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UBS announces Board of Directors nominations and appointments to the Group Executive Board
Sally Bott, Rainer-Marc Frey, Bruno Gehrig and William G. Parrett proposed as candidates for election to the Board of Directors of UBS AG at the EGM of 2 October 2008.
Markus Diethelm appointed as Group General Counsel and John Cryan as Group Chief Financial Officer.
UBS announces four new candidates for the Board of Directors to be proposed for election at the Extraordinary General Meeting of UBS on 2 October 2008 and two new members of its Group Executive Board.
Board of Director nominations
Following the proposal of the Governance and Nominating Committee, the UBS Board of Directors nominates Sally Bott, Rainer-Marc Frey, Bruno Gehrig and William G. Parrett for election as independent members of the Board of Directors of UBS AG for a term of office to expire at the 2009 Annual General Meeting.
These candidates bring specific and relevant experience to UBS, namely in global financial services, the fields of change management and regulation and the perspectives of institutional shareholders.
Their nomination follows the introduction of a new Corporate Governance framework on 1 July which strengthened the oversight role of the Board and clarified the separation of the roles and responsibilities between the Board of Directors and Executive Management.
"We had the privilege of choosing from a number of exceptionally well qualified candidates", said Peter Kurer, Chairman of the Board of Directors. "I am delighted that these individuals are available to join our Board. They have diverse and varied backgrounds and will together add to the overall breadth and depth of expertise of the Board. Their individual skills will allow them to contribute to the specific committee it is planned that they join. At the same time they each have significant experience in banking and finance. I have no doubt that the nominees will be able to contribute substantially to the future development and success of UBS."
The search was managed by the Governance and Nominating Committee of the UBS Board of Directors under the chair of Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler and was supported by outside advisors. The nominees shall be proposed for election at the Extraordinary General Meeting of UBS on 2 October 2008.
Group Executive Board appointments
On the recommendation of the Group CEO, the Board of Directors has made two new appointments to the Group Executive Board (GEB).
Markus U. Diethelm will join UBS as Group General Counsel during third quarter 2008. The role was vacant following the election of Peter Kurer to the Board of Directors at the Annual General Meeting last April.
Marco Suter, who had expressed his desire to step down from his role as Group CFO to the Board of Directors and the CEO, will hand over his position to John Cryan on 1 September 2008.
"We are delighted that Markus and John will join our Group Executive Board, and, when it is formed, the new Executive Committee, filling these critical positions with two high-caliber senior managers", said Marcel Rohner, CEO of UBS. "Markus brings highly relevant experience in managing a global legal function in a sector whose complexity is comparable to the banking industry. His involvement in the strategic development of Swiss Re over the recent years will be instrumental in the next steps we will be taking at UBS. John is a widely respected banker who has specialized for many years in advising financial institutions around the world. His insights and expertise will be extremely valuable in our task of restoring the value of UBS."
"Marco Suter has a long distinguished record at UBS, as Group CFO for the past year and, before that, as a member of the Board of Directors. His contribution in the past year has been enormous and I am very grateful that he was able to step into the role when we needed him most. We respect and support his desire to step back from the CFO function at this time", said Peter Kurer, Chairman of UBS.
Biographies of Board of Director nominees
Sally Bott (1949) serves as Group Human Resources Director of BP plc, one of the world's largest companies, which she joined in early 2005. She is also member of BP's Group Executive Committee. An economics major, Sally Bott spent most of her career in finance. She was at Citibank from 1970 to 1993, and spent the last 15 years of that period in HR. She rose steadily through the HR ranks, working primarily across investment and wholesale banking with a range of geographic responsibilities, including Asia, Japan and Europe as well as North America. She last held the position of HR Director Wholesale Bank and Group HR Director, North America. She joined Barclays plc in London in 1994 as HR director for BZW, the investment banking arm of Barclays. She was appointed Group HR Director for Barclays plc in 1996. In 2000 she returned to New York and joined Marsh and McLennan, the US based global risk and insurance services business, as Managing Director and Head of HR for Marsh, Inc. Sally Bott is known for her extensive experience in leading organizational change. She is an American citizen. Subject to her election, the Board of Directors intends to appoint Sally Bott as a member of the Human Resources and Compensation Committee.
Rainer-Marc Frey (1963) is the founder and Chairman of Horizon21, a thematically based investment manager which takes long-term investment views on various industry sectors. With a degree in economics with a finance and banking focus from the University of St. Gallen, Rainer-Marc Frey started his career in 1987 at Merrill Lynch followed by an engagement at Salomon Brothers. Five years later at 29, he founded one of the first hedge fund groups in Europe, RMF Investment Group. He held the position of Chief Executive Officer of RMF for ten years and, having sold the latter to Man Group Plc in 2002, held senior roles within the Man Group until he founded Horizon21 in 2004. Rainer-Marc Frey is a member of the Board of DKSH, Zurich, and of the Advisory Board of Invision Private Equity AG, Zug. He is a Swiss citizen. Subject to his election, the Board of Directors intends to appoint Rainer-Marc Frey to the Risk Committee and the Strategy Committee.
Bruno Gehrig (1946), Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c., is the Chairman of Swiss Life Holding as well as the Vice Chairman of Roche Holding. An academic by background, Bruno Gehrig is an experienced private banker and was a highly regarded member of the Swiss regulatory authorities. He ended the first part of his academic career as Assistant Professor in Berne and Rochester, NY, USA, to join UBS Group in 1981 as Chief Economist. Later he held other senior positions in the bank in New York, London, Tokyo, and the Middle East before assuming responsibility for Securities Sales & Trading. Bruno Gehrig was then named CEO of the Cantrade Private Banking Group, a function he held until he resumed his academic career as Professor in Banking and Finance at the University of St. Gallen and concurrently served as a member of the Federal Banking Commission (the Swiss Banking Supervision Authority). In 1996, he became a Member of the Governing Board of the Swiss National Bank and was later appointed Vice Chairman. Bruno Gehrig is also Chairman of the Swiss International Air Lines Foundation. He is a Swiss citizen. Subject to his election, the Board of Directors intends to appoint Bruno Gehrig to the Audit Committee.
William (Bill) G. Parrett (1945) served his entire career with Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, a global organization whose member firms have 160,000 people operating in nearly 140 countries and serves 80% of Fortune Global 500 companies. A member of the Global Executive Committee since 1999, Bill Parrett was Chief Executive Officer from 2003 until his retirement in 2007, a period during which Deloitte's revenues grew from $15bn to $23bn. Bill Parrett founded the U.S. National Financial Services Group and the Global Financial Services Group of Deloitte, both of which he lead as Chairman. Today, Bill Parrett is an independent director of Eastman Kodak Co., USA, of Blackstone Group LP, USA, and of Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., USA. He also is the Chairman of the United States Council for International Business and a member of the Executive Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce. He is an American citizen. Subject to his election, the Board of Directors intends to appoint Bill Parrett to the Audit Committee.
Biographies of new Group Executive Board members
Markus U. Diethelm (1957), currently Group Chief Legal Officer of Swiss Re, will be appointed as Group General Counsel of UBS. Markus U. Diethelm holds a law degree from the University of Zurich and a Master and PhD degree from Stanford University. He is a qualified attorney-at-law in the State of New York and in Switzerland. He started his career in 1983 with Bär & Karrer, a Zurich law firm. In 1988 he joined Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison in New York as a foreign associate. As of 1989, he practiced with New York's Shearman & Sterling, specializing in mergers and acquisitions. In 1992 he joined the Los Angeles-based law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, focusing on corporate matters, securities transactions, litigation and regulatory investigations while operating out of the firm's Brussels and Paris offices. He joined Swiss Re in 1998 as Group Chief Legal Officer and was appointed to the Executive Board effective 1 January 2007. Under his leadership, Swiss Re introduced a successful global model for the Group's legal and compliance organization. Markus U. Diethelm played a key role in the company's World Trade Center litigation and in major corporate development transactions. He is a Swiss citizen.
