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Sleeps 4
Bedrooms 2
Bathrooms 2
Pets Yes
"Lighting could be brighter in ..."Lighting could be brighter in kitchen area. All in all, though, a gem of a cottage. As this was my second visit to this property in here months, I knew exactly what to expect .
- Off road parking
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- Ground floor bedroom
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Hedge End Farm Cottages
Winterborne Stickland 1 mile. A cluster of six impressive, imaginatively-converted, single-storey barn conversions, nestling in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, in an idyllic rural location a mile from the picturesque village of Winterborne Stickland, 4 miles from Blandford Forum. Grouped around an attractive grassed courtyard on the owner's 1350-acre working farm, these Winterborne Stickland cottages have been sympathetically converted to an extremely high standard, and where possible, feature many original oak beams and vaulted ceilings. Each of these Winterborne Stickland cottages has its own charm and character, all boasting cosy woodburning stoves, and most offering en-suite facilities. Outside each Winterborne Stickland cottage is a private garden area, as well as attractive shared lawns to the front, and use of a shared games room in one of the larger barns on site; a super place to have fun after your day out. With a variety of accommodation on offer at these Winterborne Stickland cottages, up to 28 people can enjoy the delights of this lovely rural location, from the glorious country walks across the nearby Bulbarrow Hill, one of Dorset's highest points, to the stunning Jurassic Coast, an easy drive. These luxurious Winterborne Stickland cottages provide an excellent rural base from which to explore this stunning area.
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A stylish end-terrace Winterborne Stickland cottage offering single-storey, open plan living.
Beamed ceiling, woodburning stove and en-suite facilities to both bedrooms.
Attractive shared lawned courtyard, private patio and shared on-site games room.
Note: This property is in a courtyard with Refs. 18978, 905895, 905896, 905897 and 905898, together they sleep 28.
All ground floor. Two bedrooms: 1 x king-size double with en-suite bath, hand-held shower, basin and WC, 1 x twin with en-suite shower, basin and WC. Open plan living area with kitchen, dining area and sitting area with woodburning stove.
- Electric heating with woodburning stove
- Electric oven, ceramic hob, microwave, fridge/freezer, washing machine, dishwasher, TV with FreeSat, DVD, WiFi, selection of books and games
- Fuel, power and starter pack for stove inc. in rent
- Further fuel can be purchased from owner
- Bed linen and towels inc. in rent
- Travel cot and highchair on request
- Ample off road parking
- Covered bike storage
- Enclosed, private garden with lawned area, patio and picnic bench
- Shared front lawned area
- Shared games room with pool table, table football and air hockey
- Two well-behaved dogs welcome
- Sorry, no smoking
- Shop 5 miles, pub 1 mile
- Note: Dogs to be kept on a lead whilst on the premises due to nearby livestock.
About the location
Blandford Forum 4 miles.
The attractive village of Winterborne Stickland is located beneath the majestic Dorset Downs, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Winterborne Stickland is situated in the peaceful, chalk-streamed Winterbourne Valley, which boasts spectacular views from Bulbarrow, one of the highest points in Dorset. The centre of this charming village features several picturesque cob and thatch cottages including the 17th century inn, and a 13th century church, whilst the surrounding countryside offers wonderful rural walks. Just 3 miles away is the pretty village of Milton Abbas, with its beautiful Benedictine abbey and exquisite, whitewashed, thatched cottages, often featured on Dorset picture postcards. Tour the striking Georgian architecture, visit the fascinating Fashion Museum, or sample real ale at the local brewery at nearby Blandford Forum. Alternatively, explore the colourful market and array of shops, pubs and restaurants at Thomas Hardy's Dorchester, or enjoy the delights of the scenic Jurassic Coast, both within easy driving distance. You are truly spoilt for choice at this wonderful location.
Region Information
This property offers the following short breaks:
- Winter
- Off-season
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Wednesday, March 02, 2011
Anything But an Accident
Anti-cyclist attitudes amongst a minority of motorists in Darlington are well known. We have had many reports of aggressive drivers shouting and abusing cyclists on our streets. And I have previously blogged about the reaction to cyclist Norman Fay's death on the Croft Road in 2008. Most traffic planners, and many politicians, in the UK blindly continue to encourage this kind of "the roads belong to us" attitude amongst motorists. But this shocking video from Porto Alegre in Brazil is in another league.
It shows a motorist deliberately ploughing through a large group of cyclists. The incident took place last week during a Critical Mass Ride there. It has provoked a string of solidarity rides in Latin America, and indictment of the driver for attempted murder. It is not a video for the squeamish.
Critical Mass rides reveal the poverty of current traffic management thinking in countries like our own. Cyclists are expected to share road space with motorised traffic, but when there are enough cyclists on the road we suddenly become "an obstruction". My own understanding is that "congestion" is the correct term, and that it is an issue at the top of the agenda for traffic planners to do something about - like providing better infrastructure.
And I refuse to label this post "accident"!
You can see more world-wide condemnation of the incident on Beauty and the Bike's Facebook page.
EDIT: Picture from the Buenos Aires solidarity ride:
5 comments:
- wuppidoc said...
This is extremely shocking. No other words needed.
- 1:27 pm, March 02, 2011
- sasosafetysigns said...
This is the worst accident I ever seen in my life: There should be a hard punishment for the rough drivers so that one can not repeat such mistakes again.
Safety Signs
- 8:07 pm, March 02, 2011
- wuppidoc said...
Well, that sort of attitude of car drivers can develop, when traffic policy tends to give them a status of first class in public space (i.e. on roads). Of course this guy is extreme, but in Britain there are a lot of very rude drivers. Most of them do not stop when they turn into minor roads even if a pedestrian is just crossing. Cyclists tend to be yelled at, cars pass them with high speed and do not give them enough space, thus frightening them with their back draft. A girl from the project "Beauty and the Bike"on a round about in Darlington was pushed by a van onto the kerb, she fell off her bike, the van took another extra round, opened his window and laughed at her lying on the ground.
As long as transport policy in Britain does not start to reallocate the space on roads towards bicycles thus showing the motorist that there are other and vulnerable traffic members on or beside roads, nothing will change or will even get worse.
- 1:50 pm, March 03, 2011
- Brian Vigurs said...
Video no longer avaialable - Better here:-
- 4:04 pm, March 09, 2011
- Richard Grassick said...
many thanks, Brian. Will sort.
- 4:36 pm, March 09, 2011


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Maybe some could be allowed back with a curfew. Sometimes it seems like the most venomous posts occur after cocktail hour. .;
Maybe some could be allowed back with a curfew. Sometimes it seems like the most venomous posts occur after cocktail hour. .;
Dont wave your phony patriotism in MY face! If you really love America, open your wallet and hire an American kid to build what you buy. Doug Fraser (paraphrased) 1980
Real Americans buy American.
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You really gotta be careful about how high a pedestal you put your method, your accomplishments, your dog on. There's usually someone who's done more, somewhere. And they may have used a different method than you did! Chris Atkinson 2013
get your dog out and TRAIN! caryalsobrook 2013
Wow so many here are pro death penalty. Where were you for the presidential election past two terms?
