…at the Sambica Camp and Conference Center on Lake Sammamish, about 15 min. from downtown Seattle, and 35 min. from the SeaTac airport… (We CAN ARRANGE FOR YOU TO BE PICKED UP IN ONE OF THE SAMBICA CAMP VANS) See registration form.
…you will be welcomed, shown to your lodging, and given a wonderful dinner. After dinner, there will be an orientation session and get-acquainted jams with our instructors.
When you send in your registration we will also ask you to fill out a detailed questionnaire to tell us about your playing level and learning goals, and musical preferences. You will also be asked to put YOURSELF into one of four groups, (there are 8-12 participants in each group). Groups will be formed according to playing level and interests of participants. (After you arrive, if for some reason you feel like you're in the wrong group, we can quickly remedy that).
You'll start the day with a hearty breakfast, and then you'll divide the morning between two instructors one day, the other two the next day, and so forth; so that each person will have a number of sessions with each of the four instructors. These core classes will concentrate on developing solid rhythm, clean melody picking, tune arrangement, musical expression, tasteful song accompaniment, and developing your repertoire. Our instructors will work as a team; each teaching one or more areas of playing at a level appropriate to each small group and progressing through the week, so you will have intensive contact with each of the instructors throughout the week. These sessions will be tailored to your needs and skill level, and will be a hard-working but fun experience.
After lunch and some time to relax, there will be a short "round robin" by the instructors on a particular theme, followed by a specialty workshop session, covering particular aspects of autoharp playing. These will depend on student interest, and may include: standard chromatic repertoire, advanced tuning techniques, diatonic open noting, playing fiddle tunes up to speed, fancy rhythms, use of diatonic and chromatic color chords, great licks and tricks, storytelling with the autoharp, songs for children, celtic repertoire, and others. Also there will be PARTICIPANT LED WORKSHOPS, where anybody can do a session on a topic of their choice or one requested by others.
During and after this session, you will have to option of going off by yourself to play, getting together with your fellow participants to jam or practice or enjoying the environment of the camp.
We'll have a delicious dinner and a short break, and then the entire camp will gather in the Joshua Lodge for a fun and entertaining evening session. Activites might include a "hat band" (band scramble type of activity), student concert, instructor concert, and sharing of musical and non-musical experiences.
After this, there will be time and space for everyone to get together to practice and jam, with participants and instructors all taking part.
And of course, you can stay up and play music as late as you want. Or settle in to your cozy bed for a good night's sleep.
After we receive your registration questionnaires, we'll spend some time reviewing playing levels, goals and interests of our participants. Then we'll map out a more detailed schedule and curriculum, geared specifically to your skill level and interests.


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Japan's longest wooden building, rebuilt in 1266. Alas, you're not allowed to photograph the 1,001 gilded bodhisattvas inside, so here's the outside. This page has some photos of the inner hall of statues. If you've ever read the Japanese historical meganovel Musashi (or seen the filmed adaptation Duel at Ichijoji Temple), this was where, on a snowy night in 1604, the ronin Miyamoto Musashi -- perhaps the most renowned swordsman who ever lived -- dueled with Yoshioka Denshichirō. Denshichirō's feet inched forward. At the tip of his sword, his willpower quivered toward the start of a movement. Two lives expired with two strokes of a single sword. First, Musashi attacked to his rear, and Ōtaguro Hyōsuke's head, or a piece of it, sailed past Musashi like a great crimson cherry, as the body staggered lifelessly toward Denshichirō. The second horrendous scream -- Denshichirō's cry of attack -- was cut short midway, the broken-off sound thinning out into the space around them. Musashi leapt so high that he appeared to have sprung from the level of his opponent's chest. Denshichirō's big frame reeled backward and dropped in a spray of white snow. Body pitifully bent, face buried in the snow, the dying man cried, "Wait! Wait!" Musashi was no longer there. "Hear that?" "It's Denshichirō!" "He's been hurt!" The black forms of Genzaemon and the Yoshioka disciples rushed across the courtyard like a wave. "Look! Hyōsuke's been killed!" "Denshichirō!" "Denshichirō!" Yet they knew there was no use calling, no use thinking about medical treatment. Hyōsuke's head had been sliced sideways from the right ear to the middle of the mouth, Denshichirō's from the top down to the right cheekbone. All in a matter of seconds. "That's...that's why I warned you," sputtered Genzaemon. "That's why I told you not to take him too lightly. Oh, Denshichirō, Denshichirō!" The old man hugged his nephew's body, trying in vain to console it. Genzaemon clung to Denshichirō's corpse, but it angered him to see the others milling about in the blood-reddened snow. "What happened to Musashi?" he thundered. Some had already started searching; they saw no sign of Musashi. "He's not here," came the answer, timid and obtuse. "He's around here somewhere," barked Genzaemon. "He hasn't got wings. If I don't get in a blow of revenge, I can never again hold my head up as a member of the Yoshioka family. Find him!" One man gasped and pointed. The others fell back a pace and stared in the direction indicated. "It's Musashi." "Musashi?" As the idea sank in, silence filled the air, not the tranquility of a place of worship, but an ominous, diabolical silence as though ears, eyes and brains had ceased to function. Whatever the man had seen, it was not Musashi, for Musashi was standing under the eaves of the nearest building. His eyes fixed on the Yoshioka men and his back pressed to the wall, he edged his way along until he reached the southwest corner of the Sanjūsangendō. He climbed onto the veranda and crept, slowly and quietly, to the center. "Will they attack?" he asked himself. When they made no movement in his direction, he continued stealthily on to the north side of the building and, with a bound, disappeared into the darkness. -- Musashi, by Eiji Yoshikawa (1935): Book IV, Wind, chapter 7, Reverberations in the Snow. Translated from the Japanese by Charles S. Terry (1981). See where this picture was taken. [?]
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Bathampton Meadows Alliance wants to make sure the meadows can "never be threatened again"
The campaign group against the plans for a park and ride site in Batheaston has called on the council to be "brave enough" to scrap the project.
Speculation has grown about the future of the scheme this week after four councillors resigned from their roles in the cabinet at Bath and North East Somerset Council.
Among them was Anthony Clarke, who left his position as cabinet member for transport because of "fundamental differences" with the council leader over the proposal for a fourth park and ride site.
Mr Clarke was in favour of the proposed site on land west of Mill Lane in Batheaston, but there now appears to have been a change of heart among the council leadership.
Bathampton Meadows Alliance, which has been strongly against the Batheaston site, now hopes the meadows will be protected for generations to come if the scheme is dropped.
"The Bathampton Meadows Alliance is hopeful that council leaders will be brave enough to scrap this project which has cost so much money already, and cost the council so much public goodwill," said campaigner and Bathampton resident Fiona Powell.
"Let's work together to encourage people out of their cars with better, cheaper buses, safer walking and cycling routes, pollution-free bus and cycle lanes that run uninterrupted to the centre of town, maybe even electric bike subsidies.
"There are lots of good examples in the UK and in Europe of what can be achieved here in Bath."
Award-winning architect Piers Taylor, who has been a great supporter of the Bathampton Meadows campaign, added: "There is nothing more liberating than changing one's mind in the face of evidence, and nothing more depressing than doggedly sticking to an outmoded viewpoint for the sake of political gain."
"If the council have the courage to abandon the park and ride, the vast majority of the residents of Bath will thank them, as will all future generations who will benefit from the preservation of a sacred landscape."
The Chronicle has revealed that the council has already spent £3.3 million on the proposal for the park and ride to the east of Bath from figures released under freedom of information laws.
This includes £1.087 million spent by the current Conservative administration on progressing the scheme.
Bathampton Meadows Alliance was not alone in welcoming the changes to the council's cabinet.
Campaign group Save Bath Library, which is opposed to the new library being sited alongside council services in Lewis House, also welcomed the news.
Caroline Ambrose, from Save Bath Libraries, said: "The resignation of half the cabinet, is a clear statement to Tim Warren that he needed to change direction, not just plug the gaps.
"It's clear that his own party are as worried as local people about a council leader who does not listen to evidence or put residents first.


