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Department
of Linguistics
The
Departmentment of Linguistics came into being in 1995 with the
aim of developing a better understanding of language study and
linguistics. With the diverse linguistics scenario in North-
East India providing its backdrop, the thrust of the
department's endeavour has been on analyzing the languages of
North-East India with special reference to the languages of
South Assam. The department is also giving as a lot of minoroty
languages are spoken in this part ofthe country which is
considered to be endangered so that we can do something meaning
to preserve these. All the Noth Easter Languages show dialectal
variations which need to be studied structurally as well as
sociolinguistically. Such studies would help the standardization
of languages and pave ways for their use in education and other
fields of Socio-culture life of North East India. Keeping this
in view, the department has developed its course curriculum in
such a way so as to enable students at the Post Graduate level
to acquire capabilities to take up independent researches in
future on various languages and their recent developments.
Courses
offered:
i)
M.A(by course work) Duration:Four
Semesters Intake Capacity:31
ii)M.Phil(by
course work and dissertation) Duration:Three
Semesters
iii)Ph.D(by
course and research work)
Faculty:
Head of the
Department: Prof. Ajit Kumar Baishya
Contact No: (03842)270313(O)
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Picasa Movie Maker
Schedule:
Tuesday, June 5, 2012, from 1:00 to 3:30 pm
Fee:
$25
Prerequisites:
This is hands-on type class. For this class, it is recommended that you know how to get online, click to a new Window and use Google search. Click and drag, and basic Windows operating skills will be used. You don't need to have experience with Picasa, though it could help.
Description:
Learn how to use Picasa's
Movie Maker feature to combine your photos, videos, and music into a slide show movie in just a few easy steps. You will learn how to convert it to a .wmv (Windows) or .mov (Mac) file. Then you will be find out how to share it with friends by uploading it directly to YouTube or Google Photo Album. Photos and music will be provided, but if you want to use your own, bring no more than 25 photos and an mp3 or wma music file on a flash drive. Bring a flash drive if you would like to take samples, handouts, and your movie home. If you have a Google ID and would like to use it for You Tube, bring your ID and password.
Goals:
- Select your photos for the movie
- Select and add music
- Create a title slide
- Select a transistion
- Add subtitles
- Export Clips
- Create the movie
- Edit the movie
- Upload the movie to your computer or to You Tube for sharing
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Build. Respect. Ride.
These are words that ARR believes and we strive to demonstrate this belief by giving back though trail maintenance and advocacy efforts and we are proud to be associated with the International Mountain Biking Association (IMBA) and their efforts towards greater trail access.
We do this for our love of riding and because we want to help keep trails open and to see new trails built. Not just for ourselves but for all trail users, this generation and the next. We are strong supporters of the IMBA rules of the trail and encourage every trail user to know and follow these rules which are available on this website and at.
Be a responsible rider, respect the trail and fellow trail users and support organizations that work to preserve access and development of trails everywhere.
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According to a report in Auto Express, Lamborghini has finally admitted that it will be revealing an early take on its new model, an SUV, at the Beijing Auto Show in April. Said to have "a high-rise version of the Estoque" front end, two doors and punched-out rear wheel arches, it will sit on the same platform as the Volkswagen Group's other premium SUVs from Audi, Porsche, VW and possibly Bentley.
A bit of oddity is that Auto Express pegs the name as the MLC. If such is the case, perhaps its a return to the only other SUV naming convention Lamborghini's had, the alphanumeric LM002, but "MLC" strikes us as a bland, sexless waste of a chance to append something brutishly and memorably taurean.
Speculation all along has been that the MLC would get a retuned version of the V10 from the Gallardo. If the output of the MLC's mill is 584-horsepower as per the report, that would be 41 horses beyond the Gallardo. A hybrid model to follow would get that over the 600-hp mark. Production is rumored to happen in 2015, with an estimated $200,000 price tag putting it well above anything that isn't from Bentley or Russia.
And for those who still dream of an Estoque, the MLC might not be the only Lamborghini borrowing a platform. The arrow-nosed four-door Estoque is said to remain under consideration, and just as the Cayenne led to the Panamera, a production Estoque could be prepared based on the next-generation Panamera's underpinnings.
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Less than two weeks ago, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported that 2011 traffic fatalities had declined by nearly 2 percent – to the lowest level in more than six decades. Now comes word that the first nine months of 2012 haven't been nearly as positive. According to ...
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4-wheel-drive coupes, sedans, wagons, and yes, even sports cars.
The auto industry may be coming off its worst year in recent memory, but you'd never know it from driving a crop of dozens of new cars, as we just did during our annual All-Stars competition.
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Lender's mistake lets store founder off the hook
A Wisconsin bank can't collect on a dealership co-founder's $3 million personal guaranty even though the dealership defaulted on floorplan and real estate loans, a Wisconsin Court of Appeals panel has ruled.
Mid-Wisconsin Bank can't enforce the guaranty because it didn't obtain a first-lien position on the assets subject to the loans as promised, the three-member panel ruled.
The unanimous decision clears Richard Smith, co-founder and a shareholder of the now closed dealership, of potential liability.
In 2005, Smith Brothers Ford Inc. in Mosinee, Wis., needed refinancing. Its lender had declared the store in default after discovering that collateral had been double-financed. Smith applied to Mid-Wisconsin Bank to refinance its obligations.
After a loan appraisal, Mid-Wisconsin approved more than $9 million in refinancing, with inventory and real estate as collateral and a $3 million guaranty signed by Smith. At the time, the bank's commercial loan officer told Smith and his son, the company president, that the bank would obtain first-lien position on the dealership's collateral by paying off a prior loan from Advantage Community Bank.
Later, however, it was discovered that Advantage was still in first position on the collateral with $1.7 million in loans. Mid-Wisconsin's loan officer claimed that his failure to obtain the first-lien position was an oversight. Even so, he was terminated for negligence.
After Smith Brothers Ford defaulted on Mid-Wisconsin's loans, the bank sued Smith to recover on his guaranty. A Marathon County Circuit Court judge ruled against the bank and rescinded the guaranty.
In affirming that decision, the appeals court said the bank "concedes its agent falsely represented that Mid-Wisconsin would obtain first priority on the business collateral" and that Smith stated under oath that "he would never have agreed to the guaranty if Mid-Wisconsin had not assured him it would obtain first position on the business collateral."
The court said Smith was entitled to rely on the loan officer's statement and that "the misrepresentation dramatically altered Smith's calculation of the transaction's risk."
Smith's lawyer, Randall Nesbitt of Sturgeon Bay, Wis., said the decision means that a lender's "failure to act aboveboard is going to release guarantors from their obligations."
The bank did not appeal further, and the time to appeal has expired, according to the bank's lawyer, Mark Sauer of Wausau, Wis.
Sauer also said the appeal didn't affect a $4 million-plus jury award the bank won against Smith's son, company president, and Smith's daughter, company principal, for intentional misrepresentation and conspiracy. The time to appeal has passed, Sauer said, adding that the award still hasn't been paid.
Outcome: Appeals court says no, citing the bank's failure to secure a first-lien position on the store's collateral.
You can reach Eric Freedman at [email protected].
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If you own a vintage vehicle, chances are the original windshield has seen better days. Years of use and abuse, especially from worn wipers, have taken a toll on it by forming scratches in an otherwise perfectly good windshield. But how do you resolve the problem?
You could change the windshield. This sounds great until you laundry list the pros and cons. Changing it will yield a nice clear windshield. But in doing so, you’ve replaced a windshield that might have very important factory markings. It will also require the weatherstripping to be replaced, and chances are if you car doesn’t have a water leak now, there’s a good chance it will after the windshield is replaced. There’s an additional concern on early Mustangs due to the design of the headliner, which wraps around the upper windshield flange. The weatherstrip surrounds the flange. If the headliner is original, it’s more than likely brittle and any disruption around it could tear the headliner. Lastly, there aren’t many windshield replacement shops that regularly change 45-year-old windshields. Many are unfamiliar with molding removal so in addition to buying a new windshield and weatherstrip, you might wind up buying new windshield moldings. The bottom line is that replacing a windshield is an expensive way to get rid of scratches.
An excellent alternative is to use Eastwood Products’ Glass Polishing Kit. The kit is designed to remove years of wiper haze and minor scratches from glass. Keep in mind it won’t remove deep scratches. A deep scratch is identified as one that will catch your fingernail. If the scratches aren’t deep, then the glass polishing kit is the way to go. The great thing about it is the cost is minimal and using it avoids the pitfalls of replacing a windshield.
We decided to try the kit on this 1965 Mustang. Forty-five years of wiper blades moving back and forth had created several large scratches directly in front of the driver. While the scratches were noticeable, they passed the fingernail test. The project took about two hours to complete and the end result was amazing. The scratches were eliminated completely at a cost much lower than if the windshield was replaced.
This is Eastwood's windshield scratch removal kit. It includes polishing compound, polishing wheel, adapter shaft and a variety of abrasive discs. The discs are used with severely scratched windshields and were not needed for this windshield repair.
The windshield had two wiper scratches on the driver side. The photo shows the most severe scratch. Keep in mind, if the scratch is deep enough to catch your fingernail when moved over the scratch, the windshield should be replaced.
Using a crayon or tape, mark the scratch locations on the inside of the glass.
Remove the windshield wiper arms.
Cover the car to avoid getting the glass compound on the body and to reduce cleanup time. Carefully cut an opening around the windshield and tape the covering to the windshield molding.
Clean the windshield thoroughly.
Soak the polishing wheel in ½-inch of water for 5 minutes. Do not oversoak, as it may swell the wheel unevenly.
The polishing compound contains silica. A large amount of silica dust is generated in this process. It is important not to breathe in the dust. Wear a properly fitting dust mask prior to use.
In a clean container, mix the compound in a 1:1 ratio with water or until it becomes the consistency of gravy.
Moisten windshield with water.
Insert the wheel into a drill having a maximum speed of 1,500 rpm. Apply the compound directly to the scratch and polish at 600 to 1,500 rpm with light steady pressure. Rewet polishing wheel frequently to keep the compound wet and to avoid heat build-up which can crack the glass.
After polishing, clean the glass to determine if all of the scratches have been eliminated. If scratches remain, reapply compound and polish a second time.
After all of the scratches have been removed, remove crayon markings from the windshield.
Remove the plastic cover and clean the windshield.
Re-install windshield wipers and you're finished. The best part is all of the money you saved.
The repaired windshield is scratch free.
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About 40 years ago somebody put a radio into 1 VEV. Today such vandalism seems mad, but perhaps it made sense then. During its recent restoration at RS Williams, they found the evidence. It had been covered up in later years but there, deep inside, were the holes that had been cut to take a 1960s car radio and its speaker.
Whoever was responsible didn’t quite have the gall to desecrate the handmade Zagato body by drilling an antenna hole through it but, as Richard Williams told me: ‘Concealed antennas were available then. Perhaps it had one of them.’
The pair of Aston Martin DB4GT Zagatos, registered 1 VEV and 2 VEV on May 19, 1961, and campaigned by John Ogier’s Essex Racing Stable, have long been a legendary part of Aston Martin history. Heroically, they went into battle against the dominant Ferraris after the Works ceased racing officially. First they faced the 250GT SWB but then along came the fabulous 250GTO, which of course turned out to be one of the greatest GT racing cars ever made.
As the Astons were about 12% heavier than a 250GT SWB, they became instant underdogs. The DB4GT Zagatos were magnificent thoroughbreds but they just weren’t quick enough. When the GTO appeared in 1962, it got worse: the Astons were then 18% heavier than the opposition. To be brutally honest, the position became steadily more hopeless for the Astons.
Nevertheless, Ogier gave it his best shot. He ran a superb team, he hired the best drivers and 1 VEV and 2 VEV came out fighting. Unfortunately the account opened very badly when the brand new pair retired early in the 1961 Le Mans 24 Hours. Both suffered head gasket failure because the heads had not been properly tightened down. But that simple cock-up made no real difference to the race result. One hour in, Ferrari held the first four places and the new Astons were fading away without ever being near the top ten.
A couple of outdated DBR1s were lying seventh and eighth early on, but not one Aston Martin finished the race – a sorry tale after the Works team’s glorious outright one-two with the DBR1s in 1959.
Ogier’s team got a great boost in their next race, the GT event supporting the British GP at Aintree. In damp conditions, Australian driver Lex Davison, in 2 VEV, gambled on the right tires and seized the lead from Jack Sears on the very last lap to win by just 1.2 seconds. Jack should have been driving a Ferrari 250GT but an unfortunate mechanic had smashed it up, driving to Aintree on the road. Different days indeed! Jack raced an E-type instead, a near-standard car with its soft-top raised, and very nearly won. The famous Lightweight E-types, which certainly were a match for the 250GTOs, were yet to come.
In fact, there was no Ferrari opposition in that 1961 Aintree race, the other 250GT also having been crashed before the start. One of our most respected magazines then made a blunder by reporting: ‘Whitmore brought the other Essex Aston Martin Zagato home third.’ John Whitmore did finish third, but he drove the Essex team’s standard DB4GT, not a Zagato, and he was on dry tires. It had looked like the smart choice but he was out of luck.
As things turned out, 1 VEV was never beaten by its team mate, 2 VEV. Back then, the chief mechanic in the Essex Racing Stable was Ian Moss. Now 70, and still extremely active – he’s a keen badminton player – Ian recalls the 1961 and 1962 seasons clearly:
‘1 VEV was the car we used for most of the work. When testing, it was 1 VEV that we normally took. Those cars were perhaps half a hundredweight lighter than standard as they had no bumpers, lightweight racing seats and some interior panels had been left out in the build. The Ferraris were much lighter, had better traction and a much stiffer chassis. The way I saw it, Ferrari made a racing car and adapted it for the road while Aston took a road car and converted it for racing.’
Half a hundredweight equates to 25.4kg: in other words, not a lot. A DB4GT Zagato was lighter than a standard DB4 but, as we have seen, it was always an overweight racer. There was also plenty of bullshit over horsepower. Ian says:‘Despite official claims, 1 VEV never had more than 270bhp in those days. Horsepower figures sell cars, but torque wins races!’ Aston Martin tweaked its straight-six 3670cc engine up to a compression ration of 9.7:1 for the Zagato and claimed 314bhp but nobody today denies the true figure was well short of that. Ian says they did see 310bhp from one engine much later on but it was a 3.9-liter, which went into the second 2 VEV after the original was wrecked at Spa in 1962.
Perhaps 1 VEV’s finest moment came in its second race, the 1961 RAC Tourist Trophy at Goodwood. Roy Salvadori gave chase to the Ferraris and after 108 laps he finished a mere three seconds behind Mike Parkes’ 250GT. It was a glorious result, even though he was ‘only’ a close third because Stirling Moss, in another Ferrari 250GT, finished a lap ahead of the entire field. That sort of performance was rather expected of Stirling then.
Recalling it, Roy says: ‘Compared to a GTO or an E-type, the Aston Zagatos were much heavier to drive. You had to really thrash them to get the times down, but it was a wonderful team to be part of. We worked hard at our pit stops but somehow we always seemed to be stationary a little longer than opposition, and that car was really hard on tires.’ He wasn’t kidding:
I looked it up and found that Roy had 14 new tires fitted during that Goodwood race, and no punctures! Behind him, and another lap down we should note, were Jim Clark in 2 VEV and Innes Ireland in a normal DB4GT.
