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I broke down and got a Hay Hut. I suspected ulcers in my mare and treated her with Gastrogard. As the "maintenance plan," I decided to switch to free choice hay in the "evening pasture" (about 5 p.m. to 7 a.m.). The horses are on another pasture during the day that still has grass, but we will start putting out hay there, too (already bought the square bales).
My neighbors keep their older two horses here, plus one donkey.
We got the round bale 9 days ago, and it's already gone. I don't know exactly how much it weighed, but it was a 4x5.
My mare has just reached about a lovely 4.5 on body score (OTTB, got her in August, needed to add 50-75 pounds). The other two horses are not exercised and are a bit overweight. The donkey is grossly overweight.
We are discussing possibly moving the Hay Hut to an adjoining paddock, letting them eat there for 3-4 hours each evening, then (presumably I) will go out and move them to the main evening pasture (with no extra hay). My girl gets 2 pounds each morning and 2 pounds each evening Triple Crown Senior. I've also been giving 1 pound of alfalfa cubes (soaked) each feeding, since I read the calcium content helps maintain a healthy digestive tract.
I sure wish I had just bought a bunch of those fancy slow feed bags instead of the Hay Hut! My neighbors had agreed to buy the first few round bales, and we already had all our hay for the "day time" pasture, so I thought I was set for winter.
Oh, and the other problem is my girl is the lowest (horse) on the pecking order. So (pre-Hay Hut) she would get chased away if scattered hay got down to just one spot left.
What would you do?
I'd leave your horse in the separate evening paddock with hay and move the other 3.
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Originally Posted by Ghazzu
I'd leave your horse in the separate evening paddock with hay and move the other 3.
What Ghazzu said.
Combine the Hay Hut with a Cinch Chix Round Bale Net. It greatly slows down consumption to nibbles, instead of mouthfuls and your Hay Hut will keep it dry while it's consumed.
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Yes, I would leave your mare with free choice round bale in the hay hut, and move the other three. She doesn't seem overweight, and with suspected ulcers, that free choice forage is great for her.
FWIW - I bought a round bale for mine last winter. I have 2 horses. A 4x5 round bale lasted my TWO horses 9 days.
I think after the "OMG we have hay!!!!" effect wears down a little, they won't be as inclined to pig out.
"If you think nobody cares about you, try missing a couple payments..."
Normal consumption, IMO, for 3 horses and a donk. We have had some larger horses, groups of 2, that consistently go through a 4 by 5 bale a week! That is why I laugh when people complain about the cost of "field board" at my family farm. All that hay is $$ but free choice is healthy for the horses. You get what you pay for.
ChocoMare: I have looked at those bale nets, but I am still in sticker shock from the hay hut. I just own the one horse.
Yes, you are all probably right. Perhaps my neighbors were waiting for me to come up with this answer. I guess I will leave my girl alone with the hay. She will be right next to the others. The others aren't very nice to her, anyway. It just feels weird that the neighbor' horses get the big pasture and my horse gets the paddock at my own farm. (sigh)
On the bright side, it won't be my responsibility to move horses late at night.
Originally Posted by lisa327
It just feels weird that the neighbor' horses get the big pasture and my horse gets the paddock at my own farm. (sigh)
You might look to board horses that are more compatible with your mare ... sometimes adding another horse can help with herd dynamics (choose a gelding(?) that is a buddy to your mare).
Or perhaps move the hay hut into the large pasture & leave the mare out o/n there, or possibly consider having the hay hut straddle the fence line & control access with a fence ...
If your mare is prone to ulcers, I'd not want her pastured with an incompatible herd
I agree it is impossible to feed horses with different dietary requirements the same.
Are you feeding your horse like a cow? www.safergrass.org
I just had to say that 4 animals on a roundbale and it lasting 9 days is actually quite good! At my last boarding barn there were 4 horses in the field and the huge roundbales lasted about 4 days max. They also had access to grass. So you really aren't doing too badly. But if the other horses are obese then the other three should definitely be moved and your horse left with the hay.
Also, if the herd is bossing your mare around when they are all together, this may very well be causing her ulcers, or at least contributing to the issue.
alto and Katy: THANK YOU. I think my boarders plan to move sometime next year. I have heard this suggestion for a number of reasons, and I thought waiting was good because I am hoping to put an arena in next year and thought I could attract a more ideal boarder that way.
We have found that when at first offered free choice with unlimited hay, they will over do it until the novelty wears off. Then it will settle down. I would give it a few more weeks before you change your plan.
If you are even a tiny bit crafty, you can make your own hay nets with fishing nets. I made several and they lasted a long time. I get mine off Ebay from this seller http://stores.ebay.com/The-Net-Shed?_rdc=1
The baseball sized holes work perfectly and for less than 20 dollars I have made several nets including a round bale net. I just lace them together with a comparable string and made my own closures.
My round roll net from a net shed net
I used that net for months and months and its still in good shape with no holes the last time I used it.
Baseball sized holes?! My horses would have that hay gone as quick as they would without a net!
My gelding can empty a small hole hay net in record time, even though the holes are only one and a half INCHES!!!
Trinity: That is awesome! I AM crafty. I think a net would be better than nothing.
Trinity: I just ordered a net! I got a 7' by 20' in very ugly orange (but "hay" it will be inside the hay hut).
I was hoping I could cut long strips from the net to use to lace it together ...
Sucker, the baseball nets are small enough that baseballs don't go through it. They sell them as safety netting for pitching or batting cages or whatever. I think they are about 1.5 inch squares, maybe 2 inch at most. Not actual baseball sized holes
Also, they make other sizes of netting for different kinds of fish. There are very very tiny hole nets too that they use for golf safety netting. You just gotta look and see what you think will work for you. They have loads of different colors and sizes.
Lisa, awesome ! That should be plenty big enough. I made mine like a tootsie roll and then redid it like a hershey kiss so that the tied part was all under the hay bale when I flipped it in the ring and the flat side was what they ate on. Both worked well but the tootsie roll design failed when my net lacing was not done well lol...I got in a hurry. So I decided to just not make it factor in and have horse mouths on it and put the bale in and flip it over on its laced side.
Heh I just noticed that they are selling slow feed bags too now at the Net Shed! Go them recycling that netting and making cheap feed nets!
Originally Posted by Trinity3205
The baseball sized holes work perfectly and for less than 20 dollars I have made several nets including a round bale net. I just lace them together with a comparable string and made my own closures.
You did say baseball sized holes, not baseball net
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James, Sr., Henry
Henry James, Sr. 1811-1882
American philosopher and theologian.
The father of two more famous sons—novelist Henry James and psychologist William James—Henry James, Sr., was an influential and original thinker who challenged many of the religious and social mores of his era. Regarded during his lifetime as an eccentric and bold author, lecturer, and critic, James was deeply influenced by the writings of eighteenth-century Swedish philosopher Emanuel Swedenborg and nineteenth-century social theorist Charles Fourier; the former helped shape James's views on God and human nature, while the latter helped inspire his ideas about human fellowship. James believed above all in spiritual freedom, rejecting organized religion, which he felt overemphasized the importance of the individual and promoted sectarianism rather than universal solidarity. This was a fairly unpopular view at a time when such denominations as Christian Science and Methodism were gaining strong footholds in the United States. In addition, he was staunchly opposed to the romantic idealizations of the individual advocated by many of his contemporaries, including Ralph Waldo Emerson. James considered an emphasis on the self—especially thinking highly of oneself—as one of the greatest of evils. Only by destroying this self-righteousness, he insisted, could one be "re-born" into society and thereby achieve communion with God.
