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LA completed a historic sweep of the Phillies yesterday and then flew to Seattle, a six-hour flight. Historic in that the Los Angeles Dodgers had never swept four games in Philly….ever. Oh, when the Dodgers were in Brooklyn, they took four from the Phillies in 1946 at Shibe Park.
It marked the third time a visiting team has swept a four-game series at Citizens Bank Park. The Astros in 2010 and Nationals a year ago.
A 3-0 lead for Cole turned into another defeat. In 36 innings against the Dodgers, the Phillies scored in just six innings. The offense didn't add on yesterday, the defense gave way and the bullpen couldn't keep it close.
The 1-6 homestand is something the Phillies have done nine previous times, the last being 1999. Only once did the Phillies ever go winless in a seven-game stand and that was in September of the fateful 1964 season. The poorest Citizens Bank Park homestand is 1-9 in August of 2004.
While the Dodgers took to the air, the Phillies hit the tracks as in Amtrak for a train trip to Baltimore. They play the Orioles three times over the weekend as interleague play resumes. Unlike their neighbors to the south, Phillies fans are welcomed at Camden Yards. It will seem like Citizens Bank Park, I'm sure.
Baltimore has the upper hand in interleague play against the Phillies, 24-21. At Camden Yards, the Phillies have the upper hand, 13-11.
Losing at home is not characteristic of Charlie's club since the park opened. At 12-19 they have the NL's worst home record. Charlie's clubs traditionally do well on the road and that is the case this season, 16-12. Only Atlanta has more road wins, 19.
Back to yesterday's loss….the bright side…..nobody wound up on the disabled list.
Down On The Farm
**Lehigh Valley scored five in the seventh for a 5-2 win over Gwinnett. No decision for RHS Scott Elarton, one run in 6 innings. 5th save for RH Phillippe Aumont.
**Reading lost, 7-1, to Altoona. 2B Cesar Hernandez extended his hitting streak to 11 games.
**Clearwater won, 3-2, at St. Lucie behind LHS Mario Hollands (2-0), one earned run in six innings. 5th save for RH Tyler Knigge.
**Lakewood lost to Lexington by the same scores two days in a row, 4-1.
Phlashback, Weedend Edition
June 8, 1968: A fifth-inning RBI single by pinch-hitter Howie Bedell ends Los Angeles RHP Don Drysdale's major league record of 58.2 scoreless innings. The Dodgers win, 5-3.
June 8, 1989: SS Steve Jeltz becomes the first Phillie to homer from each side of the plate in a game, a 15-11 win over Pittsburgh, one of the wildest games in Vet history. The Pirates score 10 runs in the first inning but the Phillies battle back to win on a five-run eighth inning. Pittsburgh broadcaster Jim Rooker boasts early in the game, "If the Pirates lose this game, I'll walk from here to Pittsburgh." Rooker keeps his word, walking from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh in the fall and raising money for charity.
June 9, 1982: Steve Carlton (7-6) sets a club record for most strikeouts by a LHP in a nine-inning game, by fanning 16 Cubs in a 4-2 win at the Vet. Lefty fanned Ryne Sandberg four times.
June 10, 1972: To change their luck, Phillies wear blue road uniforms at home only to lose to Atlanta, 15-3.
June 10, 1975: 3B Mike Schmidt hits a ball off a public address speaker hanging from the Astrodome roof, 117 feet up and 300 feet from home plate. Schmidt settles for a single off LHP Claude Osteen in the Phillies' 12-0 win.
June 10, 1981: Another great moment in Vet history. 1B Pete Rose needs two hits to surpass Stan Musial as the all-time NL hit leader. Rose singles in his first at-bat against Houston RHP Nolan Ryan, who then strikes out Pete the next three at-bats. Phils win, 5-4, before 57,386. Two days later, players go on strike until August, eliminating 55 games.
Phlashbacks are one of the features at www.phillies.com/alumni.
So are vintage photos and the latest peek at the past is seven players from the 1925 team sitting on a bench at Baker Bowl. Photo is courtesy of Bob Warrington, a huge memorabilia fan.
Also new is "Where Are They Now?" featuring reliever Ron Reed.


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What to eat when you're breastfeeding
Breastfeeding is natural, but it's not always easy. To nourish your baby well, it's important to nourish your body well.
How foods you eat affect breast milk and your baby
Anything you put in your body is passed to your baby in breast milk.
For example, when infants develop sensitivity to cow's milk, we advise their moms to eat dairy-free. If you missed your jolt of java in the morning while you were pregnant, good news — you can now have up to 2 or 3 cups of coffee a day. But if your baby seems fussier or has trouble sleeping, try cutting back on caffeine.
Unless your doctor advises you differently, just eat the same healthy foods you ate while you were pregnant. Talk to us if you have questions about what to eat while you're breastfeeding. We want you and your baby to stay as healthy as can be.
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Detroit House Music Producer – DJ – Singer – Songwriter Aaron-Carl -RIP
"Metro Detroit native Aaron-Carl began his music career in 1996, when he signed to Soul City Records, a label owned by Underground Resistance's Mad Mike Banks. Refusing to be boxed into just one style, Aaron quickly made a name for himself by releasing his first two records — both completely different genres, at the same time. Crucified, a deep soulful vocal anthem, met instant critical acclaim; while Down, an explicit electro-house track (the b-side to Wash It), became — and remains one of Aaron's biggest records to date."
Aaron-Carl Discusses Recent Cancer Diagnosis (9/25/2010)
Last Message From Aaron Carl
Hello everyone:
I'm sure by now you've heard the news, but I wanted to make sure you heard it from me. After having to cancel my European tour and going in and out of the hospital for the past couple weeks, we now know why. Thursday, September 23, 2010, I was officially diagnosed with cancer.
They found the cancer cells in the fluid they drew from around my lung, which is consistent with lymphoma. In the next few days, I'll return to the hospital to get a bone marrow biopsy to determine exactly which type of lymphoma I have, what stage, etc, so we can figure out how to best treat it.
I convinced them to let me come home from the hospital. I wanted to spend time with my family and friends, in my own territory. I'm not gonna overwork myself — I will focus on getting better, but I just couldn't stand laying up in that hospital bed. Mentally, it only made things worse for me. People came to see me, yes. But when everyone was gone, and it was just me — I was terrified. So terrified, I now have to take blood pressure medication.
For those who know me, you know I'm a fighter. I've fought all of my life, for everything. I'm not gonna stop now. I admit, this is one of the scariest things to admit or to even face. Me. Cancer. Wow…
I've tried my best to keep you updated via my facebook page, Twitter, etc. And I must thank you ALL for all of your words of encouragement and support. For years, I've noticed I was "hated." Now at this time in my life, I realize that I'm actually loved.
We'll talk more, as I know more. Thanks, and much love…
Aaron Carl – Crucified (Maas Michigan Bass Mix)
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The signature brownies from The Sugar Cube in Portland, Oregon, are baked in a muffin tin and topped with chocolate ganache, olive oil, and sea salt.
At her Portland, Oregon, food cart the Sugar Cube, Kir Jensen serves creative riffs on classic sweets like these brownies. She gives the bake-sale bar her signature twist by baking the brownies in muffin pans, then tops them with coffee syrup, chocolate ganache, olive oil, and sea salt.... Read More
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§1054. Defense of certain suits arising out of legal malpractice
(a) The remedy against the United States provided by sections 1346(b) and 2672 of title 28 for damages for injury or loss of property caused by the negligent or wrongful act or omission of any person who is an attorney, paralegal, or other member of a legal staff within the Department of Defense (including the National Guard while engaged in training or duty under section 316, 502, 503, 504, or 505 of title 32) or within the Coast Guard, in connection with providing legal services while acting within the scope of the person's duties or employment, is exclusive of any other civil action or proceeding by reason of the same subject matter against the person (or the estate of the person) whose act or omission gave rise to such action or proceeding.