But stop a moment, this is known history. What are we really talking about when we consider such famous, well-documented cars today? What is there new to say? Nearly 20 years ago, when I was on another magazine, we published the definitive history of 1 VEV and 2 VEV. It was a superb piece of work by Doug Nye. Writing about it now we can give a progress report on 1 VEV and, surprisingly enough, there’s plenty of new information, not the least of it being our driving impressions after pushing it hard round Castle Combe circuit.
If this car looks great, it goes even better. Fresh from its absolutely perfect, wonderfully sympathetic rebuild, it’s as good as new, if not better. We’ll get to that but, first, let’s take to the track. The car is waiting, in sunshine in the paddock, all ready to go, and the new owner, Adrian Beecroft, has invited us to take him round as fast as we like. Call him mad if you like, but we go back a few years and he trusts me for some reason.
There are no belts but the old bucket seats are comfortable, the engine starts instantly with a fabulous, deep, eager roar and we trickle away in first towards the circuit. Apart from the steering, which is heavy, it’s as easy to potter around as a Morris Minor. Even the clutch is fairly effortless to manage and there’s nothing harsh about 1 VEV. Out on the circuit, however, the performance is utterly stunning.
On our second lap we came up behind a gorgeous new Aston Martin; it was being driven well so I can’t imagine what that bloke thought when we appeared alongside, coming out of the tight righthander at Quarry, and released 1 VEV with full throttle in second gear. It took off with a trace of opposite lock and wheelspin. There was just no contest. We had gone. On the longer straights, it fairly leaps ahead and the acceleration above 120mph is still very strong.
It’s set up for the road at present, so the damping is a bit soft, calling for care in the fastest bends. It could get out of hand quite easily at speed but, aimed accurately, it is very stable, it likes a bit of sideways style and I was surprised at how well the Vredestein tires held on. The brakes were suffering from mild pad knock-off, needing an occasional bit of left-foot encouragement on the straights, but that’s normal enough with new brakes and it’s easily corrected. Even if the 250GTOs did beat this beautiful Aston on the circuits, I think 1 VEV would win hands down for road-driving pleasure. As Ian Moss said, this Aston Martin was basically a road car.
Back in 1962, Autocar magazine was allowed to road test a new DB4GT Zagato, an extraordinary privilege when you think that only 19 were made and the price new was £5470. Admittedly, an equivalent Ferrari cost even more then, but the price of a contemporary Jaguar E-type – just over two grand – puts it into perspective. Several final drive ratios were available, that test car being fitted with a middle-of-the-range 3.31:1 cwp giving a rev-limited top speed of 153mph at 6050rpm on Dunlop R5 tires – they gave 25.3mph per 1000rpm in top. The Autocar testers, renowned for their accuracy, recorded 0-60mph in 6.1 seconds and went on to a remarkable 0-140mph in 32.2 seconds.
Today 1 VEV is quicker than that. Its power is well above the 314bhp claimed in 1961 and the torque figure is now 348lb ft. With its Vredestein tires and 3.06:1 final drive it does 27.3mph/1000rpm and that equates to 165mph at the same 6050rpm. It would pull that easily. Richard says that with the right back axle it would do 180mph and I’m sure he’s right. Matched against modern machinery, only the most outrageous supercars would see it off.
If this story serves to remind us of anything, it is this: owners of such fantastic cars usually tend to treat them appropriately. But in the late 1960s 1 VEV was nothing more than a used car with very little value. As a former race car, apparently of no great distinction then, it surely made an unusual road car with exceptional looks and performance, but no doubt it threatened to drop further in value while costing its owners a small fortune to run.
For those who could afford it, 1 VEV provided entertaining motoring for a series of owners, one family using it simply as a roadgoing hack for years. Perhaps that radio was fitted around that time. All of its owners appreciated what it represented, all the way down the line, but it wasn’t taken as seriously as it is today.
Nobody guessed then that it might appreciate in value. When speaking to Roy Salvadori he told me that during the 1960s he had an Aston Martin DBR1 which he advertised in the right magazines for a year before anybody was prepared to buy it. He was relieved to get £1100 for it in the end. Today, 40 years on, if the whispers we hear are true, a DBR1 is worth about 9000 times that much – and 1 VEV is coming up fast.
Back in 1990, 1 VEV had just been restored and William Loughran paid £1.54m for it at auction. He soon sold it on for a small profit. A few months later, as the market collapsed all round the world, 2 VEV was auctioned in Monaco but was withdrawn when the bidding failed to reach £850,000. A year or two later, Loughran bought 1 VEV back and he owned it for 15 years before selling it to Adrian earlier this year.
‘They are beautiful,’ says Loughran. ‘I’ve had five or six of them, and a few years ago I had one that had been rebuilt by RS Williams. When the weather was nice after work, I used to take 1 VEV home, just for the pleasure of driving it. It had seemed great until I drove the car restored by RS Williams and realised that by comparison 1 VEV drove like a bag of spanners. I joined the queue and in due course it went to RS Williams for the full works.’
Although 1 VEV had been restored previously, that was 17 years ago and time had taken its toll. Also, restoration standards were then not as high as they are today. A strong point in the car’s favour was that it still had all its principal original parts, including the engine, gearbox and back axle.
Once Richard Williams had taken the car in and stripped it down, however, it was clearly in dire need of a full cosmetic and mechanical rebuild. The mechanical side of the job was quite straightforward, but the body was rather more tricky. Not only had it been poorly repaired in the past, meaning that there was a great amount of filler under the paint, but somewhere way back in time it had also lost the correct shape of its rear wings.
It took some time to get that right. Ian Moss was called in as a consultant and William Loughran also inspected the car at crucial stages of the body builder’s work. With the aid of photographs, plus Zagato’s own original drawings and dimensions, this aspect of the restoration was given the most painstaking attention. As all the DB4GT Zagatos were handbuilt, every one is a little different but finally 1 VEV’s correct original shape was brought back into being to the satisfaction of all concerned.
The brief was to restore it as it was in 1961, not as a modern historic race car, even though some concessions were made to later engineering know-how. That’s why it has the original low-backed racing bucket seats, no seat belts and no rollcage. Although Adrian races other cars, the fact is that 1 VEV carries an unusual responsibility because is such a stunningly original car. What it’s really worth now is a private matter, but there’s no doubt that it amounts to several millions. More to the point, Adrian is acutely aware that it has never suffered anything approaching a serious shunt. Mainly for that reason, he aims to use 1 VEV only for more gentle events, such as the regularity class in the French Tour Auto. It should be ideal. » Thanks to the St James’s Place Wealth Management Group for inviting us to Castle Combe during their track day for existing and potential clients. Two senior partners of St James’s Place were kind enough to allow us to test 1 VEV during the day.
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‘thrilled by the fantastic driving of Dick Jacobs in his maroon, 1¼-liter MG saloon’.
Time and again Jacobs would draw level with Marshall and Bennett in their 1½-liter Javelins and cheekily pass them at Stowe, only to be overhauled on the long drag up Abbey Curve. However, Jacobs refused to give up and, to the great delight of the spectators, gradually outstripped those two Javelins and set off after the class leader, another Javelin driven by Bert Hadley. When Hadley’s engine expired in a cloud of smoke, Jacobs swept through to take the class victory.
Serious touring car racing began on that day, and that’s what this story is all about. It might have been an amusing sideshow to motor racing’s purists, but it was an important business to the participants. Jacobs was there to sell MGs from his dealership, Mill Garage in Chigwell Road, London E18. For Jaguar, the Silverstone races were a golden opportunity to demonstrate the crushing superiority of the magnificent, elegant MkVII saloon, which emerged head-and-shoulders above all rivals.
As the Production Touring-Cars had proved so popular, the BRDC kept them in the Silverstone programmes of 1953 and 1954, with Jaguar MkVIIs the outright victors every time, and Jacobs also winning his class with the same MG on all three occasions. Our archive photograph, from the 1954 race, appeared in Dick Jacobs’ autobiography An MG Experience. The caption, ‘Class winner Dick Jacobs lapped by Stirling Moss, car no 3’ is, however, incorrect. Ian Appleyard won that race in car number 3 and the picture shows him lapping Jacobs at Copse Corner, Silverstone. The fast Jaguars lapped the MG twice that day. Following closely behind are the two MkVIIs of Tony Rolt (5) and Stirling Moss (4), the latter playing ‘catchup’ after the starter motor apparently jammed at the Le Mans-style start.
Apart from a change in colour, the MG has survived intact. It is owned today by Marc Hanson, who contacted us to say that the ex-works MkVII of Tony Rolt is another remarkable survivor, and owned now by a great Jaguar enthusiast, Peter Burton. Marc wondered whether we would like to reunite the cars, some six decades after that significant race.
We did exactly that. Life is somewhat less relaxed these days, however, especially at Silverstone, but Stuart Pringle and his staff at the BRDC took the trouble to accommodate us free of charge so that we could try the cars on the Grand Prix circuit and capture an image of them together again at Copse Corner – which happens to be the one part of the circuit that hasn’t changed since 1954. The BRDC is conscious of the history of the club and of the circuit, and we are very grateful to all concerned.
Out on the circuit, it was obvious that both these cars are extremely well maintained and almost unbelievably original – they’re just as they must have been when Jacobs and Rolt raced them all those years ago. On my first lap in the MG, it dawned on me that the introduction of production car racing in the 1950s was of extreme significance, bringing about a host of rapid improvements in everyday family saloons.
It’s easy enough to produce a list of all the faults in these cars but that’s hardly the point, except that it’s interesting to appreciate just what the drivers had to overcome when racing them back then. The MG YB was still essentially a pre-war design, a perfectly charming small sporty saloon, with its ‘suicide’ doors and heavy construction, but distinctly out of date even in 1952. It feels very slow today despite its ‘Stage 2’ tuning, which lifted the power and speed considerably from the 46bhp and 71mph of the standard model. It has MG TD-type twin carburettors, plus bigger valves and heavier valve springs and is as it raced at Silverstone in 1953.
In 1952, the cars were meant to be standard showroom models but that Stage 2 tuning was permitted in 1953. When the rules were further relaxed for 1954, Jacobs went for a pretty wild engine specification that he claimed gave him 100mph. As that made the car almost impossible to drive in normal traffic, Marc has opted wisely for the 1953 specification.
The MG feels quite stiffly sprung and poorly damped but it handles safely and predictably, despite occasional yet harmless little skips on the limit through a fast corner. There’s no denying that the outside front suspension plunges rather uselessly as you turn-in and the body rolls a lot in heavy cornering. A shift of direction when negotiating an ess-bend exposes the lethargic response of the antique chassis design.
That’s the plain truth but it’s still great fun to drive this immensely important early racing saloon, and it is a wonderful thing that it has survived. We have to respect Dick Jacobs’ achievements, understanding what he was up against in those early days.
Approaching Peter’s Jaguar in exactly the same spirit, we can note the excessive body roll in hard cornering and there’s no doubt that the Jaguar drivers had to manage the rather weak drum brakes when racing these cars. Jaguar, of course, was already pioneering disc brakes but the saloons were still on drums. The MkVII is much bigger and heavier than the little MG and it is also immensely faster. Through the many direction changes at the very fast Becketts section of Silverstone, the old Jaguar turned out to be much more responsive than I expected; yes, it does roll a lot but it’s not a wallowing great barge. It can be wound up and almost tricked into flicking through those bends quickly, and with surprisingly little steering movement. It was, in short, a hell of a good car in its day and Moss, Rolt and Appleyard must have felt like kings of the GP circuit back in 1954. All three shared the outright fastest lap at 2min 16sec, an average of 77.48mph.
The BRDC had put production car racing on the agenda at Silverstone very effectively but it was the Brands Hatch-based British Racing & Sports Car Club (BRSCC) that took it a stage further. Led by enterprising BRSCC Club Secretary Ken Gregory, Brands Hatch was expanding fast. The Kentish circuit had been extended in 1953 with the addition of Druids Hill Bend and plans to create a Grand Prix circuit were already in place by then. Gregory and his fellow directors were looking for ways to increase spectator attendance at Brands Hatch and the other circuits at which they had started to run meetings. Production touring cars, or saloons as they called them, fitted the bill perfectly.
If I could go back in time and see just one saloon car race of the past, it would be the BRSCC’s International ‘Sporting Life’ Trophy for Production Saloon Cars at Oulton Park on 27 August 1955. This long-forgotten event seems perfectly astonishing now. There was one foreign entrant, Swedish driver Jo Bonnier in a very fast Alfa Romeo 1900, and he won the 15-lap race by 12.4sec from Ken Wharton’s Austin A90 Westminster.
Incredibly, third place overall went to Tony Brooks, then on the brink of GP stardom but on this occasion driving a DKW to victory in the up-to- 1100cc class. Brooks even beat the supposedly faster MG Magnette, entered by Dick Jacobs and driven by Alan Foster to victory in the next class up. It gets better. Believe it or not, Stirling Moss was driving a works Standard Ten in the up-to-1100cc class. Moss had, as ever, got away first at the Le Mans-style start and, although he was overtaken immediately by the faster cars to end up second in class, his conduct of the Standard was described as ‘amazing’.
That was not all. While Bonnier cruised serenely ahead, Ken Wharton had a Longbridge-Dagenham fight of mammoth proportions on his hands. His Austin was swapping second place like mad with the Ford Zephyr entered by Raymond Mays. The Ford’s driver was a certain Mike Hawthorn, standing in for Peter Collins at the last minute. Unfortunately, the Mays-prepared Zephyr’s engine blew up but what a race that was. Reporter Cyril Posthumus called it ‘a striking demonstration of the capabilities of the modern production saloon car, and excellent entertainment throughout.’
Production car racing had really arrived and Ken Gregory went on to introduce the first BRSCC British Saloon Car Championship in 1958. There were four classes based on engine capacity, modifications were strictly limited and it was a great success. Despite fanciful suggestions about competitors being able to race the family car and also use it for shopping during the week, saloon car racing was already a serious business and manufacturers were quick to become involved.
Marc Hanson’s MG YB and Peter Burton’s Jaguar MkVII must be the oldest survivors from the earliest British saloon car races, making them highly prized collectors’ items. It helps that the histories of both cars are known. Dick Jacobs acquired his YB direct from the MG works at Abingdon, specifically for the 1952 Silverstone race. He sold it in late 1954 and it had a series of owners who hardly used it. A basic restoration was carried out in the 1970s, when it was repainted two-tone green but otherwise left essentially undisturbed.
After following the car for some time, Marc put in a successful bid at the Silverstone Classic sale in 2009. He had the engine rebuilt by MG specialist Peter Edney, had the suspension restored to as-new condition, and now uses the car in numerous suitable events such as the Brighton Speed Trials, Jersey International Motoring Festival and sprints at Goodwood and other venues. He has collected a few trophies and, as he says, it’s the first time the car has won anything for nearly 60 years.
The full history of Peter Burton’s imposing Jaguar is even better known. In 1954 it was the company car of Arthur Whittaker, director and general manager of Jaguar Cars Ltd, who had been working with William Lyons since joining the Swallow Sidecar Company in 1924, aged 20. The Jaguar boss was knighted in 1956 but he was still plain Mr Lyons in 1954. Even so, it’s easy to imagine him announcing sharply: ‘Whittaker, we’re taking your car for Major Rolt to drive in the Production Car Race at Silverstone.’ It was driven into the competitions department and specially prepared with C-type engine parts and a modified, close-ratio gearbox. The suspension was stiffened and the rear spats altered. After the race it was sold but has been preserved safely ever since. As a committed Jaguar enthusiast, Peter Burton acquired ‘LHP 5’ recently. He uses it on the Mille Miglia re-run and hopes to race it at a future Goodwood Revival.