John Cryan (1960), currently Head of the Financial Institutions Group at UBS's Investment Bank, will be appointed as Group Chief Financial Officer. As an alumnus of Arthur Andersen & Co, John Cryan joined S.G. Warburg in London in 1987. Since 1992, he has specialized in providing strategic and financial advice to a wide range of companies in the financial services sector globally. In recent months, he has played an active role in advising UBS's Board of Directors and the Group Executive Board on issues related to the financial crisis. John Cryan is a British citizen.


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The East Carolina Faculty Concert Series continues at Tryon Palace with a cello and piano recital on Sunday.
The East Carolina Faculty Concert Series continues at Tryon Palace with a cello and piano recital on Sunday.
Performed by Emanuel Gruber on cello and Keiko Sekino on piano, this moving concert will include pieces by Claude Debussy, and lesser-known, but equally engaging artists such as the 19th-century Belgian-French composer Cesar Franck and Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc, a member of the 20th-century French group Les Six.
It is scheduled for 3 p.m. inside the North Carolina History Center�s Cullman Performance Hall.
The cost to attend the ECU Faculty Concert is $20 for adults, $17 for Tryon Palace Foundation members and $10 for students. Gruber will also have CDs for sale in the Tryon Palace Museum Store.
Tickets are available online at ecuarts.com or call 800-328-2787 or 328-4788. There will be tickets at the door after 1 p.m. on Sunday. Seating begins at 2:30 p.m. and is general admission.
This concert is presented by the East Carolina University School of Music and the Tryon Palace Performing Arts Series.
Media sponsorship has been provided by Public Radio East and the Sun Journal.
Another upcoming Palace event features jazz pianist Aaron Diehl, who makes his North Carolinadebut at the Palace April 19.
It is part of the Palace�s Performing Arts Series.
He has performed around the world and alongside musical greats like Wynton Marsalis and Benny Golson.
The concert is at 8 p.m.Diehl has scheduled three appearances during his brief tour of Eastern North Carolina. TryonPalacemarks the first and only solo concert of that tour.
Diehl is best described as a jazz pianist with the playing style, technical prowess and colorful allure of a gifted classical concert pianist. Distinctive interpretations of the music of Scott Joplin, Jelly Roll Morton, Art Tatum, Duke Ellington and other masters also show that Diehl knows how to pay homage to jazz traditions while establishing his own original voice.
Diehl�s most recent album, �The Bespoke Man�s Narrative,� was released in 2013 by Mack Records and has already earned several glowing reviews and awards. Other albums include �Live at Caramoor,� which offers a collection of his solo performances at the prestigious festival in the summer of 2008, and his early trio CD, titled �Live at the Players.�
The doors openat 7 p.m., followed by a pre-concert conversation with the artist at 7:30 p.m.and the performance at 8 p.m.

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After months of development and extensive dyno testing on our Q60 3.0t Premium Sport Coupe and Q50 3.0t Red Sport Sedan, we are proud to introduce the Z1 Motorsports 3.0" Expansion Downpipes for VR30DDTT equipped Infiniti Q50/Q60 models.
These downpipes are the single most effective performance upgrade available for a Twin Turbo VR 2016+ Q50 or 2017+ Q60. Installing these downpipes will produce an additional 50-60+ RWHP on 3.0t Premium (300 HP) models and 25-35+ RWHP on Red Sport (400 HP) models with no additional modifications and no tune required, although a catback exhaust system is recommended to reach full potential. The factory exhaust utilizes 4 catalytic converters mounted directly off of the turbo outlets. These cats are by far the largest restriction in the VR30DDTT's respiratory system, slowing down exhaust flow and creating substantial backpressure. Our catless expansion downpipes allow the turbos to breathe and spool up substantially faster resulting in a dramatic increase in horsepower and torque across the entire powerband. The expansion design allows hot gasses exiting the turbo to smoothly expand out into full 3.0" 304 SS piping, the resulting pressure differential on the back side of the turbine wheel results in insanely fast spool and increased maximum boost pressures. As the exhaust gases cool further downstream they are funneled back down into a 2.5" outlet compatible with factory and most aftermarket catback exhaust systems. Z1 can also provide these downpipes with a full 3.0" outlet flange via the options below.
Our downpipes utilize factory style V-band flanges to fit the stock turbos with no aftermarket hardware needed. (Use of the existing OEM V-Band Clamp is required.) The fitment of these downpipes cater to factory design of the catalytic converters and y-pipe, allowing you to bolt these in place of the factory converters with no modification necessary, utilizing all factory mounting points for great fitment on factory and aftermarket exhausts. These downpipes can be installed without removing the engine in a few hours using the proper tools. Removing the stock catalytic converters with the engine in the car is tricky but entirely possible as we have done it several times using the proper extensions and swivel sockets. In addition, downstream oxygen sensors mount in J-pipe O2 bungs to reduce the likeliness of check engine lights after installation. We have not experienced any CELs or diagnostic trouble codes on our Q60 and Q50 equipped with these downpipes for several thousand miles of testing, but we cannot guarantee they won't appear until software is released to account for this upgrade.
NOTE: Turbo Outlet Gaskets are NOT included, however we have found these can often be reused on low milage car. If new gaskets are required they can be purchased seperatley HERE.
OptionalThese downpipes are available in a 2.5'' outlet to fit stock and most aftermarket exhausts and a full 3.0'' outlet for custom or larger aftermarket exhausts. Because of the current lack of availability in 3.0'' exhausts Z1 recommends selecting our 2.5'' option.
Also, removing the factory downpipe catalytic converter sections removes the heat shielding associated with them. This can cause higher than normal temperatures in your engine bay. To aid in lowering these temperatures we offer a roll of Z1 Exhaust Wrap optioned below. This includes one 50' roll and 4 14'' stainless steel ties.
Images below show baseline and final power comparisons on Z1's Q50 Red Sport 400hp (LEFT) with Z1 3'' Downpipes and exhaust, and Z1's Q60 Premium 300hp (RIGHT) with identical mods. Click images below to view full resolution.
No ExtrasZ1 Heat Wrap (+$38.00)
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The downpipes have one O2 bung for a single O2 sensor on both sides. The primary and secondary catalytic converters both have O2 sensors totaling 4 sensors . Please explain how this works.
The downpipes have one O2 bung for a single O2 sensor on both sides. The primary and secondary catalytic converters both have O2 sensors totaling 4 sensors . Please explain how this works.
Do you have a detailed installation sheet for this product. A lot of people are afraid to install these I purchased these pipes and I'm about to take it to RT tuning in Pennsylvania to install
Do you have a detailed installation sheet for this product. A lot of people are afraid to install these I purchased these pipes and I'm about to take it to RT tuning in Pennsylvania to install
Will this work with the fast intentions lower down pipes
Will this work with the fast intentions lower down pipes


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Welcome to Radio Sailing Shop
2019 - Celebrating our 27th year of RC Sailing Gear and our 23rd year Online! - 2019
Australasia's Largest Range of Radio & Pond Yacht Fittings
IOM - Marblehead - 10 Rater - A Class - RG65 - Micro Magic - EC12 - Soling - Multihulls and All Classes
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agon force, Sails Etc,360 sails, F5-E , F5-M,F5-10, Naviga, Variant, sailsetc, Mp jet, vickers iom, craig smith, balmain bug, radio yacht supplies,sail makin
Just Arrived - NEW PRODUCTS - Just Arrived
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Sails Custom Made in Australia for IOM, Rg65, Dragon Force 65, Dragon Flite 95,Micro Magic, Kyosho Seawind, Kyosho 612, Thunder tiger Victoria and ETNZ, Phantom, Proboat Ragazza, and many more.
