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Production of the Mustang started in Dearborn, Michigan on March 9, 1964 and the vehicle was presented to the public on April 17, 1964 at the New york city World's Fair. It is Ford's third earliest nameplate presently in production. Initial sales projections projected less than 100,000 units for the very first year. This mark was surpassed in three months from rollout. Another 318,000 would be offered during the model year (a record), and in its very first eighteen months, more than one million Mustangs were developed.
When the 1969 ford mach mustang was furnished with the 428 Cobra Jet engine the vehicle ended up being an absolute powerhouse. Just starting the engine of one of these mustangs promoted its power and potential. There were engines readily available with less power available for the 1969 ford mach mustang however couple of people choose this calmer version of the new mustang. Those who thought to ask wanted the most powerful engine their cash could by and many vehicle sellers only tested and promoted the much admired Cobra Jet engine.
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All of these were VIN-identified as 1965 designs, but a number of changes were made at the conventional opening of the new design year (start August 1964), including the addition of back-up lights on some models, the intro of generators to change generators, and an upgrade of the V8 engine from 260 cu into 289 cu in. When it comes to a minimum of some six-cylinder Mustangs fitted with the 101 hp 170 cu in Falcon engine, the rush into production included some unusual peculiarities, such as a horn ring bearing the 'Ford Falcon' logo design beneath a trim ring emblazoned with 'Ford Mustang.' These qualities made sufficient difference to require designation of the 121,538 earlier ones as "1964 1/2" model-year Mustangs, a distinction that has actually withstood with perfectionists. Mustangs For Sale in White Sulphur Springs MT are easy to find now with online shopping.
The 1973 OPEC oil embargo brought with it more strict contamination laws and the desire for fuel-efficiency. This was also the first time in vehicle history that the Huge 3 were needing to compete with imports. The brand-new Mustang II was smaller than the very first variation however, due to the extra devices needed to meet brand-new United States emission and security policies, was heavier than the very first model. Efficiency was lowered and in the first year just 385,993 cars were offered.
2nd generation Mustangs for sale in White Sulphur Springs MT were readily available in between 1974 and 1978 and offered in a coupe and hatchback variation. 1979 the Mustang was redesigned a 3rd time. This time it was based on the larger Fox platform and the interior was truly huge enough for 4 people. The trunk was larger therefore was the engine bay. The body styles offered consisted of a coupe, hatchback and in 1983 a convertible. In 1979 the 3rd generation Mustang served as an Indianapolis 500 pace car and Ford constructed 10,478 celebratory reproductions. The third generation Mustangs were produced from 1979 to 1982.


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You are viewing an Email identified as a Scam, It has the Subject "Call me ASAP, (URGENT). September 11, 2006" and it was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Sun, 10 Sep 2006 20:40:36 -0700 and has been classified as a Generic Scam. The sender was Huston J. <firstname.lastname@example.com>, although that address was probably spoofed. It is recommended that you do not attempt to contact any persons or organizations referenced in this email, as you will expose yourself to scammers and, at the very least, you will be added to their email address lists for spam purposes.
September 11, 2006 Hello, I am Mr. Huston J. Shoetan, an Account officer to Late Engr. Noah Neiman who used to work with Aramaz Oil Servicing and Construction Company Ltd. Before his death on the 20th of October 2003 (Engr. Noah Neiman with his Wife and three children were involved in a car accident along Gilam express road in which all occupants of the car died) Late Engr. Noah Neiman deposited the sum of US$7.2Million (Seven Million, Two Hundred Thousand US Dollars Only) with my bank with the hope of transferring the Fund to his country, during his annual leave, when it would be most convenient for him. Unfortunately, this fatal accident occurred and he could no longer receive his money. After several unsuccessful attempts and enquiries made to locate his relatives through your embassy and other means proved negative, I decided to trace his last name through the Internet by all means to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you. I contacted you even as you don't bear the same last name with my late client, it is because of the time frame I have been given as his personal account officer to come up with his next of kin or have the funds confiscated. I will not want my government to confiscate this fund; hence I contacted you. I have the authority as his personal account officer to present any one to stand as his next of kin. I have employed the services of a reputable lawyer who is ready to work with us and there are also going to be legal documents that will be secured in your favor to back up this claim from the federal high court of law here by the lawyer. I want you to assist in repatriating the fund left behind by Late Engr. Noah Neiman before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by my bank where these huge deposits were lodged and my bank had issued me (being his account officer) a notice to provide his next of kin or have the fund confiscated. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over some years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased so that the proceeds of this fund valued at US$7.2Million dollars can be released to you as the beneficiary. Then you and I can share the money - 70% to me, then 40% to you. I have arranged with a Lawyer to provide all necessary legal documents that will be used to back up this claim. There is no risk of any type in this business; I assure you in confidence. All I require is your honest co-operation/trust to enable us seeing this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Please I will require you send to me immediately your full names, your private phone and fax numbers and your address for immediate approval at the Court by Barrister Samuel Isetun in your name as the next of kin and beneficiary of the money. Please I will like you to send the required information so that Barrister Samuel Isetun can start up the process. I will also ask that you call me on telephone number: 234-8077088667 to confirm this so as to enable me contact Barrister Samuel Isetun whom will be fronting on your behalf in this regards so that he can proceed to the federal high court to start the process of securing all the legal documents that shall be used to back up this claims. Please I will like to inform you that I will take full responsibility of any fee in this transaction so you do not have to spend anything. All I need is your assistance to stand as the next of kin to my late client so that the money can be transferred into your account as the beneficiary. Yours Sincerely, Mr. Huston J. Shoetan.

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Governor Nasir El-Rufai has been captured on camera kneeling to greet President Muhamamdu Buhari at the Abuja Metro rail commissioning ceremony in Abuja.
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday commissioned the recently-completed first phase of the Abuja light rail project as he flagged-off the railway services signalling the commencement of operations of the long-awaited rail services in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja.
A photo (above) has emerged online which was taken at the event showing the moment Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El Rufai, knelt in humility and respect while greeting the President as he arrived for the commissioning of the Abuja Light rail earlier today.
Published at: 08:18 PM, 12/07/2018 (7 months ago)
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At the end of a hard day at work, all you want to do is run a deep hot bath and just lay there until your finger tips go all wrinkly. If only my bath was one of the ones below... I would enjoy this pleasure a hundred time more. Not only are they beautiful bathrooms, but have beautifully framed peaceful views... Bliss :)
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Casino Royale by George Hall
Like most kids my age, I grew up on James Bond movies. Between the impossibly cool title character, giant technicolor explosions, absurdly ingenious devices and beautiful cars (I still have my toy Aston-Martin), I - a nerdy little kid parked at his parent's TV - was immediately hooked.
And then there's the music, with its dark minor keys and fiendish deployment of the augmented fourth (aka the "Devil's Interval") coupled with sweeping, ominous strings and twangy rock 'n' roll guitar. Composer / arranger John Barry became an early musical hero, though I didn't know his name until years later (or his guitarist, the perfectly named Vic Flick).
In a world without TiVo, video rental or on-line streaming, the only way to see the earlier Bond movies was to scan the TV Guide pocket magazine for listings. At a certain point, I was sure I'd seen all of them, but it turns out I missed one: "Casino Royale."
It turns out that long before Sean Connery's Bond debut in 1962's "Dr. No," James Bond had appeared as (of all things) an American in a 1954 episode of a US TV show. The episode, titled "Casino Royale," took it's name from Ian Fleming's first Bond book. The film rights were later re-sold, then re-re-sold to a certain Charles K. Feldman who, after failing to put together a deal with "proper" Bond film series producer Albert Broccoli, decided to try another tack.
Having seen "Dr No," Feldman knew he couldn't possibly compete - but it being the 60's, with Batman, Susan Sontag and general post-modernism bringing camp into the mainstream, Feldman thought "why not a camp James Bond?" A team was assembled, which included such bona fide legends as Orson Welles, John Huston and Charles Boyer along with contemporary stars David Niven, Woody Allen, Peter Sellers and even onetime "Bond girl" Ursula Andress. Hi-jinks necessarily ensued, budgets were broken repeatedly, coherence was out the window, and (spoiler alert!) everything blows up at the end.
Make no mistake, the movie is a mess best enjoyed in snippets by fans of 60's kitsch (you know who you are), but the music was another thing entirely. Assigned to hit songwriter Burt Bacharach, who'd worked on Allen's "What's New Pussycat" and "After the Fox," the result was nothing like John Barry, but quite wonderful its own right and even included a couple of hits in Dusty Springfield's timeless smooch-inducer "The Look of Love" and the title track, a #1 Easy Listening hit for Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass.
The latter is covered here by Seks Bomba - a mostly instrumental band from Boston, MA who absolutely revelled in this sort of thing - in a version which originally appeared on their intermittently obscure 2nd release, 2001's "Somewhere in this Town."
Lori Perkins - Hammond organ
George Hall - guitars, ebow
Chris Cote - guitar
Matt Silbert - bass guitar
Brett Campbell - drums
Recorded & mixed by Pete Weiss


