scott Michaels)
3rd abode all-embracing / 3rd SP9: #107 Aggregation BMW Bank (Bruno Spengler, Nils Koch, Kay Kaschube)
6th abode all-embracing / 6th SP9: #189 BS COMPETITION (Philipp Eng, Alexander Voß, Laurin Heinrich)
19th abode all-embracing / 15th SP9: #108 VRS Coanda Simsport (Jesse Krohn, Martti Pietilä)
20th abode overall, 20th SP9: #112 BMW Aggregation Green Hell (Martin Tomczyk, Jens Klingmann)
27th abode all-embracing / 18th SP9: #113 BMW Junior Aggregation (Neil Verhagen, Dan Harper, Max Hesse)
53rd abode all-embracing / 21st SP9: #35 Walkenhorst Motorsport (Mikkel Jensen, Christian Krognes)
57th abode all-embracing / 22nd SP9: #118 VRS Coanda Simsport (Marc Basseng, Jörn Schmidt-Staade, Paschalis Gkergis)
Sim antagonism trivia.
In the accepted situation, actor antagonism is acceptable more popular. During sim races, drivers sit in their hunt simulators in their own homes, so in contest with basic disciplinarian changes, the disciplinarian easily the car over to his team-mate, who is amid in addition city, country or alike on a altered continent. The concrete demands – afar from the g-forces – are about as aerial as in real-life antagonism cars. In the blow of an accident, the car has to acknowledgment to the pit for aliment and again delay for a aeon that is in band with the blow afore actuality accustomed aback assimilate the track. Hunt ascendancy can additionally accolade a time penalty.
The appropriate appearance of sim antagonism accommodate pro racing-drivers from real-life motorsport actuality able to attempt alongside able sim racers and there is a absolute accurateness to the fans. They can chase the activity alive online and via assorted amusing media channels, for example, on the BMW Motorsport Facebook and YouTube channels. The drivers additionally get their admirers complex via their amusing channels and in the DNLS powered by VCO there is alike a agenda columnist appointment afterwards anniversary race.
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The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) will conduct an onsite visit to Pakistan on Saturday to check technical pledges, according to Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar. Pakistan is “one step away” from exiting the grey list, she said.
The minister told in a press conference that the visit is a procedural necessity that will result in Pakistan being removed from the notorious grey list of the watchdog, “hopefully forever.”
Khar went on to say that the state was working closely with the body to schedule the visit at a mutually agreeable period, and that the assignment would be completed before the preliminary elections in October 2022.
Pakistan’s commitment to improved financial regulation is a matter of national agreement, according to the minister, with the strategic goal of strengthening the economy and restoring confidence.
The minister also praised the “tireless” efforts of the teams that “burned the midnight oil” to secure the completion of the FATF action plans for 2018 and 2022.
“This has been a cross-government effort,” she stated adding that the success was an effort of the state of Pakistan and not a singular entity.
She expressed optimism that Pakistan would be able to maintain its reform momentum and “offer guidance and technical assistance to other nations in the region since we are ahead of the curve.”
Pakistan will be “completely prepared” for the on-site inspection, according to Khar. She advised the media to refrain from prematurely sharing the news according to the regulatory body’s confidentiality restrictions. “In the past, this has hampered our position; we should never prejudge a situation,” she continued.
Maintaining the government’s position, Khar said it was “too early to celebrate” because Pakistan was the only country with two action plans to address financial regulation.
In answer to a question about FATF’s political bias, the minister expressed optimism about Pakistan’s progress, saying, “We have been enabled to be and regarded as responsible, and we have always maintained that FATF should remain apolitical and technical.” That is something we hope will continue.”
When challenged about international meddling in the process, Khar says, “We have underlined that the body is apolitical, but there is one country that has made it difficult in the past.”
The minister went on to say that Pakistan’s success hinged on the country’s national strategy to combat terror financing. “Our national and international agendas are in sync; we’ve learnt a lot and don’t want to fall behind,” she said.
When asked how “friendly ties” impacted Pakistan’s FATF standing, the minister said diplomatic outreach was always a policy. Khar, on the other hand, stressed that Pakistan had “kept its commitments” and “outperformed” and hence deserved aid from other countries.
In response to a query, the minister indicated that while there had previously been significant political pressure on Pakistan’s performance, diplomacy attempted to neutralise the situation.
She went on to say that India has worked tirelessly to weaken Pakistan’s position in the FATF. She did, however, imply that India’s performance would not be encouraging, given the fact that the FATF’s mutual evaluation reports were due soon.
When asked who gets credit for Pakistan’s financial performance again, Khar expressed her belief that the government was more preoccupied with who deserved credit than with the FATF conference.
“We are providing credit to everyone who seeks it, and properly so,” she said, adding that the performance was based on Pakistan’s agenda, not a particular political party’s objective.
“We have to remain mature about it, we don’t react to immaturity with immaturity,” said Khar furthering that the incumbent government would consider it a “win-win if everyone believes they have a stake in this.”

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CAMBRIA COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) — Richland Township police are trying to identify a man they said stole a hoverboard from Walmart.
The theft reportedly happened on Jan. 4 at around 8 p.m. at the Walmart in Johnstown. The pictured man allegedly stole the hoverboard then made his way out of the building and left.
If you have any information on the man pictured in this story, you’re asked to call Richland Township Police through Cambria County 911 non-emergency number at 814-472-2100.
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I knew at a very young age I wanted to be an artist. (See also my blog post.) But, parents being parents, they soon talked me out of that notion. So, I forgot what I really wanted and became convinced I’d someday be a garbage collector instead. I left school at 15 to become a printer, then a reprographer, then a teacher, a translator, designer, web designer…
Sometimes I’d see destiny in the form of a garbage truck down the road. In truth, at 65, I believe there are worse things than being a sweeper. There’s something noble in cleaning up the mess of the world.
