text:
John McFarland Column: Attitude makes all the difference for B&I Lions
One has to credit the British and Irish Lions for their win over the All Blacks in the second Test, especially after losing the first Test the way they did.
They just brought a harder attitude in Wellington, a desperation to get the win. To keep the All Blacks tryless, even though they only had 14 men for most of the game, takes some doing, and the attitude they showed on the day was top-class.
It was definitely a red card for Sonny Bill Williams, he made no effort to raise his hand or grip Anthony Watson in the tackle, and his shoulder made contact with the head.
The last penalty – for the Charlie Faumuina tackle on Kyle Sinckler while he was airborne – was a little bit harsh though. When a player jumps to catch a pass above his head and it's a gain-line tackle, the tackler is already committed and in motion, so it is very difficult for there to be any other outcome.
Jumping into a tackle is also a penalisable offence, but sometimes when the pass goes upwards, the player has to take it airborne. So it's an anomaly that the lawmakers have to look at going forward.
The All Blacks had to play with 14 men for so long, that it was quite heroic of them to stay in the game; they did not manage to score a try, but they kept the scoreboard ticking over with penalties.
If a team fields two openside flanks like the Lions did with Sean O'Brien and Sam Warburton, then the penalty count will be high because they go hard on the ball on the floor and to make tackle attempts to get the All Blacks to bring more players to the ruck. It brings a different philosophy at ruck time, they were trying to disrupt the All Blacks' attacking pattern by bringing more players to the ruck and then the attacking shape won't be what it should be.
The British Lions' set-piece was of a high standard and their forward effort was built on the success at Saracens, the pack had a very high work-rate.
But whether the Lions can back up that performance with another one at Eden Park in Auckland this weekend will be a hard task. They will need the same desperation and, at the end of a long season, will they be able to produce that again? They will need extra effort on the gain-line once again.
In SuperRugby, the Gauteng Lions basically had a game of touch rugby, but I thought the Bulls played well against the Sharks.
I'm a little worried by the inconsistency of the Sharks, they have been poor at home in too many games and I can't see them winning on the road in New Zealand, so it's definitely a problem. For Robert du Preez to so publicly take on his players shows that something is not right.
But the Bulls have clearly gained confidence in the break, they won the Mauritius 10s with their SuperRugby team and played some good rugby.
I've been quite impressed with how they have blooded youngsters and someone like Duncan Matthews has really come through.
It's also very encouraging to see Jan Serfontein and Jesse Kriel play so well, and they have obviously gained confidence through their time together with the Springboks for the June Tests and they are both starting to show leadership.
Jesse is such a strong character and his enthusiasm rubs off on the players around him, and he is a big part of the new era at the Bulls.
When Jan decided to leave the Bulls, he was recovering from a long-term injury. But he's been on the Springboks' radar since 2012 and has never let them down. He has gained experience since being named World Junior Player of the Year in 2012 and the Test series against France saw him fulfil his potential.
One needs to look at Brendan Venter's influence on him and you can just see the confidence and belief is there right now. Jan was backed at the start of the series and knew he would play all three Tests.
It always takes five or six weeks after long-term injury for a player to rediscover their form and then they really hit their straps in weeks eight to 10. It's unfortunate that Jan is leaving, but I really hope he stays fit and can get to the 30-Test cut-off mark in the Rugby Championship.
It begs the question whether SA Rugby have made the right decision when it comes to the 30-Test cut-off for overseas eligibility, especially if a player gets injured (e.g. Marcell Coetzee, who is short of 30 caps because of injury), and how will it work going forward with Jan, who has signed to play in France but currently only has 29 caps?
The Springboks cannot ignore Jan's form nor talent, or the impact he had on the series against France.
That being said, the success of the series was Allister Coetzee's decision to pick mostly home-based players, which led to a great series win.
John McFarland is the assistant coach of the Kubota Spears in Japan and was the Springbok defence coach from 2012 through to the 2015 World Cup, where they conceded the least line-breaks in the tournament and an average of just one try per game. Before that, McFarland won three SuperRugby titles (2007, 09, 10) with the Bulls and five Currie Cup crowns with the Blue Bulls. In all, he won 28 trophies during his 12 years at Loftus Versfeld.


text:
'Race 2' was a bit far-fetched: Saif
Saif Ali Khan says his last Abbas-Mustan film could have been much better and that 'Race 3' is on the anvil
Saif Ali Khan is happy that his latest release Race 2 has finally managed to enter the prestigious Rs 100 crore club. However, the actor says that the film could have done better had the second half of the film been meatier.
The actor feels that the film should have raked in at least Rs 140 crore by now. Saif says, "I think the second half of the film was a bit plastic as it was a good-looking film. Abbas-Mustan presented me in a very heroic way."
Apparently now the third installment of Race is also underway. "I will make sure that we will have an amazing script. We are waiting for our writer Shiraz Ahmad to get back to us and we already have a couple of very good idea."
Saif adds that the script of Race 2 was a bit far-fetched but feels that a true fan would enjoy the film as it's meant to be. "I did the film as I liked the world depicted and the characters. I knew their further adventure would be interesting. I knew one has to be a fan to enjoy the film. We need to push a little harder and set high standards for ourselves."
Saif feels the race doesn't stop at entering the R 100 crore club. He says, "It is not the question of only R 100 crore but how far you can push beyond that. Numbers for me are important and I will be doing commercial films for the time being."