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I made this card for the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown Challenge, week 43.
The challenge theme was to use resist embossing, which is a beautiful technique I love, so I ended up making two cards for this challenge. The design team cards and other entries have some brilliant examples of the technique, it lends itself very well to snowflakes.
For this card I wanted to use a set of "Twelve days of Christmas" stamps. The set includes a partridge and a pear, but no tree, so I pulled out a wooden block rubber stamp of a twirly tree that I really like. I often use this stamp just for the swirls in backgrounds, but today I was using the full tree.
I stamped the tree onto Centura Pearl hint of silver card with watermark ink, then added the partridge in the branches and the pear hanging from it. I embossed with a clear powder. I then used a frame die and drew round it with a versa mark pen, then embossed the line in clear as well.
I wanted a moss green, so mixed squeezed lemonade and bundled sage distress inks on a blending mat and painted it over the image. The embossed areas resisted the ink, making the design stand out in white.
I cut the image out using a larger size of frame die.
To layer up I used a square of uncoloured centura pearl, then a layer painted to match the image. I cut a shape from the centre of this layer first to try to be a bit frugal with the card.
I mounted the layers together and onto a 6x6 card base. I left the layers flat as Christmas cards usually have to posted, but these could easily be mounted with foam to give more dimension.


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The Boys Are Back In Town!
Cannon and Ball are back in their favourite city in this woodland yarn packed full of action, adventure and romance with heroes and villains aplenty as well as a large helping of audience participation. The despicable Sheriff of Nottingham is played by Peter Amory, British musical star Mike Holoway plays Will Scarlet and Lincoln favourites Nicola Weeks and Steve Barclay make a welcome return.
A fun treat for all the family with all the laughs and tradition a pantomime should have.
Monday 9th December to Sunday 12th January 2014 – Book now for this year's theatrical extravaganza.
Dates, times and prices
Adults £19.50, £17.50, £14.50
Children, Senior Citizens and Theatre Club members: £16.50, £14.50, £11.50
Family ticket: £65, £58, £42


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EUGENE, Ore. – Sandy McMillin and her sister Karla Vogt went to Walmart on Sunday to buy sour cream, chips and coffee creamer.
The temperature that day hit 90 degrees, so McMillin threw on a turquoise bikini and a pair of shorts.
She said five minutes into her shopping trip while in the clothing aisle, a store employee told her to put on a shirt or leave, saying the swimsuit violated health codes.
"I was horrified," McMillin told KVAL News. "I am embarrassed."
"We just walked in, straight over to the clothing," Vogt said. "It's wrong. If you don't like the way someone looks, don't look at them."
McMillin said employees then escorted her and her sister out of the store.
"I hadn't done anything obnoxious or outlandish," McMillin said.
Walmart spokeswoman Ashley Hardie told KVAL News that McMillin has it all wrong.
Hardie said customers complained and McMillin verbally abused people in the store. But Hardie said McMillin was was never escorted outside.
"We can understand her frustration. It was not our intent to offend the customer, and we have apologized to her," Hardie said. "We have also reinforced with our associates our expectations of how to handle these matters."
McMillin said that is not good enough and that she will never shop at Walmart again.
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It was great to see so many friendly faces at tonights meeting, especially as it is only a week before Christmas.
Charles Jardine gave an entertaining illustrated talk on his recent visit to fish the Elk River in Colorado. Were he enjoyed spending time exploring a river, discovering some of its secrets. Before moving on to fish the small streams of California.
Then his son Alex showed us the delights of fishing the Ribnic & Pliva rivers in Bosnia. Fishing can get a little crowded at times, but if you listen to the guides, you will start to catch some of the beautiful trout & grayling.
As we all settled down enjoying the food and chatting about fishing, Charles spent some considerable time showing this young man how to sketch trout – brilliant thank you Charles.
Also on hand with his amazing split can rods was Tom Regula and the meeting spilled outside to cast these wonderful delicate wands – for more info head to his website www.tomregularods.co.uk
Big thanks to John Aplin for arranging another great meeting, too all those who brought along food, helped put out & back the chairs, kitchen staff and the biggest thanks to Charles & Alex Jardine, both giants in our wonderful world of fly fishing.. More in 2017…………….


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At the same time on Friday as Trade Minister Simon Crean was signing the deal to export brown coal to Vietnam, Climate Change Minister Penny Wong issued a press release welcoming the passage of the enhanced Renewable Energy Target and Building Energy Efficiency legislation through the Federal Parliament. One could interpret Penny Wong's PR as a greenwashing response to the Beyond Zero Emissions launch on Wednesday for a Zero Carbon Australia 2020 Stationary Energy Plan of zero emissions.
"The Renewable Energy Target will ensure 20 per cent of Australia's electricity supply in 2020 will come from renewable sources." Penny Wong said. The bill splits the Renewable Energy Target into two parts from 1 January 2011: small scale systems such as solar photovoltaic panels and solar hot water systems on residential housing; and large scale projects like wind farms, commercial solar and geothermal.
But will 20 percent of electricity supply from renewables by 2020 be enough to forestall the impacts of climate change?
In a blog post Tony Mohr, climate change manager from the Australian Conservation Foundation called the legislation an important step towards a cleaner future for Australia but said much more needed to be done. "The government has agreed to fund just two of the 52 projects that applied for funding under the Solar Flagships program. These are 52 proposals for real projects that would make the kind of shift we need, but none of them will get support from the current Renewable Energy Target." Tony Mohr said, "Australia could join other leading countries like Germany by increasing the share of electricity to 40 per cent by 2020."
But the Zero Carbon Australia 2020 initiative goes further. "The premise of a 10 year transition is based on 'The Budget Approach' from the German Advisory Council on Global Change. In order to have a 67% chance of keeping global warming below 2oC above pre-industrial temperatures, on a basis of equal allocation of emissions on a per-capita basis, it would be necessary for the USA to reduce emissions to zero in 10 years. Australia has the same per-capita emissions as the USA, and would need to pursue the same goal," the plan says.
The Zero Carbon Australia 2020 synopsis calls for 40% renewable energy from wind generation, 60% from large scale concentrating solar thermal power with molten salt storage for 24/7 baseload operation, and backup from Hydro-electric and biomass power generation. The plan specifies sites around Australia that are selected for their wind availability, solar incidence, economy of scale, transmission costs, technical efficency, and geographical diversity: 23 sites for wind, and 12 sites for Concentrating Solar Thermal (CST). The plan is based only on existing commercial technology.
The plan has received support by a variety of academics and scientists. Associate Professor Keith Lovegrove, Leader Solar Thermal Group at the Australian National University said "The ZCA report analyses one particular scenario of renewable energy technology choice based on available solutions, in considerable depth. It successfully shows in detail that 100% renewable energy is both technically possible and economically affordable. Clearly other renewable energy technology scenarios are also possible, that only serves to strengthen the overall conclusion about viability. The group is to be congratulated for their efforts."
The plan has been costed at $370 billion, or about 3 per cent of GDP per year for 10 years. It could become a 21st century equivalent of the Snowy Mountains Scheme creating up to 80,000 jobs from installation of renewable energy generation at the peak of construction, and over 45,000 jobs in operations and maintenance that will continue for the life of the plant. Such a scheme would also generate up to 30,000 jobs in manufacturing wind turbines and heliostats.
The Beyond Zero Emissions plan was launched in Canberra by Senators Christine Milne (Greens), Judith Troeth (Liberal), and Nick Xenophon (Independent), just as the backroom talks to replace Kevin Rudd were taking place. So the news on Thursday was all about Australia's first female Prime Minister, Julia Guillard.
Matthew Wright, Beyond Zero Emissions Executive Director said at the launch "It's time for the Australian parliament to a implement a climate and energy policy agenda to repower our economy with 100% renewable energy by 2020. Concentrated solar thermal technology is capable of generating renewable electricity 24 hours a day and credible climate and energy policy will encourage the rapid deployment of the technology in Australia. This should be a priority for Australian governments,"
Australian Greens Deputy Leader, Senator Christine Milne, said: "We can and must aim to power Australia with 100% renewable energy as soon as possible if we are to truly tackle the climate crisis. This Zero Carbon Australia plan is an extremely valuable contribution which all in the parliament should be looking at very seriously, particularly as we are currently debating renewable energy legislation in the Senate."
So Climate Change Minister Penny Wong and the Australian Parliament gave us on Friday the plan for 20 per cent renewable power by 2020, but what we really need is something much more. Zero Carbon Emissions have shown that reducing stationary carbon emissions to zero is feasible, it just depends on the political will and leadership.
Climate Adaption Conference
The zero emissions plan comes as Australia prepares to host the first international conference held in Australia to discuss the science and options for adapting to climate change, due to begin June 29 on the Gold Coast.
Conference chairs National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF) Director Professor Jean Palutikof said "The science tells us that climate change is happening faster than we thought and that the 'window' for us to adapt and prepare is smaller than we thought. Australia is already experiencing the effects of climate change and is likely to be one of the most severely affected amongst developed countries."
"Regardless of what mitigation actions we take now as a nation or globally to cut greenhouse gas emissions, it is too late to 'mitigate our way out of the problem' - we will need a mixture of adaptation and mitigation measures." said Jean Palutikof.
CSIRO Climate Adaptation Flagship Director Dr Andrew Ash said more than 1000 scientists and decision makers from developed and developing countries were expected to attend. "The impacts from climate change will be felt first and most severely in developing countries, and international co-operation is required to ensure developing countries have the tools and resources they need to adapt."
Matthew Wright from Beyond Zero Emisions explains the plan to reduce Australia's carbon emissions to zero by 2020 in a series of 5 youtube videos. here is the first one:
Takver is a citizen journalist from Melbourne who has been writing on Climate Change issues and protests including Rising Sea Level, Ocean acidification, Environmental and social Impacts since 2004.