But, translating led to writing, and designing logos led to drawing and painting. On this web site, you can discover the fruits of my labor, and hopefully, buy a book or a piece of art or two. I’d give everything away for free but I do need the money.☺
And now for the boring bits: I was born in 1957 in Rotterdam, then the world’s largest port and not the most romantic of towns. Twelve years after World War II the city still looked like a wasteland where bricklayers and carpenters not writers or singers were the heroes of the day.
We kind of missed the sixties and went straight from the fifties to the seventies. I joined the workforce at 15 as an apprentice printer and broke free at 22 to travel to Spain and Morocco, then to the US, Mexico and South America. Like many travelers, I taught English to support myself, and I also lived in Barcelona, Spain for a year and worked for Olivetti in Ivrea, Italy.
At 28, I went back to school and studied English and Spanish at the University of Leiden and translation at the University of Amsterdam. I set myself up as a translator and stuck with translating books, software and all sorts of texts for nearly 30 years. I got married, got a son who is now 20, got divorced and finally remembered what I wanted to be before I thought I’d be a garbage collector.
If I were to tell you who I am now, I’d say “Hey, this isn’t a dating site.” But if it was, I’d tell you I like cooking and Asian food, I’m vegan except when I’m not, I believe monogamy isn’t natural but in practice, I find one relationship more than enough to handle, I love to read but value style and craftsmanship over what passes for literature, and I don’t believe in deities. Oh, and I love technology but I’m not sure I like where it’s taking us.
In a world that’s bursting with talent, it’s hard to choose, but some authors I love include Anthony Burgess, Bill Bryson, Daniel Quinn, David Lodge, Douglas Adams, George Orwell, Henry David Thoreau, Jack London, Jane Austen, Jean Liedloff, Robert B. Parker, Salman Rushdie, Terry Pratchett and so many more.
With movies we aren’t spoilt for choice, either: A River Runs Through It, Chinatown, Departures, Der Himmel über Berlin, Eat, drink, man, woman, Get Shorty, Groundhog Day, Le huitieme jour, Le mari de la coiffeuse, Once upon a Time in Mexico, Secrets and Lies, The Apartment, The Gods must be Crazy, The Life of Brian, Vertigo, anything with Shirley MacLaine in it.
In music there’s even more to choose from: Alan Stivell, Angelo Branduardi, B.B. King, Bob Dylan, Clannad, Eleanor McEvoy, Eric Clapton, Eva Cassidy, Flaco Jimenez, Inti-Illimani, J.J. Cale, Jaime Torres, John Lennon, Jonny Lang, Kinky Friedman, Krishna Das, Leon Russell, Loreena McKennitt, Mikis Theodorakis, Mississippi John Hurt, Moya Brennan, Patrick Ball, Pink Floyd, Prem Joshua, Quilapayun, Ry Cooder, Shaina Noll, Stevie Ray Vaughan, The Andrews Sisters, Tony Joe White, Victor Jara, Violeta Parra, etc.
So, there you have it: Me in a nutshell. Want more? Read the blog or get in touch.


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Grey Cup to Baltimore
The Baltimore Stallions beat the Calgary Stampeders, 37-20, in Regina, Saskatchewan, to become the first United States-based team to win the Grey Cup in the Canadian Football League's 83-year history.
Baltimore was denied last year when it was beaten by the British Columbia Lions in the title game.
How long the Grey Cup will stay in Baltimore is uncertain.
The team's owner, Jim Speros, has spent recent weeks looking for a possible new home, given the news that the Cleveland Browns plan to move to Baltimore.
Baltimore relied on superb special teams play, five field goals by Carlos Huerta and a stubborn defense keyed by middle linebacker O. J. Brigance to stop Calgary quarterback Doug Flutie. Flutie finished 23-of-49 for 287 yards with one interception.
Baltimore quarterback Tracy Ham was the game's most valuable player. He was 17 of 29 for 213 yards. (AP)
Pair Take Shootout
Steve Elkington and Mark Calcavecchia combined for a 13-under-par 59 yesterday to win the $1.1 million Shark Shootout by one shot over Lee Janzen and Chip Beck, who had a final-round 57. Elkington and Calcavecchia, who finished with a 32-under 184 total in the 54-hole event, started the back nine with eight consecutive birdies. (AP)
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St. Anthony's Wins
St. Anthony's of South Huntington, L.I., won its third consecutive Catholic High School Football League championship yesterday by defeating St. Francis Prep of Fresh Meadow, Queens, 29-0, in the Class AAA-AA final at Hofstra University. St. Anthony's, winners of 20 straight games, became the fourth team in league history to capture three straight titles.


Samsung has gained significantly over the past year in the Android space and risen to the top of the smartphone market. The company has however kept its options open with minor launches in the Bada OS as well as the Windows 7.5 OS with the Samsung Omnia W. The company has now launched the Samsung Omnia M, which is expected to be an entry level smartphone for users.
Samsung Omnia M price
Samsung Omnia M price is expected to be comparable with Nokia Lumia 610 and may fall in the range of Rs 14000. The phone has some terrific specs. The phone runs on a 1GHz processor and features the Windows 7.5 Refresh OS. The phone is fairly competitive in the market with a 5MP camera with auto focus and LED flash. There is even a secondary camera for video chatting. The phone comes with 4GB internal memory which sadly cannot be expanded.


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See a Neurologist: Headaches have become their own specialty. Given the severity of your condition it has advanced beyond the scope of most general practitioners.
At this point i would recommend seeing a neurologist who specializes in headaches.
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MIGRAINE: Headache is not associated with any structural abnormality.It is episodic, unilateral, throbbing, maybe severe lasting x few hours to days. Neuro exam and ct scan neg.Rx to prevent it is available.
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See a HA specialist: Chronic migraine is a serious and complex neurologic disorder. Headache, vertigo, visual disturbances nausea, sensitivity to light, stomachache, constipation are common symptoms. This condition must be professionally managed by a specialist. See an orofacial pain or headache specialist for evaluation and treatment.
