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Another local kid coming to camp…
Tonight, the Dodgers have signed Kennedy High alum Garret Anderson to a minor league deal with an invite to camp. Another local "kid" in the mix, joining Jeff Weaver, Reed Johnson, Trayvon Robinson and Russ Ortiz among the Southern California products wearing Dodger blue this spring.
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Welcome, Garrett, good luck.
As for our current situation…
Fresh in from TMZ 2 days ago, here's Jamie's monthlies (monthly expectations in separation pay, that is):
– Expenses for Holmby Hills home – $202,715
– Expenses for L.A. home – $9,007
– Expenses for Malibu home – $151,054
– Expenses for other Malibu home – $88,106
– Expenses for Cape Cod house – $93,279
– Expenses for Willowbend house (we don't even know where that is) – $5,048
– Expenses for Vail house – $7,784
– Expenses for Cabo house – $2,530
Jamie sez: Let them (the Dodgers) eat cake.
I say: Let her eat pie.
Oh please, Big Dodger in the Sky, please let questionable pictures of Jamie McCourt with Tiger Woods materialize from thin air. Or Bill Clinton. Or David Letterman, Pee Wee Herman, the penguin from Billy Madison, Quagmire, whoever… as long as there's an accurate depiction of her character.
For Christ's sake, think of the impact that money would make in Haiti, Chile, Taiwan, even/especially here in our own country. Even as a one-time donation, but as a monthly stipend?!!!
I think the judge should give her a studio apartment and a welfare-level check (from Frank, not from us), and see how real people have to get by.
Of course, Jamie (and Frank) knows nothing about real people. My anger about that is only eclipsed by my pity for them.
Funny – over on the facebook version of this thread, there are fans who actually believe they would rather have JP back and that they didn't feel JP got a fair shake. Ummmm….. do some of these people even watch the game? I am not against signing Anderson to a minor league contract. Just makes me wonder why we need to.
Northstateblues – those figures are just criminal considering what is happening with the our current economy.
185!!! :))) Let's play ball!!! 2 days gang!!!
Perhaps Bear's observation about Manny has also been made by management? That's the only reason I can see to sign Anderson when you already have Johnson, Repko and Paul, not to mention the other stiffs Ned has signed. Looks like Repko's outta here at some point, and Paul must only be trade bait.
Bottom line, get it done between the lines. Time to step up. Especially Billz, Martin, Manny, and Furcal!!!
Ned just steps in it.
How are you my Ohio friend?
I'm just hoping we don't end up with Mandruw out in left this year.
Hi'Ya Beav!! Doing well my California brother!!!
Hope all is well with you and yours Beav!!!
Step in it Beav? Hell, he rubs Franks nose in it!!! LOL!!!
Glad to hear that Wally!!
Hey, now we can add Anderson to Ned's illustrious list of off season acquisitions.
I actually thought Frank was what Ned stepped in.
Beav and Wally together again :))
LOL Beav!! Jamie's got'em all walking in s**t!!!!
You're right about the young guys needing to step up. They've got this year and next to get it done. No way Frank has the cash or the will to resign them after that. From there on out the team will be strictly made-up of scrap heap material.
Hi'Ya DNelson!!! LOL!!! Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water.
Unfortunately, I think your on it Beav!!! Our window is somewhat narrow!!!
Beav, Wally and June!!!!
OK, I'll play straightman – How narrow is it?
LOL Beav!!! It's very narrow because that is the thinking,(I use that term very loosely), of our owners and GM!!!! They are reactive, not proactive!!!! Also, incredibly greedy and self absorbed!!!!
Getting late here gang, goodnight and god bless!! Catch you down the road. Excelsior True Believers!!!!
They're a pathetic group that's for sure.
Goodnight my friend.
Good Night Jhall!!Take Care and have a wonderful day tomorrow 🙂
You gotta love this headline too:
? Dodgers strike gold in spare arms
Its fool's gold Ned. Fool's gold.
Fire Ned. Never liked Garrett Anderson. Another PVL to suck up valuable spring AB's or innings from guys who actually might play for us. Ned's PVL check list:
Russ Ortiz – check
Brian Giles – check
Jamie Carroll – check
Jeff Weaver – check
Eric Gagne – check
Garrett Anderson – check
Ramon Ortiz – check
Luis Ayala – check
Josh Towers – check
Reed Johnson – check
Angel Berroa – check
Nick Green – check
A. Amezaga – check
Whatsa matta Scott – you no like a Ned's fabulous finds? LOL!!
I think we're getting an awful lot of outfielders – hedging against a Manny [steroid] meltdown maybe?
Scott – remember Bowling Square? Got to thinking about that the other night.
Isn't it a bit ridiculous to revel in the "local boy" signing of all these PVL's? To me it's like "is that the best you can say about them"? First of all, they're not "local kids" as Josh describes them. They're pretty well washed up, and you can stick all of them right up Frank and Ned's a**.
The local kid angle would play much better if we seriously went about scouting and signing some local prospects, and I'm sure there must be many deserving. The problem with this ownership/ management and really getting some local kids is that they can't stand the expense of signing really good prospects; otherwise, they would have offered arbitration to Wolf and Hudson and gotten themselves a couple of early albeit expensive draft picks.
So, gussy it up as much as you want, and I don't really care if Garrett is signed to a minor league deal, but the bottom line is still SELL THE TEAM, you F**ing miserable cuckhold!
Just think, last year, the only backup outfielder was Juan.
I'm sensing Bear's a might peeved… and with good reason!!
Does anyone think the likes of Johnson, Anderson and the other dancing PVLs would do any better job than Repko and Paul? Hasn't this "braintrust" learned from the Broxes and Kemps and Ethiers to trust in the youngsters more than the Brady Clarks and Julio Lugos they're always bringing in? Seems to me that cheaper with an upside is preferable to old with little or nothing left. They want a veteran bat off the bench, fine, go with Monkeywhiskers. Leave the rest to the kids.
Speaking of JP, this is a pretty good article about him………
I'll give you even odds that Ned juggles the DL to keep as much of this crap around as long as he can.
Juggles the clown strikes again!
Well, its seems that I do not have much more to add to this angle that hasn't already been stated by many of you. I have never been a fan of G-Lope (nickname given by a bunch of buddies because he kind of lopes around the field in a non-chalant manner) and I don't intend to start being one now either.
Hey Enchanted!
Bowling Square is called something else now, but it's still a bowling joint.
Ned's an idiot, albeit sometimes a lucky idiot with players like Padilla. Frank is bad for this city and I hope he gets his head handed to him in court and both McTurds have to sell everything and head back to Beantown.
Good afternoon all……..
I have to admit that as a long time Fresno State baseball fan…I am pulling for a couple of these PVL's. It appears that Reed Johnson will be the 4th outfielder, so that being said…it would be better for X-Paul to get bats at AAA to further his development. As far as Repko well he has his work cut out for him. Being that the LH bat off the bench is primarily that….I want the best available option, whether that is Doug M, Giles or GA, or Neds next move, barring an idiotic trade……JMO!!!
Good afternoon ITD.
I wanted you all to know that even with some negativity that is understandable, I rather come here than to read the posts in the FB. I much prefer the ITD blogmates as Sparkle so affectionately refers to us all. Where else can you get so much creativity?
i know some of you say to stay away from the team to make a point but is hard, is really hard. Is my addiction, my enjoyment, so, God willing, tomorrow morning we leave to Camelback Ranch and we do not return until Monday after we watch our Dodgers against the hated Jints at Scottsdale. Scottsale and Tempe's park will be new ballparks for us to visit.
Have a wonderful rest of the day everyone!
What a miss Zito hit Fielders I don't know who I like worst? The Giants or Fielders charging the clubhouse to fight Mota.
I haven't been commenting much because I've become an ion–a spinning ball of negativity…or am I really a wave? It's all part of the uncertainty principle…which many in this organization excel at. Agree with enchanted…Repko and Paul could bring an equal amount of game to the table–if not more–with the future as an upside instead of the inevitable one-year-and-done PVL crap. And I attributue much of the PVL virus to Joe's aging immune system. PVLs are like his warm milk, jammies, and a thumb–the cure all!
oh n/m probably mad from last year when Cain hit Fielders.
Not Ned fault he signed GA I blame this on Mccourt.
I really don't want to focus my attention on the McCourts. After all, it is Spring Training when it is time for baseball and optomism is the word of the day. And, I really don't usually care much how people of means spend their money as long as no laws have been broken and others can earn a living from the money. And I really don't care much how many houses anyone owns. It really is none of my business. However, when a person of means "complains" about not having enough money to support what many would call an exessive life style, I cannot just let that go without a comment or two.
First of all, I know Jamie McCourt is a smart person. Clearly, her actions are intended to humiliate Frank even at the expense of drawing negative attention to herself. I believe she knows exactly what she is doing and is so ********** she no longer cares how she is perceived as long as she can make life miserable for Frank. Logic is thrown out the window in the war of the McCourts. Normally these sort of disputes don't interest me; leave them for the gossip shows. But like most of you I am distressed that this crap involves our beloved Dodgers. Frank can say anything he wants about how this dispute will not affect the organization but he is not convincing anyone. Hopefully, the Dodgers get off to a great start this season and we can concentrate on what is happening on the field.