(b) The Attorney General shall defend any civil action or proceeding brought in any court against any person referred to in subsection (a) (or the estate of such person) for any such injury. Any person against whom such a civil action or proceeding is brought shall deliver, within such time after date of service or knowledge of service as determined by the Attorney General, all process served upon such person (or an attested true copy thereof) to such person's immediate superior or to whomever was designated by the head of the agency concerned to receive such papers. Such person shall promptly furnish copies of the pleading and process therein-
(1) to the United States attorney for the district embracing the place wherein the action or proceeding is brought;
(2) to the Attorney General; and
(3) to the head of the agency concerned.
(c) Upon a certification by the Attorney General that a person described in subsection (a) was acting in the scope of such person's duties or employment at the time of the incident out of which the suit arose, any such civil action or proceeding commenced in a State court-
(1) shall be removed without bond at any time before trial by the Attorney General to the district court of the United States of the district and division embracing the place wherein it is pending; and
(2) shall be deemed a tort action brought against the United States under the provisions of title 28 and all references thereto. Should a United States district court determine on a hearing on a motion to remand held before a trial on the merits that the case so removed is one in which a remedy by suit within the meaning of subsection (a) is not available against the United States, the case shall be remanded to the State court.
(d) The Attorney General may compromise or settle any claim asserted in such civil action or proceeding in the manner provided in section 2677 of title 28, and with the same effect.
(e) For purposes of this section, the provisions of section 2680(h) of title 28 shall not apply to a cause of action arising out of a negligent or wrongful act or omission in the provision of legal assistance.
(f) The head of the agency concerned may hold harmless or provide liability insurance for any person described in subsection (a) for damages for injury or loss of property caused by such person's negligent or wrongful act or omission in the provision of authorized legal assistance while acting within the scope of such person's duties if such person is assigned to a foreign country or detailed for service with an entity other than a Federal department, agency, or instrumentality or if the circumstances are such as are likely to preclude the remedies of third persons against the United States described in section 1346(b) of title 28, for such damage or injury.
(g) In this section, the term "head of the agency concerned" means the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of a military department, or the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, as appropriate.
1988-Subsec. (a).
Subsec. (g).
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For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of the Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the Secretary of Transportation relating thereto, to the Department of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see sections 468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.


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First, a eulogy: The bell curve is dead.
That familiar model for technology adoption (first popularized by the noted sociologist Everett Rogers) – with clearly defined market segments adopting new technologies in predictable groupings – no longer applies. Following this work, Geoffrey Moore wrote in 1991's Crossing the Chasm that successful new product introductions followed Rogers's five discrete stages, moving from early adopters to mainstream users only after crossing a sales "chasm" in which the marketing message changes from the new and exciting to the familiar and incremental.
But today, new products and services enter the market better and cheaper right from the start. So producers can't rely on a class of early adopters and high margins to build up a war chest to spend on marketing to larger and later markets. For better and for worse, thanks to near-perfect market information, consumers are too savvy for that. Everyone knows right away when some new offering gets it right – or, conversely, gets it wrong.
The bell curve, once useful as a model of product adoption, has lost its value as a planning tool. This kind of disruption has its own unique life cycle, and with it its own best practices for marketing and sales, product enhancement, and eventual product replacement.
Markets take off suddenly, or they don't take off at all. Since adoption is increasingly all-at-once or never, saturation is reached much sooner in the life of a successful new product. So even those who launch these "Big Bang Disruptors" – new products and services that enter the market better and cheaper than established products seemingly overnight – need to prepare to scale down just as quickly as they scaled up, ready with their next disruptor (or to exit the market and take their assets to another industry).
While every Big Bang Disruptor has its own unique trajectory, the examples in our study suggest a new model for the adoption of better and cheaper innovations, one that is radically different from the traditional view of and Rogers and Geoffrey Moore. The life cycle of Big Bang Disruption looks less like a gently sloping bell curve and more like a cliff: as dangerous to competitors on its way up as it is to innovators on the way down.
We call it, for obvious reasons, "the shark fin."
The process of Big Bang Disruption begins as a series of low-level, often unrelated experiments with different combinations of component technologies. This relative calm may give incumbents the false sense that nothing is happening, or in any event that whatever might be happening is not doing so quickly enough to warrant a competitive response.
Yet when the right combination of technologies is assembled and paired with the right business model, takeoff is immediate. Customers from a wide range of segments, including mass market consumers, adopt the disruptor as quickly as its producers can supply it. Market penetration is often nearly instantaneous.
Next, as the disruptor quickly approaches saturation, adoption drops at nearly the same pace with which it took off, leading to a period of rapid if uneven decline. During this period, early warning systems, careful planning, and the agility to quickly scale up and then down are essential both to capitalize on the opportunity of a Big Bang Disruptor as well as to survive the chaos it can bring to existing markets.
The Rise and Fall of Microsoft's Kinect —————————————
One example of this process was the introduction of an add-on device for Microsoft's Xbox 360: the Kinect. It initially sold for $150, but it revolutionized home gaming – capturing the imagination of diehard players and casual gamers alike. And while it appeared to come out of nowhere, antecedents could be seen in and out of the gaming industry. Integrating motion and other sensors with facial recognition, for example, had long been in development in many industries, especially in security systems.
Speech recognition, likewise, had already been used in products and services supporting hands-free computing tasks such as automated phone support and in applications including GM's in-vehicle OnStar system and the popular Siri, which Apple acquired in 2010. Facial recognition had been used for high-end military applications for years and was the subject of extensive experiments by the advertising industry.
Even other game consoles, notably Sony's PlayStation 3, had experimented with handheld controllers fitted with motion sensors. Sony's add-on device, the Move, sold fifteen million units in its first two years.
No one, however, had ever put all these components together or integrated them with a catalog of new games designed specifically to take advantage of the powerful hardware and software Microsoft used for Kinect. The new device looked less like its predecessors than it did a technology from the future.
Kinect was an enormous hit, selling eight million units in just the first sixty days. According to Guinness World Records, that made Kinect the fastest-selling consumer electronic device in history. A little over a year after launch, twenty-four million Kinects had been sold, pushing sales of Xbox 360 consoles and games along with it. In 2010, Microsoft took the top spot in the fiercely competitive console market for the first time since Xbox 360's launch in 2001.
For Big Bang Disruptors, however, catastrophic success invariably leads to rapid market saturation – and with it decline and sunset. Within six months, the pace of Kinect sales dropped precipitously. Though stragglers continued to buy the product in peaks and valleys over the next year, the product had largely fulfilled its mission in its first ten months. For Microsoft – and other game developers – it was time for another innovation.
Big Bang Disruptors like the Kinect, however, can have second lives as new innovators deconstruct them and recombine their parts into something new. Kinect continues to find unexpected uses outside of gaming, thanks in part to Microsoft's willingness to make its developer tools and interfaces widely available. Telemedicine researchers in the UK, for example, have adapted Kinect for remote tracking of hand and finger movements to guide patients recovering from strokes. Kinect's technology is also being used in the construction of miniature satellites, where Kinect will handle in-orbit docking.
Farther afield, the economies of scale that comes from production of millions of Kinect units has made it cost-effective to use some of its components for a fast-evolving market of health, fitness, and monitoring devices. Companies including Fitbit, Jawbone, and Nike, as well as other startups, are selling low-cost wearable computers that use accelerometers and other sensor technology to track and record an increasingly wide range of vital signs and measurements, including steps taken, calories burned, heart rate, temperature, and sleep patterns.