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Be ready for all the feels when you open this book. This is the final book in the Nanny Match Series, and I think it might be the best out of the four. It is a big book, with lots of pages, but it is one of those books that every word on every page has meaning and purpose. Harper and Landon are two people who truly get each other. She smooths his roughness, and he calms her in a way that she didn’t realize she needed.
There is so much in this book that I love. The focus on the neurodivergent topic and the emphasis on how it isn’t a disability but rather a difference. The way in which Sandor treats this is front and center, and she creates such a spotlight on the topic but in the best way possible.
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Aria, Landon’s niece that he has taken over custody for, is a snarky little spitfire and I love her character arc. The kids are amazing additions to this series, but they are use in a way that they don’t take over the story. The ending to this series works out in such a way I didn’t expect, but yet loved at the same time. You do not want to miss this series.

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Experimental and theoretical investigations are carried out in attempt to improve understanding of the relationship between the microstructure and high-temperature mechanical properties of advanced materials for extending the service temperatures in creep related applications. Current research is concentrated on the microstructural evolution and understanding the underlying creep deformation and fracture processes to gain insight to facilitate further development of improved materials. Special attention is given to the methods of prediction creeplife exploted materials.
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The daily QF9 begins in Melbourne, flying to Perth before then flying non-stop to London. Qantas has adjusted the timing of some domestic services into Perth so that passengers from Adelaide, Sydney and Brisbane can join the flight to London.
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) announced that it will be the host airport for the 2019 Airports Council International (ACI) Asia-Pacific/ World Annual General Assembly, Conference & Exhibition (WAGA). Expected to attract more than 1,000 airport and industry leaders from around the world, the two prominent international and regional assemblies will take place from 2-4 April 2019.
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When we work with our British partners, the term bespoke gets thrown around often. More than just the elegance we believe most Londonors to possess, it's an official, in-demand style in both contemporary design and fashion.
Top designers specialize in this style that is essentially a custom-made product crafted meticulously to meet the client's needs.
Here’s a look into how this style is used in both home design and fashion:
Bespoke in Home Decor
This term is used often by interior designers as a way to let customers know they offer anything and everything they want. Bespoke balances crisp, clean minimalism with the warmth of architectural design exactly to client taste.
Simply, furniture and home décor are made according to the home’s measurements, where it will be put, and how customers want it to look. Each intricate detail that goes into designing a home is made to fit a particular space perfectly.
Bespoke furniture and home décor is more personal than just picking out a piece at Ikea. People pay more for this style because the product is likely to last longer due to higher quality, and gives homeowners zero limitations when designing their home.
Learn more about bespoke furniture over at Colinton Furniture.
Bespoke in Fashion
Similarly, in fashion, bespoke is all about custom-made clothing that is made from scratch to a man’s specifications. The term is reserved primarily for men (for women, the term Haute Couture is used).
This form of tailoring is a centuries' old craft and considered an art form that elevated men’s clothing to new levels of design and function. With the high degree of individualization including choice of fabric, cut, style and details, the result is truly a one-of-a-kind piece.
Bespoke is extremely prestigious and is hard to find outside of Europe. Savile Row in London is known to be the “golden mile of tailoring” and where this tradition is typically found today.
If you're heading to London and looking to buy a bespoke suit, take a look at GQ's Guide to Savile Row.
And yes, Bespoke Wine Storage is a thing...
The wine library in this lounge is a “physical embodiment of the wine menu,” where wines are stored label-forward in the proper temperatures, and the quality and function are the priority. Take a look for yourself:
Want a Bespoke cellar tailored to your home? We can help.
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Sonja Kohn Under FireBy Tias, Gaea News Network
Saturday, December 11, 2010
NEW YORK (GaeaTimes.com)- It looks like Irving Picard has hit the jackpot with a lawsuit filed against Bernie Madoff’s evil twin/criminal soul mate, Sonja Kohn. The orthodox Jew and founder of the Medici Bank has been outed by the New York lawyer who has claimed that Sonja Kohn has over the years helped feed Bernie Madoff’s notorious Ponzi scheme which robbed billions off investors.
The suit claims that Sonja Kohn has used her relation with Bernie Madoff to feed the billions into his scheme and thus benefited greatly from it. The federal law for racketeering will triple the damages of $19.6 billion against Sonja Kohn and thus claim $58.8 billion from the 62 year old. Irving Picard has also named 2 dozen other accomplices in his effort to recover the billions that were swindled by Bernie Madoff. The case against her has been filed at the Manhattan federal bankruptcy court.
Sonja Kohn is an orthodox Jew who is known for her signature red wig. She met Bernie Madoff back in 1985 and has worked with him for the last 20 years. Bernie Madoff is presently serving his 150 years sentence in prison. Irving Picard has so far recovered a mere $2.6 billion out of the $65 billion swindled by the scamster. He has also claimed a settlement with the Jewish women’s organization called Hadassah which has agreed to pay $45 million for the compensation of the victims of the Ponzi scheme of Bernie Madoff. Irving Picard, however, has not been too popular with all the victims of Bernie Madoff as some have claimed that they were targeted in spite of being victims of the Ponzi scheme.
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John Arthur Johnson (March 31, 1878 - June 10, 1946), better
known as Jack Johnson and nicknamed the "Galveston ", was an
American boxer and arguably the best heavyweight of his generation.
He was the first black Heavyweight Champion of the World
(1908-1915), a feat which, for its time, was tremendously
controversial. In a documentary about his life, Ken Burns said:
"For more than thirteen years, Jack Johnson was the most famous,
and the most notorious African-American on Earth."
Johnson was inducted into the Boxing Hall of Fame in 1954, and
is on the roster of both the International Boxing Hall of Fame and
the World Boxing Hall of Fame. In 2005, the United States National
Film Preservation Board deemed the film of the 1910
Johnson-Jeffries fight "historically significant" and put it in the
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Apr. 3—House Speaker Sherman Packard, R-Londonderry, faces the toughest test of his new leadership this week as he tries to hold together his narrow Republican majority to pass a proposed two-year, $13 billion state budget plan.