Biographical Information
Born in Albany, New York, on June 3, 1811, James grew up under the strict rule of his father, William James, a wealthy merchant and staunch Presbyterian who had emigrated from Ireland in the late 1700s. Early on, the younger James developed a distaste for Presbyterianism, resisting his father's belief in an angry God who instilled fear in his followers. When the younger James was twelve or thirteen, he suffered the amputation of one of his legs after it was severely burned when he attempted to stamp out a fire. The long period of painful and isolated invalidism that followed seemed to affect the youth profoundly; according to biographers, the formerly spirited young man became increasingly introspective during his convalescence. In 1828 he entered Union College in Schenectady, New York, enjoying the liberal religious atmosphere before graduating two years later. He then briefly studied law in Albany. Following his father's death in 1832, he inherited enough money to support himself for the remainder of his life, and in 1835 he abandoned his legal career in favor of studies at Princeton Theological Seminary, an ardently Presbyterian institution. However, he left the seminary just a few years later, dissatisfied with the school's strict piety and determining to devote himself to the study and expression of his own philosophy. In the late 1830s he traveled to Europe, where he became acquainted with the writings of eighteenth-century Scotsman Robert Sandeman, one of Fourier's disciples and the founder of an obscure religious sect dedicated to primitive Christianity. In part to acknowledge the influence Sandeman had on his thought, James edited Sandeman's controversial Letters on Theron and Aspasio (1838), which denounced the church clergy. In 1840 he married Mary Robertson Walsh, a devout churchgoer and the sister of one of his friends. Throughout the next two decades the Jameses moved between New York—where their first two sons (William and Henry, Jr.) were born—and various European cities. During one of their trips to Europe in the 1840s, the elder James became intrigued with Swedenborg's teachings. In fact, it was Swedenborg's writings that helped him overcome the emotional and spiritual collapse he suffered in 1844 during one of his longer periods of residency in Europe. This collapse is what he referred to as his "vastation," a stage that, according to Swedenborg, leads to the rebirth of the soul. During the 1840s James was also greatly inspired by the philosophy of Fourier, a social reformer who believed as did James in the solidarity of humankind. Continuing to move restlessly with his family during the early 1860s, James finally settled in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1866. Eventually fathering five children, he was a dedicated family man who believed in providing his children with a strong moral and intellectual background. He afforded them access to international travel, private tutors, experimental schools, and an academically stimulating home environment; in the decades before his death his household was often the site of fervent discussions among such eminent figures as Henry David Thoreau and Emerson. James suffered the death of his wife early in 1882, and he died soon thereafter, on December 18, 1882, in Cambridge.
Major Works
James was the author of more than a dozen books and hundreds of treatises, pamphlets, letters, essays, and reviews. He treated such subjects as philosophy, metaphysics, politics, wealth, literature, and education, although many of his works are defenses of his theology. During his lifetime he published four full-length volumes outlining his thought: Christianity, the Logic of Creation (1857), Substance and Shadow (1863), The Secret of Swedenborg (1869), and Society the Redeemed Form of Man (1879). Of these, most critics regard The Secret of Swedenborg and Society the Redeemed Form of Man as his best. The former outlines James's belief in humankind's dependence on God, while the latter documents his thoughts on his spiritual breakdown as well as his vision of Christianity as a call for a new social solidarity. Other significant works include Spiritual Creation (1882), unfinished at the time of his death and later published by his son William, and The Nature of Evil (1855). In addition to the theme of theology that runs through his works, James's use of superlatives, his adeptness with language, and his use of obscure phrases mark his writing. Distinguishing his works also is his sense of humor, seen by some as grossly inappropriate but by others as charming. This charm, scholars have noted, is also evidenced in the hundreds of letters he exchanged with his formidable circle of acquaintances. Unfortunately, many of these private papers were destroyed by relatives soon after his death. Biographers have speculated that James's "indelicate" nature combined with the highly public controversies that often surrounded him prompted this destruction. In fact, James caused himself and his family considerable embarrassment as early as 1849, when he published his first major work, Love in the Phalanstery, a translation of Victor Hennequin's Les Amours au Phalanstère, a French tract on marriage. Proposing a new social order in which human sexuality would be freed from conventional laws, the work prompted critics to brand James as a libertine.
Critical Reception
During his lifetime, James's works neither attracted a considerable number of readers nor enjoyed a large measure of critical understanding; commentators found his works obscure and doubted the intelligibility of his writings. Scholars have suggested that his subject matter was partly to blame for his unpopularity at a time when discussions of theology were rapidly going out of fashion. Moreover, treatises emphasizing humankind's need for community and man's reliance on God were often disregarded during an intellectualized age that celebrated the self. Many nineteenth-century critics did, however, praise James's style, calling it fresh, unconventional, entertaining, and eloquent. James was a "writer of extraordinary vigor and picturesqueness" and a "formidable master of English style," wrote E. L. Godkin, prominent journalist and founder of The Nation. Almost immediately after his death, James's reputation fell into obscurity, and his work was overshadowed by that of his sons William and Henry, Jr. Commentators who did study the elder James continued to find fault with his writings, characterizing his arguments as overly metaphysical rather than logical, and criticizing his tendency to restate his theology in several of his works. (James himself admitted that he had trouble expressing himself adequately.) It wasn't until the 1930s that a serious revival of interest in James's scholarship developed. In 1934 Austin Warren became the first critic to produce a full-length biography of James, and in 1951 Frederic Harold Young published the first full-length treatment of James's philosophy. Contemporary critics have claimed that James has been undeservedly eclipsed by the reputation of his sons, and have begun to regard him not as a weak, eccentric figure as some earlier critics had, but as a powerful presence who made a strong impact on his children, especially William and Henry, Jr. "It is owing to James's restless intellectuality that three of his children—William, Henry, Alice—are remembered today," wrote biographer Alfred Habegger in 1994. "For better and worse, he was responsible for their larger-than-life tensions, abilities, ambitions, achievements." Although contemporary critics have continued to commend James's striking and often startling rhetoric as well as the vigor and wit of his writings, his rich and varied diction, and his romantic style, his works have never found a popular audience.
Principal Works
Letters on Theron and Aspasio: Addressed to the Author [editor] (letters) 1838
Remarks on the Apostolic Gospel (treatise) 1840
What Constitutes the State? A Lecture Delivered before the Young Men's Association of the City of Albany (lecture) 1846
Tracts for the New Times, No. 1, Letter to a Sweden-borgian (letter) 1847
Love in the Phalanstery [translator; from Les Amours au Phalanstère by Victor Hennequin, 1847] (treatise) 1849
Moralism and Christianity; or, Man's Experience and Destiny (treatise) 1850
Lectures and Miscellanies (lectures) 1852
Love, Marriage, and Divorce, A Discussion between Henry James, Horace Greeley, and Stephen Pearl Andrews 1853
The Church of Christ Not an Ecclesiasticism: A Letter of Remonstrance to a Member of the Soi-Disant New Church (letter) 1854, revised edition, 1856
The Nature of Evil, Considered in a Letter to the Reverend Edward Beecher, D.D., Author of "The Conflict of the Ages " (letter) 1855
Christianity, the Logic of Creation (treatise) 1857
The Social Significance of Our Institutions: An Oration Delivered by Request of the Citizens of Newport, R.I., July 4, 1861 (speech) 1861
The Old and New Theology, Two Lectures; and the Church of Christ Not an Ecclesiasticism. A Letter of Remonstrance to a Member of the Soi-Distant New Church (letter and lectures) 1861
Substance and Shadow; or, Morality and Religion in Their Relation to Life: An Essay upon the Physics of Creation (essay) 1863, revised edition, 1866
The Secret of Swedenborg: Being an Elucidation of His Doctrine of the Divine Natural Humanity (treatise) 1869
Society the Redeemed Form of Man, and the Earnest of God's Omnipotence in Human Nature: Affirmed in Letters to a Friend (treatise and letters) 1879
Spiritual Creation (essay) 1882
The Literary Remains of the Late Henry James (essays, treatises) [edited by William James] 1884
Love, Marriage, and Divorce. A Discussion between Henry James, Horace Greeley, and Stephen Pearl Andrews. Including the Final Replies of Mr. Andrews. Rejected by the New York Tribune, and a Subsequent Discussion, Occurring Twenty Years Later, between Mr. James and Mr. Andrews 1889
Morality and the Perfect Life: A Republication of a Lecture by the Late Henry James (lecture) 1906
Henry James, Senior: A Selection of His Writings (letters, essays, treatises) 1974
James F. Clarke (essay date 1855)
SOURCE: "James on the Nature of Evil," in The Christian Examiner and Religious Miscellany, Vol. LIX, No. 1, July, 1855, pp. 116-36.
[In the following review of The Nature of Evil, Clarke examines James's doctrine of evil, finding the author's theories inadequately developed and therefore impossible to comprehend, and concluding that James ultimately fails to solve "the problem of evil. "]
[The Nature of Evil] is a remarkable book by a remarkable man. Mr. James is remarkable because he combines, in no small degree, the qualities of a seer, a metaphysician, and a poet. His spiritual insight, or intuitive glance at spiritual realities, is penetrating,...