subset: commoncrawl


text: I'm writing a review on Bioinformatics SME's (small-medium enterprises)and was wondering if anyone out there has material on such a subject ie examples of small bioinformatics companies, how easy it is to set up, competitiveness and sucess rates.... etc etc you get the idea. Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you Pete Oledzki


text:
Global Handwashing Day: Why washing your hands regularly is a must
On the occasion of Global Handwashing Day we look at the many positive reasons behind this hygienic practice...
Washing hands on a daily basis cuts the number of child deaths from diseases like diarrhea, which is the second leading cause of child deaths by almost half and from pneumonia, the leading cause by one-quarter.
There are five critical times in washing hands with soap and/or using of a hand antiseptic related to fecal-oral transmission:
>>after using a bathroom (private or public)
>>after changing a baby's diaper
>>before feeding a child
>>before eating and before preparing food
>>handling raw meat, fish, or poultry, or any other situation leading to potential contamination
Representational picture
To reduce the spread of germs, it is also better to wash the hands and/or use a hand antiseptic before and after tending to a sick person.
For control of staphylococcal infections in hospitals, it has been found that the greatest benefit from hand-cleansing came from the first 20% of washing, and that very little additional benefit was gained when hand cleansing frequency was increased beyond 35%.
Washing with plain soap results in more than triple the rate of bacterial infectious disease transmitted to food as compared to washing with antibacterial soap.
Comparing hand-rubbing with alcohol-based solution with handwashing with antibacterial soap for a median time of 30 seconds each showed that the alcohol hand-rubbing reduced bacterial contamination 26% more than the antibacterial soap.
But soap and water is more effective than alcohol-based hand rubs for reducing H1N1 influenza A virus and Clostridium difficile spores from hands.
What is Global Handwashing Day?
Global Handwashing Day (GHD) is a campaign to motivate and mobilize millions around the world to wash their hands with soap. It takes place on October 15 of each year. The campaign is dedicated to raising awareness of handwashing with soap as a key approach to disease prevention.
GHD was created at the annual World Water Week 2008, which was held in Stockholm from August 17 to 23 and initiated by the Public Private Partnership for Handwashing (PPPHW). The first Global Handwashing Day took place on October 15, 2008, the date appointed by the UN General Assembly in accordance with year 2008 as the International Year of Sanitation.
The theme for Global Handwashing Day's inaugural year was Focus on School Children. The members pledged to get the maximum number of school children handwashing with soap in more than 70 countries.


text:
RUFC - Injury updates
Rotherham United winger, Gareth Evans is on the mend according to Manager, Andy Scott today.
The twenty-three year old was badly injured against Bradford City at Valley Parade in November and, although he's appeared in a couple of games since then, you could tell that he wasn't one hundred per cent fit.
In the last week he has had painkilling injections in his back where the nerve is touching the bone and causing him to have pains in his thigh but today, Scott told MillersPlayer that things are improving.
'He's getting better,' Scott said, 'but it's going to be a little while before we get him back in. We can't afford for him to be lapsing back into injury again so we will be making sure he's right before he comes back. We've been talking to the physio and specialists to make sure he eases back into it.'
Asked about the other long term injured, goalkeeper Jamie Annerson, Scott said, 'Jamie will be involved in the Reserves on Wednesday. He played about twenty minutes in the practice game a couple of weeks ago and did well and he's been training hard. His confidence is back which is important and it might be an opportunity to get him out on loan and get him some game time there.'
Vital Rotherham on:
Vital Rotherham on:


text:
This seems an odd and unexpected finding:
Children born to obese or very overweight mothers are at higher risk of having autism or developmental delays, new research suggests.
The study of more than 1,000 children found that the offspring of obese mothers had a 67 percent higher risk of autism than the children of normal-weight moms, and more than double the risk of having developmental delays, such as language impairment.
That sort of thing—"double the risk"—sounds huge. But the rarer a phenomenon is, the less big a deal such an increase would be in practical terms. For example, if the incidence of something is generally one in ten thousand, double the risk would make it one in five thousand.
Autism, of course, is more common than that, perhaps one in eighty-eight. It is not only still basically a mystery as to cause, but it's a diagnosis that has lent itself to wild speculation about its genesis. When I was a child, the whole thing was blamed on cold, rejecting moms. Now that's not considered the case at all. And the once-popular vaccination theory has been debunked, too, but that doesn't stop a lot of people from believing in it. Now it could be blame-the-mother time again (at least in the popular imagination), only the new cause would be obesity.
Well, although it may be a contributing factor, it's certainly not the cause: most autistic children do not have obese mothers, and most obese mothers do not have autistic kids.
The headline of the article emphasizes the obesity link, but buried in the text is something else quite interesting:
Indeed, other research published last week identified several spontaneous genetic mutations as the cause of a fraction of autism cases. Parents' ages, especially fathers older than 35, were also associated with autism in those recent studies, published online in the journal Nature.
[NOTE: Here's a post I wrote on the phenomenon of the rising incidence of autism and what might explain it. And here's one I wrote about the fake vaccination link.]


