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Atletico Madrid are prepared to launch an ambitious transfer bid for Luis Suarez should Diego Costa leave in the summer, reports the Daily Mirror.
Citing Spanish media outlet Cadena Ser, the Mirror claim that details of a secret meeting at the Vicente Calderon was leaked to the media, containing six potential signing for the summer.
The most notable potential target was Liverpool's star striker Luis Suarez, who has made no secret of his desire to play in the Champions League in the near future.
His 23 Premier League goals have helped Liverpool into a commanding fourth place and he looks set to fire them to Champions League qualification for the first time since 2010.
But regardless of whether Liverpool qualify or not, Diego Simeone may still attempt to persuade Suarez to the Spanish capital in a move that is likely to be funded partly by the sale of Costa.
Costa has himself been on fire in La Liga but looks set to depart Atletico in the summer with Chelsea and Arsenal both linked with a £32m bid, meeting his release clause and forcing Atletico to sell.
The 25-year-old has himself been in fine form for Atletico this season, firing them into a title fight with Barcelona and local rivals Real Madrid. The club's ambition is to remain title challengers beyond this season and the purchase of Suarez will go some way to seeing that happen.
Ivan Rakitic and Mathieu Valbuena are also reported to be on the list despite the fact the former is set to sign a new deal with Sevilla.
Angel Correa, Axel Witsel and Alberto Moreno make up the remaining three on the six-strong list that could be subject to bids from Simeone in the summer.
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El Cirque du Soleil ofrece kits de prensa de sus diferentes espectáculos e información acerca de la compañía.
Richard Blackburn is a leading theatrical creator, playwright, director and actor-manager. He is probably best known for combining actors with oversized marionettes and sets, and integrating a wide variety of multimedia techniques into his productions. He dazzles the eyes and stirs the emotions with his multidisciplinary approach to visual and aural landscapes of the imagination, all orchestrated into a seamless tapestry.
After graduating in theatre from college and university some 30 years ago, Richard received grants from the governments of Canada and Quebec and embarked on an ambitious career by mounting 30 plays that were exceptionally well received by the critics and the public. He wrote a dozen of the works himself, created 20 large-scale show concepts, and in 1979 became the artistic director of Le Théâtre de la Dame de Coeur (TDC) in Upton, Quebec, whose productions are marked by a social conscience and an awesome grandeur.
TDC is a permanent centre for research, creation, production and education, specializing in shows featuring oversized sets and gigantic marionettes. The performance space is unique in North America: The company uses the sky, indoor venues and outdoor, actors and music to create symbol-driven theatre. Its outdoor venue includes heated chairs that swivel so the audience can watch shows at 360 degrees. In addition to its many productions (including La légende de la blanche et de la noire and Dragon sur table), the company has participated in many special projects such as the parade to celebrate the 350th anniversary of the City of Montreal. The company has also worked on overseas assignments, notably in Singapore for the opening ceremonies of Esplanade Theatres on the Bay in 2002 and as part of Expo 2005 in Japan.
Among his many other activities, Richard Blackburn is a member of the jury of the Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec, a government funding body that awards grants in the arts and literature. He also teaches theatre and regularly consults on major special events.
Wintuk is the first time Richard has worked with Cirque du Soleil, and he's come to appreciate the freedom that the Cirque provides. "I really like the structure Cirque brings to the creation of its shows," he says. "It's a place that is a true catalyst for a writer-director."
Richard Blackburn's approach to directing is to abandon the traditional, deconstruct the space he's working in and exploit its full potential in ever-surprising ways. To find the greatest reward he always takes the path that promises the greatest risk and presents him with the biggest challenges. As for Wintuk, he says: "I like to play with proportions and dimensions. I always start with the venue. That's my landscape, and from there I work with allegory, metaphor and size – small, medium and large. I ask myself 'what's the relationship between the human beings on stage and the outsize stage elements, and what's the relationship between the players and the audience?'"
Richard Blackburn was born in Chicoutimi, Quebec in 1951.

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Neftali Soto has a 2 run HR and the bats are up 3-2 on Scranton/WB.
Tim Gustafson pitching for the Bats.
Soto with an .839 OS in June. IF he can get back on the radar, he could be a nice chip. 1B is surprisingly weak in the NL right now with only Votto, Lahair, LaRoche and Goldschmitt with OPS above .759 among qualifiers. Fielder and Pujols in the AL, Berkman and Howard hurt, Helton and Lee aging, Sanchez and Davis having horrible years and guys like Freeman and Alonso underwhelming so far, there could be a market if he starts hitting like he did in 2011.


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An Investigation into the Consequential Validity of a Diagnostic College English Speaking Test
This paper reports the verification of the consequential validity of a Diagnostic College English Speaking Test. A case study was conducted with 28 sophomore students from a national key university in China engaged in seven sets of DCEST tests. The analysis of the DCEST scores of the students in the experiment group indicates that progress has been made in their oral English proficiency over the two-month period. The survey data analysis reveals that the provision of diagnostic feedback is welcomed by a great majority of students, and they think that the diagnostic feedback of the DCEST can reflect the strengths and weaknesses of their oral English ability. Results of both quantitative and qualitative data analyses provide supportive evidence to the consequential validity of DCEST. The limitations and future research directions are finally discussed.
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Veer and Pre 3
The Veer is clearly a device for buyers with smaller bank accounts, or for people who simply don't want to lug around a huge smartphone. It looks exactly like a tiny Palm Pre (about the size of a credit card!), sports a 2.6" 320×400 display, is the first to use Qualcomm's Snapdragon 7230 processor at 800MHz, and sports 512MB RAM. Like the Pre, it has a slide-out portrait keyboard, but at this size, I'm genuinely wondering how usable it is. It'll be available in early spring.
The Pre 3 is the new true smartphone from HP, and again, it looks exactly like the Pres that came before it. It has a Qualcomm processor running at 1.4Ghz, 512MB RAM, a 3.6" 480×800 display, two cameras, and the usual sensors and such. It'll be a long wait though - available this summer. Whoops.
The webOS tablet is finally here!
On to the big one: the HP TouchPad, the long awaited and much-debated webOS tablet. It's a 9.7" device, with a 1024×768 resolution. The processor is a doozy - we're looking at a dual-core 1.2Ghz Snapdragon, which is hefty by any account. It's got 1GB of RAM, the usual sensors, two cameras, and, of course, Touch Stone compatible.
The interesting stuff here is that all these webOS devices can talk to each other - you can read text messages from your Pre on your TouchPad, and all other data, like calendars and email, will be pulled from the cloud (my first time saying cloud instead of internet. I'm sorry guys - I had to cave. I'm becoming ambiguous. My heartfelt apologies). Even notifications that arrive on your Pre 3 can be piped to your TouchPad.
It gets even cooler. Viewing a website on your TouchPad, but you have to leave and want to continue reading on the road? simply tap your Pre 3 against the TouchPad, et voilà, the site gets transferred to your Pre 3. Awesome! It's called Touch-to-share.
The TouchPad does Flash, and in the demo, full-screen Flash video playback was reportedly very smooth. HP made several jabs about multitasking, which are well-deserved - webOS was designed from the ground up to do multitasking, as opposed to the afterthought that it is on iOS (a recently used applications list is not multitasking, Steve).
Notifications appear like Growl and are then collected in a drop down menu in the status bar. The on-screen keyboard can be resized to fit different hand sizes - thank you! My hands are incredibly small (think 13 year old girl, and I'm not kidding), so this is a nice touch.
Content-wise, HP struck a deal with Time, which will deliver Time, Fortune, People, and Sports Illustrated to the TouchPad. DreamWorks will be another content partner at launch.
The device will be launched this summer (again - that's late). As I'm writing this, the press event is still going on, but it seems like the devices section is pretty much over. If anything interesting comes up - I'll get back to you.


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Diversity is a key action area of the American Library Association and Section B.3 Diversity (Old Number 60) of ALA's policy manual includes a number of objectives geared towarding fostering diversity in the workplace.
Key ALA Resources for Promoting Diversity in the Workplace
- Bias - resource for identifying and combating bias in the workplace.
- Civility - resource for promoting civility in the workplace.
- Employment Discrimination - resources for identifying and combating discrimination.
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A few weeks ago there was a fairly long discussion of the subject. Let me know if you can't find the thread.
What is the purpose of D3 in your circuit? You've drawn it as a diac, but diacs are normally used in phase shift dimmers and speed controllers, in conjunction with a variable resistor and a capacitor. The idea is that at a certain voltage, the diac breaks down and discharges the capacitor into the gate of the triac. I can't see that it serves any useful purpose in the circuit you have drawn.
The rest of the circuit looks OK to me. As the load is resistive, you could use a zero crossing opto triac such as MOC3042 instead of a random fire one, which would create less mains borne interference. But unless the heating element takes a lot of power, it's probably not necessary.
Yes, D3 is clearly redundant, since thats an optical diac in the coupler.Is there any reason you opted to build your own versus use a Solid State Relay?You can get a ready to use 10 AMP SSR from MPJA http://www.mpja.com/, for example, for as little as $7.95.