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Too many dogs to list (By some Bitch)
"Helping Hunters Train Their Dogs"
So for all saying no, why are you so apposed to giving someone a second chance? Yeah there are some a holes out there, but there are also some that in my opinion offered excellent opinions. I would bet the ones that are really bad apples probably would not come bad anyway and even if they is they would be gone again at the first offense .
Whats the worst that could happen?
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Corey Burke
what is recidivism?
i voted no even though i think "mean people" usually provide very funny reading.
maybe bill and road kill can put a "rtf banned training day reunion" together. everyone could train, sit around and tailgate and chris could evaluate the likelyhood of reform or recidivism based on the days events? if they all spend a day together and nobody gets an ass whoopin'......they all get back in!
john mccallie
I don't think that anyone should be banned for an opinion, even if voiced strongly, but if someone has threatened anyone else, I think they should be gone forever. I can do without the ad hominem attacks and name calling, but then again, I have always been pretty sure that I am winning when people start calling me names. First one to call "stupidhead" (or whatever) loses.
POTUS is pretty wild west and seems like it is pretty hard to get banned (I think mostly because Chris doesn't visit very often as he REALLY doesn't like the kind of rough and tumble nature of the spirited discussions seen there). I would think that amnesty would have to be on some kind of case by case basis. Have wondered what happened to Murral (I'm not a girl) Stark (on POTUS) for instance. Don't know if we just drove him off or if he got banned. If we drove him off, I feel a bit bad for any part I might have had there.
Oh, who's Angie Becker?
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Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company.
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I miss WRL's avatar. I think he/she should be brought back based on that alone.
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some of them never leftWhy would we want to bring back the truly mean and stupid?
Winter is coming
Duck hunters like other duck hunters at a Holiday party, cocktail hour or a school play..........they hate each other @ 5am
I voted no simply because I figure the decision should be up to Chris. I am sure he is trying to balance all sides. I miss some band folks too.
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In an important ruling for free speech, the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit today affirmed that a parody of a popular online video called "What What (In the Butt)" (NSFW, unless you happen to work at EFF!) was a clear case of fair use and that the district court's early dismissal of the case was correct.
Lino and Mario Bocchini, creators of the Brazilian parody website Falha de São Paulo, are currently appealing a court order that froze their domain two years ago. In September 2010, Brazilian newspaper Folha de São Paulo filed a lawsuit against the Falha seeking financial compensation for mimicking their layout and copy-editing, and also for "moral damages" to its reputation as a news organization. While the financial indemnities were dropped, Falha's domain remains frozen for unauthorized use of Folha's intellectual property.
Our movie industry has created some memorable monsters on screen. But Hollywood, and the major music labels, also helped create a very real kind of monster - copyright trolls who coerce settlements from Internet subscribers using intimidation and our out-of-whack copyright laws. Last Friday, EFF Senior Staff Technologist Seth Schoen took the witness stand in AF Holdings v. Does to explain to a federal judge why BitTorrent users should be able to hold on to their constitutional rights when targeted by trolls.
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Is anyone not using any of the monthly treatments? I ask only because when I apply it to my 2yo lab, he starts walking around in circles and acting like it is bothering him. Or am I off of my rocker?
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Is anyone not using any of the monthly treatments? I ask only because when I apply it to my 2yo lab, he starts walking around in circles and acting like it is bothering him. Or am I off of my rocker?
There's a bunch of flea/tick medicines out there. First, check with your Vet and he'll recommend one. However, check Walmart for Pet Armor at $28 per 3 mos worth.
Greg Lee
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has anyone been using the pet armor long enough to give a true opinion? I use advantix and wouldn't mind saving a few dollars if it works the same.
Mikegillam, thanks for your post. You are not off your rocker. Our 2 year old yellow female does the same thing when I apply the topical flea medication. She starts walking around in circles as well and stays away from everybody. The good news is it only lasts the first day its applied. Never had any of our other dogs act this way, they always ignored it. Each time I apply it now she seems to react a little better. You'd think she'd get over it by now.
I just bought the three pack Walmart product Pet Armor for $28 which is $20 less then Frontline. Both products contain the exact same ingredients. How much difference could there be?
I recd an email recently about some holistic preparation that was supposed to be good, but who knows. http://healthypets.mercola.com/sites...k-control.aspx
I use Frontline here, but have some of the new generic Fiprogard on backorder w/ Omaha Vaccine now that frontline's patent has run out. May have to run by Walmart if that product is fipronyl since we are due. Saw a tick crawling on the baby the other day!
Both products are displayed next to one another. According to the labels they have the exact same ingredients. I suppose there could be some difference in the exact same ingredients (age purity etc), but I don't know.
I still get mine from my vet.
Frontline quit working on my dogs. I switched to K-9 Advantix and have had great success.
Since Frontline lost its patent, you should be seeing more "generics" entering the market. Pet Armour does have the same ingredients, the only issue being it is produced in Malaysia. Sergeant has a product out called Fiproguard which has the same ingredients as Frontline, but is still made in the US. Retail is should be around $15-20 less than Frontline.
I switched to Scalibor collars and I've gotten much better results. Haven't found an embedded tick on them since and a lot less crawlers. When I was using frontline I found some engorged ticks and tons of crawlers.


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A fun way to serve this chili is in mason jars, with corn chips on the bottom and cheese sprinkled on top. With smaller servings, you can serve as many as 12 people with this recipe.
If you like spicy chili, add 1 chopped ancho chile with the onion and garlic.
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Presidential debate adviser gives inside view, Oct. 6
Posted September 28, 2005; 05:58 p.m.
Robert Barnett, a Washington, D.C., lawyer who has advised several Democratic presidential candidates, will discuss "Presidential Debates: An Insider's View" at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 6, in 16 Robertson Hall.
Barnett, a senior partner at the Washington-based firm Williams & Connolly, has focused on debate preparation as an adviser to several national campaigns, working with Walter Mondale, Geraldine Ferraro, Michael Dukakis, Bill Clinton, Joe Lieberman and John Edwards. He also advised Hillary Clinton in her 2000 senatorial campaign.
Barnett has represented major U.S corporations and public figures. In 2004, he ranked atop Washingtonian magazine's list of the city's best lawyers.
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A few weeks after getting my G2 driver's license, I was on a trip through Guelph when I made a huge mistake. Even though I saw the flashing yellow lights and painted yellow stripes on the ground I blew right through a pedestrian controlled crossing. My passenger gave me a pretty good scolding, "How could you be so ignorant?" "Why didn't you stop?"
I was later forgiven and thankfully I didn't run anyone over. I don't know why I didn't stop. My hometown didn't have crosswalks like this but that's certainly no excuse.
Years later I moved to Toronto and, as a driver, it felt like there were pedestrian controlled crosswalks everywhere. I was always on the look out, careful not to drive through when the lights were flashing, careful even when they weren't.
Pedestrian Crossovers (as they're called in Toronto) allow pedestrians to cross safely under flashing lights at areas that do not have stop signs or traffic lights. There's one on Christie Street at Fiesta Farms that gets a lot of use and for the most part drivers approach this crossing slower than they drive through other intersections in the area.
Now that I've ditched my car, the pedestrian crossovers I felt were everywhere have seemingly disappeared. Probably because the space between them takes just seconds to cover in a car yet on foot the time and space in between is much longer.
In fact, I've noticed that pedestrian crossovers are few and far between on roads where they would get the most use.