With the shark fin, companies that have long operated as the flippers of their industry, controlling its speed, direction, and destination, suddenly find themselves the pinball, bouncing around at the whim of forces outside their control. To ensure their future as the former and not the latter, they need to understand where Big Bang Disruptors come from, how they enter and exit the market, and what they leave in their wake.
__This is the first book selected for the inaugural Book Club at CES, as their book of the year. It will be released January 7. __
__Excerpted from __Big Bang Disruption: Strategy in the Age of Devastating Innovation__ by Larry Downes and Paul Nunes, in agreement with Portfolio, an imprint of Penguin Random House. Copyright 2014 by Lawrence Downes and Paul Nunes.__
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1. Blogging - I'm just a wee bit obsessed with reading blogs, and writing them now too. This is all fairly new to me (a couple months), but I am amazed by the ideas, inspiration and people I have come across.
2. Etsy - A place to find fabulous gifts and products - all handmade (ok, I just opened my little shop there so I'm a little biased). It's just a great concept and if it was publicly traded, I'd have my hubby buy stock it in.
3. Paper Crafts - enough said. Read my blog.
4. Nice People - some people are just plain nice. I like them.
5. My life - I am lucky to have a wonderful hubby, two healthy happy children, great friends, and the ability to pursue whatever dream I feel like following at any given moment.
1. Project Nursery - The first fabulous blog that I followed, and now I'm a contributor!
2. Decor8 - My daily dose of decorating, Etsy finds, and creative inspiration from Holly Becker, aka "my hero".
3. Sarah's FAB Day - The name says it all. Sarah writes about decorating, fashion, and all things fabulous!
4. Doodlebuds - A new creative blogging friend, Heather who serves up great posts on day-to-day life infuzed with creativity.
5. Party Perfect - Just discovered this gem yesterday!
Okay, time to pass on the torch ladies!


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This isn't a large post, yet a very important one which hopefully ends the "is non-consensual PvP is good for a game or not" dabate? No it's not a decisive argument in either way. It's decisive in a sense that the question itself is wrong and shouldn't be asked.
In a game, always a pixel avatar does things against your pixel avatar. In EVE a spaceship comes to blow up your spaceship. Or your spaceship goes to blow up that spaceship. During combat various modules are activated and at the end usually one spaceship blows ups. Does it make any difference if that other spaceship is player controlled or not?
Actually, if the game companies wouldn't make special tools to identify player characters, we couldn't even know. Imagine that there would be no local channel and the name of the pilot wouldn't show up on the overview. You would only see a Merlin or a Retriever or an Erebus. Without these artificial tools you could only say "I destroyed/was destroyed by a Merlin". Would the game be any different? People die to rats all the time. Do you think this player is happier that his 7B Machariel was lost to Blood Raiders instead of xxPizza?
The question that you should be asking is "should people be defeated in the game or should they always win?"
The answer of WoW is "they should only win". The worst thing that can happen to you in WoW is simply not advancing. And no, PvP doesn't change that, if you enter a battleground and you capture zero objectives, score no kills and totally graveyard camped, you will lose nothing and earn honor points. Blizzard could advertise their game with "everyone is a winner here", they don't do it because it would scare away non-players and decrease the self-esteem of the bad players who are very sure that their progression has anything to do with their skill or effort instead of welfare given out by the developers.
PvP being consensual or not is a completely irrelevant point. You can easily design a game with consensual PvP only (or no PvP at all) and yet with losses: Diablo hardcore mode is a good example. Similarly the non-consensual PvP in WoW PvP servers (bored top levels oneshot leveling newbies) doesn't change WoW as the victim lost nothing but a few seconds. While evaluating the game, ignore PvP status and seek if the player has a chance to lose or he can only win regardless of which buttons he pressed.
When players and developers focus on the PvP status instead of loss status, we get the chimera of EVE highsec. It is practically safe PvE-wise, NPCs don't gank you at the gates, belt rats can be handled by T1 drones of mining barge, mission rats rarely if ever kill missioners. On the other hand PvP-ers can kill ships at will. The two must be matched. If highsec is meant to be a safe place where people can lol around, than PvP losses has no place either. If highsec is meant to be a risky place where you get some backup from the Empire NPCs, then the pirate NPCs should be much more aggressive. The problem of the newbie is that he can lol around at will, everything is nice and shiny and then bang, suicide ganked and podded with all his assets going down. If he'd be losing frigs left and right to scramming mission NPCs in the end missions of the career agents, then he'd both be expecting losses and also learn to tank his ship at the cost of cheap frigs instead of battlecruisers. If belt rats in 1.0-0.8 would be serious risk to his Venture, he wouldn't be losing untanked Retrievers in 0.5 to Catalysts. If Guristas would suicide gank his Badger I on a gate during a L2 hauling mission, he wouldn't lose a Badger II with 300M cargo.
The infamous learning curve comes from the game being incoherent: laughable NPCs + vicious players. Either tame the players by taking away their ability to hurt other players or buff up the NPCs so the newbie can practice on his own speed.
PS: You laughed on 300M Drakes or 100M T1 cruisers? Then you'll love this!
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Prepaid College Tuition Program Makes a Comeback in Illinois
The College Illinois program allows families to buy contracts that lock in today's prices for future tuition and fees at the state's public universities.
Illinois families can again enroll in the state's prepaid college tuition program, a year after it was suspended amid questions about investment strategy and a funding shortfall.
The College Illinois program, with about 52,000 participants, allows families to buy contracts that lock in today's prices for future tuition and fees at the state's public universities. To jump-start sales, the state agency that administers the program announced Monday that it will sell contracts at 2011 prices until the end of the year.
Families pay different amounts depending on a child's age and whether the contract is for the University of Illinois, another four-year state university or a community college. An eight-semester contract bought today for a newborn to attend U. of I. costs $95,521. A contract for a community college education can cost as little as $42 a month, said Eric Zarnikow, executive director of the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, which oversees the program.
"You are able to pay today and get future tuition and fees," Zarnikow said. The ISAC board will set contract prices for 2013 at its November meeting.
If students choose to go to college outside Illinois, the plan pays the state's average public university tuition at the time. Unlike a traditional 529 college savings plan, families do not select how the money is invested.
The $1.1 billion program still is about 30 percent short of the funding needed to meet its projected obligations, Zarnikow said. He said, however, the families should feel confident putting their college savings into the program following an overhaul of the agency's board and new investment policies.
Critics had questioned the agency's past decisions to make alternative -- arguably riskier -- investments done partly as an effort to balance out higher-than-predicted tuition increases. The fund is dependent not only on market fluctuations, but also on how much Illinois' public universities raise tuition, and therefore how much the fund will have to pay out as its beneficiaries attend college.
"We have much stronger governance, transparency and an improved investment policy in place. The funded status of the program we expect will improve over time," Zarnikow said.
Sales were suspended Sept. 30, 2011. The ISAC board voted in August to begin the program again.
Launched in 1998, College Illinois has paid out nearly $400 million in tuition and fees for 22,000 students who had prepaid tuition contracts.
(c)2012 the Chicago Tribune
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(CMT Offstage keeps a 24/7 watch on everything that's happening with country music artists behind the scenes and out of the spotlight.)
Who knew there were so many ways to be sad? Taylor Swift certainly does. And she's on this 60 Minutes Overtime video explaining them all.
Keep in mind, these are all just love-related kinds of sadness, and she explains them this way: "There's the missing-him kind of sadness. There's the frustrated-and-confused, don't-know-why-it-ended kind of sadness. There's the I-know-we-can't-be-together-but-I-just-miss-you-right-now sadness. Or there's the sadness that's kind of tinged with anger. There's a sadness that has guilt with it. There's sadness that has a little bit of hope he'll come back."