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The Atlantic Monthly (essay date 1869)
SOURCE: A review of The Secret of Swedenborg, in The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. XXIV, No. 6, December, 1869, pp. 762-63.
[In the following unsigned review, the critic provides a favorable overview of James's treatise The Secret of Swedenborg. The critic predicts, however, that the work will disturb some readers who might oppose James's belief that humans are creatures of God and that their existence depends entirely on Him.]
[In The Secret of Swedenborg] Mr. James rejects the idea of a Supreme Being, who, having created the heavens and the earth, and set life in operation according to certain universal laws, has ever since been resting and...
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The Spectator (essay date 1885)
SOURCE: A review of The Literary Remains of the Late Henry James, in The Spectator, Vol. 58, No. 2986, September 19, 1885, pp. 1237-39.
[In the following unsigned review of The Literary Remains of the Late Henry James, the critic offers a brief assessment of James's philosophy and contends that the volume is valuable not only for its content but also "as a psychological study of a very unique mind. "]
[The Literary Remains of the Late Henry James] is a book of considerable interest, though more, perhaps, as a psychological study of a very unique mind, than for the speculations which it contains.
The late Henry James, the...
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Henry James, Jr. (essay date 1914)
SOURCE: An excerpt from Notes of a Son and Brother, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1914, pp. 155-212; 213-47.
[The second son of Henry James, Sr., Henry James, Jr., was a novelist, short story writer, critic, and essayist of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He is admired as a lucid and insightful critic and is regarded as one of the greatest novelists of the English language. In the following excerpt from his autobiographical volume Notes of a Son and Brother—published at a time when the elder James's works had largely been forgotten—James, Jr., offers his impressions of his father, portraying him as an absorbing and immensely humane figure.]
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Ralph Barton Perry (essay date 1932)
SOURCE: "Religion versus Morality According to the Elder Henry James," in The International Journal of Ethics, Vol. XLII, No. 3, April, 1932, pp. 289-303.
[Perry was an American philosopher and biographer whose two-volume biography of William James won the Pulitzer Prize for that genre in 1935. In the excerpt below, he argues that James, Sr., was an antinomian, or one who believes that under the gospel dispensation of grace the moral law is of no use because faith alone is necessary to salvation.]
Morality and religion are related in many ways. For example, each may be taken as the sanction of the other—belief in God as a foundation for morality, or the moral law as...
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Austin Warren (essay date 1934)
SOURCE: "The Philosophy," in The Elder Henry James, The Macmillan Company, 1934, pp. 189-218.
[In the excerpt below, Warren discusses James's philosophy, examining in particular the relationship between the spiritual and the social.]
Whenever the eye falls upon one of Mr James' pages,—whether it be a letter to a newspaper or to a friend, whether it be his earliest or his latest book,—we seem to find him saying again and again the same thing; telling us what the true relation is between mankind and its Creator. What he had to say on this point was the burden of his whole life, and its only burden. When he had said it once, he was disgusted with...
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Ralph Barton Perry (essay date 1935)
SOURCE: "Father and Son: Style and Criticism," in The Thought and Character of William James, Vol. I: Inheritance and Vocation, Little, Brown, and Company, 1935, pp. 125-45.
[In the following excerpt from the first part of his Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, The Thought and Character of William James, Perry assesses James, Sr. 's literary style and his critical methods and theories. The critic also discusses the elder James's influence on his son William, both personally and professionally.]
[For Henry James, Sr.] the most natural form of art, if art it can be called, was talk. Of all the arts, unless it be dancing, talk is the directest and most...
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Quentin Anderson (essay date 1957)
SOURCE: '"Father's Ideas,'" in The American Henry James, 1957. Reprint by John Calder, 1958, pp. 51-82.
[Anderson is an American critic, educator, and editor. In the following excerpt, he contends that Henry James, Jr. 's published reminiscences of his father prove the son's in-depth understanding of his father's philosophy, and that the younger James subsequently employed his father's beliefs in his fiction.]
In 1885, the year of the publication of A Little Tour in France and the serialization of The Bostonians, Henry James received copies of The Literary Remains of the Late Henry James from his brother William. The father they both admired...
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Giles Gunn (essay date 1974)
SOURCE: An introduction to Henry James, Senior: A Selection of His Writings, American Library Association, 1974, pp. 3-29.
[In the following essay, Gunn provides an overview of James's life and philosophy, discussing his theology, his relationship to prevailing nineteenth-century views, and his influences on his sons William and Henry.]
On May 30, 1850, Edwards Amasa Park of Andover Theological Seminary preached an important sermon in Boston's Brattle Street Meeting House before the Convention of the Congregational Ministers of Massachusetts on "The Theology of the Intellect and That of the Feelings." Though his subject may have been...
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Alfred Habegger (essay date 1988)
SOURCE: "The Bostonians and Henry James Sr.'s Crusade against Feminism and Free Love," in Women's Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol. 15, No. 4, 1988, pp. 323-42.
[Habegger is the author of the full-length biography of James entitled The Father: A Life of Henry James, Sr. (1994). In the following essay, he argues that Henry James, Jr. wrote his novel The Bostonians (1886) in reaction to his father's involvement with the free love movement and his encounters with the radical press.]
There are some books that seem ugly, dull, and all wrong to contemporary readers and then strike a later generation as brilliant and right and presently get...
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What did Henry James Jr., born in 1843, make of his father's views on sex, love, and marriage? The son was obviously too young in 1852 and '53 to confront these views, although it is clear that he was uneasy about his father's contradictions and weaknesses. Twenty years later, however, when the father once again got himself embroiled in a public debate with Stephen Pearl Andrews on free love, and once again bespattered himself, Henry Jr. was old enough to understand.
The episode began in 1872, when the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher was accused of committing adultery with Mrs. Tilton. A correspondent from St. Paul, Minnesota, wrote Henry James Sr. and pressed him to comment on Beecher's apparent infidelity....
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Further Reading
Emerson, Edward Waldo. "Henry James." In The Early Years of the Saturday Club: 1855-1870, pp. 322-33. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1918.
An anecdotal account describing how James formulated his religious and philosophical views. Also portrays the vivacity and affection of the James household and depicts the elder James's associations with such figures as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Edmund Tweedy, and Thomas Carlyle.
Habegger, Alfred. The Father: A Life of Henry James, Sr. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1994, 578 p.
Full-length biography of James in which the...
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In short: Loved it - back again next yearIn full: Second time running this race, and as others have said, very muddy and the wind particularly in the last couple of miles was challenging. I wore road shoes which added a bit of extra challenge, still managed a PB somehow! Back again next year - well done organisers and everyone else involved. If you want a big city tarmac marathon then this isn't for you. If you want decent scenery, a bit of mud, gravel, shingle and some tarmac, give it a go!Date of review: December 28, 2012
In short: friendly event, great scenery, well organised, can't go wrongIn full: Second time I've done this, and it really is a lovely low key race. You're pretty much guaranteed of finishing in the top 100, and all the money raised goes to a good cause (a local hospice I think). Date of review: May 25, 2011
In short: fab course, very well organisedIn full: Really enjoyable country run that I hope to repeat next year, very well organised eventDate of review: April 18, 2011
In short: Excellent first running - will do it again - thanks for organisingIn full: Really enjoyable, but very muddy in parts - added to the fun but not to the chance of a good time - I think, if it's dry, this could be a fast race. Friendly marshalls, nice route, definite one to do again.Date of review: February 21, 2010
In short: Lovely low key event with stunning scenery and 'interesting' hillsIn full: Really enjoyable low key event (no memento), friendly & efficient organisers at which all were welcomed. I finished near the back (not many hills to practice on in Portsmouth), but great fun, even with the steps and hills around the Pembrokeshire coast path, and with scenery like this, it doesn't matter what time you finish in!Definitely worth doing if you're on holiday in the area - and guaranteed PB material - how many other 4.6 mile races are there??Date of review: June 1, 2009
In short: fantastic again - and I got a pb!In full: Definitely one to do every year, lovely scenery, relaxed atmosphere and friendly marshalls, good course with enough slight ups and downs to keep it interesting - beat my PB by 5 mins!Date of review: March 15, 2009
In short: lovely scenery, really nice course, friendly marshalls, really nice mementooIn full: Definitely want to do this again, a really nice course, clearly marked, lots of friendly, encouraging marshalls, scenery along the solent, and a really nice paperweight as a memento - well done everyone invloved, hope I can be back again next yearDate of review: March 9, 2008
In short: what a great event - my first race for 26 years, really well organisedIn full: really enjoyable, lovely scenery, kids runs as well, bouncy castle, home made cakes - this was my first run, and despite the hill at the 3 mile mark, I'll definitely be back next year!Date of review: May 21, 2007
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- Rollers can be changed out easily and quickly
These rugged, heavy-duty stock feeders feature continuous-duty motors that transfer power from the gear box to the feed roller through the roller chain and sprockets, providing superior positive feeding for all types of materials. The fully adjustable support columns feature moveable universal joints and heavy locking mechanisms that lock the feeder in horizontal, vertical, or angle feed positions. Solid cast iron construction of bodies, bases and universal joints provide stability with vibration-free feeding. The smart roller system provides money-saving wheel changes by allowing the replacement of the tire only, not the complete assembly as on other units.