Hi everybody
I like the acquisition of Garret Anderson and I think he could do better than just a left handed pinch hitter off the bench, in fact, I think he can give Reed Johnson some competition for the 4th outfielder, that is if he makes the team.
I kind of gave a ho hum when I read that the Dodgers had signed Garret Anderson. It just makes for more competition. I doubt he will take too many at bats away from anyone. According to the article announcing his signing, Anderson was told he is competing for a bench postition, primarily as a left handed pinch hitter. I wish him all the luck and if he can help the team win, he will be welcome.
Good Evening ITD readers and writers!! I have enjoyed reading all the comments today. All I know is I am ready to watch some Dodger baseball. The gnats have played two games already, and it's time for the Dodger blue to start. I was listening to the gnats game, and even though it was them, it was fun just listening to baseball again. Also, I must admit I was for a brief moment happy that Zito pegged Fielder. As much as I am not a gnats fan, I am glad they did what they did. I hope our boys are taking note for any future issues that may arise.
I certainly isn't a good sign that I was comment #48.
Here's is the lineup for today's first spring training game…
Furcal – SS
Kemp – CF
Ethier – RF
Ramirez – DH
Loney – 1B
Blake – 3B
DeWitt – 2B
Martin – C
Johnson – LF
Padilla – P

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The Feast
The master was meditating when a priest respectfully entered his chamber. The master opened his eyes. The priest bowed respectfully and said, "Master, I would like you to look at the code of a young disciple of mine". The master nodded and followed the priest to a computer. On the screen, was a code listing. The priest pointed to the code and said:
"My disciple created an abstract class and another class that extends the abstract class. However, he has a method that should be of use to all future derivations of the abstract class."
The master furrowed his brow and looked at the code. "Indeed.", he said. The priest continued, "I pointed this fact out to him and mentioned that it would be better to define it in the abstract class". "I see; what did he say?", asked the master.
The priest sighed and said, "He said 'You Ain't Gonna Need It' and that he could simply copy the method into each new derivation when the time comes". The master then asked the priest to bring the disciple to him at once. The priest bowed and went away to fetch the young disciple.
A few minutes later, the young disciple respectfully entered the master's chamber. "You sent for me, master?", he said. "Yes. I have a task for you", said the master. The disciple bowed, indicating that he was ready to perform whatever task the master required. The master looked at the disciple and said: "Tomorrow, we will have monks visiting from a neighboring monastery. In their honor, our monastery is providing a feast for them. I need you to report to the dining hall tomorrow. The cook will give you further instructions". The disciple bowed and left the master's chamber.
The next morning the disciple arrived at the dining hall as he was asked. He looked around and noticed a large number of seats. He assumed, correctly, that these seats were for the visiting monks. He then noticed the monastery's cook approaching him. The cook was holding a bowl that was filled with a white substance. As the cook got closer, the disciple realized that it was salt. Once the cook reached the disciple, he held out the bowl to him and said, "Master has asked you to give salt to any of the monks who desire it". The disciple took the bowl and the cook left. The disciple was puzzled, but smiled thinking that this was going to be an easy task. After all, how many monks would require more salt in their food? He estimated only a few; not much more than that.
In a few minutes, the visiting monks arrived and sat at their places. Other monks from the hosting monastery brought out steaming bowls of soup for the visitors. The head visiting-monk took a spoonful of soup, sipped it and wrinkled his nose. "This soup does not have any salt!" he said, rather loudly. The disciple quickly ran up to the head visiting-monk and bowed and said "Master, I apologize that there is not enough salt in your soup, please allow me to offer you some!" The head monk nodded and the disciple quickly added salt until the monk motioned him to stop. He had barely finished when he heard another monk complaining that there was no salt in his soup either, then another, and another. Soon he was running around the hall at full speed, bringing salt to each of the visiting monks, trying his best to make sure that everyone was happy. The hall was big, and the number of visiting monks was many. When he was done, he sat down exhausted, in the corner of the hall.
He closed his eyes and tried to catch his breath. When he opened his eyes, he noticed that the next course was being brought in. "Surely the cook wouldn't have forgotten to add salt this time!", he thought. Unfortunately, it was not so! "There is no salt in my meal!", thundered the head visiting-monk. The disciple got up and ran to the head monk to add salt his meal. Soon other monks started complaining and the disciple was running around the hall as he had done before, offering salt to all the visiting monks. The disciple hoped that this would be the last time he would have to do this, but alas, there were three more courses! The rest of the courses passed by in a blur for the disciple. All he could remember was that he was running around the entire hall, bringing salt to the visiting monks. The monks didn't all finish their meals at the same time and so the later courses were continuously being brought out. Hence, he was always on his feet and didn't get a chance to rest.
Finally, the monks stopped asking for salt and the disciple wearily went back to his corner. Dessert would be next, and there would be no need for salt then. He had barely sat down when he saw the cook approaching him. This time he had another bowl, also filled with a white substance. When the cook got close, he offered the bowl to the disciple and said a single word: "Sugar". The disciple was almost in tears. He knew was was coming and prepared himself for the endless rushing around that he would have to do. Luckily there was only one course of dessert. When the feast was done, the disciple collapsed in the corner. He opened his eyes and noticed the cook walking towards him again. "What more will he want me to do?", thought the disciple frantically. He noticed with some relief however, that the cook's hands were empty. "Master will see you now", said the cook as he got closer to the disciple. The disciple wearily got up to his feet and walked to the master's chambers.
After a few minutes, the disciple arrived at the master's chambers. He walked in and bowed in front of the master, his legs burning with fatigue. "How was your task?" asked the master with his eyes still closed. "It was exceedingly difficult master! There was no salt in the soup or the meals, and no sugar in the desserts! I had to run around the whole hall bringing salt and sugar to the visiting monks!", said the disciple. "It must have been exceedingly tiring…", said the master. "Yes, master! It was!", said the disciple nodding his head. The master opened his eyes and said, "One could say that your task would have been much easier had the salt and sugar been added to the meals at the source, and thus before they were brought out to our honored visitors."
In that moment, the disciple was enlightened.


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by Grant Moser
Germantown resident Lisa Hurwitz, 43, has a lot on her plate. She's an artist, a blogger and a tweeter, has an online Etsy shop (a website that features handmade and vintage goods), sells vintage finds and art at pop-up stores she arranges, is currently pitching a children's book, and is a mother of three boys, five cats, two dogs and one fish. She also has a husband.
"I don't sleep," she explained. "I can't be sedentary. I have so many loves and passions that I wish the day was longer. I don't need this 'quiet, alone time' to work; obviously, because I have three boys, I don't have that 'quiet.' I take my sketchbook or whatever I'm doing and do it at the dining room table, in the kitchen, in the family room. My work is birthed from chaos."
Hurwitz has carved out a quite successful career from her art, but it was a long time coming. It wasn't until she was attending Rider College in Lawrenceville, NJ, when an art teacher recognized that she had talent and encouraged her to "think about doing this more."
However, her parents, like most parents, wanted her to have something more dependable than an art career, so she graduated from Rider in 1991 with a degree in education. She started teaching kindergarten at Episcopal Academy in Newtown Square. "And then I got all jealous of my kids because they were doing art, and I wanted to do art," she said.
She started taking classes at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia at night, when a teacher there recognized her talent and encouraged her to study sculpture in Italy. Hurwitz pitched the idea of attending a program in Italy over the summer to the headmaster of the school, and she agreed. They even paid for half of the cost because "it always looks good for a school when their teachers further their education," she explained.
Lisa spent the summer of 1993 in Italy taking sculpting classes. "You were given a lump of clay and you could do what you want. And then the critic, who was French, would come to your studio and critique you. There were no classes, no models, no anatomy. It was totally organic. My figures were these little blobs, kind of Chagall-esque. He said, 'You should really learn the anatomy.'"
Hurwitz knew she needed to learn the classical, fundamental concepts of art, and started attending the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts part-time in 1995 while still teaching kindergarten part-time. But she quickly found out that even though she had the drive, she didn't have the background in technique that many of the other students already had. So on the side she took night classes at The Barnstone Studio in Coplay, Lehigh County (near Allentown).
"It was this old-school British guy who taught the fine elements of classic drawing and painting in his studio. He taught me everything. I went back to the Academy of Fine Arts with these crazy skills. Then I could draw, I could paint. Once you knew what you were doing in terms of drawing, it was a completely different experience," she said.
In 1998 she left teaching and attended the Academy of Fine Arts full-time. She graduated as a sculpture major in 2000, but did not enjoy her time there, but when she got out of school, Hurwitz found her dream job at Laran Bronze, a foundry in Chester.
The process of making bronzes involves many steps, and she worked in the wax department. "I got to cast sculptures in wax, and you're using torches to heat up the waxes and fixing them in preparation for the next step, which was the dipping. There was no better job than that, nothing. I miss it every day," she said.
While working there, she got to help with the World War II memorial that was installed in Washington, DC. She was able to work there for two years before she got pregnant and had to leave due to the toxic nature of the work.