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Illustrating quotes is one of my favorite things to do. So when Lesley Riley put out a call for submissions for a book called Quotes Illustrated: 100 Works of Art Inspired by Words, I answered the call. And guess what? The quote above will be published in the book!
I can hardly wait to check out all the quotes and artwork in the book.
If you want to check it out too, Quotes Illustrated can be purchased from Amazon or directly from CreateSpace.
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«Сухие и мокрые» () — фильм-пародия на латиноамериканские сериалы, снятый участниками трио «Секрет» и вышедший на экран в 1993 году.

Сюжет
Место и время действия сериала — Парагвай, город Пуэрто-Касадо, 1979 год, сезон дождей.
Перед каждой серией выступает заслуженный парагваевед (прочие его титулы, а их много, даются в «бегущей строке» внизу) Кутерьма Иванович Заза.

В поисках работы Марио-неудачник приходит к дону Мартинесу («одному из двух оставшихся в живых после очередной революции донов»). Работы он не получил, зато встретил там подругу своего детства Терезу, которая работает у Мартинеса секретаршей. Они решают соединить свои судьбы и приходят к Терезе домой, где и любят друг друга под счастливое покашливание родителей Терезы — Кончиты и шефа полиции Санчеса. Когда Санчес заходит к детям в спальню пожелать им спокойной ночи, туда же врывается бандит Гомес, чтобы убить Марио, однако вместо него он убивает Санчеса.

Не в силах вынести потерю отца и полное отсутствие денег в доме, Тереза оставляет Марио и их шестерых детей. Гуляя в парке, Марио путает своих детей с чужими и забирает домой, как оказалось, отпрысков Лауры и Себастьяна-могильника, с которым она давно рассталась, так как не могла переносить его ужасный запах. Марио влюбляется в Лауру с первого взгляда, они объединяют детей и поселяются в доме Марио. В это время Марио ищет его мать, Роза-неудачница, а Гомес ищет своего пропавшего первенца по имени Марио.

Как оказалось, Санчес жив. Он устраивает засаду на кладбище, чтобы поймать Гомеса, который орудует где-то поблизости с бандой Себастьяна-могильника. Тереза возит ему еду три раза в день. К вдове Санчеса Кончите пристают два дона — Мартинес и Роберто, которые хотят связать свои жизни с её.

В ролях
 Николай Фоменко — Кутерьма Иванович Заза, бандит Гомес, полицейский, Тереза, Лаура, дон Роберто
 Алексей Мурашов — шеф полиции Санчес, бандит Себастьян, полицейский, дон Мартинес, Роза-неудачница
 Андрей Заблудовский — Марио-неудачник, Кончита

В общей сложности в сериале насчитывалось 12 действующих лиц.

Производство
Авторами сценария телесериала стали участники группы «Секрет», они же выступили в качестве актёров и продюсеров шоу. По словам Николая Фоменко, на производство 15 серий «Сухих и мокрых» было потрачено 30 миллионов рублей и чуть больше двух месяцев работы.

Хотя герои сериала говорят по-испански, Фоменко пояснил: «Всё сыграно по-русски на самом деле. Потом нам пришлось стереть русский звук и наложить испанский. Другие актёры накладывали, а сверху ещё перевод гнусавый».

На съёмках сериала Алексея Мурашова едва не задушил удав, а Николаю Фоменко, сыгравшему сразу две женские роли, намертво приклеили накладные ногти, которые потом удаляли с помощью растворителя. Предполагалось также, что в фильме будет сниматься слон, но он издох незадолго до съёмок. Вообще в фильме было задействовано много животных — помимо удава, были ещё варан, обезьяны, дикобразы, попугаи и другие.

Критика
Нелестно отозвался о сериале «Сухие и мокрые», пародирующем мыльные оперы, писатель Дмитрий Быков, по мнению которого «смотреть его совсем не так смешно, как "Просто Марию"».

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Телесериалы 1-го канала Останкино
Телесериалы России, запущенные в 1993 году
Телесериалы России, завершённые в 1993 году
Комедийные телесериалы России