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New glove new hat, when do I get to bat?
First off thanks for all the birthday wishes.
For my birthday I received a Mizuno glove, hand made cards from my kids, a delicious dinner at Wild Mountain Smokehouse and Brewery in Nederland, and a much needed win in Game 1 against the Cubs at Coors Field.
I wasn't at this game but this series against the Cubs is one of my least favorite because the Cub fans usually out-number the Rockies fans during this series.
For some reason, Cubs fans like to be extrememly arrogant inside Coors Field.
None of that mattered last night. All you could hear on TV were the Rockies fans. That's how it's supposed to be.
Of course I'll be at today's game early trying to out-snag a Cubs fan during batting practice.
If you listen closely during the game tonight you might even hear me trying to out cheer a Cubs fan :).
I'll also be sporting a new Ranter's hat along with my birthday glove.
Go Rockies…I'm feeling it, I'm seeing it, I can't wait to be there doing it…D


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This is exactly what patents *should* be used for: secure rewards for innovators who take the risk of bringing out a future-leading product.
The US auto companies who had a product vision apparently inspired by Country & Western music unfortunately passed on the opportunity, and now they'll have to pay.
i agree that American Auto should suck it. The timing around the toyota patents sucks though.
Feet dragging patents may be great for the bottom line and act as some sort of poetic justice, but the patents retard widespread deployment of hybrid vehicles and chokes further development of the technology. by the time some patents would expire (e.g. 20 years), our window to affect climate change may have past.
at least Toyota banks mad cash on their prius in the mean time.
at least Toyota banks mad cash on their prius in the mean time.
I doubt they make much money off of that thing. They probably make about as much as they do from a Corolla, despite it costing significantly more than a Corolla.
Toyota makes more money off the Greenwashing effect of selling the Prius with the Hybrid Synergy Drivetrain. the brand is so friendly now when you see a Toyota Kluger/Highlander fill up its 72L gas tank, it's perceived as a hipper choice than buying a Trailblazer or Land Rover.
Is a 72 litre gas tank in an SUV not quite small? My 1996 Peugeot 306 XN has a 50-55 litre tank (although the meter suggests 60L, I have never filled it up that much - I am assuming that includes the reserve) and its a medium sized hatchback.
I would wager that the Tailblazer and the Landy have much more thirsty tanks than the hybrid machine.
The Blazer and the Disco have no hybrid equivalents. Look at the illusion created by Toyota: the hybrid Highlander looks almost the same as the gas-only Highlander. both benefit from the greenwash even though only one of them is "green". Basically everybody that drives a Toyota benefits from the goodwill achieved with Toyota having a Prius in their lineup.
Through slight of marketing, toyota has turned an untenable product (leviathan class SUV) into something green.
at least Toyota banks mad cash on their prius in the mean time.
I doubt they make much money off of that thing. They probably make about as much as they do from a Corolla, despite it costing significantly more than a Corolla.
Yes, they probably do: it's a corporate strategy to have approximately flat margins across their model line so that they don't care which toyota you buy, so long as it's a toyota.
Feet dragging patents
There's no other kind. It takes years and years to revise a patent to the point where the USPTO will accept it. I worked at a (software) company that wrote and initially filed a patent in 2000, and it was still not through the process by 2008. Contrary to what many people around here may think, the USPTO does do a fair bit of work to try and make sure that patents are fair, so the process does take time.
at least Toyota banks mad cash on their prius in the mean time.
Actually, that's sort of the problem for Toyota. They got hit with a patent judgment [bloomberg.com] over their hybrid vehicles in eastern Texas a couple of years ago. The plaintiff was awarded nearly $100 a vehicle [scribd.com] as an on-going royalty (which is about 17% of Toyota's relatively slim profit margin).
So I agree. Kudos to Toyota for playing the game like it should be played. They got hit pretty hard and they needed to fight fire with fire. Good for them.
by the time some patents would expire (e.g. 20 years), our window to affect climate change may have past.
Presumably Toyota could license the patents to recoup investment costs and make a profit long before they expire. THAT's the way the patent game is supposed to be played. It lowers the barrier to entry for everyone and allows the innovator to profit.
Well, the government passing tax and trade caps and artificially driving up energy costs will just make Toyota's patents assets that much more valuable. They will be able to recoup their costs and then some several times over in the next 20 years.
Your not going to effect climate change within the next 20 years. I'm not trolling or anything but the reality is that every small or third world country that is going to benefit from the tax and trade the US is getting will be adding roughly 8-9 times the amount of carbon we can offset by their increased standards of living. Further more, no one is addressing China which is out polluting the US or India which is growing to be right up there.
Nothing the US or Europe does will cancel out this effect (in the
Nothing the US or Europe does will cancel out this effect (in the next 20-50 years) unless they cause a massive starvation or die off of their populations.
US & Europe to China: "Get at least as clean as us or we stop trading with you."
That will not happen. Europe is meeting a lot of their Kyoto compliance through offshoring to china and India. The US has regulated most of it's manufacturing offshore too.
Any efforts to stop trading with China or India or any other country developing will either result in the same pollution going elsewhere or seriously hurt the US and EU hard. And the ability to change that will not be met in 20 years nor will the ability to go green happen at the same time.
but the patents retard widespread deployment of hybrid vehicles and chokes further development of the technology. by the time some patents would expire (e.g. 20 years), our window to affect climate change may have past.
Oh sure, whine about big bad toyota protecting their research, acting as though they'd still behave similarly without patents. Meanwhile, advocate stripping them of their possessions because of the issue of the day - it's too important to make money on!
If we do this to them, we can do it to you down the road. It's not like toyota is just sitting on their laurels here.
"This is exactly what patents *should* be used for: secure rewards for innovators who take the risk of bringing out a future-leading product."
Using them as a weapon against your competition who *laughed at you* all the way into *bankruptcy* is just a bonus, a coup de grace.
If you think Japanese companies were the only ones working on hybrids, take a look at this article from June 1994:
Formula Hybrid at Le Mans [google.com]
The neat idea behind Chrysler's design is that the turbine must be de-coupled from the drive train. The electric engine is the thing that is moving the car. This way the turbine can run at the most efficient RPM.
The fact is that American car companies built cars that could actually make a profit on. Those vehicles were SUV's.
The neat idea behind Chrysler's design is that the turbine must be de-coupled from the drive train. The electric engine is the thing that is moving the car. This way the turbine can run at the most efficient RPM.
That's not a particularly new idea... Diesel-electric submarines were built this way back in the 1930's.
This is exactly what patents *should* be used for: secure rewards for innovators who take the risk of bringing out a future-leading product.
Yeah, but all too often the
I believe this has been their plan from day one. While the Prius and their other hybrids have been good for the company both in terms of corporate image and moving vehicles, patent licensing is where the money is.
By cornering the market on hybrid system patents (many of which would also apply to hydrogen and other alternative-energy vehicles), they stand to make a lot more money than just selling their own cars. The Ford Escape hybrid is a perfect example, as Ford licensed Toyota's 1st generation hybrid drive system rather than developing their own (Toyota had already moved on to the newer hybrid system by that point in time).
Disclaimer: I own a Prius
Nope, they developed their own system, and found it to be functionally similar to Toyota's, so rather than embroil themselves in lawsuits with Toyota, they cross-licensed.
Disclaimer: I own an Escape Hybrid.
"Toyota has already reached the break-even point on sales of its hybrids; by contrast, its foreign competitors, like GM, still have years of bleeding red ink ahead of them. Toyota says the parts in its next line of hybrids, due for release next year, will cost about half the current bunch, allowing it to drop prices and raise profits. While the company is estimated to have lost about $10,000 on each car produced when the line was launched back in 1997, "the new Prius is going to be hugely profitable," says Nikko's Matsushima, bringing in thousands of dollars per car.
