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2004 Nissan Titan - Project Titan, Part 5
Part 5: Cracking the whip - 99 per cent complete in one week's time
Project Titan, Part 1
Project Titan, Part 2
Project Titan, Part 3
Project Titan, Part 4
Project Titan, Part 5
(Editor's Note: If you've followed this project, you already know that Triple X Traction in Seaside, California, has been preparing our 2004 Nissan Titan for battle at this year's Top Truck Challenge. [See the April, June, November 2005 and January 2006 issues.] This time, however, we forced the project into hyper-drive, demanding that the vehicle be finished in time for the 2005 Specialty Equipment Manufacturers' Association [SEMA] Show--which was only 8 days away.)
If you've ever dreamed of competing in Four Wheeler's Top Truck Challenge, consider this story required reading. Over the past 12 years, Four Wheeler has had the honor of being first to critique some of the most innovative ideas in the world of hard-core trail rigs. Some setups have worked wonderfully, while others simply collapsed under pressure at TTC. Along the way, our staff has compiled volumes about what works and what we wish we could own. We've waited patiently for a chance to put what we've learned into practice. We're happy to say our wait is over.
Day 1:
The Foundation is Laid
9:00 a.m.: The rear portion of the truck had already been removed. Triple X Traction founder Toby Lavender was hard at work building a three-dimensional crossmember that would mark the beginning of what eventually became comic relief for the project. "Cool-guy holes," as they were nicknamed, dotted Toby's structural masterpiece. This creation inspired several other holey areas on the truck. For example, Toby had already mapped out a triangulated three-link design for the front suspension. The design included several brackets that could easily incorporate these simple aesthetic touches. (Though looks weren't necessarily a priority, they're always welcome for a venue such as SEMA.) The front suspension uses a track bar to locate the axle laterally. The setup is stout and effective; it allows for ample suspension flex and is virtually unparalleled in simplicity. Much of Day 1 was spent finalizing this area, along with other finishing touches related to the front axle.
11:00 p.m.: Both inner fenders were clearanced, and all unnecessary items were relocated or removed to make room for a pair of trick tubular front shock hoops. We didn't want the standard run-of-the-mill hoops, so we convinced Toby to let some of our late-night helpers play with his new high-dollar roller bender. A roller bender is a radical machine capable of producing large radius bends in all kinds of tubing. These bends are perfect for matching body contours and, more importantly, aesthetic sightlines. With Toby's guidance, our buddies built two front shock hoops to match the natural arc of the trucks inner body structure. The reason? To make the hoops look as though they were there all along. Structurally speaking, any bent tube is a potential weak link, but for slow-speed events of TTC, these hoops would do just fine, providing secure mounting points for two 16-inch-travel Fox Racing Shox at each front corner: one consisting of a coilover, the other a double bypass for dampening.
We strongly believe that high-quality results require high-quality tools to start with. So we scored Toby a killer manual tubing bender from JMR Manufacturing to use on the project. The unit features a sweet billet-aluminum gearbox that makes bending tube as easy as turning a wrench. All of the tubing for the project was bent with this top-quality bender, ensuring 100-percent symmetry from one side of the vehicle to the other. By the time the sun set on Day 1, Toby and his guys were hard at work bending various sticks of 1 3/4-inch DOM tubing to be used throughout the project.
We also hooked Toby up with a great tubing notcher from JMR to help piece together our elaborate puzzle of tube. This notcher uses a standard hole saw bit and a regular electric or pneumatic drill to make precise cuts in all types of tubing. This unit is a cut above all the rest (pun intended) because it features an enormous inch-thick hardened driveshaft that is solidly located by a set of liquid-cooled Timken bearings. This allows for extremely steady cutting, free of vibrations that would normally cause bit deflection. This tool is almost surgical in accuracy, a key factor to a tight-fitting tubular support structure. JMR Manufacturing is well known in the world of Baja racing as a highly qualified race vehicle prep shop. They also build some of the fastest Trophy Trucks in the business.
2:33 a.m.: As the morning fog crept in, Toby and our group of helpers seemed more than happy with the day's progress. So we closed the shop down and headed home to catch a short nap before starting Day 2.
Day 2
No, this Atlas II didn't magically appear under the truck today. It was the result of three months of hard work by our friends at Advance Adapters. When we approached them originally to see if they had anything that would work under our Titan, they had no adapters in the works, and none planned for the near future. But after several weeks of R&D, Advance had produced one for us -- it's one of only nine Titan Atlas II adapters in existence. So, yes, you can blame us for the newest Atlas II application.
8:00 a.m.: With our new transfer case mounted in place, Toby's righthand man, Nick, started the tedious process of removing all unnecessary crossmembers and body mounts from the frame. The task for the day was frame beef, cool-guy style. The idea pretty much came to Toby when he realized the frame width wasn't fat enough to work with the enormous Evolution Machine Shop rod ends we picked for the project. We needed another 1/2 inch of frame width in order to make things fit right. So out came the cold-rolled steel plate, and by the time Domino's arrived with dinner, our Titan's frame was fitted with enough steel to make an armored-car driver jealous.
12:05 p.m.: This is how the stock Titan frame looked once all the body mounts and paint were removed. Next, the cab was solid-mounted to the frame with custom-fabricated body mounts. By replacing the OE body mounts with stronger fabricated units, the interior rollcage we planned to build later would be easy to tie directly into the frame in a sanitary manner.
3:10 pm: This picture shows just how much detail went into plating the frame. Each of those holes had to be drilled with a 3-inch hole saw on a drill press. Despite the cool-looking texture the holes added to the inner framerails, they had to be covered up by two additional layers of steel plating. Why go through all the trouble? The holes provided additional weld surface, ensuring that the plates were solidly attached to the frame. This is a trick that Trophy Truck builders use to guarantee structural rigidity where it counts most.
10:25 p.m.: Much of Night 2 was spent building the rear suspension upper-link arm mounts and attaching them to the frame. Here, you can see Nick cleaning up an area in preparation for finish welding. Check out the trick tubular rear body mount substructure visible in the background. The rear four-link setup uses links and rod ends identical to the front, except that the rear is composed of four equal-length links instead of three. Triangulated, with appropriately spaced mounts, this setup was designed to flex exceptionally well without binding.
Day 3
8:55 a.m.: Check out these link arms. Prior to welding each arm, an Evolution bung was pressed into each end. The line across the bung in this shot indicates that it is a lefthand-threaded bung. Having opposite threads at the end of each link arm allows for fine-tuning the arms once everything is bolted together. Because we ordered our Evolution rod ends with 4-inch threaded shanks, the bungs have more than 2 full inches of thread engagement at each end, which equals greater strength.
1:15 p.m.: The way Toby tied together the lower link mounts to the axlehousing is easily confused with origami. With four interlocking pieces of steel at each lower link mount, there is no way that these mounts are ever coming off the axlehousing. Notice how the main brackets fully encompass the axletubes for added strength.
