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With only one week remaining in the regular season, the Ravens are on target to return to post-season play for the second time in three seasons. The only thing standing in their way: a visit from downtrodden Jacksonville this Sunday at M&T Bank Stadium.
Get ready to celebrate. There's no way the Jags come here and beat the Ravens with everything on the line for Baltimore and nothing at stake for J'ville. If, somehow, Jacksonville does win on Sunday, it goes down as the most disappointing defeat in Ravens history. Period. That Indy home playoff loss was a downer, but it WAS a playoff game and the team that beat the Ravens on January 13, 2007 went on to win the Super Bowl. It wasn't like a 5-10 team came limping in here ready to mail it in and suddenly found a win to pull the upset of all upsets to keep us out of the playoffs. That's the scenario the Jags face on Sunday. I don't see it happening.
So, when the Ravens win this Sunday and scoot in as the surprising 6th seed in the AFC, the reflective question of the day will be this: "How'd we do it?"
How did the Ravens go from 5-11 a year ago, with a locker room in complete disarray and a group of mouthy, disgruntled players, to an 11-5 team just 12 months later?
There are some easy answers and some complicated ones, but they all fit together like a jigsaw puzzle.
First off, last year's team might have finished 5-11, but they weren't really a 5-11 club. They lost three games in memorable, completely unexpected (some would say "fluky") fashion. One of the losses came at home when Cleveland's kicker booted a game-tying field goal that hit the goal-post and bounded onto the back stantion, where it promptly bounced forward and was ruled no good. A review (of sorts) of the play resulted in a change of the call (rightfully) to "good" and the Browns went on to win in overtime. A few weeks later, Baltimore beat then-undefeated New England except Rex Ryan called a time-out in the game's final minute…just as the Ravens were stopping the Patriots and their winning streak on 4th down. Moments later, after New England capitalized on 4th down opportunity #2, Tom Brady threw the game-winning TD and the Pats won a game they had already lost. And in week #14, ultra-reliable Matt Stover missed a 43-yard field goal in overtime that would have given Baltimore a win at Miami.
So, a 5-11 team really played more like an 8-8 team. But 5-11 it was.
Also last year, injuries played havoc with Baltimore's starting 22 and the depth of the team was fully exposed in the latter stages of the season. At one point in 2007, 8 of their best players missed at least 20% of the campaign, some even more. McAlister (knee), Ogden (toe), McNair (everything), Lewis (hand), Rolle (health), Heap (ankle), Pryce (hand) and Wilcox (toe) were all sidelined and their replacements were not only inadequate, but in some cases, liabilities. Who can ever forget that Indianapolis home game? Peyton Manning torched the Ravens' depth-less secondary so much the Baltimore City fire marshal showed up at halftime and issued #18 a citation for outdoor burning.
This year's team battled injuries early on, but their BEST players, with the exception of Rolle, McAlister and Kelly Gregg, have all played the entire schedule to date: Ray, Flacco, Ngata, Suggs, Reed, Mason (banged up but playing every game somehow…what a warrior), Gaither, Brown, Grubbs, Scott, Pryce…none of those guys have missed extensive time. It helps when your best players are playing. This year, for the most part, the Ravens best players have been available.
And it also helps when the organization learns from its mistakes. Depth (lack thereof) was a major reason for last year's failure, but depth is a big reason why the '08 version is winning. When Dawan Landry went down in week #2 with a season ending spinal injury, safety Jim Leonhard stepped in and did the job and then some, earning the respect of everyone with his week-in, week-out hard-nosed style of play. And when Rolle and McAlister both missed time, newcomer Fabian Washington stepped in admirably at cornerback and even the oft-criticized Frank Walker has been decent enough to warrant a respectful tip of the cap. Kelly Gregg's absence hasn't been felt at all, thanks to a monster year from Ngata and a breakthrough campaign for erstwhile back-up Justin Bannan. And the triple-threat at running back has given the team different looks and different strengths all season long.
"Players play, coaches coach" – that's the old adage. And it's true. But, when dissecting this year's success, you'd be unfair if you didn't mention the off-season front office work of George Kokinis, Eric DeCosta and, of course, Ozzie Newsome. Via the draft and free agency, those three added depth in the secondary and on the offensive and defensive lines.
John Harbaugh came in a with no-nonsense style that ruffled a feathers at the outset, but as he settled down, so did the discontent. Coodinators Cameron and Ryan are well respected by the players and they quietly mirror Harbaugh's confidence that this roster of players is capable of winning big games right away – even with a first-year quarterback at the helm.
But the two main components that contribute to the '08 Ravens success are the complicated pieces that complete the puzzle. I'll call them "Peace and Quiet" for lack of a better term.
First, and most obviously, it's at quarterback, where Joe Flacco ("Peace") has done the unthinkable. He's gone from leading a Division 1AA school to its post-season to leading an NFL team to the brink of its post-season — all within 12 months. And he's done it with a quiet, reserved, hardly-a-pulse manner that has made his teammates believe in him almost from day one in Westminster last summer. Kyle Boller NEVER had the faith of his entire team in five seasons. Joe Flacco gained it all in about five weeks.
And without that distraction at quarterback and with the team in harmony both on and off the field, this year's Ravens have been able to focus on playing football. And good football, at that.
It's been awfully "Quiet" this season. Have you noticed how much bickering has gone on this year? Even when the team stumbled in October and dropped three straight, do you remember any public whining and moaning? McAlister was involved in a fortnight of controversy with the coach over some misbehaving in Miami, but he suddenly suffered a season ending knee injury (*ahem*) that saved Harbaugh a tough mid-season talk. And, other than Ed Reed dropping a "we don't like the way Harbaugh talks down to us…" hint at mid-season, you heard no other negative whispers from the locker room.
No more complaints about the quarterback. No crying about playing time. No public campaigning for new contracts, extensions, etc. No controversies, even on the occasion when results and fortune could have allowed for it.
When the Ravens got pounded by the Giants in New York, they simply said, "we got beat by a better team today…" – Early in the year they lost a heartbreaker at home to the Titans when Tennessee orchestrated a late drive that was aided in large part by a phantom "blow to the head" call against Terrell Suggs…"we shouldn't have been in that position…can't let a good team like that stay in the game" was what the players said afterwards. – And last Sunday after losing to Pittsburgh in dramatic fashion with a goal-line TD call leaving everyone in America wondering about the effectiveness of instant-replay, the Ravens refused to bite: "we just have to go to Dallas and win a football game…we didn't do the job on that last drive…can't win many games if you don't score touchdowns." No complaining this year. No bellyaching about the referees, bad luck, bad coaching, etc.
This team stayed positive all season long.
Looking for the BEST example of all? Willis McGahee. Essentially benched in the late stages of the season for lack of production, #23 took the chance to support his coach by saying, "If I were the coach, I'd bench me too…I've played like dog doo-doo." Gone are the days of hearing a guy chastising the coaching staff for not getting enough touches on the ball — McGahee took his demotion like a pro and put the team first. It's been a while since I felt better about a player scoring a touchdown than I did on Saturday night when Willis broke off that 77-yard TD run. He deserved that more than anyone else on the team.
The topper, though, has to be the unwavering championship play of Ray Lewis, Terrell Suggs and Bart Scott. All three are seeking a new deal and all three are – for the most part – competing with one another for that big cash cow at season's end. If Ray gets all the money, Suggs and Scott might not. If Suggs cashes in, Ray and Scott might be looking at giving a purple discount or moving on to another team. Yet, there hasn't been one – not one – moment where any of those three took the opportunity to bellow about a new deal either here or elsewhere.
It's a happy house in Owings Mills these days.
The team has won.
The players have played hard. Injured players have been replaced by guys performing at unexpected levels. And certain players have battled ailments to the extent that it almost looks unhealthy for them to be out there in the first place.
The Ravens have come together as men and played for one goal.
And their focus has been on winning football games. Nothing else.
Playing time, personal friendships, money, feelings about the coach and his staff…it's all been put on the side in exchange for trying to win.
It's been their '08 success formula.
Let's hope it carries over for just one more Sunday.
Then everyone starts at 0-0 again and it's suddenly a 4-game season.
And, based on what I've seen over the last four months, I like the Ravens chances in January.


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Tyranny Of Hours
April 2013
Released: 2013, Independent
Rating: 4.0/5
Reviewer: Erich
I think something might be brewing in Portland, Oregon. Tyranny of Hours is a female-fronted symphonic metal band, with plenty of progressive tendencies mixed in. They are the second female-fronted metal band I have reviewed from Portland in less than a year, the other being the promising Cry For Eden. Portland does not conjure images of a vibrant metal scene, so not surprisingly Tyranny of Hours enlisted Cry For Eden's James Borst on keyboards, repaying the debt owed to TOH guitarist and co-founder Dan Graham, who played some guitar parts on Cry For Eden's debut album. Formed in 2010, Tyranny of Hours has spent two years putting together their self-titled debut album and it shows. The packaging is top notch, with the album art being particularly inspirational.
The band is fully aware of the saturated genre they are wading into, stating in their promotional material, ""Tyranny of Hours" will be released April 5, 2013 and is poised to enter the fray and earn a name on the crowded battlefield of Female-Fronted Metal bands." Cognizant and undaunted makes a potent combination, and TOH has delivered. Michelle Mattair versatile vocals and creative melodies are delivered with a balanced dose of bombast and vibrato, able to hit higher notes but equally adept at utilizing a lower range as well. After a brief opener, "Above The Salt" showcases Mattair's skills, but also the bands. A heavy and progressive riff is accompanied by some complex and driving percussion work from Larry London. Musically, the entire band is gifted, but I found myself drawn again and again to London's amazing drumming. To my ears, he is the secret weapon for TOH. "Amber" is probably the album's signature track, fusing elements of Nightwish, with Lacuna Coil's penchant for heavy staccato chords and riffs. In certain European countries, this tune would be a guaranteed hit.