Meanwhile, as of just six weeks ago, you have GM clinging to the old line [usatoday.com]: "as long as gas is cheap, Americans will want big, powerful vehicles. He compared [Obama's] policy to trying to fight obesity by having the government require that clothing only be made in small sizes." This after GM already went broke pursuing that strategy, while Toyota is poised to make a killing on their small fuel-efficient cars!
They SHOULD be making volt-style plugin series hybrids instead of Prius style parallel hybrids that have a direct connection between the gasoline engine and the wheels
And series hybrids are better than parallel hybrids because...?
And series hybrids are better than parallel hybrids because...?
In random order:
1: More efficient.
2: Easier to swap out the fuel source (just bolt-in a new generator)
3: You can run the darn things on pure-grid if your trips are short enough
4: Less parts to break.
A parallel hybrid is a full internal combustion-kinetic drivetrain, along with a full electric drivetrain. (Both share parts somewhere between reaction and asphalt.)
A serial hybrid is an internal-combustion GENERATOR that runs a full electric drivetrain. This is how diesel locomotives work.
Marketing speak of so
Why? Don't you incur a net loss in efficiency by converting mechanical power to electrical and back to mechanical?
I'm fairly sure the idea is to have the engine spin at the optimally efficient RPM and drive a generator designed to also provide maximum power at that RPM and that will be more efficient than running the engine at any of the range of RPMs required at various speeds.
I don't buy it as
1. The HSD system already uses a CVT system that keeps the engine damn close to that optimal RPM across the speed range, so I don't see much possible gain there.
2. The obvious conversion losses you mention.
If patents are supposedly to encourage new technological developments, without knowing the details, it sounds like this might actually be a responsible use. After all, it gives Toyota a financial incentive to come up with more efficient cars. And the competition is actually licensing it. Unlike in the farmaceutical industry, where companies patent publicly-funded findings from NIH research so that they can be the only ones profiting from it. Or software, where people patent stuff to be able to sue their competitors out of a product space.
So it's a fact that Toyota's goal is to prevent any one else from making hybrids without licensing?
Or maybe their goal is to protect their hard earned IP that they spent ten years working on while the rest of the world laughed at them?
Good work , Toyota. you deserve those patents.
The Atkinson cycle engine technology in the Prius is based on the engine invented by Atkinson to avoid Otto's patents on the internal combustion engine. The idea of the patent is to protect the inventor. A side effect of that is to spur creativity in others to develop alternatives that don't violate the patents. That doesn't mean that no one else can make a hybrid without paying Toyota, it means that they can avoid Toyota's patents by inventing a different hybrid technology. I haven't heard of Honda paying Toyota for the hybrid tech they put in the Civic and other hybrid models.
American researchers in universities did a lot of R&D on hybrids back in the '60s - it's time for the American auto companies to continue that.
BTW - my understanding is that Ford didn't pay for Toyota's technology because it was easier than inventing their own. Rather, they invented their own hybrid tech but it was not sufficiently different from Toyota's in the end and they had to pay as a result.
They didn't "have to pay", they just decided to licence Toyota's system because it was very similar and was much, much better than Ford's. So they decided to carry on in the same vein, but skip the R&D and buy a much better performance system "off the shelf" rather than continue to refine their own version, which is a good use of the patent system - Toyota developed it after all, and put in a lot of time and money, so for Ford to benefit from that, they can licence it and get a ready researched system r
Because they want people to think they're on top. Unfortunately, the general population still believes that patents reward actual innovation and ingenuity, when actually they reward people that patent general ideas that can be used against the entire industry to kill innovation and make millions of dollars in royalties.
tl;dr: Patents are to make money rather than to protect unique ideas.
This is a common misconception, but Ford does not license their hybrid technology from Toyota. Related post at Autoblog where they explain: http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/05/editorial-attention-i-wall-street-journal-i-ford-does-b-n/
They had been working half-assed on hybrids since 1993 and were more than happy to give all that up to take cash from the US government to show million dollar hydrogen prototype cars and trucks. Can you say dumb? Unfortunately, the US government is allowing them to continue operating and sticking US citizens with the bill. IMO, any of those three which couldn't continue operating should have been parted out and the remains crushed like GM did with the EV1. What a waste of money and it is their own fault Toyota is going to stomp on them with patent licensing costs as they should. After all, Toyota was the one who had to endure about 8 years of bashing by the US press and US auto makers for doing hybrid systems. They even had to endure a law suite by Mobile/Texaco when Toyota and Panasonic built prismatic NiMH batteries the oil company said were outside of the NiMH patent licenses which Mobile/Texaco purchased from GM. The large NiMH batteries used in the Rav4 EV had to be discontinued but at a cost of millions of dollars, they were allowed to continue making and using the prismatic design used in the Prius battery packs. Toyota deserves to be rewarded for what they've done with and for hybrid system designs.
The typical patent troll is a (usually small) company that does not produce the product itself, but only tries to cash in on the patent. So the patent troll does not violate the defensive patent, and suing them back becomes useless.
Where it works is among companies that actually produce the product in question. Which often ends up in cross-licensing as you correctly observed, and in that context patents might as well not exist at all.
So Toyota is just supposed to let a decade of R&D go out the window? I hate software patents as much as the next person, but Toyota had to invent physical items from scratch in anticipation of high gas prices. They were way ahead of the curve and deserve to be compensated by having their inventions protected for a period of time so they can recoup their costs and make a profit. You want to have a state-of-the-art hybrid? Buy a prius.
Toyota's goal: to make it difficult for other auto makers to develop their own hybrids without seeking licensing from Toyota
I would like to introduce to you the Ford Fusion Hybrid [usatoday.com], which has been rated above the Toyota Camry and Nissan Altima hybrids in numerous reviews.
And while Nissan did license Toyota's hybrid technology, Ford did not. The Ford Fusion Hybrid is the first automotive hybrid drive train to be developed in the US, by a US auto company, and built in North America for an American car. So if Toyota is trying to preemptively squash competition with their patents, they are too late.
Reading the review you've linked to, the rating seems entirely subjective. I'll just cite it:
Prius is lower-priced, has about the same room inside, has a handy hatchback configuration, gets better mileage â" and most of those attributes could improve when the 2010 Prius goes on sale in a few months â" so how could Fusion be the best hybrid?
Simple. Fusion drives better. A car is, after all, a driving machine. Brownie points for saving somewhat more fuel or offering a cargo-friendly hatchback, but driving feel is most important.
Also, mileage in particular is noted as mediocre for a hybrid in this review - and isn't that pretty much the defining characteristic for any hybrid?
I went to Toyota's UK site and looked at what's available. Most of the cars there are available with insanely efficient diesel engines, for some cars there's more than one option. And they're more environment friendly, since there's no battery to make and recycle, fuel efficiency is comparable, and the only harmful byproduct is soot, which settles on the ground.
I would LOVE to buy those cars here in the US. Thing is, they're not available here. My plan is to wait until they are, so if Toyota wants to sell me a car, they better offer a diesel one.
I would LOVE to buy those cars here in the US. Thing is, they're not available here. My plan is to wait until they are, so if Toyota wants to sell me a car, they better offer a diesel one.
Go here:
http://www.usa.gov/Contact/Elected.shtml [usa.gov]
or here:
http://www.congress.org/congressorg/dbq/officials/ [congress.org]
Write up a letter, and send it to your:
*-> President
*-> 2 Senators
*-> 1 Representative in Congress ("House")