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Starbucks Changing their Gold Star Membership?!
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Hailee Ramirez, Photojournalist
The beloved Starbucks is probably the most go to place for frappuccinos, cappuccinos, and lattes for Yorba Linda high school students. Almost every morning you can spot at least 50 students with Starbucks. With Starbucks popularity, many students are part of the rewards program. Of course, the original rewards system only gave you one star per visit no matter how much money you spent, and you would have to obtain 30 stars in 12 months to get to the gold level(highest level). The gold level includes free drinks every 12 stars, free refills, and a personalized gold card. The other levels are welcome and green,which you have to go through first before getting to the gold level. Well, now you gets stars for every dollar you spend, and as soon as you join the rewards program you become a gold level member, according to Starbucks official website. Also, now you have earn 125 stars to get rewards like free drinks or free food.
Since, Starbucks introduced this new rewards system as of a few weeks ago, over 12 million people have joined the rewards program, according to Yahoo news. Many of their customers are viewing this as very positive because now it'll be fair to people who spend $15 versus $10. Some people though who were already at the gold level are a little angry with this because it took them awhile to earn that and now anyone can easily just become a gold star member without much effort. Yes, they have earned much more members with this new system, but they have also lost many. Even Kaela Braseny (10) states "It took me almost a year to become a gold star member and then I find out about their new rewards system and I'm a little agitated". Obviously, the gold star membership used to be a big thing and now Starbucks has ruined that.
On the other hand, many other newbies to the reward system are loving the new structure. Chloe Hoff (10) states "I bought a drink using the rewards program for the first time and I automatically became a gold member and it honestly is the best thing ever". Clearly, the new rewards program for Starbucks has it pros and cons.
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Home Sport Top 10: Ronaldo overtakes Messi as highest paid footballer, Salah fifth
Top 10: Ronaldo overtakes Messi as highest paid footballer, Salah fifth
Cristiano Ronaldo Manchester United
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Forbes has rated 36-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo as the highest paid footballer in 2021 with Egypt and Liverpool's attacker Mo Salah emerging fifth.
Ronaldo knock outed Lionel Messi from the number one spot after the 34-year-old left Barcelona to join Paris Saint-Germain.
To get the official pay of the footballer, Forbes said, "To compile our list, we spoke with clubs, players' agents, commercial sponsors, and worldwide soccer experts. All figures are converted to U.S. dollars using the current exchange rate and include salaries (pretax) for the 2021-22 season, bonuses, and endorsements. Transfer fees are excluded."
Ronaldo will earn $125 million before taxes in the 2021-22 season, with $70 million coming from salary and bonus for his return to Manchester United.
The rest comes from personal endorsements and partnerships with brands including Nike, Herbalife, Clear and his ever-expanding CR7-branded portfolio that includes perfume, underwear, eyewear, hotels, gyms, and more. Only three other active athletes make more commercially: Roger Federer ($90 million), LeBron James ($65 million) and Tiger Woods ($60 million).
Lionel Messi will be paid $75 million this season, helping put him at No. 2 on the list with $110 million.
This is as he'll pad his PSG paycheck with an estimated $35 million in endorsements from the likes of Adidas, Pepsi, watchmaker Jacobs & Co. and Budweiser, which he just picked up last year under a three-year deal.
"In total, the ten highest-paid soccer players are expected to collect pretax earnings of $585 million this season, up from last year's $570 million. Salary and bonus make up the bulk of the total—$415 million—and are up a modest 2.6% from last year as most clubs continue to be cautious in the face of uncertainty around emerging Covid-19 strains," Forbes added.
PSG now claims three of the world's five highest-paid players, including the 29-year-old Neymar, who lands at No. 3 once again with $95 million, and the 22-year-old Kylian Mbappe, who is No. 4 with $43 million.
Liverpool's Mohamed Salah, 29, rounds out the top five with $41 million.
This year, the 37-year-old Andres Iniesta returns as the only player from a non-European team, landing at No. 7 with $35 million after signing a two-year contract extension with Vissel Kobe in Japan, his club since he left Barcelona in 2018.
FORBES TOP TEN HIGHEST EARNERS IN FOOTBALL 2021-22
1. Cristiano Ronaldo – £91.5m ($125m)
2. Lionel Messi – £80.5m ($110m)
3. Neymar – £69.5m ($95m)
4. Kylian Mbappe – £31.5m ($43m)
5. Mohamed Salah – £30m ($41m)
6. Robert Lewandowski – £26m ($35m)
7. Andres Iniesta – £26m ($35m)
8. Paul Pogba – £25m ($34m)
9. Gareth Bale – £23.5m ($32m)
10. Eden Hazard – £21m ($29m)
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Reference: Brown SA, Moraru II, Schaff JC, Loew LM (2011): Virtual NEURON: a strategy for merged biochemical and electrophysiological modeling.
Comments: K2 calcium-activated potassium current, adapted for cvode by brown et al (2010). All channel models are from miyasho et al. (2001), an adaptation of de schutter and bower (1994). Various modifications from ancestor model modeling study, with morphology and kinetics adapted from ancestor model. The animal model info here is from the ancestor.
Temperature: Default temperature is 37 deg C, but channel model appears to have no temperature dependence.


Abstract: This study examined the relationship between money supply, government borrowing and inflation in Ghana from 1981 to 2013. The study adopts a quantitative methodology framework and specifically employs econometric technique (Auto-Regressive Distributed Lag Models) to investigate the relationship between money supply, government borrowing and inflation in Ghana. The stationarity test done using the Augmented Dickey Fuller (ADF) and Philip Peron (PP) tests reveals that the variables under study were stationary at the levels and first difference hence justifying the use of the Auto-Regressive Distributed Lag Models (ARDL).The ARDL technique to cointegration shows that there is long run relationship among the variables. The long run results reveal that External Debt Stock is positively related to Inflation, however not significant. Furthermore, Broad Money Supply and Interest Rate are positively and significantly related to Inflation. Exchange Rate on the other hand is negatively and significantly related to Inflation. Contrary to the long run, External Debt Stock in the short run was positively and significantly related to Inflation. Broad Money Supply and Exchange Rate were negatively and significantly related to Inflation. Interest Rate was positively and significantly related to Inflation in the short run. The estimated coefficient of ECM of -0.7410 reveals that about 74.10% of the errors in the short run are corrected in the long run. The study therefore recommends that in order to maintain low levels of inflation, the government of Ghana should control borrowing and the supply of money in the economy.


