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D-G 80 Diamond Wheel - Premium Grade
A diamond wheel designed for high cutting speeds – ideal for cutting ductile iron.
If you are looking for a diamond wheel with a high-speed cutting capacity, look no further than
the STIHL G 80. This durable wheel is designed for cutting ductile iron and is compatible with various
models of STIHL Cutquik® cut-off machines, including the TS 420, TS 440, TS 500i and TS 700.
Available in 14" diameter. See Dealer for details.
View the STIHL Diamond Wheel Application Guide (PDF)
|D-G 80 Diamond Wheel - Premium Grade Specifications
|Ductile Iron
Important Information
WARNING! Improper use of any power tool may cause serious
or fatal injury. Read, understand and follow carefully the operating
and safety instructions in your instruction manual before using such products.
STIHL products sold through U.S. STIHL Dealers are for distribution in the United States only.
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No matter how you slice it (or trim it or shred it), there's no better protection for your high performance 2-stroke engine than STIHL HP Ultra Oil. This 2-cycle engine oil has outstanding engine cleaning characteristics, plus "ultra" lubricating qualities that are superior to other 2-cycle engine oils. This fully synthetic oil is also highly biodegradable, degrading by 80% in 21 days. We're so confident this oil will protect your engine, we'll double your STIHL limited warranty* when you use it. It's that good.
*Double your warranty when you purchase either STIHL HP Ultra Oil (six pack) or STIHL MotoMix® Patented Premixed Fuel (one gallon minimum) with your STIHL product purchase. Double limited warranty protection applies to select STIHL gasoline-powered products purchased for personal non-income producing, household purposes only. Other restrictions apply. See dealer for details or refer to STIHL's Limited Warranty Policy.
Unopened container shelf life: 4 years from the date of filling, in originally sealed containers.
No-Spill® Fuel Containers
No-Spill® fuel containers advance convenience and quality in gasoline-can design by reducing emissions of hydrocarbons from evaporation, permeation and spillage. This helps protect the environment as well as saves you on fuel costs due to waste. Each container is molded from fluorinated, high molecular weight material for low permeation. The thumb-button flow control allows filling even smaller-sized tanks reducing the risk of spilling and is designed to stop the flow automatically, when the tank becomes full, to prevent overflowing. Built on a wide, stable base for less likelihood of upsets and equipped with child-resistant closures, all No-Spill® containers comply with both EPA and CARB requirements. With 1¼-gallon, 2 ½-gallon and 5-gallon sizes available, you're sure to find one that fits your needs.
TS 500i STIHL Cutquik®
Abrasive cutting just got more cutting edge. STIHL introduces another industry first with the TS 500i STIHL Cutquik® cut-off machine – the first handheld outdoor power tool to offer an electronically controlled fuel-injection system. This system increases power and performance over 15% while remaining lightweight and well-balanced. The fuel injection system makes starting easier and more reliable by eliminating the choke. Just set the switch to on, prime and pull.
Lightweight, powerful and fuel-injected, this 14" cut-off machine is designed for superior balance and handling during your toughest jobs. And just like a powerful sports car, you will be impressed with the amazing acceleration of this machine, getting you back to speed faster than you thought possible. The STIHL TS 500i also features a high-efficiency engine with low exhaust emissions and optimal torque throughout its RPM range. Its Electronic Water Control (EWC) allows for easy water flow adjustment while cutting and its X2 air filtration system maintains an incredible 99.96% cleaning efficiency. This machine has it all, so very little can stand in your way.
NOTE: Abrasive wheel included. Diamond wheel (shown) sold separately.
Water Tank for STIHL Cutquik® Cart
No need to drag a water hose along behind a cart, now you can take water with you. This water tank fits right onto the STIHL Cutquik® cart. Simply grab it by the built-in handle, lift it off, fill it up and slide it back into position. It holds up to 3.4 gallons, and has a screen to help keep dirt and debris out of the tank. The translucent tank lets you easily keep an eye on the water level.
For Your Safety
Great Grip Gloves
Get a grip on your next outdoor project with Great Grip Gloves from STIHL. These gloves provide an enhanced grip with a micro-polymer grip pattern. Its stitched fabric construction and elastic cuff provide a great fit that is comfortable to wear all day long. These gloves are a terrific value, delivering great performance at a great price.
Materials: Stitched fabric, synthetic micro polymer grip and elastic cuff
Available sizes: M, L, XL
Basic Hearing Protector
When it has the STIHL name, it's made to work as hard as you do. Our Hearing Protectors feature a padded stainless steel spring wire headband. They help maintain constant pressure, staying firmly in place while you work. They're also easy to adjust, so you can set the ideal fit with minimal effort.
Meets ANSI S3.19-1974 standard. Noise Reduction Rating (NRR) of 23 dB(A).
Available color: Black/Grey
STIHL® HellRaiser™ Glasses
When you're shaking things up at your next home or work project, choose STIHL HellRaiser™ Glasses. The optical-grade polycarbonate lenses filter out 99% of harmful UV rays with enough attitude to protect your inner rebel. The frames are extremely lightweight and include flex-point temples for ultimate comfort and stability.
Meets ANSI Z87+ Standard
Available lens colors: Blue Mirror, Smoke
Arborist Helmet
Designed specifically for tree service professionals, the STIHL Arborist Helmet is lightweight and features a six-point adjustable suspension for comfortable support. The helmet also includes multiple air vents to help keep you cool. The outer shell is made from lightweight ABS thermoplastic, while its inner shell is heavy-duty, anti-bacterial polystyrene with replaceable liner. Helmet includes mounts for optional visors and various hearing protectors.
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Last week, the Vegan Society of New Zealand hosted the grand debut of Vegan 101 in Auckland, New Zealand, designed for new vegans and the vegan curious.
Vegan Society member experts delivered a tasty message full of juicy tidbits that we all wished we'd known when we started being vegan.
Alice Leonard of Angel Food opened ceremonies with hints on socialising in a non-vegan world and the best strategies for vegan shopping - including a reassurance that label reading eventually becomes second nature!
Bjorn Nilsen shared his thorough knowledge of vegan nutrition from his studies at Wellpark). Along with other great advice, a longterm vegetarian going vegan received his definitive vitamin B12 answer: take a supplement.
Together with Amanda Sorrenson of SAFE New Zealand, we filled a large whiteboard with a world of vegan meal ideas: Traditional (English), Italian, Indian, Middle Eastern, Asian (general), Thai, Japanese, South American/Mexican, and even French - without feeling like we'd remembered everything.
Then Amanda demystified the sometimes startling range of tofu available. We got to sample dessert tofu as soft as custard all the way to chewy tempeh.
The grand finale was a live cooking demo. We ate rich chocolate frosted chocolate cupcakes for "dessert first" while we watched Amanda stir-fry vegetables teamed with gingery noodles. She even wrapped up by showing how quick and easy it is to use Thai rice paper wrappers to make appealing vegetable nibbles.
The food and company was so good that many attendees were reluctant to leave even as chairs and tables were packed up around them.
Congratulations, Vegan Society New Zealand - we look forward to more of these all around the country!
Stir Fry Vegetables with Noodles
1 pack of dry rice noodles
2 TBs sugar
3 cloves garlic
3-4 dried shitake mushrooms
1 Chilli optional
Pickled radish optional
Lime leaves optional
About ¼ cup of soy sauce
Veggies; carrots, spring onions. mushrooms, cabbage, bok choy, sprouts, bamboo shoots, water chestnuts etc
One or more of tofu/nuts/tempeh/mock meat
Soak the dry rice noodles in a bowl of hot water for around 10-15 minutes. Drain and put aside.
Soak the shitake mushrooms in hot water for 15 mins
Chop up the veggies and put aside
Cut the tofu into cubes and fry in oil gently; either soft or firm. (Or cut your mock meat into strips or chunks) and put aside
Heat the wok or a large pot…. fry together oil, garlic, sugar, finely sliced shitake mushrooms, some of your soy sauce, ginger, chilli. Stir for around 3-5 minutes
Then add in all your chopped veggies and fry for around 3-5 minutes
Throw in the drained noodles and fry and continue to mix them around to ensure they all heat through. Pour in some water or more soy sauce if it gets too dry.
Now stir in the tofu/tempeh or other protein
chilli sauce
soy sauce
white pepper
fresh coriander
sauces such as hoisin
Easy Vegan Chocolate Cake
3 c flour
2 c sugar
¾ c cocoa
2 c water (or soy or rice milk)
1 cup of oil (sunflower or rice bran etc
2 tsp baking soda
2 tsp vanilla
1 tsp salt
¼ c cider vinegar
- sift the dry ingredients together
- mix in the water and oil and vanilla
- lastly add the pre mixed vinegar and baking soda
- spoon the mixture into cup cake cases or a cake tin
- bake 180c for approx 40 mins for cake or 20 for cupcakes
Ganache Topping
Melt a block of dark choc with
½ can of coconut milk or cream - (ideally the top of an unshaken can)
2-3 Tbs of margarine (optional)
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CRC is hosting a free online demonstration of our Hotline Service Center. Our hotline service provides two confidential and secure reporting channels through an online reporting module and 24/7 live answer telephone hotline.