*-> Governor
*-> 1-3 State Legislators
Tell them that you want a diesel car, and that they should be legal to sell in all 50 states.
Toyota is NOT ignoring the market. The market is just too expensive, confusing, and arbitrary for them to bother with just yet.
Bear in mind that the mpg that you are seeing is based on the fact that an Imperial gallon is larger than an US gallon. It is 4.5l for an Imperial gallon to 3.8l for a US gallon. Naturally they get better MPG.
That said the fuel efficiency of diesel cars in Europe is quite astounding, the Audi A2 was the best but no longer in production. The VW Bluemotion Polo and Gold do around 61mpg (US gallon), which is better than a Prius.
From everything I've read, Ford independently developed their hybrid technology, then discovered that it was close enough to Toyota's that they had to license Toyota's patents.
Nissan, on the other hand, is using Toyota technology itself, purchased directly from Toyota, the only major difference being that the gasoline engine part is a Nissan engine as opposed to a Toyota. The electrical bits are 100% Toyota.
I don't see hybrids like the Prius going anywhere. Serial hybrids and electric cars are the future.
Since when does Japan care about US Intellectual Property law? Sorry for sounding so harsh, but part of the reason the American semiconductor industry died is the Japanese companies didn't pay licensing on the patents for RAM. It's no wonder they could build it cheaper.
Even today, I have several friends who design stearing columns for most of the major automakers. Toyota buys the minimum run of columns, then takes the shipment and reverse engineers it to build them on their own. No licensing or anything, so my friend's company just barely breaks even (the minimum order is just enough to cover the engineering costs).
So now they're going to use the system that they ignore because they'll make money off of it? Fuck. That. Shit.
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Following the inability of Barcelona and Real Madrid to produce comebacks from humiliating first-leg defeats in Germany, the fates of the best two players in the world, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, in this season's Champions league have finally been sealed.
Prior to the draws of the Champions league semi-finals being made, it had looked like the battle to be crowned the best footballer on the planet was going to remain a two-horse race as it has been in recent years: a straight fight between Messi and Ronaldo.
But the hopes of either player adding another Golden Ball to the ones they have already was dealt a huge blow after both Real Madrid and Barcelona were handed comprehensive defeats by their German opponents.
That humbling defeat left both teams with a mountain to climb in their second-leg encounters, and although Real Madrid salvaged some pride with a 2-0 victory over Dortmund at the Santiago Bernabeu, it was still not enough as they exited the competition out 4-3 on aggregate. Another 3-0 loss to Bayern Munich last night only compounded Barca's woes as they crashed out 7-0 on aggregate.
So, with both players set to miss the Champions league final at Wembley on May 25, is it perhaps time for another winner of the Ballon d'Or to emerge for the first time since 2007?
Despite that, Messi and Ronaldo have been outstanding for their respective teams this season, as always, having scored more than 100 goals between them, but they have both been unable to inspire their teams to collective team success.
In addition to failing to win La Decima (a 10th European Cup), Ronaldo couldn't help his Madrid team successfully defend the La Liga title they won last season, while Messi's magic wasn't enough to prevent a below-par Barcelona from crashing out of the Copa del Rey and the Champions League.
However, it is hard to point to another favourite for the Ballon d'Or apart from the world's best two.
Gareth Bale may have added the FWA Player of the Year award to the PFA Player of the Year and PFA Young Player of the Year awards he won last weekend, but the Welshman is still some way off from being the best player in the world - although some may think otherwise.
He plays for a Tottenham side currently locked in a three-way battle with Chelsea and Arsenal to finish within the Champions League places in the Premier League and has failed to win a major trophy with Spurs despite his brilliance. He is also a long way off the goalscoring record of Ronaldo and Messi, having scored 'just' 19 league goals.
Until the 23-year old moves to a team that can compete for major honours every season, he will not compete favourably in the race for the world's best player.
One may also tend to look at the two Bundesliga teams that progressed to the Champions League final at the expense of the Spanish giants for a potential Ballon d'Or candidate. However, unlike Real Madrid and Barcelona, neither Bayern Munich nor Borussia Dortmund can point at a particular player as the star of the team - although the likes of Robert Lewandowski, Marco Reus and Mario Gotze have all been highly instrumental to BVB's journey to the Champions league final.
Franck Ribery and Thomas Muller have also been pivotal to Jupp Heynckes' side as Bayern continue their march towards a heroic treble but none of the aforementioned players can claim to have enjoyed a season as terrific as the best two in the world in terms of individual performances.
There is no doubt that Messi and Ronaldo still lead the way as the world's best players despite their disappointing exit in the Champions League - yet a surprise winner could still emerge when the Ballon d'Or winner is announced later in the year.
Do you think the Ballon d'Or could still be won by Messi or Ronaldo, or has another player done enough to deserve it? Let's have your opinion in the comment box below.
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My best friend's sister
Edward Cullen's best friend is Emmett Swan. Emmett has a twin sister that Edward never knew about. Edward spends his days sucking up to Emmett and trying to win his twin sister's heart. ( All human)
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I met Emmett Swan in college. We were roomates and we instantly became best friends. Only a little while later I found out we lived in the same town our whole lives and never once met. Emmett didn't like talking about his family alot for some reason. Especially when I asked about siblings.
It was summer break and Em and I planned to meet at the mall. He said he was bringing two people along.
I walked into the mall and saw Emmett sitting in a chair in the cafeteria.
" Yo Em! What's up?", I shook his hand.
" Hey, and nothing, I brought my girlfriend with me and another person.", He told me.
" What's her name?", I asked.
" Rosalie Lillian Hale. She's blond, tall and is a model. But she loves cars and even works on them, I mean she's my type of girl.", He sighed happily. I saw a blonde girl, and a brunette walking towards us.
" I'm gonna go hit on the brunette chick, see you in a sec.", I told Em and went over to the brunette girl.
" Hey I'm Edward Cullen, you must be the reason men fall in love.", I used a pick up line. Both girls started laughing. Emmett got up and walked over towards us.
" Hey Rosie Baby, I missed you. And Edward, the girl you are hitting on is my baby sister.", Emmett told me. My mouth dropped.
" Emmett, I am ten minutes younger than you, if I am a baby so are you.", she said. Then she looked at me and smiled, " I'm bella. You're the hottest thing since sunburns.", she smiled and winked. Emmett pretended to gag.
" So, you stock up on useless pick up lines also?", I asked.
" Only because Emmett's my brother. I lived with him for eighteen years and for the first three months I slept in the same crib, he's naturally a perv.", she told me.
" I live with him on campus, believe me I know. What school do you go to?", I asked her.
" Dartmouth, I didn't feel like Harvard was really my scene. Plus, in order for me to have fun, Emmett can't be around.", she said and shot emmett and evil glare.
" You are my sister, I was not going to let guys get up all on you.", Emmett said harshly.
" I went to harvard for a few months then transfered to Dartmouth. Emmett is sorta the reason for that.", she said. Emmett grumbled when she mentioned that. Rosalie calmed him down.
Every time Bella smiled or bit her lip, my heart would flutter. I had never felt like this before, I didn't want to leave her. I decided I would butter Emmett up then ask his sister out. She would have my heart.
" Yo, you wanna spend the night at my house Edward?", Emmett asked. I nodded, I called my parents and told them where I would be, We all headed to the cars.
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The Steam release of Braid will pack Steam achievements and community features. As a response to internet whining, the game will sell for $15, the same price as last year's Xbox Live Arcade version, instead of the $20 price point that was originally announced.
"Braid is arguably the strongest example of what can be accomplished by an independent game designer," said Valve business director Jason Holtman. "From GDC to DICE, the title has deservedly collected numerous accolades and, along with World of Goo, Audiosurf and many others, is redefining the way people think about 'Independent Games,'" he added.


