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An interview with Bobby Julich, March 9, 2006
Bobby's guide to staying strong
He's now 34 years of age but Bobby Julich appears to be as strong as ever. This was evident after he won the prologue of this year's Paris-Nice recently; the American told Cyclingnews' Shane Stokes that despite not getting any younger, there are new goals and targets for 2006.
Behind the quiet demeanour
Photo ©: Shane Stokes
The afternoon of March 6 saw Bobby Julich storm to victory in the prologue of Paris-Nice, taking up where he left off 12 months previously by again wearing yellow at this early-season ProTour race. That and his third place overall in the Tour of California show that he's already in strong form, yet with the Giro d'Italia and Tour de France on this year's race programme, he had actually counted on a slower start to the season.
"It [the prologue win] was a total surprise," he admitted. "So too in California, where I almost won the prologue there. I had a couple of years where no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't ever get a result - but now they almost seem to be coming all by themselves."
Julich had ended the 2004 season early and, after a break, began training hard in December. This time round, a later end to his race programme in 2005 plus bad weather at home near Reno meant that it was January before he really started to knuckle down. Yet performance tests held on the climb of Monte Serra at the CSC training camp in Tuscany, plus the data from his SRM power meter showed that he was in similar shape to the start of 2005, despite having done less miles. That good form has continued into his early races.
Julich told Cyclingnews at the CSC Italian training camp earlier this year that he is aiming to be in peak condition for May. He has a specific aim in mind. "I would like to be as good as I can at the beginning of the Giro, because I'd like to take a little bit of the pressure off Ivan [Basso] and go for the leader's jersey myself," he says. "I think the team time trial and the 52 kilometre time trial will help with that goal. It would be great to have the jersey within the team, without Ivan having to have it on his shoulders for the whole three weeks. Unless things really change, then, in those last few days when the race really gets tough, I won't be able to go up those sort of mountains [with the best]. So then Ivan takes over and we're all happy."
Before the Paris-Nice prologue
Photo ©: R�gis Garnier
After the Giro - which he hopes will be won by Basso - he'll go on to the Tour. Again, he'll be playing a support role to the Italian and once more he hopes that this will pay off with overall race victory. As an American Julich has seen many of his compatriots riding down the Champs Elysees in recent years, the US Postal/Discovery Channel riders proudly leading Lance Armstrong to overall victory. It's something he would like to achieve.
"I think it would be an odd sensation because for seven years, I got to watch some of the guys I have known for a long time do that ride," says Julich. "I was wondering about it; it would be pretty cool, a pretty amazing experience."
Bobby Julich takes the win
Cyclingnews: Well done on your win in the prologue of Paris-Nice. You had told us earlier in the season that you didn't expect to hit top form until May, in the Giro, but here you are taking your first win of the season two months earlier than that.
Bobby Julich: It was a total surprise. So too in California, where I almost won the prologue there. I just said, "Hey, I am going to go out and have fun, enjoy the day and do the best I can," but not really stress about the result. Both outings I was very strong and I had a lot of fun, I had a smile on my face the whole time. In California I was second and here I won, so it was a very, very surprising result for me. At my age you have to take what you get when you can get it. I had a couple of years there where no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't ever get a result, but now they almost seem to be coming all by themselves.
CN: You had a very heavy season last year, so do you think it is a case that you have been able to rest up over the winter and are reaping the benefits of all that work you did in 2005?
BJ: I definitely rested over the winter, let me put it that way! It was relaxed, very relaxed. I played a lot of golf in October and November and then I came for a training camp in December. I had to take it easy because the weather up in the mountains where I live outside Reno wasn't very good after Christmas. I've done less than last year, yet I feel good. It's kind of weird.
"But now that I just enjoy what I do and take the off-season a little bit easier, then hit it hard again in January"
-Julich on his approach leading into the 2006 season
I think one reason is perhaps that I have been doing this for 20 years now. Maybe there is a little bit of a roll-over effect; I have never really allowed myself to recover in the off-season, so maybe I was always riding with one foot in the grave, for a couple of years. But now that I just enjoy what I do and take the off-season a little bit easier, then hit it hard again in January, maybe my body has time to recover and have a little bit of a rollover effect.
CN: You said in January that you hadn't done a whole lot of training and that you are aiming for the Giro to hit top form. Do you still feel that you can step up a level from where you are now?
BJ: Yeah. Besides the training camps, I haven't even started my individual training, which is where I really got my form for Paris-Nice, Criterium International and the Tour of the Benelux last year. I started that block of training after Paris-Nice, so I am really looking forward to being even better in the Giro.
CN: What are your feelings for the rest of Paris-Nice; what will your goals be, what can you do in that race?
BJ: Well, this definitely wasn't one of my objectives. Probably the only reason why I am here is because I have number one on my back from last year. Otherwise I would be doing Tirreno [Adriatico] or maybe even just training right now. As far as the overall, I am already happy to have a win. I am ecstatic. But like I said, at my age, if the opportunity is there to get another good result, then great.
The only problem is that you are comparing yourself to a [overall] victory and the only thing that's going to be as good as last year is winning again, which is kind of difficult. I am under no false impression that I'm going to just ride away from the field and win for the second time, but I am definitely going to have fun doing what I do and, with one win already in the pocket, there is really nothing to worry about. For me, personally, anything more is just icing on the cake.
CN: What's your impression of the 2006 team thus far?
After a stellar 2005
BJ: Well, after two years where CSC just blitzed the spring, we purposely took a more lax training schedule. Bjarne stressed on us that he didn't want us to be burning all of our matches right away in the spring - in particular I think he was talking about Jens Voigt! We have been kicking around a little bit, seconds and thirds, so it was really nice to get the first team win. This year we have goals in all three Grand Tours, so we have to have people strong in May, July and September. I think in the past we have wasted a few guys in the spring, burned a few matches when we didn't really need to, so now we just want to focus more on the bigger races.
CN: You have mentioned the Giro and the Tour as goals for this season. Have you ever done the Giro before?
BJ: No, I've never done the Giro. It's one of those things in cycling that I don't want to regret not doing. I don't want to be saying in 10 or 15 years time, 'ah, I wish I did that'. Of course, the Giro is a huge part of cycling. The Tour de France is still number one, but the Giro got a lot of exposure when I was growing up and Andy Hampsten won. So since then it's always being interesting to see - not that many Americans have done the Giro, we have always kind of focused on the Tour. This year I wanted to do the Giro even before Ivan decided he was going to do it. It's something that I decided to do, just to put another check next to the '100 things I want to do before I die,' sort of thing!"
CN: A lot of guys are saying that they want to ride the Giro; Floyd Landis will be and Jan Ullrich is supposed to be doing it.
BJ: I don't know if they [the organisers] deserve it, but they are going to have a very, very competitive field. Despite not conforming with the ProTour, they are going to come out smelling like roses with the riders that are lining up for their event. It's pretty impressive, actually. I think it will be a good race. I think that obviously some guys will do it for training, but the most important thing is that you have the big names at your event, whether they are riding it in the grupetto for training or going for the win. I think the Tour of Italy is not only going to be one of the most difficult, but also packed in terms of big names, compared to years prior.
CN: Do you have any idea why that is?
Hey, now that's really nice!
BJ: No, I think it's just the way things worked out. It just seems that guys want to try something different to prepare for the Tour, maybe to try to get a little bit stronger. I also look at it as guys finally realising that, 'hey, maybe I can't win the Tour, there is only going to be one guy who can do that.' In particular because in the last seven years it's obviously been out of the question - it's only been one person. So now guys are starting to look around.
That is what I did last year. I said to myself that maybe I can't win the Tour, but perhaps I can win Paris-Nice, Criterium International again or the Tour of the Benelux. So I concentrated on races like that, and when I was in the Tour, I didn't have the pressure that those guys have.
I think that guys are trying to split it up, asking why 25 of the biggest names are going for the same objective when only one can win it. It's still a pretty prestigious thing to win the Giro. I also believe that guys look at the Giro as a possible feather in the cap before going to the big pressure cooker of the Tour. Savoldelli has made a career out of winning the Giro; he doesn't really race much more than that and hasn't won many more races, but both in the week before the Giro and at the Giro itself he is firing on all cylinders. He has made his career out of winning the Giro, and maybe other guys are starting to see that and say they can still be part of the sport outside of the pressure cooker of the Tour.
CN: When are you planning to hit top form?
Hey, that's me...
BJ: I would like to be as good as I can at the beginning of the Giro, because I would like to take a little bit of the pressure off Ivan and go for the leader's jersey myself. I think the team time trial and the 52 kilometre time trial will help with that goal. It would be great to have the jersey within the team, without Ivan having to have it on his shoulders for the whole three weeks. Unless things really change, then, in those last few days when the race really gets tough, I won't be able to go up those sort of mountains [with the best]. So then Ivan takes over and we're all happy.
CN: I guess it is good to have a new focus at this stage of your career, as well.
BJ: For me, it's just like I am putting the finishing touches on my career. It is not going to be that much longer before I retire and I don't want to have any regrets when I am done. The only race that perhaps I won't do that I will regret not doing is Paris-Roubaix. Obviously it's something that you want to do as a cyclist, but is it really the smartest thing to do at this stage of my career? Probably not.
So, other than the Giro, the two races that I would like to do are the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix. But who knows, maybe my last year, next year, I can give it a shot just to say I did it, just to experience it.
CN: So are you thinking next year could be the last one?
"I would like to go and try for one more Olympics...because, number one, I think I have a chance at it and number two, the last one was the coolest thing I have ever done..."
-Julich lets us know where he'll be aiming at after 2006
BJ: Well, I have a contract for this year and next year, so yes. you can never go further than your contract. But if possible, I would like to go and try for one more Olympics, the time trial in Beijing, because, number one, I think I have a chance at it and number two, the last one was the coolest thing I have ever done, as far as experience goes. You can mention I won Paris-Nice and the Tour of Benelux and I was third in the Tour, but most people in America are like, 'did you do the Olympics?' And now I can say yes. So I would really like to do that, and then probably move on after that. In other words, go for this two-year contract, maybe do one year after that to go for the Olympics and then decide what I want to do. By that time I will be 37.
CN: I guess you could always do what some guys have done - just continue on to Paris-Roubaix the following year [2009] and finish there.
BJ: Hey, that's a really good idea. But I don't think anybody would pay me to do three months of the season for Paris-Roubaix, if I basically haven't done it my whole career! Hey, what would really stink is if I did Paris-Roubaix, ended up winning it, and wondered why I didn't do it during the earlier part of my career (laughs).
CN: How do you think the team is looking this year?
Cornering perfection
Photo ©: Alain Quenderf
BJ: You know, every year - especially after that first year - I say, " that was just a dream, it was that one year that everything came together and everything really gelled, there is never going to be another year like that." Then when we came to the 2005 camp I saw that it wasn't a fluke, that this was going to continue. That said, going into this off-season, especially with the massive changes we had, I was very nervous. There was just a different feel about it. Yet once we were back at the camp again [2006], I realised that we are going to be just as good, if not even better.
The snowball effect that Bjarne has started on this team is just amazing; success breeds more success. It is exciting! You always wonder, maybe we've gone too far, maybe we've reached the top, but when I saw the results from the guys in the training camp test, it was something else. It was nothing short of amazing for me to see everyone motivated, fit and able to do the sort of times they did. There is nothing spectacular in what they did, but the collective result just shows that the team overall is much, much stronger than last year. And that says a lot.
CN: How were the tests done?
BJ: There is a climb in Tuscay that Bjarne did testing on when he was an athlete, and evidently all the riders in the area do it. It's 6.2 kilometres long and called the Monte Serra. Many, many riders judge themselves on this climb. We've done that test at least twice every camp for the last three years, so I can click up my SRM files of these tests and compare them. You just see that each one you do gets better. When I compared this year's test to the one taken at the same time last year, looking at them side-by-side to see exactly where I was, the figures were almost identical. The difference was one Watt and two seconds.
Bobby Julich waits
I mean, I don't stare at my SRM, I do it on how I feel. Obviously at that time of year I can't go so much over my anaerobic threshold, because I don't train that system during the winter. It feels like I can get up to a certain level where you have a governor on the engine, and then you just go all the way to the top. Then you push the button, you download the stuff at night, and you see where you are. I was pleasantly surprised to see where I was after taking the off-season pretty relaxed. It was a good sign, because I'm definitely fresh.
I think I know my body now. I know when it is time to relax, what I can get away with, and what I need. I basically raced from January through to the end of September last year, and the year before I raced up until August, then I was home. So I had four months off. This year I had a three-month off season, so I was taking is much more calmly. I decided that January was where I was going to really start my training, while last year I started in December.
CN: Ivan moved up another level in the Tour last year. He was arguably the strongest guy in the mountains, so that and the fact that he is a year older must give the team confidence.
BJ: Ivan is the most professional guy I have been around. I have been around some good ones, but Ivan is not only professional, but he is very well-balanced, he is very well grounded. I don't think I have ever heard him talk about how expensive the watch he has is, or the car that he drives, anything monetary. He does this absolutely for the love of the sport. He has done it the right way, progressed the right way, so I see no reason why he can't progress even more. His ultimate goal is to win the Giro and the Tour. I would be happy with us just winning one of the two, obviously the Tour being the most important, but Ivan Basso will win the Tour and will win the Giro one day. Is it going to be this year, both in the same season? The way it looks now, I'm very confident that the sacrifices we make for him would pay off with a big result.
CN: What would that feel like, to be heading down the Champs Elys�es with the yellow jersey in the team?
BJ: It would be an odd sensation because for seven years I got to watch some of the guys I have known for a long time do that ride, and I was wondering about it. It will be pretty cool, a pretty amazing experience.
CN: Aside from riding well in the Tour and the Giro for Ivan, have you set specific goals for yourself for this season?
Riding in the cold
Photo ©: AFP
BJ: Well, it is really tough to set goals for myself when most of my biggest races are going to be working for somebody else. But obviously inside there I can see maybe a chance for the leader's jersey, or maybe a stage victory such as a time trial. Racing-wise, I wrote down some goals this year on my weight-room chalkboard, like I always do, but they are not the same as last year. I'll put it that way. Looking at last year, it would be tough to repeat those sort of results, as well as keeping in mind that I have to be good in May and July.
CN: You went to the Worlds last year hoping to do well in the time trial but it didn't go as planned. Was it that your batteries were just totally flat at that point?
BJ: Yes, I just overcooked it in the Tour of Poland. Big time. Everyone who did the Tour of Poland - Ekimov, L�vkvist, Dekker, myself - everyone who did that race went into the [worlds] time trial and just flopped. It was just too long, too hard, and too cold. Then when we got to Madrid, it was warm and dry and you only have three days in between. I tell you, mentally I was like, "hey, I got this, I will be okay, the whole year I am on top of this, I will be good, I just need a couple of days of recovery." I did a decent warm up, I did exactly as I normally do in preparation, but I tell you, from that very first pedal stroke off the start ramp, I knew. I just wanted to turn around, to stop.
The worst thing that went through my head there was that I had just had my best ever season, yet my last 48 kilometres were going to be feeling like that. And that was not the way I wanted to end the season. But when you over-cook it, you over-cook it. I thought that the Tour of Poland would be good preparation, but it just turned out that the weather affected me a couple of days and I had a really bad episode of the bonk a couple of days before. So I was just empty.
CN: Is the Worlds something that you would like to target before the end of your career?
Bjarne and Bobby hang out at Paris-Nice
BJ: It's so late in the year, really late. If things worked out that would be great, of course I would love to wear that jersey. But that's the time when I started thinking about spending time with my family. And really ramping up again, after doing it two or three times - I don't know how many times you can go back to that trough before it is dry.
CN: Finally - Bjarne [Riis] seems to get the best out of a lot of people. Why is that?
BJ: Well, he doesn't have any magic sprinkle dust that he throws over us or some magic spell. I think that his main gift is that he can pick riders who will work well together, get along, and produce good results. And be friends. I think that's his main gift; how he can select the riders from so many different countries and yet still make it work. Now we have 30 guys, yet everyone gets along well. There is no tension in the team and if there is, we know how to fix it and not let it eat at you.
That is where communication and all his value systems come in. You know, his value system combined with his talent of picking riders who work well together is definitely what makes CSC the best team in the world. We had 54 wins last year, and that wasn't just one or two guys. That's something.