After her first son, Nate, was born in 2004, Hurwitz was getting bored. "I started losing my mind. Your brain gets mushy. I couldn't sculpt because doing that in your house isn't as easy as somewhere else, plus everything was still toxic. That's when my husband Jeff said, 'You need to draw or paint.' I hadn't drawn since school, but these figures came out immediately."
She kept at it, producing lots of drawings featuring kid-like figures that eventually evolved into Agatha Rose, her most frequent character. It was in 2005, while she was pregnant with her second child, Henry, that her art career took off.
Hurwitz loves coffee and was at the Starbucks in Chestnut Hill nearly every day. The employees got to know her and asked if she wanted to show some of her work there. She got some prints made up of 12 of her paintings, and hung them up in the store. The next day the manager called her and said, "People are freaking out." She sold out of the prints and had to order more.
That led to other cafes asking if she would show, people calling her to buy not only prints, but the original artworks as well, and a show at Silicon Gallery in Old City. Then she started her Etsy store to sell her art.
In the meantime, she has plenty to keep her busy, including Three Aprons, her pop-up store with two other artist moms on her street. The store features vintage items she's found, her artwork, and the artwork of the other two moms. The most recent pop-up was in Mt. Airy around Mother's Day and was a huge success.
Hurwitz is still thinking ahead; she wants to do an animated movie about Agatha Rose. "There's just too much to do," she insisted. "I can't imagine ever being bored in my life. How can someone be bored? There's not enough minutes in a day to do what I want to do."
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2013 German Grand Prix preview
Nurburgring facts & stats
The Nurburgring is one of the most iconic circuits in motorsport. Situated deep in the Eifel mountains, the modern grand prix track lies adjacent to the original 14-mile Nordschleife that was a regular fixture on the Formula 1 calendar between 1951 and '76. The circuit – nicknamed the 'green hell' by drivers – was eventually deemed too dangerous for F1 and today's 'Ring was built in time for the European Grand Prix of 1984.
Since 2008, the German Grand Prix has been shared between the Nurburgring and Hockenheim, 100 miles to the south. Each circuit hosts the race in alternate years, the Nurburgring last hosting the event in 2011, when Lewis Hamilton dominated proceedings to give McLaren its eighth German GP win.
The Nurburgring's modern layout has remained largely unchanged since '84. The first sector was tweaked in '02 to promote overtaking into Turn 1, but the track has retained its technical challenge and is quick to highlight any weaknesses in car or driver. The predominance of slow and medium-speed corners encourages the cars to run with maximum downforce and the smooth track surface allows Pirelli to use its Medium and Soft rubber compounds in an effort to maximise mechanical grip.
As is the norm this season, there are two DRS zones at the Nurburgring. One is on the start-finish straight and the other on the approach to the chicane, Turn 13. On both occasions the cars are expected to exceed 300km/h, which should provide good slipstreaming opportunities during the race.
Fast facts: Nurburgring
|Race distance
|60 laps (308.623km/191.778 miles)
|Start time
|14:00 (local)/12:00 (GMT)
|Circuit length
|5.148km/3.199 miles
|2011 winner
|Lewis Hamilton (McLaren MP4-26) 60 laps in 1hr37m30.334s (189.911km/h)
|2011 pole
|Mark Webber (Red Bull RB7) 1m30.079s (205.739km/h)
|Lap record
|Michael Schumacher (Ferrari F2004) 1m29.468s (207.144km/h)
McLaren at the German Grand Prix
|8 (1976, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1998, 2008, 2011)
|12 (1976, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2008)
|Fastest laps:
|7 (1984, 1985, 1989, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2005)
Car 5: Jenson Button
|33 (January 19 1980)
|Fastest laps:
"Of course, the Silverstone result wasn't where we want to be, but there were some reasons to be encouraged by last weekend. Our car is now better balanced and more driveable, so we're hoping for a rain-free practice day in order to further develop the set-up during Friday's two free practice sessions.
"The Nurburgring is a track that seems to encourage close racing and plenty of overtaking. The combination of low- and medium-speed corners tend to allow cars to run quite closely, and there are a couple of big braking zones, where it's quite easy to get alongside and steal the inside line. However, it's got some nicely designed sections, which mean – equally – that you can lose out on the entry and yet still regain position if you have better traction and track position on the exit."
Car 6: Sergio Perez
|23 (January 26 1990)
|Fastest laps:
"I've already put the disappointment of Silverstone behind me. In fact, I was more encouraged by the positives: I demonstrated strong pace all weekend, was having a good race and looked set to finish in the points, until my tyre failure in the closing laps.
"Naturally, these setbacks happen in motor racing, so it'll be good to get back in the car just a few days after Silverstone and get back to business.
"I started my single-seater career in Germany, so it's a place with lots of positive memories for me. I enjoy racing at the Nurburgring, it's a place where you need to attack to get the best from the lap, so I think it's well suited to my style. Of course, I'd have loved to have raced on the old track, the Nordschleife, that must have been an incredible place for a grand prix, but I'll be happy with a positive result on the new circuit."
Martin Whitmarsh - Team principal, Vodafone McLaren Mercedes
"After a difficult weekend at Silverstone, it's a motivation for the whole team to return to the track just a week later for the German Grand Prix at the Nurburgring. It's a very difficult technical challenge to the flat-out sweeps of Silverstone, requiring a higher downforce set-up to get the most from the twisting infield sections and high-traction corner exits from which much of the laptime is derived.
"Our aim for Germany will be to get our cars into the points after two successive failures to finish inside the top 10. Despite those disappointments, both Jenson and Checo have driven faultlessly, and both are relentlessly positive and upbeat. They have been a strong unifying force for the team as we continue to address the issues we've encountered with this year's MP4-28.
"With more, uninterrupted mileage, we will be better placed to add performance to the car, so we'll be hoping for good weather and the opportunity to learn as much as we can."
A McLaren 50 classic moment at the German Grand Prix
Santander German Grand Prix, 24 July 2011
Lewis Hamilton is in stunning form all weekend. He qualifies on the front row of the grid, just 0.055s behind pole-sitter Mark Webber, and drives a determined race to come home 3.9s ahead of Ferrari's Fernando Alonso.
The MP4-26 arrives at the Nurburgring – race 10 of the season – with a host of aerodynamic upgrades and they prove effective from the outset. Lewis is immediately on the pace during practice and he drives arguably his best qualifying lap of the whole season to start on the front row, setting a time 1.5s faster than team-mate Jenson Button.
Lewis then makes a great start to beat Webber into Turn One, but he's unable to pull a gap to Webber and Alonso during the early stages of the race. Little more than a couple of seconds separates the top three and they all complete laps in the lead during the pitstop sequence. But whenever Lewis finds himself on the back foot, he muscles his way back to the front with some audacious overtaking manoeuvres.
It's a sublime performance by Lewis, for whom this is win number 16 of his career. Perhaps it's best summed up by third-placed Webber after the race: "Lewis was unbeatable today."


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I don't have the intel fortran compiler so I have installed a trial and used the cmake to get the
bin of the library. But the problem is that I get this error:
CMake Error at C:/Programme/CMake 2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/CMakeTestFortranCompiler.cmake:40 (MESSAGE):
The Fortran compiler "ifort" is not able to compile a simple test program.
I checked in google and says that the express version is not compatible with the intel fortran compiler.
Is there another way to install the library?. I am doing my phd in a hospital university and I
can't force them to buy license. I think If there is not another chance I will program in
linux that all those softwares are free but I wanted to ask before changing because I am more used
to visual c++.


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I just want to say thank you for this process, I was quite nervous about starting it but I am finding it to be very easy to do and understand and follow. I know the work is all up to me to push myself but I don't feel alone in this. Thank you
Cool Alex - thanks for supporting Yourself !I started it about two weeks ago. And I am still going ;-) It is a great way to get used to daily writing, ttep by step and not too overwhelming. What a great idea. Thanks for developing this.
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Whether you're a vegan or not, the idea of eating crushed up bugs is kind of upsetting—and yet a lot of us do it regularly and don't even realize it. Wait, we do? Yes, the bugs in question are used to make something called cochineal extract, which is actually a pretty common product used to dye foods like yogurt and juice pink or red. Starbucks recently started using cochineal extract in its Strawberries and Creme Frappuccinos and red velvet whoopee pies. They did this after customers insisted that Starbucks start to use natural ingredients whenever possible. While it's not exactly appetizing, cochineal extract is natural, being made from ground-up insects and all.
But a vegan barista at Starbucks noticed the ingredient change and alerted the vegans of the internet, who are now mad at Starbucks for using the extract and demanding they stop. Jim Olsen, spokesman for Starbucks, kind of can't win here, but he gamely made a statement anyway in which he said, "This is an alternative to other synthetic red dyes that are out there." He continued, "We certainly respect and understand the interest this is getting, but it is a very common ingredient in foods and juices and beverages." Which can probably be loosely translated in non-corporate-employee-speak as "What they hell do you people want from us? To dye our drinks with our own tears of frustration?"