Choice of colors and cloths, Spectre Sails since 1996!
NEW - Brushless Water Resistant Digital sail winch complements our Australian made RMG Sail Winches
Carbon Fibre Mast cranes for RG-65 Class and Marbleheads for conventional and Swing rigs!
For these and other new items, keep a check in the New Products pages!
Carbon Fibre Mast cranes, mast lifting ring and sail arms for RG-65 / IRSA65 Class!
Sailing in Salt water? You need this!
Corrosion x, coat your reciervers and servos in the liquid and it forms a protective membrane that conducts electricity but shields moisture, protects for a long time.
Supplied in small dripper bottles the superior 'Speed X' version is also formulated for bearings, so if you have a gooseneck with bearings and sail in salt, you need this!
Boom Vangs , Boom Kits and new fittings! VM01 Lightweight Vang from Varient is now available as a kit with round boom fittings pack,SailsEtc Vands to suit Rectangular vangs are now also available with 103I boom fitting to suit round booms.
Varient Boom fitting kits are for 11mm round jib and mainsailbooms found here (click)
Some international marblehead racing and then more new stuff!
New stocks of the highly popular Futaba 2HR have arrived along with recievers and parts!
Features a lightweight handset, light reciever and 2 channels at a super low price!
And More!!!
International One Metres Now Available And Made to Order.
A picture tells a 1000 words so we are slowly updating our drawings of products for items we have here, gives you an idea of what they are like and some are pretty special!
SailsEtc are always very functional and durable and the Australian made Hales Micro pulleys are simply the best, featuring stainless steel ball bearings (almost do not need to use Corrosion X on them, almost!)
New From Carbonix the all Australian Made Katana Marblehead.
Prepreg carbon and milled bronze speed machine.
Dragon Force RG-65 and Affinity RG-65 hatches from Breaking Wind Boats as well as rig bags for DF-65, DF-95 and Affinitys.
MAGNETIC ON/OFF SWITCH! Why drill a hole for a heavy switch that can be a leak point or a smaller one that gets knocked and turns your boat off when you can fit one of these! As used on our race boats!
Pass a magnet over the position where the switch is mounted and the light turns on when the power does!
All your RG-65 rigging parts to get you on the water!
Many years old and have been hidden in the corner of a warehouse after the Importer of Star Yachts retired.
These are the last in the world and are in limited numbers.
AA - PARTS made in Italy , variable gooseneck and more!
New Sail Corners for Large (IOM to A-Class) and smaller (RG-65 , Micro magics) available now, each comes with corners,reinforcement patches (complement the Spectre Speed Spots well) and batten end spots!
New from Robin Racing range Rig Bags for Dragon Force , Dragon Flite 95 and Rg-65s
The "Wing Thing' Sail Makers Block (Made in Australia), coloured luff tape and matching speed spots for sail detailing.
IOM Keel Bulbs from Craig Smith, Jeff Byerley (Mirage Yachts) , Rg-65 bulbs, Marblehead and 10R Bulbs!
Keel Keepers bulb protectors , rg65 class logos for sails and bondable radio pots for recievers and batteries.
Boats - Classic Aussie kits, modern IOMs and RG-65 race boats. Rig Kits, Rig tools and new updated servo range.
Just landed, new stocks of 36 , 50 & 75 Micron Sail Material
Now available in 10 metre rolls - SAVE 10%
Bainbridge and Kikusui Double Sided Tapes for sail making Sail makers have different preferences, but generally the Kikusui is a more aggressive high strength tape.
as used by team sailor garth halton at 360sails.com
New removable rudder kit. literally the push rudder stock into the hull tube up into the fitting and click your rudder is fitted and locked in, removal is a breeze! Also pictured are various size rudder heads to suit from 2.5mm to 5mm rudder stocks.
BACK IN STOCK BUDGET STANDARD GOOSENECK Click Here
Pictured above, Sailsetc "No5" vang with new self locking bottle screw, RG-65 vang, Sailsetc boom ends, VM-01 lightweight boom vang and Sailsetc boom slides.
BACK IN STOCK BUDGET BALL RACED GOOSENECK Click Here
We now have new stocks of 5g ,16g, 25g and 36gramBullets Tungsten Counterweights - Click Here
Also Pictured Boom "end fitting" - Click Here Britpop
JUST ARRIVED - RG65 Dragon Force Sails - Quality Australian Made in A, B & C Rigs - Click Here
- Dragon Flite 95 Sails - Quality Australian Made in A, B, C & D Rigs - Click Here
Free Rg-65 Plans from Mark Dicks designer of the Dragon Force now available in plans section!
We now have FREE downloads of drawings and instructions for SAILSetc Boom Kits, Rig Plans, Goosenecks, and other useful information in our "Free Boat and Rigging Plan Links" - Click Here
All types of turn buckles , rudder quadrants, sheet leads and mast rams, a picture tells 1000 words!
Ultra High Modulus Carbon Fibre Tube in stock
Now available in 3 piece High Modulus C/F Telescoping Mast 1m x 14mm, 1metre x 12mm, 500mm x 10mm
Super Value Pack = 40% more wire - See "RIGGING - Wire/Spectra/Dyneema" - Click Here
We have increased our range of Malin wire and rationalised the sizes. We now have #7 - 36Kg wire which is ideal for smaller classes, and have replaced the #8 wire with #9 - 49Kg which is slightly stronger and the best all round rigging wire for IOM and similar classes. We have also added #12 - 81Kg wire to our range, which is ideal for A Class and similar larger yachts.
SAILSetc Booms in Black - 347mm & 400mm
Click Here for Boom Sections Click Here for Boom Kits
RG-65 parts arriving soon as above, Carbon Fibre Mast head crane, carbon fibre mainsail head swivel, lightweight rudder head, 5mm jib boom swivel, Boom vang, jib boom counter weight, boom bands, swing rig t piece, swing rig and normal mast bearing kit. Also , minature bowsies , lightweight cordage, boom fittings, 6 and 8 mm carbon fibre for masts and more!
Whilst we cannot always help with the nut steering your boat, we can help with the steering nut and other bolts and fixtures.
Tube from 1mm and wire for hooks and steering, new .9mm stainless wire just arrived.
Hales Blocks , Made in Australia , all Stainless internals!
The Futaba 6K Radio & 2HR Radio
Note:- Futaba have discontinued he T6K , they will no longer be available.
NEW Futaba 2HR is a great radio set at a lower price with quality build and performace offered by Futaba.
-Internal Aerial (prevents breakage and damage) - Reciever voltage up to 7.4 volts -
The Futaba 2HR is a great radio set at a lower price with quality build and performace offered by Futaba.