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Following his hat-trick for our U23s on Sunday v Leicester, Camacho took to Instagram and posted an angry message about the position he's so far been considered in for the first-team, right-back.
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Since mid-March the price of wholesale diesel has averaged 4 pence per litre less than petrol¹ and yet over the same period the retail price between the two fuels has remained the same².
In fact, thousands of garages are selling diesel at more than the price of petrol despite diesel's persistent lower wholesale price.
At this link www.fairfueluk.com/all_pumps2.jpg is a selection of garages around Tunbridge Wells in Kent and their pump prices photographed on April 9th. Based on wholesale prices their retail profit margins range from 4-6p for petrol and 10-12p for diesel. Even high fuel volume turnover retail outlets, it seems, do not pass on the lower wholesale diesel prices to the pumps. It's blatant that retailers are using the lower cost of diesel to hike their profits.
We're constantly stunned at the arrogance and indifference of the road fuel industry and the way they treat their end users with such contempt. Despite plaintive cries of only having a few pence profit per litre, the industry has over the last year been enjoying margins of 10p to 12p a litre on diesel.
Whilst FairFuelUK battles with the Treasury to keep fuel duty rises frozen, both independent and franchise fuel retailers operate a silent cartel to keep prices as high as they can. Only Asda operates a transparent pricing mechanism but their force alone isn't enough to stabilise the market. We all see the market working for the operator and against the consumer but politicians seem Indifferent because the market is so opaque.
The very fact that this is now a sector known for its profit margins and strong cash flow is proof positive that there's a lot of money being made by fuel retailers, despite their cries of poverty. Many investors are comparing petrol retailing to the cash generation of utility companies but without the onerous levels of regulation. We think that the extra cost to the UK economy from opportunistic fuel retailing is so significant that it warrants an independent investigation.
2 years ago We pushed for an OFT investigation into the road fuels market (got one) but were told by the government that the market was functioning normally. Insiders told us the OFT had no real appetite for a root and branch investigation and were aggressively lobbied by the oil majors.
We held our own APPG fuel Enquiry in the Commons in December 2015 but industry attendees actually told us that they believed consumers liked driving round looking for cheaper fuel and that the concept of 'rocket and feather' was a figment on consumer's imaginations. We have this on tape.
Wholesale petrol has been 5p higher than diesel for weeks and yet pump prices remain the same for both fuels. It's clear following the Budget's continuing freeze in duty due largely to our hard scrapped campaigning, those in the fuel supply chain are now returning to type. To unscrupulously fleece motorists, particularly those that fill up with diesel!
Retailers are not passing on the benefits of lower oil prices revealed in current wholesale levels and in some cases are now taking a huge 12p per litre in margins. That's £5 profit from an average motorist each time they fill up. FairFuelUK supporters are already livid they are paying the highest fuel tax in the EU but this persistent profiteering by retailers, and their manipulative rocket and feather pricing tactics is making UK drivers even more incandescent with rage.
The impenetrable world of unfair fuel pricing at the pumps needs impartial policing now through an 'OfPump' styled process, to stop the on-going cash cow abuse of hard working drivers who have absolutely no choice but to pay these unnecessarily high fuel prices.
Pricing data sourced from the RAC Foundation and Portland Fuel Pricing.
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Welch College's total annual enrollment totaled 436 for the 2017-18 year, marking the highest enrollment in 33 years, according to Provost Matthew McAffee.
Registrar Sharon Rodgers completed final enrollment statistics for the 2017-18 year, after registration for the third session for the Online and Evening Adult Studies programs was complete.
In 1984, total annual enrollment was 461. The highest since then was in 2006 with a total of 420. The college's highest annual enrollment was in 1981, with a total of 648.
"College enrollment trends have changed over the years," said Daniel Webster, Director of Enrollment Services. "Our high years back in the late 1970s and early 1980s were when the Baby Boomers were in college. Since then, not only have the numbers decreased in general, but also factors like free community college, lottery scholarships, and the advent of online education have had a negative impact on the enrollment of residential Christian colleges. So we're thankful for this gradual growth in times like these," Webster explained.
College officials credit the college's name change and relocation to its new campus in Gallatin, Tennessee, with much of the recent growth. "The name change and new campus have contributed to this growth, and the hard work over the past decade by Mrs. Debbie Mouser and others on the Enrollment Team has laid the kind of foundation that will ensure healthy growth over the next decade," added Webster.
For more information, visit Welch.edu. To give to the capital campaign to fund construction of the new campus, visit Buildingonthelegacy.com.