One thing that is immediately apparent is the outstanding production, unusual for an independent release and another reflection of the attention to detail on this album. Another striking feature is the often unexpectedly heavy riffs, giving the music some bite when combined with the thunder cannons of London, as the opening to "Legacy" attests. Most impressively, this does not sound like a debut album, but rather a band into their second or third album. I guess the only slight misgiving I have is whether this going to be enough for them to carve a niche in a genre that is legion because let's face it; the competition is stiff. That my friends, is a question only time will answer but there is no arguing that Tyranny of Hours have put their best foot forward in their initial step towards making a name for themselves. This is recommended for fans of Dream Theater, Touchstone, Nightwish, and Epica.
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Having finally managed to install Gentoo (stage 3), I re-booted my PC. Gentoo seems to load fine until I hit some errors during the boot process. The first hint of trouble is a message saying the following;
Starting devfsd...
/sbin/rc: line 271: /sbin/devfsd: No such file or directory
It then carries on, activating the swap and mounting the root filesystem. However, when it tries to check the filesystem I get the following;
Checking root filesystem...
fsck.ext3: No such file or directory while trying to open /dev/hdb3
The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2 filesystem. If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2 filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), then the superblock is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock:
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Filesystem couldn't be fixed : (
It then gives an option of logging in as root or a normal start, which just reboots the system.
Any ideas? What have I done wrong? I seem to have got myself in a bit of a hole!
Here is my fstab file, if its any help;
/dev/hdb1 /boot ext2 defaults,noatime 1 2
/dev/hdb2 none swap sw 0 0
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Reports emanating from Italy claim Inter have rejected Villa's offer for the Brazilian as Paul Lambert looks to bolster his squad in this month's transfer window. Southampton have been credited with an interest in Coutinho, who has fallen down the pecking order at Inter and spent last season on loan at Espanyol. Coutinho's agent, Cacau Barbosa, has confirmed Villa have made an approach for the 20-year-old, but nothing has been agreed for a possible move to Villa Park.
"I can confirm Aston Villa made an enquiry for Coutinho," Barbosa told FC Inter News.
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PRINCETON, N.J., Jan. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Omthera Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a privately-held emerging specialty pharmaceuticals company, announced today that Jerry Wisler, President and Chief Executive Officer, will present at the 30th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at 8:30am PST at The Westin St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco, CA.
About Omthera Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Founded in 2008, Omthera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a privately held, emerging specialty pharmaceuticals company focusing its efforts on the clinical development of new therapies for dyslipidemia. Led by a team of experts with exceptional experience in developing new therapies for lipid disorders, Omthera is dedicated to developing innovative therapies for the millions of patients who have elevated triglyceride levels and increased risk of cardiovascular disease. In March 2011, the Company initiated a pivotal Phase III clinical trial for its lead product candidate, Epanova™, an Omega-3 fatty acid compound in development as a triglyceride-lowering adjunct therapy to diet in patients with very high triglycerides (greater than or equal to 500 mg/dL). In August, 2011, Omthera initiated a Phase III trial for Epanova in patients with high triglycerides (greater than or equal to 200 mg/dL and less than or equal to 500 mg/dL) currently on statin therapy. For more information, please visit www.omthera.com.
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Dec. 14, 7-10 pm, 300 Forks {Party Barn (behind restaurant), Gilmer, $25 each,
BBQ dinner, Christmas play, Elvis, Santa, Door Prizes
Hello fellow animal lovers and Hope House supporters! I wanted to take a moment to tell you all about our upcoming holiday fundraiser. With the help of some hard working volunteers and generous donors, we have been able to put together an exciting event for December 14th. We'll have good food, an awesome play, an entertaining live auction, great doorprizes, and even Elvis! Check out the attached flyer for more details. Please join us if you can! It's going to be loads of fun!
If you want more information, give us a call (see the numbers listed on the flyer below) or reply to this email and we'll be happy to help you out.
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Soldotna Mayor Peter Micciche has filed his intent to run for a state senate seat. According to the Alaska Public Offices Commission, Micciche filed his paperwork on Friday.
Micciche will be vying for Alaska Senate Seat O pending approval of Alaska Redistricting Board changes. The proposed District O stretches from Kenai and Soldotna to Homer. He will run as a Republican.
"I absolutely am honored to serve as the mayor of Soldotna, but realize that no matter how efficiently we manage the government in Soldotna, a failed Alaska economy would result in a distressed central Peninsula economy as well," Micciche said.
Micciche sees the senate seat as a new challenge and opportunity to ensure conservative representation.
"This is a positive step for me, I just believe in our state," he said. "And I'm looking forward to where we're going, but definitely believe it's time for a change."
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The installation features a microphone, speakers, and the instructions to visitors: "Scream against the wind/ against the wall/ against the sky" on the far wall. But according to museum employees, the loud, sporadic screams that resulted startled visitors, while staff members strained to speak to museum-goers over the noise. "It was disturbing to the staff at the information desk," said one employee who wished to remain anonymous because MoMA discourages its staff from commenting on artwork or internal affairs.Shame on MoMA! They put Yoko Ono in there in the first place to lure the throngs of people who still pay attention to anything Beatles-related. Then, when the piece had its intended effect of startling and troubling people, they changed it, squelched it, undermining the artists' point to please the lame-oids they lured.
The Ono piece is featured prominently at the entrance to the museum's just-opened "Contemporary Art from the Collection" exhibition, a radical re-installation of its collection that adds nine Ono works. One employee said that the fitful, high-pitched screams caused visitors and even guards to jump with surprise. "Visitors complained," he said.
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The evidence-based Group Lifestyle Balance program is designed to help patients make lifestyle changes which can prevent diabetes and prevent or treat metabolic syndrome. This program provides education, encouragement and the tools necessary to help individuals reach their healthy lifestyle goals and is designed for non–diabetic, overweight individuals age 18 and older who have pre–diabetes and/or the metabolic syndrome.
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The National Diabetes Prevention Program lifestyle training curriculum is based on the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP). The lifestyle program is divided into two components: Core Curriculum & Post-Core Curriculum.
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Estimated altitude for this flight was about 115,000 feet, says Raul Oaida, 18-years-old. Raul launched the shuttle, along with a video camera and a GPS tracker, by way of a large helium balloon. Flight time was about three hours--the shuttle landing about 150 miles south of where it took off.
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17 June 2011, Arctic. Greenpeace International Executive Director Kumi Naidoo and activist Ulvar Arnkvaern from Norway enter an exclusion zone to scale a controversial Arctic oil rig, The Leiv Eiriksson, off the coast of Greenland. Kumi made it to the top of the rig, where he delivered a 50,000 strong petition and demanded that Cairn immediately halt drilling operations and leave the Arctic. Read Kumi's blog
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Original estimates calculated the project would cost about $202 million and be finished in 2014. Due to cooperation between Caltrans and SANBAG, innovative construction methods and a competitive marketplace that resulted in much lower bids than expected, the project wrapped up eight months ahead of schedule for $93 million.
"Not only will this project improve safety and reliability for passenger and freight trains, it will also improve air quality and reduce congestion on the streets and highways of the Inland Empire," said Caltrans Director Malcolm Dougherty.
Transportation officials estimate the project will deliver $241 million in travel time savings and reduce greenhouse gas emissions 34,000 tons annually.
Colton Crossing was first constructed in 1883 and nearly 130 years later, virtually all trains entering or leaving Southern California use the at-grade rail-to-rail crossing, which was a major cause of congestion on commuter and freight rail lines.
A new, elevated 1.4-mile-long overpass has now removed the chokepoint that existed where the BNSF mainline crossed Union Pacific tracks in Colton. Putting the UP tracks above the BNSF line allows both railroads to use the tracks safely and eliminate waits as crossing trains pass.
The project was a partnership between Caltrans, SANBAG, the city of Colton, UP and BNSF. Funding was provided by state and federal sources, including $34 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and $41 million from Proposition 1B, a 2006 voter-approved transportation bond. The remaining funding was provided by UP and BNSF.


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ForumsDevelopersCollaborating on the go - update
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Hi guys
I am a keen long time user of toodledo, and am starting to get multiple licences for my growing team.
One thing I find frustrating is being unable to re-assign tasks on the go, via my android phone. All apps I've tried don't have this option, and I know thus has been requested quite a lot.
For example, on this thread... http://www.toodledo.com/forums/7/13097/0/reassign.html - so 2 years on, is there any update?
Many thanks
I am the developer for MyToodle android app.
Its frustrating that Toodledo doesn't release API for their new web features as fast.
Its more frustrating when Toodledo release an API (the saved search) only for the iPhone app to use, and mark is as beta only for third party applications.
You can look at the API that Toodledo plan to release in the future here:
The saved search, collaboration, and outlines are all there. The question is just, when Toodledo decide to take the v3 api out of beta.
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API v3 will be out of beta soon. We use our app as the Guinea pig to make sure that everything works well before releasing it to developers. I don't think developers would want an API that was buggy or has breaking changes.
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Monthly Premier League awards go to Sir Alex Ferguson and Juan Mata
Sir Alex Ferguson and Juan Mata have been named Premier League manager and player of the month for October.