5:40 p.m.: Here you can see how meticulous details like these link-arm brackets can make or break a truck. Thankfully, Toby is a skilled welder and his attention to detail is a top priority. The results are consistently beautiful and strong welds every time.
8:50 p.m.: With the rear axle located in place, it was time to start tubing out the rear portion of the truck. Toby surprised the whole crew when he attached the tubing bender to the forklift forks. His plan was to run one continuous length of tubing from the middle crossmember to the end of the truck and back, forming a rear stinger along the way. This was a fairly complicated process because it required two compound bends to form the stinger. Here, you can see Nick up on the forks, cranking away at the bender. (We're pretty sure OSHA wouldn't approve of this.)
Day 4
10:10 a.m.: The previous night marked some decent progress on the rear portion of the vehicle. Check out the cool-guy cheese grater, aka fuel-cell mounting surface. Toby labored on it for hours. Even editor Robin Stover's bald-headed uncle showed up to lend a helping hand on Day 4. Note the special care he's taking to avoid a flare-up around what little hair he has left.
10:33 a.m.: UPS arrived with a whole assortment of goodies for the project. Fox Racing Shox came through in a big way with a whole arsenal of high-quality racing shocks. Our crew had to stop and pause for a moment of silence as the brand-new racing shocks were unboxed.
Another product we were really impressed with was the mounting hardware from Totally Stainless. Totally Stainless is one of the only bolt manufacturers in the world that can build stainless-steel bolts with Grade 8 certification ratings. We chose these fasteners because they look good and will never rust. Plain and simple stainless fasteners are the way to go, as long as money is no object.
2:34 p.m.: When the afternoon UPS shipment arrived, the rear portion of the truck was coming along nicely. A new set of 40-inch Mickey Thompson Baja ATZ tires were in place on 18-inch Weld wheels, and the rear suspension setup was finally taking shape. Toby was finishing up the lower link mounts on the rear axle, and Robin's uncle was removing excess sheetmetal from inside the cab where the rear tubing would eventually tie into the interior cage. Other volunteers were hard at work running brake lines to the front axle.
9:44 p.m.: While Toby put the finishing touches on his rear suspension idler arms, the remaining members of the crew worked on the cable shifters from Advance Adapters. Most of Evening 4 was pretty quiet in the shop. We didn't know if it was just the pressure getting to everyone, or a simple lack of sleep. Either way, the project was beginning to take a toll on us.
Day 5
6:45 a.m.: Several major tasks remained unfinished. With less than 42 hours left to complete the rig, the mood around the shop turned serious. There wasn't time for mistakes, nor was there time to stop for a break. Robin declared he wouldn't leave the shop until the truck was finished: "Come hell or high water, this truck will be finished in time for SEMA." Bewildered volunteers sauntered in from the thick morning fog. A thick layer of clutter coated every horizontal surface of Toby's shop: Empty drink cups, half-opened boxes of pizza, scatterings of notched tubing lay everywhere. There wasn't one place where you couldn't find some sort of handtool waiting to be put away. Toby looked around and muttered, "Guys, we gotta clean up this mess first."
9:15 a.m.: The morning brought with it many time-consuming stumbling blocks. For instance, the brake lines made from steel braided hose offered a much better path for electrical current than the ill-placed grounding lead of Toby's MIG welder. You guessed it -- time to redo the rear brake lines. Luckily, our friends at Russell Performance kicked down plenty of extra brake hose with their generous donation of fittings and steel braded lines.
10:10 a.m.: Former TTC tow-truck driver and all-around good buddy Scott Shreve was in the process of bending up new solid brake lines that seemed to fit better than the factory units. Meanwhile, Toby was busy zapping away at the rear tubing of the truck. Just when things were looking up, a bad call came in. Our rear driveshaft from Pat's Driveline in Canada had been held up in customs for several days due to an improper tax ID number. Now it was no longer en route to California. The shipper had turned over the whole debacle to a clearing house, which meant nobody at UPS had any answers. But our problems just seemed to get worse. Fuel Safe, the company that hooked us up with a sweet 30-gallon fuel cell, called to inform us about our in-tank fuel pump, which was lost in a cargo container somewhere near the California-Oregon border. Evidently, the wrong shipping label was used. After an abrupt conversation with a representative from Fuel Safe, a new fuel cell was on a plane bound for San Jose, California. Toby assured us he could conjure up a rear driveshaft from excess parts, if time permitted.
8:49 p.m.: The Glassworks Unlimited fiberglass front fenders and bed sides had arrived fresh from the body shop. The paint matched, but the rear taillights were missing. Otherwise, the rear portion of the truck was looking pretty good. A 20-inch-long Poly Performance limiting strap was being installed over the center of the rear differential. Robin was under the truck, running the world's most expensive -2 gauge power cable from the alternator back to the spot where the two Optima yellow-top batteries were going to be. A few helpers remained late into the night to aid with wiring up the engine.
Day 6
3:45 a.m.: With two helpers still present, Robin was forced into a time out. It was cold, the long hours had obscured all rational thought, and the 90-weight Royal Purple gear oil he was attempting to pour into the front ProRock 60 axlehousing wouldn't flow, no matter how hard he squeezed. Just then, Scott approached the now-delirious editor: "Dude, you have to remove the inner seal or it won't pour." We closed down the shop and headed to a nearby Denny's. The graveyard-shift host was caught a little off-guard when three grease-covered zombies came through the front door at 4:00 a.m. The look on his face was priceless.
6:23 a.m.: A new fresh wave of workers flooded the front door of Toby's shop. By 8:15, there were five people working through the remaining details of the front suspension. Robin was in the middle of running a fuel line back towards the cheese grater when the UPS man arrived with a big box containing the new fuel cell. The crew breathed a little easier knowing that the vehicle would be able to run for the show.
4:15 p.m.: Toby was finishing up a bar designed to span the back side of the engine, effectively tying together the front shock hoops. Robin was busy making up hydraulic hoses for the orbital valve. Most of the rest of the team's focus was concentrated on rigging up supports for the fiberglass bed sides. This went on late into the night.
Day 7
12:30 a.m.: The truck was finally supporting its own weight. Toby was busy building the mounts for the track bar. Notice the way this bracket grabs two complete sides of the frame. This is a point where every inch of weld counts.
1:07 a.m.: The lower track-bar mount was also burly. Toby was even able to add a cool-guy hole to tie everything together.
3:00 a.m.: 13 people were still present, with a swarm of activity at every corner of the truck. Four volunteers were under the truck scouring every metal surface with Scotch Brite pads, two others were peeling off remnants of the old original vinyl wrap. Toby was busy at the lathe, building a makeshift rear driveshaft, and editor Robin was clearing a spot in the stock front bumper for the Acro HID lights.
3:10 a.m.: We owe a big debt of gratitude to the guys at Right Axle and Gear of Salinas, California. These guys gave up a Friday night to lend a helping hand to the project.