With a 212-186 GOP edge, Packard and Co. can't afford a dozen House Republicans to stray, for this would mean the budget would fall apart when it comes up for a final vote Wednesday at the NH Sportsplex in Bedford.
By all accounts, however, he is going to have to do it without the help of popular Gov. Chris Sununu.
To win over fiscal conservatives, Packard and House Finance Committee Chairman Kenneth Weyler, R-Kingston, convinced GOP budget writers over the past few weeks to strip the spending plan of several of Sununu's key projects over the past few weeks.
Within hours of the partisan House Finance committee voting, 12-9, to recommend the changed plan, Sununu dismissed its work.
"The House budget process has gone completely off the rails. They passed a budget that is not fiscally balanced and packed with non-budgetary items that have no place in HB2," Sununu said, referring to the budget trailer bill that makes changes in state law to carry out the budget.
"Nevertheless, we trust the Senate will do the right thing, and pass a final budget that is fiscally sound while delivering tax cuts for the people of New Hampshire."
According to sources, Sununu was particularly unhappy the House budget includes a provision to weaken a governor's power in dealing with future emergencies.
A small but vocal House GOP minority has been critical of Sununu's steps to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, considering the state-imposed restrictions on the economy to be constitutional overreach.
The proposed House GOP budget would erase any governor's future emergency order, unless the Legislature votes every 21 days to extend it.
Sununu brandishes veto
Sununu told WKBK-AM radio host Dan Mitchell in Keene last week that he would consider vetoing the budget if that provision remained in the final bill.
"Yes. Yes. The irresponsibility, frankly, of trying to take away emergency powers in a crisis situation is silly," Sununu said.
House Deputy Speaker Steven Smith, R-Charlestown, said he's confident the House GOP caucus will stick together given the high stakes.
"It's a great consensus budget. We are spending less, collecting less, cutting taxes as well," Smith said in an interview. "This is an ideal Republican budget.
"I think the caucus has gotten the message we need to stick together. This is the most important work we'll do over the next two years."
House Democrats praised Weyler for giving their party the opportunity to influence the spending plan.
"We were made to feel part of the process and we appreciate that, Mr. Chairman," said Rep. Mary Jane Wallner, D-Concord, who led the House budget-writing group until Republicans took over the House in last November's elections.
But they expressed surprise and dismay at many alterations. One of the sharpest exchanges was over abortion rights.
House Republicans budget writers tacked on to the trailer bill a requirement that all family planning providers must make abortion clinics "physically and financially" separate from the rest of the services they offer, such as cancer screenings, contraception dispensing and treatment for sexually transmitted diseases.
"I was shocked to hear the chairman say we've got to include this in order to get the budget through the House," said Rep. Katherine Rogers, D-Concord, who serves on the finance panel.
"This is an absurd and arbitrary attack on reproductive health care. Let's be clear. This amendment defunds Planned Parenthood and other family planning providers at the height of a pandemic."
Rogers said the change caused her to conclude House Republicans were overconfident.
"They have to know putting in the Planned Parenthood language in means they won't get a single House Democrat," Rogers said.
This is another issue that would make Sununu uncomfortable.
Sununu supports abortion rights, but he retains strong support among those opposed to abortion, in part because the Legislature has rarely advanced the anti-abortion agenda.
Early skirmish surprises some
"I've had a difficult time understanding the strategy for the governor to go off against the House budget," said Greg Moore, state director of the fiscally conservative Americans for Prosperity.
As a former House chief of staff, Moore has experience trying to maintain political support for budget priorities over the course of several months while the final product is being put together.
"Regardless of what the governor had to say of late, this was going to be a June problem," said Moore, who has a close working relationship with both House GOP leadership and Sununu's office.
He said Sununu "has to figure out a way to get conservative buy-in for any compromise budget that comes out of House and Senate talks later on this year."
The non-partisan Reaching Higher NH organization was pleased at changes the House budget made to increase state aid for school districts.
The plan saved school districts $16.7 million in lost federal grants by permitting all cities and towns to receive grants based on their enrollments in free-and-reduced school lunch programs before COVID-19.
Those enrollments fell during the pandemic because all school children were judged to be eligible for free school meals.
This would preserve $3.7 million in state aid for Manchester, $2.2 million for Nashua and about $490,000 for Keene.
House Democrats pointed out the plan has $90 million less in school aid than the current budget, which means Manchester will get $11.9 million less over the next two years.
Sununu also wasn't happy to learn the House budget nearly zeroed out his proposed $30 million-a-year school infrastructure fund.
House budget writers instead moved $28 million of that spending into the Building Aid program, which would revive state support for local school construction projects that had been suspended from 2010 to 2019.
More tax cuts added
House Majority Leader Jason Osborne, R-Auburn, said the proposed budget cut even more taxes than Sununu offered in his February proposal.
Sununu called for cutting the Business Enterprise Tax, but the House plan also would cut the Business Profits Tax.
"House Finance passed a budget that is based on conservative, realistic revenue estimates and contains many aspects that Republicans campaigned on and can be proud to vote for," Osborne said.
"This budget contains a treasure trove of tax cuts for NH businesses and taxpayers on a scale we haven't seen in recent history."
Deputy Speaker Smith said he was most pleased with the property tax relief feature in the bill, a $100 million cut in the statewide property tax that communities pay to support aid to education.
"This $100 million is for the people. I think at the local level officials will be hard-pressed to say, 'Hey, we really need your money so we're not going to pass this on in lower property taxes," Smith said.
"I've always said the easiest way to help the taxpayers is to find a way to collect less of their money, and this does just that."
Wallner said this "very small tax reduction" would be better spent by giving it in additional aid to school districts.


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“John is a legend, and he's a tough act to follow,” Edward T. Ostrowski, the new president of the Uniformed Sanitationmen's Association, says. “I haven't been sleeping lately.” Mr. Ostrowski is taking charge with the re-
tirement. effective May 1. of John J. DeLury, the founder of the union and long a power in the city's labor structure. He gets Mr. DeLury's big orange chair on the fourth floor of the union headquarters at 25 Cliff Street, in lower Manhattan—but he also gets the challenge of negotiating a new labor contract in the worst of circumstances: Inflation is eating up the workers’ wages, while the city is short of money.