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I'm on vacation in Florida (78 degrees tomorrow!) and Mascot Man pulls up beside me at a stoplight. If it wasn't for the fact that the tires were bald, gray exhaust fumes where coming out of the tailpipe, the RV is at least 20 years old, it has a lighthouse in the back window and a super classy combo ladder/storage locker, this vehicle would be a real OSU chick magnet. Hey, enjoy the off-season.
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Donald Sterling isn't the only sports figure whose remarks are causing him trouble.
The international Court of Arbitration for Sport has upheld a 10-match suspension of a Croatian soccer player who at a
After Croatia's victory over Iceland in Zagreb, according to the court, Josip Simunic grabbed a microphone on the field and yelled, in Croatian, "To the battle! For the homeland!" Fans responded: "We are ready!"
In their report, court arbitrators identified the chant as "being the war call used by ... the Croatian pro-Nazi regime that ruled the state during World War II before being dissolved in May 1945."
FIFA imposed the 10-match suspension -- starting with Croatia's first World Cup match against Brazil -- and Simunic appealed last month.
"The player stated that he did not have the intention to offend or discriminate anyone but that he wanted to share his patriotic emotions with the fans after such an important success," the court said.
The court's decision means Simunic will not play in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.


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The stereotypical image of an Adirondack guide is that of a grizzled old woodsman dressed in woolies that are hitched up by a set of red suspenders and cuffed to permit a fair view of a pair of rubber-bottomed boots.
His legs are bowed and shoulders stooped from carrying heavy loads. With a chaw of tobacco set squarely in his jaw, he can curse a blue streak or lay on a Sunday sermon with equal fervor, and then get on with his day.
This image was first fostered by writers who discovered guides working the woods and waters of the Adirondacks in the mid-1800s. Transporting their "sports" in an Adirondack guideboat, the waterborne pickup truck of the day, guides soon became the colloquial "ambassadors to the wilderness."
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A guide pulls hard on the oars, while hauling a full load of supplies into camp for the weekend. The requirements of a strong back and a solid constitution are as evident in today's guides as they were during the "Heydays of the Adirondacks."
The occupation has changed considerably over the past century. Today's guides are a much more diverse group and, although many still carry on the outdoor sporting traditions of hunting and fishing, the occupation has diversified. No longer do guides serve a strictly bait and bullet crowd that is intent on harvesting a big brook trout or a bagging a trophy buck.
Modern "sports" are more intent on learning the habits of such prey and the intricacies of their habitat or the threats to their environment. Guides for "birders" no longer carry shotguns, but rather binoculars, a bird book and even a spotting scope that permits the sport to capture a digital image of their prey as proof for their life list of birds.
In 2003, the New York State Outdoor Guides Association (NYSOGA) provided another indication of just much times have changed when the membership elected Sheila Young of Saranac Lake as president of the organization.
For the first time in the history of the organization, which has roots reaching back over 120 years to the original Adirondack Guides Association, the association chose a woman as its leader.
Young isn't alone in the woods. Women currently comprise about 20 percent of the state's licensed guides. As clients' preferences change and the interest in women-only trips continues to grow, the demand for female guides will surely expand.
Guiding is considered one of the few indigenous Adirondack occupations that continues to thrive in modern times.
Originally, its history can be traced back to 1826 when David Henderson hired an Indian, Elijah Lewis Benedict, to lead him and his party from North Elba through Indian Pass to the site of iron deposits on the Upper Hudson River. His pay for leading Henderson to the location where the "rivers ran red like blood" was listed as $1.50 and a pipe of tobacco.
Henderson understood the reason the river ran red like blood was due to the rust from iron ore, and he eventually established a profitable iron-mining operation and the village of Adirondac.
Fortunately, a guide's rates have increased and so too have the demands. Today, the occupation includes whitewater rafting guides, ski instructors, fly fishing guides, outdoor skills instructors, wilderness-based therapy counselors and nature interpreters, in addition to the traditional hunting and fishing guides.
A few large private clubs still carry on the tradition and employ a number of guides, most notably the AuSable Club in Keene Valley and the Adirondack League Club near Old Forge. In some instances, the club guides are members of the fourth or fifth generation of the same families that have been working on these properties since the 1890s.
Currently, there is a career path available for those seeking to attain the outdoor skills necessary to pursue the occupation. At the same time, there is a burgeoning demand for such skilled workers. This process offers promise for the future.
According to U.S. Department of Labor statistics, overall employment of recreation and fitness workers - of which recreation accounts for 62 percent - is expected to grow faster than average for all occupations through the next decade. The public is always going to need recreation and as society increasingly becomes dependent on technology, it is expected there will be a greater need for a return to nature.
Wilderness education programs provide the specialized preparation that individuals require to become leaders and educators in wild settings. Since the 1960s when wilderness areas were first designated on public lands in the United States, there has been a steady increase in wilderness use by the general public and organized groups.
The field of wilderness education has grown and matured in response to the burgeoning industry. Today there are more than 1,000 wilderness experience programs across the United States with a growth rate of about 15 percent per year. Across the Park, colleges are now offering academic programs to meet this expected demand.
Paul Smith's College, which is an affiliate of the Wilderness Education Association, offers two- and four-year degree programs in forest recreation, outdoor education and recreation, adventure travel and ecotourism management.
North Country Community College in Saranac Lake also has a Wilderness Education Association-affiliated program and an associate's degree program in wilderness recreation leadership.
Both St. Lawrence University and SUNY Potsdam offer minors in the field. St. Lawrence also has a program that includes an extended wilderness experience program based at a yurt village in a remote location in the Adirondacks, where the students have no cars, television, phones or internet.
SUNY Plattsburgh has a two- and four-year program in expeditionary studies, which is affiliated with the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS). SUNY Adirondack in Glens Falls has instituted an associate's degree program in adventure sports leadership and management at its Adventure Sports Center.
The program hopes to educate and credential highly skilled and competent adventure professionals prepared to occupy positions of responsibility in order to enhance the quality and quantity of adventure professionals in the Adirondack region.
"Where are the jobs?" many will ask. Answer: in nature centers and campgrounds, visitor centers and museums, public and private camps, private recreation businesses, outfitters, guide services, ski areas and leadership positions with outdoor equipment manufacturers and retail sales companies.
"What will we do?" is another good question. You'll be a wilderness therapy counselor, field instructor, equestrian trail guide, kayak guide, waterfront director, lifeguard, mountain guide, climbing instructor, kayak guide, sailing instructor, horseback riding instructor, naturalist, conservation crew leaders, captain of the whale watching boat, leave no trace master educator, fly fishing guide, birding interpreter or ski patroller.
"How do I get started?" For those interested in pursuing the guide occupation, a good place to start is with the New York State Outdoor Guides Association. NYSOGA is the guide's trade group, and it provides both the training and a host of other necessary elements for guides to promote and protect their occupation.
This year, the annual Guides Rendezvous will be hosted at the White Eagle Conference Center in Hamilton from Thursday, March 22 to Sunday, March 25.
The conference's theme is "Re-Kindling Our Campfire." The gathering will feature state Department of Environmental Conservation guide exams, training and seminars. For further information, visit www.nysoga.org or call 1-866-469-7642.


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COLTON FORD!!!! He is so sexy! Loved seeing him bottom, always a great performance!
COLTON FORD!!!! He is so sexy! Loved seeing him bottom, always a great performance!
Luciano...from daddyaction.com
Jake Gianelli
Tex Murdock
Chance Caldwell
There are two kinds of people in this world. My kind of people, and assholes.
Jason Branch, Blake Harper and Mark Mason are the only daddy porn stars I've ever liked.
Give yourself over to absolute pleasure and check out http://gaypornfans.blogspot.com.
He's a straight porn star but a handsome daddy, Max Hardcore. I guess he just went to prison for making porn, bummer. Also Dick Nasty, love that guy.
Oh shit! J.C. CARTER!!! J.C. CARTER!!!
Favorite daddy pornstars? I almost wonder if I should bother trying to answer that, since I have so many favorites! Oh well, I guess I'll give it a go.
Gay daddies first: Parker Williams, Arpad Miklos, Jason Branch, Frank Towers, Eduardo...
Okay I tried to upload some more daddy pornstar pics, but everytime I try to upload a picture I get "file failed to upload". I double-checked, and all my pics are well within the specs they need to be to be uploaded. What gives? Is there some kind of problem with the site?
Nevermind, seems to be working now. So where was I? Ahh yes, that's right:
...Ken Ryker, Zak Spears, Chance Caldwell, high-school-gym-teacher-turned-pornstar Ty Fox, the late great mammoth-dicked Chad Douglas...
...And lastly, that 6'5" beast Derek Steel. Although I'm sure I'll think of a few more later.
Oh I almost forgot one of my other favorite gay porn daddies - Rico Dulce!
I vote for Zack Spears, he has been favorite of my for number years and still looks hot.
Colton ford, Jason Branch, Chase Hunter, Chad douglas, and Ken Ryker.
Three words:
Ben Fucking Archer.
Without a doubt, Ray Dragon!
Ken Ryker, Zak Spears, Cole tucker, Blue Blake, and Chris Steele.
Roberto Malone, Remigio Z, Rod Fontana, Herschel Savage, Capt Bob, Mike South, Jay Crew/ Jake Jacobs, John T Bone, Roscoe Bowltree, Don Hollywood, Marc Cummings, Dave Cummings, Dick Nasty, Mike Horner, Will Ravage, Alex San Paulo, John Janerio, Jason Amalfi
I have far too many! Way too many to post pics of!
Ray Stone
Bo Ladd
Marc West
Steve Hurley
Clint Taylor
Rob Lawrence
Rik Kappus
Steve Kelso
Joe Sarge
Til Wegman
Wade Neff
Nate Pierce
Ben Archer
Damien (Vincetti)
Jake Rowe
Bo Dixon
Ross Taylor
Oh.. great.. now I have a woody!
most have been mentioned yet
but i also like
joshua scott
but he´s my number one...always!
also this guy, though i still dont know if theres any movie with him
Oh yeah, and of course Mack, too! I guess I never really lump him into the group with the other pornstars since he's not really a mainstream pornstar, he just does his own stuff on his website. But damn, some of his vids are almost too hot, I can't even make it halfway through them. And I mean that in the good way.
gotta mention Chad Johnson
Jack Fremont, Francesco D'Macho and Damien Crosse!! They are HOT
has to be steve parker,clint taylor, roy stone, gabe harris, mick powers
I just love John Summers aka RebelII.
Although unfortunately there's no "real sex" (like "fucking")in his films, he is still one of the hottest daddies I've ever seen on the screen...
I really miss the sex-part, but I enjoy him stroking his dick just as well!!!
I will exclude Mack (as I don't want to incur the wrath of Raiden)
I would say:
Jake Mitchell
Carolina Jim
Bo Dixon
Zak Spears
Brick Bishop
Cort Behrend
Brett Ackers
Clint Taylor
Jack Radcliffe
Paul Baressi
Maxx Diesel (Not quite a daddy)
Gunner from the Academy Flicks
Val Martin
Both Titpig and Steve Parker are friends of mine so it's hard to lust after them.
Oh, and Wade Neff
Many of which I like already mentioned in this thread.
One of my all time favorites are Colton Ford, Mark Slade and Arpad Miklos.
Colton and Arpad definitely have the hottest scenes. Mark Slade's scenes I saw so far weren't as remarkable, but he turns me on just for being there with his huge body.
Spike Morrison ain't too bad:
"Thank God for tea! What would the world do without tea? how did it exist? I am glad I was not born before tea." (Sydney Smith)
Ben Archer and Parker Williams
So that is what I have been missing these past 69 years.
Touch, Arouse Me, Kiss & More!My signature picture was designed for me by Reone.
Parker Williams really is awesome. I was lucky enough to actually get to speak with him on the phone a few months back, and he was extremely pleasant and friendly. I'm kinda embarrassed to say that once I was actually on the phone with him and he was talking to me in that gruff voice of his, I got nervous and didn't know what to say. He could totally tell and was really nice about it. We ended up chatting for 20 minutes or so.
Check out my gallery. There's several of my favorites in there.
karl gent has my vote
Wow, what a nice thread! Thanks for sharing!
Does Peter North count?
I considering him as daddy
Tom chase ...