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Book 3: Me & My Clothes, Learning Kwak'wala
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Item consists of a recording of the Learning Kwak'wala book 3, Me & My Clothes, and it features Agnes Cranmer, Margaret Cook and Jay Powell engaging in vocabulary and grammar exercises in the workbook, Jay Powell asks the questions in English and Agnes Cranmer and Margaret Cook give the response in Kwak'wala; Side A: pages 4-26 , goes over parts of the body, whether or not they hurt, types of clothes, who the items belong to, where items are, different types of hats, colors, if the clothes are new, and numbers, and clothing worn at ceremonies (the vocabulary is on page 26 but the audio says pages 24-25 have the list) audio stops abruptly after the list. ; Side B: pages 24, 28-30, goes over the types of Kwakwa̱ka̱'wakw dances and how well someone can perform them, and the grammar to describe things "right at hand" and things "further away but visible, briefly refers to Kwakwa̱ka̱'wakw dances as "Indian Dances" in the English translation of the sentences. While Jay Powell says that the rest of the tape is a recording for Book 5, there was no other audio after that point. Recorded on both sides.


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Training and Pruning Vines
Tips and techniques for encouraging growth and maintaining control
Until a vine gets a firm hold on its support, you may need to tie it in place with twine or plastic garden tape. (For heavy vines, you can use thin rope or strips of canvas or rubber.) For clinging vines, you might tack plastic mesh over the stems until you see the aerial rootlets or holdfast discs adhering.
Once the stems of twining and scrambling vines gain some length, you can weave them through any open work support, such as a trellis or wire fence.
To encourage bushy growth on young vines, pinch out the stems' terminal buds. If you want just a few vertical stems, though (for a tracery of growth around a column, for example), don't pinch. Instead, remove all but one or two long stems at the base.
Prune periodically
Once a vine is established, you'll need to prune it periodically to keep it in bounds or to clear out unwanted or dead growth. The job is often done late in the dormant season, just before new growth begins, though you may want to wait to prune early-spring bloomers such as Carolina jessamine (Gelsemium sempervirens) until flowering has finished. Some vines are so vigorous they can be pruned at any time.
Vines that twine, climb by tendrils or coiling leafstalks, or scramble are pruned by similar methods. Start by removing dead and damaged growth. If the stems are so tangled that can you can't tell what to remove, snip through the mat of stems here and there; later on, remove those that have died. If the problem is really severe–if the vine is such a haystack of growth that you can hardly find the support, for example–make heading cuts low enough to reduce the vine's length by half.
Once you've done that, you can usually untangle the stems and make thinning cuts to remove unwanted growth at ground level. As a last resort, cut the entire vine to the ground in late winter or early spring and start training it all over again.
Clinging vines need regular monitoring. If you don't keep them under control, they'll crawl under eaves and wood shakes, causing structural damage; if removed, they'll take paint and plaster with them.
Prune out any stems you see extending into eaves, windows, shingles, and so on. Once every few years, prune more extensively: cut out wayward branches and any that have pulled away from their support (once aerial rootlets and holdfast discs have come loose, they won't reattach). Cut branches away from windows and doors; reduce the bulk of protruding or unruly growth.


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Applying for admission to a health professions school requires hard work, perseverance, and gaining experience that separates you from other applicants. Getting this experience is something you should work toward throughout your time at Albion College. We will help you, but you have to take an active role!
From the application and evaluation letter to the essay and interview, staff and affiliated faculty of the Wilson Institute for Medicine are available to assist you as you work through this process. Information is provided here to get you started. It is important you stay in touch and seek us out!
Don't be a stranger!
Primary Applications
Most health professions schools use a centralized application service to gather preliminary information about applicants. Demographic, academic, and personal information (including personal essays) are gathered in a standardized format and forwarded to the schools you indicate. The application service will also typically forward standardized test scores to the selected schools. A standard processing fee is charged, with an additional fee added per school to which you apply. (Most application services have fee reduction opportunities available for qualified applicants. Information about these waivers can be found at the application web sites.)
Most of the primary applications are computerized or web-based, a few allow paper applications to be filed. For professions/schools with no application service, application must be made directly to the individual schools to which you wish to apply. Again, the Wilson Institute for Medicine will guide you through the process.
Secondary Applications
Following receipt of the primary application, admissions committees at the individual schools determine whether they wish to learn more about each applicant. If so, they will often send a secondary application to the applicant. Depending on the school, the secondary application may simply ask for a little more information and clarification of your academic record, or it may require you to submit several topic-specific essays. You will most likely also be asked to submit an additional application fee of $40 - $100 directly to the school.
At this time, the school will also request you to submit your letters of evaluation—advisory committee letters and individual letters from work supervisors, etc.
Evaluation Letters
All health professions schools require applicants to submit letters of evaluation; however, the format of these letters differs between professions. Medical (human) and dental schools almost uniformly require applicants to submit a composite evaluation letter from a pre-health professions committee—a letter based on evaluation letters written by faculty members and on the committee members' knowledge of the applicant. Veterinary medical schools and most other health professions schools require applicants to submit letters or evaluation forms from individual faculty members or work supervisors. In almost all cases, a letter from a health professional is also either required or highly desirable.
Admissions committees are looking for candid evaluations of an applicant's suitability for a career as a health professional and ability to handle an academically demanding curriculum. Evaluation criteria include integrity, emotional maturity, teamwork, motivation, leadership, social adjustment, and academic skills.
Essay and Personal Statement
It is never too early for you to begin working on your essay. It is a good idea to keep a journal of ideas, activities, and experiences from which you can draw when you begin writing the essay. Record thoughts about your motivations, describe a particularly inspirational event, and/or record thoughts about your health care experiences. Two to three months before you submit your application, begin constructing the essay. Create some structure and think about what you want to say and how you want to say it. Put the essay aside, then come back to it a week later. Find its strengths and weaknesses, and make adjustments. If you repeat this process each week, by the time you need to submit the essay, you should be very comfortable about its ability to portray you accurately to the admissions committee.
Don't get rid of your earlier notes and drafts. Most schools will ask you to write 1 – 5 additional essays when you submit your secondary application. The notes might provide good resource material for those essays (which is important since you will typically only have two weeks in which to write them).
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The Interview
General information
Interviews are only offered to the top group of applicants at each professional school; however, schools interview students for different reasons and use different criteria to determine who is a "top" candidate. Some schools offer interviews to nearly every student who meets a certain set of (usually numeric) criteria; they then use the interview to find out who the applicant really is and to determine whether that individual would make a good addition to their program. Other schools evaluate an applicant's numeric criteria, evaluation letters, and essays to determine who should be the best students for their school; the interview is then used to confirm whether an appropriate decision has been made. In the former case, as much as 80% of the applicant pool may be interviewed, whereas in the latter case, only about 10% of the applicant pool is interviewed.
Every professional school is unique in the way it handles interviews. Some interview students in small groups, some use a single interview with a faculty member or administrator, while others schedule as many as five interviews per applicant. At about half the schools, the interviewer has full access to the applicant's file, while at the other half, the interviewer only knows the student's name and the college that s/he attends (or attended). The strategy the applicant wants to use is different for each type of interview, so it is helpful to talk with a pre-health professions advisor about a school's interview format before going to an interview.
The interview is a formal event, and the interviewee should be as professional as possible throughout the process. Attending mock interviews is the best way to prepare as well as get feedback. Mock interviews can be scheduled regularly with Institute staff.
The Albion College healthcare professions committee has compiled a list of common interview questions that may be obtained from the Institute office.


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Apparently Dennis Quaid was wrong… the gulf stream is not slowing down as some climate change models (and over the top eco-adventure movies) predict. Apparently the belief this might happen is a victim of the age old measurement error. Initial measurements suggested the slow down. It turns out over a longer period of time, there is no slow down, just an awful lot of variability from year to year. Scientists are continuing to monitor the flow in attempt to collect more data to confirm these latest findings. On top of that, they hope to figure out what causes the variability, which in and of itself is rather puzzling.
As an aside, what I find fascinating is the sheer magnitude of these sorts of issues. We're talking attempts to understand and predict phenomena on a global scale and time scales approaching geologic time. That's a seriously challenging task and more power to all the scientists out there trying to tackle it head on!


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While I get my act in gear for a proper series of posts, here's a quiz for you. I recently photographed this property. It's the fictional home of a long-running British TV character - anyone recognise it? The series is also aired in the States - in fact, I first saw it in America.
No prize, other than the vast satisfaction of identifying it.
Edit - well, that didn't take long. But have a few more photos from the same location. Here's Bert Large's restaurant:
And here's another of the Doc's house:
The Doc's house in context - it's really close to Large's restaurant:
Looking across to the other side of the harbour:
Fabulous place, Port Isaac.
The intermittently interesting, occasionally dull blog of not very well known SF writer Alastair Reynolds
Monday, 27 August 2012
Wednesday, 22 August 2012
Redditch public library
Apologies for the lack of activity here since July - busy, busy, busy. Just dropping by to say that I'll be talking at Redditch Public Library this coming saturday (August 25th) in connection with Redditch Astronomical Society. If you're in the area, why not drop in? I'll be talking about science and science fiction and there'll be plenty of time for questions, chatting etc.
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This is a scalable context timeline. It contains events related to the event May 19, 2004: US Denies Media Access to Secret Prisons in Afghanistan, Using Geneva Conventions as Excuse. You can narrow or broaden the context of this timeline by adjusting the zoom level. The lower the scale, the more relevant the items on average will be, while the higher the scale, the less relevant the items, on average, will be.