2 channel 2.4ghz set with slide adjusters for fine tune and Dual rate adjustment. Supplied in Mode 2 for radio yachts
NOW AVAILABLE - Wall Charger, Charging Lead and Spare Receivers for
25-100 - Mast Head Fitting for 10mm Carbon Fibre Tube
Replaces the old 023g or 23-008 fitting and now includes a Backstay Crane
- Joiner for SAILSetc Boom Section - 15 degrees - Click Here
301-06 Mast Heel Fitting for 11mm Alloy & 14mm Carbon Tube
- SAILSetc Through Deck Block with Seal
- 11mm High Tensile Round Booms 500mm long
Clew Fittings & Sheet Leads for 11mm and 11.1mm Round Booms
100a Wind Indicator - Upgraded Design 46-SE Jib Boom Swivel
RMG Smart Switch - Standard & BEC - Click Here
- Universal Vangs in 7075 Aluminium weighs only 6 grams - Click Here
Masthead Sail Attachment Hook - Click Here Backstay Hook - Click Here
NEW - Laser Cut Mast Crane - Click Here Masthead Set - Click Here
Deck Track & Slides Back in Stock - 2 Lengths - Click Here
Sidestay Hook Forestay Hook Flat Hooks Prewired and Sealed Switch
Waterproof Servos from Hitec
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The Ngorongoro Crater is a world heritage site, the world's largest intact volcanic caldera and is commonly referred to as the 8th wonder of the world. The 2,000 feet high walls of the approximately 10 mile wide crater create a natural amphitheatre for the densest populations of large animals anywhere. It is a microcosm of the vast Serengeti National Park and in one day it is possible to see a staggering array of East African wildlife including all the big carnivores.
The crater lives up to its infamous reputation with abundant and easily accessible wildlife and offers a reasonable chance to see lion, hyena or cheetah in action. The Crater is truly awe-inspiring and will surely be one of the highlights of your safari. The rim of the Ngorongoro Crater ranges in altitude from about 7,000 feet to 8,000 feet. Down below, the relatively flat floor of the Crater rests at an elevation of about 5,500 feet.Ngorongoro Crater Wildlife Summary
The Ngorongoro Crater's rich soils and abundant, year-round water provide an ideal habitat for a variety of animals. The Crater is not a self-contained ecosystem and some animals do migrate in and out but only in small numbers. Most of the animals in the Crater are resident and remain year-round. There are approximately 20,000 large mammals at any given time within the Crater walls.
Herbivores that you will likely encounter include elephant, black rhino, hippo, buffalo, eland, zebra, wildebeest, hartebeest, waterbuck, warthog, Grant's gazelle and Thomson's gazelle. Giraffe, impala and topi are strangely absent from the Crater floor, though they are common in the nearby Serengeti. Although giraffes may find the descent into the Crater difficult, it is more likely that they are absent because there is not enough acacia to browse. It is not clear why topi or impala are missing. Primates include baboons and vervet monkeys.
Carnivores that you will likely encounter include lion, cheetah, hyena and jackal. Leopards, servals, bat eared foxes and ratels are also resident within the Crater but are much more elusive.
Ngorongoro Crater Wildlife Fluctuations
Over the past 40 years since the early 1960s when long term studies began, the Crater has undergone drastic changes. Wildebeest have historically made up at least half of the large animal population. However, their numbers have been declining since the 1970s. Alternatively, buffalo have been on the rise as wildebeest numbers have decreased. It is thought the departure of the Maasai and their livestock in the mid 1970s triggered this shift in wildebeest and buffalo populations. Maasai regularly burned the grass in the Crater creating fresh green grass for their cattle, which may have benefited the wildebeest. Now that the Maasai have departed, the grass is longer and coarser favoring the buffalos. This fluctuation in large herbivores may have lead to a decrease in lion and hyena numbers which in turn allowed cheetahs to thrive. The one thing that is for certain is that the Crater is truly a dynamic and ever changing ecosystem.
The Ngorongoro Crater Floor
The Ngorongoro Crater is sometimes called a microcosm of the Serengeti because there are five distinct habitats located in the relatively small area of the crater floor (100 square miles) that mirror the major habitats of its enormous neighbor, the Serengeti ecosystem (15,000 square miles). These habitats are as follows:
Lerai Forest is located in the southwestern section of the crater. Lerai is a Maasai word referring to the tall yellow barked acacias that dominate the forest. The forest is beautiful and is home to an array of animals including baboons, vervet monkeys, waterbucks and bushbucks. The forest is especially well known for its small population of giant tusker bull elephants. Lerai Forest is also home to the only leopards in the Crater. The leopards here are spotted on occasion but remain very much elusive. The best time to visit Lerai Forest is in the early morning.
In the central-western area is Lake Magadi (also known as Lake Makat), which plays host to thousands of migratory flamingos. The lake can be full of water or a dry expanse of white soda depending on the season. The southeastern and northwestern sections of the crater are home to two large seasonal swamps. These areas are excellent for hippo and many species of water birds.
Spread throughout the central area of the crater is the short grass plains. These plains are home to thousands of wildebeest, zebra and Thomson's gazelle. In the eastern section of the Crater are the longer grasslands where thousands of buffalo roam. One of smallest carnivores, the serval cat, is commonly found here in the tall grass.
Ngorongoro Crater Elephants
The elephants in the Ngorongoro Crater are very impressive and will be the largest you encounter on your safari. All the elephants are predominately old bulls flaunting giant ivory tusks. These elephants survived the pre-ivory ban days in the 1980s when many large tuskers outside the relative safety of the Crater were poached. There are no breeding herds in the Crater and no females are known to inhabit the Crater floor. The best place to see these massive elephants is in the early morning in Lerai Forest.
Ngorongoro Crater Black Rhinos
Black Rhinos are highly endangered and have been poached to near extinction. The Ngorongoro Crater is one of the last places in Tanzania where you can still reliably see wild black rhinos. In 1965 there were 100 rhinos in the Crater. By the mid 1980s, poaching had reduced the population to just a couple remaining animals. The rhinos are now under 24-hour ranger watch and numbers have been increasing, though slowly because of the rhino's long gestation period. As of 2004, the number of rhinos in the Crater stands at 17. The only other spot to see rhinos in northern Tanzania is the Moru Kopjes area of the Serengeti, which as of 2004, is home to 12 rhinos. However, the rhinos in the Moru area are very difficult to see.
The black rhinos are regularly seen just east of Lerai Forest, specifically in the area between Lerai and Gorigor Swamp. It is likely that you will see one on a single game drive and with two separate game drives, your chances are very good. The best way to track down the rhinos is with an early AM game drive, which all of our safaris incorporate. Once down on the floor in the early morning, head immediately through Lerai Forest to its eastern outskirts. The rhinos usually spend the night in Lerai Forest and the move to the area immediately to the east in the early morning.
The Ngorongoro Crater is the second best place in Tanzania (perhaps all of Africa) to view the large carnivores. The Serengeti is significantly better for large carnivores but nothing can simply compete with the Serengeti. Lion, cheetah, leopard, hyena, serval, ratel, jackal and bat eared fox all inhabit the Ngorongoro Crater. Lions, cheetahs, hyenas and jackals can usually be spotted but the other predators are much more elusive. As of 2004, it was estimated that there are 25-30 lions, 10-12 cheetahs and 50-60 hyenas inhabiting the Ngorongoro Crater. Note that these numbers do not include any cubs but refer strictly to adults, which are much easier to estimate. There are four prides of lions and six clans of hyenas on the Crater floor. It is interesting to note that all of today's crater lions are descended from only 15 lions that either survived or invaded the crater after a plague of biting flies in 1961.
As discussed in the 'Wildlife Fluctuations' section above, the Crater is a dynamic place and populations of certain species fluctuate widely over time. The increase of buffalos and decrease in wildebeest may have had a detrimental impact on both lions and hyenas as buffalo have been known to trample the young of both species. This has in turn allowed cheetahs to thrive in the Crater as lions are the number one cause of cheetah cub mortality. Typically in the past, cheetahs have not regularly settled in the Crater and lion and hyena numbers have been historically higher.