1 Sift all of the icing sugar, putting approximately two-thirds into a mixing bowl. Beat the egg white until it has increased in volume and is white and frothy. Add the beaten egg and the peppermint essence to the icing sugar and beat until thoroughly combined.
2 Slowly add the remaining icing sugar to the bowl a little at a time until the mixture takes on a silky dough consistency.
3 Taste to see if more peppermint essence is required. Halve the mixture and add a few drops of food colouring to one half, mixing until the colour is even throughout.
4 Dust your work surface with icing sugar and roll out the mixture to 5mm thick. Using a small round cutter, cut out the peppermint creams and lay them on a sheet of greaseproof paper to dry. Package them in boxes, jars or cellophane.
1 Pre-heat the oven to 180ºC/R4. Roast almonds in oven on a baking sheet for ten minutes or until light golden. Ensure they don't burn.
2 Heat sugar and maple syrup in a heavy-bottomed saucepan over a low heat until sugar dissolves and reaches soft-crack stage – when a small amount of sugar dropped into cold water can be stretched between fingers, separating into hard strands (or 132ºC/270ºF on a sugar thermometer). Pour sugar syrup over almonds and scatter with flaked almonds. Flatten with a metal spoon and leave to cool.
4 Once the brittle is solid, turn it out on to a work surface and break up into shards using a rolling pin. Store in an airtight container.
1 Lightly grease a 18cm square baking tin and line with greaseproof paper.
2 Place icing sugar, condensed milk and vanilla essence in a bowl and beat until thoroughly mixed.
3 Add the desiccated coconut and keep beating until well combined.
4 Divide mixture in two. Spread first half of the mixture evenly over the base of the baking tin. Use your hand to level the mixture evenly.
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I think I'm going to Ghana.
http://www.abatours.com/crafts.htm shows some of the available crafts, and they specialize in cultural tours of Ghana. I'll probably hire them to do the research and tell me how to get to the interesting spots, but go on my own, so I have maximum schedule flexibility.