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As a motorcyclist, visibility is paramount to the safety of the rider. With this in mind, Pete Mills wired up his own super-bright brake light assembly using bright red LEDs. Not only are the lights powered by the onboard electrical system, but they can be toggled to either stay solid, or blink depending on the rider's choice. This was done using an ATTiny85 microcontroller.
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Dark Void
Version and / or Patch Used: Benchmark Demo
Timedemo or Level Used: Built-in Test
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Product Homepage: http://www.darkvoidgame.com/
The game's story takes place during World War II and centers around a cargo pilot named William Augustus Grey (voiced by Nolan North) who is teleported to another world while flying through the Bermuda Triangle. In this world, known as the 'Void', Will encounters an alien race as well as other humans, which are known as the Watchers and the Survivors respectively.
Will reluctantly joins the Survivors who are engaged in a feud with the alien race to satisfy his desire to return to Earth. While aiding the Survivors, Will discovers that the Void is a middle ground that connects both the Watchers homeworld and Earth. It also becomes apparent that the Watchers are supplying the Axis powers with various supplies for reasons unknown. With the help of Nikola Tesla, Will utilizes retrofited Watcher technology to combat the Watchers and eventually find a way to escape the Void.
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A Sandwich a Day: Jalapeño Popper at The American Grilled Cheese Kitchen in San Francisco
A different sandwich profiled every single day.
In this great country of ours, one could eat a different sandwich every day of the year--so that's what we'll do. Here's A Sandwich a Day, our daily look at sandwiches around the country. Got a sandwich we should check out? Let us know. --The Mgmt.
Grilled cheese is such a perfect food in its pure form that it doesn't necessarily need to be messed with. Of course, that doesn't mean you shouldn't. The crew at The American Grilled Cheese Kitchen have become San Francisco's whiz kids of grilled cheese, and the daily line out the door and around the block is a testament to the success of their creations.
One of the most interesting, and most popular, is the Jalapeño Popper ($9). The combination of goat cheese, apricot-jalapeno relish, and bacon is killer—it's an excellent fusion of creamy tangy chevre, spicy kick, and smoke. However, the amount of apricot on this day's sandwich was a bit too much. Rather than adding a hint of sweet, it dominated the goat cheese and clashed with the bacon. I have, however, had this sandwich on other occasions where the apricot is applied more sparingly, with excellent results. All in all, it's a sandwich worth trying, perhaps with the added request to go easy on the relish.
The American Grilled Cheese Kitchen
1 South Park Ave, San Francisco CA 94107 (map) 415-243-0107; theamericansf.com
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I gladly opened my doors and windows to enjoy this wonderful spring weather. I love sitting in my kitchen, listening to the birds singing away. I thought to myself this year, as I do every year, I ought to learn to identify some of these songs. Then a patrons came into the Eastern Branch Library where I was working, all excited to tell us he had just heard a meadowlark for the first time in years! And I thought, "I don't know if I'd know a meadowlark if I heard one!" So I checked out Peterson Field Guides Western Birding by Ear.
The stated goal of the authors is to help people identify the bird songs they hear. Just what I wanted! The introduction recommends the listener to just learn one group0ing of birds at a time, so as not to get confused. While that is a great idea, I was having so much fun learning, I couldn't wait to keep on listening. And wouldn't you know? The next walk I took, I was quite confused!
I really enjoyed listening to this 3 CD set. The reader does quite well and seems to completely enjoy his job. I like the vivid words they use to try to describe the songs: liquid, gurgling, thin or blurry. I was amazed at how many of the songs were familiar. I learned many new facts. For example, did you know that the same bird species will sound different in different areas of the country? Southern accents for birds! I learned that some birds don't actually "sing' but the "song" comes from the way they move their feathers. I learned that sometimes, the most beautiful birds (ie hummingbirds, peacocks and pheasants) have the least beautiful songs. Some of the best singers are the most drab. Eastern and Central Birding, here I come!
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• "That's the first time in 30 years I've ever been chased out of a development and chased down a highway trying to recruit somebody." Here is a recruiting trail story from Randy Edsall that you are going to want to read.
• "I've taken it about up to here with all the media and the Twitters and everybody."Hugh Freeze gets frosty, and Andy Staples was there.
• Oh. Right. This. Lost in the shuffle on Signing Day Eve: A report from Dennis Dodd that Julie Roe Lach OK'd payments to Maria Elena Perez. WELL NOW.
• Coach-hirin' season!Bob Cole has been promoted to offensive coordinator at Northern Illinois ... Todd Grantham has had contact with the Saints regarding their vacant defensive coordinator position ... D-II Shippensburg University offensive coordinator Mike Yurcich has been hired in the same capacity at Oklahoma State ... former Texas Tech defensive coordinator James Willis is back at it, this time with the Ragin' Cajuns ...
• Roster blotter.Nick Florence is hanging up his cleats ... Fitz Toussaint will miss spring ball at Michigan ... Florida cornerback Loucheiz Purifoy was hit with a misdemeanor marijuana possession charge over the weekend .. Boise State safety Lee Hightower and tight end Hayden Plinke, suspended last season, will not return to the Broncos, per Chris Petersen ... USC tight end Junior Pomee is facing felony theft charges.
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As a late manifestation of my midlife crisis, I'm taking lessons in motorcycle riding. This all came about by my son and his lovely '76 Zündapp C50 Sport; never thought riding on 2 wheels could be that much fun. I'm now a complete believer in the philosophy of: "Four wheels move the body, Two wheels move the soul".
Especially the custom scene off late, has managed to keep me attached to my computer screen night after night looking for the bike of my dreams. Of course it had to be Italian! Of the Italian brands the architecture of the Moto Guzzi longitudinal V2′s has seduced me into looking especially for these bikes. Hamburg builder Axel Budde (www.kaffee-maschine.net) being my hero at this moment.
I've long thought I was gonna end up with a brand new V7 Stone, for which I had a custom building plan already thought out (green sketch), untill in my internet searches I found a '82 Street Tracker converted V35c. Went to have a look, drove it, loved it, bought it!
Her it is: The 'scuderia 61′-graphic is to be handpainted on the tank later on. I also would like to reposition the battery (now inside the 'triangle') so it won't be as visible anymore.
And why I love the Guzzi architecture so much:
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A former employee of Volusia County Property Appraiser Morgan Gilreath has filed a federal lawsuit claiming she was fired as retaliation for asserting her rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
A former employee of Volusia County Property Appraiser Morgan Gilreath has filed a federal lawsuit claiming she was fired as retaliation for asserting her rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Sherrie Johnson-Ojeda worked for the property appraiser's office from Aug. 28, 2010 until her discharge on Nov. 7, 2011, according to the lawsuit filed this month in Orlando. Johnson-Ojeda said that she has a son with juvenile diabetes, and that Gilreath's office was aware of this disability when she was hired and her supervisors-to-be told her that "they would work with her to allow her to provide the necessary care for her son," the lawsuit states.
But that changed, according to the lawsuit.
"The defendant fired Ms. Ojeda because of her need to care for her disabled child," the lawsuit states.
Gilreath declined comment and referred questions to county attorney Dan Eckert, who could not be reached.
Starting in July 2011, Johnson-Ojeda's first-line supervisor, identified as Tiffani Siegel, told her she "needed to find a job where she could work from home because of the needs of her disabled family."
And in July 2011, Johnson-Ojeda was required to provide a doctor's note even though county policy did not require one because she was absent less than three days, the lawsuit stated. The supervisor also told her subsequently that Johnson-Ojeda's husband should handle more of the care for their son, the suit states.
Ojeda is also accusing the county for sexual discrimination because the man who was hired to replace her, identified as Donald Schubert, was earning $1,729.79 every two weeks while she was earning $1,572.54 every two weeks for the same job.
Diabetes that substantially affects a major life activity would be considered a disability under the ADA, said Johnson-Ojeda's attorney Stanley Kiszkiel of Pembroke Pines.
"Her son is substantially impaired because he has a pretty severe case of juvenile diabetes," Kiszkiel said in a phone interview.
Johnson-Ojeda complained to the Volusia County's ADA representative and that led to greater scrutiny of Johnson-Ojeda's work performance, the suit claims.
The lawsuit said in her intent to dismiss that Johnson-Ojeda was accused of being untruthful in her job application and about an email to the county complimenting her work. It accused her of misrepresenting her work on Sept. 15, 2011, and lying about talking to someone in another department about her situation and possible lawsuit.
Johnson-Ojeda filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice issued a notice of right to sue on Nov. 15, 2012.
After Johnson-Ojeda complained to the ADA representative, the property appraiser's office accused her of not disclosing all previous employment. But Johnson-Ojeda said that had to do with a federal lawsuit she filed in 2004 against the Florida Department of Health alleging sexual harassment and retaliation, including being discharged.