The Ngorongoro Crater, described as one of the wonders of the world, is an amazing natural sanctuary not to be missed. Game viewing here is among the very best Africa has to offer and is excellent at any time of year. The crater is very small at only about 10 miles across. With just one game drive in the Crater, it is possible to circumnavigate the crater several times and see all the main highlights. However, every safari we offer includes two separate game drives in the Crater over a course of two days including one early morning 6AM drive. The goal on the early morning game drive is to be the first person in the Crater that day. Animals are generally more active in the morning, which makes the early morning game drive option an excellent choice.
The crater is not a self-contained ecosystem and some animals do migrate in and out of the surrounding NCA but not in any significant numbers to warrant tailoring your itinerary. The main factors for planning are weather and visitor numbers.


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I 100% agree. I purchased 80/90/100/110 versions to use for tweaking my fit on bikes. They also make nice matching PLT bars which are stiff and very light for the price. I see no reason to go from $40 stems and $50 bars when I'd have to spend three or four times as much to save 10-15% more weight
The PRO PLT Stem, from Shimano's division of parts that aren't brakes, gears and wheels, is a decently-priced high-performance stem at a low weight.
Making a good stem isn't rocket science: mostly it just needs to be well built, stiff to counter the twisting forces from the bar, and it's helpful if it's light and you can choose from a decent range of sizes. Given all that, it's hard to see why you'd want to pay more than this.
The Pro PLT is one up from the bottom of Pro's range. it comes in lengths from 50mm right up to 130mm, and it's a reversible 10-degree rise with graphics that look right either way up. It's forged from 2014 aluminium alloy and the main shaft of the stem is a curved octagon in section which is presumably more for looks than any performance benefit. It has a 1 1/8" steerer clamp and 31.8mm bar clamp, so should fit most modern bikes.
Our lengthy 130mm sample weighed in at 139g, which is very decent for a stem that long; we'd expect a 110mm (the one they normally weigh) to weigh maybe 125g based on that; the lightest 110mm stems are just either side of 100g and there's plenty a lot pricier than this that are heavier.
It's well finished, the hardware is good quality with a nice close fit on your Allen key, and once fitted it discharges its duties impeccably. It's plenty stiff for anything up to a full-on sprint and for day-to-day riding it's just the job. If you're tweaking your position on your bike then it's more or less an ideal choice, it's classy enough to look the part on most bikes but cheap compared to many of the options. It's a shame they only offer one rise, but that's nitpicking really.
Classy looking, well priced and pretty light too, an ideal choice if you're adjusting your fit on the bike
If you're thinking of buying this product using a cashback deal why not use the road.cc Top Cashback page and get some top cashback while helping to support your favourite independent cycling website
road.cc test report
Make and model: PRO PLT Stem
Size tested: n/a
Tell us what the product is for, and who it's aimed at. What do the manufacturers say about it? How does that compare to your own feelings about it?
High performance lightweight and stiff 2014 forged alloy oversized stem
2014 forged aluminium is a high strength aluminium alloy commonly used in the aircraft industry and a wide variety of high strength engineering applications making it the ideal choice to produce this lightweight, strong and reliable stem
Oversized 31.8 mm clamp diameter reduces unwanted flex under high load by increasing strength and stiffness
Reversible design with / -10 degree rise
For 1-1/8 inch diameter steerer tubes
Average weight 125 grams for 110 mm length
- See more at: http://www.madison.co.uk/productinfo.aspx?vertical=Cycling&tier1=Compone...
Tell us how the product performed overall when used for its designed purpose
Without problems
Tell us what you particularly liked about the product
Does all you need a stem to do for not a great deal of money
Tell us what you particularly disliked about the product
not much
Did you enjoy using the product? yes
Would you consider buying the product? yes
Would you recommend the product to a friend? yes
About the tester
Age: 40 Height: 190cm Weight: 102kg
I usually ride: whatever I'm testing... My best bike is: Genesis Equilibrium with SRAM Apex
I've been riding for: 10-20 years I ride: Every day I would class myself as: Experienced
I regularly do the following types of riding: commuting, sportives, general fitness riding, fixed/singlespeed, mtb, Mountain Bike Bog Snorkelling, track
Dave is a founding father of road.cc and responsible for kicking the server when it breaks. In a previous life he was a graphic designer but he's also a three-time Mountain Bike Bog Snorkelling world champion, and remains unbeaten through the bog. Dave rides all sorts of bikes but tends to prefer metal ones. He's getting old is why.


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2 1/2 qts strawberries, sliced
3 tbsp. sugar
3 tbsp. plus 1/4 tsp.almond extract, divided
2 8oz pkgs cream cheese, softened
1 cup sour cream
2 cups powdered sugar
1 tsp. vanilla extract
16 oz whipped topping
1 angel food cake, torn into pieces
Garnish: whipped topping and strawberries, sliced
Mix strawberries with sugar and 3 tbsps almond extract; set aside.
In a separate bowl, mix cream cheese, sour cream, powdered sugar, vanilla and remaining almond extract: fold in whipped topping.
Layer 1/2 cake pieces, 1/2 strawberries and 1/2 cream cheese mixture in a large clear glass bowl: repeat layers.
Garnish top of trifle with whipped topping and additional strawberries.
Refrigerate before serving Makes 20 servings.
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Let's cup the crap. No time for airy fairy waffle here. There are three crucial aspects to any cycling tour; the food, the coffee and of course the cycling. So in an effort to keep my rambling as succinct as possible I thought I'd shoot off a quick fire report day by day as follows:
Location: Jombang, East Java, Indonesia.
Pre Race
Coffee Report- Non existent! There is nowhere to get a coffee in Jombang, nowhere! What to do? Well Brad Hall our team leader took some directions and came back 750,000 Rupiah lighter with a coffee machine in his hands. It was a weird percolator style machine but it did the trick Excellent.
Food Report
Great. Dinner at a local restaurant proved to be a big winner, lots of good rice and noodle dishes, some curry, some sate skewers and some soup. Top notch. I was full, mission accomplished.
Day 1
Coffee Report
Sufficient. UHT milk and 3rd run percolator, I must have been desperate
Race Report
Lasted 20 k. Sore, injured, should have stayed home. Day not wasted though, spent the rest of the race (4 hours!!) in an ambulance eating peanuts and giving feeds and drinks to the autobus. A nice day helping out and watching a bunch of salt crusted blokes wobble all over the shop for the last hour of a 200k stage while they experienced what appeared to be all new levels of hypoglycaemia and the associated hallucinating/suffering/discomfort/urge to kill whoever suggested they take up cycling.
Dinner Report
Repeat of previous night. Again, flawless. The addition of Gado Gado (peanut + shrimp paste sate sauce on top of stack of vegies and potatoes) brought the level up another notch. Many belts were loosened. The locals were bemused at the silly westerners who had to ride 200k each day because they ate so much ate dinner.
Day 2
Coffee Report
Not bad. Brad had perfected the art of the percolator, 1st run was hitting the spot
Race Report
I spent day 2 in the team car doing a whole lot of nothing. Sad, boring, frustrating, but that's was it. Did some feeding, ate some food my self but pretty much did nothing. Watched all the boys put their arses on the line for team climber Adam Semple who put in another solid ride.