Along Bloor, between Bathurst and Spadina, there are only 2 pedestrian crossovers. One at Brunswick and one at Walmer and both at intersections with traffic lights. Yet, the distance from Bathurst to Brunswick is 300 metres. Now, that may not sound like a large distance, but consider that to cross from one side of Bloor to the other is only about 16 metres, well, who is going to walk an few extra hundred metres to get to the nearest crosswalk?
As anyone who's traveled this strip in the very popular Annex area knows; most people will simply cross where they want. There is ample space to add more pedestrian crossovers here. There is certainly demand from the thousands of pedestrians who shop and live in this area, so why then aren't there more crossovers? Well, when you design a city around cars and not people, just like much of Toronto has been, the answer becomes clear. Here arterial roads are for moving cars, with as little delay as possible.
As a cyclist I believe pedestrian crossovers can work to our advantage. On a busy street such as Bloor I'm constantly scanning parked cars to avoid door prizes, shoulder checking to see who is going to pass on my right and keeping an eye out for pedestrians who can pop up in the narrowest spaces. The more pedestrian crossovers along a stretch of popular road, the slower the cars will drive (for the most part) and the more predictable pedestrian crossings become. Yet, this isn't how the city of Toronto handles streets that have a demand for more pedestrian crossings.
Take for example the intersection of Northumberland Street and Dovercourt Road just north of Bloor Street:
Bloor Street is just a little further south, out of frame at the bottom of the above image.
This intersection is one where pedestrians want to cross. The city knows this and instead of installing a pedestrian crossover, we get a sign. Yes, Bloor Street is where pedestrians are expected to cross:
Cars and trucks tend to speed along here. Impatient drivers heading north from Bloor floor it after waiting at the lights and take the bend in the road at pretty intimidating speeds. Exactly the recipe for disaster when pedestrians are involved:
Why then isn't there a pedestrian crossing here? Why not slow the cars and trucks down and make this street safer for pedestrians and cyclists? Why, instead, has the city ignored the bull in the china shop? Of course, the bull is asked to watch out, there are children around:
Bike lanes seem to be hogging the headlines in Toronto these days, but I want to know why there aren't more pedestrian crossovers? Wouldn't these be an easier sell to the neighbourhood residents who probably want little more than to just cross the street without running?
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Summer theater schedule announced
Posted May 22, 2001; 08:36 a.m.
After two summers in the dark, the lights will go up on Princeton Summer Theater this year.
The summer theater was cancelled in 1999 and 2000, allowing its home in Hamilton Murray Theater to undergo a million-dollar renovation.
The 2001 season will feature four mainstage shows, supplemented by guest performances and a show geared toward children. The shows and dates are:
-- "Barefoot in the Park" by Neil Simon, June 21-24 and July 5-8.
-- "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, June 28-July 1, July 12-15 and July 19-22.
-- "Much Ado About Nothing" by William Shakespeare, July 26-29 and Aug. 9-12.
-- "The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds" by Paul Zindel, Aug. 2-5 and Aug. 16-19.
Performances will begin at 8 p.m. Thursdays through Sundays, with matinees at 2 p.m. Sundays. Ticket prices are $12.50 for adults, $10 for seniors and $7 for students and children. Additional discounts are available to subscribers and to large groups.
A separate show for children will be presented by Princeton Summer Theater at 2 p.m. on five Saturday afternoons: July 7, July 14, July 21, Aug. 4 and Aug. 11. The theater also will play host to Eidolon Arts, a local theater troupe, at 8 p.m. July 10-11 and July 17-18.
In addition, Princeton Summer Theater will offer drama workshops for children and internships for high school students this summer.
Reservations, subscriptions and further information are available at 258-7062.
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Japan's Leader Has Little Use for Hiroshima's Lessons of Pacifism
As President Obama prepares to visit, the Asian country's aversion to war is being challenged by a conservative movement led by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe....
May 27, 2016, Friday
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Eiko Steps Away From One Dance Partner, to Take on Many More
Half of the duo Eiko and Koma is performing in public spaces around the world as part of new project....
February 14, 2016, Sunday
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Nobel Literature Crown Again Eludes Japan's Hope, Haruki Murakami
It's a plot that could almost have come from Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami, the wildly popular author known for writing about disillusionment, who has been a top pick for the Nobel Literature prize for nearly a decade - in vain....
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Anyone been to the movie? Is Tom Cruise YOUR Jack Reacher?
A few months I posted that I had just found out that Tom Cruise was playing Jack Reacher and how appalled I was at this choice by Lee Childs. I was very surprised at the feedback because I didn't know that there were so many of us who loved Jack Reacher. I have made up my mind to not go and see this movie. I have in my mind an image of Jack Reacher that I do not want Tom Cruise to ruin. Years ago I read this fabulous book (no clue now about who wrote it) and they made a movie out of the book. I went to see the movie which was a big mistake, because now I remember the movie more than the book and it wasn't as good. So I, for one, am not going to any of Tom Cruise's movies where he plays Jack Reacher. I have tried to complain to Lee Childs but can't get on his website. Oh well, I doubt he would listen to me !!
I have read all his books and can't picture Cruise as Reacher either. The reviews have noted the physcical difference, but gave the movie good reviews along with Cruise's acting.
Reacher character is supposed to be 6 foot 5 inches i believe. Cruise falls way short of that.
My DH is really disappointed that T.C. is playing this role. He read all the books. When he discribed J.R. to me my first thought was Dwayn Johnson( THE ROCK). He has the size and ability to pull this character off with great appeal.
My 2nd choice would be Liev Shriber. Not so much bulk but very good actor and has played parts like this.
I hope the movie is better than we may think with T.C. in the lead.
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NO, NO, No! I like the Jack Reacher books - great, entertaining, fast, action-packed fiction - a good read. Tom Cruise is not anywhere near what I imagine Jack Reacher as looking like or being like. I probably won't see the movie because it will ruin my image of Jack Reacher!
I don't have any clue who Jack Reacher is but I have boycotted Tom Cruise movies ever since he acted like such a pompous a** when interviewed by Matt Lauer years ago. This is a man who obviously has some deep seeded issues that he refuses to acknowledge.
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I like Tom Cruise and I like Jack Reacher, but I can't see Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher. The other one that is bothering me right now is Tyler Perry as Alex Cross. I don't get that one either.
I just cannot see Tom Cruise playing Jack Reacher - I have read every book with Reacher - he is specifically described as 6'5" 220lbs with hands as large as "dinner plates" - Reacher always stands out in a crowd because he is so big and he is a man of few words - yet he takes no nonesense. I really don't see Tom Cruise pulling this one off - and I am very disappointed that he is playing this role. I am considering not seeing the movie because of this.


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Posting this for a buddy, he has 9 month old that he decided to train the dog loves fetching a tennis ball, but has no interest in a bumper or bird, will FF correct that?
Posting this for a buddy, he has 9 month old that he decided to train the dog loves fetching a tennis ball, but has no interest in a bumper or bird, will FF correct that?
dogs choke and die from tennis balls.
dog does not like live birds?
may I ask what breed of dog?
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Lab, he fetched a bumper this evening in water but in yard he runs half way to it and stops, the birds tried are previously frozen.