“I can understand the city's problem,” Mr. Ostrowski says in his soft voice. He insists the unions are not asking for anything “beyond reach.”
“But we've got to have something decent,” he says. “They have to come up with money.”
The sanitationmen's union is part of the municipal labor coalition, and Mr Ostrowski is one of its four leaders
Mr. Ostrowski mentions the compli. cations: The city needs financial hell; from the Carter Administration, which will examine any settlement before giving aid: the Transport Workers Union is negotiating . separately with the state‐run Transit Authority and any pact here could affect the city workers’ expectations, and the city itself wants the unions to “give back” benefits to help cover any added pay.
“Certain givebacks, tine,” Mr. Ostrowski says, “but giving back holidays, shorter vacations, washup time? These were earned. Don't you think man's entitled to go home clean?”
He doesn't thunder about a strike or hint slyly of trouble. Instead he tells what he does not want: a contract that would bring “a rank-and-file gut reaction, a spontaneous ‘we're not going to work,'” or a settlement that would split the union into factions.
Edward Theodore Ostrowski was born Aug. 8, 1923, ‘in Butler County, outside Pittsburgh. His father was roal miner, but the mines closed during the Depression, he says, so the gamily moved first to Wilmington, Del., Ind then to New York City. He atended the St. Cyril and Methodius ichools and the Brooklyn Automotive Grades High School, went into the Navy n 1942 and was a radio operator with he amphibious forces in the Pacific :ampaigns.
He went to work immediately after discharge, helping to support his widowed mother.
- “1 thought any job in the Civil Service would be a good job,” he says, so in 1950 he started with the Sanitation Department, loading; sweeping and driving. The pay was about $50 a week, but that “went a long way in 1950,” he recalled.
He immediately joined the union and became a steward. “We didn't have the dues checkoff then,” he recalls. “You had to catch the guys and grab quarter today and more next week. I must have done a good job, because in ‘64‐'65 John [DeLury] called me down to the hall.” Mr. Ostrowski became recording secretary and a member of the executive board, then secretary‐treasurer.
He has run the day-to-day affairs of the union for the last year and a half during Mr. DeLury's illness, and he says: “John's still going to be in touch.”
“I play a little golf, but for the last year and a half it's been strictly union,” Mr. Ostrowski says. “I'm trying to get a break to go away for a while, but can't do it. We went to a St. Paddy's Day dance Saturday, and that was the first real relaxing in weeks.':
Mr. Ostrowski and his wife, Dorothy, have been married 29 years and have lived in the same three‐bedroom home in Woodside, Queens, for 20 years. Two married children, Gail and Mark, both work for the Sanitation Department.
Mr. Ostrowski's pay as union secretary‐treasurer was a sanitationman's $15,750 a year from the city plus few thousand dollars more from the union, but he says he is not sure what his pay as president will be. That is not his big worry, he says;,it is getting a contract that John DeLury can live with.
“I'm sitting right• here in his chair,” Mr. Ostrowski notes. “I'm really putting my heart and soul into this job. I don't know what we're going to get. I don't know if I can make everybody happy—but maybe 75 percent.”


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Evaluating Flood Risk Increases from Sea Level Rise due to Global Warming
To estimate how global warming is shifting the odds of high storm surges, through sea level rise, we calculated the odds of extreme events in a hypothetical world with no past or future global sea level rise due to warming, to compare against our original calculations, which included warming. We did this comparison at each water level station in the study. The approach basically translated to subtracting out the roughly 8 inches of historical global sea level rise measured from 1880-2009, and then also assuming no future global sea level rise, for the no-warming scenario at each station. The no-warming scenarios still included local sea level rise from factors other than warming, such as sinking or lifting land — the full local component of sea level rise as this section describes.
We made one further adjustment, which was to add back 10% of the historic global sea level rise (10% of 8 inches), in the event that some of the observed historic rise has come from factors other than warming. Research on the sea level budget assigns the great majority of the 8 inches to warming-caused effects: expansion of the ocean as it has warmed, and the melting and calving of glaciers and ice sheets. Small fractions of global sea rise unaccounted for are widely viewed to come at least in part from additional ice loss. We assume 90% of the 8 inches are due to global warming, and thus deduct this amount for our comparison.
For comparison of odds with and without warming, we used standard “100-year” or “century” floods as our reference, meaning water station water levels high enough that they have just a 1% chance of occurring in any given year. We calculated the elevations 100-year floods reach when starting on top of baseline 2009 sea level at each station, using the same data and methods as for our overall water level probability projections. Elevations were relative to average local high tide during a fixed past reference period, as with all elevations in related studies.
In comparing the odds of flood levels with and without global warming, we cut ratios off at three (tripling), because for many levels the odds are at or near zero without global warming. These situations create very large ratios whose exact values are meaningless: tiny changes in near-zero odds (odds without global warming) would lead to enormous changes in the ratio value.
This analysis did not address the possibility that storms might become more or less frequent or severe due to climate change. We also limited ourselves to looking at the total effects of global warming, and did not aim to separate fractions caused by humans versus natural variations. The strong scientific consensus points to people as causing most, if not all, of the average warming observed over the last century, and to being the dominant cause of future warming.
These methods, together with these and these, underlie the contrast made between scenarios with and without global warming in the Surging Seas report and its associated state factsheets and data downloads.


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The San Francisco 49ers traded a late round draft pick for former first-round pick Blaine Gabbert this month but even with Gabbert and Colin Kaepernick on roster, Jim Harbaugh isn’t done considering more quarterbacks. While no veterans seem likely to be added, the NFL Draft may produce another star for the 49ers and that has the team scouting two quarterbacks in particular.