As the sole surviving ex-works MkVII to have competed in a major race when new, Peter’s Jaguar joins Marc’s MG in a place of special honour in the history of British Touring Car racing – but we can still call them saloons if we prefer.
Specifications
1952 MG YB (in 1954 racing form)
Engine 1250cc four-cylinder, OHV, two 1.75in SU carburettors
Power 90bhp @ 6900rpm
Torque Not known
Transmission Four-speed manual, rear-wheel drive
Steering Rack and pinion
Suspension Front: wishbones, coil springs, lever-arm dampers, anti-roll bar. Rear: live axle, semi-elliptic leaf springs, lever-arm dampers
Brakes Drums
Weight 1041kg
Performance Top speed c100mph. 0-60mph 19sec
1951 Jaguar MkVII (in 1954 racing form)
Engine 3442cc straight-six, DOHC, two SU H8 carburettors
Power c210bhp @ 5200rpm
Torque Not known
Transmission Four-speed manual, rear-wheel drive
Steering Recirculating ball
Suspension Front: wishbones, torsion bars, telescopic dampers, anti-roll bar. Rear: live axle, semi-elliptic leaf springs, lever-arm dampers
Brakes Drums
Weight 1753kg
Performance Not measured
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"The Family That Slays Together..., pt. 1/Gemberling's Requiem/Spagett" S2008
- B+ Community Grade
So here we are–part one of the two part climax that ends the third season of Venture Bros. Feels a little weird, doesn't it? We only started a few months ago; seems too soon to be saying goodbye.
Which, really, is my biggest criticism for this season as a whole. Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer are clearly in love with the world they've created, and as viewers, we benefit form the care and attention they put into the small details; making sure each character has a back story, connecting those back stories in often surprising ways, and, of course, the references to off-hand remarks in earlier episodes that's been a show hallmark from the very beginning. There's craft at work here, basically, and nerds at play.
That's not an inherently bad thing. But as we run headlong into the finale, there are a few niggling doubts that stay with me. While all the meticulous attention rewards close viewing, it also means that there's precious little time to stop and relax. There have been some brilliantly funny bits in this batch of episodes, but you can't help wishing the writers would let a few chunks of mythology pass by the wayside in order to give us more time to simply enjoy the characters and their interactions. It's an easy enough problem to overlook when there are still more shows left in the season, but knowing now that time is nearly up, I find myself wondering about all those disparate threads, and how so many moments of potential were left hanging just so we could move on to something shiny and new.
For instance, remember Rusty's apparent change of heart back in "The Doctor Is Sin"? Maybe "change of heart" is stretching the point, but there was a clear indication of a character shift, that maybe, just maybe, he might grow up a little. There's a nod to this in "ORB," but that's about it Every other appearance he's had, he's been just as grasping and selfish as ever, and given the way part one of "The Family That Slays Together Stays Together" plays out, he doesn't seem to be changing any time soon.
That's not to say "Family" isn't bitchin'. Turns out the death car ("Adrian") attack last week wasn't a fluke. Brock gets the bad news from Molotov Cocktease that OSI has issued termination orders, and they've hired three crack assassins to do the deed: Herr Trigger, a German psychopath who really loves his work, Go Fish, specializing in sea-based kills (and there's always a canal, or an inlet, or a fjord), and the too-cool for a codename Le Tueur, who collects Silver Age comics and has an elephant chestpiece. Brock determines the best thing to do is to get the Ventures to Spider Skull Island to keep them safe and give him elbow room to protect himself. But since Dean, Hank, and Rusty all have the survival instincts of a horny Crystal Lake pothead, things probably aren't going to work out as planned.
"Family" has some terrific action sequences, with Brock having to kick three asses in a row in a variety of gruesome and/or comic ways. Not all the jokes land–Herr Trigger's fetishism got old quick, as did the second trip in as many weeks to Hunter Gathers' strip club–but the ultra-violence was great. Having Brock back in fighting form is always a good thing, and the way he interacts with Hank and Dean throughout "Family" was sweet without ever getting overly sentimental. (The whole "I don't love you, boys!" moment works because it wasn't overplayed; in most shows, there'd be a beat with Brock looking all sad after the jet left, but that didn't happen here because it simply isn't necessary.)
Plus, some of the jokes were great. The subplot with the Monarch finally making an assault on the Venture compound, only to find the whole place deserted apart from a distraught (and half-naked) Sgt. Hatred, had the Moppets in their usual form (pity their stuffed animals), and Monarch, as always, struggling in vain against the incompetencies of his staff and reality itself. And for once, it was nice to get to the end, think, "Oh man, there's no way they can tie all this together" and actually be right.
Still, my problem with this season isn't that Rusty's spiritual awakening (or whatever) got shortchanged, it's that in giving over so much time to mythology and plot, some of the connection between the audience and the Venture family was lost. With some shows, a thirteen episode season would be a blessing, but here, I wish we could have a few more shows; because there's a potential here, that potential I first mentioned way back at the premiere, for Venture Bros to be something more than just an extended series of in-jokes and dark parody. There's a depth to the cast that the creators haven't completely engaged with yet. It's a good show that could be a great one; it just needs that one last push.
Who knows? There's always part 2. Maybe we'll get some orb-time, and maybe Rusty'll be less of a dick. We'll just have to wait and see.
Looks like Fat Guy Stuck In Internet is bidding us farewell, at least for now. That'd make a perfect segue into some sort of "Please god, may it be forever!" type comment, but I'll give 'em this much: the show went out on a high note. "Gemberling's Requiem" has the closest thing to visual excitement that the series has yet produced, and it even flirts (in a few brief moments) with actual pathos. It's quickly undermined pathos, and the episode's ending is as much a buzzkill as anything else the show's done, but for a couple minutes, I actually found myself engaged.
Gemberling and Chains have finally (after a journey in which no actual progression was ever indicated) made it to the CEO's Dark Tower fortress. After passing through the Field of Delights–Gemberling and Chains' buffalo chicken induced dreaming, with the fat guy longing for home and the bounty hunter finally finding a cure for "ass cancer," was a hoot–Gemberling confronts the Big Bad on his home turf. The CEO sends the evil Byte to do his dirty work, and the fight here isn't half bad, ending in a not-entirely-lame Fellowship of the Ring nod. The climactic battle between Gemberling and the CEO is pretty good too, with lots of swooping camera angles and even some tension, a definite rarity for the show. And the climax to the climax, with the candle gag that opened the ep finally getting a pay-off, wasn't too shabby either.
But then it gets all dumb again, cutting through the weak suspense with a Back To The Future nod that's not all that amusing. I dunno. My prejudices as a reviewer have always been a problem for me when it comes to Fat Guy, since I'll always be pulling for story to take precedence if one ever shows itself; but given the fairly successful attempts to be funny and halfway-plotted in the minutes leading up to that final, limp punchline, I don't feel like I'm entirely to blame for getting annoyed.
Outside from the nominal framing sketches that follow the two title characters each episode, Tim & Eric Awesome Show Great Job! isn't about "plot" at all, and more power to it. While I wasn't a huge fan of the rascal-based sketching of, um, "Rascal" last week, "Spagett" managed to hit some traditional beats without settling into a rut. Calling back to an earlier sketch about a freakish balding man with a penchant for pasta and spooking people, the ep finds Tim in high spirits; as he tells Eric, Steven Spielberg wants to make a Spagett movie, which is the first step to fame, fortune, humiliation of your best friend, etc. There's even a pre-made poster: Spagett and the Golden Treasure. (Tag-line: "Spagett about it.") Things get more embarrassing when Eric visits Tim on set, disrupting the shoot and getting the cold shoulder from Brian Posehn (actually Brian Posehn) and Spielberg himself (not actually Steven Spielberg). There's some karmic justice when the movie tanks, and Tim undergoes plastic surgery to make himself look like Spagett permanently without knowing the franchise is doomed; but the kids still love him, and Eric is still the guy on the sidelines who gets photoshopped into a fern.
In between all this, we get a brief moment with Steve Brule ("Take your sister to the prom!"), an ad from Steve Schirripa for a product that makes eggs grow in your large intestine, a quick bit with Video Match ("When I lend you a diaper, make sure you return it"), and a biology class on the nature of penises that leads to the music video, "I Got Chubs For You."
"Spagett" felt pretty solid to me. While the green-screen jokes in the main sketches were a little old, the outfit Tim wore made it work; and just the fact that Spagett is a hideous, hideous frigging thing gave the Hollywood-doesn't-get-it stuff more of an edge. And all the other bits were fine too–the eggs ad started off as standard (and gross) Mr. Show style comedy, but the brief flurry of edits near the end changed the tone, and the "Chubs" video was just all kinds of wrong.
Tim & Eric is the kind of show you enjoy without ever being able to tell anyone else you like it; the more indefensible it becomes, the more it sticks with you. This one was only about a 7 on the Off-Putting Meter, but while there was nothing like the "Not Jackie Chan" boardgame buzzer moment (the chicken-hatching bit came close, due largely to the grainy video), there wasn't anything as dull as "Swingtown." All hail the middle of the road. (Or, in this case, that part near the side where all the dead squirrels end up.)
Grades:
Venture Bros, "The Family That Slays Together Stays Together, Part 1": A-
Fat Guy Stuck In Internet, "Gemberling's Requiem": B+
Tim & Eric Awesome Show Great Job!, "Spagett": A-
Stray Observations:
--There's an extra two minute scene with the Monarch and crew if you watch "Family" at Adult Swim.com. It doesn't add much to the plot, but it's funny.
--Loved Brock's howls of pain after dismantling his car. Also, H.E.L.P.E.R.'s response.
--Hank's really coming into his own this season, isn't he?
--I caught James Urbaniak (voice of Doctor Venture and others) on an old Law & Order: Criminal Intent. It's very weird hearing Rusty's voice come out of a non-cartoon.
--"I can barely hear you because I'm not
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Cake Pops & Donuts
Do you know what this is?
Just a couple doughnut pans that Bed Bath & Beyond has
I have been wanting a doughnut pan for ages and finally picked one up last night.
I got the regular size (yellow) which is still not going to make “huge” doughnuts. I didn’t need the mini size because I personally don’t have the patience to fill up all those little holes and be all neat and tidy about it.
Plus, I got something else…
I have been coveting the Babycakes products for years and decided to go for it.
I got both a Donut Maker and a Cake Pop Maker
They were each $19.99 at BB& Bb ut I had $5 off coupons for both, so each item cost me a whopping $14.99 I can handle that.
That’s why I thrift shop for dishes. And it sounds like many of you do, too. Thanks for the info about the Corningware dish from my last post in the comments. A 70s favorite is seems.
I also hoard BB & B coupons because they never expire.
So now I can get busy Donut making
and Cake Pop Making
I didn’t buy a Whoopie Pie Pan but I was tempted.
I think I have plenty of new toys to play with but how fun do Whoopie Pies sound?
I don’t have any donuts or cake pops or whoopie pies around right now, but I do have these
and these Peanut Butter Oatmeal White Chocolate Cookies to tide me over til I can make some donuts and donut holes, i.e. cake pops
Questions:
1. Donut or Doughnut?
My fingers type Donut easier than they do Doughnut.
Donut is usually preceded by the word Mini. Mini donuts remind me of everything good and right from my childhood.
So I vote Donut.
2. Have you ever made donuts? If so, please share your fave recipe. Same with Cake Pops, i.e. donut holes. Recipes please.
There are so many recipes and it seems that donuts are the next really hot foodie trend and everywhere I turn, I find more recipes. Overwhelming!
I want moist, rich, not super cakey, and not dry donuts.
Flavor? I am open. From vanilla to chocolate to pumpkin spice.
And anything goes with glazes and frosting, too. Countless combinations.
I love personal stamps of approval so hopefully you’ve tried and made some winners.
3. Do you have a donut pan, a donut maker, or a cake pop maker?
If you don’t have a donut pan, for about 7 bucks you can get one.
And for 14.99 with a coupon at BB & B, you can snag the other Babycakes items.
And in the meantime, I have read that most donut recipes will work just fine in muffin tins.
Or you can pipe a donut shape onto a cookie sheet from a corner that’s been cut off from a Ziplock baggie filled with batter.
Thanks for the KeVita Drinks Giveaway entries
OMG, I love that vintage Corningware!! We had that set when I was growing up. I hated it then but want it now! haha Checking out that vintage web site… awesome, thanks! :D
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I bought a cake pop maker too! I know they aren’t REAL cake pops, but still, cake balls! Super cool. :)
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Averie @ Love Veggies & Yoga replied: — October 20th, 2011 at 5:09 pm
Let me know if you come across any recipes that work well for you in your cakepop maker. I’m all ears!
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I’ve been wanting one of those donut pans for MONTHS! I’m buying one this weekend, cannot wait :) Fall weather screams donuts to me, so it’s necessary now more than ever ;)
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I follow Bakerella’s cake pop recipe because they are the moistest, and although they are more work than using a cake pop maker – they are well worth it.
I have never seen any of those pans before (or the cupcake or donut maker).
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oh ya you got one!!! you will love it
we need to get the cake pop pan, we never made any yet
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hi averie, i haven’t commented in a long time, but i have been reading….
a donut pan has been on my list for a long time…just wondering, if i got the machine, does it make nicer, rounded edges on both sides of the donut?…i was thinking this might be the only reason not to get the baking pan……any thoughts??
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Averie @ Love Veggies & Yoga replied: — November 10th, 2011 at 11:45 am
I got both the pan and the maker b/c they were both cheap….8 bucks and 14.99 with my coupons. I have been using the actual donut pan more, just b/c cleanup is easy and i can make recipes to share w/ readers with the donut pan b/c more people have pans than the makers. But both of them make smooth, round donuts.
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just got the whoopie maker….. yeah….. i love it soooo much. i got the babycakes one and it made mini whoopie pies, yum….. unfortunately i ate 4 of them::))
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Averie @ Love Veggies & Yoga replied: — November 16th, 2011 at 7:13 pm
What recipes are you using for them? The recipes for donut-maker donuts are different than donut pan in the oven donuts…or in your case whoopies pies. I didn’t buy their cookbook…
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You do not have to buy a whoopie pie pan. Donut pans and cake bite pans make sense, but just follow this recipe and they form themselves. I made them for a cake walk at work last week and they were being fought over. :)
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I never would have thought to look at BB&B for these things! Wow!
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Averie @ Love Veggies & Yoga replied: — November 29th, 2011 at 2:17 am
so cheap. like 8 bucks. just buy it :)
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By Dan Harrison
Darren Bent has backed Gabby Agbonlahor to return to his "explosive" best next term.
Bent admits he cannot wait to reignite his strike partnership with Agbonlahor having been out of action since February.
The pair both endured difficult seasons in 2011-12 but showed glimpses of their potential as a deadly duo in the early part of the campaign.
And Bent even believes they can flourish together on the international stage as well as for Villa.
"I'd like to think me and Gabby could be picked for the same England squad again," said Bent.
"If he can keep himself fit and look after his hamstrings there's every chance.