Don't want to suggest that FF' will do "magical" things in terms of retrieving, but more than likely (if done properly), the dog would wind up picking up bumpers/birds.
It won't create "retrieving desires", but the attributes of it go well beyond that.
Think what your friend is experiencing is fairly common- a dog thats' seen one, and only one object thrown to retrieve for an extensive period of time and that's all the pup "knows".
Same kinda' thing that happens when pups see LOTS and LOTS of birds as marks and then all of a sudden there's work to do with bumpers and pup runs over to a bumper it's never seen before, looks at the handler and says "Hey where's the beef!?"
Same thing as what happens sometimes when pup hasn't seen any birds and one is tossed--pup runs out, sniffs it, and looks around for a bumper lol.
Would say you don't have to FF' to get pup to pick up bumpers. One can transition from the tennis ball to bumpers with some patience, REPS, and praise that comes with success.
I'd try to talk your friend into not falling into the habit of tossing bumpers in H2o all the time just to see the dog pick bumpers up.
Get the dog successfully/eagerly picking 'em up on land first, then go for the bonus rounds in water.
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"It's no fun to be single here if you're an Egyptian," he said. "But I'm married to a girl from Paris"—15 miles away—"and this is a good place to raise a family."
Passing the brick houses and quiet streets of Lexington, I continued through green hills, bumped along a corner of Ohio, and arrived in Charleston, West Virginia—a state capital that is more like a small town, with a population of around 50,000. I was in time for lunch at a Mexican restaurant. I merely happened upon it, as I found other good places on the road. Often, I asked a passerby— "Where's a great place to eat?" and I always got a helpful referral.
Ten days into my road trip I began wondering if I were perhaps pushing it a little too hard. But wasn't the whole point to keep going down the proud highway? The thrill is in the moving, gaining ground, watching the landscape change, stopping on impulse.
Then I met Steve the biker, out on I-79 at a rest stop, somewhere between Burnsville and Buckhannon, and he made me feel as though I had been dawdling. I had swung by for gas. Steve had stopped to adjust the strap on his motorcycle helmet. He had a new bike and was traveling from Omaha, Nebraska, to Alexandria, Virginia—in two days. He'd left St. Louis earlier that morning and had already traveled almost 600 miles—and was aiming to be home tonight, about 300 miles to go.
"I don't get it," I said.
"This is the newest Kawasaki," Steve said. "I can do 110 in first gear and I still have five more gears." He smiled a little. "I did 165 yesterday."
"And you don't get pulled over for speeding?"
"I'm a small profile," he said. "I'm under the radar."
Instead of following him up the Interstate, I turned east on mellow-looking Route 50 and meandered through Grafton, Fellowsville, Mount Storm and Capon Bridge—heading in the general direction of Gettysburg. I count the drive through West Virginia as distinctly memorable—there was hardly a town or village on the way I would not have been content to live in; not a hill I did not wish to climb, or a hollow that did not invite me to laze under a tree. At one point, bowling along the open road, the Supertramp song "Take the Long Way Home" came on the radio. Listening to music while driving through a lovely landscape is one of life's great mood enhancers. And hearing the line, "But there are times that you feel you're part of the scenery," I was in Heaven.
The rain in Gettysburg the next day provided a somber atmosphere for driving from battlefield to battlefield, from the carnage with the opening shots at McPherson's Ridge on the first of July, 1863, to the Battle of Little Round Top on the second day, to the futility of Pickett's Charge on the third and last day. I had dreamed for years of spending time in Gettysburg, a place of heroism, eloquent words and deeds. For a small fee, I had hired a friendly historian-guide from the visitors center, and he drove my car—the car that had brought me across America from Los Angeles. My two days in and around Gettysburg were perhaps the most vivid of the trip for the depth of history and the reminder that, as a nation, we are warriors as well as peacemakers.


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Could expired federal tax credits that promote energy efficiency in buildings get a second life? Yesterday three U.S. Senators introduced the Energy Efficiency Tax Incentives Act with an eye on reviving a popular-but-now-shuttered tax credit for commercial buildings and boosting other tax incentives for energy efficient strategies in the building sector.
The bill was quickly endorsed by a number of organizations such as the American Institute of Architects, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and the National Electrical Manufacturers Association.
Introduced by Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), the bill seeks to restore the section 179D commercial building deduction that expired at the end of 2013 and extend the credit through 2016 for energy efficiency improvements to a building's building envelope and lighting and HVAC systems. In addition, the bill seeks to apply the credit to multifamily buildings, expand coverage to apply to more retrofits, and increase the maximum deduction allowed from $1.80 per square foot to $3.00 per square foot.
The bill also proposes new tax credits to help homeowners and builders to be more efficient, including a performance-based homeowner tax credit of $2,000 for renovations that increase their home's efficiency by at least 20 percent, with the provision that the credit could increase by $500 for every additional five percent of energy use improvement up to a cap of $5,000 for home renovations that increase performance by 50 percent or more.
Other provisions in the bill target industrial energy and water use by expanding the current investment tax credit for combined heat and power systems, creating a credit for highly efficient thermal biomass systems, and a creating an investment credit for waste heat-to-power systems. Other proposed credits address CFC chiller replacements and reduced water use in the manufacturing sector.Senator Cardin's website posted the following commentary from the bill's three sponsors:
"Energy efficiency improvements are a smart, cost-effective way to reduce pollution, increase the competitiveness of our manufacturers, and put Americans back to work. It's simply good business and good policy," said Senator Cardin, a member of the Senate Finance and Environment and Public Works Committees. "As a nation, we are becoming more energy efficient, but we have a long way to go. Encouraging the retrofitting of existing buildings needs to be a priority as up to 80 percent of the buildings standing today will still be here in 2050. Our Tax Code can be an effective tool in promoting energy efficiency building and retrofits in all sectors."
"Energy efficiency is one of the most cost-effective options we have to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions," said Senator Feinstein, Chair of the Appropriations Energy and Water Subcommittee. "The Energy Efficiency Tax Incentives Act will reward investments in the commercial, residential and industrial sectors based on actual improvements to their energy efficiency. The smart tax incentives in the bill can promote green jobs, reduce pollution and expand the market for energy efficient technologies and products."
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Last year was a miserable one for investors in Indonesia, at last relative to other emerging markets. The MSCI Indonesia index gained just 8.9% in 2012, while the MSCI Emerging Markets index jumped 14%.
That was especially disappointing because Indonesia's spent much of the last year and a half outperforming the MSCI Emerging Markets for brief periods of time, only to underperform again and remain stuck in its relative trading range.
Consider the range broken. The MSCI Indonesia has gained 13% this year, to the MSCI Emerging Markets' 0.2% rise, and the surge has lifted the MSCI Indonesia Index out of its range. (In the chart below, a rising line means the MSCI Indonesia is gaining relative to the MSCI Emerging Markets, and vice versa. Click on it for a larger image.)
And there are fundamental reasons for expecting Indonesia to outperform this year, as well, according to HSBC's Herald van der Linde and Devendra Joshi. They recommend overweighting Indonesia "because of the chances of positive growth surprises, the lack of optimism among investors following recent underperformance relative to ASEAN, and a domestic demand-led, high ROE growth story."