Yesterday on Lhakar one of my close activist friends, Lhamo Kyab, who is also an ex political prisoner came into my office. I could see the excitement in his face and eagerness to share something special. He took out his pen drive and made my day even more special, by sharing this moving news about Lhakar in Tibet.
On 15, April 2011 Tibetans in Machu, in Amdo, formed a group called "Bho Pha Kay Dham Sung Thuentsok," a Tibetan Language Preservation Association, which has now spread its activities across three major areas: Tsongo, Gansu and Sichuan. Despite many challenges faced in the regions they continue to work towards their main objective of promoting Tibetan language in all part of Tibet. Their volunteer initiative and work have gained lot of respect and support from common Tibetans from all three areas.
In order to encourage the use of Tibetan language in day to day life, the association took special initiatives such as creating a poster of various objects and commodities with the Tibetan terms clearly pointed out. The posters were put up around public places such as restaurants, shops, monasteries and markets. In the photos we can also see special classes and tests being conducted for the students from different regions. Many learned teachers and intellectuals from different parts of Amdo were also invited to give guidance and evaluate the project.
The group elects their leader democratically, not only working for the promotion of Tibetan language, but also toward creating brotherhood among Tibetans. These actions also inciting good moral values to young people. In the afternoon when I walked around the Mcleod market, I felt a sense of pride seeing the smiling faces of children, youth, and street venders wearing Tibetan traditional dress. The sense of pride of being Tibetan was very strong.
Lhakar is our hope for Freedom.
I would like to thank my friend for making this Lhakar so special.