Last Updated: 06/11/12 4:50pm
Manchester United scored 10 goals in victories over Newcastle, Stoke and Chelsea - earning Ferguson the award on the 26th anniversary of his appointment.
The Scot has now won 27 monthly honours since the Premier League was inaugurated, and he told Sky Sports News: "I'm pleased with our attacking play, that's been a feature of our game.
"We've had an issue about defending, but in Saturday's win against Arsenal we were back to what I expect of Manchester United defenders."
Chelsea's attacking midfielder Mata, meanwhile, took a first individual award in England after scoring three league goals during October.
The Spaniard is thriving alongside Oscar and Eden Hazard, and he said: "I'm really enjoying it, they're players who like to play with the ball, to assist and who have good movement - more or less like me."


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AFTER weeks of preparation, the Forgacs floating dock is all but ready for its voyage from Carrington to the west coast of Africa via Singapore.
Forgacs operations manager Steve Morley said the dock's floating crane, the Hercules, would be put on board today.
Tomorrow, tugs would tow the dock to the nearby Snakepit berth.
Late next week, probably on Friday, the dock would be towed past Nobbys on its way to Singapore, where it would be overhauled before being towed to Africa.
Since arriving from Japan in 1978, the Muloobinba – as the dock is registered and officially known – has played temporary home to a roll-call of naval and commercial vessels and provided work for thousands of people.
Newcastle Port Corporation chief executive Gary Webb said the departure of the floating dock reflected the changing nature of the port.
"The nature of maritime activity in the last 30 years has seen the move to increasingly larger vessels,'' Mr Webb said.
''As a result, the once-busy floating dock has increasingly found that it is too small to service many of the trading vessels calling in Australia."
Two of the dock's biggest contracts were the HMAS Manoora and Kanimbla, which spent three years in the port from 1996, after they were found to be in much worse shape than the federal government had believed when it bought them second-hand from the US Navy.
The dock was also the backdrop to some celebrated industrial stoushes, most notably a 1991 painters and dockers union picket of the HMAS Tobruk, the first naval ship that Forgacs had attracted to the dock.
Many of the dockers of that time have retired or died, but long-time dockmaster Mick Sweeney – who has held his job for 20years – will be there to the very end.
Forgacs chief executive Lindsay Stratton said the company had plenty of work at its various sites in NSW and Queensland. But a range of circumstances, including the strong Australian dollar and a glut of new ships, meant the floating dock had been unprofitable for some time.
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The University of Maryland men's basketball game played in College Park last Saturday marked the last meeting of the Terps and the Duke Blue Devils before Maryland leaves the ACC next year ("Analyzing Maryland's 83-81 win over Duke," Feb. 17).
The crowd, especially the student sections, were unrivaled in their support and enthusiasm for the youthful and sometimes erratic Terps.
There was a festive atmosphere among the students dressed in the traditional Terps colors and a lot of pent-up energy as the Maryland crowd savored their team's victory.
The ESPN color commentator, Doris Burke, noted more than once the enthusiasm and accompanying noise from the charged-up students. I watched the game with a sense of ennui, knowing I would never see the referee-baiting Coach K and his Blue Devils at Comcast Center again.
It all begins to change from this point. Regrettably, there will be more Terps-Duke or Terps-North Carolina tiffs on the schedule. The school moves into uncharted waters next year with its inclusion into the Big 10. Yawn.
The University of Maryland chose to spit in the faces of its loyal fans and jump ship for a conference that won't make it a more profitable venture. Sometimes I despise things gift-wrapped as prosperity. Did the students have any say in the switch to a different conference?
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So anyway, this expo seems to be in August from the 10th to the 15th, and it appears there may be a promo card for the Japanese arcade game being given away (Sorry I'm not providing much information, but I can't really read Japanese). HERE is the link to the page discussing it on the site.
Sooo....How does this sound? It would be cool if Bandai America or another company did a similar event internationally (though there'd be pretty much a 100% chance it would be designed completely different).
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Dalarna [1] is a province and county in the region Svealand, in Sweden. It has a population of almost 280,000 and mostly consists of smaller towns, except for the two larger ones; Borlänge and Falun.
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Dalarna is an important province in the history of Sweden. Several uprisings against foreign and domestic rulers have occurred. The most famous is how Gustaf Vasa, the last remain of the Swedish noble after the Stockholm Bloodbath, hid in Dalarna when the Danish were looking for him. Here he sought support amongst the locals for an uprising against the Danish who now had occupied Stockholm and thereby the control of Sweden.
Most people speak fluent English.
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By plane
Flights to Borlänge go from Stockholm, tickets can be booked online at the site of the airline Skyways [2]. Borlänge can also be reached by air from Malmö, Gothenburg and from Oslo, the capital of Norway. Tickets online at Direktflyg [3]. There are also domestic flights to Mora from Stockholm. Tickets available online at the site of the airline Nextjet [4]. All airline sites have booking services in English.
By train
Most cities are reachable by rail, tickets can be bought at the website of the Swedish railway company SJ [5].
By bus
Going by bus is usually slightly cheaper than by train. You can buy tickets at the website of Swebus Express [6] (Available in english).
Get around
Travelling by bus within a city costs 17 SEK (12 SEK for children below 16), and the ticket can be used multiple times in one hour. If you are younger than 20 years old, you can buy a card called "Upp till 20"(Up to 20). With the card you can travel with bus anywhere in the county, even between cities, for a month.
Most cities and towns in the county are connected to the railway-network.
There are dishes from all over the world available at restaurants. Domestic and international fast-food companies are well established.
Stay safe
There is nothing in particular to watch out for. Pickpockets may sometimes appear in crowded areas, such as popular markets and shopping-malls. Altough if you'd ask an local they'd probalby be hard pressed to remember ever hearing about that kind of stuff.
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Let Their Spirits Dance: A Novel (Paperback)
Let Their Spirits Dance is the moving story of a family's journey across America. Thirty years after the death of the family's son and brother, Jesse, in Vietnam, the family has remained in many ways locked in a time of grief and pain. Having heard her son's voice, Alicia makes a vow to touch his name on the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C., and her decision inspires her warring children, along with hundreds of strangers across the country.
Stella Pope Duarte portrays a family struggling with the universal scars suffered by all who have been touched by death through war. In this powerfully evocative novel, Pope Duarte connects family, friends, and an entire nation with the names on the Wall, honoring the men and women who served in Vietnam as well as those who watched and waited, but never forgot.
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Submission + - FBI warns "Beta Bot" can kill your anti-virus programs, steal data (networkworld.com)
coondoggie writes: The FBI sent out a warning today about an uptick in the use of malware known as Beta Bot that can steal sensitive data such as log-in credentials and financial information. The FBI says Beta Bot blocks computer users' access to security websites and disables anti-virus programs, leaving computers vulnerable to compromise. Cyber criminals aiming Beta Bot at financial institutions, e-commerce sites, online payment platforms, and social networking.


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STOCKTON - Phil Mangan did what he could to earn a spot on the Stockton Thunder.
STOCKTON - Phil Mangan did what he could to earn a spot on the Stockton Thunder.
He made a great case for himself and will find out for sure in a few days if it was enough.
Mangan topped off a fine preseason with a goal and an assist, and veteran Garet Hunt sent the crowd of 1,727 home happy with his game-winning goal as the Thunder beat the Bakersfield Condors 4-3 on Saturday at Stockton Arena. The next game in the building will count, with the Thunder hosting the Ontario Reign in the season opener Friday.
Hunt is most certainly making the regular-season roster. But for a free-agent forward such as Mangan, the preseason was a last chance to impress coach Matt Thomas. He had two goals in the three exhibition games.
"I think I've made a good impact here, and I think I can be a leader on the team, for sure," Mangan said. "What's in control is what you do on the ice, and I think I showed I belong here."
Thomas said Mangan made his point.
"He separated himself. You are always looking for guys to do that," he said. "I really thought everybody stepped up their game. That's what I was looking for."
The roster changed drastically hours before the Thunder went onto the ice. The Edmonton Oilers assigned goaltender Tyler Bunz to Stockton, and goalie Cody Reichert returned from his AHL tryout with the Hamilton (Ontario) Bulldogs, as did defenseman Mike Little (Worcester, Mass., Sharks).
The Thunder also made several moves, releasing defenseman Aaron Atwell, forwards Sterling Bear, Evan Mackintosh, Marcus Mitchell and Alexander Molnar, and goaltenders Ryan Fitzsimmons and Matt Pamidi.
The Thunder will be getting more players from Edmonton's AHL affiliate, the Oklahoma City Barons, which makes it even tougher to figure out exactly how many spots are up for grabs.
"I have to make decisions, and normally I would try to make them by tomorrow morning," Thomas said. "But we need to have the roster in by Wednesday, and I think I'm going to use every minute of that to make my final decision."
Kyle O'Kane and Little scored for Stockton, which holds its annual Thunder FanFest at 4 p.m. today.
Goalie Jimmy Spratt had 27 saves to improve to 2-0 in the preseason.
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Martha Jean Elledge, 73, of Farmington, N.M., left this earth to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, July 15, 2011.Funeral services were at 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 20, in the Chapel at First Baptist Church of Bloomfield. Interment was held immediately following in Bayfield, Colo. Arrangements were under the direction of Brewer, Lee, and Larkin Funeral Home of Farmington, N.M.Mrs. Elledge was born in Pampa. She grew up in West Texas and graduated from Borger High School. She received her business degree from Hardin Simmons University in Abilene. She married Harold Elledge on Aug. 26, 1960. She was a teacher at Farmington High School in Farmington, N.M., where she taught shorthand, typing, business, and computer classes. She retired in 1995.She was preceded in death by her parents, Merkel and Odessa Phillips, and her brother Darrell Ray Phillips.She is survived by her husband, son Kyle Elledge and wife Lynette, daughter Kim Bell and husband Tye, sister Melba Acheson and husband Densel, sister-in-law Dixie Phillips, two nieces and two nephews, and three grandchildren.