Siding with the Pentagon and Justice Department against the State Department, President Bush declares the Geneva Conventions invalid with regard to conflicts with al-Qaeda and the Taliban. Secretary of State Colin Powell urges Bush to reconsider, saying that while Geneva does not apply to al-Qaeda terrorists, making such a decision for the Taliban—the putative government of Afghanistan—is a different matter. Such a decision could put US troops at risk. Both Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Joint Chiefs chairman General Richard B. Myers support Powell's position. Yet another voice carries more weight with Bush: John Yoo, a deputy in the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC—see October 23, 2001). Yoo says that Afghanistan is a "failed state" without a functional government, and Taliban fighters are not members of an army as such, but members of a "militant, terrorist-like group" (see January 9, 2002). White House counsel Alberto Gonzales agrees with Yoo in a January 25 memo, calling Yoo's opinion "definitive." The Gonzales memo concludes that the "new kind of war" Bush wants to fight should not be equated with Geneva's "quaint" privileges granted to prisoners of war, or the "strict limitations" they impose on interrogations (see January 25, 2002). Military lawyers dispute the idea that Geneva limits interrogations to recitals of name, rank, and serial number, but their objections are ignored. For an OLC lawyer to override the judgment of senior Cabinet officials is unprecedented. OLC lawyers usually render opinions on questions that have already been deliberated by the legal staffs of the agencies involved. But, perhaps because OLC lawyers like Yoo give Bush the legal opinions he wants, Bush grants that agency the first and last say in matters such as these. "OLC was definitely running the show legally, and John Yoo in particular," a former Pentagon lawyer will recall. "Even though he was quite young, he exercised disproportionate authority because of his personality and his strong opinions." Yoo is also very close to senior officials in the office of the vice president and in the Pentagon's legal office. (Golden 10/24/2004)
Undermining, Cutting out Top Advisers - Cheney deliberately cuts out the president's national security counsel, John Bellinger, because, as the Washington Post will later report, Cheney's top adviser, David Addington, holds Bellinger in "open contempt" and does not trust him to adequately push for expanded presidential authority (see January 18-25, 2002). Cheney and his office will also move to exclude Secretary of State Colin Powell from the decision-making process, and, when the media learns of the decision, will manage to shift some of the blame onto Powell (see January 25, 2002). (Gellman and Becker 6/24/2007)
Final Decision - Bush will make his formal final declaration three weeks later (see February 7, 2002).
White House lawyer Alberto Gonzales completes a draft memorandum to the president advising him not to reconsider his decision (see January 18-25, 2002) declaring Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters ineligible for prisoner of war status as Colin Powell has apparently recommended. (US Department of Justice 1/25/2004 ; Barry, Hirsh, and Isikoff 5/24/2004) The memo recommends that President Bush accept a recent Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) memo saying that the president has the authority to set aside the Geneva Conventions as the basis of his policy (see January 9, 2002). (Savage 2007, pp. 146)
Geneva No Longer Applies, Says Gonzales - Gonzales writes to Bush that Powell "has asked that you conclude that GPW [Third Geneva Convention] does apply to both al-Qaeda and the Taliban. I understand, however, that he would agree that al-Qaeda and the Taliban fighters could be determined not to be prisoners of war (POWs) but only on a case-by-case basis following individual hearings before a military board." Powell believes that US troops will be put at risk if the US renounces the Geneva Conventions in relation to the Taliban. Rumsfeld and his chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Richard B. Myers, allegedly agree with Powell's argument. (Golden 10/24/2004) But Gonzales says that he agrees with the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel, which has determined that the president had the authority to make this declaration on the premise that "the war against terrorism is a new kind of war" and "not the traditional clash between nations adhering to the laws of war that formed the backdrop for GPW [Geneva Convention on the treatment of prisoners of war]." Gonzales thus states, "In my judgment, this new paradigm renders obsolete Geneva's strict limitations on questioning of enemy prisoners and renders quaint some of its provisions." (Barry, Hirsh, and Isikoff 5/24/2004) Gonzales also says that by declaring the war in Afghanistan exempt from the Geneva Conventions, the president would "[s]ubstantially [reduce] the threat of domestic criminal prosecution under the War Crimes Act [of 1996]" (see August 21, 1996). The president and other officials in the administration would then be protected from any future "prosecutors and independent counsels who may in the future decide to pursue unwarranted charges." (Lewis 5/21/2004; Barry, Hirsh, and Isikoff 5/24/2004)
Memo Actually Written by Cheney's Lawyer - Though the memo is released under Gonzales's signature, many inside the White House do not believe the memo was written by him; it has an unorthodox format and a subtly mocking tone that does not go with Gonzales's usual style. A White House lawyer with direct knowledge of the memo later says it was written by Cheney's chief lawyer, David Addington. Deputy White House counsel Timothy Flanigan passed it to Gonzales, who signed it as "my judgment" and sent it to Bush. Addington's memo quotes Bush's own words: "the war against terrorism is a new kind of war." (Gellman and Becker 6/24/2007)
Powell 'Hits the Roof' over Memo - When Powell reads the memo (see January 26, 2002), he reportedly "hit[s] the roof" and immediately arranges for a meeting with the president (see January 25, 2002). (Barry, Hirsh, and Isikoff 5/24/2004)
The White House declares that the United States will apply the Geneva Conventions to the conflict in Afghanistan, but will not grant prisoner-of-war status to captured Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters. Though Afghanistan was party to the 1949 treaty, Taliban fighters are not protected by the Conventions, the directive states, because the Taliban is not recognized by the US as Afghanistan's legitimate government. Likewise, al-Qaeda fighters are not eligible to be protected under the treaty's provisions because they do not represent a state that is party to the Conventions either.
Administration Will Treat Detainees Humanely 'Consistent' with Geneva - In the memo, President Bush writes that even though al-Qaeda detainees do not qualify as prisoners of war under Geneva, "as a matter of policy, the United States Armed Forces shall continue to treat detainees humanely and to the extent appropriate and consistent with military necessity, in a manner consistent with the principles of Geneva." The presidential directive is apparently based on Alberto Gonzales's January 25 memo (see January 25, 2002) and a memo from Vice President Cheney's chief of staff, David Addington (see January 25, 2002).
Bush Chooses Not to Suspend Geneva between US and Afghanistan - The directive also concludes that Bush, as commander in chief of the United States, has the authority to suspend the Geneva Conventions regarding the conflict in Afghanistan, should he feel necessary: Bush writes, "I have the authority under the Constitution to suspend Geneva as between the United States and Afghanistan, but I decline to exercise that authority at this time." Though not scheduled for declassification until 2012, the directive will be released by the White House in June 2004 to demonstrate that the president never authorized torture against detainees from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. (George W. Bush 2/7/2002 ; CNN 2/7/2002; Barry, Hirsh, and Isikoff 5/24/2004; Cohn 1/19/2005; Dubose and Bernstein 2006, pp. 191)
Overriding State Department Objections - Bush apparently ignores or overrides objections from the State Department, including Secretary of State Colin Powell (see January 25, 2002) and the department's chief legal counsel, William Howard Taft IV (see January 25, 2002). Both Powell and Taft strenuously objected to the new policy. (Savage 2007, pp. 147)
Ignoring Promises of Humane Treatment - The reality will be somewhat different. Gonzales laid out the arguments for and against complying with Geneva in an earlier memo (see January 18-25, 2002), and argued that if the administration dispensed with Geneva, no one could later be charged with war crimes. Yet, according to Colin Powell's chief of staff, Lawrence Wilkerson, sometime after the Bush memo is issued, Vice President Cheney and Defense Secretary Rumsfeld decide to ignore the portions promising humane treatment for prisoners. "In going back and looking at the deliberations," Wilkerson later recalls, "it was clear to me that what the president had decided was one thing and what was implemented was quite another thing." (Dubose and Bernstein 2006, pp. 190-191)
President George Bush signs a secret order authorizing the CIA to set up a network of secret detention and interrogation centers outside the United States where high value prisoners can be interrogated "with unprecedented harshness." (Barry, Hirsh, and Isikoff 5/24/2004) This takes place shortly after February 7, 2002, when Bush declared that al-Qaeda and Taliban prisoners were not subject to the Geneva Convention (see February 7, 2002). The first secret CIA prison will begin operating in Thailand in March 2002 (see March 2002).