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- Motor: 1 HP, 3 Phase, 230 Volt
- Number of Speeds: 4
- Range of Speeds: 13, 26, 33, 66 FPM
- Movement - Vertical: 9.83 in
- Movement - Horizontal: 18.07 in
- Column Diameter: 2.28 in
- Rollers: 4-3/4" diameter x 2-1/4" wide
- Rotation: Forward/Reverse
- Swing: 360 degrees
- Distance Between Rollers - Center to Center: 5.07-5.90"
- Maximum Height of Rollers Parallel to Tabletop: 8.45"
- Model Number: PF-33
- Dimensions: 43.23" x 18.08" x 29.5"
- Weight: 134 pounds
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Samsung Electronics has announced a new family of wearable gadgets, the Gear 2 smartwatches. The manufacturer slightly changed the internal architecture of its smartwatches in a bid to make them more powerful and more independent than their predecessor. The new devices are powered by Tizen operating system and can support applications that are specifically designed for them. Still, Samsung has not yet announced a software development program for the Gear 2.
"Samsung continues to lead innovation in the wearable market by creating devices that are completely integrated into the lives of consumers through extended connectivity features, stylish customization options and a robust application ecosystem. With the Samsung Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo, we have enhanced everything consumers love about the Gear to offer unparalleled smart freedom in their everyday life," said JK Shin, chief executive officer and president of IT & mobile division at Samsung Electronics.
Just like predecessors, the Samsung Gear 2 notifies users of incoming messages, such as calls, texts, emails and alerts, delivers a preview of those messages and to accept or discreetly ignore those messages. As with traditional music players, the Gear 2 family helps users browse, play and pause songs even when their smart device is not within reach. Both devices also offer personal fitness coaching in real time, allowing users to develop a customizable fitness routine and monitor their heart rate in order to improve their overall well-being.
Unlike predecessors, the Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo can control electronic products such as TV, set-top-box through WatchON Remote application and an embedded IrLED sensor. The addition of a standalone music player with Bluetooth headset means people can leave their smartphone at home and still enjoy their music on the go.
Samsung Gear 2-series sports 1.63" display (superAMOLED, 320*320 resolution), dual-core 1GHz processor, 512MB RAM, Tizen-based operating system, 4GB of NAND flash storage, heart-rate sensor, pedometer, accelerometer, gyroscope as well as Bluetooth v4.0 LE and IrLED connectivity. The Gear 2 2MP features a camera with auto-focus that is integrated into the body of the device; the Gear 2 Neo does not feature a camera.
Both devices offer a lightweight design with premium finishes that reflect modern trends. Consumers are now available to express their mood or coordinate with their outfit with modern and sophisticated strap color options including Charcoal Black, Gold Brown and Wild Orange for Gear2 and Charcoal Black, Mocha Grey and Wild Orange for Gear2 Neo. The home screen background, clock face and font are also customizable to reflect their personal taste.
The Samsung Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo let users connect to a wide variety of Samsung devices and access an enriched application ecosystem as the first wearable powered by Tizen based wearable platform. Samsung Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo are compatible with more than dozens of Samsung Galaxy smartphones at launch.
Samsung Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo will be available around the world starting from April.
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It's been the worst kept secret for a couple of weeks now, but today multiple reports are confirming that Mike Vrabel has agreed to join Luke Fickell's staff at OSU as linebackers' coach.
Vrabel is still technically an NFL player with the Chiefs, and has been active in the contract negotiations. He has never coached at any level of football. Vrabel was a teammate of Fickell on some pretty good OSU defenses in the mid-late 90's, and the two have reportedly remained good friends.


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Data about <i>Cynopotamus juruenae</i>
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Glossary for Cynopotamus juruenae
- body length (CMO)
- A measurement of the longest dimension of a body, typically between two distinct ends of the body.
- [database_cross_reference: Dorland:Dorlands_Illustrated_Medical_Dictionary--31st_Ed] [database_cross_reference: ISBN:978-1416049982]
- http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CMO_0000013
- catalog number
- An identifier (preferably unique) for the record within the data set or collection.
- http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/catalogNumber
- citation
- A bibliographic reference for the resource.
- http://purl.org/dc/terms/bibliographicCitation
- cm
- A length unit which is equal to one hundredth of a meter or 10^[-2] m.
- [database_cross_reference: NIST:NIST]
- http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UO_0000015
- collection code
- The name, acronym, coden, or initialism identifying the collection or data set from which the record was derived.
- http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/collectionCode
- collection id
- An identifier for the collection or dataset from which the record was derived.
- http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/collectionID
- continent
- The name of the continent in which the Location occurs.
- http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/continent
- contributor
- An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource.
- http://purl.org/dc/terms/contributor
- country
- The name of the country or major administrative unit in which the Location occurs.
- http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/country
- day
- The integer day of the month on which the Event occurred.
- http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/day
- drainage basin
- A regions or area bounded by drainage divides and occupied by a drainage system; specifically the tract of country that gathers water originating as precipitation and contributes it to a particular stream channel or system of channels, or to a lake, reservoir, or other body of water.
- http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000291
- end day of year
- The latest ordinal day of the year on which the Event occurred (1 for January 1, 365 for December 31, except in a leap year, in which case it is 366).
- http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/endDayOfYear
- extant
- This taxon is still in existence, as opposed to extinct.
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extant_taxon
- http://eol.org/schema/terms/extant
- extinction status
- Indicates whether a taxon is extant (living today) or extinct.
- http://eol.org/schema/terms/ExtinctionStatus
- field number
- An identifier given to the event in the field. Often serves as a link between field notes and the Event.
- http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/fieldNumber
- freshwater environment
- http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000306
- geographic distribution includes
- This organism is known to be present in this location or region
- http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- habitat
- A category or description of the habitat in which the Event occurred.
- http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/habitat
- habitat includes
- The organism inhabits this environment or ecoregion.
- http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
- higher geography
- A list (concatenated and separated) of geographic names less specific than the information captured in the locality term.
- http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/higherGeography
- individual count
- The number of individuals represented present at the time of the Occurrence.
- http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/individualCount
- institution code
- The name (or acronym) in use by the institution having custody of the object(s) or information referred to in the record.
- http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/institutionCode
- locality
- The specific description of the place. Less specific geographic information can be provided in other geographic terms (higherGeography, continent, country, stateProvince, county, municipality, waterBody, island, islandGroup). This term may contain information modified from the original to correct perceived errors or standardize the description.
- http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/locality
- male or unsexed
- male or unsexed individuals are represented in a sample or an occurrence.
- http://eol.org/schema/terms/maleOrUnsexed
- maximum depth in meters
- The greater depth of a range of depth below the local surface, in meters.
- http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/maximumDepthInMeters
- measurement method
- A description of or reference to (publication, URI) the method or protocol used to determine the measurement, fact, characteristic, or assertion.
- http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/measurementMethod
- measurement remarks
- Comments or notes accompanying the MeasurementOrFact.
- http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/measurementRemarks
- measurement unit
- The units associated with the measurementValue. Recommended best practice is to use the International System of Units (SI).
- http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/measurementUnit
- measurement value
- The value of the measurement, fact, characteristic, or assertion.