"But when you've got that much pace and explosiveness you're always going to have problems with your hamstrings.
"If he can get over that then there's no reason why he can't force himself into the squad. At the start of last season his performances were fantastic.
"I know he maybe didn't get the goals that he would have liked in the second half of the season, but it's hard when you have injuries here and there.
"We all know what he is capable of and with a good run I'm sure he can show that for Villa and England."
Bent has tipped Agbonlahor to make a return to the England fold if he can reproduce his early season form from last term.
"Hopefully if he can bring back that form he was showing at the start of last season, he can get back in," he added.
"It would be great for us to play together for England as well as Villa because when he gets going his pace can cause real problems for defenders."
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I’m back, I’m finally back from California. I’ve spent the last two nights working until midnight. I really should be at work this weekend but my brain is done. So I’m resting and focusing on birds. I took some fantastic shots of Cedar Waxwings in Heber a few weeks ago.
You should zoom in on that picture. It’s amazing to see how silky his feathers are. They have the hair-like edges but they stay so smooth they don’t look like feathers from far away. They’re called waxwings because the tips of the feathers look like the wicks of candles, but all of their feathers look like smooth wax to me.
what do you want?
The nice thing about this lens is it’s like seeing birds for the first time. They have more details than you see in most pictures. As soon as I get some better shots I want to show you what the Chestnut-backed Chickadees from California look like compared to Black-capped Chickadees in Utah.
Waxwings are known for being very social with each other. I guess they’re social with other birds too because I saw a group of them in a tree with a Western Kingbird. The kingbird is on the bottom right.
You can see waxwings year round in Utah, but summer is the best time to see them consistently. For the third year in a row I’ve found them at the same tree because it has berries and waxwings love berries. Montanagirl has amazing pictures of the birds eating berries. Jon is going to plant a cherry tree for me in the backyard. Maybe he should plant a berry tree for the waxwings too.
It’s always nice to be home! The detail in these pictures with your new lens is amazing. They’re definitely very sleek looking birds.
Thanks! I’m really happy with the lens.
You’re going to have a lot of fun with your new lens, and we’ll enjoy seeing the excellent bird photos!
Thanks!
Beautiful. Love the red tips.
They’re such lovely birds.
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The New AIRLINX Breakaway Coupling is the only re-connectable coupling designed by the industry for the industry.
- Patent Pending re-connectable design.
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Rotorcraft Report: Heli-One Plans AW139 Repair Center
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Canadian helicopter support services provider Heli-One is planning to establish an AgustaWestland AW139 repair and overhaul center at its facility in Vancouver. Heli-One will carry out repairs on aircraft in operation with CHC Helicopter companies, as well as third-party AW139 operators around the world. AgustaWestland added Heli-One—which has Transport Canada and EASA maintenance organization approval—to its AW139 service center network in February.
CHC has ordered a total of 33 AW139s since the Heli-One parent first incorporated the helicopter into its fleet in 2005. The AW139s conduct offshore transport, EMS and search and rescue missions.
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Storyopolis Gets Gorey
On October 29, 30 and 31, 1998, the Los Angeles-based art gallery and book store, Storyopolis will host English Soup, a performance featuring six actors and a cast of hand-made puppets, devised and directed by Edward Gorey, followed by Dramatis Artifacti, a one-month exhibition of original art work and ephemera by the artist. Goreys macabre drawings were brought to life by animator Derek Lamb for the title sequence for the PBS series Mystery. Gorey, a notorious recluse, will not be present at the Storyopolis event, however, it is a rare opportunity for a close-up look at the artists work. Reservations are by non-refundable pre-payment only. Tickets are $15. each. Call (310) 358-2500. The January 1998 issue of Animation World Magazine includes an article about Storyopolis.
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Colombia Doesn't Need a Free-trade Agreement to Get Rid of its Self-destructive TariffsBy David Holcberg (International Herald Tribune, April 19, 2008)
Colombia doesn't need a free-trade agreement with the United States to get rid of its self-destructive tariffs on products imported from America.
It is in the self-interest of Colombians, as it is in the self-interest of any people, for their government to eliminate all tariffs on imported products.
Such tariffs raise the price of imported products and rob buyers of the savings they would have pocketed if trade were free.
Moreover, governments have no moral right to force their citizens to pay tariffs for foreign products they want to buy. Any government that respects the rights of its citizens and is concerned about their welfare should eliminate its tariffs unilaterally, regardless of what other governments do.
The United States, as the leading capitalist country in the world, should phase out all of its protectionist policies and its tariffs on foreign products. The economic benefits to Americans would be incalculable, as tens of millions of producers and consumers would benefit directly from the savings that would accrue from the freedom to buy cheaper goods. In addition, such a principled stand on free trade might serve as an example to other nations, who could choose to be smart enough to follow America's lead or dumb enough to stay crippled by retaining their own protectionist.
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December 16, 2009
IRVINE, CA--Elizabeth Hong, a med student at the University of Michigan, from Amherst, NY, is the first-place winner of the Ayn Rand Institute’s 2009 “Atlas Shrugged” essay contest, winning $10,000. With more than 4,000 submissions, 2009 was the most competitive year in the contest’s history, more than doubling entries received in 2008, the previous record..
Ms. Hong’s essay compares two characters from the novel, Dagny Taggart and Lillian Rearden, and their approach to life and their basic motivation.
The contest also awards three 2nd-place awards ($2,000), five 3rd-place awards ($1,000), 20 finalists ($100) and 20 semifinalists ($50), for a total of $24,000 in prize money. A complete list of winners and a copy of the first-prize essay can be read online at ARI’s Web site.
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Schedules
Playoff schedules for June have been posted!
(updated 5/13/2013 10:14 PM)
Teams in the U10, U12 and U14 divisions will by playing playoff games on
Thursday May 30, Friday May 31, Saturday June 1 and Sunday June 2.
Each team is scheduled to play 3 pool games. These games have been added to the schedule.
The best ranked teams after pool play will advance to the finals. The finals will be played at 3:30 PM and 5:20 PM on Sunday June 2. Rules and other details are posted on the Playoffs page.
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Boedker's off-season goal to get meaner.
Coyotes forward Mikkel Boedker jumps into the boards after scoring against the Kings 3/12/13..
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Doan doesn't regret decision to stay with Coyotes.
Coach Dave Tippett's contract is set to expire, as is General Manger Don Maloney's.
Goalie Mike Smith and center Boyd Gordon headline the team's class of pending unrestricted free agents.," he said. "Not at all. Not once have I ever thought that. The group of guys in here is the reason why. Obviously I'm a huge fan of the city, the Valley. The organization has been great to me. But the group of guys that are in this room, that's why you choose to stay and you stay.".
"I think it was disappointing when it never worked out," Doan said. "It didn't get done when we thought it was. I think because everyone kind of got pretty excited about the fact that it was going to get done and it didn't made it a little tougher. But we've dealt with it in the past, and it's amazing the way the guys have handled it and unfortunately we didn't handle it as well this year."
The ownership instability didn't prevent the Coyotes from re-signing Doan, but it could very well sever the team's relationship with Smith. Negotiations between Smith's camp and the Coyotes have been hampered by the uncertainty as Smith wants to know where he'll be playing long-term.
"I think it affects the group more in the fact of players you want to sign," Tippett said. "Maybe they're here that you want to sign longer-term, and you can't get signed so they're wondering where their future is.
"The unique situation with Shane, there's not many players in sports right now that would take that leap of faith right now. That was a very unique situation. But you have lots of other players on our team that in a normal situation on a normal team that's owned, they would probably be signed."
Since Jamison's bid fizzled, other suitors have emerged. The favorite is Renaissance Sports & Entertainment. That group was supposed to meet with Glendale officials and league representatives Tuesday, but the meeting was cancelled. News of when the parties might reschedule the get-together hasn't surfaced, and perhaps that's by design.
"Since Greg Jamison's bid in January didn't come to fruition, it's been very quiet and that's on purpose," Maloney said. "The NHL has purposely gone 180 degrees the other direction in the sense that there are no stories out there with that's happening behind-the-scenes. But rest assured, they've been working diligently trying to get an ownership in place that will have long-term success and that's what we want.
"Great organizations start from the top down. We all know it. We've been relatively successful on the ice, but you can replay the tape last year and the year before and the year before. We have to have it settled. The positive thing I think for Arizona hockey fans is it will be settled. We still remain hopeful it will work out here. I'm encouraged by the things that I know, but I'm an optimistic person by nature, too.
"I think from an organization, we're in a great place to continue to push this group forward and build this franchise. But we have to have something come to some sort of resolution on ownership, and we're optimistic that means playing here in Glendale in a great building in front of terrific fans."
For years, Doan has matched that optimism -- if not verbally than definitely with his actions. But living in limbo is trying. And guessing when this will finally end isn't fun, either.
"I'm not even convinced," Doan said when asked if he agrees a resolution will be reached this summer. "I'd love for it to be over, and obviously I'd love it to be here. I've made that more than clear, but hopefully it is over and hopefully it is here. And again, I didn't think there'd be any chance it could go for four years but it has."
Daly gives Coyotes ownership update
NHL Deputy Commissioner was a guest on Sportsnet's HOCKEY CENTRAL at Noon on Monday in advance of the league's draft lottery, and the conversation turned to the league-owned Coyotes. Asked if the process is any closer, Daly said, "Yes. "It’s still a work in progress," Daly told the panel. "There’s still a lot of work to be done, but it’s still something that we're diligent about trying to complete." Daly confirmed the purchase price would be more than $150 million but said, "there are no guarantees" the team will remain in Phoenix. He mentioned the City of Glendale as a "big question mark. "There's no doubt we’re dealing with Mr. Gosbee and Mr. LeBlanc and trying to work through and get to a deal with them," Daly said. "But there are other interested people that we’re working with at the same time, as well. Nobody has exclusivity here. But obviously we’re getting close to having to make some decisions and sign some documentation, and we’ve got to work on it. I was on a conference call again last night. It’s something we’re working on." Canadian financier George Gosbee has teamed with Canadian venture capitalist Anthony LeBlanc to assemble an investment group to purchase the team. Darin Pastor, the founder and CEO of wealth management firm Capstone Affluent Strategies of Irvine, Calif., has also expressed interest. And even though his bid to buy the Coyotes fell through in January, Greg Jamison said he was still continuing his efforts. The Coyotes missed the playoffs this season after three consecutive berths. An early off-season should be a busy one. General Manager Don Maloney's contract is set to expire, as is coach Dave Tippett's. Aside from dealing with contracts on the hockey operations side of the ledger, goalie Mike Smith and center Boyd Gordon headline the team's class of unrestricted free agents. Forwards Mikkel Boedker and Lauri Korpikoski and defenseman Michael Stone are restricted free agents. "We came very close to selling this team a couple times, and some unforeseen circumstances kept it from happening," Daly said. "That's why I’m the first person who can’t give any guarantees on any result here. At some point in time, you beat your head against the wall enough times you have to try a different hole."
Coyotes missed practice time during lockout-shortened season
At the conclusion of every season, Coyotes coach Dave Tippett spends a portion of the summer dissecting, analyzing and logging the statistics and trends from the previous campaign. It's likely Tippett does this later in the off-season as he will be part of Team Canada's coaching staff at the World Championships this spring, Hockey Canada announced Saturday. But when he does sit down to digest the season that was, categorizing the impact the lockout had on the season will undoubtedly be part of his research -- even though he hopes that's a situation that never happens again. "It’d be interesting to see where everything falls out," Tippett said. "The one thing that seemed to me early the teams with high skill, the games were so sloppy early that the high skill teams that could capitalize on chances seemed to take advantage early. Chicago was a great example of that." Tippett might look at the performance of teams that had players competing overseas compared to teams that had most of their players stay at home. Or perhaps he'll study if teams that had players skate together during the lockout fared better than teams that had most of their players were scattered. But it seemed like once the season started, one of the most influential results of the lockout was the lack of practice time. "When there are times when your game is not in order or you have some injuries and you have players that need a full practice, but you got half your team is (too) tired to practice, those things have implications on what you’re doing," Tippett said. That seemed to particularly impact the Coyotes, who benefit from the repetition of practice to stay committed to their defensive style. "That being said, it’s like when there's bad ice in a game," Tippett said. "Everybody’s in the same boat. I don’t like to use excuses like that. That doesn’t work. You just find ways to overcome those things." The Coyotes tried, not falling out of playoff contention until the final week of the regular season. The rigorous travel induced by a compact, 48-game season also didn't help the Coyotes find extra time to hit the ice in between games. When the Coyotes close out the regular season tonight in Anaheim against the Ducks, they will complete their seventh back-to-back set of the season. "It’s not the norm," Tippett said. "That being said, everybody has to do it. There are some areas where your travel is tougher than others. The amount of miles that the Western teams fly is much greater than the Eastern teams. So it might have had more effect out here. "That being said, you always try to manage around those things. We tried to manager our players. We tried to err on the side of rest rather than practice a lot of nights. Talking to a lot of other coaches around the league, I think a lot of others were in that same boat. Rest, you always think to play your best you've got to be at 100 percent. That being said, there sure were times we wished we could have done a lot more practicing." In hindsight, though, Tippett wouldn't have added more practice time into the season. Frankly, it wasn't possible. "I don’t think you could have," he said. "When you come in everyday, you read your players. You can even read players as they’re getting off that plane at night and see where they are and see their energy levels. There were some times in the season where it was hard. You could tell the guys were dragging, and it’s not just physically. It’s mentally."
Game Day: Avalanche at Coyotes
- The Coyotes are 3-0-0 in the final regular-season home game under Tippett and have won seven of their last eight home finales.
- They're 22-17-10 in the first game of back-to-backs.
- The Coyotes have won nine of their last 11 home games against the Avalanche.
- The Coyotes are 19-for-19 on the penalty kill against the Avalanche over the past two seasons.
- The Avalanche are 1-6-1 in the first game of back-to-backs this season.
- J.S. Giguere's next appearance will tie him with Ken Wregget (575) for 45th place on the all-time list for games-played by a goalie.
D Michael Stone most improved among Coyotes
The Coyotes will hand out their annual team awards before Friday's home finale against the Colorado Avalanche.
The team doesn't recognize the most improved player but if it did, defenseman Michael Stone would seem the obvious choice for that honor.
Stone didn't crack the top six to start the season, shuffling between the Coyotes and the American Hockey League until he stuck around with the big club after a recall Feb.22. Since then, he's become a reliable option on the third pairing with a big shot from the right side.
The 22-year-old, taken 69th overall in 2008, made his Coyotes debut last season, playing in 13 games and two playoff games, but this season has been a turning point in his career.
Stone has played in 38 games, and his five goals rank second on the team among defensemen.
He scored his fifth Wednesday in a 2-1 win over the San Jose Sharks when he walked into a shot from the right faceoff circle.
"(Radim Vrbata) made a really good play to get me the puck," Stone said. "I had so much time I could have had a cup of coffee before I shot it. I’m glad it went in. I would have been pretty disappointed if it didn’t considering how much time I had. I just picked my spot and put it in."
A heavy shot has always been a strength of Stone's, and the Coyotes need that offense -- especially from the right side of their blue line. But the fact that he's releasing it more frequently is a sign of the confidence he's gained at the NHL level.
"I like to shoot the puck, as you can see," he said. "I’ve done it a lot in my career. It’s not something that I just started doing. Yeah, you build more confidence as things go on here."