Dinner Report
We made the move to venture to another restaurant, it was an interesting choice. We had no idea what we were ordering so we took the sensible option of ordering nearly everything on the menu. Only halfway through did another team arrive and translate the Bahasa jibberish to a more familiar English. As the words liver, heart and tongue made their way into the conversation most of the forks surrounding me were holstered with lightening speed. I took one for the team and finished off the offal but passed on the cold chicken, some boundaries are made for pushing, but chicken cooked who knows how long ago in a dirty kitchen with no fridge is getting too adventurous for me.
Day 3
Coffee Report
See above
Race Report
See above
Dinner Report
Back to our original haunt. Stomachs full again. Satisfaction level high again. Only difference was this evening we had fireworks, lots of fireworks! Needless to say, the hotel rooftop beckoned. The only comment I can make from that evening is that I can see why fireworks are illegal, they sure are fun, but they sure are dangerous!
Last Day
Coffee Report
Who am I kidding, percolator coffee sucks. Sucks! Give me some fresh ground, a good tamp, a big Synesso and let the magic happen.
Travel report
Suicidal highway travel, tediously boring plane travel, stiff, sore, generally down about life at this point in time.
Food Report
Did anyone say all you can eat buffet at the Singapore Airlines lounge in Surabaya?!? I got my moneys worth, let's leave it at that!
Indonesia is hot. It is polluted and smoggy. It is not overly clean. The traffic is crazy. The coffee is lacking. But I loved every minute of it!
The people are really friendly, the food is fantastic (obviously if you want a chicken parma for dinner you'll go hungry..), the exchange rate is brilliant
If you have a chance to go, then go!
Next up is recovery and rehab to get my left glute firing was again, some hard training and some SERIOUS uni catch up. Econometrics anyone?
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Spilling the beans on Java
Posted by JONATHAN LOVELOCK at 11:02 PM
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Hahaha I remember first year econometrics. That class sukd a big one!!! Whatever you do dont sign up for second year econometrics...ReplyDelete
Do 'Sports Economics'. That one is fun. Or 'Post War European Economic History'. That one is ok too.
Are the chicks hot in Java?
Stop hiding out, get back to TAN!
Cant. Still banned.ReplyDelete
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The nine stages of your Queenstown skydiving experience
A skydive doesn't just involve jumping out of a plane there is a mental and physical process that takes place before you take the ultimate plunge.
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We'll take you through the nine stages of your skydive experience so you know exactly what to expect when you jump from a perfectly good airplane from 15,000ft over the Adventure Capital of the World.
Booking your skydive
So you've made the decision to jump out of a perfectly good plane from 15,000ft over Queenstown, now all you need to do is lock in the day.
You can book in your skydive online at www.nzoneskydive.co.nz or visit the NZONE Skydive store in central Queenstown.
NZONE Skydive highly recommend allowing at least one back up day in case your skydive is delayed due to the changeable weather in Queenstown.
It's the day of your jump and you wake up feeling nervous and excited. After a light breakfast it's time to check-in for your jump at the NZONE Skydive store.
After checking-in you'll be taken to the briefing room where the friendly team walk you through what's about to happen.
The drive to the dropzone
After your briefing you'll take a 20 minute scenic drive along Lake Wakatipu from the heart of Queenstown to the skydiving drop zone located on a working sheep farm in picturesque Jack's Point.
It doesn't get much more kiwi than that!
Getting suited up and meeting your tandem master
When you arrive at the dropzone you'll be greeted by one of the NZONE Skydive hosts who will take you through to the hangar where you'll be given a jumpsuit and introduced to your Tandem Master and freefall photographer if you choose to purchase a photo and video package.
The 15 minute flight to altitude
Once you're ready to go you'll board the skydiving plane for a 15 minute scenic flight to altitude.
Exit and freefall
Once you reach 15,000ft the plane door will be opened and you and your tandem master will exit the plane into freefall. For some 60 seconds you'll plunge towards the ground at speeds of up to 200km/h, terminal velocity.
When your tandem master pulls the parachute you'll enjoy five minutes under canopy to enjoy the views of Queenstown as you glide back down to earth.
When you land back at the dropzone you can high five your tandem master and head back in to the hangar to celebrate skydiving over the adventure capital of the world.
The drive back to town
The adrenaline has started to wear off and you can relax as you head back to Queenstown where you can take a nap, head to the pub or tackle your next adrenaline pumping activity.
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Washington, D.C. (October 13, 2009) – Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) President & CEO Billy Tauzin released the following statement about the Senate Finance Committee's vote on Chairman Baucus' health care reform proposal:
"Today's vote represents an important step forward for the millions of Americans who don't have access to high-quality and affordable health care coverage and services. Chairman Baucus has tirelessly shepherded one of the most important pieces of legislation in our lifetime and deserves a lot of credit for reaching out to members on both sides of the aisle.
"We recognize that a lot of work remains in both chambers, but we're still convinced that the Senate Finance Committee's bipartisan bill is the best blueprint for comprehensive health care reform, and we are going to do our part to try and get a bill on the President's desk this year.
The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) represents the country's leading pharmaceutical research and biotechnology companies, which are devoted to inventing medicines that allow patients to live longer, healthier, and more productive lives. PhRMA companies are leading the way in the search for new cures. PhRMA members alone invested an estimated $50.3 billion in 2008 in discovering and developing new medicines. Industry-wide research and investment reached a record $65.2 billion in 2008.
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|Men's and women's TransEnd from Giant. Courtesy: Giant bikes.
Clare from New Zealand contacted us about the TransEnd. She is a 5'5 woman in the market for a new "comfortable" bike for weekend rides and shopping trips. She writes: "I haven't ridden a bike for many years but am very much looking forward to doing this with my 10yr old son, and to build up my own strength and fitness - as well as have fun!"
The question is whether the TransEnd is the right bike for Clare. I asked her to explain why she was considering the TransEnd, and she wrote:
What attracted me to this particular bike is a combination of factors. Firstly a little research via my local bike shop & online taught me that Giant, Trek, and Specialized were the recommended brands available in New Zealand. Secondly, my initial research had also taught me a bit about "women specific designs", and because I do have a history of spinal (back/neck) problems that I'm currently seeing an Osteopath for, I figured a WSD bike with upright seating would be a big bonus for me. And lastly I wanted a bike that would be a comfortable ride, with adequate gears for the hilly country area I live in though in saying that, it's also very important for my purposes to be able to carry shopping, towels for beach etc, and have fenders as we can get wet weather all year round. Of course I realize these can be added on later, but if these are already attached at purchase that's another tick.
Clare says her short list includes the Trek Allant, the Giant Suede, and the TransEnd, which she found to be "super comfortable." Unfortunately, her local bike shop currently does not have her size. She says she's open to recommendations.
Thank you, Clare, for contacting Bikes For The Rest Of Us. Let's see if we and our readers can help. First, and this is mandatory here at BFROU, let's take a look at the specifications for the women's TransEnd:
Frame: Sizes XS:14, S:16, M:18
Colors: Light Blue
Frame: ALUXX FluidFormed™ alloy, comfort 700c
Fork: Alloy ahead straight blade
Handlebar: Alloy low riser 610mm x 30mm rise
Stem: Alloy 25 degree
Seatpost: Alloy 27.2 micro-adjust
Saddle: Giant comfort w/gel women's specific
Pedals: Flat Comfort
Shifters: Shimano Altus 24 sp. EZ FIRE+
Front Derailleur: Shimano M191 31.8
Rear Derailleur: Shimano Altus 8 sp.
Brakes: Alloy V-brakes
Brake Levers: Shimano V-brake
Cassette: Shimano HG30 8 sp. 11-34T
Chain: KMC 8 sp.