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Chief Justice Peralta to retire early
Posted at Dec 01 2020 01:36 PM | Updated as of Dec 01 2020 06:51 PM
President Rodrigo Duterte discusses matters with newly appointed Supreme Court Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta following the latter's oath-taking ceremony at the Malacañang Palace on October 24, 2019 Karl Norman Alonzo, Presidential Photo
MANILA (2nd UPDATE) — Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta will retire from his post a year early, the high court's spokesman said Tuesday, allowing President Rodrigo Duterte to name at least one more top magistrate before his term ends in 2022.
Peralta, who was appointed top magistrate in October 2019, will retire on March 27, 2021, his 69th birthday, according to Supreme Court spokesperson Brian Hosaka. The mandatory retirement age for high court justices is 70.
Duterte picks Peralta as new Chief Justice
"The Chief Justice did not elaborate further but said that he will make a formal announcement in due time," Hosaka said.
He was the 3rd chief justice that Duterte named after the ouster of Maria Lourdes Sereno as chief magistrate in 2018. Sereno's high court stint was supposed to outlast Duterte's presidency but she was removed on a quo warranto petition filed by Duterte's Solicitor General, Jose Calida.
Peralta succeeded former chief magistrates Lucas Bersamin and Teresita de Castro, who served for just 44 days after Sereno was booted out.
Peralta was first appointed to the high court in January 2009 as associate justice and served as Sandiganbayan associate and presiding justice from 2002 to 2008. In both instances, he was appointed by then President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
Among high-profile decisions Peralta penned at the high court was the November 2016 ruling upholding the legality of the controversial burial of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani.
He also wrote the August 2017 decision allowing plea bargaining in small-time drug cases, the September 2018 decision requiring mandatory compliance with chain of custody requirements in drug cases, and the June 2019 ruling granting retroactive application of the expanded good conduct time allowance (GCTA) law.
Peralta also voted to uphold the legality of administration critic Sen. Leila De Lima's February 2017 arrest, the declaration of martial law in Mindanao and its extensions, and the closure of Boracay island in 2018 for rehabilitation.
He was in favor of Sereno's ouster and was among justices who testified against her during the House of Representatives probe on the impeachment complaint against the former high court chief.
Peralta also voted to dismiss the same-sex marriage petition and the writ of kalikasan petition filed by the Integrated Bar of the Philippines and fishermen from Zambales and Palawan.
DUTERTE TO APPOINT 4TH CHIEF JUSTICE
With Peralta's early retirement from the high court, Duterte will get to select a new magistrate — his 4th since he took office in 2016.
The next 5 most senior justices are automatically nominated for the chief justice post: Senior Associate Justice Estela Perlas-Bernabe and Associate Justices Marvic Leonen, Alfredo Benjamin Caguioa, Alexander Gesmundo and Ramon Paul Hernando.
The first 3 were appointed by former President Benigno Aquino III, the last 2 by Duterte.
Bernabe has until May 15, 2022 before she reaches mandatory retirement age while Leonen and Caguioa are expected to stay in court until 2032 and 2029, respectively.
The Office of the Solicitor-General (OSG), along with lawyer Lorenzo Gadon, has initiated moves to oust Leonen with the threat of a quo warranto petition over his statements of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN). The Supreme Court has unanimously turned down their request for SALN.
SC blocks attempt to secure Leonen's SALN for quo warranto plea
The OSG, together with defeated vice presidential candidate Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., had also sought to remove Leonen as justice in charge of the election protest Marcos filed against Vice President Leni Robredo, which the SC, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal had also denied.
Bongbong Marcos wants SC justice Leonen to inhibit in poll protest
OSG backs Bongbong in seeking Justice Leonen's inhibition from VP election protest
PET junks Marcos inhibition plea vs Justice Leonen in VP poll protest
Gesmundo, whom Peralta has tapped to initiate reforms in the Supreme Court's rules, is 64 and won't retire until 2026 while Hernando is the youngest justice in the high court at only 54. He is not expected to retire until 2036.
Peralta's retirement will open another vacancy for an associate justice post in the high court.
Associate Justice Priscilla Baltazar-Padilla retired in November due to "physical disability," after being appointed only in July.
SC accepts early retirement of magistrate Priscilla Baltazar-Padilla over health issues
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NASA to Form Task Force to Review Planetary Protection Guidelines
By Marcia Smith | Posted: December 11, 2018 10:06 pm ET | Last Updated: December 12, 2018 2:16 pm ET
NASA will form a Task Force to look at updating the planetary protection guidelines promulgated by the international Committee on Space Research (COSPAR). The action comes in response to recommendations from a NASA Advisory Council (NAC) committee that were debated over the past two days and to a recent report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Both acknowledged that much has changed since the last time the guidelines were modified, including the growing interest of the private sector in exploring and utilizing Mars and other solar system bodies.
NAC reports to the NASA Administrator and Jim Bridenstine created a Regulatory and Policy Committee (RPC) soon after taking office. It is chaired by Mike Gold of Maxar Technologies. The RPC met for the first time on November 16.
One of RPCs many recommendations to NAC was to have NASA create a multidisciplinary team of experts from industry, science, and government to develop U.S. policies that "properly balance" the needs of industry, science, and human exploration when it comes to planetary protection.
For the past five decades, planetary protection procedures have been guided by COSPAR principles that are adopted by consensus at COSPAR, part of the International Council for Science.
Planetary protection refers to protecting other solar system bodies from contamination by people and probes launched from Earth (forward contamination), and protecting Earth from contamination by materials brought back by people and probes (back contamination).
The RPC also recommended discontinuing use of the term planetary protection. Instead, it wants to use "harmful contamination," the wording in Article IX of the Outer Space Treaty (OST) that calls on signatories to avoid harmful contamination of other celestial bodies and to protect Earth from adverse changes as a result of space exploration.
Yesterday and today, NAC met to debate those and other recommendations from its various committees.
Thomas Zurbuchen, Associate Administrator for Science Mission Directorate, NASA. Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani
Thomas Zurbuchen, the head of NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD), and Len Fisk, the President of COSPAR, took part in the NAC meeting yesterday where most of the discussion took place. Joining by telephone was Fiona Harrison, chair of the Academies' Space Studies Board (SSB), which is the U.S. member of COSPAR and has played a pivotal role in developing the COSPAR planetary protection guidelines. As chair of SSB she is an ex officio member of NAC.
Zurbuchen agreed to create a Task Force, including industry representatives, to develop proposed changes to the COSPAR guidelines.
Those proposed changes will be reviewed by three NAC committees (RPC, Science, and Human Exploration and Operations) and then NAC itself, with its recommendation forwarded to the Administrator.
After that, the proposal will be sent the SSB and its counterpart, the Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board (ASEB) for review. That result will be sent to COSPAR where international consensus will be sought. Fisk, who also is a former SSB chair and former head of NASA's science programs, said he is "excited about this possibility." He joked that he is the first American President of COSPAR and in this case he is both the pitcher and the catcher for whatever proposal is made.
Asked about how much time this will take, Gold replied that "we know this process will take, and deserves, time." Apparently three NAC committees will play a role: RPC, Science, and Human Exploration and Operations.
Zurbuchen stressed the need for SSB and ASEB to assess how whatever changes are proposed comply with the most recent advice from the Academies on this topic.
That advice was in a July 2018 report "Review and Assessment of Planetary Protection Policy Development Processes," chaired by Joseph Alexander. It identifies three new drivers — government agencies that want to pursue geopolitical and technology objectives embodied in human exploration of Mars; new governmental entrants seeking to join the community of space-faring nations by sending robotic and possibly humans missions to the Moon or Mars; and private sector entities that want to provide commercial transportation to the Moon and Mars or use space for commercial benefits such as asteroid mining.
The report argues that planetary protection policies and requirements should apply equally to government and private sector missions. Therefore, domestic and international policy-making processes need to take private sector views into account.
Harrison encouraged everyone to read that report, which has "thoughtful recommendations" about what is needed. The report appears to be in alignment with the RPC's goal of getting industry a seat at the table when planetary protection guidelines are developed.
The decision for NASA to take the lead and follow existing processes through the Academies and COSPAR may ameliorate concerns that the needs of the science community may get lost in the drive towards human exploration and commercial utilization of space. Scientists want to be sure that if they find life on Mars, for example, that it is indigenous and not brought there from Earth.
Harrison cautioned against changing the term planetary protection, which is well understood in scientific circles. Gold said his concern is that it is so broad. The compromise was that the Task Force will "explore the use" of the term planetary protection versus other terms used in the Treaty.
Gold called the end result the "grand COSPAR compromise of 2018." He insists there is no dispute between industry, human spaceflight, and science: "we all travel together … these are complementary."
The specific wording of the RPC recommendations was modified during the course of the NAC meeting. The final version will be posted on the NAC website in due course.
Updated: We received clarification that NAC will review the proposal before SSB/ASEB and have updated the article accordingly.
Last Updated: Dec 12, 2018 2:16 pm ET


The effect of Tai Chi exercise on the sleep quality of the elderly residents in Isfahan, Sadeghieh elderly home | Hosseini | .
PhD, Department of physical education, The University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran.
BACKGROUND: Sleep disturbances are common among older adults. Recently there is much interest in complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) from the population in general, and the elderly are no exception. Tai Chi exercise as a CAM can be performed by older adults. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of Tai Chi Exercise on sleep quality of elderly residents in Sadeghiyeh elderly care home.
METHODS: In this Clinical Trial, 62 older subjects aged older than 65 years residents of elderly home in Isfahan were studied. They randomized in two experimental and control groups. The intervention was the Tai Chi Exercise sessions were held three times per week for 12 weeks. Duration of exercise was 5 minutes at first session which gradually increased to 20 to 25 minutes by the midpoint of intervention. The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) was used for pre and post evaluation of older adult sleep quality. Data analyzed using the SPSS14 software.
RESULTS: There were no differences in demographic characteristics or psychological variables between two groups. Mean age of studied subjects in experimental and control groups was 68.74(5.48) and 69.42(5.34), respectively. In the Tai Chi group sleep quality was improved significantly with decrease in PSQI global score. In control group sleep quality was not changed significantly. At the end of study, mean differences of PSQI global score between two groups different significantly.
CONCLUSIONS: Our finding is coherent with other studies in this field indicated that the Tai Chi Exercise can have a significanteffect on sleep quality in older adults.
KEY WORDS: Sleep quality, Tai chi exercise, elderly, elderly care home.