A new interrogation unit arrives at the Bagram Collection Point (BCP), the improvised interrogation and holding facility at Bagram Air Force Base (see October 2001). The unit is headed by Lieutenant Carolyn Wood (see January 22, 2003-May 8, 2003), who leads a 13-man unit from the 525th Military Intelligence Brigade at Fort Bragg, NC. Wood's unit is augmented by six Arabic-speaking reservists from the Utah National Guard. Many in the group, consolidated under Company A of the 519th Military Intelligence Battalion, are counterintelligence specialists with no background in interrogation. Only two of the soldiers have ever questioned actual prisoners. The training they receive is ad hoc and minimal. The noncommissioned officer in charge of the interrogators, Staff Sergeant Steven Loring, will later tell investigators, "There was nothing that prepared us for running an interrogation operation" like the one at Bagram. Nor are the rules of engagement clear. The platoon uses the standard interrogations guide, Section 34-52 of the Army Fleld Manual, and an order from Defense Secretary Rumsfeld to treat prisoners "humanely" and, when possible, within the strictures of the Geneva Conventions. But when President Bush determines in February 2002 that the Conventions do not apply to Taliban and al-Qaeda captives (see February 7, 2002), the interrogators decide they "could deviate slightly from the rules," in the words of Utah reservist Sergeant James Leahy. "There was the Geneva Conventions for enemy prisoners of war, but nothing for terrorists," Leahy will tell Army investigators. And the detainees, senior intelligence officers say, are to be considered terrorists until proved otherwise. One group of soldiers is later dubbed "the Testosterone Gang"; they decorate their tent with a Confederate flag, spend large amounts of time bodybuilding, and quickly earn a reputation as some of the most brutal of the soldiers at Bagram. (Golden 5/20/2005)
Two days after General Rick Baccus has been relieved from duty as the guard commander at Guantanamo (see October 9, 2002), and almost one and a half months since the writing of the Office of Legal Counsel's (OLC) August memo on torture (see August 1, 2002), military intelligence at Guantanamo begin suggesting new rules of interrogation. Lieutenant Colonel Jerald Phifer, Director J2, sends a memo, to Major General Michael E. Dunlavey, Commander of Joint Task Force (JTF) 170, requesting approval for more severe interrogation techniques. (US Department of Defense 10/11/2002 ; Mayer 2/27/2008) In 2009, Senator Carl Levin (D-MI) will write (see April 21, 2009) that Dunlavey's request is sparked by recent reports on the use of SERE training techniques for interrogation purposes (see January 2002 and After and April 16, 2002). (Levin 4/21/2009)
Three Categories of Techniques - The memo states, "The current guidelines for interrogation procedures at GTMO [Guantanamo] limit the ability of interrogators to counter advanced resistance." Phifer proposes three categories of techniques. The mildest, which includes yelling and weak forms of deception, are included in category one. Category two techniques are more severe and require approval by an "interrogator group director." They include the use of stress positions for up to four hours; use of falsified documents; isolation for up to 30 days; sensory deprivation and hooding; 20-hour interrogations; removal of comfort and religious items; replacing hot food with cold military rations; removal of clothing; forced grooming, including the shaving of beards; and playing on detainees' phobias to induce stress, such as a fear of dogs. The harshest techniques, listed in category three, are to be reserved for a "very small percentage of the most uncooperative detainees" and only used with permission from the commander of the prison. These methods include using non-injurious physical contact like poking or grabbing; threatening a detainee with death or severe pain or threatening that a family member would be subjected to such harm; exposing him to cold weather or water; using a wet towel to "induce the misperception of suffocation." (US Department of Defense 10/11/2002 ; Mayer 2/27/2008)
Desire to Extract More Information from Detainee - The request is prompted in part by military intelligence's belief that Guantanamo detainee Mohamed al-Khatani has more information than the FBI has managed to extract from him. "Al-Khatani is a person in… whom we have considerable interest," Dell'Orto will explain during a 2004 press briefing at the White House. "He has resisted our techniques. And so it is concluded at Guantanamo that it may be time to inquire as to whether there may be more flexibility in the type of techniques we use on him." (Washington File 6/23/2004)
JAG Officer Concludes Tactics are Legal - The same day, a staff judge advocate, Lieutenant Colonel Diane E. Beaver, reviews Phifer's proposed techniques for legality and, while making qualifications and recommending further review, concludes in a memo to Dunlavey that they are legal. Also the same day, Dunlavey sends the list of techniques to his superior, General James T. Hill, commander of the Southern Command, requesting approval for their use. Dunlavey writes: "Although [the techniques currently employed] have resulted in significant exploitable intelligence the same methods have become less effective over time. I believe the methods and techniques delineated in the accompanying J-2 memorandum will enhance our efforts to extract additional information." (US Department of Defense 10/11/2002 ) Beaver concludes that since President Bush had decided that all the detainees "are not protected by the Geneva Conventions" (see January 18-25, 2002, February 7, 2002), all of the desired techniques are allowable because "no international body of law directly applies." (Savage 2007, pp. 178)
President Bush issues a proclamation to mark the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. Bush states that the US is "committed to the worldwide elimination of torture and we are leading this fight by example." He vows to prosecute torture and to prevent any "other cruel and unusual punishment." The CIA's chief lawyer, Scott Muller, complains to the White House that Bush's statement could cause CIA interrogators, authorized by Bush to torture suspected al-Qaeda members (see February 7, 2002), to fear that they could be used as scapegoats by the administration. White House officials reassure Muller that despite Bush's words, the administration still supports the CIA's torture of prisoners. (Mazzetti and Shane 5/3/2009)
Lt. Col. Tucker Mansager tells reporters that the media will not be permitted access to secret detention facilities in Afghanistan, claiming that to do so would violate the prisoners' rights under the Geneva Conventions. However in February 2002, the administration had denied "prisoner of war" status to all Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters captured in Afghanistan (see February 7, 2002) on grounds they were "illegal combatants." Since then, the US has maintained that these prisoners are not protected by the Conventions. Nonetheless, Mansager explains: "Part of… spirit [of the Geneva Conventions] is to ensure that the persons under confinement are not subject to any kind of exploitation. It is the coalition's position that allowing media into the facilities would compromise that protection." (Collett 5/19/2004)
The Washington Post reveals the existence of a secret August 2002 memo from the Justice Department. This memo advised the White House that torturing al-Qaeda terrorists in captivity "may be justified," and that international laws against torture "may be unconstitutional if applied to interrogations" conducted in the US war on terrorism (see August 1, 2002). The legal reasoning was later used in a March 2003 report by Pentagon lawyers assessing interrogation rules governing the military detention center at Guantanamo Bay (see March 6, 2003). Bush officials say that despite the memo, it has abided by the Geneva Conventions and other international treaties proscribing torture (see February 7, 2002). The incidents at Abu Ghraib, where numerous Iraqi prisoners were tortured, maimed, and sometimes murdered, were not policy, officials say. Human rights organizations and civil libertarians are appalled at the memo. "It is by leaps and bounds the worst thing I've seen since this whole Abu Ghraib scandal broke," says Tom Malinowski of Human Rights Watch. "It appears that what they were contemplating was the commission of war crimes and looking for ways to avoid legal accountability. The effect is to throw out years of military doctrine and standards on interrogations." A senior Pentagon official says that the Judge Advocate Generals (JAGs) were quick to challenge the Justice Department opinion when it was promoted by the Pentagon. "Every flag JAG lodged complaints," the official says. A senior military attorney says of the memo: "It's really unprecedented. For almost 30 years we've taught the Geneva Convention one way. Once you start telling people it's okay to break the law, there's no telling where they might stop." (Priest and Smith 6/8/2004) Attorney General John Ashcroft tells the Senate Judiciary Committee that he will not discuss the contents of the August 2002 memo, nor turn it over to the committee. "I believe it is essential to the operation of the executive branch that the president has the opportunity to get information from the attorney general that is confidential," he says. (Schmidt 6/8/2004)
To demonstrate that President Bush has never authorized torture against prisoners, the White House declassifies and releases a large number of internal documents, including the February 7, 2002 memo (see February 7, 2002) signed by Bush, and documents, inter alia from Gen. James T. Hill, showing that the US military interrogators were seeking more aggressive interrogation techniques. The disclosures are made, according to Alberto R. Gonzales, because the government "felt that it was harmful to this country, in terms of the notion that perhaps we may be engaging in torture." (Allen and Schmidt 6/23/2004)
US District Judge James Robertson rules that the Combatant Status Review Tribunal being held at the Guantanamo base in Cuba to determine the status of detainee Salim Ahmed Hamdan is unlawful and cannot continue. At the time of the decision, Hamdan is before the Guantanamo military commission. (Leonnig and Mintz 11/9/2004; Locy 11/9/2004) The commission system, as set up by White House lawyers David Addington and Timothy Flanigan three years before (see Late October 2001), gives accused terrorists such as Hamdan virtually no rights; in author and reporter Charlie Savage's words, "the [Bush] administration had crafted rules that would make it easy for prosecutors to win cases." (Savage 2007, pp. 195-196)
Violation of Geneva Conventions - Robertson, in his 45-page opinion, says the government should have conducted special hearings to determine whether detainees qualified for prisoner-of-war protections under the Geneva Conventions at the time of capture. (Locy 11/9/2004) He says that the Bush administration violated the Geneva Conventions when it designated prisoners as enemy combatants, denied them POW protections, and sent them to Guantanamo. (Savage 11/9/2004) The Combatant Status Review Tribunals that are currently being held in response to a recent Supreme Court decision (see June 28, 2004) are inadequate, Robertson says, because their purpose is to determine whether detainees are enemy combatants, not POWs, as required by the Third Geneva Convention. (Locy 11/9/2004)
Rejects Claims of Presidential Power - Robertson also rejects the administration's claim that the courts must defer to the president in a time of war. "The president is not a 'tribunal,'" the judge says. (Locy 11/9/2004) Robertson, a Clinton appointee, thus squarely opposes both the president's military order of November 13, 2001 (see November 13, 2001) establishing the possibility of trial by military tribunal, and his executive order of February 7, 2002 (see February 7, 2002) declaring that the Geneva Conventions do not to apply to Taliban and al-Qaeda prisoners. "The government has asserted a position starkly different from the positions and behavior of the United States in previous conflicts," Robertson writes, "one that can only weaken the United States' own ability to demand application of the Geneva Conventions to Americans captured during armed conflicts abroad." (Locy 11/9/2004; Leonnig and Mintz 11/9/2004; Savage 11/9/2004)