I finally got to the theatre this month and saw Porgy and Bess - the musical... As somebody who had appeared in an all-white chorus of a concert production of Porgy and Bess back in Australia ten years back (don't ask) I was very familiar with the piece and curious to see how it was translated from opera to musical. The short answer is that it doesn't translate very well.
Of course there were moments that worked well, particularly the numbers that are not operatic anyway. The plot was also a lot easier to follow without all those recitatives getting in the way too. But all told the production seemed to be missing a lot of drama and tension the opera has. Also while the soloists "jazzed it up" the chorus still sounded like an opera chorus, which gave it the feel of one of those period musicals rather than something new and different.
In a way Porgy and Bess is already a musical (albeit a four hour sung-through one). Most productions in the past have made cuts to the original material to make it a more manageable and economical fare. But this one assumes that Gershwin's music can be distilled into a series of songs with "naturalistic scenes" (whatever the hell that is) in between. It doesn't work.
But a pity that they didn't have the real thing to work with, rather than a silly forgettable bastardisation of it... Apparently it is going to Broadway which is why it is closing soon. I have no idea why.


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Naseem takes five as Pakistan thump New Zealand in first ODI
9 January 2023, 8:44 am ·2-min read
Pakistan strolled to a six-wicket victory over New Zealand in the first one-day international on Monday after fast bowler Naseem Shah took five wickets in Karachi.
The 19-year-old grabbed 5-57 for his second five-wicket haul in just four ODI appearances as New Zealand, sent in to bat, managed 255-9 in their 50 overs at the National Stadium.
Mohammad Rizwan (77 not out), skipper Babar Azam (66) and Fakhar Zaman (56) then helped Pakistan cruise to victory with 11 balls to spare.
The home team took a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
The remaining matches are on Wednesday and Friday, also in Karachi.
Azam and Zaman put on 78 runs for the second wicket after Imam-ul-Haq (11) fell in the sixth over.
Zaman hit seven boundaries in his 74-ball knock before he was bowled by Michael Bracewell, while Azam was stumped off Glenn Phillips after facing 82 deliveries.
Rizwan, who added 60 with Azam, put on another 64 with Haris Sohail who made a quick-fire 32.
Off-spinner Bracewell was the best New Zealand bowler with 2-44.
Earlier, it was Naseem's fiery bowling that kept New Zealand in check.
The teenager dismissed opener Devon Conway in the first over of the match for nought to kickstart Pakistan.
Naseem returned for a second spell to account for Phillips (37), Bracewell (43) and Henry Shipley (nought).
Naseem, whose first ODI five-wicket haul was against the Netherlands in August, rounded off his night by dismissing Mitchell Santner for 21 in the final over.
Tom Latham (42) and Daryl Mitchell (36) stabilised the innings during a fourth-wicket stand of 56, while Phillips and Bracewell added 66 off 59 balls for the sixth -- before Naseem dismissed both in successive overs.
Skipper Kane Williamson scored 26 before he was beautifully bowled by debutant leg-spinner Usama Mir, who finished with 2-42.
Phillips hit a six and a four in his 53-ball knock, while Bracewell cracked four boundaries and a six.
Opener Finn Allen smashed six boundaries in his 27-ball 29.
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The Kremlin's contradictory behavior in Syria
By News Sources, July 9, 2017
Anton Mardasov writes: The Kremlin is seeking to flesh out the idea of creating four de-escalation ("safe") zones in western war-torn Syria while trying to help President Bashar al-Assad regain control of lost territories in the east. When it comes to the west, Moscow is talking about the de facto end of the civil war and aims to covertly weaken the Syrian opposition. As for eastern Syria, Russia is trying hard, though discreetly, to distance itself from the US-Iranian confrontation and preserve communication channels with Washington. It is also advocating decreasing the influence of both the United States and Kurds and urging pro-Kremlin oligarchs to help fix the economy.
Russia's policy in Syria seems successful, and that appearance is meant to impress the Russian population ahead of the 2018 presidential election. In reality, however, Moscow is confronted with a range of problems as it proceeds with its purely tactical plans. Syrian government troops continue fighting in Daraa province, and the Southern Front — the rebel alliance that until recently had hardly opposed the regime — boycotted the fifth round of negotiations in Astana, Kazakhstan, which resumed July 4.
Some Russian analysts, referencing their sources in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Defense, argue that Russian military and political leaders are well aware that Iran and Assad intend to prevent the UN's peace plan from succeeding. (The UN Security Council unanimously adopted the plan, Resolution 2254, in late 2015.) The analysts worry that Tehran and Damascus might try to convince Moscow to not cooperate as well. [Continue reading…]
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A small-scale farmer in state A waters his cattle within the waters of an international watercourse, which results in waste causing detrimental change to the composition and quality of the water. However, such harm is localised and therefore of no harm to human health or safety, or to downstream beneficial uses or living resources of the watercourse in downstream state B. The actions of the farmer in state A do not therefore fall within the scope of the Convention.