As she explains, she breaks down emotions into "like 50 million categories." And the biggest category is sadness. That all comes through in Swift's songs, but it makes me wonder what would happen if she broke other emotions down into 50 million categories and set those to music. Surely there are a few million ways to sing about being angry, blissful, guilty, scared, jealous or hopeful. Right?


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The Fish:
Atlantic halibut is the largest of all flounders. Young Atlantic halibut are found in relatively shallow costal waters, while large Atlantic halibut are typically found at depths of 1,000 to 6,500 feet. They undertake long migrations- sometimes in excess of 600 miles—to search for fish to feed on. They have horizontal bodies but can shift its position and swim vertically when chasing prey from the seabed up to the water's surface.
Females become sexually mature at age 8, laying up to 3.5 million eggs at a time. They can live for up to 50 years. Males typically live for 30 years, reaching sexual maturity at 5 to 7 years of age. In addition to the Norwegian coast, important spawning areas include the Faeroe Islands, the ridge between Greenland, Iceland and Scotland. The Denmark Strait and the Davis Strait on the banks of Newfoundland. Spawning takes place at depths of 900 to 2,000 feet from December to May in deep hollows along the coast or in the fjords or deep costal hollows. The eggs and larvae then float around in the sea until hatching.
Halibut are vulnerable to overfishing because of their slow growth and late sexual maturity. Fishing is strictly regulated, completely prohibited from December 20 to March 31.
Following many years of research and development, Atlantic halibut is now an established farmed variety of fish, ensuring a steady supply of fish throughout the year.
Atlantic halibut is especially rich in:
- Protein that builds and maintains every cell in the body
- Vitamin D, which is necessary to get the right balance of calcium in the body to maintain and strengthen the bones
- Vitamin B12, which is important for the body in producing new cells, including red blood cells. Vitamin B12 can contribute to prevent anemia
- Selenium, an important element in an enzyme that fights harmful chemical processes in the body
More nutritional data can be found at www.nifes.no/en/prosjekt/seafood-data


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Almost the entire eastern and central time zone will get the Pittsburgh @ New England game. The Baltimore @ Cleveland game will be seen in basically their home markets. Both games start at 4:25 pm eastern time. Since all 4 teams are high passing teams, the clock will stop a lot and the probability of a run over is very high. My TVGuide has CBS prime time starting at 7:30 pm eastern time, with TAR at 8:30 pm eastern. I would suspect at least a 30 minute delay and TAR to start around 9:00 pm eastern.
We will probably have the same situation as last week. There will probably be two feeds. The early feed will probably start about 8:40pm eastern for the people that had the Bal/Cle game. The other game is still 5 minutes from the end. Most of the people in the country have this game......NE/Pit.
Not necessarily if there is a large time differential in ending of the games. The late feed will probably start at 8:59 eastern. That is about 20 minutes after the early feed for Bal/Pit
No overtime, Arizona gets it back (turnover on downs). Should be a 7:45-7:50 start
So No 30 min. delay then? Am I understanding this correctly?
New start time appears to be 8:47 pm EST.
Quote from: revengefullycreative on November 10, 2013, 06:41:38 PMNo overtime, Arizona gets it back (turnover on downs). Should be a 7:45-7:50 startSorry, meant 8:45-8:50 (earlier time would be for 60 Minutes though)Quote from: Vitoko on November 10, 2013, 06:45:10 PMSo No 30 min. delay then? Am I understanding this correctly?What peach meant (I think) is that the schedule is set to start programming half an hour early regardless. So if 60 Minutes started at 7:30, it would still be on time, but half an hour later per the new schedule (that started last year for CBS NFL Doubleheaders). To today, it's only a 17-minute delay, but not a 47-minute delay.
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Conservation and Environment in Costa Rica: Monthly Updates
Conservation in Costa Rica - Monthly Update - September - October 2014
From the last 2 months we have great reports from our projects and research. We have been working hard on two bat projects, our camera traps have taken amazing photos and videos, and our terrace is has been completed.
Cave Bat Survey
We recently started a study on Cave Bats, and have managed to capture over a thousand individuals in our nightly surveys. Each night we go out we catch around 100 bats, the most common species being Parnells' mustached bat (pteronotus mesoamericanos).We are using a device called a Harp Trap. This device used to capture bats without exposing them to entanglement, like mist nets and hand nets do, which prevents them from getting panicked and hurting themselves. We are out from 17:00 till midnight, and find this project very exciting as we never thought we would catch anywhere near the amount of bats that we are!
Sensor Cameras Traps
We have excellent news to report on with this project! Our camera traps managed to photograph a magnificent ocelot (Leopardus pardalis). An ocelot is a medium sized feline species, which can easily move about the mountains of the national park. They also have large ears which provide them with a great sense of hearing. Their forelimbs have five toes, and their back limbs have four toes. Each claw is surrounded by a pad which allows the ocelot to walk in the forest unnoticed. Our camera traps are perfect for picking up these animals when they are out hunting, and since each individual has its own fur pattern, we are able to identify and count individuals. The cameras are also used to pick up all medium sized mammals in the park which allows us to see how many different animals are living in the area. There are different station around the reserve, each with a camera which is checked once a week, after which the volunteers and staff will analyse the photos and videos from the cameras.
Bird Survey
We are continuing with our bird survey, where the aim is to count the different bird species in Barra Honda. Twice a week we venture into the forest to conduct this survey using two methods. The first method is to observe birds which fly above the forest canopy, and the second is to observe birds which live in the forest. We recently saw a group four scarlet macaws (Ara macao) perched on a Jabillo tree (Hura crepitans). This tree is highly sought after by this species to feed and roost in.
Blue Flag Program
We have been working very hard on this project and have great news! Our Bio-garden project is almost complete at the Flor School, as well as the recycling centre for everyone in the community to leave their recycling products which will be taken to the municipality for sorting. Our garden is working very well and receives the grey water which is discarded from the school. We ae proud to see that all the hard effort we have put into the project is paying off, although there are still a few details which need to be finished in the schools and community of Santa Ana and also in Barra Honda. The main objective of this project is to obtain the Ecological Blue Flag award from the government in the schools once they start working with the projects which help the environment and teach the children how to protect nature.
Compost: a new way to reuse the organic waste
In our compost project we re-use all the food that the people in Barra Honda don't eat, and make it into fertilizer for our nursery. All the organic waste goes to a place called "center for compost". Once we have the first signs that the organic fertilizer is ready, we use it on the native trees we have in our nursery. The technique used is based on a live biological process, which is performed under the conditions of aerobic fermentation (air) with sufficient moisture, and ensures the hygienic transformation of organic remains into food which is easily absorbed by our soils. This process involves microbial bacteria populations such as Actomicetos, algae such as Protozoa and Cyanobacteria, as well as fungi which is responsible for 95% of the composting activity. The final phase of this process involves macro-organisms such as springtails, mites, worms.
Anthony Ruiz
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Eppendorf discovered a potential product defect affecting specific lot numbers of Reference 2 pipettes sold in North America between April and August of 2017. It has been identified that fast volume changes may lead to incorrect display of the volume and thus to inaccurate pipetting. The cause of the issue has been traced and production was immediately modified accordingly.
As a corrective measure Eppendorf decided to carry out a global product recall. Consumers with a recalled Reference 2 will be offered a replacement pipette at no charge. To check if your pipette is affected you can check serial numbers of your Reference 2 pipettes on this website or let us check for you. Please note that only Reference 2 pipettes with serial numbers ending with "G" are affected.