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When trust is broken
This post is a follow-up to my post last year about risk and safety. In that post, I assumed that people who want or need safety trust their government to provide it. But what happens if that trust is broken?
Trust in government is the foundation of our system of nation states. People rely on government to defend the borders and provide a safe place for them to live, work and bring up children. More than that, people rely on government to create the prosperity they desire - either directly, through government spending programmes, or indirectly, through supporting and encouraging private enterprise. And people - especially in the developed world - expect government to provide for them when they are unable to provide for themselves.
Trust in government is also the foundation of our financial system. Currency issued by a trustworthy government is regarded as risk-free. So is debt issued by a trustworthy government. Neither has any value if trust in the government is destroyed.
So what happens when people who want safety - physical, economic or financial - start to lose faith that their government can provide it? They start to look for safer places. This can take a number of forms.
Obviously, if their fear is that the COUNTRY is unsafe, they leave - if they can. Refugees from war zones pile across borders to countries they believe are safer. People who fear persecution on religious or political grounds seek asylum in countries with a strong rule of law.
If their fear is that the government cannot be trusted to provide the prosperity they desire, they may also leave. Economic migrants risk life & limb in dangerous sea crossings or conceal themselves in container loads to get to countries that have a reputation for economic strength and freedom. Alternatively, people may try to bring down the government and replace it with one that in their view will espouse policies that will bring them the prosperity they want.
If their fear is that the government cannot be trusted to maintain the value of money, or will seize more of it than they perceive as reasonable, they move their money elsewhere. They reject the government's money, preferring to use foreign currencies instead: they hoard cash in foreign bank accounts and buy hard assets such as gold: they hide their money in places where they don't have to admit to its existence - tax havens.
At the moment, we are seeing all of these happening in the Western world. The price of gold and precious metals is rising: cash holdings by companies and households are at a record high: tax havens are thriving. In the most troubled countries, which are part of the European Single Currency system so do not have their own currencies, investors are rejecting government debt - this is still rejection of government money, just in a different form (if these countries had their own currencies, those currencies would be falling in value). And people, particularly the young, are leaving economically troubled countries such as Ireland and Greece.
Clearly, people are fearful. What exactly do they fear, and are they justified? Let's look at the possibilities.
Inflation. The rising gold price suggests that people fear future inflation. There are a number of reasons for this fear, but in my view the principal one is the belief that Quantitative Easing (often wrongly described as "money printing") is inflationary. This is because historically there is a strong association between out-of-control production of fiat currency to extinguish excessive government debt obligations (monetization of debt), and hyperinflation.
Personally I don't think QE is remotely similar to this. Every example of hyperinflation in the 20th century that I have found was a distressed sovereign shut out of debt markets, reeling from a recent severe economic shock and usually suffering a catastrophic collapse of production. The only economies I can think of at the moment that any of this applies to are Greece, Ireland and Portugal, none of which can issue their own currencies anyway. If they were to leave the Euro I think hyperinflation would indeed be a serious risk, especially for Greece which is in deep recession. But nowhere outside the Eurozone is in this kind of mess at the moment (although Hungary might be heading that way). The Bank of Japan has been doing QE for the best part of 20 years and there is no sign of hyperinflation in Japan - in fact Japan's problem is actually persistent deflation, which the Bank of Japan only just manages to keep from spiralling out of control.
There are also suggestions from the weird fringe that Western governments, particularly the US, will at some point soon be forced to monetize debt, leading to massive hyperinflation. The thinking appears to be that other countries (especially China) will dump their holdings of US government bonds on the world market, the price will crash and the US will be forced to print money to fund its fiscal and trade deficits. If this were to happen it would indeed be a big disaster, and it is not completely beyond the bounds of possibility. But to my mind, at the moment they would do better to worry about the Eurozone, which is a real, current disaster, rather than chasing chimeras. While oil and commodities remain priced in dollars, countries will want to hold on to dollar reserves in some form, whether as actual currency or as dollar-denominated risk-free bonds - ie US Treasuries. When the US lost its AAA rating last year, FT Alphaville tried to find an alternative risk-free liquid asset to the US Treasury. They failed.
Government debt default. High cash holdings suggest that people think this is potentially a problem. But not, it seems, for the countries with the most debt. Cash balances in the UK, US and Japan are at an all-time high. And these are all fiat currency-issuing sovereigns. Investors know perfectly well that in the event of debt default by a fiat currency-issuing sovereign, the currency usually collapses too, which would wipe out their cash holdings. Clearly they aren't lacking confidence in these governments at the moment - and this is borne out by the fact that the debt of these countries is trading at record low yields. So although the UK government appears to be terrified that investors will withdraw their money because of the fear of debt default, investor behaviour suggests that the UK is the least of their worries. It is the Eurozone countries, and in particular Greece, Spain and Italy, that are seeing cash leave at a rate of knots. Evidently people fear the default of these governments far more.
High taxation. At present governments across the Western world are running budget deficits and their debt levels are high and rising. Concern is being expressed in some quarters that this is storing up an unacceptable tax burden for future generations.
It's actually quite hard to determine whether or not this fear is justified, because whether debt (or currency issuance) is unsustainable depends on the economic performance of the country. It is possible for governments to spend so much that they have to tax their populations practically to extinction. But I don't think that any Western government is anywhere near this disastrous state at present. The bigger risk is unquestionably deflation and economic collapse.
Bleak future prospects. Youth unemployment is at an all-time high. Countries experiencing high unemployment and youth flight are generally pursuing economic policies, in the name of "structural reforms", that cause their economies to contract, which makes unemployment - especially for the young - even worse. The Eurozone leadership would argue that the structural reforms they are imposing will eventually make the future better for young people. But "eventually" is a long time when you're young. I can't blame them for leaving in search of a better future elsewhere.
Loss of trust in government is a serious matter. The actions that people take when they perceive their government as untrustworthy may themselves be highly risky. Physical flight may involve long and dangerous journeys. Attempting to bring down a government may fail, in which case life or freedom may be forfeit - and lives may be lost even in successful government overthrow. Financial flight involves transferring life savings to another country or putting them out of reach of immediate access. And some types of financial flight are more risky than people realise. Buying gold is all very well, but when food is scarce and people are resorting to barter to get what they need, gold has little value. You can't eat gold.
Irrespective of the system of government, there are always a minority of people who don't trust the government of their country. But as long as the majority do, the government and the economic system remain stable and leaders feel justified in ignoring the discomfort of the minority. It's one of these "tipping point" questions: what percentage of the population have to have reached a position of total distrust of their government for that government and the economic system it maintains to be at risk? And how do you predict whether that tipping point will be reached, and when? What was it, in the Arab Spring, that made distrust turn into unrest and then into revolution? What would it take, in the Eurozone, for minority discomfort and flight to turn into a major exodus sufficient to force the breakup of the Single Currency?
It seems to me that many social and economic phenomena have "tipping points": pressures gradually build up, and eventually release themselves in violent revolution, economic collapse or financial catastrophe. Sometimes, after the event, we can see clearly what the trigger was: so for example, with the Weimar republic of the early 1920s, we know that the trigger for the exponential hyperinflation that Germans still fear to this day was the French seizure of the Ruhr industrial area in a misguided attempt to extract overdue payment of World War I reparations. But more often the exact trigger is hard to distinguish, and anyway it is really only a "last straw"; what we should be looking for is the buildup of pressure that leads to the trigger event. Leaders do not pay sufficient attention to this, and all too often silence the people who seek to warn them. So it was with the financial crisis of 2008: so it is now with the Euro crisis. There are many, many signs saying "Danger ahead". But our leaders ignore them and lead us blindly over the cliff.
Eurozone financial crisis trust
Reminds me of some of the issues in http://adragonsbestfriend.wordpress.com/2011/10/24/is-middle-class-no-longer-magical/ - "Is middle class no longer magical?"
Virtual Gherkin 7 June 2012 at 01:19
Wonder what trigger points repeat through history, for there are. And how many people have woken to several societal trigger points visible in the uk, and whether that trigger will be squeezed?
Sean 7 June 2012 at 11:15
I think the issue is "consent" if the populations do not feel decisions do not reflect the mandates they have given then as you say that erosion of trust will be a tipping point.
In many ways consent is off set by the provision of public goods and can also be bought off with cheap credit and liar loans ect.
This is the real fatal flaw in the whole EUro mess. If they had arrived at this point with more legitimacy for their project than the present troubles would be surmountable.
And if they proceed with full economic and defacto political union then it will have to be underpinned by proper democratic structures which I bet will be anathema to the technocrats and will as history shows with the EU nothing more than brand awareness.
Transplanting a federal democratic system onto a continent with 4000 years of history, culture and customs i suspect will be bloody.
That Barclays LIBOR-fixing matter......
The money machine
A financial Nuremberg?
The monsters of Spain
The real tragedy of Europe
The real bailout
How to bring down a bank
A really scary story
Calling International Rescue
Zombies? What zombies?
When history speaks
How Britain paid for war: bond holders in the Great War 1914-32