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The title of this article and the topic is partly influenced by a moving experience I had over the weekend. Perhaps I should call it a "movie" experience but, whatever I call it, the outcome was a desire to write what you're reading.
The movie was a documentary I highly recommend titled "Chasing Ice." It is an unforgettable masterpiece of cinematography and the official "synopsis" follows.
In the spring of 2005, National Geographic photographer James Balog headed to the Arctic on a tricky assignment: to capture images to help tell the story of the Earth's changing climate.
Even with a scientific upbringing, Balog had been a skeptic about climate change. ... But that first trip north opened his eyes to the biggest story in human history and sparked a challenge within him that would put his career and his very well-being at risk.


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Detailed plot synopsis reviews of Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel
Script Analysis of Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel
Click on a plot link to find similar books!
Plot & ThemesTime/era of movie: - 1600 to 1899 Romance/Love/Hugging - Yes Unmarried Love Triangle? - Yes
Main CharacterIdentity: - Female Profession/status: - teacher/professor Age: - a teen
SettingThe Americas (not US): - Yes The Americas: - Canada Small town? - Yes Small town people: - nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee Misc setting - fancy mansion - resort/hotel - school
Writing StyleAccounts of torture and death? - no torture/death Any profanity? - None Is this movie based on a - book
Movies with storylines, themes & endings like Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel
|Jezebel starring Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, Fay Bainter, George Brent, Margaret Lindsay
|Anna Karenina starring Keira Knightley, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Alicia Vikander, Jude Law
|Devotion starring Olivia DeHavilland, Ida Lupino
|Calamity Jane starring Doris Day, Howard Keel
|Chunhyang starring Hyo-jeong Lee, Seung-woo Cho, Sung-nyu Kim


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Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Dessert Blitz: chocolate meets caramel
The chocolate caramel tart from CocoCook.
The sticky, chocolaty sweet goodness of this tart shows that a spot normally known for its sale treats should not be overlooked for dessert.
Tell me if there's anything you want to sample vicariously through me… it would be a honor. And my pleasure.
5 comments:
- Les rêves d'une boulangère (Brittany) said...
Just letting you know that you're actually making me drool!
- December 16, 2010 at 10:02 AM
- Sweet Freak said...
lol. It's a pleasure, Brittany!
- December 16, 2010 at 5:07 PM
- ParisBreakfasts said...
I LOVE CocoCooks! I didn't know they had such outrageous indulgences...I thought everything was quinoa...
- December 22, 2010 at 6:44 AM
- Jose said...
(b) Rabi Pulses The use of RF technology enables vendors to track the movement of their inventory through the warehouse without relying on their staff to scan each pallet with a handheld computer. Using the available software, they can time shipments to the warehouse based on orders being fulfilled by the storage facility. For a company supplying raw produce, this information can be delivered right to the fields. The new blood of Ashmore adds a level of revitalization to a cast of characters and a show that didnt really seem to need the shot in the arm to begin with. But sometimes such amplified actions may not be what we thought we needed but still certainly proves to be something we want. So many shows experience a slump in year two or three, as it finds its groove and too comfortably settles into a routine, but if the season premiere is any indication, the fun of Warehouse 13 is only getting started, and the dramatic stakes will only get more intense as episodes go on. 323.521 2352.499
- December 6, 2012 at 10:58 PM
- Christine said...
8K Gold, The Next Best Thing to 24K Gold Are you interested in Playing Games?When the answer is yes,what types of game do you perform? Now i'm thinking about actively playing Wow,let us reveal some way to get more wow gold. However, this enormous amount of information held by market is available in one simple number- the current stock price. Most of the investors do not have much resources to study or time to analyze and then buy stocks. * Rincon de la base
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It's Monday today, but not an ordinary one. Today is our national day, but if you excuse me, that isn't the special thing about this day. When I was younger we only called this day the Swedish Flag's Day and that is what I still feel would be the right name. I am proud of my flag and my country, but there haven't been any war for freedom here or anything like that. One good thing with this day is that "we" welcome formally people who have got their Swedish citizenship during the year. But the most of us just have this day as a day of
and hopefully enjoy a wonderful weather and spend the time in the garden or visiting friends. I think that our National day never will be as big as the weekend in June when we celebrate Midsummer. But that's another story (post!).


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text: News item | 2012-04-26 | 14:00 PM E-mobility news: Electric vans run on Berlin streets In this project, the daily commercial use of battery-powered Mercedes-Benz vans (Vito E-Cell) was tested. The test vehicles were operated in the Berlin area by users from different industries. Vattenfall also tested ten of a total of 50 Vito E-Cell at different operational scenarios. As a project partner, Vattenfall used its intelligent charging concept wind-to-vehicle (W2V), installed the charging infrastructure for all customers and provided wind generated electricity. A higher absorption potential Commercial fleet applications are, in the context of storing excess wind power (wind-to-vehicle application), particularly interesting as the absorption potential per vehicle is higher than for private households. This is due to the fact that vehicles in the transportation industry have a higher daily mileage and therefore are more likely to be charged. Secondly, they are available for charging and thus the absorption of wind power at more regular intervals and for longer periods. In addition to user aspects energy balances were created and evaluated and realistic average driving ranges were determined. The Vito E-Cell vehicles and the installed charging infrastructure in Berlin have been in use even after the project completion. More information More information about the project can be found in the final project report: "Abschlussbericht Verbundprojekt EMKEP (Elektrifizierung von Mercedes-Benz Kleintransportern in Entwicklung und Produktion)", Daimler and Vattenfall, 2011 (in German). Download the report (German website, new window) Contact person: Franziska Schuth E-mail Visit Newsroom