If your Reference 2 pipette was serviced in 2017 and received a new counter, please contact Eppendorf or your service provider directly. We offer a free replacement of the complete pipette if the replacement counter is affected by the recall.
We deeply regret any inconvenience this situation will cause and will work diligently to promptly replace the affected pipettes.


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While people often define hay quality by its palatability, they also need to consider digestibility and nutritional value. To evaluate hay on these parameters, you need to sample and test your hay.
While people often define hay quality by its palatability, they also need to consider digestibility and nutritional value. To evaluate hay on these parameters, you need to sample and test your hay.
It's easy to take a hay sample. Wesample each hay lot separately at the extension office. A hay lot is hay from the same field and same cutting that is harvested under the same environmental conditions and has the same forage composition.
You can take hay samples with a hay probe. Next, send the sample to a lab, such as our University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Forage Extension Laboratory, or a private lab, such as Waters Lab in Georgia.
Sample results at least should include crude protein and total digestible nutrients, and should be reported on a dry-matter basis. Dry matter refers to the portion of the forage after water is excluded.
Reporting on a dry matter basis allows us to compare different forages. Crude protein, or CP, is the nitrogen and amino acids in feeds. Total digestible nutrients, or TDN, represents the energy value of feeds, which is the sum of digestible fibers, starch, sugars, protein and fats in the forages.
Knowing CP and TDN, along with evaluating the palatability, will allow you to determine how much to feed to maintain body conditioning for your livestock.
Bahiagrass hay seems to be less palatable sometimes, but this is more of a management issue. Bahiagrass is often cut after peak palatability. Generally, good bahiagrass hay will provide appropriate nutrients for livestock if palatability is high.
Bermudagrass, which seems to be more palatable to picky eaters, contains adequate nutrients for most livestock.
Call me at 689-5850 or email firstname.lastname@example.com to learn more about hay sampling or to have your hay sampled.
Jennifer Bearden is an agent at the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Extension office in Crestview.


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To celebrate Allied Health Professions Week, the National Athletic Trainers' Association has prepared a 10-step guide that people of all ages can use to reduce body stress, prevent back pain and thereby improve quality of life – especially with holiday plans and travel just around the corner. Along with the season comes the lifting of heavy suitcases and holiday gifts that can put additional pressure on the back. NATA represents certified athletic trainers who are among the more than 80 professions being honored during Allied Health Professions Week (Nov. 4-10, 2007).
"The human body is an incredible machine that adapts to the stresses we give it every day," said certified athletic trainer Darrell Barnes, LAT, ATC, CSCS, performance center coordinator, St. Vincent Sports Performance Center in Indianapolis, Ind. "Stresses such as poor posture, unusual movement or activities or even a sedentary lifestyle can lead to poor mechanics and pain. Disability from back pain is second only to the common cold as a cause of lost work time."
According to the Arthritis Foundation, back pain affects 80 percent of the adult population at some point in their lives. In fact, back pain, limited mobility and stiffness end up costing American consumers $24 billion in treatment costs annually.
Following are recommendations to prevent and reduce back pain now and year-round:
1. Identify negative stresses that may be exacerbated by the holidays – Everybody has physical limitations that can lead to body imbalances, so it's important to identify problematic areas and correct these imbalances. Look at your sitting/standing posture. Do you complain that your muscles "feel tight" or weak? Do you use poor mechanics when lifting heavy items? Are you putting unusual stress on the back with certain activities and lifting during the holiday season? Learning correct lifting techniques and strengthening your back can help to alleviate pain. Use a luggage cart or lighten your load when lifting heavy packages or luggage.
2. Make yourself mobile – Poor posture and muscle stiffness decrease the body's ability to move freely, which can lead to injury or pain. There are many ways to increase mobility including daily stretches or activities that increase flexibility and get the body moving in different directions. Try yoga, tai chi, swimming or pilates to keep you limber.
3. Increase strength – It's important to get strong to improve overall balance and flexibility to reduce stress on the back. Exercises should involve the whole body, especially the core muscles of the stomach, back, hips and pelvis. At the same time, strengthening of the legs and shoulders can help you more easily squat, lift and carry even heavy items without overworking or injuring your back.
4. Add aerobic exercise – Physical activities like walking, swimming and running for at least 20 minutes three times a week increases muscular endurance and cardiovascular fitness. Aerobic activities also improve blood flow to the spine and help decrease daily stress.
5. Pay attention to posture – Try not to sit or drive for long periods of time. Get up every 15 to 30 minutes and move around or stretch to increase your mobility. When seated always remember to keep your hips and knees at right angles to one another and find a chair with adequate lumbar (lower back) support.
6. Stand up straight – When engaged in activities while standing, be sure to stand with your head up, shoulders straight, chest forward and stomach tight. Avoid standing in the same position for too long, though, and use your legs – rather than your back – when pushing or pulling heavy doors and other items.
7. Use proper lifting mechanics – When lifting objects from a position below your waist, stand with a wide stance and a slight bend at your hips and knees. Tighten your stomach as you lift and keep your back as flat as possible – do not arch or bend. When carrying heavy objects, keep them as close to your body as you can. Avoid carrying objects on only one side of your body.
8. Get a good night's sleep – Select a firm mattress and box spring that does not sag. Try to sleep in a position that allows you to maintain the natural curve in your back.
9. Warm-up before physical activity – Engage in a low impact activity prior to playing sports or exercising. Increasing muscle temperature and mobility will decrease the chance of injury.
10. Improve your healthy lifestyle – Obesity and smoking have been found to increase the incidence of back pain. Taking steps to improve your health will decrease the chance of back pain and improve your overall quality of life.
Barnes also urges people to always listen to their bodies: "If you are participating in any fitness routines or general activity and feel any twinges of back pain, you should stop immediately and consult your physician. Identifying the cause of the pain and treating it safely and appropriately will help you gain back mobility and range of motion and feel your physical best."
Article adapted by MD Only Weblog from original press release.
Contact: Robin Waxenberg
National Athletic Trainers' Association
About the National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA)
Athletic trainers are unique health care providers who specialize in the prevention, assessment, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries and illnesses. The National Athletic Trainers' Association represents and supports 30,000 members of the athletic training profession through education and research. Only 42 percent of high schools have access to athletic trainers. NATA advocates for equal access to athletic trainers for athletes and patients of all ages, and supports H.R. 1846.


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Badgers stumble into season finale vs Penn St
4 losses by a combined 16 points for Wisconsin
The goal for Wisconsin in its matchup with Ohio State was to keep the Buckeyes from clinching the outright division championship, making the Badgers' trip to the conference championship game seem, well, one that was earned.
After trying to explain its fourth defeat by seven points or less, Wisconsin will have to settle for a handout.
"People always say we didn't beat a big team, we didn't earn the right to go to the Big Ten championship," said junior tailback James White. "We really wanted to win this game. We just have to move forward to Penn State."
Wisconsin's game at Penn State means nothing in the landscape of the Big Ten Leaders Division. The Badgers (7-4, 4-3 Big Ten) can finish in a tie for second in the division with a win, but clinched a spot in the Dec. 1 title game two weeks ago due to Ohio State and Penn State being ineligible from postseason play.
His team has lost four games by a combined 16 points and lost to both ranked conference teams on its schedule, but Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema won't be tentative with his starters as he searches for a winning mixture.
"If a guy is healthy coming into this game, (there are) no plans to hold anybody back," said Bielema.
And for the most part, Wisconsin is healthy. Junior linebacker Chris Borland (hamstring) missed last week's game, but is expected to go through pool workouts and could return Tuesday. Sophomore right tackle Rob Havenstein was diagnosed with a mild MCL strain and is questionable for Saturday, though he is listed as the starter on the depth chart released Monday.