Under the settlement, the state Department of Health was supposed to withdraw Johnson-Ojeda's termination and substitute a resignation.
Kiszkiel said his client disclosed the situation anyway before she was hired by Volusia County.


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KSC Cz75 Version 2 System7
KSC replicates the original model CZ-75 right down the trigger guard shape, waffle pattern grips and pretty much everything else. Originally appearing in 1975, it is hailed as one of the "Wonder Nines" of the modern age.
WE PDW Gas Blowback Rifle (TAN, Open Bolt, Long Barrel, No Marking)
WEs open bolt system PDW is turning out to be quite the crowd pleaser; now available in tan, this smooth powder coat finish matches nicely against desert scheme loadouts, whether they be Multicam or simple PMC.
WE AFC M4 CQB GBB (No Marking)
The same hard kicking, skirmish powered CQB modeled released earlier, this version is identical save the lack of markings; maybe there are restrictions in your country or perhaps you just want a blank canvas to apply something yourself.
Pantac Land Force Recon with MOLLE Pouches (Extra Large / RG / Cordura)
This vest has become quite the favorite among our buyers, it seems the land force recon has something a little special. After much deliberation, we now stock the RG vest in large and extra large sizes to give us bigger fellows a little breathing room.
MAGPUL PTS Logo Patch (Red/Black)
Love it or hate it, there stuff has taken the scene by storm, surely a brand here to stay. If you're a big fan of the folks that have given us so much, wear this badge loud and proud; available in a variety of color schemes, typical Magpul.
Magpul PTS Logo Vinyl Cut Sticker Pack (Black)
Car window vinyl stickers; 75mm Magpul logo, one
50 x 50mm PTS logo and one 50 x 50mm Magpul skull logos. Available in black, red and silver.
Saph G Series Advance Grip Pad - Digital (2 pcs)
Adhesive pads for the Model 17, they also add a couple of millimeters either side to help square out that shape a little for a firmer grip; available in a variety of cool designs, yet another way to bling your gat.
TSC VLT Style 'Gas-Buster' Charging Handle with Big Latch (Type-B)
A VLT style 'Gas-Buster' charging handle made from CNC machined 7075 aluminum for the most abusive of users; for WE system GBBR M4s, the enlarged handle allows easy cycling with either hand.
Spartan Doctrine M1911A1 Aluminum Recoil Spring Guide Rod for TM 1911
An enhanced length spring aluminium guide rod for the Tokyo Marui 1911, strong enough to take wear and tear well, designed to emulate the more modern style of guide rod found on today's 1911s.
MSM Zombie Hunter PVC Patch (SWAT)
From movies to computer games, Zombies are a genre unto themselves with their own cult following. Also, Zombies are the players who refuse to call their hits. IN either case, zombie hunting is therefore so cool its super green.
Ares PPSH1 Electric Blowback Airsoft Rifle
Ares brings us their PPSH, an iconic WWII weapon. Large capacity, good rate of fire and a mid length barrel; no longer do WWII games have to be Allied / Axis dominated, the red dawn looms now that they have their first AEG.
G&G Sig SG552
Officially licensed by Sig Sauer, this gun was built from blue prints supplied by Sig Sauer, resulting in an extremely realistic Airsoft version that is properly weighted and with exact real steel dimensions with the quality it deserves.
Western Arms Tiki Hybrid Hi-Capa
This super limited edition piece is as rare as it is beautiful. The SV frame, the Tiki slide, the hybrid comped barrel; a combination making this a very exotic variant of Hi-Capa.
King Arms GP30 Grenade Launcher
Modeled after its Real Steel namesake, the GP-30 is a muzzle loading single shot grenade launcher; the real steel using the Russian 40mm, the King Arms making use of the GP-25 / AK style MOSCART grenade shell.
Madbull M4 / M16 Tactical Charging Handle Model A
Allows left hand cocking via a large levered latch. Increasing grip competency in a combat situation, the enhanced lever makes it almost impossible not to cock the handle properly even in the most hasty situations and it looks cool too.
Madbull Noveske Rifleworks Adjustable Gas Block for M4/M16
Noveske licensed; on a real steel weapon an adjustable gas block is used to tune the gas calibration on the sometimes ammunition-load sensitive ARs, for Airsoft its serves no function other then to look cool.
Madbull PWS FSC556 Quick Comp (G5 Compatible)
Fully licensed DNTC; with exotic design to spice up your AEG, it includes lugs for attaching a G5 silencer. High grade metal, strong and robust; available in 14mm clockwise and counter-clockwise.
Action Enhanced Recoil Buffer and Spring for WA M4 GBBR
The 90g buffer uses an interior floating weight; when moving back and for, the staggered impulse adding to the felt recoil. Includes a standard strength recoil spring to ensure compatibility.
Action 1911 Wood Kit
Practical durable for normal wear and tear; while they may not be as pretty as other wood kits out there they are enough for the wooden look and feel on your 1911 and you would be hard pressed to find practical wood grips for this kind of price.
PMC 12.5 inch Outer Barrel for WA M4 (CCW)
12.5" (M4A1) length Aluminum outer barrel for WA (based) GBB M4. The flash hider threading is standard 14mm counter-clockwise / positive, comes bundled with low profile gas block and appropriately lengthed gas rod.
WE PDW Gas Blowback Rifle (Open Bolt, Short Barrel, No Marking)
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Western Arms 1911 Government CQB Hi-Spec
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New Zealand in Zimbabwe & Zimbabwe/New Zealand/India ODI Tri-Series
Schedule & Results
New Zealand in Zimbabwe & Zimbabwe/New Zealand/India ODI Tri-Series
Schedule & Results
Shame to see the tour go ahead with the current situation in Zimbabwe but good luck to the Black Caps either way - should post easy wins against the home side, at least we'll get some competition from India.
What a lame tri-series.
People say that sport and politics don't mix, but when the corrupt Zimbabwean dictator is a cricket fanatic then a boycott would help - if it lead to ZIM being dropped from test and ODI cricket.
Just saw this, it'll be a shamble tour: http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0507/S00488.htm
Zimbabwe team for the first test:
T. Gripper
B. Rogers
D. Ebrahim
S. Carlisle
H. Masakadza
C. Wishart or E. Chigumbura
T. Taibu
H. Streak
A. Blignaut
D. Hondo
G. Cremer
Trevor has what it takes to do well, he's kind of like a poor man's Mark Richardson, which is not bad, and he also bowls offspin. I would have Brendan Taylor opening with him but as he's been banned I think Barney has to be the guy, although I am basing that on good ODI performances. They might go with Charles Coventry, who had a great A series against Pakistan A. Dion has to stay in the side, obviously Stuart with his two centuries, Hamilton with his class and technique. Here's where it gets interesting. Wishart is a very good player but he's getting older, so they could go with Elton who can bowl as well. Tatenda obviously as captain, Heath for the obvious, same for Andy. Douggie has done well in Bangladesh recently, and has a good average for a Zimbok, finally Cremer definately has some potential.
There are quite a few players the ZC might go with as well, including;
Doug Marillier- He's in Zimbabwe but I don't think he wants to play internationals, if he does then he should definately play, and open instead of Rogers.
Sean Williams, Tino Mawoyo, Terry Duffin- three young bats with some promise. Mawoyo is Zim U19 captain, Duffin has made national squads before.
Craig Ervine- Sean's brother, quite a promising allrounder in the mould of Sean.
CJ Chibhabha- very promising allrounder, bowls medium-fast with quite a bit of movement
Blessing Mahwire, Ed Rainsford, Mluleki Nkala, Chris Mpofu- Mpofu in the front of this lot who should be the back up if needed.
Anthony Ireland- Medium-fast but erratic Midlands seamer who did quite well in the A series.
There are lots of guys about the same level in Zimbabwe which is the problem really, I could name loads more guys they might try but it's unlikely they'd do any better than my side.
Zimbabwe will lose, obviously, mostly by big margins but, and it's only a but, this side could be stronger than the team on the SA tour.
Can't see Zimbabwe winning to be honest.
NZ got thrashed by Australia but then they comfortably beat Sri Lanka 1-0 a couple of months ago.
Fleming is in superb form at Notts, his team is winning quite a few games so his Captaincy will be on a high & I just can't see Zimbabwe pulling it off.
I don't think anyone believes Zimbabwe will win but you never know..( Look at Bangladesh v.s. Aus )
It's still quite a long way away isn't it?
end of August so its only a month away.
The biggest points of interest for me during this series are:
1) Bond's return (obviously)
2) Seeing if Marshall can continue his good form
3) How our opening combination goes (whoever we use)
4) Form of Oram, Styris etc after injury layoffs
An interesting article regarding jesse Ryder, doesnt really fit in this thread but oh well. Are Astles knees still holding up?