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The media are still talking about John Banks. And Kim Dotcom. I can't be arsed. Let's take a ramble…
More on China…
- "The most frightening thing was not the violence, but the violence being called natural and just. The Cultural Revolution was just like this."
Xian Japanese car owner beaten, video exposed then censored – CHINA SMACK
- $585 billion of "stimulus," and just a crack-up boom to show for it? Even the Keynesian NY Times's analysis is bearish.
China Politics Stall Overhaul for Economy – NEW YORK TIMES
- A summary of a turbulent week…
China Links – MACROBUSINESS.COM.AU
Ah yes, the book that started the modern environmental movement. "This week Rachel Carson's Silent Spring will turn 50."
- "In Silent Spring, Carson crafted a passionate denunciation of modern technology that drives environmentalist ideology today. At its heart is this belief: Nature is beneficent, stable, and even a source of moral good; humanity is arrogant, heedless, and often the source of moral evil. Rachel Carson, more than any other person, is responsible for the politicized science that afflicts our public policy debates today."
Silent Spring's 50-Year History of Selective Data – Ronald Bailey, REASON
- "It's not polite to talk about brown and black people dying because rich white people in America feel better about themselves when the brown and black people don't get to use DDT," says the University of Alabama's Andrew Morriss, co-editor of the new book Silent Spring at 50: The False Crises of Rachel Carson… "The legacy of Carson's best-known book - widely considered the starting point of the modern environmentalist movement and the international ban on the malaria-fighting pesticide DDT - has caused many more problems than it has solved."
Rachel Carson's Silent Spring at 50 Years – Joshua Swain, REASON
- "Did cancer doom ever arrive? No. In Silent Spring Carson cites data showing that American farmers were then applying about 637 million pounds of pesticides to their crops. The most recent EPA estimate is that farmers used 1.1 billion pounds in 2007...What happened to cancer incidence rates? According CDC, age-adjusted incidence rates have been dropping for nearly two decades."
Silent Spring's 50-Year History Of Selective Data – CLIMATE DEPOT
- "I don't want to talk about the particular topics she was hyping: they don't deserve it.
Instead, I want to say that she was a pioneer of an ideologically driven pseudoscience pretending to be science. When she talked about the life of birds and their interactions with the environment, it sounded like a science – ecology. When she talked about pesticides, it sounded like a science, too – some kind of biochemistry. So by the choice of words, she could have pretended she was speaking as a scientist. A problem is that the claims she was making were actually never scientifically justified, at least not with good enough standards. They were ideological slogans. And she was one of the first people in the West who intensely insisted that the compatibility of a proposition with her ideology may replace the scientific rigor that was normally needed to establish scientific claims…
"While pesticides are pretty important to feed the whole mankind today, they're not really an essential and omnipresent part of the civilization… What the newest fearmongering wants to ban – carbon dioxide emissions – is much more universal and crucial for the civilization…"
Fifty years after Silent Spring – Lubos Motl, REFERENCE FRAME
- How about praising a real hero.
When it Comes to Human Flourishing, Forget Rachel Carson & Remember Bruce Ames – REASON
- Disaster sells. But do the facts matter when we're scaring ourselves to death, or is it okay to lie in order to "wake people up" to calamity?
Selling disaster: The four horsemen of modern apocalypse – NOT PC, 2006
When politics masquerades as science – NOT PC, 2006
Do you think the National Cabinet could sit still for long enough to discover what a Reagan-era apparatchik has to tell them about how "crony capitalism"corrupts? Would they even understand?
Is he really talking about Mittens?Potentially the most transforming president of the twenty-first century – Steve Kates, CATALLAXY FILES
Mitt Romney, class warrior?
Economic Status Doesn't Determine One's Ideas – Harry Binswanger, FORBES
Freely trading EnZed would not do well with a Mittens presidency. "But the bigger and more disconcerting story in all of this is the apparent ascendancy of economic nationalism within the GOP [and] Romney's persistence in trying to brand himself the "most protectionist" … in the presidential race … Have you seen the Romney ads? … It was once the case – not too long ago – that Republican candidates argued in support of trade and the freedom of Americans to partake of the opportunities afforded by the global economy. But things, apparently, have changed."
Mitt Romney's Contrived Trade War – Daniel Ikenson, CATO
They sure have.
Peter Schiff Smacksdown Mitt Romney – ECONOMIC POLICY JOURNAL
Know your enemy. If affordable housing is your wish, then developers are not your enemy. Planners are.
Developers fight to house citizens – NZ HERALD
High price of land thorny issue – NZ HERALD
Factions divided on why NZ housing so expensive – NZ HERALD
Building Battle: Fees drive up prices – NZ HERALD
The Answer Is Urban Consolidation – What Was The Question? – CITIES MATTER
Housing Affordability Inquiry [343-page PDF] – PRODUCTIVITY COMMMISSION
For those who need assistance…
Ahmadinejad and Morsi lay out the Islamic agenda – Robert Spencer, JIHAD WATCH
Just in case you missed the agenda behind the latest pretext for protest: "Freedom of expression must come with 'responsibility'-- i.e. it must be restricted in accord with Sharia."
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood President Morsi at UN, calls for restrictions on free speech – Robert Spencer, JIHAD WATCH
Pretext? Yes, pretext.
Libyan President Confirms: Movie "had nothing to do with this attack." – REASON
Shameless liars – Steve Kates, CATALLAXY FILES
Yes, it is possible.
Feature Length, Honest Muhammad Movies in the Offing? – ANDREW BOSTOM
Only in Pakistan?
Minister willing to pay for contract killing – LIBERTY SCOTT
There's a lot of pseudo-intellectual blog wankery about. Fortunately, with a Grade Level of 13 and Reading Ease Score of 40, there's much less of it at this blog than is spouted forth from your average Labour MP.
There's a lot of pseudo-intellectual blog wankery about – WHALE OIL
Q: How do you confuse an Apple FanBoys and Girls queuing for the latest model? A: Drop a case full of iPhone 5s at their feet. "Do thy get irate at the bigmouthed handtruck-tipping klutz? Do they offer to help out? Do they look up from their earlier-gen iPhones? Do they try to get an irregular discount? None of the above. As Alex Goyette finds out in this prank, Apple users do what they do best: sit passively and wait to be told what to do."
"Your teacher asks you to challenge me to give 'one good reason why the law should not require that women be paid the same as men for the same work.' I'm happy to oblige. There are many good reasons, but I'll here stick to one… Suppose that the law your teacher endorses were applied to the market for women's dresses…"
Letter to a Very Bright 11th Grader – Don Boudreaux, CAFE HAYEK
"Last summer, two researchers from the New England Complex Systems Institute published a short paper examining the correlation between rising food prices and civil unrest. It was a timely analysis, to say the least. A number of food riots were occurring throughout the world, not to mention waves of revolution sparked by the high cost of food… The researchers' [reached] a simple conclusion– whenever the UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO)'s global food price index climbs above 210, conditions ripen for social unrest. Today, the FAO's food index is at 213… and rising."
Two no-brainer ways to play rising food prices – Simon Black, SOVEREIGN MAN
See, I told you. "Don't get me wrong, that high Kiwi dollar hurts me like billy-o. Yet as one exporter to another there is much more than monetary policy involved. We know from experience that we cannot take on the world. Nor should we start pumping out five dollar notes because that is a race to the bottom."
Whining about the high exchange rate misses the key point; it is our fiscal and regulatory failings that are doing the real damage. – Bruce Wills, INTEREST.CO.NZ
It's now officially a 3-way race to the bottom between the dollar, the euro, and the yen. Why would we want to join in?
It's officially a 3-way race to the bottom – Tim Staermose, SOVEREIGN MAN
A bunch of links, most courtesy of Cafe Hayek, on Ben Bernanke's bazooka:
- "We are reaching — or may already have passed — the practical limits of "economic stimulus." … Let's do the sums."
Bernanke on the brink – Robert Samuelson, WASHINGTON POST
- "Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke evidently thinks that driving up the stock market will quicken the animal spirits of the affluent 20 percent who own 93 percent of equities, and this "wealth effect" will spur economic activity, eventually benefiting others. So, the interest rates Barack Obama favors are a form of the trickle-down economics he execrates."
A different kind of inflation problem – George Wills, WASHINGTON POST
- "The increased dependence of the individual upon government which inflation produces and the demand for move government action to which this leads may for the socialist be an argument in its favor. Those who wish to preserve freedom should recognize, however, that inflation is probably the most important single factor in that vicious circle wherein one kind of government action makes more and more government control necessary." Pete Boettke finds inspiration in FA Hayek.
Quotes of the day inspired by recent ECB and Fed actions – Pete Boettke, COORDINATION PROBLEM
- You have to be kidding!
The Fed Has Another $3.9 Trillion In QE To Go (At Least) – Tyler Durden, ZERO HEDGE
- Here's the reason many investors pulled back this week. "There has been very little coverage in mainstream media about the Fed super-money printing and how much of it is going into excess reserves… But for the second time in two weeks, Philadelphia Fed President Charles Plosser is warning about the time bomb that is excess reserves."