Bielema is cognizant that his team's mental and physical fatigue will be pivotal with a third straight trip to the Rose Bowl on the line in two weeks. To balance that, Bielema acknowledged potential changes as the Badgers prepare for their 12th game in 13 weeks.
"We practice very, very hard and very, very physical and maximize the amount of time," Bielema said. "We definitely work while we're out there, but this week we have to be smart about lessening the amount of contact we have, and the amount of time we're on the field. We've just got to get ready to play Penn State and get ourselves in a position on Saturday to be at full strength."
If Nebraska wins at Iowa Friday, the Badgers would play the Cornhuskers for the league title in a rematch of their Sept. 29 game in Lincoln. Nebraska won that game, 30-27, despite trailing by 17 points in the third quarter. If Nebraska loses and Michigan wins at Ohio State this Saturday, the Wolverines would represent the Legends Division.
"I'm sure winning in Indy and going to the Rose Bowl and winning there would erase all the losses we've had," senior tailback Montee Ball said. "Because that's our goal."
Ball rushed for 191 yards and a touchdown, the most rushing yards an Ohio State defense has given up since at least 2002. The Badgers' defense - anchored by three senior defensive backs - held Ohio State to a season-low passing, rushing and offensive points, all of which Wisconsin hopes to build on before it enters the postseason.
"There were a lot of guys that might have played, couple seniors that might have played their best games of their careers," said Bielema. "Really felt that our guys for the entire game, four quarters and beyond, strained, fought, tried as much as they could do, obviously came up short."


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Christopher Manion
February 14, 2013
Way back before Woodstock (1969, for the uninitiated), I had a "Support Your Local Police" bumper sticker on my car. We wanted to keep our cops free from federal control.
We failed, and the LAPD-Dorner incident proves it. The LAPD acted like American troops in Iraq: protect your own, dehumanize everyone else. Remember Tahrir Square? American security forces **guarding high-ranking U.S. officials** killed 17 innocent Iraqi civilians for nothing. But "we didn't lose one American," Blackwater bragged.
They have been trained and told they can't tell the enemy from the innocent civilians. As a result, they bring the "preemptive war" down to the street level, and shoot first, fast, and often. Remember Haditha?
Soldiers and other killers for hire in Iraq and Afghanistan are carefully trained to stop thinking of their targets as human beings. Otherwise they'll flinch and hesitate when they need to kill. "If you ask yourself, 'did he kiss his kids goodbye this morning,' you're through," I remember one sniper saying. And I remember this one, too: "Sorry, The chick got in the way."
Many LAPD and other police force members are veterans of those wars. Do you think they can forget that training? Turn it off like a switch? The LAPD-Dorner case has proven that they can't.
Now the LAPD shoots a 72-year-old grandmother – to protect their own! And her daughter – to protect their own! They can muster thousands of police, plus the firepower of a Marine brigade — to protect their own! They shoot up trucks, burn down houses, shut down whole towns — to protect their own!
You do that on a battlefield in the midst of an enemy. You **don't** do it in the midst of the community you are supposed to "serve and protect."
Instead of "serving and protecting" **us**, they shoot up the innocent public and kiss up to (oops, I'm sorry, they protect) their superiors – who will be sitting on their next promotion board, of course.
Government will always protect its own. But it won't protect you. It will just send a bureaucrat with a gun to your place later, to take a police report after you've been robbed, killed, or maimed, and the perp is long gone. For all practical purposes, they're more like armed, unionized insurance adjusters whose fat lifetime pensions you'll be paying with your lifetime of taxes.
This is the lesson. Will we learn it? Or will we continue to worship those "heroes" just because they wear a uniform?
In my book, they've got to earn it. And that takes more than a badge and a sidearm.
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Tag Archives: Body repairs
Spring is here- time to ride!
FOR SALE 1962 Lambretta LI
1962 Lambretta LI
- Custom Gold Flake paint
- Ancillotti seat
- Brand new 200 CC stage 4 ported barrel with GOL piston
- 22mm carb
- Brand new gearbox selector
- DJ expansion exhaust
- Brand new Japanese clutch conversion
- GP200 gearbox
- 12V electrics
- Full hydrolic front and rear disc brakes
- Beedspeed twisted forks
- 18 litre stainless tank
- GP drop bars
- Digital speedo
- Hand engraved chain case
- Hand engraved front and rear hubs
- New rear shock
- Custom Billet kickstart lever and hydrolic brake pedal
The only scooter featured amongst 50 top best motorcycles built in NSW at 2015 Throttle Roll, Sydney
Will be sold with NSW Blue Slip Certificate (Road Worthy Certificate). For interstate buyers, we can help arrange transportation at customer's expense.
Please contact Sandy at 02 96983389 or email firstname.lastname@example.com
- Three layer pearl custom 2pack paint
- Only 100 km since rebuild
- New Malossi cylinder kit
- New Malossi Delta clutch
- New Malossi belt
- New SIP Stainless Steel expansion pipe
- Engineered and reinforced chassis
- Upgraded race engine mounts
- Custom engineered drop bars
- New tyres
- New front disc
- New brakes
- New Pascoli forks
- New Bitubo rear shock
- New wheel bearings
- Brand new Dellorto carb
- Tomaselli quick action throttle
- Custom body panels
- CNC levers
- Custom made seat
- Digital speedo
- Digital fuel level reader
Dyno-ed over 142km per hour- For burnout and wheelie fun!
Will be sold with NSW Blue Slip Certificate (Road Worthy Certificate). For interstate buyers, we can help arrange transportation at customer's expense.
Please contact Sandy if you are interested at 02 96983389 or email firstname.lastname@example.com
Vespa GS 160 MK 1
This GS 160 MK 1 is now a world traveller, and in 50 years she is has done a full circle of the globe.
She is was originally imported from the USA (non-battery model GS160)
and brought to Sandy at S.S Scooter in need of a full restoration a year ago.
But now she is heading back with her owner "Obie" to the UK to reside with his formidable collection of Lambretta's.
Unfortunately, the hard-core Lambretta collector will not have time to be ribbed by his Lambretta riding mates in Oz
about his latest and gorgeous addition to his vintage stable. But I am sure I know a few boys in Blighty that will.
Farewell Graham O'brien you will be sorely missed. Safe travels and GodSpeed.
Vespa PX 215cc
From a Bondi Beach Bather to PX Street Burner.
Living it's entire life by Bondi Beach without wearing any protection, this PX was suffering from an extreme case of cancer. With a rusted through frame it was time for me
to overhaul and save this Bondi Beach Bather.
The first job was weld in a new floor to re- strengthen this Vespa's monocoque chassis .
Once the new floor was painstakingly welded into position, it was time to bring to fruition the tuning and customising concepts the customer dreamed of; from an enormous rear wide tyre conversion, to the 215 cc cylinder which was given the SS treatment flowing through a the stainless expansion pipe hanging off to the left, right down to the subtle CNC calliper to help her stop, are to name a few.
With a luscious coat of gun metal grey, this Vespa has been reborn; and she won't be lazily sitting around Bondi Beach anymore, as she will be leaving our shores to burn up the winding roads of New Zealand.
Like most Australian imported Vespas and Lambrettas we find a huge discrepancy in our models compared to their Italian mothers.
This Vespa, with its frame number VN2T should be a Faro Basso model (low light or lamp down). In other words, the headlight is mounted on the mudguard, and should also have a 125cc powered cylinder.
But this barn find had neither, the headlight proudly sits atop the handlebars and the cylinder was still at its original 145.5cc bore.
