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       1001 RC Anul.erdam, The Naberiandll   Aa lhc yeardnlws IOa close, k:athctmcn and womcnaD 011erlhc gl.obcan: prcpn:d for local tnd rqiona.I
                                       competitions.  Al.ready, organi7Juion• and club• arc grooming their top YOIW\lem and IUnd raisers in hope
           Maruju Ba.k.ku .. Pubthber   they rosy be n:oogiWxt for their put aooomph.shtnau and singled out from seJcctive fields to continue
          Marcus-Jay WonllC'Otl  Editor   their wort on a difl'CfQll kvd.
         John Wood. .. l'rodudJt:G Man•i:er   From yea" or aUClldingcvcnts and fundraiscn, l'vcoft.cn ~-ondcmijU5t howlhc wi.nncrwu pi.:lcid.
           Bn:ocl.111 W~ud ... Art Dirtttor
           S.V. Fron-.. Art Prodl.ICfloo   Howmnny Um¢$ hll'l1ewcwa.lkcd3way from nunyaoontditth.lllkin& ~she'• rn:ttybU1 wc'U ncvcrgochcr
       Stephen Sutton  llCIWC Pbotogr•pber   again". or "I lhWc I'll buy lhc Chipp.n.Jale C4kmd.\f l.hil year instcoc.J oflJlC 8.trc O\al Calendar from
        Artlmr HcnUUl~. Jr . Cla~n«I Ads   my local le!IJacr ber", even lhou~ ~ pho(oacn.ic hunlui have given thetr umc so the prow wi go to
       Dcrc:k Y uia .. MarkdiDd Advert:hi.n I
                                        local dwluc:&.  Just wt\Al do thc:liC judp look Corwhcn making thcu tclcdion?  When our favoril.e isn't
                                       picked, we woodcr, do they ICC 10mcc.hing we ~n 't or an: thc:y  playing a cnid joke on Ilic lcalhcr
              Fnqucat Co11lrib11lcn    commu.nily?
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           llocldy Allnn. J01t'Jlh W. Bean,   Maybe the wtnncr ts lhc rcsull of the Olympic Scoring S~cm. whb.:h I. to this thy, have not hc:ttd
          A Uno Ou.ru. Atll1100)' f>cBl4Sc.   a. reuon:iblc aCUIC for IBin.:.  We've a.II heard 1.he speech. "'The hi~ soorc and the lowest IK'Ol'C a_rc
           J11dc fritscbcr, Bud HarwOOd,   thrown Out IO thCfCcan be 00 biu liom Ille: judges." F'a'lt o( all, if you~ 't 11\1$1. your jud,~ to be unbw;cd
        Sc:ui Mnnln.Oavld Ml)',J11ckRJncllll,
               RJJ1anf A  White        lhcn Why h.:t~ than U judges? Secondly, I know m.lll}' a judge: who WU aff'lljd 10 K'On: hli)1 Who reared
                                        his or hcrKOrc may bc:1.hrownout 11Urdly, arc Ute jud{tca ever R"Jllly iru.tructcd on how to UliCth1uystcm?
                Pboto1npbcn             ln lhc few minutes of briefing before the coJ'llcs(, the judges an: cxpa.iod 11.l rc:memba wh~h ~'Ora ~
          Target Archive, Scolt ec,CftlllD,
           M.ari.: I  01csta, Rick Cutro.   going to be~ out and which onea ~ill be kc:p. To further confllliC m.:iu.cni, some producer-. LOss out
            Palm Dm c, Robert Prullln,   the highc:st a.nd lowc.1. !'tom csdt ~. :IQrnc dU...:.Ounl Lhc: hi&h~ aod ~t from c:i,ch juds.:. whllc
            ZcuJ Studios, Jim WIF      Ol.bcil'I dUc!.trd lhc highQ.l aiW  ~ from IJle ll>tali  Tot.lily cnnftacd yet'/  Think how th.: judgc:t mwA
                                        fccl.  I. mylclfhavc ~pcnl time on ajudgJni; po.nd ll')'ini IO outwil the »yatcm and award ICO~ that "ill
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            C.Vclo, DorIUllo, Eticane,   count instclld of ~vmg the score which will be d.isardcd..  If thiJ wuc chccrlcader ttyOUts or spnngboard
            Tom ofFi111-d, 1l1c Hun,   diving nuybc IJlC :iiyMcm would be: more affcdivc.  But ila.ut't, and ii.don't,  o why the hell do we ins~t
          Scan MAl1.iD, R.r\,\\'. R,,\ Sl1111U,
                 Km Wood               lhal its fait'11be lOOring Jyr;tcm and judging criteria ii olway.11 the dlxli.ion of the oon!Ql producer. They
                                       know what they lll'C Jookin.: ror and the contc.l reaub a.re • clear re~.  Never IJ\C lc&.s, I nttd IO
          l°'l'>'riald•IM hy o.....i...., 1....- l!.SS '°"'"   cmplwi:l&l!Wthc winru:r ill thc winncranJ no moll4.-rhow m111:h w.: ngm: (or not) will1 thcjuJg~dct-i~ion,
      141H\1lllilla..ii'l-"'ltctltm. All~rwen1lol 1'11   he or she deserves our full and compldc support durini: their a'IUJ'C rcia:Jl  Period!