For Stone to earn this much opportunity with the Coyotes, he's had to improve the play in his own end -- namely his physical presence. At 6-foot-3, the Coyotes want Stone to use his height to his advantage.
"I think being physical isn't just going out, running around, trying to hit people," he said. "It’s just being hard and firm in front of our net and taking guys' time and space away. It’s something I need to work on, finding guys that are loose, just you can even say having a good stick, stick on puck. I just need to continue to build on that."
Stone has done that so far in his time with the Coyotes this season, and that's why the coaching staff has been able to rely on him in crucial games and even dole out occasional power play time.
"He’s just got experience," coach Dave Tippett said. "He’s put his time in in the American (Hockey) League. He’s come to the NHL, and he’s had some ups and downs and he was back and forth between the minors early. But now you see a player when he comes up and he has the confidence to play in all situations, not just be out there but is confident out there, is willing to step up on a guy in the gap or is willing to be a little reckless and get away with it.
"That’s a player he’s confident enough to play in the league. He’s not scared to make a mistake. Like a lot of young players he's gone through that process and he’s come out of it very strong. I think he’s got a long career in this league."
Tippett compared Stone's style to that of a former defensive stalwart for the Coyotes.
"I think he’s similar to Adrian Aucoin," Tippett said. "Same kind of player, plays the same kind of role. You look at his junior years he was the captain of his team. Great leadership. He’ll continue to grow. He’s a very good player for us."
Stone's entry-level contract expires after this season, and he'll become a restricted free agent. But based on his growth this season, it seems like a no-brainer that he'll be back in the mix next season -- possibly starting in the top six this time.
"That's a goal for me," Stone said. "Whether that happens or not, that’s not really up to me. I just control what I can control. I think I just have to keep building and continue to be consistent."
Game Day: Sharks at Coyotes
- Winger Mikkel Boedker has a career-high five multi-point games this season.
- Winger Radim Vrbata has scored five of his nine goals this season in the first period.
- Boedker and Doan lead the Coyotes in scoring against the Pacific Division with nine points each.
- Michalek has led the Coyotes in blocked shots in five of his six seasons with the team.
- The Sharks carry the second-longest current playoff streak in the NHL (nine straight berths).
- In their last meeting, the Sharks registered a season-high 24 shots in a single period.
Captain Shane Doan named Coyotes' nominee for Masterton Trophy
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Letdown in second period against Sharks unusual for Coyotes
A 24-7 shot advantage for the San Jose Sharks in the second period of Monday’s game led to a 3-0 deficit for the Coyotes.
That result after so much offensive pressure isn’t a surprise, but it was odd that the Coyotes let it happen during the second which had been one of their strongest periods recently.
In that 4-0 loss, the Coyotes had 12 shots in the first and limited the Sharks to 10 in a scoreless first period.
"We took our foot off the gas for whatever reason," winger Dave Moss said. "The first we had jump, and we’re hounding the puck. In the second they controlled the play, and we were never able to sustain any pressure."
In their previous four wins, the Coyotes scored nine goals and out-shot their opponents 58-38 in the second period.
- In a 3-1 win against the Los Angeles Kings (April 2), the Coyotes scored the go-ahead goal in that period.
- In a 4-2 win against the Detroit Red Wings (April 4), they scored three goals and out-shot the Wings 20-5.
- In a 4-0 win against the Colorado Avalanche (April 6), the Coyotes again scored three goals and had 18 shots compared to 10 from the Avalanche.
- In a 3-1 win against the Edmonton Oilers (April 10), they had two goals and 12 shots with the Oilers managing seven.
Game Day: Sharks at Coyotes
- The Coyotes rank fifth in the Western Conference for 5-on-5 goals-for/against radio at 1.07.
- They are ninth in the league with 30.4 shots per game.
- Winger Rob Klinkhammer and defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson are a team-high plus-7.
- Center Boyd Gordon has four goals and six points in his last nine games.
- Six Coyotes have played in all games so far this season including defenseman Keith Yandle, Ekman-Larsson, winger Mikkel Boedker and Vermette.
- Center Joe Thornton has 65 points in 60 career games against the Coyotes.
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My 11 month old frequently refuses to eat. At first he only refused when I was feeding him, so I let him feed himself, now he wont even touch the food I put in front of him, not even his favorites. I originally attributed this to teething, or just a phase (not letting me feed him), but now its going on 3 weeks and I'm starting worry about his nutritional intake. He snacks and takes formula throughout the day, but will not eat a meal. Any suggestions are appreciated
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- My 11 month old son is doing the exact same thing. He will only eat teething crackers and drink his bottle. This has been going on for about a week. Prior to this, he had a hearty appetite and would eat just about anything put in front of him! Hoping for any input or suggestions!posted 12/16/2010 by Bmaggi0623
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Edited by norcalweaver on 02/15/2013 19:24:06 MST.
Thanks Matt! I had started a thread about these kinds of "frames," wondering about their practical use. Good to see some reports coming out.
Do you find this pad to be cooler than your sitlight pad when used as the back frame in your pack? Do the chambers allow more air flow?
Today it was in the low 50s with a real light breeze so really it was ideal hiking weather and kept me from ever getting hot, back or anywhere else. When I was hiking in the hotter weather last year though I do remember getting some warm spots from the sitlight pad, because I never felt like the pad was evenly distributed against my back. It laid heavy on the backs of my shoulder blades and lower back, but squished in so it didn't feel like just the dimples were contacting me, more like a solid piece of warm foam laying across those contact areas. But, as said I haven't hiked with the air frame in comparably hot temperatures, but this frame contacts my whole back very evenly; I don't feel like one spot is being smashed against me any more then another area. So, it feels like it's sitting lighter on the back which I think will cut down on the "warm spots" I was experiencing before. Some of this is speculation though on my part, I'll find out for sure in a couple months with some real world warm weather testing.
Matt,Thank you for the write up. It sounds as if the AB may improve the comfort and load carrying capacity of your GG pack by quite a bit. I just received my Kumo in the mail a few days ago and it'll be interesting to hear how you and others like carrying the AB as opposed to the flimsy CCF pad. I am too interested in the potential for how well it keeps sweat off ones back. Speaking of which, I wonder if Gossamer will come out with an estimated R-Value? ;)
Edited by timdcy on 02/16/2013 08:59:08 MST.
"I wonder if Gossamer will come out with an estimated R-Value?"With no internal insulation, baffles or reflective layers, the pad is simply an air space, which is R-1.0.
Edited by dandydan on 02/17/2013 08:30:11 MST.
So I'll preface this with the disclaimer that I am prejudiced to an air frame, I have a MLD Exodus FS as my primary pack and LOVE it. I've worked hard to get my base weight to rough;y 9.75 lbs for temps down into the high 20's but still prefer the carry of a true suspension, so the Exodus FS was a dream come true for me, the ARC Blast may be next.But anyway, I've been using a 2012 Murmur as a daypack and took it on one very light overnight last year. I love the pack for day trips, but with my full kit, or close to it, it deformed too much for my liking. It didn't sit very well on back and just didn't feel nearly as well placed as the Exodus FS.I just received a medium Air Beam from GG, and all I can say is WOW. It's like a whole new pack, the AB gives the pack a much more rigid structure and it transfers much more weight to my hips. Before, with the SitLight pad the hip belt was more for balance and to keep the pack from bouncing around. With the AB it can actually transfer weight and it doesn't deform with gear in it.I loaded it up with a quilt (for volume) and some crap laying around the basement to get it to ~15 lbs and walked around a bit, it's a whole new pack. If you're on the fence about adding an AB to a GG or any other pack, give it a try, I'm sure glad I just did. Now I just need to get "out there" and give it a real test.
Edited by arttyszka on 03/23/2013 11:22:39 MDT.
Interesting info on airbeam, I may end up trying one out.I would say, though, that the little Sitlight pad that GG ships with their pack is pretty pathetic at adding structure to the pack, and not much better at just being padding. I use my Murmur with the 3-panel GG Nightlite Torso in the external pad pockets and a rolled up 3/16"x72" GG pad inside the pack with main items packed inside that pad's hollow cylinder. Like the Airbeam my pad combination is way better than the puny GG Sitlight, and just the 3-panel GG Nightlight Torso alone would be too. I'm kind of curious how the thicker Nightlight Torso compares to the Airbeam, with or without additional pad tube in main body of pack.
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And I think I just found my new pillow.Compared to my Exped air pillow.
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Silver is my new Silver Laced Wyandotte and I got her for free from an old family friend of ours who had two hens and one died, and she thought silver would be happier with the companionship of my younger pullets. She is about 6 years old and they are about 3 1/2 months. I let them in the yard together and they all took turns coming up and getting aquainted. I seperated Silver off with a bit of chicken wire when I put them back in the run for a while. That evening all seemed okay so we took down the seperator and let her in with the others and she did fine. I was amazed at how calm she was, and that night she went into the coop with my other girls and was totally fine. She is an older bird, and her laying is starting to decline, but her previous owner says she does still get eggs from her so I will be excited when she settles in enough to lay one. She is a beautiful addition to my already colorful flock! She is big too, with a fat feathery backside, she's so funny when she gallops across the yard.
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Kiko Martinez travels to Belfast today to defend the European super bantamweight title against unbeaten Carl Frampton, with Lee Selby facing Martin Lindsay and Andy Lee returning on the undercard.
Today at 3 pm EST on Sky Sports in the UK, Carl Frampton challenges Kiko Martinez for the European super bantamweight title in what should be a rollicking main event from the Odyssey Arena in Belfast.
Frampton (15-0, 10 KO) has developed into a super bantamweight contender in a very short amount of time, and has become one of the young standouts of UK boxing. Martinez (27-3, 19 KO) is a very solid and capable fighter himself, currently riding a seven-fight win streak after 2009 defeats to Rendall Munroe and Takalani Ndlovu.
On the undercard, Lee Selby (13-1, 5 KO) defends the British featherweight title against Martin Lindsay (20-1, 7 KO), another challenger who expects to hold some home field advantage on the night. Also, middleweight Andy Lee (28-2, 20 KO) returns, facing Anthony Fitzgerald (13-3, 4 KO) in a comeback bout following Lee's TKO loss to Julio Cesar Chavez Jr last June in Texas.
BLH will have live coverage and updates from the show, so join us for some afternoon boxing!
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Badminton shoe shop in central London?
Hi,
Does anyone know if there are any shops in central-ish London that have a decent stock of badminton shoes please?
Thanks!
Only place I can think of might be Decathlon in Surrey Quays next to Canada water station
you could try the Asics flagship store on Oxford street, you might like the Progressive/Blade/Blast. Prices are RRP but once you know what you want you can shop around. For other models maybe Wigmore sports in Wigmore St. Just behind Selfridges, they have a basement for Badminton and a franchise in Harrods I believe.
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2 1/3 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup softened butter
2 eggs
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
In a small bowl combine the flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. In a large bowl beat together the sugar, butter, eggs, and almond extract until creamy. Slowly add the dry ingredients until combined. Divide the dough in half, wrap in plastic, and chill until firm. When firm, roll out dough to 1/8 inch thickness, cut with 2 1/2 inch cookie cutter, cutting center out of half of them. Bake at 350 degrees for 8 - l0 minutes on ungreased cookie sheets.
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Over the years, we’ve made a few dozen of these. It’s always fun for my son to pull them out and see how much better hid got over the years. Use a paint marker to add the date to each one, and even the name of each family member. Your tree will look so wonderful decorated with these unique ornaments!
What you need:
- Glass ball ornaments
- Acrylic craft paint in holiday colors
- Empty egg carton
- Ribbon for hangers (or standard ornament hangers)
- Water
- Paintbrush
- Clear glaze spray suitable for glass ***Optional, see note below.
How to make it:
- Remove the hanger top from each ornament and set aside.
- Place egg carton upside down and place ball ornaments in the middle of four egg cups to act as your holder.
- Place some paint in a palette and water the paint down until it begins to drip off the paintbrush.
- Keep the paint palette close to your egg carton holder. Dip paintbrush into the watered down paint, picking up a generous amount. Move the paintbrush to the top of the ornament immediately. Place a dollop of paint onto the ornament. If it doesn’t begin to drip down, add some more paint until it does. Continue this technique around the ornament, alternating colors as well. When finished, allow the ornaments to dry completely.
- Once the ornaments are dry, replace the hanger tops and tie ribbon in place.
- Hang ornaments on a dowel or strong twig, and then in a well-ventilated area, spray with clear glaze spray. Let dry completely. ***NOTE: This is optional. Sometimes I haven’t sprayed them and as long and you pack them carefully, the paint seems to hold up well.
Tips:
- Using the egg carton as a holder will cause the paint to stop where the paint drips down and meets the egg carton. You can avoid this by hanging the ornaments on something sturdy while you paint, just be sure that you have newspaper below to catch the drips.
- The thicker the paint, the darker your drips will be. If you would like lighter drips, thin out the paint more.
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BEER LIME GRILLED CHICKEN
Beer Lime Grilled Chicken
This is an amazing recipe that my family enjoys over and over again.
INGREDIENTS
- Cooking Time: 14
- Servings: 4
- Preparation Time: 10
- * 1 lime, juiced
- * 1 (12 fluid ounce) can light colored beer
- * 1 teaspoon honey
- * 2 cloves garlic, minced
- * 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
- * Salt and pepper
- * 4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves F (80 degrees C). Discard leftover marinade.
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Annie's Eats - Orange Vanilla Bean Cupcakes
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Welcome to BalancedBodi! Our goal in venturing into this business is to change people's lives through a healthy lifestyle. Regardless of your current physical fitness level, we can assist you in starting down a path to a healthier you. Staying healthy should never be a tedious task, so we are constantly trying new and innovative ways to make you feel better about life. Being educated in a number of fitness activities, we believe helps us give clients variety in their workouts; this in turn has proven that clients do not get burned out during their routine.
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Hi friends! I am guest posting over at Poofy Cheeks . Stop by and you can read about the bad boys above and whatever other randomness I threw in there. Notice a new blog look? Yup, it is a work in progress. I’ll update you when I have my head on straight. Happy Saturday friends! [...]
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Former Croatian Serb leader Goran Hadzic collaborated with Bosnian Serb chiefs to maximise military advantage, a witness at his trial said.
“The relationship between the Bosnian Serb leadership and the Croatian Serb leadership was quite consistently good,” historian Christian Nielsen testified at Hadzic’s trial at the Hague Tribunal on Thursday.
He said that their strategic goal was to link up all Serb-controlled territories of Bosnia and Croatia during the 1990s fighting.
As part of its evidence, the prosecution presented a video of a meeting between Hadzic, former president of Republika Srpska and convicted war criminal Biljana Plavsic, Goran Hadzic and Serbian paramilitary leader Zeljko Raznatovic, better known as Arkan.
According to the the Croatian areas in order “to make it a part of new Serb-dominated state”, the indictment alleges.
Serb forces forcibly removed Croats and non-Serbs from areas of Croatia that they controlled, Nielsen said in his report presented at the trial.
He said that not only Croats but other minority groups were also targeted.
“Slovaks asked for protection [from Serbian forces] from the authorities in Belgrade. One of the reasons why Serbs targeted Slovaks was Slovakia was, like Croatia, a [Nazi German] puppet state during World War II,” Nielsen said.
In his report, he spoke of the circumstances that led to the conflicts in Croatia.