7:48 a.m.: Only two people remained at the shop through the early morning hours, focusing on minor details like wrapping insulation, greasing Zerk fittings and hooking up miscellaneous wiring. When Toby arrived at 9:15, the countdown to fire-up began. Several failed attempts to start the engine led us to believe we had some kind of electrical problem. The minutes turned into hours. Before we knew it, our friend Jack was waiting patiently outside with his trailer, ready to make the eight-hour drive to Las Vegas. It was 8:15 p.m. The truck didn't run, the hydraulic steering was plumbed backwards, and the shocks still didn't have nitrogen in them. At this point, we decided to wait until we got to Vegas to make our last-minute fixes, so we loaded the Titan onto the trailer using a forklift. We called ahead to Toby's lead man Nick, who had just arrived in Vegas via airliner, with instructions to troubleshoot the Titan the first thing in the morning.
As good a mechanic as they come, Nick was able to get the truck running within an hour of its arrival in Las Vegas. He also swapped the hydraulic hoses so that the truck would steer correctly. We never did pressurize the Shox before the show. The truck received an outrageous vinyl wrap in the early-morning hours shortly before check-in time. The design was pure magic, courtesy of Ape Wraps. With the truck positioned on a ramp in front of the main entrance to the Las Vegas Convention Center, all the hard work was finally justified - the public's response to the Titan was overwhelmingly positive.
Project Titan, Part 1
Project Titan, Part 2
Project Titan, Part 3
Project Titan, Part 4
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MIDDLETOWN -- Gary Allen jokes that he was sick of running around the small 2-mile island that he calls home in Maine, so he decided to go for a longer run.
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After crossing the Arrigoni Bridge and passing through Middletown into Durham on his route on Tuesday, Allen, who has finished 86 marathons, reflected on how far he's come. The runner passed the half-way point of 350 miles the day before in "Romantic Willimantic," he joked.
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Allen, director of the Mount Desert Island Marathon and motivational speaker, is fortunate to have some family, friends and kind strangers who have chipped in to help support him, he said.
"It's impossible to plan for every eventuality in something this long, so I left home pretty much on faith," Allen said.
Since then, he's had volunteers sign up to support him along the way and has raised more than $4,500 for the three charities.
Seth Reece of Plainville, Allen's cousin, was driving a support vehicle Tuesday filled with food and fluids to aid the frequent refueling stops. Allen is finding it difficult to take in the nearly 10,000 calories that he's burning each day and says he knows he has lost weight. He also hasn't been sleeping well due to the constant pain he is in after running almost 400 miles to date.
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Joomla!: Visual QuickStart Guide: Making Your Site Dynamic with Menus
Menus are the most important part of setting up a Joomla web site, because you use menus to display content. Menus not only control navigation but literally define how the content is laid out and presented to the user. Nothing appears on the web site without being linked to a menu item. Because your visitors access and view all information through the menu clicks, it's vitally important to get them right. The menu modules control the placement (position) of the menu items on the site, and the menu items control the presentation and layout of the content being displayed.
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To create a menu module:
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The Menu Manager opens (Figure 4.1).
Figure 4.1 The Menu Manager
- On the toolbar, click New.
The New Menu page appears; this is where you create the new menu module.
- In the Unique Name field, type eventsmenu.
Joomla uses this name to identify the menu, so it must be unique. Use only alphanumeric characters without spaces. You can put underscores between words instead of spaces.
- In the Title field, type Events Menu.
This is the title of the menu that displays on your web site. You can choose to hide or show the title of the menu through the Module Manager.
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A place for past, present, and future family events.
- In the Module Title field, type Events Menu.
This is the name of the menu module, and it will be added to the Module Manager. If you leave this field blank, the menu will not be accessible (Figure 4.2).
Figure 4.2 The Create New Menu Module page
- Click Save.
- Repeating steps 1 through 7, create two more menus—one titled Albums Menu and one titled Recipes Menu.
The menus have been added and are now listed in the Menu Manager, but until they are enabled they will not show up on the site (Figure 4.3).
Figure 4.3 The new menus listed in the Menu Manager
To enable a menu module:
- Choose Extensions > Module Manager.
The Module Manager page opens (Figure 4.4). The newly created menu modules are all listed, but they aren't enabled yet. (For a refresher on Module Manager fields, see Chapter 2, "Getting Started.")
Figure 4.4 The Module Manager with the menus disabled
- In the Enabled column, click the red circled X for each menu module.
The Menu Modules are now enabled, as indicated by the green checkmarks in the Enabled column (Figure 4.5).
Figure 4.5 The Module Manager with the menus enabled
- Click the Preview link.
The menus are all listed on the front page (Figure 4.6). The menus may not be in the order you want them to appear, but you can change that by using positions.
Figure 4.6 The site with the new menus
To change the display order of menu modules:
- Choose Extensions > Module Manager.
The Module Manager opens. Because the main menu is the main navigation for the site, you want this menu to display first. The menus are currently in the order they were created (Figure 4.7).
Figure 4.7 The Module Manager showing the creation order of the menus
- For the Main Menu, type 1 in the Order column.
- For the Events menu, type 2 in the Order column.
- For the Albums menu, type 3 in the Order column.
- For the Recipes menu, type 4 in the Order column.
- Click the Save icon next to the Order column header.
You can also change the order by using the arrows next to the order number. This can be a more efficient way to reorder your modules when you have many modules and those modules are all in different positions. For now the four menus are in the correct order (Figure 4.8).
Figure 4.8 The Module Manager showing the menu ordering changed
- Click Preview.
The new menu ordering is reflected on the front page (Figure 4.9).
Figure 4.9 The front page with the menus displayed in order
To change a menu position:
- Choose Extensions > Module Manager.
The Module Manager opens with a list of all modules created or installed on your site.
The current design trend is to place the main navigation of a web site horizontally across the top, so you are going to change the position of this menu to place it across the top of the web site.
- Click the Main Menu link to open the Module Editor (Figure 4.10).
Figure 4.10 The Module Editor
You will use the Module Editor to configure all settings for the menu module. Each of the module settings will be covered throughout this chapter; for now you simply need to change the position of the main menu.
- In the Details area, choose hornav from the Position drop-down menu (Figure 4.11).
Figure 4.11 Choosing hornav for the Main Menu position
The position and the menu's style are defined by the template.
- Click Save, and then click Preview.
You have just moved the main menu to the horizontal position styled by the template (Figure 4.12).
Figure 4.12 The front page displays the Main Menu in the horizontal position defined in your template
- Change the Albums and Recipes menus to the Right position.
The menu ordering changes as you group menus into different positions. Notice each menu is assigned an order according to the position (Figure 4.13).
Figure 4.13 The new menu position ordering
- Click Preview to see your changes (Figure 4.14).
Figure 4.14 The new menus positioned on the front page
To learn how to use the positions for your template, as well as how to create your own positions, see Chapter 9, "Creating Joomla Templates."
To edit menu module details:
- Choose Extensions > Module Manager.