- http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/measurementValue
- minimum depth in meters
- The lesser depth of a range of depth below the local surface, in meters.
- http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/minimumDepthInMeters
- month
- The ordinal month in which the Event occurred.
- http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/month
- National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM)
- National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM), Washington, District of Columbia, USA. NMNH and USNM both refer to the National Museum of Natural History. Collections are associated with one or the other acronym. US, the US National Herbarium, is a collection within the National Museum of Natural History. URL for main institutional website: http://www.mnh.si.edu/rc/ URL for institutional specimen catalog: http://collections.mnh.si.edu/
- http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871
- National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM) National Fish Collection
- National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM), Washington, District of Columbia, USA. Includes Smithsonian Institution collections and National Marine Fisheries Service collections, NOAA, Department of Commerce. Primarily specimens in liquid at room temperature (alcohol, formalin). URL for collection: http://vertebrates.si.edu/fishes/fishes_collections.html
- http://grbio.org/cool/22s5-q4hk
- non-marine
- http://eol.org/schema/terms/nonMarine
- occurrence remarks
- Comments or notes about the Occurrence.
- http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/occurrenceRemarks
- oceanic benthopelagic zone biome
- The benthopelagic zone biome comprises regions of the marine water column which usually coincide with the benthic boundary layer (BBL) - the layer of isothermal and isohaline water contiguous to the sea floor. A general reversal in the declining gradient of pelagic biomass may be observed here, perhaps explained by viable nutrition on the sea floor being resuspended by bottom currents. This zone typically extends 100 m above the seafloor, but may reach upto1000 m during benthic storms.
- http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000040
- paratype
- All of the specimens in the type series of a species or infraspecific taxon other than the holotype (and, in botany, isotypes). Paratypes must have been at the disposition of the author at the time when the original description was created and must have been designated and indicated in the publication. Judgment must be exercised on paratype status, for only rarely are specimens explicitly cited as paratypes, but usually as "specimens examined," "other material seen", etc. [Zoo./Bot.]
- http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/TaxonName#Paratype
- recorded by
- A list (concatenated and separated) of names of people, groups, or organizations responsible for recording the original Occurrence. The primary collector or observer, especially one who applies a personal identifier (recordNumber), should be listed first.
- http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/recordedBy
- river
- Natural freshwater surface streams of considerable volume and a permanent or seasonal flow, moving in a definite channel toward a sea, lake, or another river; any large streams, or ones larger than brooks or creeks, such as the trunk stream and larger branches of a drainage system.
- http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000022
- scientific name
- The full scientific name, with authorship and date information if known. When forming part of an Identification, this should be the name in lowest level taxonomic rank that can be determined. This term should not contain identification qualifications, which should instead be supplied in the IdentificationQualifier term.
- http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/scientificName
- sex
- The sex of the biological individual(s) represented in the Occurrence. Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary.
- http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/sex
- source
- A related resource from which the described resource is derived.
- http://purl.org/dc/terms/source
- start day of year
- The earliest ordinal day of the year on which the Event occurred (1 for January 1, 365 for December 31, except in a leap year, in which case it is 366).
- http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/startDayOfYear
- state or province
- The name of the next smaller administrative region than country (state, province, canton, department, region, etc.) in which the Location occurs.
- http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/stateProvince
- type specimen repository
- The institution that holds a type specimen for a given species. The recommended best practice is to use the identifier in a collections registry such as the Biodiversity Collections Index (http://www.biodiversitycollectionsindex.org/).
- http://eol.org/schema/terms/TypeSpecimenRepository
- type status
- A list (concatenated and separated) of nomenclatural types (type status, typified scientific name, publication) applied to the subject.
- http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/typeStatus
- verbatim event date
- The verbatim original representation of the date and time information for an Event.
- http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/verbatimEventDate
- year
- The four-digit year in which the Event occurred, according to the Common Era Calendar.
- http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/year
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geographic distribution includes
South America: Juruena River basin in Brazil
Physical Description
body length (CMO)
8.5 cm male or unsexed
drainage basin
|Environments - EOL project
|Environments - EOL project
habitat includes
freshwater environment
|IRMNG - Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera.
oceanic benthopelagic zone biome
extinction status
|IRMNG - Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera.
Database and Repository Coverage
type specimen repository
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM)
|National Museum of Natural History Collections
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM)
|National Museum of Natural History Collections
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The in-laws flying in from Florida this evening for the Holidays. Looking for some hidden culinary gems. Let me give you a quick rundown In-laws are originally from Brooklyn Dad is German and Mom is Sicilian. Two of the things the complain about in Florida is it "too suburbanized" and it "To hard to find anything ethnic" and as weird as it sounds they complain about Florida Tap Water. Mom came up last February took her around town over to Little Italy much to my surprise she LOVED Cleveland's Little Italy she said it had a nice ethnic neighborhood feel to it and that NYC's Little Italy was to commercialized and tourist driven. She also said she LOVED the older looking churches. So they are open minded, I know alot of NYers who think anything outside of Manhattan is LAME and just a cheap impression of the Manhattan version, However thats not them.
So I am looking for recommendations for places to scope out and eat... It doesn't have to be anything Crazy or extravagant. Dad always says some of the best places to eat are Holes in the wall. So I think a trip to Slyman's is in order. Last February when mom came up I took her to Trattoria On The Hill. She seemed to like it I kind of left disappointed, But I am willing to bet I didn't order correctly. You can get a horrible meal at a GREAT restaurant if you don't know how to order and I get that.
The Fellas here at work were saying if Pops is German check out Rudy's in Parma Great Strudel.
I am a West Sider but I don't mind taking a excursion across C-town in fact I would prefer it nice opportunity to get out and show the in laws around.
Lay it on me Favorite Restaurants along with Favorite dishes. And if you got any cool sights aside from the obvious ones (rock Hall, Christmas story house, little Italy) feel free to throws those out as well.
Happy Holidays!


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Global Footprint Network has been named a Phoenix 50 organization, one of "50 pioneers in the business of social innovation" that can enable humanity to emerge from the economic crisis with a society better adapted to our global challenges.
The Ecological Footprint Standards Committee is inviting public comment on its proposed 2009 Ecological Footprint Standards. The standards are designed to ensure that Ecological Footprint assessments are produced consistently and according to community-proposed best-practices. These new methodological standards focus on Ecological Footprint studies for organizations and products. They were created over the past six months by the Ecological Footprint Standards Committee and the Standards Working Group.
Recent headlines such as "A Measure Remodeled" (Financial Times) and "Time to Order a New Economic Order" (the Huffington Post) reflect a growing call to reform GDP, our standard measure of economic performance. On Huffington Post, a popular political news Web site, an article read: "Most, if not all, ministers of finance and conventional economists don't account for how the planet works, or even that the economy exists on a finite planet."
On the shores of Zambia's Lake Bangweulu, 26 young women stooped by the water with an assortment of gadgets, learning how take measurements of pH, depth, visibility, current and temperature. One student lowered a rope with a brick on the end and used it to gauge depth. Another used a clear, flat instrument called a secchi disk to measure visibility, while a third navigated the position of each data point using a GPS.
Kicking off an initiative that could redefine how we value and negotiate resources in the 21st century, key policy experts and opinion leaders met April 10 in Lima, Peru, for the first workshop of Global Footprint Network's Ecological Creditor Initiative. World Bank representatives, policy experts and opinion leaders met with representatives from Global Footprint Network and the Community of Andean Nations to begin a series of workshops on the growing significance of biocapacity and its potential for competitive advantage in a resource-constrained world.
Three years ago, Global Footprint Network and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation joined together to launch the multi-phased Human Development Initiative, focused on Africa. Its purpose: To explore how ecological limits affect human development.
Africa: Ecological Footprint Factbook 2009, released in February, was the latest result of that ongoing initiative. The 20-page report features three countries: Egypt, Tanzania and Zambia, and includes Ecological Footprint and biocapacity trends, as well as guest perspectives on each country's environmental issues and challenges.


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A while back, we talked about a "Fox Body" Ford Mustang that we picked up off of the local Craigslist with plans of using it to test products and eventually "restore" it. Since then, we've used it for testing of new products and for a tech video where we restored the original wheels. Otherwise it has sat out in the weather and gotten progressively worse. Now with a dead battery, we need to use the Eastwood Battery Jump Pack to start it.