Crankset: Shimano M131 28x38x48T
Bottom: Bracket VP semi cartridge
Rims: Alloy double wall 700c x 32H w/reflective decal
Hubs: Fr: Alloy QR
Rr: Shimano RM30 8sp cassette
Spokes: 14G stainless steel
Tires Kenda 700 x 35c Reflective sidewalls
Extras: F+r Fenders, rear carrier/rack, Reflective decals
Here are some things I like about this bike: fenders, rear rack, and wide 35mm tires. I find that V-brakes have powerful stopping capability, so I will count that as a plus as well. I'm less excited by the flat bars and straight fork.
For Clare, I think this just might work. She found it to be super comfortable, and it will allow her to ride in an upright position. It's important that she finds a bike that does not aggravate her neck/back injury, and maybe this is the one. I would recommend different handlebars (maybe north roads or albatross bars?) that work better in an upright posture and allow more than one hand position. Tom did a post on riding upright that you can find here.
OK, readers. What do you think? Share with Clare in the comments.
Update: In the comments, Evan mentioned that this model looks similar to Giant's Escape City. He's right - they are very similar. You can find our post on the Escape City here. For a quick comparison, here is what the men's and women's 2012 Escape City models look like:


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Kemp, Adrian go long to get Maholm, Dodgers a win
LOS ANGELES -- Booming and crashing their way to victory has been a rare thing for the Dodgers lately.
Not that runs have been scarce over the past couple of weeks, but the rain a night earlier moved the Southern California "drought" needle away from precipitation and squarely onto the Dodgers lineup.View Full Game Coverage
LOS ANGELES -- Booming and crashing their way to victory has been a rare thing for the Dodgers lately.
Not that runs have been scarce over the past couple of weeks, but the rain a night earlier moved the Southern California "drought" needle away from precipitation and squarely onto the Dodgers lineup.View Full Game Coverage
Before Matt Kemp and Adrian Gonzalez homered, Dee Gordon tripled and Yasiel Puig doubled to power the Dodgers to a 6-3 Saturday night special over the Rockies, you needed a magnifying glass and maybe a metal detector to locate some runs from what was supposed to be a potent batting order.
"I think a lot of us are starting to get our swings back," said Kemp, who rapped a double to go along with his homer.
"We should have scored more," Gonzalez said.
It was no secret, this frustrating silence. Manager Don Mattingly talked openly about it as his club hit before the middle game of this Rockies series. Since leaving Arizona, the manager said, there are no two ways around it, the offense has not been good.
The Dodgers scored 22 runs in the three games in Arizona from April 11-13. But over 11 games since then, the Dodgers had managed just 33 runs. And during that stretch, they had scored six or more runs just once -- in an 8-6 win over Arizona on April 19.
So, while Saturday's cruise over the Rockies might not have seemed like much, it was a sudden and torrential outpouring of runs considering the way things have been going.
Puig and Gonzalez scooped up two RBIs each, and the Dodgers wound up with six extra-base hits.
"Matt was good tonight," Mattingly said. "I thought Puig was good, Dee was good, [Andre Ethier] had some good at-bats. Adrian continues on. It's good to see.
"We put runs on the board and continued to score throughout the game."
It started in the third, right after the Rockies had pushed one run across, with Gordon ripping a line drive into center field and then doing what he does best. Run. He didn't stop until he was on third for a leadoff triple, one more key moment in a string of them for Gordon this season.
For now, it looks like the Dodgers have found a leadoff hitter: Gordon is hitting .345 with eight runs scored, two doubles, two triples, a homer and four RBIs in 13 games in the leadoff spot.
Next, Puig was hit by a pitch, Gordon scored on a Hanley Ramirez ground ball and then Puig scored on a Gonzalez sacrifice fly. Then Kemp ripped a home run.
The Dodgers added a fourth run in the fourth when Puig's double drove Drew Butera home following a leadoff walk, and then Gonzalez blasted a homer off of Colorado starter Juan Nicasio to boost the Dodgers' lead to 5-2.
For Gonzalez, the home run doubled as career hit No. 1,500. The Dodgers got him the ball back -- he traded it for an autographed bat. And in a sign that things are going really well for Gonzalez, he pushed the home run the opposite way, to left field.
It was his third to left field this season -- or, as he was quick to correct, fourth, if you count left-center.
However you count, Gonzalez, who insists he's not a home run hitter, now leads the National League with eight.
"I'm not a power hitter," he said.
Then how does he explain his current status atop the NL?
"I guess the rest of the guys aren't hitting many," he quipped.
What it all added up to was an extraordinarily rare win over the Rockies for Dodgers starter Paul Maholm, who had a personal losing streak of seven consecutive decisions against them dating all the way back to Aug. 23, 2007, when he was pitching for the Pirates.
Maholm lasted seven innings, surrendering two runs and six hits while needing only 84 pitches. He said he was "having fun" and was hoping to pitch longer.
"I felt way more rhythm today than in any other outing," he said. "I think the more work I have, I'm getting my mechanics back to where they need to be."
In the ninth, Brian Wilson walked the two batters he faced before Kenley Jansen recorded his ninth save in 11 opportunities, striking out Brandon Barnes with runners on second and third to close the game.
By then, even with Wilson wobbly again, the Dodgers were never in serious danger because of the way they ambushed Nicasio, giving them visions of all this summer could be.
Scott Miller is a contributor to MLB.com.


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Thursday, October 13, 2011
PlanetBox lunch: smiles and swirls
In the large compartment the PlanetBox big dipper dish holds a citrus-y flower of clementine orange segments with a strawberry center.
Top section: swirly ham & cheese sandwich sushi rolls
Side sections: mini Teddy Graham crackers and cucumber bears with nori face details.
The tiny treat spot holds a piece of dark chocolate.
The cucumber bears were cut with a small bear-shaped cookie cutter and the nori faces were made with a nori punch (I got mine from JBox).
I've had this stuff in my pantry forever and have just recently started to enjoy working with it. Eating it on the other hand.... I'm still working on that. :p Paige and Tyler will eat it if it's in tiny piece like this, Ethan thinks it has cooties.
Anyone else playing with nori?
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- wyowoman said... [Reply to comment]
I've been using it for faces - but my 8 y.o. picks it off no matter how tiny, ha!
- October 13, 2011 at 11:27 AM
It's 12:30am here in Singapore. I went through yesterday's update and then went on to de links of your other fabbityfabfab ideas. I love your blog and I've seen all of your creations. Yesterday, I was cravin for your PlanetBox cos I think it's uber cool (I'm 24 and not a mother). Would love to get that box myself. Soon. (: and anw, just wanna say that my I-shall-look-at-happy-bentos-before-I-fall-asleep idea is soo worth it.. Cos it's PlanetBox!!!
I'll sleep happy now.
- October 13, 2011 at 11:29 AM
Really dying to get a Planetbox! It's so super cute!
- October 13, 2011 at 11:38 AM
- Rina said... [Reply to comment]
I have been loving your lunches.Does the planetbox mess up your cute creations,e.g cute cuts of cheese or nori?I am looking to purchase one for our son and thought I'll ask.
- October 13, 2011 at 1:15 PM
- Heather said... [Reply to comment]
The little bears are so cute!
- October 13, 2011 at 1:28 PM
- Melissa said... [Reply to comment]
Rina, the Planetbox holds things in pretty well. Some items might shift within the sections, but not so terribly. The kids like to put the lunches back together all cute and tidy before they eat them. :)
- October 13, 2011 at 5:50 PM
- Rina said... [Reply to comment]
Thank you Melissa for replying! Your lunches are just too cute and your kids are so lucky to have a creative mom.Now,I'll look into the planetbox.Thanks again.