HOT: Fed Prez Spills the Beans on the Excess Reserve Inflation Time Bomb – ECONOMIC POLICY JOURNAL
- Yes, Virginia, it's true.
Fed Virtually Funding the Entire US Deficit: – CNBC
The problem is not just the Reserve Bank targeting inflation. The same problems occur whatever they choose to target. "Here is the prime fallacy behind the nominal GDP target and, in fact, [of all similar targets]: It tacitly assumes that money is neutral, which money never is. Let me explain…"
The fallacy of nominal GDP targeting – Detlev Schlicter, PAPER MONEY COLLAPSE
"Indeed, the fact that central banks can create money out of thin air, so to speak, is something that many observers are likely to find surprising and strange, perhaps mystical and dreamlike, too – or even nightmarish." Says the President of the Bundesbank!
Money out of thin air, mystical and dreamlike – Ralph Benko, COBDEN CENTRE
Speaking of fractional-reserve banking (come on, you knew that was the topic), it's interesting to see the capital ratios of local banks.
Fitch Ratings says NZ banks' will be barely impacted by RBNZ's tougher new Basel III capital standards given they already meet them - Gareth Vaughan, INTEREST.CO.NZ
"You have probably seen this video here, where Paul Krugman explains why the threat of an alien invasion could be a good thing. It would lead to the kind of stimulus package he wants: politicians would put their philistine concerns about the budget deficit and inflation aside, and bring on a fully-fledged fiscal and monetary bazooka."
What if Paul Krugman's aliens had already landed? – Kristian Niemitz, IEA BLOG
"The monthly unemployment report is not much use as a real-time statistic. The data is meaningful only after it has been revisited, revised and is no longer current."
Any month's Unemployment Report is useless – PRACTICE GOOD THEORY
The BBC has a new three-part series they call "Masters of Money," a title belied by two of the three "masters" chosen to eulogise: Keynes and Karl Marx. In the first episode, they repeat all the usual Keynesian fallacies, including Keynes's description of unexpected changes in economic behaviour as "animal spirits". "Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of England no less, said on the programme that it was the best explanation for the banking crisis five years ago. To describe such an event in those terms is not an explanation and exposes a yawning gap in King's knowledge.
"Animal spirits" amount to the failure of Keynesians to explain a basic phenomenon of human action."
Animal spirits – Alasdair McLeod, COBDEN CENTRE
The BBC's other choice, presumably due to dialectic necessity, is Hayek. But if you want to watch it to learn anything, even one word, about his economics, you're going to be disappointed.
Masters of Money: Hayek (BBC) – YOU TUBE
Even The Economist doesn't have a clue about the actual economics of the Nobel Prize winner. Here's a letter to The Economist…
The Price of Monetary Meddling – Don Boudreaux, CAFE HAYEK
You'll learn more about Hayek's actual economics in five minutes from this than you will from the BBC's sixty minutes:
A random web search led me to this neat site (click to head straight there):
I'm excited. The Ayn Rand Bookstore has finally joined the e-age, allowing lectures to be downloaded for peanuts that formerly cost megabucks to buy on CD, or cassette (remember cassettes?).
For me, I'm putting time aside over the weekend to listen to A Brief History of the Middle East, Philosophy of Education, and The 19th-Century Atomic War. Optimistic? Me?
AYN RAND INSTITUTE eSTORE
Speaking of history, I know some readers are going to be fascinated with these:
JFK audio recordings available – HISTORY NEWS NETWORK
Now, this is very cool: "Even the most skilled and steady surgeons experience minute, almost imperceptible hand tremors when performing delicate tasks. Normally, these tiny motions are inconsequential, but for doctors specializing in fine-scale surgery, such as operating inside the human eye or repairing microscopic nerve fibers, freehand tremors can pose a serious risk for patients. By harnessing a specialized optical fiber sensor, a new "smart" surgical tool can compensate for this unwanted movement by making hundreds of precise position corrections each second -- fast enough to keep the surgeon's hand on target."
Cyborg Surgeon: Hand and Technology Combine in New Surgical Tool That Enables Superhuman Precision – SCIENCE DAILY
I confess, I've always wanted to design Tatami mats into my houses. I've yet to find a client with a matching enthusiasm.
Quick History: Tatami Mats – APARTMENT THERAPY
"We've talked about the myth that the post-WWII period demonstrates that Big Government fosters Big Economic Growth. A new report from Mercatus takes a careful look at the postwar boom. Particularly interesting, it addresses the left's claim that much of the boom was a result of the GI Bill."
Economic Recovery: Lessons From The Post-World War II Period – Don Watkins, LAISSEZ FAIRE
I doubt you go to Law School for an enjoyable career path. So does it pay?
The Economics of Law School – Orrin Kerr, VOLOKH CONSPIRACY
If you've ever wondered why only white people can be racist, the two word answer is "Karl Marx."
Only white people can be racist – LIBERTY SCOTT
Should an atheist refuse to have a religious wedding?
Question: A Religious Wedding for an Atheist Groom [AUDIO] – Diana Hsieh, NOODLE FOOD
When should nuclear weapons be used, if ever? Under what circumstances should a free society use nuclear weapons?
Question: The Morality of Nuclear Weapons [AUDIO] - Diana Hsieh, NOODLE FOOD
Yes, it surely is the age of the Infographic.
Greg Beato on the Age of the Infographic – REASON
No, it's not easy is it.
On having sex in the bath – GIRL ON THE NET
In preparation for OctoberFest, UBS Bank has been doing important work, showing showing the cheapest parts of the world to buy a beer. See above. Yes, America wins … but have you ever drunk American beer!
U.S.A. Wins In Beer Affordability Index – REASON
But where the hell is EnZed I hear you ask? Fear not, the noble folk at Stats Chat have heard your plea. "On average it takes 13.62 minutes to earn a pint in New Zealand. There are no figures on the plot, but we seem to sit somewhere between Australia and Argentina, our fellow Rugby Championship competitors, but a long way below South Africa."
How is the beer up (down) here? – James Curran, STATS CHAT
And in homage to their homage, here's NZ's La De Das' "How Is the Air Up There," pithily described on YouTube as "a stormer of a garage track"!
I've never heard him play it himself, but I'm told Duke Ellington was a lifelong fan of Scott Joplin's almost classical 'Solace.'
Isn't YouTube great! We can now watch, at our leisure, any time we want, brilliant performances by legends like Toscanini.
And finally, it's Grand Final weekend in Melbourne—Swans v Hawks. (No, no Geelong this year. But having beaten both in recent weeks, we do have bragging rights, no?)
So … enjoy the start of the Special Grand Final Edition of the AFL Footy Show…
[Hat tip Michael D., Russell W., Julian D., Noodle Food, Thrutch, Robert Wenzel]
Have a great weekend!


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The Amarillo Bulls opened their season Wednesday afternoon by scoring four unanswered goals in a 5-2 win against the Austin Bruins at the North American Hockey League Showcase in Blaine, Minn.
Amarillo outshot Austin 43-15, as five Bulls scored goals. Bulls veteran forward TJ Sarcona also tallied three assists. New Bulls goalie Paul Berrafato stopped 13 of the 15 shots he faced and allowed one power-play goal.
Amarillo continues its Showcase schedule of four games in four days against the Wenatchee Wild at 7:45 p.m. Thursday.


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I have a couple goat tags that open tomorrow
I'm not sure if this should go in the Archery section or not, but I know Archery Deer and Antelope has opened here in Nevada. So far I've only seen one Antelope that my friend killed at 32 yards and should go into the mid 70's. So if any of you have pictures or have heard of anything being taken post some pictures or let us know a little about it.
"Elk dont know how many feet a horse has" - Bear Claw
I have a couple goat tags that open tomorrow
A lot of Idaho antelope archery opens up tomorrow! To bad I have to work
Mine are rifle tags.
where does rifle antelope open tomorrow?
I'm already tagged out for deer in CA. Got my 2nd blacktail of the year yesterday.
And this was the first for the year back on July 16th
Now its just pig hunting and waiting for my NV deer season to open up.
Gorgeous deer, BSA!
Great Deer! Those are some nice blacktails!
Nice bucks BSA. Archery season opens up this Sat. for me and I can't wait. Hopefully I can post some pics next week.
Good luck to every body out there! Next weekend we get to go out and get my Grandpa his first Antelope. I will make sure to post pictures. BigSurArcher those are some sweet bucks, I dont think I've ever seen a buck hard horned this early in the year.
"Elk dont know how many feet a horse has" - Bear Claw


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KYNETON shocked the Bendigo football community yesterday by appointing Brian Walsh as its new senior coach.
Walsh is one of the all-time greats of Bendigo football being the youngest winner of the Michelsen Medal, a 115-game player at VFL level with Carlton and Essendon and a triple premiership coach with Golden Square in the BFNL.
He last coached senior football in Bendigo in 2002 and appeared set for coaching retirement after unsuccessful short stints with White Hills in the HDFL and Campbells Creek in the MCDFL.
But three years as a football commentator for 101.5 Fresh FM has reignited the 61-year-old's desire to coach.
"I've got the passion for coaching back,'' Walsh said yesterday.
"The last three years I've been working on radio covering the footy and that's helped me get the passion for coaching again.
"I've seen a lot of Bendigo footy in the past three years and I have no doubt that I can still coach as well as anyone.
"I know Kyneton is coming from a long way back, but I'm looking forward to it."
The Tigers haven't played in finals since 2003 and have been the whipping boys of Bendigo football in recent seasons. They showed significant improvement this year under co-coaches Derrick Filo and Nathan Thompson, but there's still a lot of work to be done.