The Module Manager opens with a list of all modules created or installed on your site.
- Click the Main Menu link to open the Module Editor.
The Module Editor is where you configure the module details, menu assignments, and parameters. The module details control the display functions (Figure 4.16).
Figure 4.16 The menu module details
- Click the No radio button for Enabled.
The menu is no longer enabled, so it won't show on the web site.
- Click Apply, and then click Preview (Figure 4.17).
Figure 4.17 A preview of the web site without a main menu
Notice that the menu no longer displays on the web site.
- Now re-enable the menu by clicking the Yes radio button for Enabled.
- Click Save, and then click Preview (Figure 4.18).
Figure 4.18 A preview of the web site with a main menu enabled
To use menu assignment:
- Choose Extensions > Module Manager.
The Module Manager opens with a list of all modules created or installed on your site.
- Click the Events Menu link to open the Module Editor.
The default is to assign menu modules to all menu items. Menu assignment tells Joomla when this menu module is to display on the page (Figure 4.19).
Figure 4.19 The menu assignment selections
- In the Menu Assignment area, click the "Select Menu Item(s) from the List" radio button.
- From the Menu Selections, choose Events.
Assigning the Events menu module to the Events menu item tells Joomla to display this module only when the user clicks the Events link in the Main Menu (Figure 4.20).
Figure 4.20 Assigning the Events menu module to the main menu Events link
- Click Save.
- Repeat steps 2 through 5 to assign the Albums menu module to the Home and Our Albums menu items.
- Repeat steps 2 through 5 to assign the Recipes menu module to the Home and Recipes menu.
As shown in steps 6 and 7, you can assign menu modules to multiple menu items. Command-click (Mac) or Control-click (Windows) to select multiple menu items.
The module assignment for each menu module is listed in the Pages column. All indicates the menu module is assigned to all menu items, and Varies indicates that it is assigned to some menu items (Figure 4.21).
Figure 4.21 Pages column showing which pages the menu module is assigned to
- Click Preview.
Click each of the links in the main menu to see the results. When you click Events, the Events Menu appears. When you click Albums, the Our Albums menu appears (Figure 4.22).
Figure 4.22 A preview of the Events menu on the Events section page


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Maybe you've experienced the act of lovemaking. If so, please tell us what it's like; we're bloggers. But have you experienced lovemaking as narrated by Kornheiser and Wilbon?
Sorry for making your naughty bits shrivel up with repulsion just now. But let me draw your attention to a dating column on College Humor. One hapless reader writes in with his tale of woe:
A while back me and my GF were having sex. I put on my iPod for some mood music, but instead of putting on a playlist I just hit shuffle. Twenty minutes into our love making session, the music ended and a podcast I had downloaded of PTI (Pardon the Interruption) from ESPN came on. Neither of us wanted to stop to change it, so we finished to the soothing voices of Tony Kornheiser and Mike Wilbon. I no longer listen to PTI.
Good god, man. That can't be healthy for you, as you'll never be able to do the deed again without thinking of Tony and Michael debating Tim Tebow's NFL potential. And I hoped you used protection; any kid conceived under those circumstances has no choice in life but to become Stat Boy.
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Try this: Fig honeyed walnut & blue cheese salad
Preparation: 15 mins
Cooking: 5 mins
Serves: 4
What you need:
3/4 cup walnut pieces
¼ cup honey
2 tablespoons linseeds
125g mixed baby salad greens
6 plump figs, quartered
200g creamy blue cheese, crumbled
Red wine vinegar dressing:
1½ tbs red wine vinegar
¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
What to do:
Step 1 Line a baking tray with baking paper. Heat a small frying pan
over medium heat. Add walnuts and cook, stirring often, for 2 minutes
until lightly toasted. Add honey and linseeds. Season with salt and pepper and cook, stirring occasionally, for 3-4 minutes until honey is bubbling.
Spread the walnut mixture onto the baking tray.
Set aside to cool.
Step 2 Arrange salad greens on a serving platter. Top with figs and sprinkle with blue cheese. Roughly chop honeyed walnuts.
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CES 2005 Watch maker Fossil has formally revived its previously ill-fated Palm OS-based PDA wristwatch project - a year after it appeared to kill off the product before it even shipped.
Featuring a redesigned casing, the Wrist PDA launched this week nevertheless remains true to the previous version's spec. Once again, there's Palm OS 4.1 on board; a 160 x 160 touchscreen LCD; 8MB of memory, 7.7MB of which is available to the user, and double the amount in the previous version; infrared and USB connectivity; 4MB of Flash storage; a 66MHz Motorola Dragonball processor, double the clock speed of the original Wrist PDA; and a battery sufficiently capacious to offer 3-4 days' usage.
Announced in November 2002, the Wrist PDA was to have shipped in June 2003, but a series of set-backs saw the tiny electronic organiser delayed until early 2004. The company laid the blame for the delays at the door of the watch's contract manufacturer, Flextronics. At that point, Fossil suddenly admitted that it probably wouldn't ship the product after all.
In November 2004, however, it emerged that the project might be revived.
The 'second generation' Wrist PDA, dubbed the FX2008, will ship under the Fossil brand, this time for $249 - slightly cheaper than the previous version. Again, a less-expensive, $200 version, the AU5005, will be offered under Fossil's Abacus brand. Both go on sale today, from the company's own web sites, retail partners and, in the case of the Abacus unit, online exclusively through TigerDirect.com. Fossil's erstwhile exclusive online partner, Amazon.com, was not offering the FX2008 or the AU5005 as we went to press today. ®
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In the best response we've seen yet to FOX broadcaster Tim McCarver's ultimate foot-in-mouth moment last evening, the mad, depraved geniuses at Yard Work put on their miner's helmets to figure out what, exactly, that taste was in Brad Lidge's mouth that McCarver declared "not there."
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This was another bad meal in a series of them. I haven t had a truly satisfying lunch in at least a week. Even my soda ($2.95) was lousy. That soda was flatter than a hanging slider on a two-strike count.
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If you're struggling with high cholesterol, you're not alone. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 71 million Americans are currently diagnosed with high cholesterol. The good news is that changing up your diet in an effort to get back on track is easier than you think, especially with the range of nutrient-rich, low- to no-cholesterol foods available today. In other words, eating cholesterol-free doesn't have to mean crunching on raw vegetables and nothing else at every meal. We've rounded up some of our favorite tips for enjoying a cholesterol-free diet along with some quick and easy recipes to enjoy throughout the week.
What Is Cholesterol?
Believe it or not, cholesterol is not only found in foods like pizza or fried chicken. Along with dietary cholesterol present in meat and dairy foods, cholesterol is naturally produced in your liver to digest fatty foods and make hormones. Therefore, because your body naturally produces all the cholesterol it needs, overindulging in foods high in "bad cholesterol" puts you at risk of disrupting your body's healthy cholesterol levels.
Why Eat Cholesterol Free?