So at the end of 2012, we decided we needed to get in gear and give this car a new lease on life! Although we have a warehouse full of Eastwood tools, paints, and supplies available to us, we wanted to make this a project that is just like the project you have sitting in your garage. We've set a budget of $7,000 and a goal of making this Pony cruise-nite ready by mid-summer. That means, there may be things we'd like to do, but they may have to wait until next winter, if they do not fit into the budget. Oh yeah, did we mention we will be working on this around our daily jobs at Eastwood, our own projects, etc.....there will be time constraints just like you have when trying to get your project done!
We're going to need a lot of Eastwood products to bring this tired ol' gal back to life, so we started a list of products we'll be using along the way. Check back often as we list more items we used on the build!
Check out our evaluation of the car in the video below and watch this space as we start tearing into the car. It's definitely going to get much worse before it gets better!


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Democrats get more personal on TV
By Times Staff
Published August 27, 2006
Check out Democratic gubernatorial candidates Jim Davis and Rod Smith today at 11 a.m. on Political Connections on Bay News 9. Sitting side by side for an extended hourlong interview, the Democrats frequently became heated, even with some softball questions thrown in.
What's their favorite movie and favorite band?
Smith said Casablanca and Charlie Daniels (only to second-guess himself off-camera and wonder if he'd get in trouble for not naming his hometown hero, Tom Petty). Davis prefers Bruce Springsteen.
"My favorite movie is whatever I get to watch with my sons, and I don't have much control about that. Except we don't watch 'R,'" Davis said.
An Orlando Sentinel columnist recently bashed Smith for his ties to the sugar industry, saying, "I would no more vote for Smith than I would take a bubble bath in Red Tide."
"Obviously, you can chalk him off as a decided voter and that's great," Davis said when asked about that.
Smith was optimistic: "Well, I actually have the guy down as a maybe."
Check out the full interview today at 11 a.m., or starting Monday at no cost on Ch. 342 (Bays News 9 on Demand).
MORE DEBATES: Republican gubernatorial candidates Tom Gallagher and Charlie Crist will square off for a live debate televised on NBC stations across Florida Monday at 8 p.m. The Democrats will debate live on NBC stations Tuesday at 8 p.m.
Anybody noticing the bad name bumper stickers are getting in Florida lately?
"The loophole that he talks about because it fits on a bumper sticker," Smith said of Davis' jab at an insurance bill passed last year. Smith also dismissed America's wet foot/dry foot policy as "a bumper sticker, not an immigration policy."
Then there was Gallagher Tuesday night scoffing at Crist's "bumper sticker answers."
Well, there's one candidate who is standing up for bumper stickers in a big way: Charlie Crist.
"Somebody has to," he quipped. In Deltona Thursday: "You have a bumper sticker on your car yet? No? What's up with that?" In Viera: "Here, take two stickers. You must have a friend who could use one." In Orange Park Friday: "I'm the bumper sticker guy."
Most everywhere he tells people that someone once told him each bumper sticker swings seven votes and even if it's half-true that's a great thing.
Turns out, though, his mom refused to put one on her car for fear it wouldn't peel off.
"With (his campaign manager's) permission, we spent a little extra money and got the thick vinyl kind."
INSURANCE TENSION: Saturday at Coral Gables High School, at one of incoming House Speaker Marco Rubio's "idea raisers," Rep. Juan Zapata, R-Miami, told the audience "I think the Republican Party has failed you (on insurance) . . . We have been afraid."
But Zapata didn't stop there. He ended his remarks bashing Rep. Don Brown, R-DeFuniak Springs, a part-architect of this year's insurance legislation.
"I will tell you this much, on the record, and I hope he hears this: He is in the pocket of the insurance companies," Zapata said, then added he hoped Rubio, who wasn't present, wouldn't place him on insurance committees next legislative session.
Asked about that on a South Florida radio show, Brown, an insurance agent, cited his "background and understanding of the industry that helps me navigate through a very complex issue. And if that offends Rep. Zapata simply because he doesn't have that kind of understanding, I'm sorry. I was elected to come to office and bring the talent I have and apply it to the difficult issues we face and that's what I do."
DEFINING THE CANDIDATE: Urbandictionary.com has added a new phrase to the lexicon: Katherine Harris Crazy: "(n.) As insanely optimistic as Congresswoman Katherine Harris. Usually characterized by an overly optimistic estimation of someone's chances of achieving success.
"Did you hear Jim just bought $500 in lottery tickets? That boy is 'Katherine Harris crazy' if he thinks he's going to hit the jackpot."
Meanwhile, the congressional race to succeed the Longboat Key Republican is looking like one of the better political dramas this year. University of Virginia political scientist Larry Sabato says of the Republican-leaning district in the Sarasota area: "When one prominent blog labeled Sarasota as the nation's craziest district, the Crystal Ball couldn't help but agree. Incumbent Katherine Harris' Senate bid has been the laughingstock of the campaign world for ages, but now GOP contender Tramm Hudson's statements casting doubt on the swimming abilities of African-Americans has only confirmed the district's reputation. We bet Buchanan will win the Republican nod, but with a late Florida primary, we cannot rule out Democrat Jennings, who has been eagerly waiting in the wings."
THE LATEST SLAP: Crist continues his sweep of newspaper endorsements. Even the Miami Herald, the hometown newspaper of opponent Gallagher, backed Crist. (It also endorsed Smith in the Democratic primary.) As of Saturday, Gallagher had yet to receive a single major newspaper endorsement, which his campaign cited as proof that Crist is favored by liberal interests.
Crist, meanwhile, took to the airwaves to tout his sweep of the newspaper endorsements and featured some direct quotes to bash Gallagher: "Crist is focused and consistently solid on cultural issues, pro-life, better able to continue the policies of Jeb Bush," reads the Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville.
A little trivia: In the last GOP gubernatorial primary, Bush didn't receive a single major newspaper endorsement. Pretty much sweeping the endorsements in 1994 were Smith and Gallagher. Apparently the papers liked Gallagher's moderate record and platform.
MORE ENDORSEMENTS: In the Republican Senate primary, frontrunner Harris also is getting shut out of major newspaper endorsements, while retired Adm. LeRoy Collins Jr. is reeling in the most recommendations. So far Collins has won over St. Petersburg Times, Tampa Tribune, Miami Herald, Naples Daily News and Gainesville Sun. Former federal housing official Peter Monroe has won endorsements from the Palm Beach Post and South Florida Sun Sentinel.
MURDERED ANTI-MURDER BILLS? At a Crist campaign stop in Brooksville last week, state Sen. Paula Dockery, R-Lakeland, was on hand to cheer Crist as a leader "who isn't constantly trying to reinvent himself." She also made a point of noting that she sponsored Crist's cherished "anti-murder" bill combatting child predators. Contrary to Sen. Tom Lee saying recently that Crist simply didn't have the votes to get it through the Senate, Dockery said it died simply because of "election year politics" where "the powers that be" didn't want to give Crist a big legislative victory.
"I'm not going to say who," she said when asked if she meant Senate President and CFO candidate Lee. "But despite the fact that I had the votes to pass it, I couldn't get it up for a vote on the floor."
Adam C. Smith, Joni James, and Jennifer Liberto contributed to this week's Buzz. For much more political news, check out Buzz online at blogs.tampabay.com/buzz.


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Birth control pills should still require prescription
A recent article reported that the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists says birth control pills should be available over the counter, without a prescription. Although I believe health care should be as freely accessible as possible, I strongly disagree with the proposed change.
Oral contraceptives were one of the first groups of drugs to be marketed directly to the consumer, rather than to the prescribing physician. This opened the door to the drug ads we are bombarded with constantly. Although the average individual doesn't have any idea which drug would work best, given that person's symptoms, medical history, and other risk factors, people now go to the doctor demanding a prescription for a brand-name drug they've seen advertised on TV or in a magazine. At least now, doctors have the option of saying "no" if a particular medication would be harmful to the patient.
Birth control pills come in such a wide variety that only a professional can navigate among the options and recommend the appropriate prescription for a particular patient. I know consumers don't research the pros and cons before purchasing a cold medicine over the counter (that's why so many people taking NyQuil and others overdose on acetaminophen). I don't want an entire generation of young women making an important health decision based solely on TV commercials and which coupons were in the Sunday paper.