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Once upon a time, in a far-away land, there lived a beautiful young girl whose name was Aline. Smart and strong, Aline was a brilliant soul who was often enraptured by the brilliance of nature, from the crescending meadows of the nearby valleys to the shadows of the mighty Pyrénées that often covered her like a gentle, dark cape. Dark yet mighty, she told herself one day when she was young that she would reach their snowy tops.
"I can't wait to see what angels live on those peaks," she whispered quietly to herself one calm evening, wherein the pastures of lavender had been shaded a dark, cool blue by the falling night.
Sadly though, Aline found herself not living in the best of circumstances. For you see, though she was human, her mother, Aurore, had once been one of the hand-maidens to the queen of the fairies as well as one of the queens' closest friends. But through circumstances she did not yet fully understand, her mother had been turned into diamond and had then been shattered, pieces of her having been scattered and traded by the hands of merchants and farmers all across the land. But the greatest piece of her that remained, Aurore's diamond heart, had fallen into the hands of a terrible ogre, named Brute. And with the claiming of Aurore's diamond heart, he had inexplicably found himself the caretaker of her daughter, Aline.
Aline remembered the night when she had first found herself in the dreaded mansion of the ogre, but somehow she could not remember how she had gotten there. Her head ached and she was confused, wiping pretty blonde hairs away from her eyes as she picked herself up off the cold wooden floor to look at the towering, immense and ugly creature, who held the diamond heart, still beating, in one of his massive claws.
"Hmm," the ogre growled thoughtfully, as he stared into the shimmering stone with small, snakelike eyes, that were like tiny match fires in-between an ugly cliff of misshaped, goblinoid features that served as his face. His gaze was intense and visible amidst the darkness of his cabin and through the shabby window several feet behind him, Aline could only look out into the darkest night she had ever seen, hail and rain dreadfully pounding themselves against the walls, begging to be let in like a million orphan daggers.
"Give me back my mother's heart!," screamed Aline, as she ran against the ogre with all of her might, slamming her body against his long leg. But the ogre's muscles were as hard as stone and Aline was sent flying back onto the floor with an "oompf!"
"Bwa ha ha!," the ogre boomed with laughter while Aline massaged her shoulder, and while he looked over her. "How foolish of you to think you would be strong enough to stop me in any capacity, ma petite."
But Aline had not yet given up; spotting a nearby stool, she got up off the floor, grabbed it, then ran back to the monster and slammed the wooden furniture piece against the ogre's leg as hard as she could, only to feel the simple pieces of wood that constituted the piece break apart in her hands and before her shocked eyes.
The ogre laughed and snarled even harder than he had before, clutching his massive gut while flecks of rotten fat and gristle spewed with spittle from his fang-lined maw, some of which flew against Aline's face, which she then quickly wiped away with the sleeve of her coat. Still holding the beating, diamond heart in his right hand, Brute reached out and shoved Aline with his left hand as hard as he could, sending her flying against one of the nearby walls.
The ogre laughed hard again, getting ahold of himself as Aline, adjusting herself against the wall, stared into Brute's yellow eyes with her own fierce hazel-brown eyes unflinchingly, from across the room and between the skein of darkness.
"Give me back my mother's heart," she screamed as hard as she could. But the ogre scoffed, quickly looking away from the child. He reached into the back pocket of his enormous, dirty jeans and pulled out-compared to the rest of his filthy living conditions-a beautiful red box. When he opened it, Aline saw briefly that it was full of pretty but ultimately dead, red leaves. He closed the beating jewel into it's red prison then pulled out from his coat pocket a dark, large iron key and locked the box. He then put the chest away in his back pocket again, still smiling smugly the whole time.
He then returned his attention to Aline, who was still staring at him in pure anger, and he shuffled himself to where he was standing right before her.
"I should eat you here and now while you're still young and juicy," he began. "But I believe I have a better use for you," and as he finished this statement, he walked over, reached down and picked Aline up by one of her small arms. She instantly began thrashing in his steel-like grasp. "Let go of me, you foul ogre, let go of me!" And even though it was useless in his taut strength, she was fighting with such veracity that the ogre, who was leading her to the back door of his cabin, still had to stop and kneel down to her, anger in his eyes. "Stop struggling or I will snap your arm in two!," he bellowed. Aline stopped struggling, but just barely, for her eyes still could not hide her anger, which was far greater than his.
And this he knew.
For when he saw the anger in her stare, he flinched. But then he recovered, with a fleeting air discontent.
The ogre made a sly, fanged smile at her. He then stood up and having reached the back door, pulled it open. Aline stared into the tomb of the night and only saw leaved, twisting shapes. "Though you may not be able to tell now while the sun is gone, I have here many dead and dying pear trees. Four-hundred thousand to be exact." He looked down at her again. "Your task is simple; restore them and maintain them, though you cannot eat them. In return, I will let you live. And who knows? Maybe you will be lucky and I will let you see your mother's heart again."
Aline stared with hatred first at the ogre then, with angry huffs, at what must be a long orchard.
"Now," the ogre said, closing the door and leading her to another small door next to the stairs by the front of the house, which he opened so powerfully, Aline thought he would pull the door off it's somehow still intact hinges. Aline saw briefly that it lead into the basement of Brute's house, before she herself was shoved all the way in, tumbling down a small flight of stairs that lead down into a cold, dirty and disgusting chamber, closed in by many musty walls. She moaned in pain, spitting out a small bit of blood, while the door to this place was suddenly closed tightly, trapping her in this frightful realm, as impenetrably dark as pitched tar.
Feeling the floor she found herself laying on, she reached out and felt something that she at first thought was a rock. But as she felt the long shape and somewhat softer texture, she realized in sudden horror what she had found. "Bones," she whispered lowly. "These are the bones of his victims."
She heard the shuffling of heavy footsteps away from the basement door, only for them to loudly come back. The door opened briefly, letting in a tiny gasp of light, and the ogre threw down for her the tiny rug he had kept by the front door. "You can use that to keep yourself warm, my human pet!," he angrily laughed, before closing the door once again.
Aline took another minute to get to her feet before she ran up the small flight of the basement stairs and began angrily pounding on it's surprisingly heavy frame as hard as she could, until her fists were covered in splinters. "You can't do this to me!," she roared. "Let me and my mother go!"
She yelled like that for several more minutes, until she heard the approaching thud of angry footsteps. She took a few steps back away from the door and meant to run at it when it opened so as to make her escape. But when Brute opened the door and Aline began to try to make her fast escape, she found herself suddenly splashed with freezing, icy water from the bucket held in his hands. This stopped her immediately as she gasped from the shock, wiping her wet bangs from her eyes.
"Silence! Quit your hollering!," Brute frantically roared at her so loud, Aline saw the dust in the air shake around him. There was a moment's pause while the fat Brute regained his breath and Aline, soaked and shivering, watched him intently. "Let me remind you that you are in this predicament because your mother lost a very important bet with the king of the goblins. Now she has shattered into a million pieces. And the only hope you have of bringing her back is with her diamond heart, which I have now hidden from you. So if you want to have any chance of bringing her back you. Will. Listen to me!"
And with that, Brute slammed the door for the last time that night.
Aline, confused, tired, wet and angry, was forced to retire, where she tried to keep herself as warm as possible with the rug she had been given. She clutched her dress and coat tight and rubbed her arms as to keep warm. She was immensely sad and confused, trying desperately to figure out what had happened to her mother, and how she had fallen into this predicament. But though she thought long and hard, no answers would come to her.
For the next year, Aline-always begrudgingly-found herself working in Brute's pear orchard, her body becoming hard and strong from the nature of the fieldwork. And indeed, what once had been a dying lot was soon turned into a beautiful place due to her surprising affinity for orchard-work. But though the pears she found herself surrounded by were beautiful and their blossoms smelled ripe and wonderful, they remained an impossible treasure to taste, for Brute kept a close eye on the orchard every night and every day, and he knew exactly when a pear had been picked. Only once had she eaten one of the pears out of famished desperation and Brute had punished her by taking her rug away for the night. The basement ended up being so cold she had almost frozen to death, so she kept as compliant and ate the bones, gruel and meat of the animals Brute gave to her as best as she could instead.
She never spoke to Brute who was content to watch her from his perch up on the second-floor of his house. As he had reminded her many times, "feel free to leave whenever you want, ma petite." But then he would smile sickly and add "it is about a month's trip to the nearest human settlement,and if nature doesn't get to you first the wolves will with the absoluteness of death. And more than that, my house is protected by magic that makes it impossible for any human to find it. That means you won't be able to find it either. And lastly," Brute concluded with a sick smile, "you will definitely never see your mother's heart again."