“The 1990 elections in Croatia led to the victory of nationalistic parties on both sides, such as the Croatian Democratic Union, HDZ, and on the other side the Serb Democratic Party, which also got a lot of votes,” Nielsen said.
He said that “Serbs reacted negatively to the victory of the HDZ and Franjo Tudjman being president, as this victory has been linked to the past oppression of Serbs in Croatia during World War II.”
“The rhetoric of Franjo Tudjman denied the suffering of Serbs during World War II resulting in extreme anxiety of Serbs in Croatia. This situation was manipulated by Serb politicians,” he added..
His trial will resume on Friday..
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Is Kevin Durant the next Kobe Bryant after all? Team USA fans are certainly swaggering today after their guys’ strong showing in upending the defending FIBA world champions, 86-85.
Durant was the alpha dog for the US – a role many including BiE worried about going unfilled a la my least-favorite 2006 team – in scoring.
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Actually, not bad Spain, not bad at all…. A game between the two favourites ends with 1 point difference… I’d say we’re set for a good and competitive tournament (one can only hope), where there is at least two teams that demonstrated they can beat the US (Lithunia is the other one – Greece will be added on Wed.
).
Greece and US are only remaining undefeated teams. I hope you change the rankings accordingly.
Spain number 3 now, Mika (ironic nod)?
Spain was lucky not to win. Usually in this kind of situation – two equal teams first meet in a friendly, then a bit later in a do-or-die game – team that wins the meaningless game later loses the important one. That has happened a lot of times in sports. To be honest, it is a bit strange to see WC favourites USA, Spain and Greece meeting like this in a situation where they will probably go against each other in World Cup semifinal and/or final.
With Durant playing D like that down the stretch you’d better have a second scoring option if you want to pull one out against the US. What a monster. It’s going to be a fun tournament.
Calderon is out, Scariolo will most likely call Raul Lopez to replace him.
Very entertaining game. Espana came out like zombies in the first quarter, but lessons were learned on both sides, no doubt. Why the odd rotation by Coach K?
I’d agree with rookie, but that wasn’t the case in the Olympics.
USA, except Durant, didn’t look impressive, just barely beating Spain even though their shooting was off. I don’t think they’ll have that margin for error against Greece. I’m really looking forward to that game!
OS what are your thoughts on this? It is certainly raising some eyebrows around Europe. It reminds me of Coach K’s 2006 post game interview after the US-Greece game………
unreal…………
Interview of Russell Westbrook in Athens.
Greek reporter.
Russell you were just 18 y.o. when USA team lost from Greece and lost the ticket for the final game on previous WC in Japan. What do you remember from that game?
Russell Westbrook.
Nothing. I haven’t watch previous WC games of USA. I don’t even know when that happened. What year did you say we lost from Greece?
Well. I just hope that wont happen again.
I don’t get how hard it is for you guys to understand that most American’s don’t really give a damn about the World Championships. It sucks, but why would an 18 year old Russell Westbrook preparing for his first season at UCLA waste his evening watching USA games when he is living out his last days before college starts?
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good good…this post deserves nothing
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With, at one point it was eyed as expandable for a Major League Baseball team -- York County actually has some good options and could unlock much value unrelated to baseball.
One potential use that would reclaim much of the ballpark and the surrounding area: an equestrian center combined with a county fairgrounds. York County has already researched the market potential for such a facility; look for it to be discussed in coming months. From the Enquirer Herald:
One possibility would be an agri-tourism center with an emphasis on events related to horses. In 2007, the county agreed to invest up to $100,000 in hospitality tax money to explore the possibility of such a center, and the research still is on track.
Early plans included an arena for equestrian events as a key component. The idea is to capitalize on a thriving horse culture in the county as well as to attract horse owners from other areas with easy access for trailers from I-77.
Surveys show that York County has one of the highest horse populations in the state. The surveys also estimate that the county rakes in more than $20 million a year in horse-related business.
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Aberdeen Proving Ground FCU honored with BEPAC Award for 10-year commitment to financial education
Harford County-based Aberdeen Proving Ground Federal Credit Union was honored with an award by the Business Education Partnership Advisory Council in partnership with Cecil County Public Schools at the annual BEPAC recognition breakfast on May 23 at the Cecil County School of Technology in North East.
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By Karen Kaplan
5:30 PM EST, December 12, 2012
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“Our modern society is filled with sudden events (sirens, horns, ringing phones, alarms, televisions, etc.) that hijack attention. By contrast, natural environments are associated with a gentle, soft fascination, allowing the executive attentional system to replenish.”
If that sounds like a far-fetched ad for the Sierra Club, consider that studies have found that taking a hike or otherwise spending some time in nature has been shown to help people do better on laboratory tests (like controlling the perceived rotation of a Necker Cube) as well as real-life tasks, like proof reading.
If spending a few hours in nature is a good thing, what about a few days? That was the question psychologists from the University of Kansas and the University of Utah sought to answer.
So the researchers turned to 26 women and 30 men who took Outward Bound wilderness expeditions to Alaska, Colorado, Maine or Washington. Each trip lasted for four to six days, during which time any use of technology was strictly forbidden.
To test creativity, the psychologists used the Remote Associates Test, which asks subjects to find the link between related cues (for instance, “coin,” “quick” and “spoon” all go with the word “silver”). Study participants were asked to solve 10 of these puzzles, and their score was the number they got correct. A total of 24 backpackers took the test before they started their journeys, and 32 people took the test on the morning of their fourth day in.
How did they do?
Those who took the test before they had sojourned with nature answered 4.14 of the “questions” correctly, on average, while those who took the test after three days in the wilderness got an average of 6.08 “questions” right. That may not sound like a big difference, but it’s an increase of 50%, the study authors noted.
The results demonstrate “that higher-order cognitive skills improve with sustained exposure to a natural environment,” the researchers wrote.
But that doesn’t necessarily mean that exposure to nature deserves all of the credit for the creativity boost. Spending time in a natural environment probably does help recharge the brain. But so does taking a break from all of the high-tech gadgets and other attention-grabbing distractions that dominate our lives when we are not communing with nature, they noted.
You can find a link to the study from the PLoS One website.
(And in case you were wondering, I am not related to Stephen Kaplan and Rachel Kaplan of the University of Michigan, who have long studied the psychological benefits of spending time in nature and are credited with developing Attention Restoration Theory.)
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In a move that will help some 800 Maryland families affected by the effects of Hurricane Sandy, Congress approved $10 billion in emergency funding Friday for the federal flood insurance program.
The hastily scheduled votes came in response to criticism from Republicans — notably New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie — who publicly complained that GOP leadership in the House of Representatives was dragging its feet on the aid package.
The House approved the measure, 354-67. The Senate passed the legislation unanimously, without a roll call vote, sending it to President Barack Obama for his signature.
The flood program, created in 1968, is expected to run out of money in coming days, complicating insurance claims for thousands of families in New York, New Jersey and other states that were hit by the storm.
About 800 claims are pending from Maryland, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The Eastern Shore, and Somerset County in particular, experienced damaging floods after the storm.
The bill is the first of two Congress will take up to address dwindling disaster relief funds. The House is expected to vote Jan. 15 on a more controversial measure that includes an additional $50 billion in aid. That legislation would guarantee additional aid for Maryland, though the precise amount would be determined later.
Christie, who leveled stinging criticism of his own party over the issue earlier in the week, released a joint statement Friday with New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, calling the insurance bill a "necessary and critical first step" but "just a down payment" toward aiding their states.
The Senate passed a $60.4 billion aid package last month, though the bill faced criticism over proposed spending not directly related to Sandy.
Several lawmakers criticized the decision not to hold a vote on that bill on Jan. 1, after Congress wrapped up work on "fiscal cliff" legislation, raising taxes on high-income households to avert automatic tax increases and spending cuts.
"While it is never too late to do the right thing, it is late that we are doing this thing," Rep. Steny Hoyer of Southern Maryland, the second-highest-ranking Democrat in the House, said of the insurance bill. "We are doing only the bare minimum. … We should have acted almost immediately."
Rep. Andy Harris, who represents the Eastern Shore, was one of 67 Republicans to vote against the proposal. He said Thursday that he will not support the bill unless budget cuts are found to pay for the additional spending. In a statement Friday, he said the current flood program needs to be reformed.
"The bill increased the program's borrowing limit from $20.7 billion to $30 billion with no plan to pay for it, and included no plans to make sure we would not have to bail out the program again in the near future," Harris said.
In the House, all Democrats and 161 Republicans voted for the measure.
Maryland Democrats pounced on Harris' vote, calling it "shameful and outrageous" in a statement.
The flood legislation does not authorize direct spending; rather, it gives the flood insurance program authority to borrow money to pay claims during times of heavy flooding. In the past, those loans have been repaid with premiums property owners pay to carry the insurance.
For decades, the program has repaid the loans, but the fund went deeply into debt following Hurricane Katrina and now is nearly $18 billion in the red, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service.
Still, the program is making payments on that debt, including $750 million in the first half of 2011 and $500 million in 2010.
Sandy, a hurricane before the center of the storm made landfall Oct. 29 in New Jersey, caused more than 125 deaths in the United States.
Tribune Newspapers' Washington bureau reporter Richard Simon contributed to this article.
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2 cases challenge beliefs on who may get anthraxSun StaffFederal health officials said yesterday that they are investigating the possibility of the anthrax threat spreading to homes, because of disturbing questions raised by infections in a New York hospital worker and a New Jersey accountant. The new...
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PIX11 Front And Center At Health and Wellness Expopix11.com | @wpixWhen was the last time you stretched your mind and body? At the Pix 11 Health and Wellness Expo tomorrow you can get into your body with Lastics creator Donna Flagg, who hangs upside down and loves it. "It feels great to stretch your mind and...
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Heart Health And Sex For Women
For women, more sex may be good for the heart. Sex also can be a life-saver for millions at risk for cardiovascular disease (It’s the #1 “silent” killer, affecting one out of four women). Regular sex is an important part of the...
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Hospital denies special treatment for Beyonce, Jay-Z babyJay...
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Rodean lujos y excesos a hija de Beyoncé
MÉXICO, DF.- Blue Ivy Carter no sólo nació en una suite VIP, en el recién remodelado piso del Hospital Lenox Hill que su padre rentó en su totalidad para la ocasión, sino que abandonó el lugar en una camioneta Mercedes Benz acondicionada con baño y...
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Beyonce baby complaints at NY hospital dismissedNEW YORK (AP) — New York health officials have reviewed and dismissed complaints patients in a hospital neonatal unit were mistreated while Beyonce was giving birth there to her and Jay-Z's daughter. Health department spokesman Jeffrey Gordon...
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Dean's Buzz: Beyonce's baby suite, People's Choice Awards winnersWGN NewsThough...
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Photos: Beyonce's hospital room similar to 5 star hotelWGN NewsT...
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New Parents 'Blue' Over Beyonce's Special Hospital TreatmentPIX11.com / @pix11mateoProud parents Beyonce and Jay-Z may be enjoying time with their new baby girl, but one Brooklyn dad says their special hospital treatment has caused problems when trying to visit his newborn twins. Neil Coulon, 38, a contractor from Bedford-Stuyvesant,...
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Jay-Z Reveals Beyonce's Miscarriage in Song for New DaughterZap2itNEW YORK -- Beyonce and Jay-Z are taking a moment to bask in the joy of becoming new parents. Jay-Z has already released a song about their daughter, Blue Ivy Carter, who arrived over the weekend. The song is titled "Glory feat. B.I.C." and it...
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L makes some interesting points. The skull is as close as human cultures come to a universal symbol.
Death is, of course, in common with taxation, the fate of all of homo sapiens. Of this fact, the bare grinning cranium is the most obvious sign, and in the past, even a century ago, it and other representations of earthly transience were ubiquitous.
The effect.
At the heart of the show, if that's the correct anatomical metaphor, are works related to the European traditions of the Dance of Death. Many medieval churches and cemeteries contained paintings of cheery, mobile skeletons, capering with varying degrees of ghoulish humor and sometimes playing a fiddle or other instrument, leading everyone, young and old, rich and poor, into the fatal dance.
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RJ Davis
Band in Magna, UT
- Member #
- 338837
- Member since
- 30 Mar 2010
- Last activity record:
- Active over 1 month ago
- Genre:
- Country
- Name:
- RJ Davis
- Screen name:
- robwiechert
- Location:
- Magna, Utah, 84044
- Gender:
- Male
- Age:
- 37 years old
- Level of commitment:
- Committed
- Years playing music:
- 6
- Gigs played:
- Over 100
- Tend to practice:
- 1 time per week
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Connections
Now Seeking
Steel guitar, Fiddle, Mandolin, Background Singer, Keyboard, Lead Guitar.
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singer song writer
Musician in Oak Lawn, IL
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- Member since
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- Last activity record:
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- Instruments played:
- Acoustic Guitar
- Genre:
- Acoustic
- Screen name:
- singer song writer
- Location:
- Oak Lawn, Illinois, 60453
- well rounded musician who plays everything. My main instuments are my voice, guitar, and piano. Looking for serious musicians between 18 & 26
Influences
Rock, Acoustic Rock, Blues, Metal, Jazz,ect......... Pretty much any style of any band, I more about just hearing a good song.
Equipment List
Mixers, Mics, Drums, Guitars, Synths, Cd recorders......small home studio, not driven by pc power.
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With its compact, tulip-shaped design, the BeoLab 11 subwoofer combines excellent bass performance with a unique and elegant design that complements any décor.
There is nothing conventional about BeoLab 11. With its compact, tulip-shaped form, BeoLab 11 has both a strong sculptural presence and a discreetness that will integrate perfectly into any interior. The days of hiding your subwoofer behind the sofa or in a darkened corner of the room are gone. You will want to put BeoLab 11 on display.
With its compact, tulip-shaped design, the BeoLab 11 subwoofer combines excellent bass performance with a unique and elegant design that complements any décor. The aluminium outer shell partly conceals the black surfaces of the two drivers facing each other on the inside. The intriguing design of BeoLab 11 will make you want to put it on display, instead of hiding it away like conventional boxy subwoofers.
Questioning the ordinary is what our highly-skilled designers do best. So by creating an elegant, compact subwoofer that produces minimal vibration, our designers were able to create one of the first wall-mountable subwoofers on the market.
Beneath its glossy shell, BeoLab 11 holds true to the Bang & Olufsen tradition of providing breathtaking sound quality in loudspeakers. Able to produce the lowest frequencies with stunning clarity and precision, adding this compact subwoofer to your setup will produce a richer, more complete sound experience that will enrich your favourite music or film.
BeoLab 11 brings a whole new level of detail to your favourite music. Whether it's the thump of the bass drum or rhythmic beat of the bass guitar, you will hear things that you never heard before. It's as though your favourite artists are performing in the same room, just for you.
With its elegant, tulip-shaped form, you could be forgiven for thinking that BeoLab 11 is somewhat of a lightweight as far as subwoofers go. This couldn't be farther from the truth. With its built-in 200W ICEpower amplifier and two 6½-inch drivers, BeoLab 11 delivers deep, enthralling bass that belies its compact design.
As well as being a master class in design, BeoLab 11 is also a showcase of sophisticated advanced technology. Take, for example, the two opposing drivers, which take advantage of the Acoustic Balance Principle – a first for a Bang & Olufsen subwoofer design. This configuration leads to the drivers producing 'in-phase' frequencies, which effectively eliminates almost all unwanted vibrations from the unit..