The iShares MSCI Indonesia Investable Market Index (EIDO) exchange-traded fund has returned 13% so far this year, while the iShares MSCI Emergign Markets Index ETF (EEM) has lost 2.6%. Indonesia is also besting the iShares MSCI Thailand Capped Investable Market Index ETF's (THD) 8.9% gain.
Sure, it's lagging the iShares MSCI Philippines Investable Market Index ETF's (EPHE) 16% return by three percentage point this year but, van der Linde and Joshi warn that the Philippines has already priced in the its strong domestic consumption and government reforms–making its market look expensive.
Indonesia has no such problem.


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I have a laptop with Synaptics touchpad, and one of the biggest annoyances in its implementation is how the "wheel" strips act upon the GUI element where the mouse is pointing regardless of the current focus. It took years to beat focus-follow-mouse people into a marginal submission, yet they still find every crack to seep through, like kerosene. Naturally, this behaviour is not tunable.
Another retardity in this area is the behaviour of the panel. Some genious came up with an awesome idea to flip windows if panel receives a wheel click. The problem with that is, a strip on the laptop is difficult to make to deliver just one click, so the function is useless to me. Also, it is too easy to hit the strip accidentially (which would not be a big deal if not for the enforced focus-follow). So, for one reason or the other, I would like to disable this behaviour. I don't even want to seek excuses for this wish. Just do it. But it's impossible.
So far the only group that displayed a clue in this was, strangely enough, Mozilla. They fixed bugs I filed and in general had an understanding of various input and display technologies, despite only being browser people. You'd think desktop developers would know how a touchpad differs from a wheel mouse.
UPDATE: Chris pointed out in comments that a fundamental reason exists why wheel behaves this way: the extra button events are mouse buttons, and those go where pointer points. I knew it, but it didn't click. I still think that applications should be able to work around this, although perhaps at the cost of some extra events being delivered.
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Entries close tonight. Let's see if we can't get the entries in The Quals to top 60.
Entries close tonight. Let's see if we can't get the entries in The Quals to top 60.
Good luck this weekend.
Bluebonnet Qual callbacks to the 4th: 1,4,7,9,26,29,38,39. Dog 26 starts 8:00 at the Caire's. Derby begins immediately after the Qual.
Congrats to Frank, Stephanie and Clint on Emmy (Magic x Ember) and Woody (Cosmo x Rebi) for placing first and 2nd in the Bluebonnet Qual.
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Derby callbacks for the 2nd series - 1-4,6,7,11-21,24,26,28,29,36,38,41,45
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Congrats to Mark Burke and Cricket for winning the Brazosport Qual today.
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Yesterday we held our first ever Open House. In the past recruiting has come easy, and for the most part it still is. You see, "If you build it…they come". Yeah, I am referring to a solid Scouting program. If you build a good program, the word gets out and the Scouts come.
This year, however, we thought it would be a good idea to open our doors and show our Troops flavor. Not with the expectation of getting more boys to join, but to show our program and allow them to make the decision. We also thought it would be a good idea to help some of those Webelos that were looking at wrapping up those last few requirements for their Arrow of Light.
So we put together a nice package that accomplished many goals.
First, introduce the troop. Second, help the Webelos, and Finally recruit, if not to our Troop, but then to another troop that would fit the Scout and his families needs in Scouting.
Now we view Scout Troops as Ice cream with many flavors. Our troop is Rocky road. Other troops may be vanilla, chocolate, or cookies and cream, none of them better than the others, just different. Some folks like chocolate better than vanilla, and some like nuts in their ice cream. each flavor is great when that is what you like. And that is what we sell. We sell our flavor. We do not try to be better than anyone else, we do not try to offer what others offer, other than then what is outlined in the BSA program. We all know that troops are different, but we also know that there are certain things that all troops have in common. We offer all the common things, but do it with our flavor.
We had a good turn out, I would not say it was fantastic, but I think that no matter what Troop those boys go to, they will have fun, but more importantly, they will stay in Scouting.
And with that we all win.
Will we do it again.. I am sure we will. Will we change our flavor… probably not… not just to get turn out at an open house. We love rocky road, the Scouts like it and come back every Monday to get more. Is it the nuts? Is it the marshmallow? Or is the chocolate?
All of the above.
Have a Great Scouting Day!


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From the hills of the Deccan Plateau in western India's state of Maharashtra, the world of export fuels is unimaginable. In these hill villages firewood is still the primary fuel. In the hour before the sun goes down over the hills and the temperature drops, women bearing head loads of bundles of light branches head back to their simple homes. What these families have in common with many hundreds of thousands of households in rural India is their continued reliance on wood as fuel, whether for cooking or, as in these windswept hills, for keeping warm.
In the state to the north, which is Gujarat, industry has just finished marking what they're calling a landmark in Indian industry. On Christmas day 2008, a new refinery began processing crude oil. The new refinery was built and is owned and operated by Reliance Petroleum Ltd, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Ltd, one of India's largest companies. The new unit in the port city of Jamnagar, Gujarat, adds 29 million tonnes (580,000 barrels per day) of refining capacity to Reliance Petroleum's total - it already has 33 million tonnes of refining capacity running in the Jamnagar complex. The group is now the world's largest refining entity at a single location, and the milestone was celebrated in newspapers around the country through full-page colour advertisements released by the company.
Not one litre of the "ultra-clean" fuels that the huge new plant will produce is to be used in India. Reliance Petroleum plans to meet demand in Europe, Africa and the United States - the new plant is geared entirely to the export market, thereby bypassing entirely the domestic market in which prices are controlled by India's central government. Of course the petroleum sector has changed a great deal from 36 months ago, when the fast-track refinery began to be built, and the company is being watched carefully by its public sector competitors at home.
Two days after Reliance Petroleum announced its triumph to the country and the world's petroleum industry, India's Cabinet - chaired by the Prime Minister and which includes the heads of key ministries - approved an Integrated Energy Policy. This, according to India's Planning Commission, which authored it, includes as its aims permitting energy prices to be determined by the market and providing subsidies targeted at those families who are classified as being 'below the poverty line'.
My guess is that most of the households I saw in these hills of western Maharashtra have already been classified as being 'below the poverty line'. These are the families the Planning Commission - India's apex institution that sets the country's development agenda and method - has in mind when it speaks of targeted fuel subsidies. "India needs to sustain an economic growth of at least 9 per cent [per year] over the next 25 years if it is to eradicate poverty and meet its larger human development goals," the Planning Commission had said. "The primary energy supply (including gathered non-commercial such as wood and dung) must increase at the rate of 5.8 per cent annually for fuelling the growth."
That sounds ambitious and doesn't look like it's getting the support it needs. About a month ago, India's central government announced and immediately implemented a price cut in the major automotive fuels - petrol (what we call gasoline or motor spirit) and diesel (formally, 'high speed diesel'). The media duly repeated the government's announcements that it was "passing on the benefit of steep fall (sic) in international crude prices to the consumers" by dropping the retail selling prices of petrol by 5 rupees (about US 10 cents/EUR 7.5 cents) a litre and diesel by 2 rupees (US 4 cents/EUR 2 cents) a litre. This pushed the cheapest retail prices for the two fuels down to rupees 45.6 per litre for petrol (95 US cents/68 EUR cents) and to rupees 32.8 per litre for diesel (68 US cents/48 EUR cents).