So Aline was content to play along as best as she could. She tried her best to formulate a plan to escape Brute's clutches but she could not find any way to escape that could include both her and the heart of her mother. And what's more, Brute revealed to her his plan one night, just as the pears were approaching harvest. "If you are wondering why I make you work in my orchard as much as I do, it is because I knew you would be able to bring it to life spectacularly, for I could tell the moment I saw you that you have a magic for healing."
Aline eyed him from across the floor where she ate while he looked down at her from his tall table and rickety chairs. "And now, my plan to feast has also come to near completion. For you see, in the next few days I will lower my spell that allows my house to not be found by humans-or other magical beings." As he spoke, a sudden flicker of fear quickly raced across Aline's strong face.
"Then," Brute continued, "I will snatch up any passerby's attracted by the sight of my delicious pears, and I will devour them." Aline kept her gaze stoic, but thought to herself "oh no," while Brute laughed his hideous, awful, smug laugh before he got up and pushed Aline back into the mold-ridden and rat infested basement.
Quietly, having remembered which steps were the creakiest, she stood close to the door of the basement. As she listened to him step in his heavy boots walk up the nearby stairs, to his room, where she heard him locking his door, she tried to glean any more details of his habits-searching for any weakness in his nightly routine. But, to no avail.
Deep in the bowels of that basement, Aline desperately searched for answers; she knew she could not allow anyone to be eaten by Brute on her good conscience. But she also knew that she would never let herself be killed by the ogre, not while her mother's heart was still in his clawed clutches. "I am stronger than that," she whispered to herself, while gently pounding her head against one of the basement walls that formed her prison. "I will be in charge of my own fate and I will save my mother's soul. And then, with all of my strength, I will defeat the ogre before he has a chance to hurt anyone ever again."
She stopped pounding her head against the wall and went to lay down as she thought about how little time she had left to come up with a plan.
"It is three days until my 14th birthday," she suddenly realized. "And it is four days until the pears are ready to be picked."
Grabbing her rug, she went to the driest corner of the basement where she kept a small pile of leaves she had gathered over her year of work as a small pillow and rested her head there as best as she could.
"What am I going to do?," she whispered to herself quietly as she fell into a fitful sleep. "What am I going to do?"
On the first day of the last four days before the harvest, Aline was content to just work and let her mind wander absentmindedly, hoping that a brilliant plan for a daring escape would come to her on it's own. This was a futile hope, but as she was pulling some weeds out in the cold, spring afternoon dirt she heard a loud snap-the breaking of twigs and a growl.
It took her a moment before she realized that the audibility of what she had just heard could only have come from a very large animal. She then immediately stood up and began looking around her to find the source of whatever it is that had made that sound, but all she could see was the dazzling greens and browns that come with the ripening of pear blossoms.
She wondered what could have made such an intimidating sound; the growl sounded as large as that of Brute's! But the only animals that really ever made themselves known in the pear orchard were small, like insects and birds, which Brute often captured and used to feed his most poor slave. Furthermore, Aline had never encountered a wolf here, and the growl certainly had not sounded like that of a wolf's.
However, her concentration was then split away by Brute's bellowing, "get back to work, girl!" Snapping back into the present, Aline hurriedly began picking up the work where she had stopped, though her mind was still racing fervently, searching for a plan.
And still, none came. As long as Brute was alert and awake, Aline could not come up with any assured way to steal his key away from him safely. And Aline had no immediate concoctions, poisons or potions that could reliably put Brute to sleep.
On the second day before the harvest, Aline was busy cleaning up some of the branches of the smaller pear trees, when she heard the same snap and and an even greater growl!
This time, when she heard that growl, she looked behind the tree she was mending and saw a fleetingly fast blur of fiery orange-like a rabbit made of candle flame. She jumped where she stood, startled, and quickly chased after the blur for a short time to where she thought it had gone, but she found nothing.
"What on Earth?," she whispered to herself. Not entirely unaware of how to stalk an animal, she tried to look for any sign of paw prints or scat, but could not find any sign that any large animal had recently passed by.
She continued for the rest of the day still desperately trying to find anything, be it an old weapon from an ancient war or unearthed path available to her that could help her escape and still, nothing that could be of use to her in this accursed orchard was found. And again, she went to sleep that night feeling the pressure to come up with a plan even harder then she had been before.
"Is it too late?," she asked herself. "Am I out of options to save anyone?," she asked herself while the horrid laughter of the despicable ogre rang through the halls of his cold cabin, loud and freezing. And Aline could only imagine how, up in his chamber, Brute was holding the beautiful heart of the lovely Aurore, staring and unjustly petting and caressing it, something he absolutely did not deserve.
For the first time since she had been imprisoned here, she cried. She let herself go and the tears poured forth with no dam of any kind to stop them.
That night, Aline fell asleep to the visions of rage she imagined against the darkness of the ceiling. Rage, which had been her guiding strength. Rage, which had told herself not to give up on. Rage and only rage.
And so it was on the third day, the day before harvest, the day that was Aline's 14th birthday, that answers once cloudy suddenly became clear, like fire in a wheatfield.
Aline was mending the roots of one of the larger pear trees, the trees that had in a way lead to her downfall. It was one of the farthest clearings away from the house of the ogre but Aline knew that Brute was still keeping an eye or ear out for her-he always did. But that was the least of the reasons she had at this point in her life for why she was upset, for more than anything she was upset at herself for not being able to come up with a plan of any kind to save her mother, herself, or anyone else. And this in a way was another small victory Brute kept over her.
So upset was she that she did not immediately notice the sudden burst of red leaves and petals that suddenly surrounded her. When she finally did, she stood up quickly, wrapping her musty cloak over herself and the poor dress she wore, her blonde hair whipping around her like golden vines. All around her red pear blossom petals were swirling with sudden velocity and wind, and Aline could sense that magic was around her.
When the storm stopped, Aline found herself atop a red hill overlooking a strange, wine-dark sea. She turned away from the distant, intimidating waves and saw for miles and miles, red meadows that went like the bloody footprints of giants. These red meadows were devoid of trees, like a desert. Aline turned around yet again to look back at the large pear tree she had originally been working underneath. It was still there, though it's petals and leaves had suddenly taken on a brilliant, blood-red color to them. And beneath those branches, at the base of the trunk lay a large, orange colored cat with long, sharp, black stripes along his massive body, staring at Aline with the intense eyes of a hungry king.
For a moment, Aline could do nothing but stare into his regal gaze, remaining as unflinching as she could be. "Welcome to my domain," the beast suddenly spoke to her.
Aline gasped! "You are a tiger!," she yelled. "You talk!"
"I am Xavier," he spoke again in a loud, royal, deep voice that hinted at an intoxicating accent. "I was once a prince, a son of the king of the Genii, until my father exiled me for my ferocity. But though I am now old, and I don the form of this beast, I still have great power."
Aline gulped, while a zephyr brushed past her. "You were watching me in the orchard these last couple of days?"
"Oui," said Xavier lowly. "I have come, possibly, to help you rid yourself of this miniscule nuisance, this ogre."
"Are you going to defeat him?," Aline asked pleadingly. "You are strong enough to kill him, prince, I can tell."
"No, I am not," Xavier began, his eyes glowing brightly. "Though your gilded presumption is most correct. But I hope you are strong enough to do so on your own, for the weapon I am going to give you has a price of it's own."
"Please, tell me, lord prince!," Aline shouted.
"Look at the branches of the pear tree I lay beneath," said the tiger. "What do you see?"
Aline looked on intently; though the tree once had many sweet fruit growing from it's branches, now there was just one: a pear as white as snow that glowed with a small hue of magic, aloft on one of it's bending noir branches. Aline looked back at Xavier who merely regarded her from his rest, exuding power from his frame.
He was waiting.
"Pick it, this pear," he commanded. "And fill it with all of the rage you have.
"And you will kill the monster."
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The Jain temples of Ranakpur are stunning! Words elude me in trying to describe them, so I will let the pictures speak for themselves...
My only tip to visitors is that both ladies and gents should wear covered clothes otherwise they don't allow entry into the temples... They do have some clothes (bottoms) on hire at the premises, but one would rather be prepared at the outset and not have to go through this!
These temples are amazingly well preserved and the places are very clean. It helps that they don't even allow water to be taken onto the premises..
These are the intricately carved parts of the ceiling...
which the guide was quick to tell us, is not repeated anywhere in the temple. No two pieces of sculpture are alike.. and there must be millions of them in there!
I found these columns very beautiful!
Ethereal beauty... that is Ranakpur, a few hours drive from Udaipur, but a world apart.
Ethereal beauty... that is Ranakpur, a few hours drive from Udaipur, but a world apart.