Home Repair Forum > Indoor Home Repair > Projects > Trim for Stairs?
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I have carpeted stairs going down to my basement. I had to add mud to many spots on the walls when I tore off the wood paneling. Because of this there are many spots where the mud and carpet don't meet nicely. Is there any type of trim that I can put on both sides of my stairs that will finish off the carpet and walls?
However that seems like it would be hard to fit properly. Any ideas?
is your staircase like the one that is pictured? therefore the out board and inboard stringers are visible.
Here are my stairs looking down and then up.
any wide moldings would work, even those very detailed moldings - you'll just have to use a coping saw around the bullnose of the treads. the rest, internal and external nineties are a standard 90 degree miter cuts. you may need to touch sand the angles to make the nineties come out right unless your steps and risers are perfectly horizontal and plumb.


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and half of the duo The B.G.'z, alongside fellow New Orleans-based rapper Lil' Doogie. In 1996, Lil Wayne formed the Southern hip hop group Hot Boys, with his Cash Money label-mates Juvenile, Young Turk and Lil' Doogie (who now goes by B.G.). Hot Boys debuted with Get It How U Live! that same year.
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In-conjunction with our partners at Phoenix Dart Taiwan; our 2015 Distributor of the Year we are pleased to celebrate 'Double Tenth National Day' in Taiwan with the release of their 300 set limited edition 'Emperor'. Double Tenth is considered as the Birthday of the Republic of China. Every year on October 10th Taiwan celebrates this holiday in commemoration of the 1911 Wuch'ang Uprising. The people of Taiwan all gather to congratulate the nation on its birthday celebration. Happy Double Tenth day Taiwan and good darts!


Through the Camp ARCTIC (Arthritis Can't Tame My Independence and Courage) Fund, the Healthy Alaska Natives Foundation works with the Arthritis Foundation, Southcentral Foundation, and other wonderful members of our community to provide a free summer camp for kids of all ethnicities from across Alaska who have juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA).
In order to understand the value of Camp ARCTIC, it is important to understand how serious JIA is. It is a condition that causes the body's immune system to malfunction and attack healthy cells, such as the membrane between joints. It is extremely painful and makes the normal movements that most of us take for granted very difficult. It can also be a lonely condition. If a child with JIA lives in a small community, chances are he or she is the only person in that community with the condition.
Camp ARCTIC provides a fun place where children with JIA can experience activities with other kids who have the same condition and where parents can share strategies for managing their child's arthritis with other parents and meet with specialized physicians about their child's condition. Not only is Camp ARCTIC an enjoyable three days, but it provides a rare opportunity for children to form friendships and understand that they are not alone.
There is no cure for JIA, but together we can make living with it just a little bit easier for Alaska's brave kids.
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We are more than happy to welcome our new partner ATEGRA AG in Switzerland. They are developing powerful, easy-to-use and well thought-out Notes and Domino based software systems for more than 20 years with a great customer trust. Together with ATEGRA we extend our reach in the Swiss market to bring our powerful teamWorkr solution to even more potential customers.
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Christmas came early for us this year at Team Technology. As announced by IBM on December, 18th 2018, teamWorkr can now be purchased directly from IBM and is now available via IBM Passport Advantage.
Welcome Intec! With Intec we are more than happy to welcome our first partner in UK. Intec Systems Ltd. collaborate closely with their clients, bringing together business insight, significant experience and technology to provide a distinct advantage in today's rapidly changing business environment.
teamWorkr is Domino 10 Ready!
During the last weeks we participated in a few certifications from IBM. With the upcoming release of Domino V10 only being days (October, 10th) away now, we are happy to announce that Team Technology and teamWorkr are Domino 10 Ready.
IBM announces an agreement to resell teamWorkr to provide new web and mobile-based application experiences for Domino 8.5.3, or higher, with minimal effort.Designed to benefit clients through rapid modernization of Notes Domino applications that administrators, savvy business users, or students can be taught to master.
New month, new partner. With IMCollaboration we are happy to welcome our second partner in the USA. IMCollaboration has been helping companies with migration and coexistence for over 9 years. We currently engage with companies who need to maintain their Domino applications environment but want them accessible and in the cloud. teamWorkr provides web accessibility to Domino applications and HCL for the cloud hosting.
Partnering: DI Kendöl & Partner IT Services Ges.m.b.H.
New month, new partner. With DI Kendöl & Partner IT Services Ges.m.b.H. we are happy to welcome our first partner in Austria. They have been developing tailor-made applications over the last 30 years, mainly based on IBM Technologies. Devoted to designing and delivering a perfect solution to any given challenge, they put their special focus on data and services integration and visualization.
We are truly exited to welcome our new partner Cyone in Riga, Ladvia. With this new partnership Team Technology is extending it's reach to a lot more customers in the Baltic States, Russia, Scandinavia, and other European countries. With their professional experience with over 20 years in the IBM software market we are happy to have them on board.
Team Technology has been featured as a runner-up for Outstanding Collaborative Work Solution.
Revealed at the IBM PartnerWorld at IBM Think conference in Las Vegas, Nevada on March 20, 2018, Team Technology is pleased to announce that we've been selected by IBM as a runner-up for Outstanding Collaborative Work Solution and Beacon Award Finalist.