text:
Have you been executing prisoners or shooting at medics or civilians in games like Call of Duty, Mercenaries, Battlefield or any other combat orientated game?
Well as absurd as this may sound, you do not have to worry about being tracked down and tried for wars crimes.
The International Committee of the Red Cross is saying that reports that the organization is investigating if the Geneva Convention can apply to online video gamers are false.
The Associated Press is reporting that the Swiss-based group says that only war crimes committed in real life apply to its conventions.
This is what started it all off. And these sites, adelaidenow and ps3mmgm, spread the rumors like a skin rash at a LAN party.
And as big a relief as this is for gamers, it must be more so for wardens across the world. I don't think there are enough 3-to-6X size prison jump suits to accommodate all the gamers who would be flooding prisons.
I'm pretty sure I would probably be doing time for all kinds of murder and manslaughter from Fallout alone. Not to mention my earlier days when I played Grand Theft Auto.
– Chris Quinn


text:
- Login to Moodle using the Mozilla Firefox browser, visit: FAQ ID #1175
- Find your course, visit: FAQ ID #1176
- Turn editing on, visit: FAQ ID #1189
Course Administration Reports
- Locate the Admin block and under Course administration select Reports. A series of reports are available for you to access and learn about overall student activity and performance statisitcs in the course.
- Access the reports one-by-one and discover the insights provided. The image below demonstrates a sample from the Activity report. The Activity report includes the number of views each course activity has received from participants; including the last time the activity or resource had been accessed.
- Several reports use drop-down menus to elect search criteria and filter the information needed. The image below demonstrates a filter to view student Course participation in a specific forum named Benefits of Moodle.
- The video below will walk you through two types of reports, logs and course participation.


text:
I drive up and down the Ardsley Road hill to the train station often. I walk up and down this hill often too. Driving the hill is simple. Walking the hill is never simple. If you haven't walked it, perhaps you don't realize there is a sidewalk on only one side—and the sidewalk switches over to the other side of the road part way down the hill. Don't ask me why they built it that way. Ask the planners who designed it. In fact, while you're at it, ask them why they made the hill so steep too!
What this means is that everyone who walks the hill, whether they are a child, a teen, an elderly person, or even a disabled person, has to cross the road against two lanes of traffic, even if they don't want to end up on the other side. There is a crosswalk. No signal lights, but there is a well-marked crosswalk. And, there is a sign warning drivers of the crosswalk, more than one in fact. They're bright yellow. There's even a sign reminding drivers it is a state law to yield for pedestrians in the crosswalk.
But, do most drivers stop? Nope. They simply don't. Not here. We seem to have developed a culture in the Scarsdale that says, "Pedestrians, you are on your own. Only people in cars matter."
What's with that kind of attitude and disregard for simple kindness, to say nothing of following the state law?
I was surprised by how people drive here when I moved to Scarsdale three years ago. There's a pervasive style a friend of mine called "elbows out". As in; watch out, get out of my way, don't make me wait, I want to go first; basically, the attitude, "I matter the most" prevails. That "elbows out" stuff shows up in other ways too, but it is most obvious on the streets.
Heading up the hill in my car earlier this week, I watched a jogger on the other side waiting patiently for an opening to cross. She got one, started across cautiously, then had to race back to the curb when a car actually sped up and zoomed over the crosswalk, narrowly missing the jogger. So, here's what I did. I stopped. I sat there, waiting in my lane, the second one she would need to cross, for her to get another opening on her side. She finally did and crossed both lanes safely. She waved at me with a big smile three times, she was so grateful. Grateful because I obeyed the law. And, here's what happened behind me. Can you guess? Yup, the driver behind me (who also had to stop) was not happy. Even though that driver could see what was going on, that driver had to let me know with some ubiquitous honking that my kinder gentler approach was not to his liking.
Yup, getting across Ardsley by foot is a killer. Let's hope that is only metaphorical.
That "elbows out" stuff showed up on another hill yesterday. I was second in line waiting in my car to turn onto Ardsley. Traffic was heavy, and this intersection is a hard one to get across, even if you are in a car. The driver in front of me was not getting a chance to make a left turn safely. Can you guess what happened next? Sure enough, the driver in the car waiting behind me started laying on the horn. Then, I saw his hand shoot out the window with a particular finger raised. You know what I mean. But that apparently wasn't enough. Next thing I know, that driver jumped out of the car, pumped both arms menacingly, and started yelling loudly to get a move on. I actually got scared of what might happen next. Thankfully, the first car turned soon after, allowing me to make a quick right and get out of the way before he peeled off across Ardsley.
Perhaps Ardsley Road should be re-named Angers Road.
When we carry around extreme tension, when we grab every second to advance ourselves before another, when we think "me first or my family first" almost exclusively, we really aren't doing ourselves any good. It may seem like a way to success, but really, the biggest gain is an increase in blood pressure.
Living that way can make us all tight inside. Living "elbows out" can result in chronic stress. And chronic stress is linked to lots of negative effects, like heart attacks, stroke, lower immunity, blood sugar imbalance, poorer thinking, and even speeding up the aging process. Chronic stress can lead to problems in our relationships too. Even young kids are impacted in negative ways.
It's much better for us if we can learn to keep a steady pace, a relaxed calm in our daily lives and save the stress responses for when we really need them. That's what's best for us physically and emotionally.
I like living in Scarsdale, but I'd like it even better if we had less "elbows out" attitude. Our community would be a kinder and gentler place. It would be an even better place to live, for us, for our kids, for our neighbors.
So, I'm all for putting the elbows down. It's a better way to live. It's better for you. How about it? Are you interested in joining me in keeping elbows at the side?
If so, I'll sure be on the lookout for you next time I try to walk across Ardsley Road!