Ryder possible cricket World Cup opener
23 July 2005
Jesse Ryder is being eyed as a potential New Zealand opener at the 2007 cricket World Cup in the West Indies.
The revelation came yesterday from selector Sir Richard Hadlee after Ryder was named in a powerful New Zealand A team to tour Sri Lanka.
The 5½ week tour includes three four-day "tests" and a one-day tri-series involving South Africa A.
Hadlee confirmed Ryder's performances for the New Zealand Emerging Players in Brisbane recently had sealed his selection for Sri Lanka where the New Zealand A team will be co-coached by Wellington's Vaughn Johnson and Auckland's Mark O'Donnell.
A World Cup call-up was not out of the question if the left-hander could kick on from Brisbane, said Hadlee, who was also team manager.
"He's seen as a possible World Cup option," Hadlee said. "He's got lovely hand-eye co-ordination, hits the ball hard and he's left-handed which gives him another asset.
"He scored 350-odd runs in Brisbane at an average in the mid 40s opening the innings, and was scoring at close to a run a ball.
"The World Cup's only 18 months down the track now and if he really kicks on, he's a chance. We just need to analyse his game sense so the more we can see him at the top level, the better."
Hadlee said the tour also provided Wellington offspinner Jeetan Patel with a chance to kick on from the Black Caps' tour of Zimbabwe next month.
His ability to bowl darts at the death have the selectors eyeing him as long-term back-up to Daniel Vettori and a possible block-hole bowler on the low, slow pitches expected in the West Indies.
The International Cricket Council's experiment with new one-day laws allowing for substitutions meant New Zealand Cricket was particularly keen to groom a pool of quality allrounders, Hadlee said.
It also provided a chance for test specialist Chris Martin to be reintroduced to the one-day game as he could bowl and then be substituted by a batsman.
Hadlee said Iain O'Brien's selection was a chance for him to bowl alongside the likes of Martin and Daryl Tuffey and was a reminder he had not been forgotten after his call-up to the Black Caps late last summer.
Others in that category were Central Districts batsman Mathew Sinclair and Canterbury opener Michael Papps who were overlooked for Zimbabwe.
Chris Harris is being taken to Sri Lanka to see if he has recovered from a shoulder injury sufficiently to be selected for the upcoming tour of South Africa.
New Zealand A team to Sri Lanka from September 14 to October 23: Peter Fulton (captain), James Franklin, Chris Harris, Gareth Hopkins, Jamie How, James Marshall, Bruce Martin, Chris Martin, Iain O'Brien, Michael Papps, Jeetan Patel, Jesse Ryder, Mathew Sinclair, Daryl Tuffey.
Itinerary: Sept 17 and 19, one-day practice matches, Colombo.
One day tri-series (Dambulla): Sept 22 v Sri Lanka A; Sept 24 v South Africa A; Sept 25 v Sri Lanka A; Sept 28 v South Africa A. Oct 1: Final.
Oct 3-4: Two-day practice match, Kandy.
Four-day "Tests" v Sri Lanka A: Oct 7-10 at Kandy. Oct 13-16 and Oct 19-22 at Colombo.
even though there has been debate whether this tour should go ahead, i am still looking foward to it even though the zimbabwe team might not be much of an opposition.
i am really looking foward to the return of bond, oram and styris. although i am not expecting oram to do a lot of bowling as from the articles i read he seems to be remodelling his technique a bit, though zimbabwe i think are an excellent opposition to practice this against.
also looking foward to seeing how hamish marshall goes and whether he can continue his form out of nz.
does anyone know whether we are getting coverage on sky over here?
Apart from Flemings great form in Eng county cricket ....styris, astle and Mcmillans form is a worry.
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Originally Posted by zinzan12
I just rang Sky. The customer service said it is too far away as far as scheduled programming goes, so will have to check closer to the time. We showed it the last time we toured Zimbabwe so i don't see why it would change. I will be very annoyed if Sky don't get the rights to screen it, as im sure alot of us would be as well.Quote:
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Thanks Andrew, that's quite interesting that they haven't scheduled it in yet as the first test is in just over 2 weeks. Unless they aren't going to bother with the tests and are going to just get coverage of the one day series. I think that Wads is going over tho, so if Sky doesn't cover the tests we should get some coverage.Quote:
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The Greens have launched a new bid to force the nation's biggest miners to pay up under the mining tax, raising the pressure on Julia Gillard to admit the deal signed off with the three biggest miners in 2010 was botched.
The minor party, whose support is crucial to the Labor government's survival, wants to fix the underperforming Minerals Resource Rent Tax to fund schools, dental health, and disability insurance.
Armed with fresh data from the new Parliamentary Budget Office, it will build on its existing motion to plug the royalties hole with a second amendment limiting the scope of the biggest miners, such as BHP Billiton, Xstrata, and Rio Tinto, to deduct asset values from current earnings.
Along with other cross-benchers and the opposition, the Greens believe Ms Gillard and the Treasurer, Wayne Swan, were outmanoeuvred by the big three when cutting the new MRRT deal following the leadership change from Kevin Rudd.
The Greens say closing the loophole which allows state governments to lift royalty charges which must then be refunded by Canberra, would save more than $2.2 billion.
Its other change would close a further loophole which allows the big miners to write off the market value of existing assets over a number of years rather than deducting the lower book value over just five years.
It says this would secure more than $4 billion in revenue by 2016-17 and an extra $1.8 billion a year.
"Labor is taking more money off single parents than it has collected from the mining tax," the deputy leader, Adam Bandt, told Fairfax Media.
Its move comes as the failure of the tax, which raised just $126 million in its first six months, emerges as a potential flash-point for the Labor leadership.
MPs loyal to the Prime Minister are fuming at public criticism of the tax this week by Mr Rudd, the chief whip, Joel Fitzgibbon, and others.
Mr Rudd used a Sky News interview on Tuesday to remind colleagues that the original Resource Super Profits Tax had been stronger but had been replaced with the watered down MRRT by Ms Gillard and Mr Swan after the leadership change of mid-2010.
He said it was never right for governments to take a backward step when pursuing the national interest.
Amid the tension, an email from an ALP supporter to Mr Rudd on Wednesday was distributed widely among Labor MPs, reviving memories of the bitter personal campaign against the former prime minister's character last year.
"Mr Rudd, your disloyalty to your leader and party is shameful," wrote a retired school teacher, Sue Martin, of Avalon Beach.
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Edwards� shot won the game for the Chargers on NL�s Senior Night Saturday.
LAGRANGE � On a night when Ayden-Grifton dominated the boards, it was only fitting that an offensive rebound decided the Chargers' game at North Lenoir.
AG's Jahkevous Edwards tipped in a missed layup by teammate Buddy Taylor with 1.8 seconds remaining in the game, and the Chargers rallied from a nine-point halftime deficit to spoil Senior Night with a heart-stopping 73-72 victory in the regular-season finale for both teams on Saturday at Wooten Gymnasium.
Appropriately enough after such a close, hard-fought contest, the fifth-seeded Chargers (10-12 overall, 3-7 Eastern Carolina 2A) will visit the fourth-seeded Hawks (9-15, 4-6) again on Tuesday in the opening round of the conference tournament.
"We'll see them again soon enough, but for now we're going to savor this one," AG coach John Moye said. "This was a game we really needed (after three straight league losses)."
Up until the very end, it appeared as if the Chargers were headed for a fourth-straight conference setback.
After building an early 14-5 lead, AG found itself on the short end of 40-31 score at halftime thanks to a barrage of Hawk 3-pointers.
NL swished seven treys in the first two quarters and would continue the long-range assault in the second half, finishing 12-for- 29 from behind the arc.
The Chargers, meanwhile, concentrated on fundamentally sound, old school basketball after intermission, cutting their turnovers from 14 to three, while taking advantage of the explosiveness of backcourt mates Taylor and Phe'bion Joyner to get to the rim and draw fouls.
After connecting on just one of three free throw attempts in the first half, AG was a sparkling 10-for-11 from the charity stripe in the third quarter and eight-for-12 in the final 8 minutes.
"Their quickness really made a difference, especially in the second half," NL coach Anthony Loftin said. "They were able to spread us out and penetrate, and all we did was foul and send them to the line."
A follow shot by Raquan Squires put AG on top, 59-58, with 6:46 remaining, the Chargers' first lead since the end of the first quarter.
The teams traded baskets after that until NL's Jauquaz Jones converted a conventional 3-point play that gave the Hawks a 72-71 lead with 48.8 seconds to play.
AG then held for the last shot, with everyone in the gym knowing that the ball would be out in the hands of Taylor, the Chargers' best one-on-one player.
Taylor made his move to the basket with about seven seconds to go. He sliced his way through the lane but laid the ball up off the glass a little too strong.
Edwards was there to clean up the miss, tipping in the eventual game-winner with 1.8 ticks remaining.
A desperation three by Jones as time expired fell way short.
"They killed us on the glass all night," Loftin said. "It was almost like they were playing volleyball. We didn't go a good job of blocking out and they were just more aggressive than we were going after the ball."