The Koren Illustrated Haggada reflects two of the core goals of the Pesah seder: to participate in tradition and to derive personal meaning from a collective history.
The Haggada presents the traditional Hebrew text in clear Koren Siddur Font with illustrations from the 13th century Erna Michael Haggada, now in the collection of the Israel Museum.
Available in several languages, the Haggada will enrich your seder experience.


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Natural Resources Wales agrees new contractor and consultant framework for capital works programmes
A range of contractors and consultants have been appointed by Natural Resources Wales (NRW) and tasked with delivering a range of capital projects from flood risk management to major infrastructure works in Wales' forests over the next four years.
Four contractors and two consultants have been appointed to NRW's £65million Next Generation Framework following a procurement process.
William Hughes (Civil Engineering) Ltd and Jones Bros Ruthin (Civil Engineering) Ltd will work across North Wales, and Walters UK Ltd and Alun Griffiths (Contractors) Ltd will work across South Wales.
Two consultants, Arup and Binnies UK (formerly Black & Veatch), have been appointed to work Wales-wide.
The framework will deliver NRW's flood risk management programme, Reservoirs Act compliance programme, flow gauging network upgrades, fish passage improvements and major infrastructure works on the Welsh Government Woodland Estate.
NRW has created the framework to help it achieve its objectives for the people and communities of Wales and the Welsh environment. This includes reducing flood risk, managing Wales' natural resources, including land and water, sustainably championing the Welsh environment and improving the resilience and quality of our ecosystems.
NRW and its framework partners will seek to use natural resources in a way and at a rate that maintains and enhances the resilience of ecosystems and the benefits they provide.
Gavin Jones, NRW's Design Consultancy Framework Manager said:
"We're excited to enter into a new chapter of delivering challenging but rewarding projects across Wales with our new Next Generation Framework partners.
"Wales' Green Recovery Plan for Covid-19 will be at the heart of the framework as we deliver important work for Wales' communities and environments.
"The Framework is designed to meet the needs of present generations without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs and to contribute to the achievement of the well-being goals in the Well-being of Future Generations Act.
"The four year programme will focus on projects that will help to reduce flood risk to homes from rivers and the sea, adapting our assets to help mitigate the impacts of climate change, improving Welsh river habitats, keeping our reservoirs safe, supporting the Welsh timber sector, and improving access to and the use of our land."
The framework has been produced in accordance with the principles of The Institute of Civil Engineers' Project 13, whereby NRW seeks to deliver better outcomes focussed on value through a collaborative approach with a small, aligned supply chain that is suited to its civil engineering needs.
NRW will involve its partners in planning programmes to ensure a steady workload and consistency of staff, who can perform efficiently and learn lessons. All contracts will be NEC Target Price (Option C) to fairly share risks between NRW and partners.
Work will be directly awarded under the framework on an alternating basis between partners, removing the timely and costly tender process.
Construction management and ground investigation services are currently being procured to the Next Generation Framework for appointment this spring.