text:
NQ Mobile Security & Antivirus - FREE
by NQ Mobile Inc., Version: 6.2.06.20 , 3261 KB Official Site
Package name: com.nqmobile.antivirus20 , Last Update: 2012-08-25 19:01:36
46644 ratings (4.468 average)
>250,000 downloads
What's new in this version (6.2.06.20):
+ New UI design: Redesigned home screen with a simple swipe action to the most frequently used features;
+ New feature: Check-up on your phone's security status;
+ New feature: Clear your device's memory with our new One-touch System Optimization widget;
+ Optimized the performance;
+ Bug fixed;
Protect your phone with NQ Mobile Security & Antivirus
Protect your phone and tablet with the West Coast Labs certified NQ Security & Antivirus to remove viruses, malware, spyware, and stay away from trojans and phone hacking.
Features include: antivirus, privacy advisor, phone locator, data backup & restore, safe browsing, safe online banking and traffic monitoring.
Download NOW for FREE and get immediate phone protection.
--Anti virus & Security protection --
--Antivirus: blocks viruses, malware, spyware and trojan, and uninstalls malicious apps to protect your phone.
--Scan and detect threats: scan every installed app, check up your device's security status.
--Safe browsing: NQ web shield protects you from phishing, fraud, harmful sites and malware to ensure safe web-surfing.
--Safe download: real-time app scanner to block insecure apps during downloading.
-Unlimited automatic virus database updates (premium). OR Virus database updates charged per update. Upgrade to premium for Unlimited automatic updates
-Anti-eavesdropping protection (premium): scan and alarm if spyware is installed on your phone.
-Safe online banking (premium): protects mobile payment and transactions on your phone.
-- Network Manager--
--Traffic monitoring: provides real-time updates on data usage to ensure you don't go over your monthly package limits.
--Provides report on traffic usage trends and statistics over the past 30 days.
--Provides apps' traffic consumption ranking.
-- Privacy Advisor--
--Privacy advisor: protects your privacy through monitoring apps' access to your private data without your permission, and uninstall untrustworthy apps.
-- System Optimization--
--Device optimization: ensures your Android phone is running at top speed by closing apps/killing tasks that run in the background without your knowledge.
-- Backup & Restore--
--Backup & restore: easily backup data on mobile phones running on different operating systems, including iOS, Android, BlackBerry or Nokia phone and easily transfer your backup data among those platforms through a free account at NQ Space website (i.nq.com).
-- Find Your Phone--
--Remote phone tracking and location: Find your lost or stolen phone from NQ Space website (i.nq.com).
--Get an alert when there is an SIM card change on your phone.
--Anti-theft feature (premium): allow you access to your lost phone to lock it, activate a loud alarm and completely wipe your personal data remotely.
For more news about free apps & mobile security updates, please visit our Blog http://www.nq.com/blog/.
Follow NQ Mobile on Twitter & Facebook to get instant updates on mobile security & productivity news.
Other apps from NQ Mobile include: Android Booster, Call Blocker, NQ Mobile Vault & Super Task Killer.
Last comments from Android Market
Prabhakar (****)
Can b used
Nathanael (**)
Seemed to drain a lot of battery.
Ivan (*****)
Is clean everything is working very good
Antonio (*****)
Awesome. Very reliable, versatile and easy to use. Excellent internet antivirus app. Thanks.
Darius (*****)
Works great! All these people down here are probably working for other Anti-Virus apps. It works perfect! I lost my phone today and without this app I wouldn't have found it. Great app! 5*
Sumit (*)
It doesnt finds virus at all!! I found 3 viruses wen i scanned on my pc!! Commands dont wrk at all!! Worst app!! mybe 5 stars and comments r also fake
gott (*)
Always says connection failed. Load of BS. Can't say it works. Look elsewhere.
Travis (**)
It would be a lot more but always has a connection problem HTC desire
Jay Ar (*****)
Been using this since my Nokia days. Proven effective.
Zubaer (****)
The anti lost widget seems worthy