First, you should know that there is such a thing as "good cholesterol," also known as HDL (high-density lipoprotein) cholesterol. HDL cholesterol absorbs LDL (low-density lipoprotein) cholesterol (or "bad cholesterol") and carries it back to the liver, which flushes it from the body. LDL cholesterol, on the other hand, is found in a variety of foods that are high in saturated fat and trans fat (think fried foods and high-fat animal products). This type of cholesterol may build up on the walls of your blood vessels, forming what is known as plaque, which can impair blood flow to and from the heart and other organs. That's why it's important to moderate your intake of LDL cholesterol whenever possible.
Tips for Eating Cholesterol Free
While it may be tough to completely limit your intake of LDL cholesterol, there are a variety of flavorful foods that can help reduce high cholesterol levels. Fruits and veggies are technically considered "cholesterol-free" (avocados are a great way to incorporate healthy fats into your meal plan, and dark leafy greens may encourage the body to regulate triglyceride, aka fat, levels); oatmeal can add filling fiber; quinoa is a great source of antioxidants; and oily fish like salmon, trout, or tuna is a solid protein choice.
Top Cholesterol Free Brands
Low in cholesterol, yet full of flavor: Check out these healthy brands.
Simple Mills
Stocking up on pantry staples? Shop a wide selection of low-cholesterol, gluten-free favorites including crackers, pancake mixes, and even creamy frosting and cake mixes from this Chicago-based company.
Sea Salt Almond Flour Crackers
These nutrient-packed crunchy crackers will keep you fueled with 3 grams of protein per serving. They're made with a wholesome blend of almond flour, sunflower seeds, and flax seeds that are high in omega-3s, too.
Nutiva keeps things pure and simple by offering superfood-powered products made with the most premium ingredients possible. The company is also firm in its commitment to sustainability and passion for giving back to local communities.
Nutiva Organic Virgin Coconut Oil
This pantry must-have is crafted in Southeast Asia where fresh coconuts are cold-pressed immediately after harvesting and never bleached, refined, or deodorized. Add a dollop to a smoothie or use it as a cooking oil.
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Whole grain foods aren't just a must-have on a cholesterol-free diet, but also a wonderful source of fiber. You'll love the delightfully nutty flavor and pleasant texture that makes this short-grain rice the perfect match for everything from fried rice to rice pudding.
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Roasted Broccolini With Nori Salt
Your oven will get a lot more use on a cholesterol-free diet, and this recipe is no exception to the rule. Give your greens a Japanese-inspired flavor upgrade with coconut aminos, nori, and sesame.
Tri-Colored Quinoa Salad
Here's a recipe that's easy on the eyes and on your cholesterol levels. Tri-colored quinoa adds a dose of healthy protein while cilantro, dried cranberries, almonds, and zucchini create lovely layers of texture.
Roasted Salmon and Cauliflower Rice Bowl
One meal, one bowl: Combine comforting cauliflower rice with sautéed spinach and mushrooms and top it off with a delicate salmon filet. This dish is not only oh-so-easy—it's downright elegant.


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Three researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a software protocol that better manages high traffic loads on a Wi-Fi router when too many users connect, the university said on Tuesday.
The IEEE's 802.11 specification allows clients connected to a Wi-Fi access point to share the same transmission channel, but downlink traffic eventually surpasses uplink traffic, causing packet loss and the access point to be saturated, the researchers wrote in an abstract.
"Various factors result in performance degradation of Wi-Fi for large audiences, and from our analysis of network traces, we observed traffic asymmetry being the major culprit," the researchers wrote.
The researchers' protocol, called WiFox, monitors the traffic and implements a "priority" mode when a router is in danger of being overloaded of traffic, according to the university. WiFox can be incorporated into routers as a software update.
WiFox was tested with between 25 and 45 clients connected to an access point. The router was able to respond an average of four times faster than a network not using the protocol.
Interestingly, throughput increased with more users on the network. The researchers found throughput increased by 700 percent with 45 users, and by 400 percent with 25 users.
The paper, "WiFox: Scaling WiFi Performance for Large Audience Environments," was written by doctoral students Jeongki Min and Arpit Gupta, and Injong Rhee, a professor of computer science, at the university.
A one-page summary of their research has been released, and they will present the paper next month at the ACM CoNEXT 2012 conference in Nice, France scheduled from Dec. 10-13.


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Digital Publishing Suite is a set of hosted software services and viewer technology to allow large publishers to create, distribute, monetise and analyse digital magazines, newspapers and publications and was launched early in 2011.
"Publishers will be able to use Adobe Digital Publishing Suite to create magazine and newspaper applications that appear in the Apple Newsstand section of the iTunes App Store and the Newsstand folder on the iPad," Adobe said in a statement.
Significantly, it will conform with Apple's subscription policies that require subscription-based app publishers to turn over 30 percent of revenue generated by subs bought from within apps or digital publications on iOS devices.
The Newsstand will be a major new feature of iOS 5, though rumours that Apple was working on a digital newsstand system for the iPad first surfaced around a year ago.
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– If you've been reading this blog for any length of time, you know that I am a fan of The West Wing. One of Josiah Bartlet's favorite things to ask on the show is "what's next?" Terry Pegula answered that question for us on Tuesday: what's next is winning a Stanley Cup. Before that (or to aid in that), the immediate "what's next?" is to attract players to Buffalo. We all know that players fall in love with Buffalo once they get here, it's the getting them here that's been the hard part. Gossip about how previous management treated the players ran rampant throughout the league, and no matter how much current players talked up the organization, players were reluctant to come here. I have a feeling that Pegula's true enthusiasm for the team, the sport and the city is going to shine through and that we may be seeing free agents start wanting to come here during free agent season.
– I said on Twitter last night that Pegula must be feeling like a kid in a candy store. He's met his hero Perreault, was surprised at center ice by the French Connection, and had an entire arena full of fans chanting his name. Where else can you go from there?
– According to Thomas Vanek's official blog, Pegula is throwing a party at the arena for not only the Sabres players & staffers, but also their families. I really do think that is a nice touch, as the families are just as important as the players themselves. And if you continue reading Vanek's blog, it seems that his mini backyard rink is the site of quite the ruckus when Leopold & Lalime bring their kids over. I really like hearing warm and fuzzy anecdotes like this one, as it stresses how close some of them are off the ice. We rarely hear stories like this from the media because warm and fuzzy generally doesn't sell papers or gross ratings points. I'm not saying I want an entire sports report or sports section full of warm and fuzzy, but the occasional bit would be nice. And can someone tell me how the Sabres can have a no-Twitter policy, but yet Vanek can still blog? A blog is still social media. Just saying…
– The decision to waive Rivet was shocking on one hand because he's the team captain, but yet not shocking because the guy has had his rear permanently glued to a seat in the press box for a good chunk of this season. It's going to be fascinating to see whether another team picks him up on the re-entry wire, or whether he just fades back into the press box for the remainder of the season if Darcy can't pull a trade out of his hat.