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After ending a 15-year playoff drought in 2012, Baltimore headed into the 2013 with high expectations.
While the team was successful, putting together its second consecutive winning season (85-77) for the first time since 1996 and 1997, the Orioles fell short, finishing 6.5 games out of a wild-card berth and 12 games behind Boston for the division lead.
Adding to the starting rotation remains a priority, but with the potential departures of left fielder Nate McLouth and second baseman Brian Roberts as free agents, plugging those holes could take precedence over the rotation's issues as the offseason progresses.
Keep it here for the most up-to-the-minute rumblings about the Orioles, along with analysis and everything else that comes with it. While the post date will always show as November 1, simply click to the next slide to see the latest from the rumor mill as the O's put together their roster for 2014.


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Happy St. Patrick's Day
St. Patrick's Day is celebrated on March 17. Welcome sign of spring. We have never really celebrated this religious festival until few years ago here in Czech Republic.
Our religious festival is traditionally Easter, when we color eggs and have a tradition of whipping girls by guys with a wooden stick. The spanked woman then gives the man a colored egg and he even gets a shot of alcohol! That's the way how we are doing it in Czech.
More about this tradition will be covered in future blog posts. The tradition of celebrating St. Patrick's Day in recent years has become widespread. People love to wear a green outfit and drink a green beer. Actually people love any good reason to celebrate and St. Patrick's Day became one of the most important holidays.
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More than 100 St. Patrick's Day parades are held across the United States and many all countries over the world including Japan, Russia, Argentina to name a few.
But there is more behind this festival. Actually Saint Patrick, the patron of Ireland, wasn't even born in Emerald Isle but in Roman Britain from where he was kidnapped and brought to Ireland. Later when he grew up he was ordained as a priest. His mission was to Christianize the Irish from their native polytheism. The legend says he was using a native Irish clover, the shamrock to explain the Christian doctrine. Three leaves symbolized the Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Other popular myth says that Patrick drew away the snakes from Ireland, but there were never snakes.
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The traditional color used to be blue but that changed to green because of the shamrock and color of Ireland. Anything green and gold, shamrocks and luck started to be associated with St. Patrick's Day.
In 1903, St. Patrick's Day became an official public holiday in Ireland. But the first St. Patrick's Day happened to be in New York because of the large number of Irish people who settled in America. In American cities with large Irish community is St. Patrick's Day a big deal. The traditional dish is Irish-American meal corned beef cabbage witch immigrants started to cook.
You can celebrate this holy day with us at La Loca on the 17th of March. Shannon Irish music will be here to play followed by afterparty with DJ.
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"Opportunities come infrequently. When it rains gold, put out the bucket, not the thimble. "
Rolls-Royce Phantom
You can buy the flagship Lexus LS460-a fine blend of engineering, craftsmanship and performance-for about $80,000. How can a Rolls-Royce Phantom possibly be good enough to justify costing more than four times as much? That's one question I pondered as a Rolls representative handed me the key to a $353,000 Phantom.
As I eased its prow into the bustle of northern New Jersey's roadways, one of the first things I noticed was the reactions the car produced. The jaw-drop gawkers-and their neck craning, horn honking and thumb hoisting-outnumbered the studiously unimpressed. Those in the latter group were typically driving big Benzes or Beemers that had been suddenly eclipsed by the Anglo-Teutonic titan.
Let's face it, one drives a "Roller" not just to operate a magnificent machine but to be noticed, to make a statement, and this car will never disappoint on that score. The Phantom rejects the wedge and aero-blob shapes that dominate contemporary automotive styling. Instead, it bludgeons the air aside with a blunt, high prow before slipping through the breach on flowing lines that are every inch classic Rolls-Royce; and it tapers to a trunk slender enough to reveal, for those in trail, a serious rubber footprint of 9.5-inch-wide Goodyear EMT 285/45R21s (an inch-and-a-half wider than the front feet).
The electronically controlled air suspension is a thing to behold from alongside as well as inside: the Phantom floats motionless while the 21-inch wheels, shod with run-flat tires and rotating around stationary R-R hubcaps, rise and fall in synch with undulations in the roadway. The car's body, secured to an aluminum space frame formed by 450 linear inches of MIG welding, looks utterly isolated from the earth's pockmarked crust, an impression that is only reinforced once you're behind the steering wheel.
Three words describe travel in the Phantom: serene, isolated and effortless. For its size and weight, the car is surprisingly agile, as well as rock solid on the long, open road.
Compared with its BMW six-liter V12 origins, the Rolls' 6.75-liter V12 has been modified with longer stroke for better low-end torque through adoption of different crankshaft, rods, pistons, cams and inlet and exhaust manifolds.
Built in Munich, the Rolls-Royce engine turns out prodigious and relentless torque, through a six-speed ZF automatic transmission, from even the lowest regions of the rpm range. Some muted turbine-like noises are the only betrayal of anything resembling mechanical exertion. Breathing through 48 valves driven by four overhead camshafts, the engine produces 453 horsepower at 5350 rpm and a persuasive 531 foot-pounds of torque at 3500 rpm.
Three-quarters of that max torque is in effect at just 1000 rpm, enough grunt to thrust the Phantom's three tons from zero to 60 in 5.7 seconds and to a governed top speed of 149 mph, according to the manufacturer. I averaged 14 mpg, on par with the Suburban I used to drive.
In the dash, instead of a tachometer to display engine rpm, there is a "power reserve" gauge, a rather odd presentation that shows the amount of power remaining given current demands on the engine. I noted on a couple of occasions that cruising level at 75 mph left about 95 percent of the engine's output untapped, a data nugget that Rolls-Royce seems to think is useful if one is, perhaps, thinking about passing a double tractor trailer up a hill. I couldn't see myself using the gauge to help with such maneuvers, but it was nice to be able to push on the accelerator, feel the surge and glance down to see how much la douzaine had left to give.
Initially, the Phantom seemed as imposing behind the wheel as it appears from the outside, but it didn't take many miles for the sense of bulk to recede. Humans have a way of adjusting to their surroundings, and the Lexus LS430 in my garage felt like a compact after five days with the Rolls.
So how does this car command its lofty price? First and foremost, by its exclusivity. While the broad-market luxury brands turn out tens of thousands of their top models each year, Rolls-Royce sold about 800 Phantoms in 2006, about 350 of them in the U.S. and three quarters of those 350 in Southern California, south Florida and New York (ranked by market size).
Second, price is immaterial to a Phantom buyer who has been smitten by the car. Some owners keep two or three at far-flung residences.
Third, the car is hand-built (on a frame manufactured in Germany and shipped to Goodwood, England) and, in the opinion of this beholder, represents a beautifully executed balance of the traditional and the modern. Of the 450 employees at Goodwood, 300 are wood and leather craftsmen, some of whom came from the yacht and business-jet talent pool.
The wood trim is a sandwich of at least 14 layers, two of them aluminum for stability. All the surface wood veneers are book matched, meaning that the wood trim on each side of the interior is mirrored down the car's centerline. The wood on the right-side doors differs from that on the left-side doors only in the thickness of the blade that shaved the veneers. While assembly of a typical luxury car requires 30 hours, Goodwood spends 260 hours on each Phantom, more for "bespoke" orders (Olde English for "custom").
What else sets this car apart? The hinges for the rear-seat picnic tables that unfold from the front seatbacks will captivate anyone who appreciates clever engineering for their intricacy, simplicity and depth of chrome plating. A switch in the glove box controls whether the car's hood mascot stays visible when you park or retracts for theft protection. Touching a button in the overhead console elevates the front of the car for negotiating the transition to a steeply angled driveway. Side-facing cameras in the nose help when easing the long bonnet out of a city parking garage. There is also a backup camera, playing through a screen in the dash center that flips to reveal an analog clock.
The rear seat's curved corners encourage the two passengers to turn toward each other, just as they might in the living room at home. The Phantom's "suicide" carriage doors (immobilized above two mph) can be closed with the push of a button.
So as not to blow defrosting air on the noggins of those in the front, almost-invisible wires buried in the glass demist the side windows with electrical heat. Soft, vat-dyed leather, its stitching flawless, covers the seats for long-haul, long-life comfort. Lasers and leather craftsmen take 17 days to cut and install 450 pieces from 18 hides into each Phantom interior. Lambskin rugs pamper the feet.