- October 13, 2011 at 6:27 PM
- Melissa said... [Reply to comment]
Aw, thanks Rina! :)
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We are 2 identical twins who are now running a saas start-up, offering an online budgeting application designed for marketing professionals.
Allocadia allows you to more easily plan, track, share, and analyze your marketing budget, and do it all online in a friendly + visual way. No more spreadsheets, no more chasing down information, no more painful processes. Now it's easy for you and your team to be on top of your budget and quickly answer common budgeting questions.
Having started our own marketing services company, we kept seeing the same problem at our client sites. There were always budgeting questions that couldn't be easily answered, but answers were needed yesterday. It was difficult to simply know what was spent, let alone know more detailed information needed to make the best budget decisions.
We felt that budgeting shouldn't be so challenging, especially considering it was a core component to our roles as Marketing Managers in medium-large businesses (essentially being tasked with effectively managing a budget in order to implement campaigns that have an impact on revenue).
So we decided to do something about it, and Allocadia was built as a result.
Purchaser: Marketing VP, Director, or Manager who's been given a corporate budget to spend. Other people they add as users to the application can include clients, executives, partners, marketing team members (such as Events Manager, Public Relations Manager, Direct Marketing Manager etc). We have customers in all different kinds of industries including manufacturing, consumer products, insurance, high-tech, and hospitality.
Tone: fun and friendly and colorful! Our goal is to make budgeting Visual & Friendly. Our application includes a lot of colors & visual reports. It is designed to replace spreadsheets and make budgeting easier (no more rows of black and white spreadsheet data that is hard to read and look at).
Feel: Web 2.0 (we are a software-as-a-service company)
Colors: green is our main corporate color and orange our secondary accent color but we are open to using green and another color or more than just 2 colors as well. Color codes that we currently use are green #35B44A and orange #c38336 although we're flexible here on suggestions.
Theme: "Allocating" - our name Allocadia is a play on 'Allocate your marketing budget' so using a visual design elements that represents allocating is ideal. Something that helps visually describe what we do.
Background: we have a logo on our site now but we feel it is too plain/not strong enough as a standalone logo. We want a type of symbol as part of it.
Tagline: we'd like to have "Budgeting software for marketers" as the tagline with the logo.
Other: We would like a capital "A" to be used for Allocadia (and no .com on it like other web apps).
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Temple Coffee makes list of country's best roasters
Congratulations to Temple Coffee on being named one of the best roasters in the U.S. by national food website The Daily Meal. It's the latest kudos for Temple -- and for Sacramento's coffee scene, which continues to flourish.
In 2011, Temple was named by CNN as one of the 17 best "small coffee makers." Simultaneous with The Daily Meal, Temple is listed here as one of the six best roasters by Yahoo! Shine.
"It's really exciting for us," said Temple owner Sean Kohmescher. "We sell a lot of coffee all over the United States. It's exciting to be on the list with the other top roasters in the country."
Called "28 Coffee Roasters We Love," The Daily Meal's list includes heavy hitters like Blue Bottle (Oakland) and Intelligentsia (Chicago). That's impressive company for Temple, which blew everyone away in 2010 when one of its coffees, Guatemala Hunapu Antigua Bourbon, scored 97 points by highly regarded Coffee Review -- the highest score of the year.
I was lucky enough to buy a pound of that extraordinary coffee before it quickly sold out soon after the score was posted. Fortunately, that coffee is back in stock and is currently selling for $15.50 for 12 ounces.
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Jim Frederick, a former foreign correspondent and editor whose 2010 book about an atrocity committed by American soldiers in Iraq was praised for its thorough reporting and acuity in parsing the psychological erosion of men in war, died on July 31 in Oakland, Calif. He was 42.
The cause was cardiac arrhythmia and arrest, said his wife, Charlotte Greensit.
Mr. Frederick spent most of his career at Time Inc. as a reporter and editor for Money and Time magazines. At Time, he was the Tokyo bureau chief, a senior editor based in London, managing editor of Time.com and managing editor of Time International before leaving the company in 2013.
His book "Black Hearts: One Platoon's Descent Into Madness in Iraq's Triangle of Death" explores a grievous crime committed by four American soldiers: the rape and murder of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and the killing of her family in their small house in the village of Yusufiya, south and west of Baghdad, in March 2006.
Without blinking and without excusing, Mr. Frederick documented the intense and withering experience of a group of men who were poorly commanded, overwhelmed with stress and witness to myriad bloody calamities, including the deaths of comrades. One of the book's most noted strengths was in demonstrating the state of mind of men who have seemingly been stripped of all sense of their humanity.
"At the prodding of his platoon sergeant, Green went to see Lieutenant Colonel Karen Marrs, a psychiatric nurse practitioner from the Combat Stress team who was visiting Bravo Company's base on December 21," Mr. Frederick wrote of one of the men, Pvt. Steven Green of Midland, Tex. "The intake evaluation form she filled out while talking to him that day is a horror show of ailments and dysfunctions. In the entry marked 'Chief Complaint,' she quoted him: 'It is f — ing pointless.' Green told Marrs he had been suffering from symptoms of instability, extreme moods and angry outbursts, including punching walls.
"He told her he was experiencing all of the following: sadness, difficulty falling asleep, nightmares, anxiety, worry, increased heart rate, tightness of chest, shortness of breath, feelings of helplessness, being easily startled, being quick to anger and thoughts that he would not make it out of combat alive. Green told Marrs he was having suicidal and homicidal ideations, especially thoughts about killing Iraqi civilians. On his one-page intake sheet, Marrs noted his wanting to kill Iraqis four separate times. One entry states, 'Interests: None other than killing Iraqis.' "
Mr. Frederick's "riveting account of the crime and the events leading up to it," Joshua Hammer wrote in The New York Times Book Review, "combines elements of 'In Cold Blood' and 'Black Hawk Down' with a touch of 'Apocalypse Now.' "
James Durkin Frederick was born on Nov. 22, 1971, in Lake Forest, Ill., north of Chicago, and grew up in nearby Libertyville. His father, Edwin Lawrence Frederick Jr., known as Larry, is a retired paving company executive; his mother, the former Eileen Durkin, is a nurse. He studied English literature at Columbia University and received an M.B.A. from the Stern School of Business at New York University. Before joining Time Inc., he worked at Men's Journal and Working Woman magazine.
While in Tokyo, he was the co-author, with Charles Robert Jenkins, of Mr. Jenkins's 2008 memoir about the four-decade nightmare that followed his misguided desertion from the Army into North Korea in 1965. The book, "The Reluctant Communist: My Desertion, Court-Martial and Forty-Year Imprisonment in North Korea," details Mr. Jenkins's experience under the cruel and bizarre scrutiny of Korean minders and finally presents him as an American patriot.
"This extraordinary book opens a window on a world of fathomless evil," The Wall Street Journal's review said, "and it tells a heartbreaking story — of a life lived in adversity and conducted with a mixture of fortitude, resignation, tenderness and regret."
In addition to his parents and his wife, a journalist whom he met at Time in London and married in 2011, Mr. Frederick is survived by two sisters, Laura Biagi and Sharon Frederick; and a brother, Edwin III, known as Ted.
After returning from extensive international travel, Mr. Frederick and his wife had just moved to San Francisco, where they founded a consulting company, Hybrid Vigor Media. They were also working on a screenplay together that Ms. Greensit described as "a romantic comedy about a New York writer who goes to England and meets a Yorkshire farmer's daughter."
"I'm a Yorkshire farmer's daughter," she said.