text:
The Pimsleur® Method: the easiest, fastest way to learn a new language. Completely portable, easily downloadable, and lots of fun. You'll be speaking and understanding in no time flat! Italian Level 2 Lessons 1-5 builds on material taught in prior lessons. Each lesson provides 30 minutes of spoken language practice, with an introductory conversation and new vocabulary and structures. Detailed instructions enable you to understand and participate in the conversation. Each lesson contains practice for vocabulary introduced in previous lessons. The emphasis is on pronunciation and comprehension and on learning to speak Italian.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.
Download the accompanying reference guide.
©2004 Simon & Schuster (P)2010 Simon & Schuster
"Pimsleur programs provide plenty of positive reinforcement that will keep learners on track, and we found that Pimsleur gave us more proficiency and confidence in speaking the new language than any of the other language programs we reviewed." ( AudioFile magazine)
"Perfect language learning programme"
The Pimsleur method - just listening to and repeating phrases without a textbook and without a grammar book, is probably the closest way to naturally learning a foreign language imaginable. And, above all: it works marvelously. I use the course twice daily while commuting and the progress and the ease are amazing, I have never learned a foreign language so effortlessly.
"Best for becoming conversational"
I've been listening to various programs over the last few weeks in preparation for an upcoming solo trip to Italy, including the innovative learning series, and this is probably the best for becoming conversational the fastest. I feel that other programs complement this approach, as I also want to be able to read Italian, but I feel that Pimsleur's structured repetition approach is the most like learning a language in situ. I have a basic foundation now, and Pimsleur is taking me to the next level in actually speaking, which is exactly what I was looking for.
Report Inappropriate Content
If you find this review inappropriate and think it should be removed from our site, let us know. This report will be reviewed by Audible and we will take appropriate action.