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A federal judge who was scheduled to make a final decision Thursday in a case involving a former Burbank police officer's claims of discrimination and retaliatory firing instead put the matter on hold until Dec. 5.
Last week, U.S. District Court Judge George Wu issued a tentative ruling dismissing former Burbank police officer Elfego Rodriguez's lawsuit against the city. In doing so, the judge agreed with city attorneys that Rodriguez first needed to allow the termination appeals process to run its course before suing.
Court documents show Rodriguez was terminated in June 2010 for allegedly using excessive force. Rodriguez contends the claim has no merit and that it is the result of a conspiracy against him.
In June, a multi-day administrative hearing was held before an arbitrator, court documents show. The arbitrator will make a recommendation to City Manager Mike Flad, who will then make the final decision about Rodriguez's employment.


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Retreat will send women reeling
Group giving cancer patients relaxing time together, away
Wed., Oct. 12, 2011
Peg Kingery knows the feeling that comes over her when she steps out into a river and casts her line, hoping a cutthroat trout will rise to the fly.
"It's a tremendously healing, peaceful, fulfilling activity," the Moscow fly fisherman said earlier this week while fishing on the North Fork of the Coeur d'Alene River. "If fly-fishing can be even a tiny bit to them what it is to me, that would be awesome."
Kingery is referring to the female breast cancer patients who will have a chance to attend a free retreat next summer a few miles upstream, at Shoshone Base Camp. Kingery plans to volunteer at the retreat, which will include lessons in fly-fishing, medical and psychological counseling, companionship and support from others.
"This is so much more than a fly-fishing retreat. I really want everyone to know that," said Charlene Douglas, program coordinator for Casting for Recovery North Idaho, which will host the event. "The whole idea is to educate them and let them hang out with fellow survivors and get away from cancer and just enjoy life."
Douglas' mother died of breast cancer in 1951, two weeks after Douglas was born. When Douglas had the opportunity to form a local chapter of Casting for Recovery, she said, "It was kind of like my mom saying, 'OK, kid, here's your chance.' "
Casting for Recovery, a nonprofit organization, was formed in 1996 in Vermont and offers breast cancer patients in all stages of treatment or recovery a free weekend of respite to learn a new hobby, receive counseling and support, and meet other women in similar circumstances. At last count, the nonprofit had 44 programs in 34 states, Douglas said. It has helped more than 4,500 women through its retreats and also has programs in Canada, England and New Zealand.
Douglas urged women to visit the website (castingforrecovery.org/ retreat-schedule) and sign up to be considered for the retreat. The 14 women who attend will be selected by lottery. The organization is also seeking volunteers – both fly fishermen and others – to help support the event. The retreat will cost about $20,000, of which $6,200 has been raised so far, Douglas said. The biggest fundraising event – a dinner and auction – will be held Saturday at the Post Falls Red Lion Hotel.
The fundraiser is one of many events being held during National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
The North Idaho chapter of Casting for Recovery was formed by members of two fly-fishing clubs – the North Idaho Flycasters of Coeur d'Alene and the Kelly Creek Flycasters in the Lewiston-Clarkston area. The retreat will be open to breast cancer patients or survivors from the 13 counties of North Idaho and five Eastern Washington counties bordering Idaho.
The national organization sets the agenda for retreats and supplies the fly-fishing equipment. It also provides medical personnel and counselors.
"They bring their clothes and their toothbrush, and that's all they have to bring," said Dave Londeree, a representative from the North Idaho Flycasters. The goal is for the women "to come out and have a weekend away from husbands and children. They're just going to have a weekend away from that with nothing to do except relax and take care of themselves.
"And hopefully," he added, "catch a fish."
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text: Yes, people can actually graduate from hospice. Most other hospice's call it "being discharged", but I always try to put a positive spin on things. The reason why I decided to write about this topic is that some patients and families come into hospice "kicking and screaming" (figuratively speaking) because they aren't sure this is what they want, then when they graduate hospice they graduate "kicking and screaming" because they experienced the comprehensive care of hospice and don't want it to end. So how does one "graduate" from hospice? It usually occurs with non-cancer diagnosis such as End Stage COPD, End Stage CHF and End Stage Dementia. It is much more challenging to predict prognosis with these diagnosis than with cancer. As long as two physicians feel that the patient has less than 6 months, if the disease were to run its normal course, then patients are eligible for hospice. Once they start hospice they have nursing supervision in addition to the home health aides, social worker, chaplain, volunteers, massage, heart touch therapy and physician visits. With close follow up by the team two things happen. We can symptom manage better and sooner (since we are in the home all the time) rather than the patient waiting until the symptom gets really bad and going to the ED, and we can better assess compliance. For example, I have a 72 y/o male with End Stage CHF who was spending 1 week in the hospital, 2-3 weeks out, 1 week in, 2-3 weeks out etc etc. This went on for months before we had a Goals of Care conference with the patient in the hospital and he agreed to hospice care. His cardiologist was baffled as to why he kept coming back when he was "optimized on his diuretics." The only way he could explain this phenomena was that the patient must not be absorbing the Lasix in his GI tract. During my first home visit, I reviewed his medications, guess what, NO LASIX in the home and no where to be found. It turns out that he had not been taking his medication and didn't even have Lasix in the house!!!! I ordered Lasix and it has now been 3 months without an admission! This is probably one of the reasons that a new study showed that patients on hospice lived an average of 29 days longer than patients with the same diagnosis not on hospice (The link is below). This is also a common occurrence with End Stage Dementia patients as many patients plateau for an unknown period of time at any stage of the illness (prior to actively dying). If the patients don't show decline over several months, then any hospice has the obligation to "graduate" a patient if the doctor feels the prognosis has changed. To be honest, this is probably the hardest part of my job, as I've seen people who are up, active and talking with their families, die a few days later and one patient with End Stage Dementia I graduated (I'm still following as the attending), over a year ago, is cachectic, contracted, non-verbal, minimally conscious and unable to follow commands but continues to live despite being on hospice for at least two years prior to graduation. Many times I scratch my head but what many patients tell me rings true, "Physicians are not God." Contrary to popular belief Hospice is not a death sentence and I don't think I've met a patient (or family) that was happy they (or their loved one) was "Graduating" from Hospice.


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Thanks to advances in the veterinary field we can now offer physical rehabilitation to our animal friends similar to what was once only available to humans.
Much of the same techniques and technologies can now be applied to pets to speed recovery, increase function and decrease discomfort. Physical rehabilitation encompasses a wide range of techniques, some of which be done at home, and some that should only be done by a certified specialist.
Simple exercises help strengthen muscles and keep joints flexible. Sit-to-stand where an animal repeatedly sits and then rises to a standing position, working the hind limbs just like squats for humans, is one example. For front limbs, side bends may be a good choice. To do side bends, a treat is held at the animal's side and the pet then bends their neck to retrieve it. This forces them to bear more weight on the front limb it is bending towards.
Other more complicated exercises should only be done with a certified rehabilitation practitioner. Exercises balls, balance boards, and teeter-totters can all be employed to force animals to bear weight on limbs that they favor or have become weak from disuse.
Sophisticated technologies are also making their way into veterinary practice. Underwater treadmills are a great way for pets to get moving while decreasing the amount of weight they place on injured or recovering limbs. The added resistance of the water increases muscle building and the warmed water acts like a soothing hot tub. Some rehabilitation specialists also offer therapeutic ultrasound therapy, electrostimulation, cold laser therapy and other ways to increase healing and decrease discomfort.
These techniques are equally effective means to decrease arthritic pain in older animals and to help shed unwanted pounds. Instituting a rehabilitation plan should always be done with the guidance of a certified specialist and your veterinarian. So the next time you visit your vet, ask about animal rehabilitation. The benefits are endless.
If you would like to schedule an appointment to see if your pet is a candidate for physical rehabilitation/Underwater treadmill therapy, please contact us so we can assess their condition and individual needs.


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I love wandering around.
Art director Nick Jennings' approval stamp
I love wandering around the Adventure Time studio; you never know what's going to show up. Today, it was Nick Jennings', Pat McHale's, and Pen's personal approval rubber stamps (and the original artwork).
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My Life Online
Last week I received my long awaited Sony mylo (which stands for My Life Online, and is NOT CAPITALIZED), a personal communicator that used Wi-Fi rather than Cellular technologies to support its communications capabilities. The mylo, according to Sony's marketing spiel, allows you to put the "entire world under your thumbs" (take that, Mick Jagger), and allows you to "take the best part of your computer with you" wherever you go.http://www.learningcenter.sony.us/assets/itpd/mylo/prod/index.htmlWhile I will let Sony do the heavy lifting here in describing all the cool capabilities of the mylo– and there is a lot going on in this device including email, music, video/photos, chat, etc. — what is interesting about this device it that it has not linkage to the cellular world and only uses Wi-Fi hotspots to gain connectivity to the Internet. Indeed, the PSP/Gameboy meets Sidekick meets Pager meets IPod's primary communications tools are Instant Messenger and Voice Messaging from Google(talk), Yahoo and Skype.A true child of the Web 2.0 Revolution, the mylo assumes voice and text messaging will be free and that access to the Internet will also come from Hotspots, which could be free or for pay. It bundles a JWire application to help you find open hotspots by geography. Okay, the real world, today, does not work that way, but as Hemingway intoned at the end of The Sun Also Rises: "isn't it pretty to think so."Call this the first "crossover" device of the Mobility Generation, it's an opening salvo in the shape of things to come for computing, communications and gaming. http://blogs.cisco.com/wireless/2006/06/mobility_generation_a_fathers.htmlImperfect and expensive, like all first generation miracles, it has the whiff of the inevitable. As the gamers and Mobility Generation enter the workforce, they will increasingly dictate not only how we communicate, but how we work, carrying the openness of youth into the mores of the work world. And, like the earlier generation, which brought PCs into the workforce, against the wishes of IT management, we will be under their thumb.
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When I first saw the Sony mylo, I knew I had to have one, well I haven't been up-to-date with its release, but If its on the market, guys trust me, from my research Its a must have.