– I'm decidedly not a fan of Pegula calling out local sportswriters for being tough on players. By their play – or lack thereof – players help sportswriters make the case that they are soft, fragile, clumsy, lazy and whatever other adjective has been used to describe some players lately. Writers write what they see. They aren't paid to be the team's spin doctors (that's what PR guys are for*). Sports writers are meant to be objective news reporters, or in the case of commentary, present their arguments in a logical and hopefully fair manner. It's not the owner's job to plead the case for his players. The players should be able to handle a little criticism from the media. They're professional athletes and grown ups. They shouldn't be running to PR/management every time the media has a negative thing to say about them.
*I know PR isn't spin. Put your rotten tomatoes down.
That's not to say that the media is blameless in its somewhat contentious relationship with the team. There are times that issues have been hashed and rehashed until they've just turned into a talking point that seems to be included because it's expected. I think that both sides need to move on and just start with a fresh slate now that there's a new man in town. What's in the past is in the past. Move on.
– Finally, and this is completely not hockey related, I watched the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery before I left the office today. There's always something exciting and awesome about a space shuttle launch. I mean, it's 6 very brave men and women sitting on top of a rocket getting hurtled into the great unknown. There's a lot that can go wrong (and has). The fact that the shuttle program is winding down and there is no viable replacement in sight makes me kind of sad for what this current generation of kids is going to miss. My parents, as most baby boomers, grew up in the midst of the Cold War and the space race. As kids, they lived through JFK promising a moon landing and the growth of the Apollo program. They encouraged their kids – my peers – to study math and science so that they could be astronauts some day. Game shows targeted to kids regularly gave away trips to space camp. The way things are going, my generation is going to be the last one to grow up with space travel as a "regular" thing. What's next after there's no shuttle to hurtle people into outer space? Do we not strive for the moon or further exploration because there's budget difficulties and cuts have to be made somewhere? Who knows. I feel like this scene from the West Wing encapsulates why space is still so important:
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Meet artist Jason Kruse on Saturday September 11, 2010. Scratch 9 is the all-new all ages comics series coming summer 2010 from Ape Entertainment.
Created by writer Rob M. Worley "Scratch9″ features the adventures of a rascally house cat who gains the ability to summon any of his 8 other lives to his side to aid him in his adventures.
Illustrating the book is Harvey Award nominated artist Jason T. Kruse, creator of the graphic novel series turned Saturday-morning cartoon "The World of Quest".
Jason T. Kruse is not only a veteran of the prestigious CalArts university in sunny Southern California, he is also a maker of fine comic books. More specifically, he made a comic book called THE WORLD OF QUEST.
In the animation world Jason has worked as a clean-up animator and… fill-in story artist on Steve Oedekirk's "The Barnyard". He has also worked on such films as "Stuart Little" and "Cats and Dogs" for Rhythm and Hues Studio in Los Angeles as well as animating and storyboarding various pilots for such companies as Disney and Nickelodeon. At Quicksilver he was the character animator on four separate games including the recently released, "Master of Orion 3″, "Cashflow 101 and 202″ as well as numerous games for the United States Army.
Jason works at Helixe Studio outside of Boston on the handheld Nintendo adaptations of Pixar's next films.
Jason is also currently writing and overseeing his first animated series, THE WORLD OF QUEST, which will air Saturday mornings on the CW.
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Please note that these are based on the president's own numbers.
The dot-com bust, laid at least partly at Clinton's door, put us back into deficit. The credit collapse, laid at least partly at Congress's door (though Bush is not exonerated), dropped up back a second time.
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These charts are bogus. 2009 is, after all, still George Bush's budget.
I mean really, George Bush spent 400 billion in TARP funds alone. Even that isn't counted in 2008? The whole $700 billion was passed under his budget.
There is another $200 billion that George Bush put off books with the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that Obama has put on the books.
This is going to be central to why Republican have created such catastrophic deficits. They are unable to orient themselves to taking responsibility for the consequences of their actions. There is a piece missing in the ability to do that.
Bill Clinton left with $250 billions surpluses. George Bush and the Republicans destroyed that all on their own. Until you can describe why that failure took place and how things will be different, it is hard to make any sense out of this new found 'concern' for deficit spending.
Be assured, though, things will get better now. We welcome responsibility. You trashed the house and we do need to take out a loan to repair it. But we are going to get things back on track.
Apparently Copithorne never learned to read graphs, else he would have commented on the future predictions.
Is innumeracy a characteristic of liberals?
Future predictions?
The chart shows that from George Bush's 2009 deficit, Barack Obama consistently brings the deficit down throughout his first term.
Beyond that, hard to say what will happen. I'm optimistic we will get things on track as we have in the past.
With Republicans, the deficit gets worse. With Democrats it gets better. It's been that way for my entire life.
If you were truly interested in the subject of deficits as a matter of public policy, these real life consequences would be of interest to you. Instead, I see just the use of rhetoric for supporting a tribal identification.
- Assistant Village Idiot said...
copithorne, that is simply an amazing triumph of narrative over the facts right in front of you.
This is all projection, AVI. But again, if your reality is working for you, it works for me as well. If you attend to your own experience you will find that your reality will be quite stressful and depressing to uphold.
I did appreciate that Barack Obama asked Eric Cantor and the Republican caucus for a list of cuts. It seemed like a teachable moment where Republican could be coached into expressing their stated principles into actual policies.
It will be interesting to see what comes of that. They had six years without proposing any cuts, so I'm not sure what would change now. But it's a new day and this would be a good beginning for Republicans if they can seize the opportunity.
- GraniteDad said...
You mean the Eric Cantor who said
"The Bush administration's first proposal was for an unfettered $700 billion dollar bailout of the financial industry. I found this unprecedented government expansion with no oversight and 100% of the burden placed on the taxpayers to be unacceptable and began working on an alternative"
Or should I project another quote?
Sure, Jonathan, line them up if you got them.
It's hard to understand if you think Eric Cantor meant there should be no TARP program or whether he wanted changes to it. For myself, I have to accept the Paulson/Bernanke/Bush/Obama/McCain consensus that such a bailout was needed.
I understand you guys would have opposed the stimulus package. As far as I can tell, that's Obama's only contribution to that 2009 deficit figure in your chart. If you think no action was warranted you should definitely make the case. I'm pretty confident there is a strong and growing political consensus supporting the stimulus package.
But if you've think the Republican Party has alternate proposals to close the deficit, it would certainly be wholesome and constructive to share them.
- Donna B. said...
There are no good "political" solutions to our fiscal problems as it's "political" solution to former problems (fiscal, social, and imagined) that caused the problem in the first place.
I'm a nothing, a nobody and do not feel that I'm represented in Washington at all.
- Der Hahn said...
At least copithorne is willing to admit $787 billion of the deficit is Obama's.
Over two years, Der Hahn, over two years.
$787 billion of the debt is Obama's. Half that is the deficit.
- ELC said...