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Red Bull Flugtag 2012: I Need A Team
Everyone stop what you are doing! My dream is about to come true. Red Bull Flugtag is back! For years all the Joburgers had all the fun. They got to build flying machines and launch them off a runway into the waters of Zoo Lake. Us Capetonians never got to join in, but now’s our time to shine. To tap into our inner inventors and build the ultimate flying machines. Come December Icarus is going to look like a little punk compared to me.
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The thing is, I need a team. Registration is now open, and even though it’s only on 9 December, planning needs to start now. So, who wants to build an awesome flying machine and be crowned Red Bull Flugtag champions of 2012? Let me know. Let’s get a team going.
If you already have one, head on over here to register and get info –.
If you need me, I’ll be sipping on Absinth, getting some ideas going.
Nash…
Out.
Nash I am keen! You should def lookat a bangersandnash team/plane. Would be the sickest vibe ever!
I’m working on it as we speak. This needs to happen.
Done, I’m in, wine bottles don’t float but I have a warehouse where we can build the mother-ship/mustache-ship!
Count me in.
Are we allowed to shoot other planes down?
With fireworks.
I am soooo keen. Either make multiple teams from the people who respond or i will be your mascot/cheerleader/tequila-pourer-in-facer for afterwards.
Super keen
[email protected]
My head just ‘sploded!
I want in!
I’m lighting FIREWORKS!!!!!!
Nash – you need a light wing man – fatness will just be holding you down! I happen to know a 60 kilo dude ready to fly this shit!
Very keen to join in – [email protected]
You need a film crew, to film this from start to finish Nash. & record the history in the making, it seams like it’s going to be legendary…!!! ps : a flying gatsby would be cool, just putting it out there for cpt.
Count me in brother!!!
Howsit Nash,
Id love to be part of your team.
I can contribute wetsuits for the team, my personal elbow-grease (anytime outside of 9-5pm).
Most importantly, i wont leave you hanging.
inbox me if you need a solid wingman.
J
Whats happenign with thsi? Havnt had a email yet :/ also in repsone to GaryCool’s comment. Ive never weighed more than 58kg’s (Pilot Please
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Sorry dudes, taken a little longer to get some feedback from RB, but things are looking up. Will update asap.
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DHAKA:,".In the low-carb diet used in the study, up to 30 per cent of calories came from carbs such as bread, pasta and certain fruits, while 40 percent was from fat consumed from meat, dairy products and nuts. In contrast, the low-fat diet consisted of no more than 30 percent of calories from fat and 55 percent from carbs.Stewart.BDST: 1000 HRS, AUG 01,
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Eric Soiland, CIMA: In his own words
Eric
Soiland is a Certified Investment Management Analyst who has been
working with pre-retired and retired clients for 20 years; the last
nine of them working for Citi Smith Barney in Walnut Creek, Calif.
Risk
Typically, most people look at risk as the potential for fluctuation
or loss in an investment portfolio. Another risk is running out
of money before they die. That could be due to inflation, health
care costs, long-term care costs or unforeseen events. I try to
get them to picture in their mind the best portfolio we can put
together that will help them maintain their current lifestyle. Over
a 20-, 30- or 40-year retirement you need to have growth to counter
inflation. A lot of individuals automatically think that when they
get near retirement they need to become very conservative. That
may have been true many years ago when people died five or 10 years
after retirement, but it's not the case now.
I don't twist anybody's arm; I just explain the trade-off.
If you want to sleep extremely well now then the trade-off may be
that down the road you won't be sleeping well because your portfolio
hasn't kept up with inflation. If you're willing to take a little
more risk many times you can greatly enhance the odds in your favor.
I try to get the overly conservative investor to see the sense of
a more diversified, more aggressive portfolio.
The zone
What is most important, in my opinion, is the five years before retirement and the five years after retirement. It's a zone, a 10-year window, that's very critical for most retirees.
A lot of planning goes into the five years leading
up to retirement. That's when you want to review your current assets,
estimate anticipated assets, determine your expenses, check your
insurance coverage and work up a plan with your financial adviser
to see if there's a gap that needs to be overcome. Then, if you
can get through the first five years of retirement without any really
negative setbacks to principal, there's a good chance you can maintain
your current lifestyle in retirement if you stick with a prudent
withdrawal plan.
Start early
The sooner people get serious about retirement, the better. If someone has 20 years to go before retirement and they start planning now, they're in a much better position to know what they need to save and to be able to hit that goal than someone who's two years away from retirement and is finding out they haven't done a very good job.
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Q: What opportunities do health savings accounts (HSAs) offer banks?
Doug Marrs, Great Southern Bancorp: Health savings accounts provide an important service for customers with high-deductible healthcare plans. It helps these customers save in a tax-advantaged way to help meet future medical expenses. The need for HSAs is growing as more employers move to high-deductible health plans (HDHPs). We began offering HSAs, first and foremost, as a meaningful service for customers with HDHPs. Offering this product gives our company a competitive advantage in the marketplace and provides an opportunity to attract new deposit relationships and deepen existing customer relationships.
Jim Baron, Huntington Bank: By providing HSAs to business banking customers, we give them the opportunity to lower the cost of providing health insurance to employees, provide an added benefit to employees at no cost and take the administration work out of their benefits department. Customers see HSAs as a financial product, not a healthcare product. They also want to open an HSA with their local bank -- an institution they can trust and with whom they have done business. Additionally, small businesses want to offer HSAs to be more competitive when recruiting employees. The opportunity to grow deposit balances with HSAs is enhanced by employer contributions. More and more employers are funding HSAs on behalf of their employees, a trend which promises to increase average balances even more in the future. In addition, the recent rule change that allows rollovers from an IRA into an HSA has provided a source of added balance growth.
Kirsten Trusko, BearingPoint: This is the first major, new opportunity for banks in decades. By 2012 there will be an estimated 30 million HSAs with $325 billion in deposits contributing to $7 billion in consumer-directed healthcare (CDH) revenue. This money will be dispersed among divisions throughout commercial, retail and investment banks. Because HSAs have tentacles back to commercial and retail customers, these accounts deepen across spending, saving and investing functions, making stickier existing relationships and potentially attracting new clients seeking full-service offerings in health banking.
Dana Gould, Financial Insights: The balances on HSAs are accumulating, but consumers don't do a lot of transactions on them -- they are not very active accounts. And because these accounts are established through employers, banks won't have to do a lot of customer service on them. Banks can make money off the deposits; HSAs offer a good opportunity to gain new customers; and because this type of account is a retirement account as well as a health fund, people will not tend to move these accounts around from place to place, so they're more stable.
Q: What are the technology requirements for banks looking to compete in the HSA space in terms of processing, security, reporting and records management?
Marrs, Great Southern Bancorp: Before launching our HSA product to the marketplace, our software vendor provided in-depth training to our staff to ensure compliance with processing standards, security, reporting and records management. Our goal was to have certain staff members become HSA subject experts from the beginning because we anticipated many questions about the product. Our HSA experts then trained our front-line associates on the product.
Baron, Huntington Bank: Customers are demanding all the usual bells and whistles that come with their other bank accounts, including debit cards, checks, online access to accounts, and ATM and branch access. Banks need to be prepared to service the customer in whatever channel the customer prefers. These accounts are transactional in nature and cannot be serviced like an institutional product, such as a 401(k).
Trusko, BearingPoint: Most regulations have been geared toward making HSAs simpler in order to attract more banks, rather than adding complexity. Security concerns of incremental health data have largely been addressed by banks' compliance officers, confirming they are or are not HIPAA-covered entities (which is largely driven by the degree of integration to the insurance carriers and the data that entails). For noncovered entities, banking security capabilities have been deemed adequate. For covered entities, banks have developed specific manners of addressing this incremental security area. Reporting on HSAs is defined by the IRS and is very similar to [the process for] IRAs/401(k)s. Thus, most banks are leveraging these existing capabilities to fulfill HSA requirements.
Gould, Financial Insights: The best way for banks to meet technology requirements would be to partner with someone already doing HSAs, such as HSA Bank [Sheboygan, Wis.; a division of Webster Bank], for instance, or a technology company. There are plenty of software companies out there to help in the security, processing, records management and reporting. I believe there will be little need for customer-facing technology, since these accounts are typically managed through employers.
Q: What are the success factors for banks competing in the HSA space, specifically in the areas of technology and in meeting regulatory and legal requirements?
Marrs, Great Southern Bancorp: To be successful in the HSA space, banks must understand the product software and the product's legal and regulatory requirements, and stay updated on changes and communicate these changes to customers and front-line associates. End-of-year reporting is a critical piece.
Baron, Huntington Bank: Key to success in the HSA market in terms of technology is designing the customer touchpoints for the account holder and not for the distribution channel, such as a legacy cash management system. Although banks may provide assistance to businesses in using such a cash management system to fund their employees' HSAs, the HSA product itself must be designed for the individual consumer -- for example, with a simple-to-use online enrollment process, online access to accounts and ATM access. Many banks have found that working with an experienced partner can increase time to market on the technology side and also in terms of meeting regulatory/legal requirements, such as tax reporting and transaction coding.
Trusko, BearingPoint: There are two options currently available: outsourcing and building in-house (not licensable software). There are more than 12 vendors that can support HSAs in varying capacities as an outsourced function. This gives speed to market but can present challenges in profitability, differentiation and integration for core banking systems and customer service in the long haul. Banks that are building in-house are finding that trying to use legacy systems not intended to support all facets (deposit, card, investment, loan, carrier interface, etc.) is costly and time-consuming.
Guidance in regulatory and legal requirements is being provided by a number of sources. Those doing this successfully include the ABA's HSA group and a few top law firms that have specialized in this area from the start, which are being retained by many top banks to ease the minds of their compliance and regulatory leaders.
Q: Going forward, will banks be more involved in the health insurance and healthcare market?
Marrs, Great Southern Bancorp: HSAs are an example of how banks can provide helpful interfacing services for customers and their insurance needs. Perhaps more innovative products and services ties with the insurance industry will be developed. But it is unlikely that most banks will become competitors or players in the general insurance space.
Baron, Huntington Bank: Many in the industry believe banks will win in the HSA market, due to the fact that consumers consider HSAs a financial product and prefer their local bank when opening an HSA. And with good reason -- early entries into the HSA market by insurance companies have experienced servicing challenges. Unlike insurance plans, HSAs require expertise in transaction processing and customer service aimed at the individual, rather than the institution. Banks clearly have the advantage in these areas.
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Recently, Capital One unveiled a light-hearted digital video series intended to promote its mobile banking offering.
Banks have been wading into social media, including video, somewhat cautiously, figuring out the best way to engage customers -- and potential future customers -- without appearing overbearing.
Capital One, among others, have utilized one of the best ways to do this: humor.
I asked Pat McLean, VP, Brand Strategy for Capital One, about how the bank is using video as part of it's overall social media plan.
Bank Systems & Technology: How big of a role does video play in Capital One's overall social media strategy?
McLean: Video is becoming a more important medium in our social media strategy. There are things you can do with video on social media that you can’t do on other channels, such as build a story quicker. Video as part of our social media strategy will continue to grow and become more prominent.
BS&T: Is Capital One promoting an upgrade or new version of its mobile banking, or is this to raise awareness to its existing mobile banking product?
McLean One of the main drivers of mobile adoption is simply awareness, which we expect this campaign to generate in the typical, entertaining Capital One way. Mobile is an integrated part of Capital One’s marketing communications strategy and is an increasingly important channel for acquiring and servicing customers. We did launch a new version of our mobile app late last year, which sported a new look and feel. Through the ads we are directing users to. This is serves as our microsite where we provide customers information on the benefits of using mobile banking.
BS&T: How does Capital One envision social media overall as a channel, is it for customer engagement only or for also potentially delivering financial services, if not now then in the future?
McLean: Social media is a great place to interact with customers. We have a multi-channel strategy that is tailored for each channel. Ultimately, it is about meeting customers in their channel of choice, which will often depend on where they are and what they are doing. Social media is a place for conversation and interaction. At the moment, it is not a place to transact. There are other preferable channels, which are tried, tested and secure.
[See Also: Banks Can’t Afford to Be Afraid of Social Media]
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American Express announced it is teaming up with social media site Twitter to offer its cardholders the ability to purchase products from a select group of companies by tweeting special hashtags.
Amex customers who sync their eligible cards and tweet special #hashtags can buy American Express gift cards and products from Amazon, Sony, Urban Zen and Xbox 360. Users can sync their cards at sync.americanexpress.com.
American Express said the program is powered by its Card Sync technology. After tweeting with the specially designated hashtag, users then receive a personal Twitter response from the @AmexSync account within 15 minutes to confirm the purchase. All products will then be shipped to the customer's billing address via free two-day shipping, the company said.
American Express has had a partnership with Twitter since last March on a daily deals-type of program, where Amex card holders can tweet using customized hashtags, and couponless deals are loaded directly onto their cards.
"Based on the initial success of Amex Sync for offers, we know there is significant power in combining our assets with Twitter's platform to bring value to card members and merchants," said Leslie Berland, SVP, Digital Partnerships and Development at American Express, in a statement.
[Related Content: Bank Can't Be Afraid of Social Media]
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I'll be leading a workshop or teaching a class and someone will ask about the handouts I use.
"You have so many," I'll hear, and "How did you afford to make so many copies?"
And then I smile.
It was in the spring of the year 2000. The church I served at that time needed a new office photocopier machine. We had talked with several companies and finally had it down to two distributors. We had chosen the specific machine that was in our cost range and that we could afford with our budget.
One manager decided to "loan" us a machine so that we could try it out. When I arrived at the office after an early morning meeting I found that he had brought a photocopier machine that was beyond the scope of our expectation.
That's putting it mildly.
This salesman had his technicians bring a professional printing machine, one that covered the entire north wall of the office (about fourteen feet).
"That's not even close to the machine we're looking at," I exclaimed.
"Hey, try it out over the weekend and see if you want to move up to it," he responded. "Make as many copies as you want. No charge."
So I did.
I was finishing my second dissertation and needed ten copies of it. Those were made that weekend. I made one hundred copies of each of my teaching handouts. I made copies of a couple of rare books I owned at the time.
I made copies of District files that we ... might need someday.
I went to a local office store and purchased boxes of paper.
In other words, I got carried away.
The manager returned on Tuesday and we informed him that we still were not interested in this massive machine.
"Fine," he said, "I'll have the techs pick it up this afternoon."
And then he looked at the counter.
"This can't be right," he said. "I brought in a brand new machine but it now lists over seventeen thousand copies."
I just smiled.
Every once in a while the universe will open a door, offer us a gift, and touch us with a blessing. Sometimes these come with great fanfare, but usually they come with little advanced recognition. You have to be willing to see the opportunity and recognize it when it comes.
You have to be willing to act upon it, seize the moment, go for the gold.
Ten years ago I had a salesman "bless me" with one such opportunity that I'm still using today. Over the years there have been several others as well. Eventually this becomes a philosophy about life. It's not that you feel entitled.
However, you're not going to close a door that's opening your way. In fact, you open the door(s) and walk through.
And when you do, you need to smile in that mischievous way that says to the world "isn't it great how things have worked out."
Take a look around you at the people who may be smiling that way today!
Great story! Thanks so much for sharing! :))
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The Greencastle High School softball team picked up a big win Saturday, defeating Danville 11-2.