AG finished with a 42-26 rebounding edge, including 17 offensive caroms. Edwards grabbed a game-high 12 rebounds to go with 15 points.
Taylor and Kalif Harper each tallied 18 points for the Chargers, who also received a standout effort from Squires, who came off the bench to score seven points and haul down nine boards, while providing a needed boost of hustle and energy.
NL's Jones led all scorers with 25. Center John Carlton added 10, but was held scoreless in the second half.
"When our big three (Taylor, Harper, Edwards) play well, good things happen for us,� Moye said. "And then when we also get that type of performance from Raquan, who's undersized in the post but always plays his heart out, we feel like we can play with just about anybody."
Girls game:
Cierra Dixon and Destiny Dixon were really all the Chargers (5-17, 4-6) needed to knock off the Hawks 49-26.
The Dixons combined for 27 points, outscoring NL by one as the two teams finished in a tie for third in the league standings behind Kinston and Goldsboro.
AG only led by two at the break but completely dominated the second half.
The Chargers outscored NL 29-8 after the break and outrebounded the hosts 25-13 in the final 16 minutes.
Tauja Worthington added eight points for A-G, while senior Alyssa Borja paced the Hawks with eight in her final home appearance.
Ayden-Grifton 16 15 22 20 � 73
North Lenoir 14 26 18 14 � 72
P. Joyner 1-7 1-4 1-3 3 4
K. Taylor 5-12 7-8 1-3 5 18
W. Gardner 3-7 0-0 0-0 4 6
K. Harper 7-16 4-4 0-0 4 18
J. Edwards 5-7 5-7 0-0 12 15
T. Blount 0-3 1-2 0-1 1 1
R. Squires 3-4 1-2 0-0 9 7
F. Preston 1-1 0-0 0-0 2 2
J. Wright 1-2 0-0 0-0 2 2
Totals 26-59 19-27 2-7 42 73
J. Jones 7-18 8-11 3-9 4 25
L. Letchworth 2-6 0-0 2-4 4 6
H. Smith 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 0
J. Ward 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0
J. Carlton 4-6 2-5 0-0 5 10
J. King 2-6 0-0 2-4 0 6
J. Robinson 4-9 0-2 1-4 5 9
O. Cannon 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0
M. Bryant 1-1 0-0 1-1 3 3
L. Jackson 4-10 0-0 3-6 0 11
T. Jones 1-1 0-0 0-0 2 2
Totals 26-60 10-18 12-29 26 72
Ayden-Grifton 12 8 19 10-49
North Lenoir 9 9 4 4-26
A-G Scorers (5-17, 4-6): Cierra Dixon 14, Destiny Dixon 13, Worthington 8, Johnson 6, Hines 4, Roach 4.
Hawks Scorers (9-15, 4-6): Borja 8, Porter 6, Kremer 3, Haerer 2, Best 2, Lee 2, Goodall 2, Murray 1.


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Following is a schedule and roster for the prospects camp:
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
1:30pm Practice @ Southpointe
Thursday, September 11, 2008
11:00am Practice @ Southpointe
Friday, September 12, 2008
11:00am Practice @ Southpointe
hyzdufan wrote:Thanks...Roster?
Among the Penguins prospects taking part in the camp will be 23-year-old defenseman Alex Goligoski, who set a new AHL record for points in a playoff season by a defenseman with 28 (four goals, 24 assists) in 23 games with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. His 28 points tied the AHL record for points in a playoff season by a rookie. Goligoski made his NHL debut with Pittsburgh in February and recorded two assists in three NHL games.
Another top prospect, 19-year-old winger Luca Caputi, who scored 51 goals in 66 games for the Niagara Ice Dogs of the Ontario Hockey League and set franchise records in goals and points, will also be in attendance. Caputi made his professional debut with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, scoring eight points (four goals, four assists) in 19 playoff games.
Other prospects include 18-year-old center Keven Veilleux, who scored 64 points (17 goals, 47 assists) in 61 games with Rimouski and Victoriaville of the QMJHL; 18-year-old center Nathan Moon, the Penguins' fourth-round pick (120th overall) in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft; and 18-year-old goaltender Patrick Killeen, the Penguins' sixth-round pick (180th overall) in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft.
Defenseman Robert Bortuzzo will miss both the prospects camp and training camp, recovering from off-season shoulder surgery. He is expected to be sidelined four to six months.
Kraftster wrote:What's the setup for this out at Southpointe? Open to public? Free? Will they have a player roster available?
Dan H wrote:No, Ice Castle is a rink located in Castle Shannon. Look for the Iceoplex at Southpointe in Canonsburg, PA. Directions are at http://www.arenamaps.com/arenas/1593.htm.
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Blues' Pietrangelo, Bouwmeester excited for pairingby Louie Korac
ST. LOUIS -- When Doug Armstrong was finally able to pull the trigger on the blockbuster trade that brought Jay Bouwmeester to St. Louis, the Blues' general manager already had visions of a foundation.
Armstrong saw a match that he thought could develop into one of the top defensive pairings in the NHL.
But for Bouwmeester, who will turn 30 Friday, the journey to St. Louis came with much hype but few results, at least from a team perspective. The numbers were good; he averaged 14 goals his final three seasons in Florida and 42 points over the last four seasons. But the Panthers failed to make the Stanley Cup Playoffs in each of his six seasons in the Sunshine State.
Bouwmeester was able to parlay the final three years of his Panthers career into a five-year, $33.4-million contract with the Calgary Flames in 2008 after the Flames ironically acquired Bouwmeester's negotiating rights for the rights to current Blues teammate Jordan Leopold and a third-round pick.
More hype was bestowed upon Bouwmeester's shoulders, but the Flames were left out of the postseason in each of his three full seasons. A dip in scoring left the Edmonton native open to public scrutiny. Bouwmeester scored a total of 19 goals the past four seasons while averaging 26 points.
"I think you look at the team scoring in Calgary wasn't great," Armstrong said. "I think he might have been a product of the environment. Now did he create the environment, I don't know."
Bouwmeester's clout as a top-end defenseman had taken a hit. Here was a sleek, puck-mover with good- to above-average offensive ability. But the NHL's current ironman holder (635 straight games played) could not get a sniff in the postseason until this past spring with the Blues.
A lack of postseason experience didn't keep Armstrong from bringing Bouwmeester to St. Louis with visions of pairing him with Pietrangelo.
"He has a lot of responsibility in our organization," Armstrong said of Bouwmeester. "He's going to play a minimum of 25 minutes a night, some nights 30. He's going to play big minutes against the other team's top players.
"We view him as a two-way player, not as an offensive player that can play two-way. We view him as a really good two-way player, a very good defender, a very good stick. I still think he can be a 35-point player, which is more than ample for what we need."
With one year remaining on the original contract signed with Calgary, Bouwmeester and the Blues agreed to a five-year, $27-million extension over the summer, keeping him in St. Louis for six years.
"You get drafted where you get drafted and we struggled in Florida, had some tough years there," Bouwmeester said. "I went to Calgary and things kind of went sideways pretty quick and you end up coming here.
"For me, it was a real breath of fresh air because I had been in places where every year, you're starting the year in a hole and you're just grinding it out all year. We didn't have bad teams a lot of times, but you make it really hard on yourself."
Armstrong believed Bouwmeester could thrive in St. Louis simply because he was a piece to the puzzle, not the focus.
"I believe he's in a very good spot now that he's not the focal point," Armstrong said. "I think when you get drafted where he was drafted, you become the focal point, and when you sign a free agent contract -- and I think he was the youngest UFA in history at that time because of the new CBA and starting at 18 -- the contract put a lot of focus on him. You take that and you put it into a Canadian market and then the team doesn't perform. When a team doesn't perform, they always look at the highest-paid guy and start there.
"I think in our situation, he's part of the team. We have other players that share the focal point with him, whether it's Pietrangelo or (David) Backes or (Alexander) Steen to name a few. He can just come in and be a part of the team."
For Pietrangelo, last season was viewed as not necessarily a step back, but one in which his progression leveled off. The 23-year-old, who recently signed a seven-year, $45.5-million contract, became the focal point of opposing teams, much like Bouwmeester.
In Pietrangelo's first two full seasons, he lived up to the hype, putting up 43 and 51 points, respectively. He garnered more attention when he was fourth in the Norris Trophy voting in 2012.
Even though the 2013 season was shortened by the lockout, expectations grew higher on Pietrangelo. He'd been mentioned in conversations as one who could contend for multiple Norris Trophies, his life as an adult off the ice was developing and he took an active role in the CBA negotiations. It all was a bit overwhelming and produced a 24-point season.
"When you're a young player in my second year and you come onto the scene, it seems like everything's just going to keep going upwards," Pietrangelo said. "Maybe I flat-toed a bit last year, but I worked a lot this summer to avoid that and get better. I'm only 23. My goal now and throughout my career is to get better. You can always get better whether you're 23 or 33.