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Patrolman Delmar E. Stone
New Orleans Police Department
New Orleans Police Department, Louisiana
End of Watch Wednesday, June 26, 1968
Delmar E. Stone
Patrolman Delmar Stone was killed in a motorcycle crash while on duty.
His motorcycle was struck by a delivery truck that he was attempting to stop. Patrolman Stone fell and was run over by the rear wheels of the vehicle. He was taken to a hospital where he died later that day due to a head injury from the fall.
Patrolman Stone's kidneys were transplanted into a 15-year-old boy who had been awaiting a transplant for eight months.
Patrolman Stone was a U.S. Navy veteran and had served with the New Orleans Police Department for seven years. He was survived by his wife and six children.
Tour 7 years
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Cause Motorcycle crash
Rest in peace Patrolman Stone.


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Welcome to the Prairie Fire team, Lindsey!
By prfire | Published: July 6, 2016
« A Farewell to Heidi Harms: Prairie Fire's long-standing associate editor
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We are thrilled to announce that Lindsey Childs has joined the Prairie Fire team as Assistant Editor!
Lindsey was Office Manager for The Arts And Cultural Industries of Manitoba for the past four years and brings with her a wealth of knowledge and experience. She was also a student in our 2009-10 Practicum in Publishing Communication and Leadership.
As Assistant Editor, Lindsey will take over from Heidi Harms, who retired after twenty-six years. All the best to Heidi! Lindsey will largely be responsible for circulation, issue production, website maintenance, book reviews. She will also become part of the editorial team.
Lindsey graduated with a B.A. in English and Creative writing from the University of Winnipeg, served on the board of The Writers' Collective of Manitoba. She is a writer, artist and crafter who explores themes of nature and whimsy.
Join us in making Lindsey feel welcome!


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Q: Cannot find Valgrind executable for use with CLion? I am trying to connect Valgrind with CLion 2020.2.1 for testing purposes, but CLion (and perhaps I) cannot locate the Valgrind executable.
The path I am currently using is:
\\wsl$\Ubuntu\usr\bin\valgrind
But when I try to run anything with Valgrind using this path I get a message stating that it cannot run the program because of this error:
CreateProcess error=193, %1 is not a valid Win32 application
Which seemed to make sense upon further research, as what I am selecting (\usr\bin\valgrind) appears to be a .cpp source file and not an executable - as the error would indicate - but now I don't know what the issue is. If that isn't what CLion is looking for, then where is the file it is looking for?
Have also tried path '/usr/bin/valgrind/' which resulted in "Valgrind executable not found." when I tried to compile.
If anyone has any advice it would be greatly appreciated!!