She had either been modified in Australia by the dealer, or she arrived on our shores in her current guise.
I still like to think that the Italians, on a Friday afternoon, would get around to the Australasian export scooters and give them a touch of uniqueness (in other words, they would get rid of excess parts from different models and years and ship them off).
Either way, this bellissima is on her way to a very proud owner in Adelaide. He'll be riding (not hiding) this uniquely Aussie Vespa, and it will join his vast Vespa and Lambretta collection.
Vespa SS90- Double
With two of the rarest and coolest Vespa's made in the SS Scooter workshop, the opportunity to photograph them could not be missed. With Sandy's unmolested and unrestored SS90, sitting next to Tony Dunham's beautiful and meticulously restored SS90 made for a rare and beautiful sight on a steamy Sydney summers day.
White Ribbon Day 25th Nov 2014
Real men ride classic scooters and never commit or remain silent about violence against women!
S.S. Scooter Engineering is proudly supporting White Ribbon on this important day!
Join us today at the WR walk or come and speak to Sandy who is an ambassador of WR how to SWEAR never to commit or remain silent about violence against women.
Australian Classic Scooter Mille 2014- Team GS
With Team GS completing all tasks and navigating the 1000km to the finsh line in Victor Harbour in South Australia, we cant wait for next year's Mille in Victoria!
Featured Scooters in the photos:
Mark: GS150 VS5 1961, left
Sandy: GS 160 mark 2 1963, middle
Fleur: GS160 mark 1 1962, right
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What happens when you cross a prancing black stallion with a fire breathing dragon? You get the Ferrari 458 Italia China Limited Edition. The price was just revealed as an outrageous $870,000, which a number of people can afford.
That's $251,000 more than a normal 458 in China, but Ferrari will only build 20 of the dragon emblazoned cars, presumably for a handful of China's most fun-loving captains of industry. Score one for capitalism!
The China Limited Edition's release coincide's with Ferrari's 20th year in the semi-communist country, and the year of the dragon.
Each car will wear a coat of "Marco Polo Red," as well as a decidedly badass dragon tatoo, er, hood decal. Perhaps they could have been painted a shade of "People's Red," but let's face it, the proletariat's plight really isn't Maranello's concern. They've also included gold dragon character embroidery on the seat headrests, as well as gold painted alloy wheels.
When I look at this car's cool dragon hood decal, it makes me wonder if parts of this car were made in China. But then I realize that it's time to divest myself of that Chinese-products-are-lame mentality. Even if there are Chinese-made components on the cars, that's not necessarily a bad thing anymore.
China's in the midst of a boom, and the fact that Ferrari and other luxury marques are doing well there shows it. Maranello produced two other special edition models for the Chinese market — 12 Ferrari 599 GTB China Limited Edition cars and a one-off Ferrari 599 GTB China Limited Edition, Porcelain Edition — and Aston Martin, Dartz, and Rolls-Royce are among others who have gotten in on the dragon decal fun.
The year of the dragon has been good for China, but we're guessing there will be others. Ferrari's 25th anniversary in China will be the year of the Rooster. We can think of a few people who might like a giant cock painted on a supercar's hood.
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Unhealthy Eating Habits at Holiday BBQs
Are You Eating Healthy at Your Holiday BBQ?
If you're anywhere in the US this Labor Day weekend, chances are you'll be hosting or attending a BBQ. And while juicy burgers, mac and cheese, and platefuls of brownies should definitely be on the menu, that's not to say that you can't lighten up your BBQ fare. Still, it's hard to opt for the crudités when there's a bag of potato chips in front of them! So tell us: will you be eating healthy this holiday weekend, or will it be your time to relax a little and indulge?


text: Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums :: View topic - Do you like animal? Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Do you like animal? Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Pets View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message night3207027Joined: 31 May 2007Posts: 4Location: mie,Japan Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 4:30 pm Post subject: Do you like animal? I like Japan dog sibaken! Do you like animal?_________________watch TV Back to top popofish0607Joined: 17 May 2009Posts: 7 Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 5:09 pm Post subject: Re: Do you like animal? night3207027 wrote: I like Japan dog sibaken! Do you like animal? Yes! I love pets and actually it is my whole family love animals very much. We used to have mice, pigs, fish, rabbits as our pets and once there's no little animal friend in my house we all feel empty and will try to find one as soon as possible. So I think we are a animal lover family. And now we have got a Maltese and a Poodle in our house. Back to top alfredJoined: 09 Jun 2009Posts: 2Location: Querétaro, México Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 7:14 pm Post subject: [color=blue]hi, i love birds i´m crazy because of birds i have like 35 different birds and they have babys so thats why i have a lot...jajaja Back to top Egg30Joined: 11 May 2009Posts: 8 Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 8:58 am Post subject: I like monkey. it's cute!! Back to top maaanaJoined: 23 May 2011Posts: 5 Posted: Sun May 29, 2011 6:25 pm Post subject: Hi! I like animal! Specially I love dogs I have a dog his name is PERO! Surprisingly everyone has many pets!!! How I envy you Back to top Natsumi26Joined: 23 May 2011Posts: 5 Posted: Mon May 30, 2011 4:33 pm Post subject: I like dogs! My favorite dog is corgi! Ther are very cute!! Back to top shishiJoined: 12 Jun 2011Posts: 1Location: Japan Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 12:35 am Post subject: I like dog and cat. my favorite dog and cat are Chihuahua,American short hair Back to top msms712Joined: 16 Jul 2016Posts: 10 Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2016 8:49 am Post subject: i like dog. Because it's can walk and swimming sometime it's can errand. So i like dog Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Pets All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Student Forums----------------ComputersCurrent NewsCultureEnglish SchoolsFamilyFilm and CinemaFoodHealth and FitnessHelp CenterHobbiesHolidaysLearning EnglishLiteratureMaking FriendsMusicOpinionsPetsScienceSportsThe Strange and MysteriousTOEFL and Other English ExamsTravel You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum Dave's ESL Cafe is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling. Banner Advertising | Bookstore / Alta Books | FAQs | Articles | Interview with Dave Copyright © 2018 Dave's ESL Cafe | All Rights Reserved | Contact Dave's ESL Cafe | Site Map Teachers College, Columbia University: Train to Teach English Here or Abroad Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group


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|London 2012
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Royals on hand to see Britain rule Olympics
By MARGARET FREEMAN,
Updated August 10, 2012
LONDON (AP) With royalty on and off the field at Greenwich Park, Britain ruled the Olympic equestrian events at the London Games.
The British won three of the six medals, including golds in team show jumping, team dressage and individual dressage. And, of course, silver in team eventing - with Queen Elizabeth II's granddaughter, Zara Phillips, competing for the host nation.
"I hope it doesn't end here. I hope it's the start of the team evolving," said Britain's Laura Bechtolsheimer, who rode Mistral Hojris for the British dressage team. "We've been watching on the telly how the crowds have been. The crowds have been carrying the athletes. We got to experience that ourselves, and it's a groundbreaking day."
The most attention was focused on Britain's eventing team when it won silver. With plenty of royal relatives in the crowd, Phillips galloped with her team to second place behind Germany, the start of Britain's most successful equestrian Olympics.
Prince William, second in line to the British throne, his wife, the former Kate Middleton, Prince Harry and Prince Charles' wife Camilla all came to watch. Zara's mother, Princess Anne, presented the medals.
Politics provided some of the sideshow with Ann Romney, wife of U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney, in London to cheer on Rafalca, a dressage horse she co-owns. Rafalca and rider Jan Ebeling finished 28th out of the 50 horses entered here and the U.S. dressage team finished sixth.
"She was consistent and elegant," Romney said of Rafalca. "She did not disappoint. She thrilled me to death."