"As a young player away from hockey, you kind of go through stages in life where you're trying to balance hockey and life away from the rink. It kind of hit me all at once last year. I was trying to do my best to balance it. Now that things have settled in it's a breath of fresh air, with the contract and all that out of the way. It's a calming effect for me. I'm feeling even more comfortable now than ever."
That's why the Blues didn't really get too alarmed.
"Last year, he would have [considered himself] average to what he expected and what we expected," Armstrong said of Pietrangelo. "That's what excites you. When we talked to him when the season was over, he had no illusions that there's more there.
"You come into a season, everybody knows who you are, his life is maturing off the ice in personal ways with his lifestyle, what he's doing now, where he's at. He's not just a kid anymore that goes home and plays X-Box. He has other responsibilities. I think what he learned last year was trying to balance those off-ice responsibilities with his on-ice responsibilities. He's showed his maturity by telling me that that was something that he recognizes and he's going to work to continue to grow in that area. I think he's a helluva player."
Pietrangelo has gone from the hunter to the hunted.
"Their forwards are always told to get a piece of you because a lot of teams would view him as the head of the snake and he had to learn how to deal with that," Armstrong said of Pietrangelo. "I don't think he took a step back. I don't think he improved. Status quo's not good enough if you want to be that generational player. His ice time was up there, but with great expectations go great responsibilities."
Since Bouwmeester and Pietrangelo will be part of the long-term future of the Blues, both will get the opportunity not only to grow together, but continue to give the Blues a top-end look to their blue line. The Canadian Olympic hopefuls, who could also conceivably be partners at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, developed immediate chemistry on the ice. In the process, Pietrangelo can continue to help Bouwmeester regain his prominent role among the game's top blue liners, and Bouwmeester can help Pietrangelo's progression and solidify his spot among the game's best.
"He's helped me already. I've already learned a lot of things just playing with him. I hope I can help him, too."
For Bouwmeester, Pietrangelo is undoubtedly the best partner he's ever played with.
"Oh yeah ... it's nothing against anyone I've played with anyone in the past, but he's a talented guy," Bouwmeester said. "No one can deny that.
"From my perspective, I knew coming here that I would have the chance to play with a guy like that who's a real top-end guy. That was exciting."
Both want to be the best at their craft, but there's no denying one common goal.
"This is the best opportunity I've had as far as being on a team in a position that's ready to have some success," Bouwmeester said.
"We want to be at the top of what we do, but we want to win championships," Pietrangelo said. "That's what we're here for."


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The beautiful sections of Pope Paul VI's encylical Mysterium Fidei (1965), are the ones dealing with the manner in which Our Lord is present in the Church today. Christmastide is nothing if not about the Presence of Someone who makes a difference in our lives, who redeems us from sin, who gives Himself completely, par excellence, to us in the Eucharist. The Presence is not about the doing of nice things, but offering us concretely eternal life. As Saint Ignatius of Antioch famously said of the Eucharist, the Presence of the Lord in the Eucharist is given to us as the "medicine of immortality."
Glory of the New Born Christ Child in presence of God Father and the Holy Spirit (Annakirche, Vienna) Adam and Eve are represented bellow Jesus Christ Ceiling painted by Daniel Gran (1694-1757).
35. All of us realize that there is more than one way
in which Christ is present in His Church. We want to go into this very joyful
subject, which the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy presented briefly, at
somewhat greater length. Christ is present in His Church when she prays, since
He is the one who "prays for us and prays in us and to whom we pray: He
prays for us as our priest, He prays in us as our head, He is prayed to by us
as our God"; and He is the one who has promised, "Where two or three
are gathered together in my name, I am there in the midst of them." He is
present in the Church as she performs her works of mercy, not just because
whatever good we do to one of His least brethren we do to Christ Himself, but
also because Christ is the one who performs these works through the Church and
who continually helps men with His divine love. He is present in the Church as
she moves along on her pilgrimage with a longing to reach the portals of
eternal life, for He is the one who dwells in our hearts through faith, and who
instills charity in them through the Holy Spirit whom He gives to us.


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We encourage all parents and guardians of Seattle Public Schools Native American and Alaskan Native Students to attend. The role of the Title Vl Native Education Parent Advisory Committee is to consult with and advise the Seattle School District on the development and operation of the Title Vll Program, assist in the development and approval of the Title Vl grant, and to help organize and conduct community cultural events, it's important to know that the PAC helps to organize events and raise funds as well. By serving on the PAC parents and guardians of Native American/Alaskan Native Students in Seattle Public Schools can help decide the program goals and activities.
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Shri. S. V. Iyer and Dr. V. Mangalam, an elderly couple, started Sivananda Saraswathi Sevashram in 1945 with just 3 kids and with the blessings of Swami Sivananda of Rishikesh. More popularly known as "Sivananda Ashram/Orphanage/Gurukulam", the organization has grown to be a very well known and well recognized social institution in the country today.
We are a "National Awardee" institution awarded by the Government of India in 1983.
Sivananda Saraswathi Sevashram is a non-profit organization with the primary objective of protecting orphans, destitute women, the physically handicapped, AIDS-affected children, and the elderly.
With the experience of 75+ years of recorded services to thousands of poor orphans, Sivananda Orphanage effectively helps transform/grow these orphans to productive citizens. We not only provide food, education and shelter, but also instill character and morals to help them grow, learn and eventually become independent.
Many, including former Prime Minister of India, Shri Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, former President of India Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam have visited our ashram and witnessed our committed work. We currently look after 300 children and 80 elderly, all of whom are accepted and cared for with love and affection.


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Celebrating illustration, design, cartoon and comic art of the mid-20th century.
Friday, February 24, 2006
"Mailing it in"
If that expression had existed in the 50's in its current context, Whitmore could fairly have been accused of "mailing it in" on this assignment. Short of asking the artist himself (and that won't be happening) its hard to imagine why this series for Cosmopolitan came out looking so crude. Especially when you consider Whitmore's love of sports cars and auto racing.
"I prefer the scream of a racing engine to the music of Tchaikovsky", says Whitmore in a Ladies Home Journal profile, and as if that weren't enough, the artist owned and raced a Jaguar XK 120 and was partners with an ex-WWII fighter pilot, John Fitch, in developing a concept car called the Fitch Whitmore LeMans Special.
With the opportunity to paint not just a beautiful girl but a beautiful car as well, one has to wonder what the heck happened.
By now you might be wondering why I would even consider using this series for Today's Inspiration. True, its not terribly inspiring work. But I guess my appreciation for Whitmore's other better work makes me want to examine both the highs and the lows of his career. Also, this accompanying piece from "The Race" presents an interesting curiousity: the similarity between the composition of the Cosmo piece and this other, more accomplished work from around the same period for Saturday Evening Post.
Two shots from the same roll of photo reference? You can see these images at full size in my Coby Whitmore Flickr set.
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You're right Leif. Even those pink and lavender washes can't camouflage the weakness of the picture. Of course, everybody has an off day-- perhaps he was feuding with the art director, or didn't get paid enough, or had a fight with his wife. What's more amazing to me is that Whitmore actually signed this feeble effort so prominently. (The brilliant political cartoonist Jeff MacNelly used to say that on days when he turned in a bad drawing, he tried to distort his signature so it looked more like his rival's, Pat Oliphant.)ReplyDelete
The last picture you included by Whitmore sure is a honey, and shows why-- even though Whitmore produced those first two dogs-- I prefer him (along with the great Joe de Mers) to Whitcomb, Bowler and other illustrators from that school. When he applied himself, he was superb.


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Few suspects confess to rape.
"Almost every statement has a built-in defense," said the Air Force's chief prosecutor, Col. Don Christensen. " 'I did have sex with her, but I thought she was consenting.' We rarely get confessions in a sexual assault case."
Nevertheless, aggressive measures the Air Force has adopted to prosecute sexual assaults seem to be showing results with more cases — and more difficult cases — being prosecuted. Last year, the Air Force alone prosecuted more cases than all the services combined reported prosecuting just six years earlier.
That's no easy task. A typical sexual assault case is among the most difficult crimes to successfully prosecute, litigators say.
Many victims don't report the assault for days or longer, because of humiliation, fear or privacy concerns.
"We rarely have scientific evidence because of delayed reporting," Christensen said. "There are rarely injuries."
Many victims have hazy memories because of the neurological effects of trauma and alcohol, lapses defense lawyers argue show lack of credibility.
And many people believe that if a woman was forced into sex by an acquaintance after getting drunk, or awoke to find a man assaulting her, it was her fault for allowing herself to become vulnerable, or that she had likely consented, then regretted it, then lied about it.
Yet the Air Force prosecuted 96 sexual assault cases last year, including 15 cases in which civilian jurisdictions where the off-base assaults occurred declined the cases as unwinnable. Of those 15, "so far, we have eight convictions," Christensen said. "We don't shy away from a tough case."