What wasn't touched at all were the prices for cooking fuels - which for tens of millions of households in India means kerosene and LPG (liquefied petroleum gas). India's government subsidises petrol, diesel, cooking gas (LPG) and kerosene. We're told by the ministries in New Delhi that the oil companies (they're state-owned) which sell these fuels do so at below-production costs, and they're given oil bonds in exchange to partially compensate them for their losses.
What's the connection between fuelwood use in the hills of western Maharashtra, the world's single biggest zone for refinery capacity and the price of domestic cooking fuel not being dropped? It is that India doesn't seem to want to think 'integrated' when it comes to energy. The country's petroleum planners wanted to drop prices of road transport fuels to help inflation (whose rise caused havoc last year) fall faster and aid an economic boost. The state of Gujarat is home to rural populations that are just as much 'below the poverty line' and starved of affordable cooking fuels as are Maharashtra's. In neither state are regional governments counting the environmental cost of several million headloads of forest litter, brushwood or dried dung being burned every evening and every morning.
The reason they continue to be burned in such quantities is that a cylinder (14.2 kg) of LPG costs about 305 rupees (US$ 6.35/EUR 4.55), even if there is a distributor within 20 kilometres. For a rural family that supplies agricultural labour - and there are many in this state - that is out of reach. At Rs 9.15 per litre, kerosene is a far cheaper option, but that is the price through India's dense public distribution system and its front end of hundreds of thousands of what are called 'fair price' shops, and neither do they have kerosene in enough supply, nor does the fuel remain affordable in the black market. For three years till end-2008 these rural hamlets have struggled with real inflation rates which at times have been twice those in India's cities (where average incomes are much higher), driven by steadily rising food prices. These families survive outside all books of accounts, all energy plans, all central diktats. In early 2009, fuel security for far too many still means scouring the hillsides and drying cowdung.


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Posted On February 18, 2013 by TJ Marshall
Being a waterman who has owned boats ranging from catamarans to skiffs throughout my life, I always look forward to the Miami Boat Show — a premier event each year for those of us who love the salt life. Thanks to the generosity of the National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA), Ocean Conservancy was granted a complimentary booth at the show to share our GoodMate "Charting a Course to Clean Water" program made possible by the Brunswick Foundation.
It was inspiring to see the advancements and mindset of the boating and salt life community toward conservation on display throughout the show.


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By Shuli Ren
Value trumped growth today. China's state-owned enterprises led the market gain. China Mobile (CHL) gained 2.2%. Bank of China (3988.HK) advanced 1.5%. The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index gained 0.2%.
China's state-owned enterprises reform is taking a step. Chinese investment conglomerate Citic Group decided to restructure and inject $36 billion assets into its Hong Kong subsidiary Citic Pacific (0267.HK), in exchange for cash and new shares issued in Hong Kong. Citic Pacific advanced 13%.
Financial Times reports:
Citic's announcement follows on the heels of plans from a number of other Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs) – including oil giant Sinopec – to raise money from the sale of a profitable business without giving up control.
The restructuring brings Citic Group more in line with other SOEs that have placed the majority of their assets into listed entities. That has made operations and finances more transparent, although strategic and managerial decisions remain firmly in the hands of the Chinese state and ruling Communist Party.
Private enterprises, on the other hand, slumped. Tencent Holdings (0700.HK) slumped 5.9% after investors slammed King Digital, the maker of "Candy Crush", down 16% in New York yesterday. Macau games fell too. Galaxy Entertainment (0027.HK) lost 5.4%. Sands China (1928.HK) slumped 4%.
Warren Buffett-backed automaker BYD Co. (1211.HK) said it may issue new stocks up to 20% of its shares, sending the stocks down 4.9%.
The dollar-denominated RTS Index fell 1.6% at 7AM Eastern time today, after US President Barack Obama took a hard stance in his speech in Brussels yesterday. Wall Street Journal reports:
Mr. Obama spent much of Wednesday telling U.S. allies that they need to "step up" their commitments, particularly on military security.
"Russia's leadership is challenging truths that only a few weeks ago seemed self-evident: that in the 21st century, the borders of Europe cannot be redrawn with force," Mr. Obama said.
European officials responded to the prodding by agreeing to take steps to reduce their dependence on Russian natural gas and to improve the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's security posture.
The IMF reached a preliminary deal to lend Ukraine $14-18 billion in exchange for economic reforms.


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without Essien haiku
¶ 1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 without Essien
¶ 2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 Arthur Wharton would be proud
¶ 3 Leave a comment on verse 3 0 Ghana live to dream
¶ 1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 without Essien
¶ 2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 Arthur Wharton would be proud
¶ 3 Leave a comment on verse 3 0 Ghana live to dream
Arthur Wharton – first ever PROFESSIONAL black footballer. Born Gold Coast -now Ghana.(1865-1930)
Welcome to Football Poets -- a club for all football poets, lovers of football and lovers of (alternative) poetry. Discover poets in every league from respected internationals at the top of their game to young hopefuls in the school playground.
Publish your football poems here and then discuss them with your team mates and fans. We're archived by The British Library, so your masterpieces are in the safe hands of a world-class keeper. What a result!
Hi Graham – I'm really pleased to see that you're annotating your poems verse-by-verse. Did you know you can also highlight a bit of text in a verse and comment on that? Hover over this comment to see what I highlighted.
Not forgetting folk hero Robin Friday who started a now commonplace trend by kissing a policeman after scoring against Rochdale in 1975
"The policeman looked so cold and fed up standing there that I decided to cheer him up a bit," he explained.
Yes. We played footy in the street, and Peter Lorimer (not me) broke the window-pane at number twenty-eight. Kenneth Wolstenholme was particularly impressed, and Leeds meet Chelsea in the semi-final.
Great imagery Alex…
Playing in the street….grumpy neighbours..I go back to my old fifties Wharfdale Street , just off the Ifield Road sometimes Alex.
It's barely a bright tennis ball's throw from Stamford Bridge.We'd play for hours across that little street , stopping only for Remo's ice cream van. So few car back then. I remember mad scores like 53-41 .
We'd often play til it was so dark, we couldn't see that little yellow ball anymore sometimes..
The marking on the old brick wall in streets now lined with cars 24 x 7 are faint… but still there.
A touching tribute to a quaint old ground, with its compact pitch and small white gable.
Many thanks Graham pleased you enjoyed it.Had a great day yesterday at Wembley as we beat Oxford in Checkatrade Trophy Final.Okay not the biggest competition in football,but for us it is better than nowt.I was there in 87 when we won the FACup so to go back 30 years later was special.We're going down with a smile on our long suffering faces !
Brilliant Graham , please feel free to do a cartwheel on my behalf.
The poetry of adversity. Flowers watered by our tears. Thanks for a great poem Kevin.
A wonderful poem. Profound and heartfelt.
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I'm sure some of you out there are like me and are totally and completely addicted to Starbucks! At one time, I was drinking two or more lattes a day. As most of you know, this habit can run you into the poor house (not the pour house) in record time. So, I decided to try alternative methods to feeding my addiction.
The Inexpensive Latte
When you visit Starbucks or any other coffeehouse serving fine coffees and specialty drinks you will usually spend $3 to $4 on a decent latte. If you look closely, you will see that the espresso used to make these drinks is anywhere from 50 cents to $1 per shot.