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'She-Ra and the Princesses of Power' and Their Toxic Relationships
The children's cartoon takes a very nuanced look at unhealthy connections.
By Caleb Clark, Hillsdale College
*CONTENT WARNING: INVOLVES ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIPS, "SHE-RA" SPOILERS*
"She-Ra and the Princesses of Power": a children's show known for its fantastical characters, loving tribute to an '80s toy-heavy cartoon and absolutely broken relationships. The cartoon might be a hero of destiny with a big sword and a lot of magical friends taking on the spooky forces of evil, but "She-Ra" still gives a great look at some sad truths of unhealthy connections, especially in its newly released third season.
For people new to the show, "She-Ra" is a Netflix animated series based on the 1985 "He-Man" spinoff of the same name. In the Noelle Stevenson-led reboot, the evil Horde rampages through much of the planet Etheria at great cost to its defenders, the Princesses.
There have been whispers of excitement in the woods and She-Ra has heard them all! It has been decided that She-Ra and the Princesses of Power will now come to @netflix on November 13th! #SheRa
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A Horde soldier named Adora discovers an ancient sword and becomes the latest manifestation of the magical warrior She-Ra. Her new destiny is to unite the Princesses and defeat the Horde. She and new friends, like Glimmer and Bow, must battle the twisted Shadow Weaver, the lurking Hordak and Adora's former friend, Catra.
The main strength of "She-Ra" is its gripping characters, and unstable dynamics are their crucible. The Princesses are individualistic to the point of dysfunction. Glimmer and her mother constantly argue. Bow hides his warrior activities from his fathers. Kind Horde soldier Scorpia and adventurer Sea Hawk are emotionally dependent on the toxic Catra and the apathetic Princess Mermista, respectively. Shadow Weaver's abuses traumatize Adora, Catra and likely anyone else under her command. Even tyrannical overlord Hordak suffers from insecurities and abandonment issues.
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Catra having fun is as rare as _________. #SheRa
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Since the show is made with children in mind, nothing gets graphic or explicit, but "She-Ra" does have plenty of real-life subtext. No accident could put in the line, "She was just scared. She didn't mean to," said when Scorpia recalls how her unrequited soulmate Catra threatened her with an electric baton.
Older audiences watching can quickly grasp the harmful nature of many of the relationships, and younger audiences might better recognize the behaviors after viewing. Stevenson does not simply shoehorn in angst and toxicity simply to be edgy, despite the laundry list above. "She-Ra" has some nuance and applicability in how it shows unhealthy relationships.
"She-Ra" balances justification and condemnation well. None of the characters are total monsters, as often seen in cartoons, yet several can and do commit heinous acts. Catra and Hordak both have sympathetic sides. Even Shadow Weaver, essentially an abusive parental figure for the Horde, is still recognizably human. It can be difficult to keep feelings of pity and pain from overpowering the mind, but the cartoon strives to rise to the occasion.
When Adora tries to convince Horde scientist Entrapta to not deploy a machine which could destroy reality, Entrapta replies how Catra wants them to continue. Adora doesn't say "Catra is bad." She says "Catra makes bad decisions." Here, Stevenson and crew make a specific line choice to say Catra is not a completely irredeemable being. Her abrasiveness, her dismissiveness, her wanton endangerment of the planet, her manipulations and her violent tendencies arise from jealousy, trauma and betrayal.
However, she does receive condemnation. In the Season 3 finale, Catra opens a portal that nearly shatters the world. She is aware of the possibility, but she does so to spite Adora. The two confront each other in a shattering world, and Catra blames Adora for everything that she has done to justify many of her evil deeds. Adora replies, "I didn't make you do anything. I didn't break the world, but I am going to fix it." "She-Ra" isn't willing to leave the slightest textual evidence that characters' actions are not their fault.
Shadow Weaver acts as a sort of inverse to Catra. Where the latter shows how just because a person is sympathetic doesn't mean they can do no wrong, the former shows how just because a person is doing right for once doesn't mean they instantly regain trust. Shadow Weaver joins the Princesses at the beginning of Season 3, but she displays no remorse for mistreating Catra and Adora or for leading Horde soldiers in the wars. All she wants is revenge against the Horde.
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Always knock. #SheRa
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The sorceress still manipulates the people around her and tortures Catra, the woman she used with acts of maternal affection to escape, during an invasion into Hordak's lab. The feline Horde soldier cries out, "You made me this way, and you get to be the good guy?" Nobody trusts Shadow Weaver.
Disentangling oneself from an unhealthy relationship can be the hardest thing in the world. Time and space are required, maybe never seeing a person again if necessary. It is especially true when a person hurts you and does not change their ways. Trust is a precious thing, and people like Shadow Weaver who are only present for their own benefit are not worthy.
"She-Ra" also has a message of hope in toxic relationships: People can overcome them. Multiple characters are already taking steps to escape their situations both mentally and physically. Supporting characters Sea Hawk and Scorpia also begin to solve their struggles. Both are dependent on emotionally unavailable characters.
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In "White Out," the two accidentally meet and discuss their woes until they realize their self-worth in spite of others' indifference. Scorpia goes so far as to defy Catra later that episode. "She-Ra" hasn't shown yet if the realization truly lasts. Scorpia is in a hardly better situation in Season 3, and Sea Hawk has yet to appear again. However, "White Out" still gives the audience a great moment to remember.
In the first episode, Adora realizes the depth of the Horde's evil and defects to the Princesses. She later meets Huntara, a former Horde soldier who also left. Neither have an easy departure. Adora still cares deeply for her friends in the Horde that she must battle, and Huntara ran to a lawless wasteland to hide for years, but both are growing stronger now that they no longer live in the abusive Horde. With both now in the Princess camp, they are surrounded by loving and faithful friends, and anyone escaping a toxic relationship or environment needs support.
Who's in your Best Friends Squad? #SheRa
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Unhealthy relationships can break people. Betrayal, especially by the people closest to you, leaves scars that can require a long time for recovery. "She-Ra" offers whatever help it can in 26 episodes with its delicate balance of forgiveness and caution. To anyone reading the article and currently struggling, there is hope.
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Shame on me. I'm a little late with this post. I wanted to make sure you all had a last minute chance to get your cards in and then I got involved and forgot to write this up. I'm sure you'll forgive me.
There were so many great entries that it was a difficult choice for our Chic of the Week but I had to go with this one. The sentiment made me laugh out loud and the stamping and coloring caught my eye. This week's winner is ekgorman.
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Балка Широка — балка (річка) в Україні у Верхньодніпровському районі Дніпропетровської області. Права притока річки Домоткані (басейн Дніпра).

Опис
Довжина балки приблизно 8,52 км, найкоротша відстань між витоком і гирлом — 7,13 км, коефіцієнт звивистості річки — 1,19. На деяких ділянках балка пересихає.

Розташування
Бере початок на північно-західній околиці села Дідове. Тече переважно на північний схід понад селом Андріївкою і у присілку села Миколаївки впадає у річку Домоткань, праву притоку річки Дніпра.

Цікаві факти
 У XIX столітті на балці існував скотний двір.

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Джерела

Посилання

Малі річки України
Річки Дніпропетровської області
Статті про річки Дніпропетровської області без зображення в картці