The campaign issue of Romney's personal wealth supporting an Olympic horse accentuated the impression that equestrian sports are only for the wealthy. Although many of the riders come from middle-class backgrounds, they are often supported in their Olympic ambitions by wealthy sponsors.
However, the issue of expensive horsepower and its effect on Olympic results came to the forefront when the team from Saudi Arabia won bronze in show jumping. Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud, one of the world's richest royals, provided ample funding for the team over the last two years, ensuring the best horses and trainers were made available to chase medals in London.
In other golds, Steve Guerdat of Switzerland, riding Nino des Buissonnets, won the individual show jumping and Michael Jung, aboard Sam, took individual gold in eventing. British rider Charlotte Dujardin, riding Valegro, won the individual dressage.
American riders were shut out from the medals after winning three at the 2008 Beijing Games, including team gold in show jumping.


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From San Jose capital of Costa Rica 4 hours drive to reach a village called Nosara.
DistanceSurf trip
WalkInstant access (< 5min)
Easy to find?Easy to find
Public access?Public access
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Wave qualityRegional Classic
ExperienceAll surfers
FrequencyVery consistent (150 day/year)
DirectionRight and left
PowerOrdinary, Fun, Powerless
Normal lengthNormal (50 to 150m)
Good day lengthNormal (50 to 150m)
Good swell direction
Good wind direction
Swell sizeStarts working at 1.0m-1.5m / 3ft-5ft and holds up to 3m+ / 10ft+
Best tide positionAll tides
Best tide movement
Week crowdCrowded
Week-end crowdCrowded
Not much current but as with all beach breaks it may take some time to reach the line up.
Nice beach with a consistent wave. Many surf camps have opened here in recent years, so there are lots of beginners in the water. Expect pretty heavy crowds during dry season and June/July.
nosara is a fun wave but the town is unsafe. Can't leave your car at the beach unless there is a guard there watching it. Got robbed by a guy named diego outside the blew dog last wednesday. The people with vacation homes are also being robbed. Sc... this place. let the criminals have it to themselves. there are way better breaks with a better vibe in the area.
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By Eon , 21-03-2013
just got back... - Nosara/Playa Guiones is a good spot for a surf getaway HOWEVER do expect to lock up your valuables (duh), don't expect empty lineups, don't expect great waves (maybe it was an off week but I would rate the waves no better than mediocre/inconsistant: closeouts), expect pushy surf schools invading your space (one young buck paddled up near me and invited his students "into this empty area", douce!). On the plus side, it's definintely got the surfing vibe, board rentals are cheap and surf shops (real ones, not poser-clothing shops) are bountiful, beer and food are cheap. Accomodations vary but tend toward the more expensive. The hostel was across the street and a bit noisy at night but looked clean and well run. Pura Vida!!
By Anonymous , 03-04-2010
Crowds - Guiones/Nosara is a great spot, but don't be fooled by people saying there are only 3 or 4 surfers out. Crowds have grown exponentially here in recent years. Sure there are several peaks and people are spread out, but expect to be dropped in on and crowded conditions in Dry season and June/July, especially during holidays.
By agentvialli , 17-07-2008
Nosara - Its funny how negative people can be about such a wonderful place! Especially when they sign Anonymous!! The is a little theft, but only if you leave stuff on view in the car or on the beach. The locals are generally very friendly, the break can be "Crowded" really depends on your definition I guess but when you've surfed at breaks and had to hussle to get waves then Nosara very quiet indeed, especially if you like early mornings or sunset surfs. Waves, well like anywhere they can be good, but then they can be bad....generally though its a consistent break with a nice clean beach break that never drops below 2-3 foot even on flat days. Checkout the surfing nosara website for daily reports and pictures.
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UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP) — A Texas man has been convicted of fatally shooting four people, including two toddlers, after 60 pounds of marijuana went missing.
Darrell Lynn Bellard, 47, of Dickinson, Texas, was convicted Thursday by a Prince George's County jury on four counts of first-degree murder in the 2010 slayings.
Thirty-eight-year-old Dawn Brooks; her children, 3-year-old Shayla Sikyala and 4-year-old Shakur Sikyala; and the children's aunt, 41-year-old Mwasiti Sikyala, were found dead in a trash-filled apartment above a detached garage in Lanham.
State's Attorney Angela Alsobrooks announced her intention to seek the death penalty for Bellard when she took office in 2011. Maryland abolished the death penalty last year, and Alsobrooks is seeking a term of life without parole.
Sentencing is scheduled for May 29.
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How to Make Lowcountry Boil
Try this simple and hearty one-pot meal for a taste of the South Carolina coast.
Once called Frogmore Stew, this one-pot wonder was created by a National Guardsman when he needed to cook a meal for 100 soldiers. Richard Gay, who learned the recipe from his family, had everyone remembering his stew. The dish was later named Frogmore, where Richard was from, by the guards who teased him about home. The postal service eliminated the name Frogmore, which changed this popular dish to Lowcountry boil.
This seafood dish is a combination of shrimp, sausage, corn, and potatoes. Great for relaxing trips to the beach, it is also easy to create for a crowd. Lowcountry boil can be served on newspaper for easy clean up. Crab, onion, and butter are frequent additions to the pot, and having a removable drain basket only makes cooking easier. The rule of thumb here is the bigger the crowd, the bigger the pot.
Lowcountry Boil
4 pounds small red potatoes
5 quarts water
1 (3-ounce) bag of crab boil seasoning
4 tablespoons Old Bay seasoning
2 pounds kielbasa or hot smoked link sausage, cut into 1½-inch pieces
6 ears of corn, halved
4 pounds large fresh shrimp, peeled and deveined optional
Cocktail sauce
Add potatoes to large pot, then add 5 quarts water and seasonings. Cover pot and heat to a rolling boil; cook 5 minutes. Add sausage and corn, and return to a boil. Cook 10 minutes or until potatoes are tender.
Add shrimp to stockpot; cook 3 to 4 minutes or until shrimp turn pink. Drain. Serve with cocktail sauce. Serves 12.
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Here are five things to look for in today's Baltimore Grand Prix, the inaugural IndyCar race for the city:
1. Is the track/course ready for its IndyCar debut? Drivers have politely pointed out over the weekend that there are some issues with the course. We say politely because the drivers don't want to bash a city hosting its first IndyCar event. But if cars are stacked up like overturned Matchbox cars at Turn One today, or there is a crash in the pits, we can assure you the politeness will go away.
2. Can Dario Franchitti keep his season points lead over Will Power? Power is the ultimate road/street racer, but Franchitti isn't too bad himself. If Franchitti wants to keep his season points lead over Power, he'll have to stay close to the Australian, who happens to be on the pole.
3. Will Danica Patrick overcome poor qualifying? After saying Friday that she thought this course could be good for her, Patrick went out and qualified 25th of 28 cars on Saturday. She's currently 12th in the points race and a good showing here will quiet whispers that she can't wait to get to NASCAR. For her many, many sponsors she needs to have some decent finishes the rest of the season.
4. How big will the crowd be? Depends on who you believe. Police said they were told that 40,000 showed up on Saturday. Grandstands seemed to be near capacity and a lot of folks were lined up along the course. We're hoping for an Ashley Judd sighting. She's Franchitti's wife.
5. And the winner is ... Let's hope Baltimore can finally see an Oriol win. Oriol Servia will have to start from 16th, but he's driving the No. 2 car. And is there a No. 2 having a better season than the Orioles' J.J. Hardy? So why not root for the Oriol?
Here are five things to look for in today's Baltimore Grand Prix, the inaugural IndyCar race for the city:


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