So, instead of ordering a latte, just ask for a shot or two of espresso and a cup of ice (I like my lattes iced). Take your shots and cup of ice over to the condiment stand (where the sugar and cream are) and pour your two shots into the cup of ice. Add an appropriate amount of milk or cream and sugar as needed and your $4 latte just cost you half the price.
The Red Eye and the Black Eye
To get the same impact as a latte, you can also order a regular cup of coffee (usually a $1.50 or so) and ask them to add a shot or two to the coffee. Generally, coffee shops only charge 50 cents or so for a shot added to a drink so you can get the wham of espresso in your regular coffee and add cream to the level you like.
One shot of espresso added to coffee is called a Red Eye and two shots added is called a Black Eye. For those of you with a serious addiction, three shots added to a drink is called a Dead Eye or a Bulls Eye.
The Free Latte (almost)
Finally, you can go even one step further and start making your lattes at home. Your basic espresso maker with a steamer attachment costs around $30. If you calculate the cost of a latte at $3, you only need sacrifice 10 lattes to buy your own espresso machine. Once you have that, all you need is the coffee and a container to steam milk in.
Now, a pound of Starbucks Espresso (the best bean, in my opinion) costs around $15. That hikes the cost of your latte up considerably even though you are making it at home. There are other brands of Espresso out there that cost anywhere from $6 to $25 and many of them will make a decent espresso.
However, I have found a little known Mexican coffee that makes espresso as good or better than the Starbucks brand. It is called Café Bustello. This coffee is found in most grocery stores in my area (North Carolina). The bonus to buying this coffee is that it is already ground and still retains the original flavor.
The final expense you have is a container to steam milk in. I have tried several types of containers but the best (the one that gives you that authentic taste) is the metal container. You can usually pick one up at Target, Wal-Mart or a cooking supply place for a couple of dollars. If you want to go the extra mile, go ahead and get a thermometer as well. I have always just used my finger on the outside of the container to test the temperature.
Now that you have all of the ingredients, spoon out your Café Bustello into the espresso maker, steam your milk to 180 degrees (no higher or it might taste scorched) and enjoy a coffee shop latte for almost nothing.
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Overeem Leads K-1 Presence at Strikeforce
- Written by Dave Walsh
I was debating discussing this story at all. I mean, yes it does involve K-1 Grand Prix champion Alistair Overeem, but there are so many places where the Strikeforce Heavyweight Tournament is getting coverage that it seemed maybe unnecessary. Then this morning, Strikeforce added an extra fight to the tournament that really piqued my interest.
In an upcoming fight, Valentijn Overeem will face one of K-1's favorite sons, Sugar Ray Sefo. The fight is not 100% confirmed yet, and it is unclear if it will be on the Feb. 12 card or a future date, or a prelim or main card fight.
Now, here's the interesting thing from our end about this tournament. You have 8 names in the main draw, plus 4 more Heavyweights currently set to compete in fights on these shows. Of those 12, 3 are current, active K-1 fighters (Overeem, Sefo, Sergei Kharitonov) and one more (Andrei Arlovski) was very nearly in the 2010 Grand Prix. This tournament is a major event – the most prominent US tournament in MMA since Don Frye won the UFC Ultimate Ultimate way back in 1996. For the tournament to feature a significant K-1 presence is definitely a point worth discussing.
Much has been made of the Strikeforce/Dream partnership that has resulted in fights like Shinya Aoki v. Gilbert Melendez and Tatsuya Kawajiri v. Josh Thomson. But one aspect that has been largely overlooked previously is that Dream and K-1 are both part of FEG, so as Strikeforce works with Dream, they open the door to working with K-1. We are seeing that door crack open here in the tournament. Now, obviously the fighters we are seeing her are not K-1 exclusive fighters, and all have experience in MMA; most fans still view Overeem and Kharitonov as primarily MMA fighters trying their hand at K-1, while Sefo has been working on his fledgling MMA career for the past 2 years. But they are all fighters whose recent careers have been more marked by K-1 action than MMA, and who hold interest for K-1 fans.
Last year, there were vague rumblings of Strikeforce considering running some kickboxing fights in the US – remember that Strikeforce started in the kickboxing heavy California scene – but these plans never came to fruition. Since then, we have heard rumors of It's Showtime making their US debut in 2011, though again, nothing is confirmed. With this tournament including some big players in the kickboxing scene (and right now, no one is bigger than Alistair Overeem), there definitely is potential to generate some stateside interest in kickboxing.
Will this tournament lead to Overeem v. Badr Hari here in America? No, but depending on how they promote Overeem, Kharitonov, and Sefo, it could lead to a significant number of MMA fans hearing an awful lot about K-1 and kickboxing throughout the course of the tournament. Much will be told by how the videos and commentary position these three fighters. If they focus on MMA, there will be little benefit for kickboxing. But if they talk up Overeem as the GP champ, Sefo as a K-1 legend, and Kharitonov as pursuing a kickboxing career, it will give kickboxing valuable exposure to the large US MMA audience. And as K-1 struggles at home, increased international exposure can only be a good thing.
Alistair Overeem faces Fabricio Werdum in the quarter-final round at a date yet to be determined. The winner moves on to the semi-finals to face either Fedor Emelianenko or Antonio Silva, who meet on February 12.
Sergei Kharitonov v. Andrei Arlovski is also set for February 12 with the winner meeting Josh Barnett or Brett Rogers in the other semi-final.
Ray Sefo v. Valentijn Overeem may be on Feb. 12, or may be at a later date. The other announced fight is a reserve fight on the Feb. 12 card between Shane Del Roasrio and Lavar Johnson.
No dates are yet set for the 2nd half of the quarter-finals, semi-finals, or finals.


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12:00 noon – 12:50 p.m.
What Employment Lawyers Need to Know About Obamacare
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Andrew W. McLaughlin, Macfarlane, Ferguson & McMullan, Tampa
January 15, 2013
12:00 noon – 12:50 p.m.
Social Media Issues In Employment Law
This webinar will cover issues such as: Explosion of Social Media and Its Impact on the Workplace; Labor & Employment Law Claims Impacting Use of Social Media; NLRA/PERA; First Amendment; Fourth Amendment; Potential Employer Liability for Employee Use; Title VII and other EEO Discrimination and Harassment Claims; and Defamation and other Tort Claims.
Gregory A. Hearing, Thompson, Sizemore, Gonzalez & Hearing, Tampa
March 19, 2013
12:00 noon – 12:50 p.m.
The Reemployment Assistance Appeal Process
This webinar will cover issues such as: Overview of the Reemployment Assistance Claims and Appeals Process; The Reemployment Assistance Appeals Hearing; Preserving the Record for an Appeal to the Commission; and Practice Before the Reemployment Assistance Appeals Commission.
The Honorable Alan Orantes Forst, Reemployment Assistance Appeals Commission, Palm City
May 14, 2013
12:00 noon – 12:50 p.m.
Immigration Law Issues for the Employment Lawyer
This webinar will introduce the employment lawyer to current practices and emerging issues in the field of immigration employment compliance, such as: IRCA documentation requirements and discrimination provisions; Form I-9 recordkeeping requirements; prospects for E-Verify; and The H1-B visa procedures and documentation requirements.