text:
Home Donate New Search Gallery How-To Books Links Workshops About Contact
Leica 18mm f/3.8
Intro Comparisons Comparison Tables Recommendations
Leica 18mm f/3.8 ASPH (with 77mm filter ring: 10.9oz/310g) and Zeiss 18mm f/4 (58mm filters, 11.4oz/323g). enlarge.
If you find this test helpful, please support my efforts by buying your 18mm lens through the direct links at each review page linked above. Your use of these links to Adorama, Amazon, B&H, Calumet, Ritz, J&R and eBay to get your goodies is what allows me to fund this research on which no other commercial media will spend time. Thanks! Ken.
June 2009 More Leica Reviews More Zeiss Reviews
Introduction top
Comparisons Comparison Tables Recommendations
These two lenses do the same thing on the same cameras.
So which is better?
I'm shooting full-frame.
I'm ignoring the little half-frame sensor of the Leica M8.2.
For the M8.2 and the Leica 18mm, you use a special UV/ IR filter 13 422 that screws in between the lens and its small included hood. Of course this Leica hood is pretty worthless with the M8.2 because the M8.2 only uses the center of the image, so the hood blocks very little of anything other than your fingers.
I'm not considering the M8.2, the UV/ IR filter 13 422 or the included hood here.
With either lens and the M8.2, you use a 24mm viewfinder, not an 18mm finder.
Versions top
The Zeiss lens takes 58mm filters as shipped. Except for your choice of color, the Zeiss lens only comes one way: the way you see it above. This is good.
The Leica lens requires you buy an additional $100 77mm filter ring so you can use filters as shown above. Otherwise, all you get is a lens with a hood but no way to attach any filter. This is how the Leica lens looks without its hood or filter holder:
Leica 18mm, no hood or filter ring. enlarge.
As shipped, the Leica lens has a small hood that screws over these external threads. To use the Leica lens with filters, you remove the small hood and replace it with the 77mm filter ring that screws over these same external threads.
Everything I'm saying here is including this filter ring on the Leica lens, which is mandatory presuming you want to take pictures on anything other than color print film.
Thank goodness the Zeiss lens just works as shipped.
Comparisons top
Intro Comparisons Comparison Tables Recommendations
The biggest differences between these lenses are how you use filters and how they block your viewfinder.
They are almost identical optically. The most significant optical difference is that the Zeiss is warmer than the Leica (or the Leica is cooler than the Zeiss) by about one-half to one-quarter the strength of an 81A filter.
Color Balance top
The Zeiss is warmer, while the Leica is cooler.
The difference is about a quarter or a half of an 81A (A2) filter.
Distortion top
The Zeiss is specified a bit better, but neither manufacturer specifies the distance at which they're specifying this.
On film, the Zeiss has less distortion at 10 feet and closer. They are about the same at longer distances.
The Leica tends to have an undistorted (flat) center and pincushion distortion at the sides (the center is OK and the sides tend to pull-out).
The Zeiss tends to be flat at the sides and bulge a bit (barrel) in the center.
Overall, it's a toss-up depending on your subject distances and what part of the image you worry about most.
If you're only using the center of the image by shooting an M8, the Leica lens might be better at close distances.
Falloff top
Each has a healthy amount of falloff. The falloff doesn't change much as stopped down.
The corners are supposed to get darker with an 18mm lens on a rangefinder camera.
The Leica has a little less falloff. Especially wide open, the corners aren't quite as dark with the Leica 18mm.
Focal Length, actual top
Images from the Zeiss 18mm are about 0.8% larger in magnification than the Leica 18mm.
Thus the Zeiss is a tiny bit longer.
Finders top
Use any 18mm finder with either lens. They are all sold separately.
The Zeiss 18mm finder is superior to the Leica finder. The Zeiss finder is bigger, brighter, and most importantly, has only one rectangle for the 18mm frame line.
The Leica finder is defective in design because it includes frame lines for a 24mm lens inside the 18mm framelines. This was done as a marketing gimmick to sell the 18mm lens to M8.2 owners, whom Leica didn't want to remind that they really only needed a 24mm, not 18mm, finder.
Don't fall for it. Use the Zeiss 18mm finder.
Finder Coverage top
The Zeiss 18mm finder is very cautious. You get generously more on film than it shows in the finder.
The Zeiss finder covers just a tiny bit more than a 21mm lens gets on film. In other words, the Zeiss 18mm finder is just a little too loose for a 21mm lens, and you'll get more on film with an 18mm lens than shown in the Zeiss 18mm finder.
I haven't had the Leica finder long enough to gauge its 18mm coverage. Other Leica finders tend to be rather unforgiving.
Since finders are never perfect, they almost always show less than you'll get on film since they rarely adjust for distance.
Finder Blockage top
The Zeiss lens blocks a lot less of your finder. Skip the hood on the Zeiss, since you'll see all of it in the bottom of an 18mm finder.
Leica 18mm and 77mm filter ring. enlarge.
The Leica is worse than the Zeiss, but not as bad as I had worried because the cut-outs in the filter ring let you see the bottom of your image just fine.
The outer ring of the filter ring can drive you nuts since is does loop up and around in the bottom of your finder, but thankfully this isn't a deal-breaker as I thought it would be — unless you're using a dark filter.
Filter Reflections top
None from the Zeiss. Its filters mount the usual way.
Be careful with the Leica: light from behind the camera can bounce off the back of the filter back into your 18mm lens and appear as ghost images on the top corners of your image! Be especially careful with the Leica 18mm and darker filters, since these are more likely to show reflections.
Peripheral Color Shift top
I see little color shift in the corners.
I see more overall falloff than color shift, which is good. There is less falloff in the Leica, but each has about the same color shift.
Speed top
f/3.8 is only one-sixth of a stop faster than f/4.
f/3.8 was designed by Leica for marketing, not for photography.
Yes, f/3.8 does meter a little bit lighter than f/4: just 1/6 of a stop as expected.
Film isn't manufactured to this level of accuracy; don't pick one lens or the other based on speed.
Sharpness top
I shot Fuji Velvia 50 from on top of a mountain on a clear day with no wind and no heat shimmer.
I used a tripod and pointed it down so that the entire image were objects at least a quarter-mile (500 meters) away.
I then looked at the slides in a Nikon Alphaphot YS biological research laboratory microscope with a stereo head at 40x magnification with the condenser all the way open. This microscope goes to 1,000x magnification; 40x is its lowest power and enough to render the grain more sharply than any photographic process. At 40x, one can see everything that's on the film.
It's a tie. Either of these lenses is so good that I can't see any repeatable difference. In some cases the Zeiss seemed a bit sharper wide open in the corners, and other times the Leica seemed a tad better.
They are so close that I can't see differences between the slides shot directly against each other at the same time, much less proclaim either as the winner.
Anyone who claims either one is sharper clearly isn't using a valid target (brick walls show more about how well the camera or rangefinder is aligned than differences between lenses), doesn't have a real microscope (loupes aren't sharp enough and don't magnify enough), or didn't have both lenses to shoot the same targets at the same time, or worse, shot them on different days or with different subjects. If you actually shoot both under controlled conditions, there is no repeatable difference even wide open.
I was all excited about showing comparison clips, but there isn't any difference, so screw it. I'm not going to hook up a digital camera to my microscope to show nothing. 3,600 DPI scans show even less.
If you need sharper photos, you need a medium or large-format camera to make any improvement. Either of these lenses is as good as it gets in 35mm, and far better than any fixed SLR lens like the Nikon 18mm f/2.8 AF-D.
Comparison Tables top
Intro Comparisons Comparison Tables Recommendations
* Included hood works only with no filter, or with the dedicated UV/ IR Filter 13 422, only.
* * Including necessary, but optional, $100 77mm filter ring 14 484.
Optics top
* Leica specifies 18.3mm. I derived the effective focal length of the Zeiss lens by comparing on-film sizes of images of objects at infinity which covered approximately 35mm across the horizontal dimension of the film.
Focus and Materials top
* Your camera's rangefinder probably only couples to 0.7m, but these lenses focus this close even if you lose rangefinder coupling.
Recommendations top
Intro Comparisons Comparison Tables Recommendations
Optics are the same. The Zeiss is a tiny bit warmer, which I prefer. Each is exactly as sharp as the other. Distortion varies a bit, but neither is obnoxious.
Ergonomically the Zeiss works better with filters and blocks the finder less, while the Leica weighs a tiny bit less and feels better in-hand because the huge 77mm filter ring keeps my fingers out of my picture.
The Leica feels better on-camera, but feels awful in a bag. The huge 77mm front means it won't fit where I might like to stash it, while the Zeiss will fit. (The Voigtländer 21mm f/4 is almost as sharp, has less distortion than either of these lenses, weighs less than one-half as much and takes 39mm filters.)
The Zeiss is easier to drop. It's smaller and slightly heavier. The Leica feels more like air, and it's easy to hold with its fat 77mm front. The Zeiss is more like a small slippery brass cannonball.
I haven't even considered price. If price matters, forget the Leica. The Leica costs almost three times as much. Zeiss makes its lenses far more efficiently than Leica, so you get a better lens for less money. Of course the Leica man settles for nothing less than the LEICA, and the Leica 18mm feels more harmonious if you're using a Leica camera.
If you use the Leica, be careful about reflections from the back of the filter.
With either lens, I'd toss the included front caps and use a Nikon 58mm front cap or Nikon 77mm front cap. These latest Nikon caps come on and off much more easily than the Zeiss cap, and the Leica doesn't come with a 77mm cap anyway!
More Information
PLUG top
I support my growing family through this website, as crazy as it might seem.
If you find this as helpful as a book you might have had to buy or a workshop you may have had to take, feel free to help me continue helping everyone.
If you've gotten your gear through one of my links or helped otherwise, you're family. It's great people like you who allow me to keep adding to this site full-time. Thanks!
If you haven't helped yet, please do, and consider helping me with a gift of $5.00.
The biggest help is to use these links to Adorama, Amazon, B&H, Calumet, Ritz, J&R and when you get your goodies. It costs you nothing and is a huge help to me. eBay is always a gamble, but all the other places have the best prices and service, which is why I've used them since before this website existed. I recommend them all personally.
The biggest help is to use these links to Adorama, Amazon, B&H, Calumet, Ritz and J&R when you get your goodies. It costs you nothing and is a huge help. These places have the best prices and service, which is why I've used them since before this website existed. I recommend them all personally.
Thanks for reading!
Home Donate New Search Gallery How-To Books Links Workshops About Contact