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SoHo's Weekly Film Shoot
Compliments of our Mayor
We once again are a film lot in SoHo. Who's getting paid?
Please refer back to the article "Mayor's Office of Film to SoHo--Drop Dead!" to see the reoccuring use of our neighborhood for Film Shoots, Photo Shoots, and Pop-Up Shops. These film shoots have been cluttering and littering our streets.
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HOUSTON - Hogan Lovells, an international law firm, plans to move its Houston location from the Bank of America building to 609 Main in April 2017.
The law firm of Hogan Lovells US LLP has signed a prelease to move its Houston office to 43,000 sf in Hines' 609 Main in spring 2017.
The firm, which is co-headquartered in London and Washington, D.C., currently has its Houston office in downtown's Bank of America building.
Hogan Lovells has roughly 30 lawyers today but expects to have around 40 by move-in time, Bruce Oakley, Hogan Lovells' Houston managing partner, told the Houston Business Journal.
Hogan Lovells will occupy the 42nd and 43rd floors.
The plan is to begin construction on the space in October with an April move-in date, Oakley added.
Hogan Lovells will join another law firm in the building—Chicago-based Kirkland & Ellis LLP, which preleased 62,000 sf on the top floors of 609 Main.
609 Main will have more than 1 million sf of office space once it's completed. The tower will include a rooftop garden with walking trails and outdoor seating on top of a 17-story parking garage.
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Aerial views of the uneasy geometries of urban sprawl by Christoph Gielen
Urban sprawl has been "eating our planet" for decades now, an unfortunate byproduct of urban planning that caters to the car, rather than pedestrians. The effects of urban sprawl are numerous, ranging from increased transportation costs, greenhouse gas emissions, permanent alteration and destruction of habitats, and on. Sprawl will be the death of us all, but it's something that doesn't hit us viscerally until we see it for ourselves, amidst the bigger picture.
German-born photographer Christoph Gielen offers us an aerial view of this slowly unfolding disaster in his latest book "Ciphers". From the publisher:
At once fascinating and profoundly unsettling, these photographs detail the potential ramifications of unchecked urbanization. When these settlements were developed, neither distance from work place nor gasoline prices much mattered in determining the locations of new constructions. These places are relics from an era that was entirely defined by a belief in unlimited growth, of bigger is better. The startling extent of those practices, and their inherent wastefulness, come to light in Gielen's pictures—as if looking at a microcosm of non-sustainability through a giant magnifier.
The geometries of these imposed systems of human habitation seem to reinforce collectively held illusions about modern society, says architecture critic Geoff Manaugh in his essay "Geometric Sociology":
We are living amidst geometry, post-terrestrial screens between ourselves and the planet we walk upon. [Are they] diagrams of a new anthropology still waiting to be discovered... [or] are they the expression of something much deeper in human culture – some mystical spatiality of the global suburb, an emerging cult of a redesigned earth – like prehistoric glyphs only visible from high above?
From above, these suburban forms look almost beautiful, yet many of us know at ground-level, there is the emptiness of the parking lot, the unending drone of cars, big box stores eating up the local mom-and-pop shops, alienation and monotony. It is a way of living that is imposed through its inherent structure, offering cookie-cutter homes but in the end is spiritually displacing.
With contributing essays from a number of experts, the book gives us an unflinching view of how sprawl affects our environment and communities, and how other rapidly developing nations would do well to take note before making the same mistakes. More over at Christoph Gielen's site.


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Ferdy says:
Wales have been so good in this world cup with one of the hardest pools. They should have beaten South Africa (we dare not mention the name of that *red head* ref). Warren Gatland has been able to do what several coaches for Wales have not been able to do previously...build some cohesion from all that raw talent within the team, both on and off the field.
Under a strict regime that involves Scandanavian saunas and zero tolerance on alcohol, they have come out in this world cup with extraordinary fitness levels. A mixture of young and old talent, I'm picking Wales to take Ireland very close this weekend. Close ... but no cigar.
Ferdy's pick: losing quarter finalists.
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Wales, well they too are on the rise, and looking comfortable with the running space game they always aspired to ... but its been raining here in Wellington all week, and may not be the try fest we'd love to see. Though give George North some space and I am sure he can aquaplane.
Both teams have had similar levels of set piece success so far, and won one physical game each against 3N teams. However, given the wet, I think Ireland can nudge this by playing a straighter, simpler game to get field position. I keep agreeing with the Boss!