Federico M. Macia, Macia Law Firm, Coral Gables
June 4, 2013
12:00 noon – 12:50 p.m.
This webinar will cover issues such as: Procedural and Ethical Requirements for Electronic Discovery; Preparing and Responding to Electronic Discovery; and Potential Areas for Electronic Discovery in Employment Cases.
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By Mark D. Killian
Managing Editor
"If every attorney who practices in an area is certified in it, then no one is anybody in that field," the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals said in upholding the peer review component of The Florida Bar's certification rules.
Acting in January in case number 10-11974, a three-judge panel of the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court holding that Jacksonville attorney Carolyn Zisser had been denied no "constitutionally protected property or liberty interest" when her bid for recertification was denied based on unsatisfactory peer reviews.
"This case reminds us of the observation of the Grand Inquisitor in Gilbert and Sullivan's The Gondoliers," the court said in its January ruling. "Upon finding that all ranks of commoners and servants have been promoted to the nobility, he protests that there is a need for distinction, explaining that: 'When everyone is somebody, then no one's anybody.' The same is true of a state bar's certification process."
Bar President Mayanne Downs said the ruling is a "strong endorsement that peer review is critical" to the certification process and that the decision marks the first time confidential peer review has been sustained nationally.
Zisser was initially certified as a marital and family law specialist in 1985. She successfully applied for recertification in 1990 and 1995, but her application for recertification in 2000 was denied on the basis of unsatisfactory peer reviews.
Zisser alleged that the denial of her recertification solely on the basis of anonymous peer review amounted to a violation of due process under both the Florida and United States Constitutions because it denied her a meaningful opportunity to confront and impeach witnesses and to challenge the peer review findings.
After exhausting her internal Bar appeals, Zisser sought review in the Florida Supreme Court, which entered a one-sentence order denying her petition for review on September 25, 2008.
In Zisser's federal challenge she specifically contended the Bar's rules allowing an applicant to be denied certification or recertification solely on the basis of undisclosed peer review comments deny procedural due process because they do not provide an applicant with sufficient notice as to the content of the statements or the identities of the persons who made them. As a result, an applicant cannot meaningfully challenge an adverse finding based on the peer review process.
But, the court said in order for Zisser to prevail she needed to prove three elements: a deprivation of constitutionally-protected liberty or property interest; state action; and constitutionally inadequate process.
The claim fails, the court said, because neither certification nor recertification in a field of legal specialization amounts to a cognizable property or liberty interest.
For her argument that a lawyer seeking certification or recertification has a constitutionally protected property interest, the court said Zisser relied primarily on Shahawy v. Harrison, 875 F.2d 1529 (11th Cir. 1989), "but her reliance is misplaced."
"Shahawy involved a physician's challenge to a hospital's revocation of his staff privileges," the court said. "We held, consistent with our 'well-established precedent,' that 'a physician's medical staff privileges' are a property interest protected by the Fourteenth Amendment. . . . As the district court in this case correctly reasoned, however, Shahawy and similar cases do not fit these circumstances because 'unlike hospital staff privileges, which provide physicians with the ability to employ their skills at a hospital, board certification provides no such benefit and is irrelevant to an attorney's ability to practice or appear before any court.'"
The court noted lawyers who are not certified as specialists in a field can practice in any court in Florida where a certified attorney can practice.
In Zisser's case, neither The Florida Bar rules, nor any other part of that state's law, create a "legitimate claim of entitlement," or a "mutually explicit understanding."
The court said Florida Bar certification is contingent on a number of factors, including favorable results from a confidential peer review.
"That part of the process is no secret," the court said, noting it is set out in the rules themselves and every applicant for certification acknowledges the confidential peer review component in a signed waiver.
Zisser also contended that certification or recertification in a legal practice field is a constitutionally protected liberty interest because a lawyer whose application is denied suffers damage to her reputation in the legal community.
But the court said a lack of certification in a field of specialty simply means that an attorney is, like the vast majority of attorneys, not certified in that field.
"The failure to convey a badge of distinction is not stigmatizing," the court said, adding there is nothing in the record to suggest that The Florida Bar publishes the names of attorneys who have been denied certification or recertification, or the reasons why.
The fact that Zisser's application was denied "apparently became public only because she appealed that denial and filed this lawsuit," the court said.
"To ensure that certification achieves its purpose, the Bar has established a body of rules and procedures, including a confidential peer review process, so that an attorney certified in an area of practice truly is 'somebody' in that field," the court said. "Without such rules and procedures, the process, the decisions it produces, and the resulting recognition would not amount to much."
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By Ben Levisohn
Yesterday, reports out of Russia suggested that state-owned enterprises could be required to pay out more of their earnings as dividends. For Gazprom (OGZPY), the move would help bolster the government's finances and enrich minority shareholders alike.
Citigroup's Ronald Paul Smith and Alexander Bespalov explain:
Gazprom's management committee has already recommended a disappointing $0.38 per ADR, slightly over 25% of parent RAS. Moving to a 35% payout would boost that to $0.52 per ADR, boosting the dividend by 38% and pushing the yield from 4.5% to 6.2%.
But the larger payout could be less important than the effect it has on management, Smith and Bespalov say:
The company has an open policy of spending all generated cashflow after setting aside dividends, and has a history of raising its capex budget mid-year to absorb any addition cash flow…a material increase in required dividends would not only give investors an immediate return, it would also decrease the cash available to be invested in potentially value-destructive projects.
That could be a boon for shareholders considering that Gazprom's stock has lost 13% so far this year, including reinvested dividends, and 21% annually during the past five years. The Market Vectors Russia ETF (RSX), by comparison, has dropped 7.2% this year, and 11% annually during the past five.
Of course, all this is speculation right now, which perhaps explains why Gazprom's ADRs are trading down 3.2% to $8.20 today, a day after gaining 1.3%. Investors won't have to wait long, however, Smith and Bespalov say:
According to the story, proposals are being prepared for President Putin's consideration next week. Following that, Gazprom's BoD is scheduled to meet on 21 May to discuss dividends, and the government is due to register its opinion of the recommended dividend by that date. If an increase is to happen, we should see news of it by the evening of the 21st.
Stay tuned.


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Seeking Supply Chain Surveillance Coordinator, IT Manager and IT Specialists
Airbus has posted three new job positions for its assembly line in Mobile, Alabama.
The aircraft manufacturer is looking for a Supply Chain Surveillance Coordinator. This person will be responsible for ensuring all internal and external Quality Management procedures are met for services provided to the assembly line during aircraft manufacture. The position requires experience with quality inspection of components, systems and processes, Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and more. A minimum of nine months training abroad is required.
Airbus is also looking for an Information Technology (IT) manager and multiple IT Specialists to form the team establishing and supporting the computer systems and networks for the assembly line. Project management skills and a degree in IT are desirable for this candidate.
For a full job description of each position, go to www.aidt.edu/airbus
On July 2, 2012, Airbus announced it is building an assembly line for its A320 Family of aircraft in Mobile. The groundbreaking for the assembly line was on April 8, 2013, and construction is underway. Hiring for manufacturing jobs will continue throughout 2014. Aircraft production will begin in 2015, with the first Mobile-assembled aircraft scheduled for delivery in 2016.