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The Kabakovs are Russias foremost living artists. In 2008 they launched the Garage Centre for contemporary art in Moscow, exhibiting their total installations for the first time in twenty years since they left the country, and their exhibition Incident at the Museum and Other Installations at the State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg in 2004 was the first exhibition by living Russian artists ever to be held there.
Ilya Kabakov has written of the aura which comes from our past as being what stops us from sinking into oblivion, and what we call our culture, our interior world. The interior world of which he writes is frequently referred to in their works with their use of the colour white; as such they follow in a tradition of Russian artists and writers who have made a link between white and an ideal spiritual state, most famously Kasimir Malevich, who used it in his 1918 painting White on White to represent a state of pure feeling and perception. The Kabakovs work is also closely connected with the notion of utopia (having spent much of their lives living within what was to become the failed soviet utopia), exploring whether it has (or can) ever actually exist, without loosing their optimism in its potential.
Each work in The Flying Paintings depicts one or more idealised scenes that float within the white space of the canvas: ones gaze transcends the actual scenes depicted, as if they are a dream or half recalled memory. While some of the scenes are specifically Russian (showing, for instance, women in traditional dress) for the whole they are universal. Throughout the series the process of reading and interpreting is obstructed by the painting technique itself: sometimes they are depicted as if seen from a sharp angle, tilting or lying across the canvas and at times they disappear altogether off the edge of the canvas. Painted in the Impressionist manner, the works invite the viewer to compensate for the missing details with their own input, though the lurid colours and stylised outlines give the scenes a more hallucinatory and claustrophobic atmosphere than the naturalistic depictions of landscape of the Impressionist painters. Even though posited within the ideal and interior space of the imagination, the experience of reading and interpreting the works is stunted, their overriding effect more atmospheric than factual. Ones response is to read each scene more as a site of a failed utopia than a living real and to question whether it was the ideal and supreme white space of contemplation that failed to communicate to contents of the works, or the viewers fantasy that was flawed from the outset.
Now based in America, Ilya and Emilia Kabakov collaborate on environments that fuse elements of the everyday with those of the conceptual. While their work is deeply rooted in the Soviet social and cultural context in which the Kabakovs came of age, it still attains a universal significance. Since the early 1990s they have collaborated to make complex installations that combine references to history, art, literature and philosophy. Much of their work has revolved around the creation of fictional characters and elaborate situations, and an interest in storytelling and fantasy underpins their art. Ilya Kabakov coined the term 'total installation' to describe these all-encompassing environments, in which viewers find themselves completely absorbed by the atmosphere of the work. Whilst best known for their large scale and all encompassing installations, Ilya Kabakov has painted throughout his career, working frequently in series.
Their work is included in the collections of most of the worlds major museums, including MoMA in New York, Tate Modern in London and The Pompidou in Paris, and has been shown in such venues as the Museum of Modern Art, the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington DC, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, Documenta IX, at the Whitney Biennial in 1997 and the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg among others. In 1993 they represented Russia at the 45th Venice Biennale with their installation The Red Pavilion . The Kabakovs have also completed many important public commissions throughout Europe and have received a number of honours and awards, including the medal of friendship from the Russian President in 2009, the Praemium Imperiale in 2008, the Oscar Kokoschka Preis, Vienna, in 2002, and the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, Paris, in 1995. The Kabakovs live and work in Long Island, USA.
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(May 17, 2012) – Volunteers will get another chance to clean away the trash on Elmer's Island beach. Heavy rains last weekend forced the event to be canceled.
The cleanup, hosted by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries in conjunction with Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program, has been rescheduled for 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, June 2.
The annual beach sweep is made possible by numerous partnerships including the Louisiana Wildlife Federation and The Nature Conservancy and through the sponsorship of Barefoot Wines.
Anyone can participate – individuals, families, schools, youth groups, civic and conservation clubs or businesses. Lunch and all necessary supplies will be provided.
Pre-registration is encouraged, but not required. To register, contact Joe Dantin at (985) 449-4715.
Elmer's Island Refuge is a barrier island located in Jefferson Parish southwest of Grand Isle, bordered by LA 1 and the Gulf of Mexico. The island is well known for excellent fishing opportunities for many popular species such as speckled trout, white trout, flounder, redfish, kingfish, black drum, croaker, Spanish mackerel and many other species that frequent the state's coastal beaches and passes. It also provides non-consumptive outdoor opportunities to observe wading, shore and seabirds as well as coastal marine life.
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Another way to tweak the massive damage system is to scale the Fortitude save DC based on the damage taken. For every 10 points of damage dealt by an attack in excess of a character's massive damage threshold, increase the save DC by 2. This rule functions the same regardless of the threshold you choose to use.
For instance if you use the standard 50-point threshold, a hit that deals 50 to 59 points of damage requires a DC 15 save, 60 to 69 points DC 17, 70 to 79 points DC 19, and so forth. If you use the Constitution-based threshold, a character with Constitution 15 would have to make a DC 15 Fortitude save when taking 15 to 24 points of damage from a single attack, DC 17 when taking 25 to 34, DC 19 when taking 35 to 44, and so forth.
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Fortune500's blogging bluesTuesday, November 2nd, 2010 by Jon Clements
The latest study into social media activity among Fortune 500 companies, fresh from the Center for Marketing Research at the University of Massachusetts, is remarkable mainly for revealing the unexpected.
While 23% of the F500 companies now have a public-facing corporate blog against 16% when the study first came out in 2008, it's only a 1% increase on last year's figure, suggesting a slowdown in the battle of the blogs.
And while a third of all blogs among the F500 fall within the top 100 companies, this group has also seen the biggest decline in blog usage, down from 39% to 32% year on year.
While the study hailed blog activity across the F500 as a truly interactive exercise, its companies lag behind the occupants of the Inc.500 list of the fastest growing US private companies, 45% of which have an active corporate blog.
However, blogs aside, corporate adoption of other social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook paints a very different picture: 60% of the F500 have an official Twitter account (up 35% on last year) with – according to the study – a high level of interaction with other users. Meanwhile, Facebook now features 56% of corporate America's leading businesses.
So, what does it mean? This decline in blog activity could reflect the sometimes Herculean effort it takes to maintain a flow of compelling and hard-working (i.e., richly-linked and optimised) blog content. If blog content creation is not an effective mixture of planned posts plus material reacting to a breaking sector topic, it can quickly lose its way and its audience. And if internal ownership of the blog is vague, stasis tends to result.
But is this wrong?
Online marketing consultant, Chris Kieff, seems to think so: in his Social Media Today blog post he asserts that this is a "lack of commitment of these Fortune 500 companies to become engaged, transparent and authentic with their communities in social media" because "blogging also naturally promotes a deeper discourse with comments of substance that would have to be addressed. In simple terms it's harder to hide when you blog, compared to Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube."
While you would expect PR Media Blog to concur with the value of blogging, I think Chris Kieff is wrong to suggest that working in other social media platforms is less "engaged, transparent and authentic". On the contrary, Twitter and Facebook have the potential to engender a dialogue that many blog comment sections would kill for. Equally, Twitter and Facebook don't require the posting of new content by a brand for customers to kick off a conversation, whereas a blog needs that regularly refreshed content to inspire engagement. Without it, discussion dries up quickly.
And as far as transparency goes, a blog-based discussion will often remain within its digital walls, unless either owner or commenter has the desire to take it beyond. Meanwhile, the highly versatile sharing capabilities of both Twitter and Facebook mean a debate can literally go viral in seconds.
Clearly, there's room for all methods of social media interaction. And if the F500 has decided to scale back its blogging, you'd hope it was done on the basis of analytical evidence that the return on effort wasn't worth it. It might suggest that less is more in the depth of editorial content required by social media consumers.
Whatever the reasons, you can be sure any marketing method failing to provide a tangible return for business will not last long.
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Q: It's finally happened - I need reading glasses! Can you help me sort through the different types of corrective lenses?
A: I don't know how old you are, but if you're over 40, there's a good chance you're like me. I have myopia (difficulty seeing distant objects clearly) and presbyopia, which makes reading difficult.
In myopia, objects in the distance do not focus sharply on the retina - the part of the eye that senses the image and sends it into the brain. Glasses can bend the light entering your eyes from distant objects and focus the light on the retina.
Having trouble reading is caused by an entirely different problem. When we look at something close up, as we do when we're reading, little muscles tug on our lenses to change their shape. That change causes the page we're reading to focus sharply on the retina. As we get older, our lenses stiffen and lose their flexibility; they no longer can focus near objects properly. Glasses can bend light coming off the page so that it focuses better on the retina.
If you have only presbyopia, the simplest way to regain close vision is to wear reading glasses. Many drugstores and supermarkets carry them, but off-the-rack reading glasses may not be right for you. Many people need different amounts of correction in each eye and therefore require custom glasses. Also, custom glasses allow your eyes to focus properly across the full range of the lens.
If you have both myopia and presbyopia, one option is two sets of glasses: one for distance vision and one for close vision. Or you can wear bifocals: The upper part of the glass corrects for distance and the lower part for near vision.
Another option is trifocals, which correct for middle vision in addition to distance and near vision. Trifocals may be a good choice if you spend a lot of time looking at objects at a middle distance, such as a computer screen.
Progressive lenses are another option, combining several levels of adjustment to correct both distance and close-up vision.
Contact lenses, like glasses, can correct just for myopia or just for presbyopia. For many years, I wore a contact lens in one eye to see things in the distance and a different lens in the other eye for reading. Not everyone's brain can tolerate this, but mine did. Bifocal, trifocal and progressive contact lenses are also available.
Another, newer, option is adjustable focusing eyeglasses. By moving a tiny slider on the bridge of the glasses, the wearer can focus at a range of distances without zones or lines. If you are doing something that doesn't require close vision - like playing or watching a sport - most of the surface of your glasses can be dedicated to distance vision. Then when you read a book, most of the surface of your glasses can be dedicated to near vision.
DR. ANTHONY KOMAROFF is a physician and professor at Harvard Medical School. Go to his website to send questions and get additional information: www.askdoctork.com.