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Swale wins the 1984 Kentucky Derby for owner Claiborne Farm. (Dan Johnson/BloodHorse)
In some ways, Swale can be considered the Riva Ridge of the 1980s.
Both were champions.
Each of them were obscured by a famous stablemate for part of their career.
They also registered the first Kentucky Derby win for one of the sport's most famous farms.
Both suffered a loss in the Preakness that kept them from sweeping the Triple Crown.
Yet Swale did not save his farm, like Riva Ridge did (sorry, folks, the Secretariat movie got that part wrong).
Nor did he put together a career long enough and sensational enough to join Riva Ridge in the Racing Hall and Fame. Fate intervened far too soon to allow that to happen.
The saga of Swale was one of racing's saddest tales of the 1980s.
Swale wins the Saratoga Special as a 2-year-old. (Bob Coglianese)
Once the second-string talent behind Devil's Bag, Swale won the 1984 Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes to finally occupy center stage in a year when racing was looking for stars to stock its first Breeders' Cup. But then, even swifter than fame smiled on him, his great moment of triumph in the Belmont Stakes turned into tragedy just eight days later when Claiborne Farm's homebred colt suffered what is believed to be heart failure and died.
"Swale was so special because it's been the dream of this farm and everyone here for so long to win a Derby and he's the one who finally did it for us," said John Sosby, who was Claiborne's farm manager at the time of the colt's death.
Swale was born at Claiborne Farm and hailed from a royal lineage. His sire was 1977 Triple Crown champion Seattle Slew and his dam was Claiborne's Tuerta, a one-eyed daughter of Forli.
While he raced under Claiborne's name and carried its silks, he was owned by a group that included William Haggin Perry, Peter Brant, and members of the Hancock family, which owned and operated Claiborne Farm under the leadership of Seth Hancock.
Like most of Claiborne's top horses of that era, Swale started his career as part of Hall of Fame trainer Woody Stephens's stable in New York.
Swale made his career debut on July 7, 1983, at Belmont Park and finished second as a 3-5 favorite. He rebounded to win his next start and then captured the Saratoga Special, beating Shuttle Jet, who had beaten him in his career debut.
He finished third in the Hopeful, but then closed out his 2-year-old season with a trio of photo-finish wins, taking the Belmont Futurity by a nose, the Breeders' Futurity at Keeneland by a head, and the Young America Stakes at the Meadowlands by a nose.
In another year, a campaign like that could have earned a 2-year-old an Eclipse Award. Yet in 1983, it made Swale the second-best juvenile in the nation – and his barn.
Devil's Bag, owned by Hickory Tree Stable and trained by Stephens, was as dazzling at age 2 as any of the Triple Crown champions of the previous decade.
He won all five of his starts at 2 by a combined 27 lengths and closed out the year by winning a pair of Grade 1 stakes, the Champagne and Laurel Futurity, by six and 5 ¼ lengths, respectively.
To no one surprise, Devil's Bag was voted the year's champion 2-year-old and whenever the topic of conversation turned to 1984 the train of thought was not whether Devil's Bag could win the Kentucky Derby, but could he sweep the Triple Crown?
With such a brilliant and charismatic star in his own barn, it was easy to overlook Swale as the Triple Crown preps began.
Swale wins the Hutcheson Stakes. (Jim Raftery/Turfotos)
An eight-length win in the Hutcheson reminded everyone of how good Swale could be, but then a stunning third-place finish in the Fountain of Youth as a 2-5 favorite raised questions about his stature as top-shelf Kentucky Derby material.
Meanwhile, Devil's Bag's star also began to dim. Two weeks before Swale's loss in the Fountain of Youth, Devil's Bag went down to an even more shocking loss when he faded to fourth in the Grade 1 Flamingo.
Devil's Bag then romped in the Forerunner Purse at Keeneland, but in was supposed to be his final prep for the Kentucky Derby, he posted a lackluster win in the Derby Trial over the same track as the Derby. The plan became to reserve him for the Preakness, but shortly after his victory at Churchill Downs a bone chip was discovered in his knee and he was retired before the first Saturday in May.
Swale, in the interim, became Stephens's main Derby hope. Ridden for the first time by Laffit Pincay Jr., who took over the mount because Eddie Maple was committed to Devil's Bag, Swale rebounded from the Fountain of Youth by winning the Florida Derby, beating Dr. Carter, who had finished ahead of Devil's Bag in the Flamingo.
The good karma, though, turned to turmoil when Swale's final Derby prep turned into a runner-up finish by eight lengths to the unheralded He Is a Great Dude in the Lexington Stakes. The loss was blamed on a sloppy racetrack, but it served to resurrect some doubts about his ability to handle the best remaining members of the division at a demanding mile-and-a-quarter distance.
An added complication for Swale was that Stephens was hospitalized for pneumonia and emphysema for a few weeks in late April and was not released until the eve of the Kentucky Derby. Claiborne's Mike Griffin was brought in to fill in for Stephens during that period as Swale thrived after the setback in the Lexington.
The Flamingo was viewed as the year's best prep, and with the three favorites in that race (Time for a Change, Dr. Carter, and Devil's Bag) out of the Derby picture, favoritism in the 110th edition of the run for the roses was bestowed in an unusual manner. With the year's collection of top colts depleted, trainer D. Wayne Lukas's entry of two fillies, Althea and Life's Magic, was sent off as the 5-2 favorite.
Swale was the 3.40-1 second choice.
But on that May afternoon, Swale was ready for a peak effort. Third in the early stages behind the pacesetting Althea, he surged to the front on the final turn, drew off to a five-length lead at the eighth pole and registered a 3 1/4-length victory over Coax Me Chad and At the Threshold.
According to Sports Illustrated, in the celebration after the Claiborne's coveted initial Derby win, Griffin offered a champagne toast to Dell Hancock, Seth's sister, with the words, "All's Swale that ends Swale."
The pursuit of a Derby win was over for Claiborne and its partners, but the Triple Crown chase was not.
Swale headed to Pimlico where he was sent off as an odds-on 3-5 favorite in the Preakness.
Yet once again, something went wrong.
Bill Badgett, who was one of Stephens' assistants during that era, told ESPN.com a few years ago that Swale's chances in Preakness were undermined by a lightning-quick workout.
Swale wins the Belmont Stakes. (BloodHorse photo)
"I had the best 3-year-olds in the country, and since Devil's Bag was all through by that time, Swale was the best and he proved it [in the Kentucky Derby]. In the Preakness, I wanted him to work a mile in 1:41 for the race, and he went in 1:37. The track was like this floor, and he couldn't handle it," Stephens said in a NYRA.com story recounting his Belmont Stakes winners.
Swale chased the early leaders in the Preakness, but wilted in the stretch and wound up seventh.
Undaunted by the end of the Triple Crown bid, Stephens went to work, preparing Swale for the Belmont Stakes in hopes of notching a third straight win in the final leg of the Triple Crown.
"Woody did a phenomenal job with him," said Badgett, who claimed what Stephens accomplished with Swale serves as the Hall of Famer's best work in the Test of the Champion.
Though it's the longest leg of the Triple Crown, the 1 1/2-mile Belmont on June 9 provided a modest pace that perfectly suited Swale. On a sweltering day in New York, the son of Seattle Slew was sent off as a 3-2 favorite and led throughout en route to a four-length win over Pine Circle that gave Stephens the third of what would ultimately become a still unrivaled five straight wins in the Belmont.
The Belmont erased any doubts about Swale and firmly positioned him as the undisputed leader of the division.
The glory that was being held in reserve for Devil's Bag, was now his.
Then tragedy struck.
On June 17, shortly after returning from a leisurely gallop around Belmont Park, Swale suddenly collapsed. Within minutes, he was dead.
''It was horrible,'' said Phil Gleaves, one of Stephens's assistants at the time. ''At first we thought he had just fallen, but then his tongue and his gums were white and he didn't take a breath for about a minute and a half.''
As those close to the horse tried to make sense of such a senseless turn of events, there were no immediate answers for what had happened.
"The horse never had a sick day in his life. He never even had so much as an aspirin. Never even ran a temperature," Stephens told the media.
Several weeks later, a pathologist found that there was scar tissue near Swale's aortic valve and ruled that heart failure was the most likely cause of death.
Swale's death was a devastating blow to Claiborne and the Hancock family that left them shocked and heartbroken. Though burial at Claiborne was usually reserved for the farm's greatest stallions, an exception was made so that Swale could be interred with them.
"That's the way Seth wanted it. Swale deserved a place among the stallions. Nothing was said during the ceremony. I said goodbye in my own way and Mr. Hancock did in his own way. I know grown men aren't supposed to cry, but I shed a tear today," Sosby said at the time.
Sosby was not alone. The horse that was in the shadows for so long had finally won the heart of America, only to break it in the most shocking of manners.
It's a haunting legacy, yet one that best explains why decades later it's Swale, not his stablemate, who is so fondly remembered from the spring of 1984.
This feature was first published in 2015 and has been updated.
Fun Facts About Swale
Swale raced 14 times, won nine times and earned $1,583,660.
Swale's winning time of 2:27 1/5 in the Belmont was the fourth-fastest ever at the time.
Laffit Pincay Jr.'s lone Kentucky Derby win was aboard Swale.
Peter Brant, one of Swale's owners, won three other stakes on the 1984 Belmont Stakes card.
Swale was posthumously voted the Eclipse Award as the champion 3-year-old male of 1984.
Eddie Maple, who rode Swale in his first nine races, wound up finishing third in the 1984 Kentucky Derby on At the Threshold.
In Woody Stephens's five straight Belmont Stakes wins, only Swale was favored.
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Preparations in Tokyo are already well underway for Kanda Matsuri, which is recognised as one of the capital's three largest and most exuberant festivals. Boasting an absolute plethora of events, you won't want to miss out on the festivities if you happen to be in Tokyo at the moment or this time next year.
Events linked to Kanda Matsuri generally last around six days, with particular focus on the weekend. The fun always occurs during mid-May each year, but what exactly is the celebration all about?
Historians have traced the festival's origins back to the Edo period when the Tokugawa shogun decided to hold a city-wide party in order to show off the prosperity of his new regime. Activities are generally focused around the Kanda Myojin Shrine, which is dedicated to three deities of various origins.
But while the fun lasts for about a week, it is the Saturday and Sunday when the most fun is had. On these days, Tokyo's streets are thronging with crowds eager to watch a series of extravagant processions. The first and most popular leaves Kanda Myojin at 8am on Saturday before winding its way through this enormous metropolis. The Japanese carry out this ancient ritual exactly as it has been done for hundreds of years.
At 10:30 exactly, a stop is made at the shrine's former grounds near the Tokyo Imperial Palace before carrying on through the Otemachi and Kanda districts before a break for lunch at 1:30pm. Progress is resumed with passes made near the Nihonbashi Bridge and the Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi department store at 4:30pm, with Akihabara being the final district visited before the procession returns to Kanda Myojin at 7pm.
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