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James Bogusz
James Bogusz has more than 18 years of experience working in airports, beginning in 2001 as a technology consultant with the Victoria Airport Authority. During his career he has held a number of progressively more senior roles. In 2018, Bogusz joined the Regina Airport Authority as its new chief executive officer.
I recently reflected back on attending a major air service conference in February 2020, enjoying free conversation with colleagues, shaking hands and sharing ideas. Concerns about the potential of a pandemic were a matter of discussion but in no way diminished our efforts to secure air service for our respective communities. Prior to the economic slowdown that soon followed, Regina International (YQR) was the 15th busiest airport in the country, seeing nearly 1.2 million passengers per year. The airport serves a catchment area with more than 500,000 residents and contributes more than $800 million per year into the local economy.
Like every airport in North America, our world changed in March. The Canadian government began implementing a reactive patchwork of rules as new health information about the novel coronavirus became available. As the month progressed, more and more arriving flights contained local passengers returning from abroad, and departures soon slowed to a crawl. Our airport staff and partners worked tirelessly around the clock to implement new processes and work with both provincial and federal health authorities to keep the public safe and updated with the latest information. I'm sure every Airport Improvement reader can relate to this story and understands first-hand the vital role airports played re-patriating residents to our respective countries.
In April, flight activity fell off the cliff. Passenger volumes at YQR were only 1.8% of 2019 levels, and short- to medium-term projections were grim. With no industry-specific support being offered by our federal government, we were forced to lay off employees, slash capital and operating budgets, and look for opportunities to maximize the cash we had in the bank before incurring operating debt.
Unlike our friends in the United States, Canadian airports have not had a CARES Act or reasonable equivalent. Our government has supported airports and other businesses with a partial wage subsidy and has forgiven some of the revenue-based rent we typically pay it. However, the total impact of these programs has made very little difference to the overall operating costs we incur. Like many airports in Canada, YQR is a private, not-for-profit corporation with a long-term lease from the government to operate the airport. The lease requires us to follow many rules designed for the safe and secure operations of the airport. In order to meet these obligations, there are only so many expenses we can reasonably eliminate. The other obvious option would be to increase our fee structure to airlines. However, they are also in an impossible situation, and doing so would not help encourage a recovery.
As I write this, we are now seven months into the economic slowdown, and passenger traffic has rebounded slightly to around 20% of typical levels. This is still a long way off from being able to generate enough revenue to cover even our most critical expenses. The Canadian Airports Council and Airports Council International have been actively advocating for all of us with the federal government, and there has been a great deal of local advocacy underway here in our community. However, our cash reserves will be depleted before the end of the year, leaving us with little runway left before we are forced to make incredibly tough decisions that could potentially impact our entire region.
Airports are economic engines of our respective communities and are worth saving. We admire some of the financial supports that have been put in place in other countries, but as of mid-September, Canadian airports have been left almost entirely to fend for ourselves. We won't stop sending strong messages to Ottawa, and we expect that common sense will prevail. We just hope that the support won't come too late.
After almost 20 years in the industry, I regularly remind my staff and myself that these times will pass. Airports are incredibly resilient, and the underlying demand for social interaction and life experiences are something society cannot replace with online chats. Let us all hope that 2021 is a year of true recovery for our severely battered industry.
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Today's famous birthdays list for August 24, 2020 includes celebrities Steve Guttenberg, Marlee Matlin
Actors Steve Guttenberg and Marlee Matlin share a celebrate birthdays on August 24th. (AP)
By Mike Rose, cleveland.com
Top celebrity birthdays on August 24, 2020
Birthday wishes go out to Steve Guttenberg, Marlee Matlin and all the other celebrities with birthdays today. Check out our slideshow below to see photos of famous people turning a year older on August 24th and learn an interesting fact about each of them.
Former British Prime Minister David Cameron, left with TV personality and writer Stephen Fry watch the Cricket World Cup match between England and Australia at Lord's cricket ground in London, Tuesday, June 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)AP
Actor Stephen Fry turns 63
Fun fact: Nominated for a Golden Globe in 1999 for his role in 'Wilde'
SARASOTA, FL - APRIL 21: Steve Guttenberg attends the 2018 Sarasota Film Festival on April 21, 2018 in Sarasota, Florida. (Photo by Aaron Davidson/Getty Images for Sarasota Film Festival)Getty Images for Sarasota Film F
Actor Steve Guttenberg turns 62
Fun fact: Played Jim Craig in the TV movie version of 'Miracle on Ice' in 1981
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 18: Actress Marlee Matlin speaks at the 4th annual Women's March LA: Women Rising at Pershing Square on January 18, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Chelsea Guglielmino/Getty Images)Getty Images
Actress Marlee Matlin turns 55
Fun fact: Awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2009
CHARLESTON, SC - JANUARY 30: Comedian Dave Chappelle talks with the media while campaigning for Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang on January 30, 2020 in North Charleston, South Carolina. The comedian has endorsed the candidate and performs the second of two South Carolina campaign benefit shows Thursday evening in Charleston. (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images)Getty Images
Comedian Dave Chappelle turns 47
Fun fact: Was one of the writers of the film 'Half-Baked'
M. Night Shyamalan, from left, Lauren Ambrose and Rupert Grint attend the Apple TV Plus world premiere of "Servant," at BAM Howard Gilman Opera House, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)Charles Sykes/Invision/AP
Actor Rupert Grint turns 32
Fun fact: Is the oldest of the acting trio in the 'Harry Potter' films but his character was in the middle.
More celebrities with birthdays today
Composer-musician Mason Williams is 82. Rhythm-and-blues singer Marshall Thompson (The Chi-Lites) is 78. Rock musician Ken Hensley is 75. Actor Anne Archer is 73. Actor Joe Regalbuto is 71. Actor Kevin Dunn is 65. Actor Jared Harris is 59. Talk show host Craig Kilborn is 58. CBS News correspondent Major Garrett is 58. Rock singer John Bush is 57. Broadcast journalist David Gregory is 50. Country singer Kristyn Osborn (SHeDaisy) is 50. Movie director Ava DuVernay is 48. Actor James D'Arcy is 47. Actor Carmine Giovinazzo is 47. Actor Alex O'Loughlin is 44. Actor Beth Riesgraf is 42. Actor Chad Michael Murray is 39. Christian rock musician Jeffrey Gilbert (Kutless) is 37. Singer Mika is 37. Actor Blake Berris is 36.
Other popular or historical birthdays on August 24th
Carlo Gambino, mobster
Vince McMahon, pro wrestling promoter (75)
Cal Ripken Jr., MLB star (60)
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