By contrast, in 2006, all the services combined reported 72 sexual assault prosecutions, according to the first of what is now an annual — and increasingly comprehensive — Defense Department report on sexual assault.
After decades of ignoring sexual assault in the ranks, the Defense Department, prompted by Congress after numerous, high-profile sexual assault scandals, has spent the past seven years and increasing millions of dollars trying to address the issue.
According to widely held public perception, those efforts have yielded little, as a spotlight on military sexual assault continues in the wake of recent scandals and studies:
Despite all that, it seems clear that a part of the military effort — to prosecute sexual offenders — is rapidly gaining traction, particularly in the Air Force.
"It does seem that there are far more cases being taken to trial, including cases you'd never see in civilian court," said psychologist David Lisak, an expert on sexual violence and a forensic consultant to the military, universities and law enforcement. "I really hope, and I'm beginning to believe, we are seeing the fruits of sustained training."
Defense lawyers who represent troops accused of sexual assault agree that the prosecution rate has vastly increased, though they question the motives.
"There are a lot of nonmeritorious cases being brought because no one wants to tell the accuser or the accuser's parents that there's no 'there' there," said Neal Puckett, a former Marine lawyer and judge who now represents servicemembers — many of them for sexual assault — in private practice.
"I think that the pendulum has swung towards, if someone makes an allegation, she has her day in court. I've got to tell you, this whole concept that the system is broken (for victims) is a flawed proposition."
Christensen oversees eight senior special-victims prosecutors who travel to bases worldwide to prosecute sexual assault cases.
"We get the right people, make sure they're properly trained," he said. Formerly, they spent three years in the position; now it's four.
In especially notable or tough cases, Christensen, an Air Force lawyer with 21 years of litigation experience, details himself to prosecute.
One of those cases involved a high-ranking officer accused in March of groping a sleeping houseguest after an impromptu party at his house. Lt. Col. James Wilkerson, as the inspector general for the 31st Fighter Wing at Aviano Air Base, an F-16 pilot and close friend of the vice wing commander, held a privileged position. His accuser, a civilian physician's assistant new to the base, did not.
She, like everyone else at the party, had been drinking. Wilkerson, and his wife, denied that any assault had occurred.
The case might not have gone to trial a few years ago. But in November, Wilkerson was convicted by an all-male jury of aggravated sexual assault, sentenced to a year in jail and dismissed from the service.
It was the fourth sexual assault prosecuted at Aviano in 2012, and the fourth conviction. The Air Force now posts online a 37-page report of sexual assault cases in which its prosecutors have won convictions over the past two years, naming defendants and their bases, and detailing charges and sentences in more than 40 cases. That would have been unthinkable a decade ago.
Lisak said the military now does more to deal with sexual assault than other segments of society.
According to the National Institute of Justice, studies indicate that between 18 percent and 20 percent of college women are raped or otherwise sexually assaulted during their college years. Collegiate victims "face a depressing array of barriers that often assure their silence or leave them feeling victimized a second time, according to a 2010 report by the Center for Public Integrity, while perpetrators "can face little or no punishment ... as colleges and universities ignore the problem."
Last year, the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey found that nearly one in five U.S. women had experienced rape or attempted rape at some point. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, 65 percent of such victims do not report to police.
In 2010, the Defense Department took 21 percent of reported sexual assault cases to trial, a "dismal" record, according to a New York Times editorial.
According to an estimate from the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network, just nine of 46 assaults reported to police are prosecuted, or 19.5 percent.
"What frustrates me is a comparison to some imaginary place where sexual assaults are handled well," Lisak said. "That's a fantasy. There is no such place. Frankly, there's far less being done to correct the problem in the civilian world."
Until 2005, the military didn't keep statistics on sexual assault, which meant it was impossible even to measure the problem, let alone address it.
Commanders often did not pursue criminal charges against accused offenders, whose careers proceeded unfettered, and frequently punished victims for "collateral misconduct," such as underage drinking or fraternization.
That's changing.
"A commander who is believed to turn a blind eye to (sexual assault), his career will be derailed," Christensen said.
Air Force lawyers, investigators and higher commanders, including those with court-martial convening authority, now become informed of potential cases early on. "It's never done in a command vacuum," Christensen said.
Last year, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta ordered that unit commanders were no longer to make the decision on how to handle sexual assault complaints, giving that responsibility to higher level commanders.
Victims' advocates and some legislators say that sexual assault complaints should be handled outside the chain of command. Even higher-level commanders can't be trusted to bring prosecutions when the spotlight fades, they say.
"You're not going to fix the rape problem if you allow people that are openly sexist and mocking of women to be the ones victims report to," said Susan Burke, a lawyer who represents military women in sexual assault or harassment lawsuits against the Pentagon.
Panetta also ordered that more special victims investigators and prosecutors be trained and assigned, an effort still in the works. Victims also are newly able to request a transfer to another base.
The victim in the Wilkerson case at Aviano knew that her report would be sent to Wilkerson's friend, the vice-wing commander, who had also been at the party at Wilkerson's house and was dating a friend of hers. It was "awkward," she said in an interview after the trial and sentencing.
The investigation into her case led to charges against Wilkerson — and the vice-wing commander being fired from that position and transferred to the Pentagon. The woman still works at Aviano and said she's content there.
Being assaulted and going through an intrusive criminal justice process had been a terrible ordeal, she said, but she'd felt a lot of support from victim advocates, her military boss, investigators and prosecutors.
"I wonder if this had happened in the civilian sector whether I'd have gotten the same support," she said.


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Ian Martin formulates guidelines for the arts community
MONDAY In the morning, go about things in a traditional and non-innovative way. Get absolutely epiphanied at lunchtime. In the afternoon, adopt a much more contemporary approach.
TUESDAY The secretary of state for entertainment, Tia Murrier, has emailed, asking me to help formulate guidelines for the arts community. I think.
'Ian - the days of putting all our arts eggs in one basket? They are SO over. We must cut our cloth to suit our eggs. And tighten our egg belt. Too many omelettes of failure have occurred in the past. Broken eggs. Broken dreams. THIS is the egg legacy bequeathed to us by a soft-boiled Labour party!
'The times in which we find ourselves demand austerity egg management. The question we need to ask ourselves is not whether these eggs are nutritious, but whether we can afford eggs in the first place.
'Why should eggs even BE eggs? This is the age of toast, after all. Isn't it? Yes, the arts community needs to wake up and smell the toast. And then ask themselves how the toaster might add value to bread, or something.
'Forget the eggs for now, they're just confusing things. Listen, the car's waiting. Could you get something to me by close of business tomorrow? I'm giving a TED talk on Friday and to be honest I'm not sure these eggs have legs LOL. Best, Tia x.'
WEDNESDAY Tia worries too much. The creative professions are so foetally defensive at the moment, they'll say whatever the government wants to hear EVEN WHEN THE GOVERNMENT ISN'T LISTENING TO THEM.
These days artists are so scared of making eye contact with potential patrons and possibly upsetting them that they've stopped going to parties and mostly just stay at home digitising themselves.
It's the same with architects. They're terrified of being bullied by the bigger, Tory kids. Being called 'gay' for revering beauty and harmony. So they lie. They lie through their teeth about how architecture's greatest gift is to push up equity yields.
Or they quack impenetrable guff about 'meaning-making', or 'place-being' or whatever the fuck it is this week.
Every conversation that takes place within a creative profession - and I include 'writing' in this sorry cabal of pretension - is about money. It is predictable and profoundly depressing. Thank God my fixer, Rock Steady Eddie, takes care of all that stuff.
THURSDAY Dedicate the whole day (total eight hours excluding lunch but including comfort breaks and triangulated thinking) to helping Tia.
Firstly I send her an email telling her she's doing a great job in very challenging circumstances. People love being told that, especially those who are paying you a fee. I also tell her she's right to let go of the art/eggs analogy, it's run its course. People who are paying you a fee love being told they're right, too.
By mid-afternoon I've formulated a three-point plan. To make myself appear cleverer, I pretend it was a five-point plan that I've 'frugalised' down.
1) All arts - whether visual, plastic, performative or cross-platformed - must demonstrate how their deliverable artistic products will contribute to the economy. The geese of yesteryear, laying golden eggs of art everywhere, have been cooked. The days of ring-fenced funding for cultural development are over.
2) As a matter of urgency all remaining artistic ring-fences must be located and properly audited in a national initiative, perhaps with the help of Radio 4 listeners.
3) Following the audit, all artistic ring-fences to be broken up and used as cultural kinding, to fire the cultural boiler of our economic steam engine.
FRIDAY Watch a livestream of Tia presenting my three-point plan. It seems to go quite well, apart from her confusing ring-fencing with ornamental screens. And bringing up the eggs again.
Surprised to hear her say that this is a farewell address. She's standing down as secretary of state for entertainment to take up a new challenge in the private sector as lobbyist to the Arts Marketing Board.
Apparently she'll be representing arts providers and their shareholders, so let's hope for a prosperous arts community in the future, one that builds on exisiting consultant contacts.