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The Cabezo Molera Loop is a stunning route and among the finest adventure runs in all of the Big Sur Coast and Ventana Wilderness. The loop includes an aesthetic mixture of excellent views atop a rugged ridgeline followed by excellent coastal vistas and a beautiful beach. The route comes in around 26 miles with 6,700 ft of elevation gain and some off trail travel makes it a challenging marathon route. While the loop can be done in either direction, the preferred direction is as described, which starts with East Molera Ridge and finishes with the coastal section in Andrew Molera State Park. This direction optimizes photography which includes morning light on East Molera Ridge, midday light on Ventana Double Cone from Mount Manuel, and afternoon light on the coast at Andrew Molera State Park. The route begins at Andrew Molera State Park and ascends up to East Molera Ridge, one of my favorite grassy ridges in Big Sur. The last time I was on East Molera Ridge it was bursting with wildflowers and vibrant green grass. While the meadows were golden this time, it was still an amazing trip up the ridge and to Post Summit with the white limestone apron of Pico Blanco commanding attention the entire way. Strava route here.
Beyond Post Summit the section of the traverse to Mount Manuel was all new terrain for me and it far exceeded expectations. The route sticks to the ridge crest and therefore provides amazing views down to the South Fork Little Sur River on the east side and down the rugged Juan Higuera Creek canyon on the west side. Ascending up to the high point of Cabezo Prieto, the view of Pico Blanco's limestone face is as striking as anywhere. There were even some Santa Lucia Firs growing on this cliffy slope that proved particularly photogenic with a backdrop of a low marine layer off the coast. Beyond Cabezo Prieto, we found the use path to Mount Manuel reasonably easy to follow through the brush, ultimately emerging at a series of lovely viewpoints on Mount Manuel with stellar views to Ventana Double Cone, the interior Ventana Wilderness, and the Big Sur Coast.
My favorite viewpoint was from a prominent knoll on the way down from Mount Manuel off slightly off the trail, a viewpoint that I call "Manuel Vista." This point features a remarkable, unobstructed 360 degree view from Ventana Double Cone to the entire Big Sur River drainage to Point Sur. Contuing the descent off Mount Manuel the trail is in pretty rough shape in spots in the upper elevations but becomes better in the last couple miles into Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park. Descending to the valley bottom by the Big Sur River suddenly transitioned to a completely different ecosystem with redwoods instead of the parched chaparral slopes on Mount Manuel. After a break at the State Park near the Big Sur River we continued along a couple miles of road on Hwy 1 to a back entrance into Andrew Molera State Park Trails. This back entrance is a little tricky to find. Just past the River Inn is a gated bridge across the Big Sur River that contains a window for pedestrian passage. Just after the bridge, turn right onto single track for around 0.3 miles before coming to a junction. To the left is the start of the South Boundary Trail (as of January 2014 the trail sign was on the ground). The path ascends through redwoods and oak woodlands to great views of Pico Blanco, Post Summit, Cabezo Prieto and Mount Manuel. Ascending higher up on the Ridge Trail we reached the a point on Pfieffer Ridge with views into the recent devastation caused by the Pfieffer Fire (Andrew Molera State Park and its trails were not impacted by the fire). From the viewpoint, we headed down Panoramic Trail and then Bluffs Trail to Molera Beach with with some awesome afternoon light on the coast. Finishing along the coast with a cool ocean breeze served as a perfect way to finish a great run and complete the loop. Strava route here.


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Four years ago Alex Deibold helped out his teammates as a wax technician in Vancouver. That was motivation enough to put in the sacrifice to be there himself in Sochi. Today, he became an Olympic medalist. A year ago Deibold was second in the Sochi test event. A few weeks later a shoulder injury took him out of action. But he buckled down on his rehab at the Center of excellence, got into school at Westminster College, and led selections for the 2014 Olympic Team. His medals run was a testament to his patience, waiting 'Wescott like' for that right moment to strike, with a strategic pass late in the race to take bronze.
Throughout the Games, every skiing and snowboarding event will be streamed LIVE on Stream.NBCOlympics.com and via the NBC Sports Live Extra mobile app (iPhone/iPad | Android).
NBC Live Streaming Schedule (all times EST)12:00 a.m. - Men's skiing giant slalom (First Run)3:30 a.m. – Men's skiing giant slalom (Second Run)3:31 a.m. – Women's snowboarding giant slalom3:35 a.m. – Men's snowboarding giant slalom4:45 a.m. – Cross country women's team sprint5:15 a.m. - Cross country men's team sprint