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question of the day: What's with this "appropriate audiences" stuff?
I recently noticed a change in the announcement that opens greenband trailers in the U.S.:
I can't remember when this change occurred, but the notice used to say that the trailer was approved for "all audiences" — indeed, that was the point of the greenband, that it was fine for anyone to watch, at least as far as the MPAA determined what was "fine." (Debating the idiocies of the MPAA's morality is another issue entirely.)
What's with this "appropriate audiences" stuff?
What is an "appropriate audience"? Isn't it supposed to be the job of the people who anoint a trailer with a greenband that all audiences watching it were "appropriate"? What am I missing here?
(If you have a suggestion for a QOTD, feel free to email me. Responses to this QOTD sent by email will be ignored; please post your responses here.)
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Are the cool kids alright?by Samora Chapman / 01.03.2010
I spent the week slaving on a terrible corporate contract – writing the annual report for an unnamed municipal department. My days were spent in a ghastly 30 story concrete temple with the managers of different branches, trying with great difficulty to find out what they did during the financial year. I need a different body to use for corporate jobs; like a middle aged, respectable one with stubble, spectacles, a small pot belly and high tolerance for air conditioned offices with really small windows that you can't open. A gangly looking surfer kid gets no respect in the corporate world.
To add insult to misery, I was told to type up the report by Monday. Thus, my Saturday was spent getting frazzled in front of the one eyed god of the real world. I hate my computer. As you can imagine I was eager to escape my condition, so as the clock struck four I jetted down for an afternoon dip in the ocean. There's no kind of pain my Durban waves can't cure.
After the surf my brother and I head up to Jameson Park where a couple of our friends are hanging out. My body and mind well rinsed and I'm super keen to sink a cold beer with the brethren. A week well slaughtered, a few bucks in my pocket; I'm feeling pretty contented and smiley as we pull up to the parking lot scattered with smashed glass and a ridiculously drunken car guard. He's swaggering about like a dreadlocked Alice down the rabbit hole; the pristine dewy rose gardens of Jameson park as his wonderland. It's Saturday night fever, the cool kids are out to play. A few young well known Durban muzos are staggering about in the parking lot, much like the drunken car guard. I walk over to say hello, kisses and hugs and how you guys doing? It's jovial, eyes glazed with bliss… there's definitely some powerful hallucinogens pumping through their visuals. Its only 6 in the evening and the cool kids are cooked!
'Yo, how you doing bru!' I say to one of poison city's super emcees. I'm met with a smile and a thousand yard stare, a shake of the head and hand signals that are trying to communicate something like "oh my god where am I?" The mumbles are barely audible, but I think he's saying;
"We chowed the maddest shrooms. Man im tripping, where the fuck am I?"
I turn to a lady friend and give her a hug how you doing? She's sweating, her body feels heavy as she collapses loosely into me;
"Hey Joegz, haven't I seen you already?"
"No I just got here, are you ok?"
"Yeh, I'm fine man, I'm fucking amazing."
So we continue our stroll into the park, through the quaint rose-garden maze and up on the hill my crew of friends are perched on the moon. It's beautiful, the grass is glistening with dew and a lamp shines down upon the scene, illuminating the gathering like a stage up in the sky. An acoustic guitar is tinkling, wine bottles are being swigged. The vibes are chilled, it's warm, summertime in Durbs; we're young and happy and beautiful. I walk up the hill, stoked to see my friends and give everybody hugs and kisses and settle in; crack a beer, light up a cig. This is the life – cold chillin! My friend turns to me and says;
"Yus bru, I'm feeling so weird hey. I chowed Ritalin earlier it's the strangest trip."
"Ritalin? Why the fuck did you chow Ritalin?"
"Chill out bru, its not like I chow it all the time. Its kind of like being goofed you know but without the tiredness, but you like mad focused on everything and you can think real clear and be super creative and busy like you know."
"Oh ok cool."
"Ya man, you know I took it for 6 years when I was a lighty at school. I reckon it fucked me up pretty bad."
It's the third time id heard about Ritalin in a week. I heard of kids snorting it like coke. Another friend told me he's taking it to help him study at Varsity. Side effects of Ritalin are: anxiety, insomnia, anorexia, heart problems and weight loss.
"Ah man all the spliff and dop is finished. Let's make a mission."
So off we head down Florida road stopping at every little café and bar chatting to the Durban creatives and socialites along the way. Everyone's out enjoying the warm evening with a munch at Spiga and a beer at Thunder Road. My bru and I stop off at Taco Zulu for a cheap bowl of beans and cheese (11 bucks!) and then cruise down to some horrible pub where the drafts are cheap and the trendies mingle with the more experienced and burnt out stompies; swallowing icy beer in beautiful harmony that transcends age, race, sexual orientation and coolness. We unite with a large posse of friends who are enjoying the vibes and jabbering away. My friend comes up to me looking a bit shell shocked with wide eyes like empty deep black puddles and tunes me;
"Yo Joeg, are you keen to chow a pill bru?"
"Na, im okay thanks bru."
"Oh alright, well me and some of the others are gonna go chill at this one ou's flat. We tripping out a bit too much to be around all these people. Too many people, we just gonna go chill out listen to some music or something."
I sit down next to another lady friend; sweating, wiping her face and sucking on her fleshy tongue and lips in a worrying manner.
"Hey Lucy, are you ok there?"
"Fuck these pills are so hectic. Yus I'm tripping out."
"I'll get you some water. Just sit tight there."
I go to the bar and get her a big glass of ice water. She drinks the whole glass with a slight shiver and seems to calm down a bit.
"Thanks Joeg, damn I never realized how thirsty I was… Hey Jonesy, let's go to the shop and get some chewing gum."
The kak music and the tennis on the TV doesn't seem to bother anyone in the midst of joyous oblivion. Except my friend Daze, whose eyes dart around in an over-alert type of hypersensitive way. He's quiet except for an occasional outburst of loud untimely laughter. I put my arm around the fellow and ask him how he's doing.
"Fuck't bru. Fuck't. I'm fucking crazy. Everyone's worrying about me. I just fuck things up. I can't get anything right. My parents man. They just so worried about me man. I've fucking lost it Joeg. I'm crazy bru."
He tears off the filter of a cigarette and smokes it like a man on death row, mainlining that shit.
"Yassis Daze! You're fucking scaring me bru. You gonna be okay brother, come on. Don't worry about what your Ballie's think, just make yourself happy bru. Your cool man you gonna be fine. Are taking again?"
"Ja, I'm taking anti-psychotics. I don't want to. But it helps bru. It helps. It makes things okay you know. I wouldn't be taking it if it didn't help me Joeg."
On the scene arrives one of Durban's most talented and eccentric young artists Jim Acrylic. He's wearing tiny khaki shorts, school shoes, a huge beard (of which im insanely envious cos I am beardless) and a shirt buttoned right up to the neck. Jimmy communicates in a language of his own; thunderous clicks that would impress a Zulu, bird noises interspersed with screeches, twitches and beat-boxes. We hug and tune waddup. His violently strange antics alert a group of middle aged ladies sipping martini's nearby. They call me over and say;
"Your friend over there…is he okay? I think he's taken too many drugs or something."
Shake of heads and haughty laughter.
"Actually lady, the strange thing is…he's as sober as a Jehova's Witness. He's completely straight edge."
They laugh in blatant disbelief. As Jimmy's dances down the sidewalk screaming; "Virgin! I'm a virgin!"
And it's true. He's just about the only person I know that's completely clean cut and he's the loosest cat on the scene. The thing is these, characters are all so talented. They're putting out albums, having exhibitions, doing shows, starting companies, burning cats in rap battles, painting the city, making films… It would be arrogant of me to claim that the cool kids aren't alright. I've played in the exotic narcotics garden too many times to pass judgment on my own peers. I pop outside for my fix of caffeine and nicotine breeze and contemplate some shitty corporate job that's gonna make me a buck. They're just tryna do their thing like I am. But imagine if we saved up all the energy we use on getting wasted and used it to produce more… be braver… put out more shit… the Durban kids would take the world by storm.
Note: All names have been changed. You know I love you fellows. Peace.
All Images © Samora Chapman
Yup, it's boring.
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'…he's the loosest cat on the scene' – yeah man yeah wooo yeah
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What's boring about it is that there is always a @dot everwood comment underneath saying "it's boring" Is @dot everwood one of Samora's ex girlfriends?
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Don't just take my word for it, monitor the kak-count for broader opinion.
And on the subject of kif vs kak, has anyone else noticed that you can vote kif more than once from your computer but once and only once if you choose kak? Is mahala fixing the vote in favour of the yeasayers?
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yoh. spoken like a true heart with intellectual guts. i wouldnt have been brave enough to see it so clearly man.
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refresh the page dude and you can do it twice. Go wild, it'll explain the high kak count.
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Samora that is. dot go find the others and join them.
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i tried voting kif then kif again and then again. didn't happen. just once. for someone who thinks its boring, im sort of impressed you got the double kif thing working. I know a few that love ol' Jim Acrylic. Go dot everwood, go. Go down. Boring sod.
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ahh, so it works, but i stick with the rest.
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'Jim Acrylic' –
He'd like that!
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'like sho bru, no fuck' what was this even about?
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Just a young guy writing about his immediate enviroment, whats all the negative comments about.
He isnt the best writer, but with practice..
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hedonism has played a part in significant social revolutions in the past
to assume that it always has a place, is to fall onto previously held stereo types, is to become the monster you wish to slay.
and yes, we need to find more ways to waste time creativly, than just getting wasted…
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and its cool that one of the brethren is big enough to brace the topic so eloquently and without putting anything or anyone down.
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"I wish I had all the money we used to spend on dope
I'd buy a used car lot and I wouldn't sell any of them.
I'd drive a different car every day, depending on how I feel"
Tom Waits
Back in the day, I used to "confiscate" my kid brothers Ritalin (for his own benefit, of course) and jol stukkend, use them for /last-minute study sessions (did 11 hours kip in 5 days once cramming for an Eco 2 exam… then went on to scuttle the exam when my desk transmogrified into a dinghy caught in a white squall! When he saw the sweats and delirium, the invigilator came up to me and asked me if I wanted to go to Campus Health. They did all these tests on me and told me I had encephalitis!)
There's a time and a place for next-level stimulation. But not all the time, or all places.
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i dig the second shot, the three cats, one not drinking, not listening to live music and just completely aware of the sign above them.
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You guys are cool.
And the writer seems like a very chill cat. Nice one.
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well done to Daze for taking antipsychotics and recreational drugs together. Way to insight, bro. See you in the acute psychiatric ward at King Edward VIII. Durban kids need to learn to drug properly, of all these little children, not a single one was on LSD. fags.
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new shoes!
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This is a boring article.
'we get more wasted than you' kinda stuff
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i rate this piece
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the message may be valid, but the piece is contrived and the use of colloquialisms is forced and overwrought. the writing style undermines the message.
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Samora is commenting on the influx of drugs being used in a niche of Durban's cultural milieu. That shit is valid in my opinion. Sure, he has a brotherly compassion for the subjects, but this just means that he actually cares about what he is writing.
This point is something that deserves a little interrogation. Drugs are a staple in our scrambled culture, and we should at least try and ask why before guzzling them, otherwise what's the point of the search for truth that is the so called motive for our indulgence?
And what is up Dot. It is so easy to criticise like you do, and 'it's boring' is probably the most brain-dead comment I have ever heard. But it also gives us a little insight into your thinking, your self-conscious too-cool-for-thought blanket statements that show even while actively seeking out entertainment, you cannot break away from your own inability to read meaning into anything. Have you ever written anything Dot? Or even tried to ask someone to publish it? I think you should try it. Give something to Andy and co and let's all have a read. Then we'll vote.
Keep it up Joeg.
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as someone who drank until she literally couldnt anymore and HAD to start considering what there is in life more than just getting wasted, and as a friend of joegs [its durban, small town and he's one of the friendliest guys around so who isnt a friend of joegs?] i both applaud the message and the sensitivity of the handling of the question.
when one of my cleverest, albeit supremely naive, friends stated this week that theres nothing to do in durban but drink or smoke i knew it wasnt the city but the mentality here that is the problem.
well said, joegs, we all need to be braver.
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fun read fun read…
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Thursday, April 8, 2010
|SC State University's Visual Arts Program and the I.P. Stanback Museum & Planetarium
|SC State University students have an opportunity to display their artwork during the 37th Annual Student Artwork Show. All artwork must be entered no later than Thursday, April 8, 2010. Students must adhere to the following entry guidelines:
|Students must deliver their artwork to SC State University's I. P. Stanback Museum and Planetarium no later than Thursday, April, 8, 2010.
|An awards reception announcing the winners of the student artwork show will be held on Thursday, April 22, 2010 at 6:30 p.m. at the I.P. Stanback Museum and Planetarium.