Orders Military Courts-Martial - Robertson orders that until the government conducts a hearing for Hamdan before a competent tribunal in accordance with the Third Geneva Conventions, he can only be tried in courts-martial, according to the same long-established military rules that apply to trials for US soldiers. (Leonnig and Mintz 11/9/2004; Savage 11/9/2004) Robertson's ruling is the first by a federal judge to assert that the commissions are illegal. (Leonnig and Mintz 11/9/2004)
Hearings Immediately Recessed - When word of Robertson's ruling comes to Guantanamo, Colonel Peter Brownback, presiding over a pretrial hearing for Hamdan, immediately gavels the hearing closed, declaring an "indefinite recess" for the tribunal. (Savage 2007, pp. 195-196)
Ruling Applauded by Civil Libertarians, Rejected by Bush Lawyers - Anthony Romero, director of the American Civil Liberties Union; Eugene Fidell, president of the National Institute of Military Justice; and Michael Ratner, president of the Center for Constitutional Rights, all applaud Robertson's ruling. (Savage 11/9/2004) The Bush administration rejects the court's ruling and announces its intention to submit a request to a higher court for an emergency stay and reversal of the decision. "We vigorously disagree.… The judge has put terrorism on the same legal footing as legitimate methods of waging war," Justice Department spokesman Mark Corallo says. "The Constitution entrusts to the president the responsibility to safeguard the nation's security. The Department of Justice will continue to defend the president's ability and authority under the Constitution to fulfill that duty." (Leonnig and Mintz 11/9/2004; Savage 11/9/2004) He also says that the commission rules were "carefully crafted to protect America from terrorists while affording those charged with violations of the laws of war with fair process." (Savage 11/9/2004)
Ruling May Affect Other Detainees - Though the ruling technically only applies to Hamdan, his civilian attorney, Neal Katyal, says it could affect other detainees. "The judge's order is designed only to deal with Mr. Hamdan's case," Katyal says. "But the spirit of it… extends more broadly to potentially everything that is going on here at Guantanamo." (Locy 11/9/2004)
Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England, who for a year has advocated that the US issue clear rules about detention and interrogation of terror suspects (see Summer 2005), calls a meeting of three dozen Pentagon officials, including the vice chief and top uniformed lawyer for each military branch. England wants to discuss a proposed new directive defining the US military's detention policies. The secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force are present, as are generals from each branch of service and a number of military lawyers, including Naval General Counsel Alberto Mora. The agenda is set by Matthew Waxman, the deputy assistant secretary for detainee affairs. Waxman says that the president's general statement that detainees should be treated humanely "subject to military necessity" (see February 7, 2002) has left US military interrogators and others unsure about how to proceed with detainees. Waxman has proposed making it official Pentagon policy to treat detainees in accordance with Common Article III of the Geneva Conventions, which bars cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment, as well as "outrages against human dignity." The standard has already been in effect since the Geneva Conventions were first put into place over 50 years ago, and US military personnel are trained to follow it. In 2007, the Washington Post will observe, "That was exactly the language… that [Vice President] Cheney had spent three years expunging from US policy." Mora will later recall of the meeting, "Every vice chief came out strongly in favor, as did every JAG," or Judge Advocate General.
Opposition - Every military officer supports the Waxman standard, but two civilians oppose it: Stephen Cambone, the undersecretary of defense for intelligence, and William Haynes, the Pentagon's general counsel and a close associate of Cheney's chief counsel, David Addington. Cambone and Haynes argue that the standard will limit the US's "flexibility" in handling terror suspects, and it might expose administration officials to charges of war crimes. If Common Article III becomes the standard for treatment, then it might become a crime to violate it.
War Crimes Questions - An exasperated Mora points out that whether the proposal is adopted or not, the Geneva Conventions are already solidly part of both US and international law. Any serious breach is in legal fact a war crime. Mora reads from a copy of the US War Crimes Act, which already forbids the violation of Common Article III. It is already the law, Mora emphasizes, and no one is free to ignore it. Waxman believes his opponents are isolated, and issues a draft of DOD Directive 2310, incorporating the Geneva-based language.
Browbeating Waxman - Within a few days, Addington and Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Cheney's chief of staff, bring Waxman in for a meeting. The meeting goes poorly for Waxman. Addington ridicules the vagueness of the Geneva ban on "outrages upon personal dignity," saying it leaves US troops timid in the face of unpredictable legal risk. Waxman replies that the White House policy is far more opaque, and Addington accuses him of trying to replace the president's decision with his own. Mora later says, "The impact of that meeting is that Directive 2310 died." Shortly thereafter, Waxman will leave the Pentagon for a post at the State Department. (Mayer 2/27/2006; Gellman and Becker 6/25/2007)
Law professor Phillippe Sands interviews Douglas Feith, the former undersecretary of defense for policy and one of the key architects of the Iraq invasion. (Sands 5/2008) Feith is joining the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University as a lecturer. (DeParle 5/25/2006) Feith discusses his great pride in his part in the administration's decision to ignore the Geneva Conventions' restrictions on interrogating prisoners (see February 7, 2002). Feith says that Geneva merely got in the way of the US doing what it needed to do with regards to the detainees. Since al-Qaeda and Taliban operatives did not function under Geneva, he argues, the US did not need to, either. Feith says that between his arguments and the contempt the civilians in the White House and the Pentagon held for the military officers who stood by the Geneva restrictions, the decision was made to set Geneva aside when circumstances warranted. It was never a matter of questioning Geneva's status as international law, but deciding to whom and in what circumstances the conventions apply.
Catch 22 - Sands writes that according to Feith's (and eventually the administration's) rationale: "Geneva did apply to the Taliban, but by Geneva's own terms Taliban fighters weren't entitled to POW status, because they hadn't worn uniforms or insignia. That would still leave the safety net provided by the rules reflected in Common Article 3—but detainees could not rely on this either, on the theory that its provisions applied only to 'armed conflict not of an international character,' which the administration interpreted to mean civil war. This was new. In reaching this conclusion, the Bush administration simply abandoned all legal and customary precedent that regards Common Article 3 as a minimal bill of rights for everyone.… I asked Feith, just to be clear: Didn't the administration's approach mean that Geneva's constraints on interrogation couldn't be invoked by anyone at Guantanamo? 'Oh yes, sure,' he shot back. Was that the intended result?, I asked. 'Absolutely.… That's the point.'… As he saw it, either you were a detainee to whom Geneva didn't apply or you were a detainee to whom Geneva applied but whose rights you couldn't invoke."
Impact on Interrogations - When asked about the difference for the purpose of interrogation, Sands will write: "Feith answered with a certain satisfaction, 'It turns out, none. But that's the point.' That indeed was the point. The principled legal arguments were a fig leaf. The real reason for the Geneva decision, as Feith now made explicit, was the desire to interrogate these detainees with as few constraints as possible." Reflecting on that time, Feith says with obvious relish, "This year I was really a player." Sands asks Feith if he ever worried that the Geneva decision might have eroded the US's moral authority. Feith's response is blunt: "The problem with moral authority [is] people who should know better, like yourself, siding with the _ssholes, to put it crudely." (Sands 5/2008)
Shortly after the Supreme Court rules that the Geneva Conventions apply to detainees suspected of terrorist affiliations (see June 30, 2006), the Bush administration publicly agrees to apply the Conventions to all terrorism suspects in US custody, and the Pentagon announces that it is now requiring all military officials to adhere to the Conventions in dealing with al-Qaeda detainees. The administration says that from now on, all prisoners in US custody will be treated humanely in accordance with the Conventions, a stipulation that would preclude torture and "harsh interrogation methods." Until the ruling, the administration has held that prisoners suspected of terrorist affiliations did not have the right to be granted Geneva protections (see February 7, 2002). Lawyer David Remes, who represents 17 Guantanamo detainees, says, "At a symbolic level, it is a huge moral triumph that the administration has acknowledged that it must, under the Supreme Court ruling, adhere to the Geneva Conventions. The legal architecture of the war on terror was built on a foundation of unlimited and unaccountable presidential power, including the power to decide unilaterally whether, when and to whom to apply the Geneva Conventions." But in the wake of the ruling the administration is pressuring Congress to introduce legislation that would strip detainees of some of the rights afforded them under the Conventions, including the right to free and open trials, even in a military setting. "The court-martial procedures are wholly inappropriate for the current circumstances and would be infeasible for the trial of these alien enemy combatants," says Steven Bradbury, the acting chief of the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel. Bradbury and Daniel Dell'Orto, the Defense Department's principal deputy attorney general, have repeatedly urged lawmakers to limit the rights of detainees captured in what the administration terms its war on terrorism. Dell'Orto says Congress should not require that enemy combatants be provided lawyers to challenge their imprisonment. Congressional Democrats have a different view. Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) says, "I find it hard to fathom that this administration is so incompetent that it needs kangaroo-court procedures to convince a tribunal of United States military officers that the 'worst of the worst' imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay should be held accountable" for crimes. "We need to know why we're being asked to deviate from rules for courts-martial." (Babington and Abramowitz 7/12/2006)
Two senior Bush administration officials reflect on the executive order denying any Geneva Convention protections to Taliban and al-Qaeda detainees (see February 7, 2002). Jack Goldsmith, formerly head of the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) at the Justice Department, says: "To conclude that the Geneva Conventions don't apply—it doesn't follow from that, or at least it shouldn't, that detainees don't get certain rights and certain protections. There are all sorts of very, very good policy reasons why they should have been given a rigorous legal regime whereby we could legitimatize their detention. For years there was just a giant hole, a legal hole of minimal protections, minimal law." Lawrence Wilkerson, the chief of staff for Secretary of State Colin Powell, recalls: "Based on what the secretary and [State Department legal adviser William] Taft were telling me, I think they both were convinced that they had managed to get the president's attention with regard to what they thought was the governing document, the Geneva Conventions. I really think it came as a surprise when the February memo was put out. And that memo, of course, was constructed by [Cheney chief counsel David] Addington, and I'm told it was blessed by one or two people in OLC. And then it was given to [Vice President] Cheney, and Cheney gave it to the president. The president signed it." (Murphy and Purdum 2/2009)
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The last days of Charlie Crist as Florida's governor could be Strange Days indeed.