text:
But, it was of course wonderful to look at my child and see that he had changed my life forever. I wouldn't even be celebrating Mother's day if it wasn't for him! So, I tried to just really love on him all day.
He learned the word "Light" today and now when asked "Where is the light?", he'll point up at the ceiling. We just worked on words all day long. I think I'm getting through to him. I can tell he's really listening.
In other news - there are TWO giveaways going on in this here blog! They posted over the weekend so some of you might of missed them. One is for a 100 dollar gift card to Boden and the other is a free necklace courtesy of Natasha Hanson on etsy. So check those out.
|thank you!


text:
The Lawn Ranger Rides
Hi furends…It's me, Dori, *wavy paws* welcoming you to another episode of Stories from The Whiner. I wasn't borned yet when my pawrents lived on five acres in The Middle of Nowhere, Kentucky, so you will be devastated to know I will not be in these stories. I thought about suing, but Hwermie suggested I host this series. So for now, I've called off my lawyers.
The Story Behind the Story from The Whiner
Awhile back my pawrents left Florida because Dad got a job that actually paid enough for them to not only survive, but thrive. And by thriving…to Dad that meant going overboard on buying a house. Up until then they had been living inside a closet. So you might understand why he totally fweaked out and bought way more house than he and Mom needed. They only had 3 indoor kitties (Genny, Holly and Buddy) plus a six outdoor cats that they didn't want to leave behind. It's not like they needed a huge house like they do now with the feline explosion known world wide as The Wonderpurr Gang—-starring me, Dori. *wavy paws*
Anyway! Living in the country was fun at first. But then Mom realized that fun always came at a high price. Since she didn't have a job or neighbors and had no one to vent to… she wrote a newsletter called The Whiner and sent it to anyone and everyone she'd ever known.
In this episode, you will remember my mom from the Sauerkraut Scandal in Adult Defiance. This time she's been left unsupervised with heavy machinery. If you suspect wackiness will ensue…you're right.
And now…The Lawn Ranger Rides. Read More