Kyneton president Anthony O'Connor is confident Walsh is the right man to lead Kyneton back into the finals.
"Originally we were after a playing-coach, but things just didn't work out that way,'' O'Connor said.
"We'd spoken to four or five prospective coaches and out of the blue Walshy rang up.
"Out of all the candidates he was the one that the club wanted for next year. We're not concerned that Brian has been out of footy for a while. He's watched a lot of footy and he knows footy inside out.
"We're excited about the future under Brian."
Thompson, who Walsh coached at the Bendigo Pioneers in the mid-1990's, remains at the club as a player.
"The signs are there that the club is on the right track,'' Walsh said.
"If we can get Thommo on the park for 12 or 13 games that would be great.
"We've got a good group of players who have now played 30 or 40 senior games and they'll be further improved next year.
"We need to pick up some guys with bigger bodies to help out that younger group.
"If we can pick up three or four players the club will improve even more."
The Tigers have already signed exciting duo Corey and Dion Lawson from Trentham, while Jayden Dole, Zac Boyer, Michael O'Brien and Brent Dryden are the only senior players who have left the club.
"We will be playing an attacking style of footy,'' Walsh said.
"I've always coached that way. I don't care how many goals the opposition kicks as long as we kick more."
The Tigers start training under Walsh next Monday night.


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After better than a 20-year absence, the Firecracker Chase has returned to Fayetteville.
Coordinated with Fayetteville Department of Recreation Director Rickey Honey, organizers Steve Swindall and Dawn Dixon brought the event back to life this year. The 2013 Firecracker included a 10.2-mile run, 5K run and one-mile fun run.
"Anytime we can put on an event like this in the city it tickles me to death," Honey said. "I want us to be more than recreation that involves baseball and softball.
"There's a lot of things we're not able to do because of the lack of funding and help – and event like this is great for the whole city.
"Running had slowed down and interest died over 20 years ago," Honey continued. "But it's come back in a big way all across the country. I have to give all the credit to Steve Swindall and Dawn Dixon for this event coming off like it has this year – they were willing to come in and help.
"I knew it would take a lot of volunteers," he added. "We've got the parents and kids from the swim team so we've got between 70-80 volunteers as well as the support from the Fayetteville Police Department and the Lincoln County Sheriff's Department."
"There's races most every weekend in cities across the country," said Swindall. "The interest of people out and running has brought it back to Fayetteville. We've got 250 people registered and that's a great turnout, especially for the first year event."
Top finishers in the 10.2-mile event by category follow: female overall winner, Dana Overton, Albertville, Ala., 1:14.43; male overall winner, Logan Stockton, Estill Springs, 1:03.28; male 9U, Jackson Sellers, Chatsworth, Ga., 1:52.57; female 15-19, Emma Hammons, Fayetteville, 2:28.50; male 15-19, Eric Shull, 1:05.29; female 20-29, Sloane Southern, 1:21.30; male 20-29, Doug Daniel, Fayetteville, 1:12.40;
Female 30-39, Jane Reneau, Madison, Ala., 1:33.09; male 30-39, Jason Reneau, Madison, 1:03.48; female 40-49, Christy Scott, Owens Cross Roads, 1:20.51; male 40-49, Kevin Laury, Murfreesboro, 1:10.21; female 50-59, Gayle Hughes, Taft, 1:34.10; male 50-59, Terry Quillen, Tullahoma, 1:19.54; female 60 and over, Erin McGuire, Fayetteville, 1:44.57; and male 60 and over, Dean Bentley, New Market, Ala., 1:19.46.
Top finishers in the 5K event by category were: female overall winner, Kristy Bell, Chattanooga, 26.03; male overall winner, Jake Russell, Huntsville, 30.49; female 9U, Avery Raby, Fayetteville, 40:41; male 9U, Grant Gattis, Fayetteville, 32.52; female 10-14, Eve Schoenrock, Fayetteville, 27:33; male 10-14, David Carlton, Murfreesboro, 22:18; female 15-19, Mary Ann Avilla, 28:28; male 15-19, Evan Buck, Fayetteville, 23:51; female 20-29, Carolyn Hoagland, Chattanooga, 28:01; male 20-29, Paul Bell, Chattanooga, 26:04; female 30-39, Pierinne Thomas, Fayetteville, 32:30; Male 30-39, Trent Thomas, Petersburg, 29:51;
Female 40-49, Jennifer Taylor, Taft, 33:07; male 40-49, Rick Carlton, Murfreesboro, 25:49; female 50-59, Jodi Noe, Fayetteville, 27:27; male 50-59, Andrew Bailey, 21:56; female 60 and over, Helen Fussell, Fayetteville, 31:53; and male 60 and over, Don Bently, Fayetteville, 34:07.
For complete race results, go to runlincolncounty.com then click on Firecracker Chase at the top of the page.


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A young masked man, bent on a mission of destruction and death, entered an Oregon mall and opened fire, turning the holiday shopping season into a chaotic horror that could have been much worse, police officials said Wednesday.
Police identified the shooter as Jacob Tyler Roberts, 22, who killed two people and seriously wounded a third before turning a weapon on himself and ending his life Tuesday afternoon, officials said.
The man entered the Clackamas Town Center, a popular suburban mall several miles from downtown Portland, on Tuesday afternoon. He was wearing a hockey-style mask and a protective vest and began firing with an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle, stolen from someone the suspect knew, police said. There were also several magazines of ammunition.
PHOTOS: Deadly shooting at Oregon mall
Police said it was unclear how many shots were fired, but there were estimates of between 10 to 20 shots before Roberts turned the weapon on himself.


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Today is Thursday, Feb. 28, and here is what's happening in Los Angeles:
In a debate hosted by the United Way, the leading mayoral candidates all appeared to back LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy and criticize the work of United Teachers Los Angeles, reports the Daily News.
The LA Weekly looks at the racial politics of the city's Ninth District. "While Los Angeles' demographics are changing, and neighborhoods are becoming more Latino, the old African American guard still wants to maintain three seats on the City Council," according to the paper.
Wendy Greuel and Eric Garcetti, both liberals, want to eliminate the city's business tax, reports the Los Angeles Times. "The duo's insistence on ending the tax on businesses' gross receipts puts them at odds with not only Democratic Party orthodoxy nationally but also with several figures viewed as leading watchdogs on municipal finance — former deputy mayor and investment banker Austin Beutner, Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky and Miguel Santana, the city's top budget official," according to the paper.
The deputy mayor for the Office of Economic and Business Policy has resigned, reports the Downtown News. Matt Karatz's last day will be Friday.
KPCC profiles mayoral candidate Kevin James.
Is Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa dating Mexican actress Kate Del Castillo? Maybe, according to the Huffington Post, though the actress told the website the two are just practicing Spanish together.
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Scientist publishes first climate change textbook for college studentsUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
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Dr. Charles Fletcher, Associate Dean and Professor of Geology and Geophysics at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa's School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST), released this month the first edition of "Climate Change: What the Science Tells Us" (published by J. Wiley and Sons, Hoboken, NJ). Fletcher offers the first real textbook to present the science surrounding climate change at the right level for an undergraduate student.
"Our climate is changing NOW in rapid and dangerous ways. But by and large, we are not teaching the current generation of students about the reality of this phenomenon," stated Fletcher. "Without this knowledge, our ability to manage the impacts of a changing climate is limited."
This text places strong emphasis on the peer-reviewed scientific literature in reporting the impacts of climate change on the ocean, terrestrial ecosystems, the water cycle, human communities, hazardous weather patterns, and potential future Earth systems. The text offers detailed discussion of greenhouse gases, oceanic and atmospheric processes, paleoclimate, the human fingerprints of climate change, global climate models, sea level rise, climate impacts on economic sectors, and dangerous weather patterns associated with climate change.
For over 30 years, Fletcher has studied and published research on the impacts of coastal hazards on human communities, the geologic history of sea level change in the Atlantic and Pacific, and the geologic proxies that characterize Earth's climate over the past half-million years. His familiarity with the natural record of climate coupled with a focus on the fundamental data and observations that constitute the science of global warming, results in a comprehensive and detailed treatment of the problem of climate change.
Fletcher's polished writing style makes this an entertaining read while the pedagogical support and organization help students better identify and understand key concepts, ideas and terms. Each chapter is organized with learning objectives, student exercises, videos, and scientific citations to promote further learning, and creative thinking problems to underpin classroom discussion.
"Earth's climate has always changed. Modern climate change does not, however, fit geologic history," noted Fletcher. "In the past half century, the rate and extent of climate change has been extraordinary. Despite extensive searching, no known natural processes can account for the present climate trend of extremely rapid warming of the temperature of the lower atmosphere. Furthermore, industrial exhaust, deforestation, and large- scale agribusiness are known producers of heat-trapping gas in the atmosphere. It is only logical to hypothesize that there is a strong likelihood that these human activities are causing the extraordinary warming. Vigorous testing of this hypothesis demonstrates that modern climate change is a consequence of human-caused global warming; in fact, among scientists, this has been known for decades."
Climate Change exposes the general public, decision makers, and students to the processes of peer-reviewed scientific publishing, and connects published science papers to current events. This shows that even the boldest statements of climate scientists are backed up by the scientific system of skeptical peer review. Skeptical peer review is the process scientists use to filter strongly developed research from weak research. The process of peer review invokes critical thinking by competitive, judgmental scientists to gauge the appropriateness of research results to be published for widespread reading.