AVI, It's almost as if you really thought facts would actually mean something in the discussion. Fascinating. ;)
I've presented facts and they stand, uncontradicted. If anybody wants to present other evidence, please do.
For thirty years Republicans voted for people who said in word and deed "deficits don't matter." On January 20, 2009 they had some kind of conversion experience in which all of a sudden they say deficits do matter. However, they are unaware of what caused this transformation or even that a transformation took place.
Fine. For most people in Western Civilization the lack of awareness of this transformation will make it hard to take your concerns seriously. But I'll take the concern at face value. The next step will be learning to express that new found concern in terms of public policies. You would propose cutting this program or raising that tax. Because this concern is so new, evidently you haven't arrived at the point where people are able to do that or even conceptualize how that would happen.
Look for that opportunity over the next few years. That's the muscle you'll need to exercise to begin to participate constructively in our nation's civic life.
- Assistant Village Idiot said...
You have been frequently contradicted, with facts. You respond with insult each time, as here. If you wish to be the knight from Monty Python who refuses to acknowledge he is beaten, though his arms and legs are cut off, we will continue to be amused.
It doesn't seem like you and I have the same understanding of what a "fact" is. I guess I can try to ask directly.
In your chart, where is the $700 billion in TARP funds signed by George Bush appear? Did you not falsely ascribe those funds to Barack Obama?
Why does your chart not include the funds for Iraq and Afghanistan for the years 2000-2008 but it does include them for subsequent years? Isn't that several hundred billions of dollars a year that you are fudging?
Are you aware that fiscal year 2009 begins in October 2008? So that the first year in your chart reflects spending decisions that are George Bush's responsibility? Is it not accurate when I say that starting with that deficit, Barack Obama intends to bring the decifit down?
Finally, are you aware of any proposals for reducing the deficit that have been made here? What proposals do you have for reducing the deficit?
I have read through the entire thread. You are flatly mistaken that any facts have been presented that contradict the assertions I made in my inital post. Can you point to anything that you perceived to be a 'fact' so that I could understand what you mean by the term?
- Assistant Village Idiot said...
Oh sure. Even if all you stated were entirely true (there are some important qualifiers you leave out), it would still remain that the subsequent deficits are enormously larger than what has gone before. You may think this is necessary and a good thing, to spend our way out of difficulties. Though I think that terribly unwise, I don't enter that discussion here. I do point out that we are spending enormously more than we did.
As to surpluses under Clinton, one might as easily say that we had surpluses because of the Republican congress. That would also be an oversimplification, but is at least as valid. You leave the control of congress pieces out of your consideration - as, admittedly, many people do, on both sides of the issue.
Barack Obama inherited a deficit of $1.3 trillion. He added the stimulus package of about $350 billion. That's what your chart shows.
You have not told me that you oppose the stimulus package or what alternatives you would have preferred that would not have raised the deficit. You do not seem to be taking responsibility for advocating doing nothing in the face of economic meltdown. If you preferred doing nothing, make the case. Otherwise, your complaints are empty.
Following that, we intend to reduce the deficit we inherited. That sounds like a goal you share. Yet your approach leaves you an outside critic rather than a responsible participant.
I gather it is tacitly acknowledged that your statement that I have been 'frequently contradicted by facts' was a false statement. Or the use of 'facts' within your tribe has no meaning to people outside of your tribe. If I am misunderstanding, I count on you to point to the facts presented here that should have contradicted or modified my views.
The surplus of 2000 was due to the trajectory established by the budget of 1994 which passed without a Republican vote. You could throw in the budget decision of 1990 which knocked it in half too if you want to share the credit. Nothing else really changed the math. All that is too old to debate, but that's the way it was.
- Assistant Village Idiot said...
I do not tacitly acknowledge that my statement that you have been "frequently contradicted by the facts is false." I am simply tired of repeating things and having you ignore them, so that you can make your own points instead. If you had wished to discuss how much responsibility President Bush has for the recent deficit (a fair bit) versus how much President Obama is responsible for (as a majority Senator, a designer of the bailout, a stimulus adder, and increaser of the Bush budget, a fair bit as well) you would have found that discussion. Your use of the tribal "we" to describe what is happening is terribly revealing of your inability to discuss. When you are ready to discuss, or even debate, others are willing.
Saying that writing one sentence pointing to a fact is harder than writing ten sentences making excuses will not be at all persuasive to members outside your tribe.
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AP source: Dolphins' Martin talks to investigator
Miami Dolphins tackle Jonathan Martin met Thursday in Los Angeles with NFL special investigator Ted Wells for a second round of questioning about the team's bullying scandal, a person familiar with the situation said.
The person confirmed the meeting to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing.
Martin was first interviewed by Wells for nearly seven hours Nov. 15 in New York. Wells then spent the week of Nov. 18 interviewing Dolphins players, coaches and staff in South Florida, and also met with suspended guard Richie Incognito.
Wells is expected to meet again with some Dolphins players before issuing a report. Martin alleges he was harassed daily by teammates, including Incognito, who has been suspended since Nov. 3.
Martin, a second-year pro from Stanford, has been with family in California undergoing counseling for emotional issues. Last week the Dolphins put him on the reserve/non-football illness list, ending his season.
When Martin abruptly left the team Oct. 28, the Dolphins had lost four consecutive games to fall to 3-4, and the scandal threatened to sink their season. But they're now 6-6 and in contention for an AFC wild-card berth going into Sunday's game at Pittsburgh.
Wells will determine the role of coach Joe Philbin, his staff and Dolphins management in the case, which inspired a national debate about workplace bullying.
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Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini is confident his defence will stand up to the test in the absence of captain Vincent Kompany this weekend.
City's influential captain is suspended for the visit of struggling Fulham in the Barclays Premier League after his sending off at Hull last Saturday.
With Matija Nastasic nursing a knee injury, that could mean the much-maligned Martin Demichelis and Joleon Lescott, who endured a torrid time at Barcelona last week, are again partnered at the back.
City's defence has been one of their weaknesses all season and they looked particularly vulnerable when Kompany endured an injury-hit first three months of the campaign.
But Pellegrini said of the Belgian: "He is the captain of the team, he is a very important player but we have had so many injuries during the whole year from different players and always we have managed to play well.
"I am sure the players who will play instead of Vincent will play well."
Pellegrini also admits to having fitness concerns about Nastasic, who has missed the last eight games in all competitions with a knee injury and has been out much longer than initially anticipated.
The Chilean said: "He continues with some pain in his knee. He has at least a couple more weeks to recover.
"Of course we are concerned because the doctor doesn't know what happened with him. He made all the exams that he needs but we don't know what happened with him.
"We are taking other opinions. The doctor is in charge of that.
"The player feels a pain inside the knee but nobody knows what the pain is."
City have a tough week ahead, with the Fulham clash followed by the derby at champions Manchester United next Tuesday and then a trip to title rivals Arsenal.
Pellegrini's men also have a trip to Liverpool, another side in the title race, to come.