The Lady Tiger Cubs collected 14 hits for the day with several players getting multiple hits. Taylor Pruitt went 3-for-3 for with one RBI, two runs scored and three stolen bases. Cassie Alspaugh also went 3-for-3 with one RBI and two runs scored. Sierra Patterson went 3-for-4 Saturday with one RBI and three runs scored while Skyanne White went 2-for-4 with two runs and two RBIs. Kayla Downing rounded out Greencastle's batting, going 2-for-4 with two RBIs.
Mallory Miller went the distance for the Lady Tiger Cubs, striking out seven batters while giving up seven hits and one walk.
The JV team also won in eight innings, 12-11.
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In this collection of approximately 40 brief poems, Maddox focuses on aspects of the game from pitching and hitting to base-running and fielding. Her carefully constructed word pictures offer dramatic snapshots of infield flies and collisions between fielders, sacrifice bunts, balks and pitch-outs, stolen bases, and grand slams. "A Strike by any other name is a (sometimes) foul, is a swing/that swats only air, is doing nothing when the ball's right there-/three times is an out is an out is an out." An umpire and a player face off in the large illustration laid across one spread: under the umpire, the poem "Out" concludes "...all hard-pitched hope outthrown, thrown out/of luck, of heart, of the hard heat of summer/and what won't be." On the facing page, the poem "Safe" states, "...What-could-be hunkers down here,/dares to snare the numbers,/spike out the sure thing,/outlaw the out.".-Marilyn Taniguchi, Beverly Hills Public Library, CA
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Here's a celebration of baseball in poetry and the poetry in baseball. Baseball is a game of fine points and grand gestures, small blunders and bold accomplishments—the hook slide into second, the humble bunt, the unexpected wild pitch, the bases-loaded home run. Poet and baseball fan Marjorie Maddox pays tribute to these and other details that make the national pastime an enduring and engaging sport for players and fans alike. Surprising wordplay and striking images offer a unique perspective of this classic ...
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'Queen' delights residents with a Jubilee tour of nursing homes (From Barry And District News)
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'Queen' delights residents with a Jubilee tour of nursing homes
8:40am Thursday 14th June 2012 in Letters
My 12-year-old Golden Cocker Spaniel Sophie joined in the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations by dressing up as the Queen.
As my dog is a registered Pets as Therapy visiting dog, and has been for the last 10 years, she is able to visit hospitals, nursing homes etc, where she brings a lot of joy and love to both patients and residents.
Over the Jubilee weekend myself and Sophie visited Springbank and College Fields nursing homes in Barry to help celebrate the Jubilee by holding entertainment and a party for the residents.
Sophie, who was dressed as the Queen, wore a royal blue dress with red, white and blue bows, silver and pink necklace, earrings and tiara.
I am pleased to say all nursing home residents had a good time and all loved my dog Sophie dressed as the Queen!
Miss L Bryan Buttrills Road Barry
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On April 17, 2001, Barry Bonds became the seventeenth Major League player to hit five-hundred home runs, and probably the first to do it with a splash! Bonds' two-run, eighth-inning drive off Terry Adams went into San Francisco Bay and led the Giants over the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-to-2.
The homer off Adams Willie McCovey - also members of the five-hundred home runs club - were whisked by a golf cart to a ceremony at home plate.
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Read the details of Barry Bonds' historic game and HEAR the home run being hit! How? Baseball Almanac has put the entire box score online for you to review, enjoy, and learn from!
Barry Bonds had 7,502 at-bats when he hit home run number five-hundred and he was thirty-six years old. Compare those numbers to other members of the 500 Home Runs Club to see how Bonds compares!
Did you know that this was the first time in Barry Bonds' Major League career where he had hit a home run in five consecutive.
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Bill Sherdel appeared in 45 Major League games during
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1923 1923 Game by Game Batting Logs
Did you know that Bill Sherdel appeared in 24 games at home, had 39 at-bats, drove in 5 runs, scored 5 times, had 16 hits (1 doubles / 0 triples / 0 home runs), walked 5 times (0 intentional), struck out 3 times, was hit by a pitcher 0 times, sacrificed 3 times (3 hits & 0 flies), and finished at home with a .410 batting average, .477 on base percentage and .435 slugging average?
On the road, Bill Sherdel appeared in 21 games, had 44 at-bats, drove in 4 runs, scored 8 times, had 12 hits (1 doubles / 0 triples / 1 home runs), walked 2 times (0 intentional), struck out 5 times, was hit by a pitcher 0 times, sacrificed 0 times (0 hits & 0 flies), and finished at home with a .272 batting average, .304 on base percentage and .363 slugging average?.
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Len Barker pitched in 22 Major League games during the 1981 regular season. The chart below is a comprehensive analysis of the games Barker pitched in, specifically relating to his 1981 pitching statistics. Notes: The Date / Box field has a link to the box score from the game being described. If the Date is followed by an asterisk (*), Barker started that game. Cumulative monthly totals are provided where applicable.
In Chronological Order / Len Barker Stats
Did you know that Len Barker pitched 10 games at home, had an ERA of 3.84, pitched 70.1 innings, allowed 64 hits, had 30 earned runs, 33 runs, and 2 home runs, walked 21 batters (0 intentionally), threw 1 wild pitches, hit batters 0 times, and balked 0 times?
On the road, Len Barker pitched 12 games, had an ERA of 3.96, pitched 84 innings, allowed 86 hits, had 37 earned runs, 39 runs, and 5 home runs, walked 25 batters (0 intentionally), threw 4 wild pitches, hit batters 1 times, and balked 0 times.
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Moe Berg spent 15 years in the Majors, and was mostly a journeyman backup catcher. But I just came across something that said he was also CIA Spy. I think this is very intriguing and was wondering if anyone knows anything more about Moe Berg and his spy career?
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Declared free agents earned their freedom on Nov. 3, five days after the conclusion of the World Series. These players' minor league contracts expired following the 2012 season and they failed to reach an agreement with their organizations for the 2013 season. See the complete 2012 free agent listing for a full team-by-team listing.
Elected free agents (also known as Article XX-D free agents) gained their freedom after refusing outright assignments to the minors after being removed from the 40-man roster.
Latin American winter league assignments are listed for participating free agents: DL (Dominican), MPL (Mexican Pacific), PRL (Puerto Rican) and VL (Venezuelan). A handful of players spend time in the Australian Baseball League (ABL), now in its third year.
Any player listed with an asterisk (*) signed a major league contract and joined the 40-man roster.
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The body of Baltimore Orioles' pitcher, executive, and broadcaster Mike Flanagan was found near his home on Wednesday, and the initial reports indicated that Flanagan might have committed suicide. Sadly, it looks like those reports are proving true. From Chick Hernandez of CSN Washington:
Baltimore Co. Police confirm Mike Flanagan died from self-inflicted gun shot. So very sad
While it's not appropriate to play amateur psychologist and pretend this horrible occurrence is the result of one specific problem in Flanagan's life, there are reports that part of his depression stemmed from his work in the Orioles' front office. From Tim Kurkjian:
"Flanny," as everyone called him, had not been his usual personable, hilarious self in recent years. The many losses he took as the Orioles general manager wore on him, and he took them home. Being replaced as GM in 2008 depressed him even more.
WBAL-TV 11 Sports Director Gerry Sandusky was even more specific, saying ...
Flanagan took his own life "despondent over what he considered a false perception from a community he loved of his role in the team's prolonged failure," Sandusky said.
It's not like this story was going to get less sad, but it hits home when you realize he really struggled with the criticism that fans don't think twice about doling out.
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Hundreds of street lights to be replaced in Tadley (From Basingstoke Gazette)
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Hundreds of street lights to be replaced in Tadley
5:10pm Monday 21st January 2013 in News By Helen Morton
THE streets of Tadley should be better lit by the summer as contractors for Hampshire County Council replace hundreds of street lights with more up-to-date lamps.
Much of the lighting is more than 30 years old and will be replaced with the latest technology in energy-saving lamps and dimming controls. In Tadley, 314 lamps will be replaced along with a further 916 lanterns and posts.
It is hoped this will mean better lighting, less light pollution due to the new lights facing downwards, improved safety and a reduction in carbon emissions in line with Government targets for carbon reduction.
Councillor Mel Kendal, deputy leader and executive member for transport and environment, said: “A lot of preparation and planning has gone into the Tadley Street Lighting programme, and we will try to keep disruption to a minimum. “This means co-ordinating works with other schemes and ensuring that work on key roads is planned to take place outside rush hour periods.
He added: “As well as replacing older lighting columns which are coming to the end of their life, the new lamps will improve lighting levels on the ground.”
The £225million “Street lighting private finance initiative”, that is funding the replacement programme in Hamp-shire, Southampton and West Sussex, is being undertaken in partnership with utility company Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE). It involves the replacement or updating of 150,000 street lights, illuminated signs and bollards with the latest energy-efficient equipment.
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March 18, 2012
One Expert's Bracket
Sunday's Picks
by Drew Cannon
After doing pretty well for a few days, I got beat up pretty good on Friday, even if we ignore the 2-15 games. Here's to hoping that watching those games helped me figure these teams out.
(11) NC State vs. (3) Georgetown (Sunday: Columbus, 12:15 on CBS)
First instinct: Georgetown
The numbers like: Georgetown (KP - 72%, Silver - 64%, BPI - Georgetown 18, NC State 45)
Thought process: Not only has a lot of Georgetown's success defensively come from an unsustainably low opponent three-point percentage (No. 1 nationally at 27 percent), but NC State ranks near the bottom nationally in proportion of offense coming from three pointers. In other words, Georgetown's probably a little overrated because of their good three-point luck -- and even if they're not, theirs is a strength that's largely wasted on the Wolfpack. That said, the Hoyas are a little bit too big for NC State. The Wolfpack will have a tough time defending Henry Sims, Hollis Thompson, and Otto Porter with their typical lineup. I'm going back and forth on this. I think Georgetown's a bit overrated and NC State is the type of team that can give their excellent defense trouble. I'm also starting to believe that we can drop the fear of implosion with this NC State team. On the other hand, the Wolfpack drew a No. 11 seed for a reason and they will be just asking for Otto Porter to go off.
Final pick: NC State
(9) Saint Louis vs. (1) Michigan State (Sunday: Columbus, 2:45 on CBS)
First instinct: Michigan State
The numbers like: Michigan State (KP - 71%, Silver - 72%, BPI - Michigan State 4, Saint Louis 15)
Thought process: I liked this matchup a lot better for Memphis than Saint Louis. The Spartans were going to have a lot of trouble sticking to Joe Jackson, and, while Kwamain Mitchell is certainly a very good player, he doesn't have the truly blinding speed of Jackson. The Billikens' most consistent scoring option is Brian Conklin, and, while I'd tend to be concerned about his lack of size going up against Draymond Green, Adreian Payne and Derrick Nix, it hasn't seemed to bother him so far. Michigan State could have a pretty tough time scoring against SLU, and Rick Majerus should have received much more National Coach of the Year attention. But I'm just having too much trouble coming up with a reason the Billikens will win.
Final pick: Michigan State
(8) Creighton vs. (1) North Carolina (Sunday: Greensboro, 5:15 on CBS)
First instinct: North Carolina
The numbers like: North Carolina (KP - 67%, Silver - 79%, BPI - North Carolina 5, Creighton 22)
Thought process: Dougie Fresh vs. Harrison Barnes for the pride of Ames, Iowa! North Carolina tends to smother less athletic teams, but John Henson's usually a huge part of that smothering. He'd be a gigantic help against Doug McDermott, who has a legitimate claim to the title of most diverse post game outside Chapel Hill. With Henson, I'd find a Creighton win extremely surprising and, based on the reports I've read, I'm leaning toward him playing. If Henson doesn't play, this upset becomes much more possible. By picking North Carolina here, I'm picking against both of those (weighted) coin flips coming up heads.
Final pick: North Carolina
(15) Norfolk State vs. (7) Florida (Sunday: Omaha, 6:10 on TNT)
First instinct: Florida
The numbers like: Florida (KP - 93%, Silver - 92%, BPI - Florida 16, Norfolk State 180)
Thought process: Kyle O'Quinn is a really good basketball player, but Patric Young makes Ricardo Ratliffe look like a weakling. Norfolk State's big three may put up a few points, but Chris McEachin and Pendarvis Williams would both have to have phenomenal games to make this a real possibility. Lehigh's got a real shot at another win; Norfolk State would have to pull off another big-time upset.
Final pick: Florida
(13) Ohio vs. (12) South Florida (Sunday: Nashville, 7:10 on CBS)
First instinct: South Florida
The numbers like: South Florida (KP - 57%, Silver - 57%, BPI - South Florida 64, Ohio 74)
Thought process: I've consistently cast doubt on both of these teams all season long, and they've consistently made me look stupid. Anthony Collins vs. D.J. Cooper is one of the most fun match ups we'll see in this tournament. Collins has some serious turnover issues, though, and only VCU creates more turnovers than the Bobcats. And it's not just Collins -- five of the Bulls' top nine have turnover percentages above 20. I may not fully understand how either of these teams keep winning, but I understand South Florida less.
Final pick: Ohio
(15) Lehigh vs. (10) Xavier (Sunday: Greensboro, 7:45 on truth)
First instinct: Lehigh
The numbers like: Xavier (KP - 56%, Silver - 65%, BPI - Xavier 53, Lehigh 99)
Thought process: C.J. McCollum may have a tougher time of it with Tu Holloway guarding him than when that job fell to Duke's guards. It's also worth noting that it did take him 24 shots to get his 30 points against the Blue Devils. In the history of the NCAA tournament, three of the four 15-seeds to advance to the Round of 32 were beaten by double digits. The last one, Coppin State in 1997, had a chance to win in the final seconds. Lehigh is currently ranked No. 73 in the Pomeroy ratings, which is comfortably the highest of any 15-seed in the KenPom era. I'm not positive the Mountain Hawks will win, but I'm not sure exactly who can stay with Gabe Knutson, and I'm not sure anyone can stay with McCollum. I'd be surprised if Lehigh doesn't at least keep this game in doubt for a long time. I chickened out on taking the 15-seed in the first round. I'm not chickening out again.
Final pick: Lehigh
(10) Purdue vs. (2) Kansas (Sunday: Omaha, 8:40 on TNT)
First instinct: Kansas
The numbers like: Kansas (KP - 71%, Silver - 76%, BPI - Kansas 6, Purdue 43)
Thought process: What, you think someone on Purdue's roster is stopping Thomas Robinson? For the Boilermakers to win this game, someone unusual will have to go off. Their best chance is the fact that Robinson or Jeff Withey will have to guard D.J. Byrd, and neither of them wants to chase him around the three-point line.
Final pick: Kansas
(6) Cincinnati vs. (3) Florida State
First instinct: Florida State
The numbers like: Florida State (KP - 54%, Silver - 49%, BPI - Florida State 26, Cincinnati 36)
Thought process: Both of these teams looked like they just might crack down the stretch in their first NCAA tournament games, but each staved off upsets, something that has to be termed unusual for a wild Friday. In all likelihood this will be an ugly game, but if nothing else Cincinnati and Florida State know how to win ugly. Bernard James and Michael Snaer are both excellent defenders, but I have a feeling Yancy Gates and Sean Kilpatrick will present them with a lot of problems. Gates is finally putting it all together.
Final pick: Cincinnati
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