In the classroom, this text can stand alone as the backbone of a semester-long class, or it can accompany any curriculum that touches on Earth processes where the instructor wants students to delve deeper into climate change. Its content will augment many classes, including geomorphology, climatology, historical and physical geology, meteorology, earth science, oceanography and marine science, environmental science, planning, civil engineering, environmental law, American studies, political science, sociology, and many others.
Today's scientists know that if strong action to counteract climate change is not successfully achieved, within one generation the world will be a place characterized by intense heat waves, widespread disease, drought, food shortages, and deadly super storms. The early signs of these disasters are already evident. "Climate Change: What the Science Tells Us" brings this reality into the college classroom.
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Mercedes E350 CGI Highway Pilot
We, umm, don't drive MB's autonomous E-Class...
What is it?
It's quite simple - the Highway Pilot E-Class is a driverless car. Which might sound a bit far-fetched, but isn't quite as 2030 as you'd imagine. Because the basic elements are already on sale. Quite a few cars these days have got lane guidance technology that stops you veering out of your lane on the motorway. And 'active' cruise control - which maintains a constant distance to the car in front - has been around for years. So Merc has taken that tech, done what we hope is a reasonable amount of tweaking to the software, and created a car that will quite literally drive itself.
How does it work?
There are various radars and cameras dotted all round the car, watching everything from the white lines to traffic ahead and behind. As soon as the system detects you're on a motorway - it has to be on a highway because there aren't pedestrians, or cars coming the other way, to confuse things - you can set the car's cruise control to a certain speed. Then wait for the sensors to work out where the white lines are, get the green light, and take your hands off the wheel.
All of these detectors are currently available on production Mercs, which is why the Germans think they're not that far off making this work on a 'normal' car. It's - surprisingly - not especially sci-fi.
And does it work?
Amazingly well. To be honest, the weakest part was us, because it takes AN ENORMOUS leap of faith to take your hands off the steering wheel and your feet off the pedals at 110kph. And all while you're heading for a lorry. None of this is a logical thing to do.
As such, it's difficult to chillax. You've got to concentrate as much as you would if you were driving. But as soon as you gain confidence in it, it becomes less intimidating. It's still weird watching the steering wheel move by itself, but the strangest part comes as you get near to a lorry.
All the various sensors analyse the road around to check it's all clear, the E-Class indicates by itself, pulls out into the fast lane smoothly, and overtakes the truck. Once we're past, it pulls back in. I'm not touching the pedals, steering wheel, indicators - nothing. We're totally surplus to requirements for the entire manoeuvre.
So you could be sat on the back seat?
Not quite. The E-Class we 'drove' is still a prototype, so we had to be in the driver's seat, hands at the ready in case there was a system failure. And besides, the technology isn't legal at the moment, so a reasonably responsible human still has to be nominally in charge at all times.
That doesn't sound very 'driverless'.....
You're right. The problem is twofold:
Like I said before, the legislation just isn't there yet. Merc reckons the EU will have got round to drafting some legal stuff governing all this by 2016/7 - even though the US is already doing it in certain states for things like the Google car.
And even if all this did get through the EU, none of the systems are foolproof. Manufacturers understandably get a bit twitchy about no-one being in charge of the vehicle. So a human will still need to be the fail-safe, concentrating on the road.
So no watching TV on my morning commute just yet?
Not quite. A fully automated car is a long way off yet. But it's a start, and there's certainly plenty of potential.
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WIS has and will merge two worlds when the numbers work and both agree to it. Taking 4 worlds and merging them into 3, or whatever, is messy. Not from a coding perspective, necessarily, but from a user perspective. All of a sudden, you go from a world with a ton of history and a core group of users and now you've got the remnents of a bunch of worlds, etc. I believe at least one time they merged 2 worlds, the next offseason that merged world had 8+ openings. Many worlds are private and have their own rules, etc.
This happens every fall and people think the world is going to end, the worlds eventually fill, and in a few months when demand pops back up after football and as baseball starts up, things are fine.
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Some crazy ass long word damn it. It's meaning unknown to 99,999% of the world (feel lucky if you know its meaning!),hell, even godly Google it self doesn't know what-the-f*ck is that( at least it didn't b4 I wrote this). However! If you look closely, you may notice that as the word indicates - semi- auto ultra redeseparurator 2000 deluxe - is a device that re-de-separates, in other words, if you had a thing that was once together and then separated (i.e. with a separurator), then/or joined together with something (i.e. remains of your grand grand grandmother mixed with house dust - to get that effect you may as well use a deseparurator) and then somehow separated (you guessed it. i.e. with a reseparurator) then to get best results you must use the semi- auto ultra redeseparurator 2000 deluxe. Now once you understand that, you may ask "why not use the deseparurator again?" well, thats a tricky question. You see, things separated that separurator cannot be connected by any normal means again, because the object gets a anti-static polarization on a particle level that repel and there fore refuse to be connected again. That is why we use the deseparurator which diffuses the negative charge on the chosen matter.
It's second and perhaps most important use is to pour water to little plastic/styrofoam cups.
Discovered by WTC scientists in ancient Tibet - 2000y b.c.
It's second and perhaps most important use is to pour water to little plastic/styrofoam cups.
Discovered by WTC scientists in ancient Tibet - 2000y b.c.
Dude, put my semi-auto ultra redeseparurator 2000 deluxe down if you don't want to be redusted.
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This may have been covered already, but how much fluid are you guys putting in these diffs? I've noticed that with pretty much every sealed diff I've ever used (1/10th and 1/8th) that if you fill them more than halfway, the fluid will push out. It's not that it's leaking. More that there's too much fluid and when you assemble it and sandwich everything together, there's not enough room for all the fluid. So it's naturally gonna push out wherever it can (bolts and/or seals) under pressure.
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My Black & Blue Rally is faster than your color...
I race in a heated indoor track in winter, and of course outdoors in the summer. The track is relatively warm, I've never measured the temperature but I would imagine about 20 °C (68 °F).
I keep my track slash in the garage and its probably 20F out there tonight. I'll check the diff when I get home and see if it's noticeably tighter.
My Black & Blue Rally is faster than your color...
Surely if diff oil is so temperature dependant this should be documented somewhere. Right?
What a terrific thread. Very well done. I like the look of those diffs, alot. Im going to have to pick me up a 4 of em or so for my modded Trx 2wds. Well done.
Build, Bash, Clean, Repair, Repeat..
4!!! I like it.
When you jump on a plan you jump in with both feet!
This differential is as well made as my FLM and Swami-RC diffs. I am really impressed with it, and the leaks could be attributed to overfilling the diff as mentioned above.
My Black & Blue Rally is faster than your color...
So it's been 2 weeks since this thread has been active, anymore thoughts on the diff? I'm interested in it but am holding off until I replace my bushings with bearings and see how people are fairing with the diff.
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Seems as though most feedback is positive. Think my diamondback needs one...
Ya can't polish fertilizer...
I don't have a single negative thing to report about the diff, but I haven't been driving it much due to the weather. This summer i'll put more miles on it so I might have more to report.
This differential looks and works as good as the FLM diff at about half the price. Unless you're a hard-core buy American guy, I say go with the HR.
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My Black & Blue Rally is faster than your color...
This differential is still going strong. I have had some leakage to date, but the diff is at least half full so I'd call it a $28 success.
Who else has bought one of these?
My Black & Blue Rally is faster than your color...
i got one in my rustler along with the hr trans case and i love it, its adjustable and is so much better then the stock plastic one +1 for hr sealed diff
The smartest person, asks the most questions...
Well it sounds like I'll be picking one up soon. I need a new radio trans/receiver first, the stock AM one I have has poor range and I get a lot of interference where I bash.
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For the price you can't beat it. I picked one up two months ago for my p2de. Been bashing it pretty hard. No problems. Handles better than stock diff. Haven't looked at it since I installed it. Curious about if any fluid leaked out. Did use Teflon in the screws. Love the color.
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Now all we need is a clear rpm gearbox so we can see the anodizing while running the truck. I cant wait to get a ton of money so I can buy all the things I want... Oh wait, I have to wait lol!
Ya can't polish fertilizer...
In a perfect world they would supply invisi-grease 8)
Ya can't polish fertilizer...
My HR differential sprang a leak sometime in the past couple of weeks. I don't have any pics yet and haven't investigated why, but it sure is leaking. It was seeping before installation, but I think it's leaking a bit faster after some run time.
My Black & Blue Rally is faster than your color...
I have been running the new HR sealed diff in the HR tranny and all has been good so far.
I use 50k weight oil right now and only takes a lap or two to loosen up the oil (tends to push a little in the corners at first). If I wasn't so lazy I change to 30k.
But me likey alot.... I fell it would be a good upgrade to the stock tranny.... And way less costly than the Proline tranny I have in my other Slash.....
"enjoy your ride"
I got this same diff for my SCR (short course Rusty) have yet to use but im glad to see many approve despite it slight leaking flaw. I too had leaking screws before i even installed it into the trans case. I ended up using teflon tape to seal the screws and so far so go.
Earlier in the post replacement oring were brought up. I found a web site that seems to be a HR dealer and they sell a replacement oring kit for $3 (US Dollars)
I used 50k weight silicone fluid and should have my SCR running by this weekend. Check out my build thread.
"You just got passed by a Traxxas"
here is some good info i just read about filling diffs.....