According to Matthew Barrows from the Sacramento Bee, the Niners are scouting San Jose State quarterbacks David Fales and Virginia Tech quarterback Logan Thomas.
The 49ers had their sights set on draft-worthy quarterbacks Wednesday as coach Jim Harbaugh flew across the country to watch Virginia Tech’s Logan Thomas while the team’s quarterbacks coach stayed closer to home for David Fales’ workout.
Harbaugh knows his quarterbacks and that means Thomas or Fales could become great backups that the Niners can deal for profit. Like last year, the 49ers are spoiled with a plethora of picks, which means like how they went out and got a guy like Marcus Lattimore, the Niners can get a guy like Fales or Thomas and get even deeper on their roster than they have been in the past.


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As many as five new coronavirus patients were tested positive in Attock district while number of total confirmed patients surged to 1231 on Saturday, according to the data released by district health authorities.
Chief executive, district health authority Dr Jawad Ellahi while giving the details has said that all the new cases detected on Saturday belongs to Attock city. He informed that the number of active patients in the district is 82 in which 81 are home isolated and all are asymptomatic while one is under treatment in district.
He informed that number of suspected patients in the district raised to 24890 while screening of as many as 28142 persons is carried out across the district in which 23566 were tested negative. He said that as many as 93 people’s results are awaited across the district. The Health official informed that as many as 1122 affected patients have been recovered from the coronavirus so far while 27deaths were recorded due to the deadly virus in district. He said that safe burial of as many as 87 positive.


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Many happy people scored “Hamilton” tickets during last Sunday’s on sale at the Fox Theatre.
But there were plenty who didn’t and openly groused about their experience.
That happens when demand exceeds supply. And no doubt, the demand for “Hamilton” tickets is evident within hundreds of miles of whichever city Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical breezes through.
The biggest complaints among those unable to procure tickets to the show’s May 22-June 10 run at the Fox pertained to the online ticketing system, which included a “virtual waiting room.”
Some patrons took to social media to air their frustrations about the randomness of the process, the cumbersome procedure to check various dates for tickets and a general feeling of being stuck in limbo.
And although some bought tickets solely for the purpose of reselling them on the secondary market for a hefty profit, techniques such as that virtual waiting room are installed to combat ticket brokers and bots.
Jamie Vosmeier, senior director of sales and marketing at the Fox, said that the venue’s ticketing system, “performed exactly as expected, with no service interruptions.”
All hopeful ticket buyers who logged into the waiting room before 10 a.m. Sunday automatically received a random place in the queue, Vosmeier said. Anyone who logged in after 10 a.m. was placed in order at the back of the virtual line.
“Hamilton” will play 18 performances in Atlanta as part of the Broadway in Atlanta season. The capacity of the Fox is 4,600. The venue doesn’t provide numbers as to how many people tried to buy tickets, but with roughly 80,000 up for sale, it’s a safe guess that at least 100,000 were trying to purchase throughout the on sale, which ended just after 1 p.m. when all available tickets were sold.
In addition to the lottery that will be held closer to the show – 40 tickets per performance will be sold for $10 – there is a chance that additional seats will be made available as well (everything from surplus production holds to canceled orders can mean a few extra tickets back in the bin) via www.foxtheatre.org.

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D-Wave today made its quantum computers available for free to researchers and developers working on responses to the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. D-Wave partners and customers Cineca, Denso, Forschungszentrum Julich, Kyocera, MDR, Menten AI, NEC, OTI Lumionics, QAR Lab at LMU Munich, Sigma-i, Tohoku University, and Volkswagen are also offering to help. They will provide access to their engineering teams with expertise on how to use quantum computers, formulate problems, and develop solutions.
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Noida: Asian Academy of Film And Television bid farewell to the trainees of 104th batch at Marwah Studios, Noida Film City with great pomp and show.
“Enough has been taught to you, an education of almost 400 hours to three months students and 1500 hours of education to One year students is a record in itself. The production of almost 100 films in a year has made students full familiar with the industry norms, tricks and systems,” said Yogesh Mishra Dean AAFT.
A nine page report was read by the Amir Abdullah Director AAFT of all that what has happened in last three months including awards, placements, visits, workshops, international interactions, festivals etc.
“It has taken us twenty six years to built a reputation of this institution. Now it is entirely upto you how you can take best use of this goodwill. There is no alternate to hard work. You can change your destiny with continuous efforts and persuasion. Live for your self and spare some time for others you will grow much faster. Must carry the feeling to serve the nation then only you can have better tomorrow,” said Dr. Sandeep Marwah Chancellor of AAFT in his convocation address on the occasion,


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Race #1- Super sprint Triathlon. 250m swim/4mi bike/1mi run. Start time 5pm Friday evening. Individual Time Trial.
Race #2- Olympic Distance Triathlon. 1500m/40k/6.55mi. Start time 7:30am Saturday. Individual Time Trial
Race #3- Olympic Distance Triathlon. Start time 3pm Saturday. Format Bike/Swim/Run. Those on a 2-person team may draft off of each other on the bike. Slowest teammate's time is recorded.
Race #4- Half Ironman Triathlon. 1.2mi/56mi/13.1mi. Start time 7am Sunday. Those on a 2-person team may draft off of each other on the bike. Slowest teammate's time is recorded.
For teams, results are figured out by adding the times of each person on the first 2 individual races plus each person on the team is given the slower time and then those are added to the total.
So this is not the type of event I normally do, or one that I have trained specifically for. For the last 4-5 years my training has been geared primarily towards the Olympic distance and to some extent the Half distance this past year. However just the years of consistent training have helped to increase my aerobic and muscular endurance so I was confident I was going to put most of my 2008 times to shame this weekend.
This weekend in my mind was a training camp. And for the price (only $200 for all 4 races, and they feed you well after each) it's a very cheap but effective training camp. I wasn't rested for it and didn't bring my race wheels. I wanted to use the powertap to help pace the race and also to gather data and useful info for the future.