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Tweet Student blogging is not a project, but a process. We are continuously striving to refine, improve and re-evaluate. One of my favorite writes, Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano, explores how to help kids write in digital spaces. Features a checklist of factors that contribute to quality of writing.
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Brian McDermott has refused the chance to take a break from football by jumping straight back in to management with Leeds United.
Everyone felt rather sorry for Brian McDermott when they heard of his dismissal from Reading - a bizarre stage of the season to sack their manager regardless of their form.
It was clear to see that McDermott's Reading were struggling as they sat bottom of the Premier League, destined for a quick return to the Championship.
The owners were left with a difficult decision to either respect the manager who had brought them to the Premier League and let him finish the season or just cut their losses and try to salvage their season by bringing in a fresh face.
The board at the Madjeski decided on the latter and showed him the door just before they were to play Manchester United at Old Trafford.
It was a strange choice to sack McDermott as it didn't seem like the owners had a replacement ready. It took the club over two weeks to hire Nigel Adkins, by which time Reading were in deeper relegation trouble.
When Sunderland sacked Martin O'Neil they had his replacement Paolo Di Canio in just a day later. Now they're reaping the benefits with a 3-0 victory over Sunderland at the weekend.
Leeds sit only six points clear of relegation in the Championship and McDermott is clearly seen as the best man to replace Neil Warnock and ensure Leeds don't get relegated.
His first game in charge resulted in a 2-1 in the Yorkshire derby against Sheffield Wednesday.
Warnock left Elland Road after losing 2-1 to Derby which left them in a precarious position holding on for dear life just above the relegation zone and needing a few wins to ensure safety.
He had previously admitted he would leave United if he failed to secure promotion and he has had to swallow his pride and admit defeat as he stepped aside.
Although he was struggling in the Premier League, you have to feel for McDermott. He did very well to get Reading in to the Premier League but a lack of investment made his job of staying there very difficult.
Leeds are another team looking for promotion back to the top-flight and it is good to see that McDermott still holds enough respect to secure such a big position. Leeds are now likely to stay up and will hope to challenge for promotion next year.
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There's absolutely no comparison between the two as far as quality goes. Henry Mountains is one of the best units in North America for mule deer.
Where would you spend your mule deer bonus points?
There's absolutely no comparison between the two as far as quality goes. Henry Mountains is one of the best units in North America for mule deer.
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I have 11 points for Utah myself. I would like to hunt the Henrys but with my research I'm looking more towards the West Desert/ Vernon muledeer hunt. I know of real quality bucks taken out of there.
Henrys! If you got the points!
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Thanks for the info. I'd rather wait for a fair shot at a true trophy as opposed to settling for a big buck.
I have 5 deer bonus points and about 20 for elk. I'll try to cash in my elk bonus points at the Book Cliffs this year and keep accumulating buck deer bonus points until I have a decent shot at the Henrys. I do not know how many good hunting years I have left, so I want a fair shot at a legitimate 360 or better bull and a 30" 4x4 buck.
I've hunted Utah for decades. My dad hunted Utah before me. I have listened to the then experienced hunters talk of legendary bucks in Utah. I have seen some huge bucks in Utah, but most are small 4x4's and they go down from there. Years ago Utah committed to regaining its former fame, so I committed to hunting Utah.
I've hunted Idaho, Wyoming, and Colorado. I think Utah has enormous potential. A game warden told me that it's probable that minerals in Utah's soil stimulate huge antler growth. If you guys have driven through Red Canyon, which is adjacent to a limited entry area, you would have seen that there might be something to the mineral theory. And there are huge bucks in that area.
Where we hunt general season deer I have seen HUGE bulls. But it's limited entry. I knew a guy who hunted Monroe Mountain. He knew I wanted a fair shot at a trophy bull. He told me some two decades ago that he had seen HUGE bulls while deer hunting on Monroe.
BTW, I used to hunt western Wyoming, Region "L" I believe. I was there the year after the huge storm ('94, I believe) that killed many deer. While I was in a legendary area, deer were scarce. I was told that it was going to take years for the herd to recover. I might try again this year.
Thanks again.
SansSouci, I'm gonna guess that with 5 points for deer it will be 30+ years before a Henrys tag is drawn on points since you are 16 point behind max for deer. It may be a totally different ballgame by then as far as both the draw system and the top units.
I'm also sitting on 20 elk points and 7 deer points. Deer is the tough one, because I doubt at 49 years old I'll catch the top 3 units so it's a matter of strategizing which unit to shoot for that I can draw before I'm 70.
Book Cliffs would be an absolute blast for elk. If you have 20 points you should draw. Take your time and enjoy that tag!


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AC Milan have joined Manchester United in the race to sign Paris St-Germain star Marco Verratti, according to the Daily Express.
The 20-year-old PSG midfielder joined the French club from Pescara in the summer, despite interest from a number of top Serie 'A' clubs.
The youngster already has three caps for Italy, and United were believed to be monitoring his progress in the French capital.
But Milan president Silvio Berlusconi confirmed to Italian website Sport MediaSet that his club are keen to bring Verratti back to Italy.
Berlusconi said: "I shouldn't have let Pirlo go. But we now have Riccardo Montolivo.
"For the future, we are interested in Verratti. He is one of those players that we are examining, then we will see if there are conditions that make the deal possible."
PSG sit top of the Ligue 1 table, and Verratti has impressed for Carlo Ancelotti's side this season - making 18 league appearance so far.
The midfielder primarily plays in a defensive role, but United have been linked with him as a possible Paul Scholes replacement.
The 38-year-old is expected to retire for a second time at the end of the current campaign, and Sir Alex Ferguson reportedly has his eye on Verratti to take his place.
The 20-year-old is an assured passer of the ball - his 89 per cent success rate is one of the highest in France for a midfielder - and he's been compared to Italy and former-Milan midfielder Andrea Pirlo. But he is yet to find to net for the Parisian club this season.
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Have you been feeling special lately? Are you among the elite of society?
If not, the easiest way to feel unique is to join a club filled with people unique just like you. This, of course, only works if the number of members remains small enough and, of course, if you can qualify.
Here are some clubs you might consider.
There's the Core Club. There aren't a lot of members since you must have an annual earning that places you in the top 1 per cent of the U.S. This means that for 2011, you had to earn more than $3,000,000.
There's the Ejection Tie Club. If you eject from a plummeting military aircraft and survive, you are automatically a member of a club that so far boasts only 5,607 members. It's a great club. It has no meetings or banquets. As soon as you qualify for the club you receive a necktie and after that there are no more ceremonies.
There's the Augusta National Golf Club. It could certainly boost your self-esteem. It hosts the Masters Golf tournament every year. But there's no need to apply. You can only get in by invitation and until August 20, this year, you had to be male. On that date they announced their first two female members in a club that only has about 300 members at any given time.
Then there's the club that must be the most elite in the world, the Giga Society. You must outscore 99.9999999 per cent of the world's population on at least one intelligence test that is accepted by the society. That means you must prove that you are smarter than one billion other people to get in. Since the world's population is currently around 7 billion, membership is limited to roughly the top 7 smartest people in the world.
Joining any one of these clubs would certainly make you feel special. But now consider another club. There is one club that should always welcome you and treat you like the elite of society. Interestingly, it's the Not-So-Elite club, or as some like to call it, the church.
Yes, we in the club sometimes forget our reason for existence and should confess that sometimes we have failed to extend a welcoming hand. We must do better! The founder of our club is clear. His love is for all and his invitation to any who will come.
You say you didn't earn $3,000,000 last year? Hear the Bible. "Listen, my dear brothers: Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom he promised those who love him?" James 2:5. Likewise, if we had the space, we could share verses that tell us male and female are equal as are the educated and uneducated. Any and all from every race and nation may join! Membership is never limited and the love of God flows from person to person.
Want to feel special? Consider the Not-So-Elite club.
Rick Cupp is minister of the Kenai Fellowship. Sunday Bible classes at 10:00, coffee and fellowship 10:45, Worship 11:15- 12:15; Wednesday meal 6:15, Worship 7-7:30.


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A-list actress Meryl Streep has sold a home in Hollywood Hills West to New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez for $4.8 million.
Known as the Honnold & Rex Research House, the 1954 residence was redesigned and reconfigured by earlier owner and architectural conservator Xorin Balbes. Walls of glass open to a courtyard with a pool and a spa. The two-story living room has a floor-to-ceiling stone wall and fireplace.
The 3,700 square feet of living space includes dining and family rooms, four bedrooms and four bathrooms.
The Oscar-winning actress bought the house early last year for $4.5 million. The home was built...


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Well I just got home about an hour ago from my trip and I can only imagine i am 20lb fatter now then when I left.
I went to Tartine and had an amazing meal! One of the best meals I have had in years and I would say it was in the top 10 meals of my life.
I hit up a lot of the hole in a wall style joints from recommendations of friends who live in San Fran.


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By Sean McCafferty aka 30ranfordfan
February 28th, 2011 was the latest instalment of the NHL's annual trade deadline. By 3:00 PM EST 16 trades, involving 35 players and 12 draft picks, were made. With over 20 deals completed in the month leading up to the deadline, this edition was a little slower than normal (as most experts had predicted).
Most of the deals involved depth players and minor leaguers, many that we're likely to never hear from again. A few notable players like Jason Arnott, Max Lapierre, and Chris Higgins were dealt, but the 2011 deadline will certainly be most remembered for More >