SATURDAY Five-a-zeitgeist theoretical football. Art As Economic Passenger 0, Art As Economic Driver 1.
SUNDAY Audit my artistic boundaries in the recliner. Summary: flexible, with huge scope for significant reshaping.
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Spring is Here! Are You Ready to Occupy Big Food?
Occupy Big Food was on Heritage Radio Network last week with Chef Erica Wides click here to listen to Lets Get Real.
Here's what host Chef Erica Wides wrote about the show:
In tonight's episode — Big Foodiness Gets Occupied — I get real about how to snatch food back from the jaws of corporate foodiness with Occupy Big Food co-founder Kristin Wartman; why the McDonalds and Applebee's crowd or the garden burger and protein bar crowd should care about how their chicken fingers or their Tofu Chik'n Fingers are produced; Wartman's theory that the Sarah Palin chocolate chip cookie defenders identify with their corporate food kidnappers a la the Stockholm Syndrome; and whether the Occupy Big Food message can realistically get out to the mainstream in time to save food for the future or if real food is going to be permanently replaced by foodiness like Facebook has replaced friends and reality shows have replaced talent.


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MONTREAL — A prominent West Island deacon — who used to comment on church sexual abuse scandals — is expected to appear in court on Monday after being charged on the weekend with the production and distribution of child pornography.
William Kokesch, a 65-year-old deacon of St. Edmund of Canterbury Parish in Beaconsfield, was arrested Friday after police carried out two search warrants — one at his home in Pointe Claire and the other at the church.
The Archdiocese of Montreal responded swiftly after Kokesch's arraignment on Saturday, immediately removing him from all ministry and pastoral activity.
"Having just learned of the charges against Mr. Kokesch, the diocese is profoundly upset," it said in a statement. "Child pornography is an affront to human dignity, and our first concern rests with those who are its victims."
Police seized more than 2,000 computer files as well as messages left on chat-room sites on the Internet.
"Police conducted the searches after receiving a complaint from a citizen," said Constable Danny Richer.
Kokesch, a Vancouver native who is married and the father of five adult children, was formally charged via a video conference on Saturday. He did not enter a plea at his arraignment, and he is to appear in court again on Monday morning.
Congregants of the close-knit St. Edmund of Canterbury Parish were shaken by the news.
"My dad and I are shocked," said Frank Dunn, the son of 89-year-old deacon Phil Dunn.
"We all thought he was a nice guy. He was fairly active as a deacon until a few months ago when his legs started bothering him."
Kokesch, who also worked at The Gazette as a reporter between 1973 and 1978, was remembered by former Gazette police reporter Eddie Collister as a nice and well-liked guy.
"I would never have dreamt that about him," he said on Sunday. "No one knows what goes on behind closed doors, but I was very surprised and saddened to hear he was arrested."
Kokesch, who was ordained as a "permanent deacon" in the diocese of Montreal in 1981, then served as the communications director for the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops in Ottawa. In 2005, he was entrusted by the conference to coordinate the Canadian delegation to World Youth Day Catholic celebrations in Cologne, Germany.
Kokesch had also worked as a radio reporter in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and was later sought after by the news media for his insights into the scandals engulfing the Catholic Church.
"Reconciliation doesn't happen overnight," Kokesch told CTV in a 2006 interview. "Healing takes time."
Kokesch's Facebook page states that he was among the 1975 graduating class at Concordia University with a degree in communications and political science.
His last post on it seems to have been on Dec. 15, when he spoke of the agony of "preaching this weekend" in the "midst of unspeakable tragedy" after the shootings in Newtown, Conn.
Although his Facebook page also states that he works for the Canadian Religious Conference in Montreal, The Gazette could find no mention of Kokesch on the organization's website.
Police are urging anyone with more information to contact investigators at Info-Crime at 514-393-1133.
Karen Seidman of The Gazette contributed to this report
Twitter: @Aaron_Derfel


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OrgSync or as you will find SLCCSync is your way to connect to clubs and orgs, communicate and explore your SLCC student community
Connect with a club you are a member of or find ones that interest you, and see upcoming events.
Use discussion boards, news posts, and group messaging to communicate within your organizations.
Record your activities, membership and involvement to show on your co-curricular transcript.


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By Spike Eskin
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – One would guess that Kevin Garnett was not a terribly popular player among Sixers fans, especially during the current series with the Celtics. His comments after Monday night's game 5 probably won't do much to change that.
From Ben Wantanabe at NESN.COM:
After the game, NESN's Jayme Parker asked Garnett to compare the fans in Boston to the ones in Philly. "Not even close," Garnett said. "You've got fans, and then you've got fair-weather fans. Take that how you want."
And he continued …
"[Celtics fans] it for 48 minutes from the tip on, so I can't see a difference from minute to minute," Garnett said. "I feel like every minute I look up, I see my family, I see people yelling, I see the drunk, fat guy. I can't decipher one from the other. This crowd is ridiculous. I love it."
As far as attendance in 2012, the Celtics were 7th in percent capacity (100%) and the Sixers were 18th (86.1%). The Sixers attendance figure is up from 29th place last season. The Sixers finished third in the Atlantic Division standings, and the Celtics finished first.
However, Garnett didn't play for the Celtics before their most recent string of championship caliber seasons that began when he and Ray Allen arrived for the 2007-08 season. In 2004, when the Celtics finished 4th in the Atlantic, their attendance figure ranked 15th in the NBA at 87%. In 2005, when the Celtics finished first in the Atlantic, they ranked 18th with a percent capacity of 85.9%. The Sixers ranked 7th and 15th in the league in '04 and '05.
In fact, in 2002, the first year that percent capacity figures are available, the Sixers rank second in the NBA at 100.6%, while the Celtics ranked 14th at 86.4%.
Perhaps Kevin Garnett has a point about Sixers fans, but when comparing them to Celtics fans, he should probably do his homework.


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#1 EPA, Lawnmovwers, and Global warming09-15-2008, 10:08 PMThe Environmental Protection Agency requires that new gas-powered lawn mowers come with catalytic converters.
CEI Expert Available to Comment: Director of Energy Policy Myron Ebell on what the EPA used to think about the effects of the catalytic converter:
The catalytic converter is no longer an environmental savior, according to the New York Times [May 29, 1998]. Though the device sharply reduced smog emissions from autos, it may be out of favor at the Environmental Protection Agency. A new EPA study says that the converters break down the compounds of nitrogen and oxygen that then combine with hydrocarbons to form nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas 300 times more potent than carbon dioxide.Stand up for what is right, even if you have to stand alone.
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Aus 164 Designs von 23 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
Mobile Industry Review
Mobile Industry Review ("MIR") has been live for 5 years. The site provides a mix of daily opinion, news and video to 250,000 mobile industry executives and fanatics.
Originally the site was a 'news' site -- but over time it's morphed to heavily centre around me (Ewan) the editor. I publish a mix of news, videos and opinion posts.
I've lost my way with the design. I created the current one about a year ago. I was aiming for an impressive looking site. But it's just got annoying for me now. Too many boxes, I think. Too many grey lines. Too much red text.
It is a glorified blog. At one point we almost went Engadget-style and started writing about everything. But over the years I've honed it -- so it's effectively an outlet for my own writing. That said, I don't want it to look like a blog.
I think I need the site to look like a cross between a blog and a news site.
- Senior executives in the mobile industry
- PR & marketing people who work in the mobile industry
When you visit the site, you need to immediately get the impression that the site is credible, professional and influential. I do a lot of consulting off the back of the site so it does need to look good.
Most of the readers do so via the RSS feed so the site is more for new visitors and those trying to evaluate whether Mobile Industry Review is any good. For that reason, I think we could potentially be a little bit more experimental with the layout.
The audience will form an opinion within a few moments of visiting the site. I need them to react positively. I need them to consider the site credible, relevant and professional.
I need you to deliver me a a new site frontpage, category and post page. I'd like you to spend most of your time on getting the frontpage right though.
Required Elements
These elements need to stay:
- The MIR logo (I've attached a high-res version, or pull it off the site as it stands)
- The useful links -- put them wherever you think works
- The banner ad at the top needs to stay somewhere near the top
I've tried to pack the existing frontpage with news and stories to make it look busy. But I think the eye just gets confused so I'm really looking forward to seeing what you think. Do what you want with colours -- but do consider that the site is well known that rather bright Red colour you see used in the logo and header.
See the 'Smartphone Obsession in Marketing' section? With the three video thumbnails and a logo? Just under the headline bit? And the 'MEF Americas 2010' ones? Those are sponsored video sections that need to remain somehow and in the same general style (as sponsors have paid for that).
I typically publish 3-4 posts per day, so please make allowances for this in your frontpage look.
Some summary points about the design:
- Remember it's a news/magazine site
- Don't be afraid of using whitespace and clean lines
- Less is more -- clean up my crazy cluttered interface!


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