The last time I came down I had just graduated from college and my training was not the best that final semester. After a strong 2007 season, I came into that weekend a year later relatively unfit. Thank god I partnered with my friend Carl who pulled me through the last day, as I pretty much broke after #3 that time. The first time I heard of this event, I figured everyone there was either crazy fit or just crazy. That's not too far from the truth. It's a very challenging event, and not just because of the distances. The terrain is VERY hilly and technical, it's usually over 80F by noon, and the water is usually very cold (53 degrees in '08, coldest I've ever raced in). This event tests not only your fitness, but also your strength, skill, smarts, and mental toughness. Depending on how you race it, you can make this much harder on your body than an Ironman.
This year I was on a coed team with Summer. Because of our relative strengths and weaknesses, our race strategy was different than when I did it with Carl. At the time between Carl and I, I was a little stronger swimmer, Carl was a little stronger on the bike, and we were pretty close on the run. So we intended to do the whole weekend at a steady paced effort and help each other out on the swim/bike by drafting. With Summer and I, I'm stronger in all 3, but she can stick with me on the swim and bike with a draft for the most part as long as I don't hammer the climbs. The run is our biggest difference. We knew her run speed was our limiting factor for the weekend as a team, so we constructed our strategy around getting her to the half marathon on Sunday with the freshest legs possible while I tried to drop some time on the early races.
Everyone had to wear the same top. It was kind of like everyone was on the same team.
Race #1- We lucked out on the swim this year. The water was in the low 70s. Since it was only a ~4min swim, most people decided not to wear their wetsuits. I did wear mine and it was a great decision. The tri tops we had to wear created a lot drag and while I started 23rd (5 second intervals every 2 ppl) I was in the top 10 out of the water. Once I got my feet into my shoes on the bike I started hammering. It was only going to be a 10-12 minute bike ride so I was thinking I'd be ~350 watts. I turned on my powertap but didn't look at it for ~30 seconds. I biked by feel, it didn't feel horrible, then I looked down and saw that I was averaging well over 400 watts. Knowing full well I've never even been able to ride for even 3 minutes over 400, I dialed it back down to 350. This got hard fast and by the end my normalized power average was under 330. I had been intending to use my powertap to pace longer distance races this year, but wasn't sure about whether to use it for olympic distance races. This was a very strong cue that it would probably be helpful in keeping me from going overboard during 40k races as well.
The bike course was basically flat for a couple min, then a huge climb, then flat for a couple min, then a fast decent back down to transition. I had been passed by a couple people early, but also passed one more on the way up, but then lost about 8 -10 places towards the end of the bike leg as I wasn't comfortable bombing down this hill without brakes. So in an 11 minute bike ride I learned 2 very important things that will help me in the future. Working on my descending skills will be very helpful and using a powertap will not only help me in long course racing.
I started running feeling like I hadn't biked. Having coasted the final minute of the ride I felt almost as good as I would in an open road race. I ran hard and passed a handful of guys, giving me 14th overall for the sprint.
Race #2- Swim felt great again. I held my lines perfectly and didn't add any distance, which is a big deal for me. Everyone was wearing a wetsuit now, but I continued the trend I started Friday and moved up lot. I think I got passed by one guy. Getting out of the water I had a quick transition and got going on the bike.
This bike course was the most technical of the 4, and included the steepest hill about 10 miles into the ride. Since this was the last individual time trial before the team races, I was planning on going hard, but holding back just enough so that I could push again in the afternoon. On the flats and most climbs I was riding around 260 watts which isn't too far off of my projected 40k power. It was a tough ride but not horrible. Definitely could've pushed a little harder but I'm glad I didn't. It was nice to have the powertap again because with the climbs and false flats it was easy to spike up over 300 without intending too, so I could catch myself and dial back. Normalized power ended up at 249 since there were about 4-5 miles of coasting downhill.
Again a big weakness was exposed in my descending skills on these roads. I didn't realize it was a big problem because I usually race flatter courses and don't notice if I lose time on my competition, but if I can improve my cornering by 3-5s per turn that would make a big difference even in my typical races. I got passed by many going downhill, but in particular I remember the pro Christine Anderson who I originally passed a few minutes into the ride on a hill. I remember because 1. she was the only female on the first bike rack, and 2. she had a pink aero helmet I could see from a long ways off. After passing and putting her out of my mind, she shot by me so fast on the next descent a few minutes later that I almost lost sight of her, but could see the pink helmet off in the distance. I chased that pink helmet for a good 5-10minutes, slowly reeling her back in. Then we hit the steep grade where you have to totally disregard the powertap, I made the pass, and we had flats for awhile. After some switchbacks and couple more fast descents I was back at transition and again she passed me on the dismount line, over half an hour after the big climb.
The run felt a little bit more like a brick than day 1, but once I got into it after the first mile I felt good. I'm not a very good uphill runner and the course was very hilly, so the climbs hurt a lot but unlike on the bike I can fly on the downhills. I don't like to do it except in races because it puts a lot of pounding on your knees but at least it was off road. That helped with the stress but you had to watch every step so you didn't turn an ankle on the rocks that were everywhere. I ran hard but was careful to hold back some for race 3/4. No finish chute sprint this time.
Race 3- It was getting hot. It was 92 when we started the race, which opened with the bike. This time Summer and I got to draft off of each other. The plan was that I would pull about 80% of the time to save her legs for the run. This worked really well and we had a great ride. It wasn't as technical as the morning race so we didn't lose a lot of time there. The only mishap was when Summer's joule computer popped off her bike and we had to stop, go back and get it. That probably cost us a minute or two but we still had a very solid bike split.
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Putting the wetsuit on was part of T1, which is something you don't normally try to rush. I got into the water and just felt terrible. I swam strong the first 2 races, but this time every pull hurt. After the first half of the swim I was spending so much effort pulling that I couldn't even really kick. The plan had been to swim just ahead of Summer so she could catch my draft, but even though she later told me her swim felt really bad too, she was dropping me. This was unexpected but there was nothing I could do. I came out of the water ~30s back but luckily she had a good sense of where I was and knew how to adapt to the situation properly. She left transition without waiting for me, which was absolutely the right thing to do for the team.