Yet for now his only focus is bottom side Fulham and what he believes could be a tricky contest.
He said: "I think it is just a very tough game. All the teams in the last position - not only in the relegation positions but in the last position in the table in the second round (of fixtures) - try to add points everywhere.
"A team like Fulham are used to defending and with Felix Magath - he always plays his teams with a lot of intensity - I am sure we need to work very hard during the 95 minutes if we want to win.
"That is why we start a very important week, but the most important game in this week is Fulham.
"I am talking to the players, trying to convince all of them it is always a difficult game.
"Maybe for important games, with the most important teams, the motivation is alone - you don't need to talk too much.
"But in these kind of games, it is very important to play from the beginning as a final."
Fulham winger Ashkan Dejagah has been ruled out with a muscle problem.
Striker Kostas Mitroglou is missing with a knee problem sustained last week but is expected to return against Everton on March 30.
Midfielder Scott Parker remains in the treatment room with his knee injury, while winger Damien Duff is out for the rest of the season, also because of a knee issue.
Fulham are four points adrift of safety with eight matches remaining, their victory over Newcastle a first Premier League win since January 14 against Norwich.
Magath insists the Cottagers can return from Manchester with some reward, but refuses to set a points target for survival.
"I don't count points because I have no influence on what the other teams will do. I don't care, I only look at the next game," he said.
"I'm looking to take a point at Man City, so we'll see. We want to win our home games and we did well against Newcastle.
"We're developing step by step and I was very satisfied with the game against Newcastle over 90 minutes because we didn't concede.
"There is always a chance, even in difficult games like Manchester City. Now we know that we must not concede. We can defend very well.
"If we make it difficult for Man City to score, we'll have a chance to score for ourselves. I hope we'll create more chances."


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PARCC Common-Core Testing Consortium Loses Kentucky as Member
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by Catherine Gewertz
More news this morning on the assessment-consortium front: Kentucky has pulled out of the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, better known as PARCC.
The Gov. Steven L. Beshear, Education Commissioner Terry Holliday and State Board President Roger L. Marcum sent a letter by email yesterday to Mitchell D. Chester, the chairman of PARCC's governing board.
In the letter, they said that Kentucky would likely be issuing a request for proposals for new tests, but that PARCC was welcome to bid along with other vendors in that process.
None of this is really a surprise, of course; We've been reporting to you for some time that Kentucky has been on the fence about the PARCC tests.
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I have been thinking about this post for awhile. Really since I wrote the post on the best 3 reasons to read Fifty Shades of Grey. From all the buzz around Hollywood, there are a lot of people who have a big interest in playing this character. I know that Universal Pictures and Focus Features were the successful studios that secured the rights to the film version of the book.
Universal Pictures and Focus Features now have one of the most difficult jobs to be performed – casting Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele. I am sure this is kind of like how it was to find Bella and Edward from Twilight. I do not envy the job of the casting agents – that will be hell and they are probably going to get some form of negative press for whoever they pick (because we all know you can't please everyone). However, I did want to add my own opinion as to who should be on that list (and I really want to hear from others also!!!). Since I am going to be one of those people that will definitely be checking out the movie, I thought that it would be appropriate.
So, here are the Best 3…Actors to Play Christian Grey (from Fifty Shades of Grey):
3. Henry Cavill
I have to say that I thought long and hard about this (because this casting will determine whether I actually go and see the movie) and Alex Pettyfer is at the top of my list. Not only is he the one that I can picture immediately as Christian Grey, the others are far behind him. He is younger than Christian Grey but there is something about him that exudes the characteristics of Grey and all that he is. Plus he has the looks down and I can definitely picture him with no shirt on…so I am Team Alex! I know that he doesn't have the best reputation but with landing a role like this hopefully he would understand how lucky he is and all the doors that this role will open!
My second choice is someone that is a little older (because he is in his 30s) but Alexander Skarsgard still has the looks and the talent to pull off the character. He also has a way of really getting into character and making you believe in who he is portraying. Plus, Alexander looks amazing without a shirt and without anything on – plus he is the one actor who has shown a lot of skin (on True Blood) and doesn't seem to shy away from it if that is what the role calls for.
My last choice was even a surprise to me but the more I thought about it, the more I could picture Henry Cavill as Christian Grey. Plus after the Immortals, I know that he looks great without a shirt on and those eyes just draw you in. There would have to be a change in the hair color but with Hollywood movie magic that shouldn't be a problem.
Who do you think should be cast as Christian Grey? I really want to know what others are thinking out there – so leave comments!
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Avalanche Acquires Alex Tanguay And Cory Sarich From Flamesby Colorado Avalanche / Colorado Avalanche
The Colorado Avalanche Hockey Club announced today that the team has acquired forward Alex Tanguay and defenseman Cory Sarich from the Calgary Flames in exchange for forward David Jones and defenseman Shane O'Brien.
"We are excited to have Alex back with the organization," said Avalanche Executive Vice President of Hockey Operations Joe Sakic. "He is coming off a solid season and his experience will be beneficial to our young players. Cory is a veteran defenseman who will help our back end."
Tanguay, 33, finished tied for third on the Flames in scoring this past season with 27 points (11g/16a) in 40 games. The St. Justine, Quebec native was also third on the club in goals and tied for fifth in assists.
Selected by Colorado in the first round (12th overall) of the 1998 Entry Draft, Tanguay spent his first six NHL seasons with the Avalanche from 1999 to 2006. He recorded 400 points (137g/263a) in 450 regular season games with the Avs, which still ranks ninth on the franchise's all-time scoring chart. He also appeared in 83 playoff contests with Colorado (18g/32a) and scored two goals, including the game winner, in Game 7 of the 2001 Stanley Cup Final against New Jersey.
Overall, Tanguay has recorded 762 points (249g/513a) in 922 career NHL games with Colorado, Calgary, Montreal and Tampa Bay. He has reached the 20-goal mark on six occasions and has posted a combined +149 plus/minus rating during his career. The left winger has also skated in 98 playoff games, tallying 59 points (19g/40a).
Sarich, 34, has appeared in 915 games during his NHL career, totaling 148 points (20g/128a) and 1,051 penalty minutes. He dressed in 28 games for Calgary during this past season, recording two assists.
Selected by Buffalo in the second round (27th overall) of the 1996 Entry Draft, Sarich began his career with the Sabres before spending seven seasons with the Lightning (1999-00 to 2006-07) and the past six seasons with the Flames (2007-08 to 2012-13). In 2003-04, he appeared in all 23 playoff games for Tampa Bay in helping the Lightning capture their first Stanley Cup. Sarich had a streak of 453 consecutive games played from 2001 to 2008


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Company Name: Rakhi Bazaar
Contact Person: Mritunjay Kumar
Email: email@example.com
Phone: +91 8510934032
Address:Mayur Vihar Phase – 1
City: New Delhi
State: Delhi
Country: India
Website: http://www.rakhibazaar.com/