Most diffs nowadays are durable, and the oils don't usually leak out. However it is a good idea to put grease on the outdrive shaft oring or seal. It reduces wear as well as helps to keep the oil in the diff. When filling a diff it's important to remember 2 things:
1. Do not put too much oil in. The pressure in the diff will increase too much and the oil will leak out.
2. Fill it in a way that you can always put the same amount of oil in. This way your set up will be consistent.
One way to fill the diff a suitable amount, is to fill it so that the diff cross-pins are covered by about 1mm of oil at the centre. It's a good idea to rotate the outdrive so trapped air gets out, and if needed, more oil can be added.
"You just got passed by a Traxxas"
FWIW, the sealed geared diff in my non-Traxxas race buggy seeps and did need grease on the out drives to make it leak less. Dealing with a supposedly sealed diff from a different manufacturer has made me REALLY appreciate what HR has done with this diff. Its freaking brilliant!!!
As for filling the diff, an even more accurate way is to use those little lines on the side of most diff and shock oil bottles. In other words, measure by volume and you will have 100% accuracy every time.
Thats awesome that you found the o-rings!
Just noticed this at the bottom, Guess you can call them to find out how to contact HR, as I have never been able to:
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Ya can't polish fertilizer...
Anyone have an update on their HR differential?
My Black & Blue Rally is faster than your color...
I just did 8 races this weekend in the Traction Showdown and it preformed flawlessly. No leaks, no breakage, solid consistent launches, smooth in the turns with out any pushing. Honestly i like it better than the Proline Ball diff i was using. I have a STRC Slash 2wd aka STR (Short Course Rusty) and we race on super sticky glass smooth clay and having a diff that acts like a spool on launches and open in the turns is very important and the HR does the trick. Next on the wish list is the HR tranny to match the diff.
"You just got passed by a Traxxas"
O-rings are standard world wide (from what I know anyway, I use 7 kits to replace all o-rings) they work on crush, that means that when they are squashed between two mating surfaces they are crushed and expand in the opposite plane, to fill the recess that is machined, (hope that makes sense????) If your O-rings leak either, the machining is wrong, the O-ring is wrong or the O-ring is damaged on install, or from age (and trust me working with pressures in hydraulics it does not take much damage for an O-ring to leak) therefore if you have a leak at such low pressures, check the O-ring has not hardened from high temps, and if it is still soft measure cross section and look for slightly larger size, or buy FLM.
Keep on Bashing and you will keep on Trashing
Old thread, probably the same question I know.
Get the FLM tomorrow with luck, so for diff oil weight and quantity??? what have you guys got figured out, as I see it you guys were messing with this stuff right in the beginning of time itself.
Motor - 3500 Velieon
Battery - 2S
Gearing - Stock gearing
Driver - 13 year old son (and maybe some driving by the old man)
track - only one within 200 miles (loose) mostly bashing about.
Keep on Bashing and you will keep on Trashing
[QUOTE=Team arsy car;5493795]Old thread, probably the same question I know.
Get the FLM tomorrow with luck, so for diff oil weight and quantity??? what have you guys got figured out, as I see it you guys were messing with this stuff right in the beginning of time itself.
For dirt track racing, I use 50,000wt Mugen Diff Oil in my FLM diffs (Rustler and LCG Slash) and it works well, especially on power corner exits. I fill mine to about the 2/3 level. If any oozes out when you put the final screws in to seal it up you know you used too much (did that the first time!)
Pretty please, with sugar on top, clean the RC car
ummm I like the price tag on that, how is it comparativelyy to the one that flm has.....
Live life to the fullest
got the RPM hybrid gear case today with the 3 degree camber...anyway opened up my HR diff and everything looked great inside I am super pleased with this buy. Im gonna refill with 100k this time since it was suggested to me at the Showdown. Ill let ya know tomorrow or later tonight how it goes after club races tonight.
"You just got passed by a Traxxas"
I'm going to try some 50k fluid in my HR diff when I get some more parts in. I'm in the middle if an update on the Pede and it'll include practically removing the trans case so I might as well do it now.
My Black & Blue Rally is faster than your color...


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A woman claimed she had a bomb – which turned out to be spaghetti sauce -- during a robbery late Saturday morning at a Clinton Township bank.
The female bandit placed a bag on the counter inside the Fifth Third Bank on Harper Avenue, near 15 Mile Road, said she had an explosive device and ordered a teller to hand over money, Clinton Township police Capt. Richard Maierle said.
The woman exited the bank and fled in a getaway vehicle driven by an unidentified man, police said.
She left the bag on the counter, causing police to contact the Michigan State Police which summoned a bomb squad. Police cordoned off the bank while awaiting for the explosives experts but traffic in the area was not diverted. The bomb squad determined the bag did not contain any explosives, only a couple cans of spaghetti sauce, police said.
A few hours later, bank officials continued to tally the amount of cash stolen in the incident, Sgt. Deena Terzo said. Police described the robber as a black and more than 200 pounds. She and the unknown driver remained at large.
An undetermined number of customers were in the Fifth Third branch during the robbery but nobody was hurt, police said.
The incident marked the third robbery at a business in the township in three days. However, investigators said the bank heist is not connected to holdups Thursday and Friday at nearby party store.
A man brandishing a gun robbed Gemini Market, on Harper Avenue at Quinn Road, late Friday, police said. Investigators believe the culprit is the same person who stole money from the party store on Thursday.
No shots were fired in either incident, police said.
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The smell of wine, oh how much more delicate, cheerful, gratifying, celestial and delicious it is than that of oil. François Rabelais (1495-1553)
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
And another excellent biodynamic wine: the 2005 Pic Saint Loup Clos Marie l'Olivette
The Clos Marie L'Olivette belongs to a relatively new appellation, the Coteaux du Languedoc Pic Saint loup, a region located some 30 kilometers north of Montpellier. It is dominated by the Pic Saint Loup itself, a pointed mountain rising 638 meters above the sea level. The soil is poor and stony, mostly clay and limestone. The region has a more northerly climate than the rest of the Coteaux du Languedoc with cooler average temperatures and slightly higher rainfall. It has also stricter appellation rules. Noble grape varieties such as Grenache, Syrah, and Mourvèdre must account for at least 90% of a blend.
Clos Marie is a 20 hectare domain located near the village of Lauret, one of the thirteen villages included in the Pic Saint Loup appellation. It is run by Christophe Peyrus who took over the family's vineyards in 1991. Before that, the wine was sold to the local co-operative. He made drastic changes in order to improve the quality of the wine, unrooting and replanting 75% of the vineyard with a high planting density, and adopting manual harvesting. He also started farming the vineyard using biodynamic principles in 2000.
The cuvée L'Olivette is the domain's basic offering. It is a blend of 40% Grenache, 40% Syrah, and 20% Mourvèdre, aged in 1/3 new oak, 2/3 neutral barrels. The wine has a dense purple color and a sweet nose of blackberry. The mouthfeel is full and unctuous, leaving a fine dusty aftertaste. Simply delicious, addictive, and highly recommended!
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My wife and I purchased a case of the 2001 Pic St. Loup Clos Marie L'Olivette after enjoying this delicious cuvee at a restaurant in Cambridge, MA. It was the suggestion of the restaurant's sommelier after he could not produce the correct vintage of another wine we had ordered from the wine list (the year is important!). Anyway, we were blown away my the velvety tannins and berry flavors. We recently opened one of the bottles and found that it had cellared quite well for the last couple of years. We'll be sure to try the '05 too. If anyone's reading these comments, go out and find this wine... you won't be disappointed!
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It seems every day we are asked to donate to one cause or another and then have to make decisions on how much and which charity has the greater need.
Making the decision on how to allocate funds for all those that need help can be a challenge. While the need is great for those who are suffering from hunger, homelessness, abuse, mental illness or drug addiction, the solutions seem overwhelming if tackled single-handedly. That's where the United Way comes in to help address many of the needs in the North Country by uniting us all toadvocate, volunteer and give money.
You may not be aware how the Adirondack United Way helps those in need in our region, but you can be sure you will at some time use the more than 40 agencies that they support. From youth to adult centers, from Boy/Girl Scouts to Hospice of the North Country, or LifeFlight to Literacy Volunteers, the list goes on.
The United Way of the Adirondack Region Inc. not only supports health and human service programs, but also coordinates the 2-1-1 Information & Referral System, helps health, safety and emergency preparedness and coordinates the Volunteer Tax Assistance for Earned Income Tax Credit.
The idea of donating to one united fund is made easy. Donate through a payroll deduction at your workplace or with one donation, either way it helps covers the broad scope of needs in our area. With the difficult economy and high unemployment, the need is even greater. That is why the goal of $775,000 needed from the three counties of Essex, Franklin and Clinton may not be reached, according to Adirondack United Way Executive Director John Bernardi.
So, the urgent call goes out to ask you to act now to get the last $100,000 in by the end of the campaign on January 31.
There are three options that will allow you to designate where you want your donation to go:
Option A: The Community impact fund that supports all the programs that are evaluated by volunteers as to the pressing need and dollar allocation.
Option B: he Targeted Impact Need that allows you to pick one area you'd like your donation to support. Such choices as education that helps children and youth achieve their potential, income that helps families become financially stable and independent, or health with services to help maintain good physical and mental health and obtain long-term care. Option C: If you want a specific partner agency or agencies to receive 100 percent of your donation.
By combining all of our donations it can really impact our local region. No donation is too small because every donation makes a difference. The need is great and people are hurting. Your donation can make help lighten the load.
Send a check or spread it out with a payroll deduction to United Way of the Adirondack Region, 45 Tom Miller Road, Plattsburgh, NY 12901.
For more information go to www.unitedwayadk.org or call 518-563-0028.