In transition I put on my fuelbelt stocked with water, gels and a lot of salt. Then I took off to catch Summer. It took me about a mile to catch back up, and from there it was an interval run. My job on the bike was to pull us along and deliver Summer to the run with fresh legs, then act as a mobile aid station during the run. So I'd run with her between aid stations, then as we got there she would go through, grab what she could but keep moving. I'd stop, refill what we needed and then push the pace until I caught back up. It was very hot, but since we always had whatever we needed at all times, we kept a steady pace and didn't fade in the heat. At this point we were starting to see some hanging heads, blank faces and fast guys walking, but the real carnage never happens until Sunday.
Race 4- This race weekend is all about how well you can take care of yourself and recover between races. Having suffered the consequences of screwing this up last time, I took it seriously. As soon as one race was over, it was food, water, ice bath in the stream, compression socks on, cooldown ride back to the cool cabin, then rest and foam roller and more food. You can't eat too much during this event. I had no problem doing this after races 1 and 2, but because 3 was so hot, even though I felt good during the run my stomach started going south that night. I had to force feed myself even though everything looked gross to me. I went to bed early without getting my stuff ready for the next day, then in the spirit of the event I got up just an hour before race 4 started and very quickly organized and packed my stuff.
Our strategy for the half was basically the same as it was for race 3, except the swim was first again and I was pretty much going to pull the entire bike ride. After race 3, I wasn't sure if my swim was bad because I put the wetsuit on too quickly, because I biked first in the aero position, or just because it was the 3rd race and I was getting tired. Well the swim on race 4 felt way better than 3 so I'm sure it was just something to do with riding first. We swam well; Summer got my draft for most of the course, and then we rode well together. I was going through food on the bike much faster than usual. Everything I put in was just getting immediately burned up. I was almost out by the end of lap 1, but luckily they had cookies and pretzels at the aid station (the only aid on the bike). That sustained me, along with some extra that Summer had with her and didn't need.
When we got towards the end of the ride Summer yelled up that her legs felt better than they did at the beginning of the ride! I certainly couldn't say the same thing... I pushed hard to do it but this was the best possible spot we could be in entering the 13.1mile run. The run was the same strategy as the day before. It was hot again by the time we were off the bike and my "intervals" didn't have the same snap as they did Saturday. My legs were definitely feeling it, but I just made sure to stay focused on my nutrition. Even though I'm a faster runner, I am perfectly capable of blowing up and becoming our limiter on the run. It was either that or spraining an ankle on the trail that I had to make sure I didn't do. I actually took a couple mis-steps late in the run but nothing came of them. Summer ran steady, strong and stayed just under the point where she'd blow up. She suffered well out there and we crossed the line as the 4th overall co-ed team with a big PR on this course for both of us.
The weekend was a great training camp. The biggest positive was my swimming, although there were lots of positives. I also go away from it with some things to address and work on in the future. I'm not nearly as sore as I expected to be a few days later, either. I'm excited to carry this momentum into my upcoming races in June.

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BLACKPINK JISOO hilariously said LISA deceived the other members with her name.
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LISA's real name is ปราณปริยา มโนบาล, Pranpriya Manobal, but she uses her stage name ลลิษา มโนบาล, Lalisa Manobal.
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More foreigners visited Spain than ever before in 2015, as unsettled situations in North African countries caused European holidaymakers to take their holidays nearer to home.
Record visitor numbers again - Spain is third-most-visited country in world - Brits top nationality
Spanish hotels and other accommodation received over 68 million international tourists last year, the third year running of record-beating figures. The figure represents a 4.9% increase on 2014, according to Spain's Office of National Statistics (INE). Spain was the third-most visited country in the world, according to the World Tourism Association, after France and the US, but had a higher percentage increase than the two top spots.
Spain's rising success as a holiday destination looks set to carry on apace, with bookings to Spain by Britons up more than a third, according to the Association of British Travel Agents. The British were the most numerous tourists to Spain by nationality in 2015, followed by the Germans and French. Britain had 15.7 million holidaymakers in Spain last year, a rise of 4.5 per cent on the previous year.
The continuing growth of the tourism sector is more crucial than ever to Spain's economy, as this sector accounts for 11 percent of the country's economic output, and employs two million people. Although the Spanish financial situation has improved, it still needs support and stability in this post-recession era. And the figures are steady throughout the year, rather than being focussed primarily on the summer season of July and August, with the number of visitors in December up nearly 14%.
Most visited monument in Spain: the Alhambra
The Alhambra remains the most-visited attraction in Spain, and Andalucia's top monument, with nearly two and half million visitors.
The total of people visiting Granada's majestic palace complex in 2015 was 2,474,231, according to the Patronato del Alhambra. The highest month was May, with 263,300 visitors, while the other strongest months were April, August, September and October; the best day was 10 October, with 9,947 people visiting. The month with least visitors was January when 110,019 visitors explored the Moorish monument.
The British accounted for 6.52 percent of visitors, being the fourth nationality; first was the French, the Germans were second, and Americans third.
Brits are biggest Spain's spenders
The total euros spent in Spain by international tourists in 2015 was 67.385 million, up 6.8% on the previous year. The two months for highest expenditure were May and November.
Of this, Brits spent 14.057m, an increase of 10.3%, representing 20.9% of the total. In December 2015 spending by British visitors was up nearly 20%.
Tourism in Andalucia - up more than 10%
In terms of tourism in Andalucia, 9.424 million international tourists visited the region, 11% up on 2014. Those staying in hotels averaged eight nights whilst those not in hotels spent an average of 16 nights. The principal arrival was via an airport at 80%, followed by road at 8%.
Spending in Andalucia by visitors from abroad in 2015 was 10.346 million euros, which had by far the highest increase of all Spanish regions at 10.7%, and represents 15.4% of the total spend in Spain.
For more details on tourism statistics in Andalucia, see this page.