Over 40 years after rebel rocker Jim Morrison was arrested for exposing himself during a boozy show in Miami, he may be about to receive a posthumous pardon from the outgoing Sunshine State gov.
Crist, who leaves office in January and must submit requests for clemency by December 9, is mulling over whether to let Morrison, who died in July 1971, off the hook for profanity and indecent exposure charges, according to AFP.
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"The governor is considering the clemency," Crist's deputy press secretary Chris Cate told AFP.
The lead singer of The Doors was allegedly drunk when he displayed his penis and began yelling at the crowd during the March 1, 1969 show at the Dinner Key Auditorium in Coconut Grove.
Four days later, a warrant was issued for his arrest and after Morrison was convicted, he appealed. He died in 1971 in Paris at the age of 27, while he was out on bail and the convictions were still in the process of appeal.
Crist has previously considered a pardon for Morrison, and if he submits a request for clemency, it will be decided by a four-member body that includes Crist, the state's chief financial officer, attorney general and agriculture commissioner, and requires a majority vote to be approved.
High profile pardons for performers aren't unprecedented.
New York's governor pardoned Lenny Bruce in 1965 for an obscenity conviction, Dave Diamond, a TV producer who has spearheaded the campaign to clear Morrison's name, reminded The Hill newspaper.
Even the Vatican forgave John Lennon, 42 years after the musician claimed The Beatles were more popular than Jesus.


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Foreign direct investment (FDI) to West Asia declined in 2011 for the third consecutive year, UNCTAD's annual survey of investment trends reports.
The World Investment Report 20121, subtitled "Towards a New Generation of Investment Policies", was released today.
FDI to the region decreased by 16 per cent in 2011 to $49 billion, affected both by continuing political instability and by the general deterioration of global economic prospects during the second half of 2011, the report says.
A 35 per cent drop in FDI inflows to the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries largely explains the decrease, in particular a 42 per cent fall – to $16 billion – to Saudi Arabia (see figure), the biggest recipient. (Other GCC countries are Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.) As a result, the share of GCC countries in the region's total FDI inflows decreased from 69 per cent in 2010 to 53 per cent in 2011. GCC countries are still suffering from the hangover of the days of leveraged financing characterized by large-scale domestic projects, some of which had to be put on hold or cancelled due to uncertainties stemming from the global financial crisis and from spreading political and social unrest in the region, the World Investment Report 2012 says. Unrest in the region also impacted on FDI flows to non-GCC Arab countries, the report notes. Their incoming foreign investment declined by 26 per cent to $7 billion. Turkey registered a 76 per cent increase to $16 billion, mainly as the result of a more than threefold increase in cross-border merger and acquisition (M&A) sales.
FDI outflows from West Asia rebounded by 54 per cent in 2011 after bottoming out at a five-year low in 2010, the report says. The strong rise in oil prices beginning at the end of 2010 increased the availability of funds for outward FDI from GCC countries. Turkey also registered significant growth, with outflows increasing by 68 per cent to $2.5 billion (see figure 1), due to the recovery of both cross-border M&A purchases and greenfield FDI projects – that is, from-the-ground-up investments in new ventures.
FDI inflows will continue declining in 2012 – judging by preliminary data on cross-border M&As and greenfield investment for the first five months of 2012 – as uncertainties at the global and regional levels are causing foreign investors to remain cautious with their investment plans in the region. But the report contends that the concentration of oil wealth in the region and the strategic need to reduce dependence on the oil and gas sectors through economic diversification there, are likely to create further business opportunities and bolster the region's attractiveness for foreign investors over the longer term.
Figure 1 -Top five recipients and sources of FDI flows in West Asia, 2010 and 2011(Billions of dollars)
a) Inflows
b) Outflows
Source: UNCTAD, World Investment Report 2012.Note: Countries ranked on the basis of the magnitude of 2011 FDI flows
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HARVARD — First-year Bromfield girls' lacrosse head coach Dave Planchet snowblowed his front yard at the start of the season to get his team outdoors and ready for its first game of the season. Well, the persistence paid dividends for the top-seeded Trojans Tuesday afternoon at Harvard Park, as Bromfield edged neighboring Groton-Dunstable 14-13 to earn its first trip to the Division 2 Central/Western Mass. Finals in program history.
Bromfield sophomore Sophia Turchetta scored a game-high 11 goals in the win, but none were bigger than her game-winning shot with two seconds left.
"I wanted to win more than I have ever wanted to in my entire life," Turchetta said. "Groton-Dunstable is a really good team and they played us tough today. I am really satisfied. It was crazy because we knew they had beat Littleton, and we lost to Littleton once. So, it was kind of like we were the underdogs, even though we are the number one seed. We knew all along we could do it, and we expected to win. That's what got us here."
Bromfield will face Midland B league opponent Grafton, who defeated Littleton in overtime Tuesday, 14-13. The site of the Central/Western Mass. Finals is yet to be determined.
"I told both her and Jackie (Planchet) that today's the day they needed to step up," Bromfield head coach Dave Planchet said. "Soph is a fantastic kid, but tip your hat to Groton-Dunstable, they're very well coached. When they are running their motion, they are very hard to stop. I am proud that we won those other battles."
The Trojans controlled the faceoff circle in the second half holding a favorable 9-1advantage.
"I brought my four midfielders out before the game and told them if we control the draw circle we are winning the game," Dave Planchet said. "I am numb that we are going to the finals. I knew we would have a good year, and I thought that we would get here, but anything after that is all gravy."
Groton-Dunstable drew first blood 10 seconds in on a goal scored by senior Livy Rubeski.
Rubeski collected a pass from Nicki Wilkinson and beat Hoggins low-right to take a 1-0 lead. Wilkinson controlled the ensuing draw and the Crusaders offense did the rest. Groton-Dunstable senior Olivia Penney (3 goals, 2 assists) found sophomore teammate Sarah Walsh on the left side of the cage for the goal to put the Crusaders up 2-0. Turchetta helped keep the Trojans within striking distance throughout the half, cutting the lead to one on three occasions in the first half. Groton-Dunstable closed the opening frame on a 4-1 run to take the game into the half up 9-6. Turchetta scored five of Bromfield's six first-half goals.
Groton-Dunstable struck 16 seconds into the second half on a Rubeski goal. Turchetta single-handily carried her team within a goal with a 4-0 flurry midway through the second half to equalize at 11-11.
Penney regained the lead for Groton-Dunstable after a 10 minute scoring drought at 12-11 on an unassisted breakaway goal. Turchetta knotted the game at 12-12 after she split the Crusaders' defense and buried a low free-position shot between the cleats of Groton-Dunstable sophomore goalie Maria Antonellis. Jackie Planchet netted her third goal of the game, and it could not have come at a better time for the Trojans. Jackie Planchet whipped the ball inside the left post to put Bromfield up 13-12 with 9:13 left.
Three-minutes later, Walsh potted the game-tying goal to deadlock the game at 13-13.
Bromfield controlled the faceoff circle and milked the remaining six minutes off the clock before Turchetta snuck in from the right side and tucked home the game-winner with two seconds left.
"Turchetta is a very good player, but we are strong enough defensively to contain her," First-year Groton-Dunstable head coach Sarah Valacer said. "We see enough people like that all the time. We were well prepared to know what was going on. I thought we handled her well until the very end. Defensively, we handled her and Jackie (Planchet) well. We just needed to have that want to win. We are young. I don't think that want to win is there just yet."
Bromfield goalie Julia Hoggins stopped 16 shots to preserve the win.