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      ..na.. ,..,._ nf lb. l"'ltt.hor     Before I continue my JOOS-: bbhing (and I'm not n:ally bashing), k:l '11 ti')' to decide ~iw the judg1.-s a.re
          ORU'>t,\ifll •,W.GIW moal!llyforflll~ IZ·   looking for.  There mu.'11. be a reason to Hk mett 11od \\-t>mcln, at k:ut lhoJIC who cntct"thc "fun* «lnl.c$b,
      lwuo ......... 11)' O.!Moluo. Inc'., Z .. $boc'4dl   ,
      S.F~.C'A941Ql s.a.tti..p.   ,_w.c   1uch u  bau' calcnJArt. safe seJC pUstcn, Mr An.ilomy-of·-tho-Weck, de •• r.ocWJy compelling qUCl:llons like
      Pim& Olr~. 'IM F--...,, CA  l'OSTMi\.$TE.R  So1111   the situation in M<>glldishu (thou~ most o(u1 ncvc:r hcanl ofthia pbce before it hil Ille 6 Pf\.'f new•). Puuin£
      lllol;._ ........ w Dllll\Nt:Jt, l'O hos 41Um, S-  U1cm on  l.'l~e and hsvm£ lhecn ikx anJ bcnJ over for Ole iwJienec i.hould l'< cnou~  I know 1.h:i.L '• all
      f """"*"· CA 9ot 141-0."90.      the crowJ can:a nbout an ywa. y, C'\'cn lhoui;h world a ff ain is vit.i.I infolTlllllJon which c;an anJ ahou Id be Wied
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      r-. 0.U...0:1, 0..--,  o.u.c. l>AI>-  Lttcr in fundmiaini,: effo11a.  But ia.tly. u  11 im~IWll ror 11Umconc who '11 bin: buru., Ull>, or dlell lh.ll is
      -· 0.-11&11, Otn.iOn, llf r-. l.unlu   going lo be posted on our rdrigernlon. ror 30 + <by.. ncc.11.0 be abk 10 speak on fon:ij;n J101icy or nstion.tl
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      C\lrn.Mw, Clll Toi..w   an nPlorrd ~IU   l..ct'1bo: n:ali.stic. We live inuocidy whc:~ourbikunJ scxual11bilitiesarej~u in1poiunt11S cxir
      el~. ™'                          apeakin~ and lc:Wmhjp 1billi.ia.  We often hale co IWmil It, but we do aoc the "outcrbemg" fiTJt.  f\.'Ctl
                                       \ltil.cn itcomcslopickingtitlt:hc'ildcn1. Superfic:i.11Jna it may makeui1 foci, we want to "t;d.tokoowthcpenon"
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      I   ) •~ CA~ pot~ •  "' ula I.AL   l.Uci'. Yea. I knowthcyl\llvcto have the ability anddcWc to spend numeto\bSalU,.YJ IO wndnn a nlmy
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      Esp.-ill  t•1$12'3-11QS          sttUt t"Omcr and Mill U1c:n\U'l\·ca and their caJcnd.ul for ~harity mor1':y.  HoWl:\·cr, I h.:t\'c yd. IO buy a
          u.....i;.w-.;,..~ , _,'""._.,..   c:alcnJar from a man wilh a ·p~y bnun "I RcccnOy, I protaWc.J lo a fricnJ tJ\.11 he wu ongin.dly drawn
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      ~-1 .....  MM.t ...... ttaa,.... __   LO ine bcc-aua.c of a phyaical auna~.-neti~ and hn.d. no inccnuons of punuini: il uny  funhc:r.  His response,
                                       ·wcu I diJn't wa~ to fuck: yourpct1()nal11y. •  Some how. th~ l'tilguuc.  I didn't w1mt co fuclc his either,
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      .:ti ........ ,. "'-"  All ~ ... , lc=n .... !If   c.-vcr1 though he doc.a have a ~I penion11li1y •
      ~-"' °"'-""" k  ln:IW .. -u         So. in all hunealy, when we otrl! nl a l.'l"ntc.:it, tsru "'1: ju(Ja:ini: the m..-n and womci b«alhc: lhcy have
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      -' aro IULJ<d 1o o.-..a..., Inc. • n,t.t lo> ""' 1""'   wotk.cJ llicit UlCS o(f or an: we look.in' Ill their ph)·aicid 11Unlct1vc:ncio•1  Azc they bc:luty qlJIXN or lnl."n
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      - .~rot-.WW-a ,._.,.,..°'        and women we'll depend on to raiM:moncy and speak on our behalf when \loedon't have the timeordc:IU-C:
                                       to do so?  Sound& like tlacjuJJ;i:ajob is notu euya.s it m:lf .seem.  It's much Cti.icrand B whole lot more
      ........... ,., .......          fun to atllllOnymously in the 1.1fcty of the crowd and ~riticiz.c thdrdcci>ion once the~ ia over.  And
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                                       iflhey UStld I.he Olympic Sa>ring Sy&tc!:tn, lhey pmb:lhl) will be u  uryiri.\(d u  you.  It an be• no win
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       ----"'·· ... _....,_ __         and otkn withoUI auppon.  The!tc volun~n1 (rcmcmbcr, Uus is not 11. paid J1C)'ttion) ore suddenly lhnul inw
                                          Eacl\judgc l'°f'C$ IO find wmcone who will worl. tirclc.uly !Or 1 y.:M willklut complaining (olii, a liuJc!)
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