All the skins come from a special herd of Bavarian cattle-always the best A-grade quality and always bull leather because cow leather has areas of stretching and doesn't yield so well. Each car contains three leathers: natural grain, for the seats and trims; pre-shrunk, to prevent brittleness for sunlit areas; and embossed, for the central console and door trims. The greatest skill, say R-R craftsmen, is in matching the grain and color of the hides.
Equally meticulous choices on quality and matching go into the wood veneers: North American walnut and bird's eye maple, mahogany from Africa, Scottish elm and European oak. A groove in the top of the Phantom's operable windows seats a bead in the weatherseal frame for soundproofing, contributing to exceptional acoustics. Front and rear occupants can converse in hushed tones while facing forward despite the distance separating them. New for this year and supplementing the car I drove is a Phantom with 10 inches more wheelbase. A Harman/Kardon Logic7 sound system with a 420-watt, nine-channel amplifier driving 15 Lexicon speakers can fill the tranquillity with sparkling trebles and cathedral-organ bass, thanks to 16-liter bass reflex speaker enclosures under the front seats between the interior and exterior floors. Phantom of the Opera sounds better aboard this Phantom than it does on Broadway.
The Rich Heritage Behind Today's BMW-backed Phantom
For a little over a century, a "Roller" has been a trophy of status and success. The classic Rolls opens its statement with The Spirit of Ecstasy bonnet mascot, her silk-draped arms swept aft like wings, atop a gleaming Parthenon of a radiator shell. Then there's the long, flowing hood concealing an engine whose power output was usually described as nothing more boastful than "adequate." (A Roller never breaks down, either; it is "temporarily unable to proceed.") Downstream from the long bonnet is a cabin whose extended C-pillars afford some privacy for the potentate in his cocoon of Connolly hides, Wilton wool carpet and polished wood veneers. As a conveyance, the Rolls was the business jet before there was such a thing.
The Rolls-Royce motor car's heritage is about as rich as they come, and aviation has been central almost from the beginning. Charles Rolls, son of a wealthy aristocrat landowner, and Henry Royce, an engineer from humble origins, teamed in 1904 to build cars, and since Rolls was a balloon aeronaut and Britain's second licensed pilot (and, in 1910, its first airplane fatality), it wasn't long before the company was building aero engines.
British pilots Captain John Alcock and Lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown made the first nonstop crossing of the Atlantic in June 1919 on the power of two 360-hp Rolls-Royce Eagle V12s that propelled their converted Vickers Vimy bomber from Newfoundland to a historic arrival nose-first in an Irish bog. The Supermarine Schneider Trophy seaplanes of the 1930s set world speed records with the Rolls-Royce R-series supercharged V12, the only power plant ever to set world land, sea and air speed records.
From that engine came the Merlin in the Spitfires and Hurricanes that saved Britain from Nazi invasion in 1940. In the process, the Merlin helped steer the course of world events away from what Winston Churchill described as "a new Dark Age made more sinister by the lights of perverted science." Now that's a heritage.
Rolls-Royce also pioneered jet propulsion, a technology that took the company into bankruptcy in 1970 when the big carbon-fiber fan of the RB.211 engine under development to power the Lockheed TriStar failed its crucial bird-strike tests by shattering rather than chopping the carcasses for digestion downstream and rotating unscathed.
That marked the end of Rolls-Royce cars and aero engines as siblings. Government bankruptcy administrators ordered that the car company be spun off, and Vickers bought it in 1980, along with the right to use the R-R logo.
Buried in the fine print of that agreement with Vickers was the seed of what was hailed at the time as one of the business world's shrewder poker games. When Vickers decided it could not afford to stay competitive in the luxury car game, it hung a for-sale sign on Rolls-Royce Cars (which since 1931 had included the Bentley marque). In 1998, VW chairman Ferdinand Piech bid £430 million, trumping BMW's £340 million offer. VW's due diligence, however, appeared to have been short on diligence, and what was seen as the prize had slipped out of Piech's grasp.
The contract between Vickers and Rolls-Royce almost two decades earlier allowed the car manufacturer to use the R-R logo only as long as it was owned by a British company. VW, being German, apparently was feeling no ecstasy. BMW and Rolls-Royce, however, already had a relationship with their joint development and manufacture of the BR710 jet engine to power the Gulfstream V and Bombardier Global Express, and a £65 million deal between R-R and BMW secured BMW the rights to adorn a car with Rolls-Royce hallmarks and trimmings but nothing more-no legacy parts, dealers or factory. VW was seen at the time to have blundered greatly when it paid Vickers more than six times that amount for the Bentley badge and an outdated factory in Crewe, England, but has since been doing well with the marque.
BMW got the coveted R-R badge and built Rolls-Royce Motor Cars a new factory in Goodwood, on the rolling Sussex Downs in southern England. The German parent tasked a team of 20 people gathered from BMW worldwide with designing the quintessential Roller for the new millennium. The company gave them free rein to go discover the essence of a Rolls-Royce. The team went to clubs to drive old cars and meet their owners, to identify the properties of both. It also studied the House of Windsor's fleet.
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About the Author: Steven Hendrix is the Assistant Mission Director for the U.S. Agency for International Development, Paraguay and 1207 Program Coordinator. Editor's Note: With the 2010 U.S. National Security Strategy's emphasis on preventing conflicts before they emerge, and with conflict and instability watch lists consistently identifying nearly one third of the world's countries as in danger of falling into conflict and instability within the next two years, there is a pressing need for the United States to engage in conflict prevention activities. Section 1207 funding managed by the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization seeks to do just that. To date, $442 million in 1207 funding has supported 33 conflict prevention projects in 31 at-risk or post-conflict countries. The following blog text has been excerpted from Mr. Hendrix's video remarks.
I'm Steve Hendrix. I work with the U.S. Embassy in Asunción, Paraguay, South America. I work with the U.S. Agency for International Development, where I am the assistant director. In my role there with the Embassy, I also function as the coordinator for what's called the 1207 Program.
The 1207 Program is funding from the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization (S/CRS) at the State Department, which enables us to bring together all the elements of the Embassy in the country team to work for a common purpose. In Paraguay, our common purpose is what's called the Northern Zone. And we have the Northern Zone Initiative in Paraguay, focused on five strategic departments. Historically, these departments were under-served. But more profound than that, there were under-governed areas and ungoverned areas in that zone in which we needed to help local governments. And we also needed to create alternatives to an illicit economy, and create jobs.
Within our Embassy, we have brought together elements from our military, from our U.S. Agency for International Development, our public affairs, our public diplomacy. And we're all united behind a single purpose, and that is to help the Paraguayan Government become more effective in the Northern Zone area in creating jobs and extending state presence.
In terms of concrete results, we've started the program only in March this year [2010], but we've already helped create jobs in the Northern Zone area. If we were to stop all of our work today, those export-led, sustainable, market-driven jobs would continue into the future. We've already worked with hospitals to get new equipment. We've worked with schools to put new roofs, new windows, new doors on school buildings. We've worked with the Paraguayan Government in their deployment of hundreds of new police and military officials to bring increased security to the region. We intend to continue this work intensively over the next year.
On another plank of this, on our diplomatic side, the Ambassador has led efforts to work with the private sector and with the Brazilian and Chilean governments to bring their resources to bear to help address activities in the Northern Zone. Just this past week [May 2010], the Chileans deployed a group of people to Paraguay to work with customs and to bring market-led agriculture programs to the region. So this is a broad, very integrated whole-of-government effort designed to bring increased security and prosperity to the Northern Zone.
The 1207 program has been particularly useful in Paraguay in helping us integrate DOD (Department of Defense), S/CRS, the State Department, and USAID (U.S. Agency for International Development), together. The funding from the 1207 program came to us outside our normal funding stream, which allowed us to jumpstart programs that we otherwise would never have been able to initiate. We are using those funds quickly and we're achieving results that are concrete, tangible, and measurable over the course of this coming year.
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"After water, tea is the most widely consumed beverage in the world."
In the U.S. they drink soda, Europeans = wine, Africa = probably just water, south america = definitely not tea, russia = wine, beer and water, india = probably cow and goats milk, aussie = beer wine.
how could this be, Tea seem so foreign in other part of the world.
ahh..i get it...TEA. IS. WATER.