text:
War & Disaster Profiteering
WP Issues Library
E-Mail Page
Printer Safe
Reconstruction : Displaying 61-80 of 81
US: Katrina Costs Continue to Swell
by Richard Wolf
USA Today
August 22nd, 2006
The fiscal impact of Hurricane Katrina, the most costly natural disaster in U.S. history, shows no sign of ending.
CANADA: Our side of defence
by Jorge Barrera
The Ottawa Times
August 20th, 2006
Ottawa may have the reputation of a government town, but it's also home to Canada's military-industrial complex.
Big, Easy Money: Disaster Profiteering on the American Gulf Coast
by Rita J. King
August 17th, 2006
Disaster profiteers make millions while local companies and laborers in New Orleans and the rest of the Katrina-devastated Gulf Coast region are systematically getting the short end of the stick, according to a major new report from the nonprofit CorpWatch.
Click here for the
press release
, to read the
text version
or to
the report.
IRAQ: Army Cancels Contract for Iraqi Prison
by James Glanz
The New York Times
June 20th, 2006
The Army Corps of Engineers said Monday that it had canceled a $99.1 million contract with Parsons, one of the largest companies working in Iraq, to build a prison north of Baghdad after the firm fell more than two years behind schedule, threatened to go millions of dollars over budget and essentially abandoned the construction site.
US: Suspected Illegal Workers Found at Halliburton Job Site
by Griff Witte
The Washington Post
October 22nd, 2005
Federal agents have identified 10 suspected illegal immigrants working at a naval base near New Orleans where the Halliburton Co. subsidiary Kellogg Brown & Root is leading hurricane reconstruction, according to a spokeswoman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
US: Lobbyists Advise Katrina Relief
by Alan C. Miller and Ken Silverstein
The Los Angeles Times
October 10th, 2005
Lobbyists representing transportation, energy and other special interests dominated panels that advised Louisiana's U.S. senators crafting legislation to rebuild the storm-damaged Gulf Coast, records and interviews show.
US: Katrina work goes to officials who led Iraq effort
by Adam Entous
October 6th, 2005
Top officials who managed U.S. reconstruction projects in Iraq have been hired by some of the same big companies that received those contracts and which are now involved in a rush of deals to rebuild after Hurricane Katrina.
US: Boosted, not battered, in the hurricane's wake
by Carola Hoyos, Financial Times
The Financial Times
October 4th, 2005
US: U.S. Paying a Premium to Cover Storm-Damaged Roofs
by Aaron C. Davis
Knight Ridder
September 30th, 2005
Across the hurricane ravaged Gulf Coast, thousands upon thousands of blue tarps are being nailed to wind-damaged roofs, a visible sign of government assistance. Construction crews working with TJC Defense, out of Alabama, install a blue tarp on a home in Kenner, Louisiana. Ian McVea, Fort Worth Star-Telegram The blue sheeting - a godsend to residents whose homes are threatened by rain - is rapidly becoming the largest roofing project in the nation's history. It isn't coming cheap.
US: Many Contracts for Storm Work Raise Questions
by Eric Lipton and Ron Nixon
The New York Times
September 26th, 2005
Topping the federal government's list of costs related to Hurricane Katrina is the $568 million in contracts for debris removal landed by a Florida company with ties to Mississippi's Republican governor. Near the bottom is an $89.95 bill for a pair of brown steel-toe shoes bought by an Environmental Protection Agency worker in Baton Rouge, La.
US: Auditors investigate Katrina contracts
by Hope Yen
Associated Press
September 22nd, 2005
Government auditors are questioning whether several multimillion-dollar Katrina contracts including one involving a subsidiary of Houston-based Halliburton Co. invite abuse because they are open-ended and not clearly defined.
IRAQ: Contractor Charged in Baghdad Badge Scam
by Jerry Markon and Josh White
The Washington Post
September 21st, 2005
A military contractor returning from Iraq was charged yesterday with distributing identity badges that control access to Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone to people not allowed to receive them, including an Iraqi woman he was dating.
IRAQ: Poor Planning and Corruption Hobble Reconstruction of Iraq
by Craig S. Smith
The New York Times
September 18th, 2005
In April, Najaf's main maternity hospital received rare good news: an $8 million refurbishment program financed by the United States would begin immediately. But five months and millions of dollars later, the hospital administrators say they have little but frustration to show for it.
US: Many Contracts for Storm Work Raise Questions
by Eric Lipton and Ron Nixon
The New York Times
August 26th, 2005
Topping the federal government's list of costs related to Hurricane Katrina is the $568 million in contracts for debris removal landed by a Florida company with ties to Mississippi's Republican governor. Near the bottom is an $89.95 bill for a pair of brown steel-toe shoes bought by an Environmental Protection Agency worker in Baton Rouge, La.
INDIA: Bechtel Sells Its Stake In Dabhol Power Plant
by JOHN LARKIN
Wall Street Journal
July 14th, 2005
Bechtel Group Inc. agreed to sell its equity in the troubled Dabhol power project for $160 million, according to people involved in the transaction, edging India closer to ending a four-year dispute that has plagued its efforts to boost foreign investment.
Adding Insult to Injury
by David Phinney
Special to CorpWatch
May 24th, 2005
Many Halliburton contractors leave Iraq with debilitating injuries and deep psychological scars. Then they return home only to find that the insurance they need to rebuild their lives is out of reach.
Bechtel: Profiting from Destruction
by CorpWatch, Global Exchange, Public Citizen
Collaborative Report
June 5th, 2003
In this collaborative report we look at Bechtel's history of operations in the water, nuclear, energy and public works sectors.
IRAQ: Privatization in Disguise
by Naomi Klein
The Nation
April 18th, 2003
On April 6, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz spelled it out: There will be no role for the United Nations in setting up an interim government in Iraq. The US-run regime will last at least six months, "probably...longer than that."
Cheney's Close Ties to Brown and Root
by Pratap Chatterjee
Special to CorpWatch
March 20th, 2003
Halliburton, Brown and Root's parent company, is a Fortune 500 construction corporation working primarily for the oil industry. From 1962 to 1972 the Pentagon paid the company tens of millions of dollars to work in South Vietnam, where they built roads, landing strips, harbors, and military bases from the demilitarized zone to the Mekong Delta. The company was one of the main contractors hired to construct the Diego Garcia air base in the Indian Ocean, according to Pentagon military histories.
Halliburton Makes a Killing on Iraq War
by Pratap Chatterjee
Special to CorpWatch
March 20th, 2003
CorpWatch has learned that VP Cheney's former company has a $multi-million contract servicing troops in Kuwait. This special series looks at how Halliburton profits from the Iraq war, now that bombs are falling on Baghdad.
Displaying 61-80 of 81
< Prev
Next >>
« First Page
Last Page »
« Show Complete List »
Search CorpWatch
send a blank message to
Share This Page
Share This Page
Google Bookmarks
Connect With Us!
About CorpWatch
History & Mission
Using This Site
Staff & Board
Intern Opportunities
Corrections Policy
Latest Articles
Protests Force CoreCivic To Cancel Plan To Build Indiana Immigration Prison
German Court Allows Peruvian Farmer To Sue RWE Over Climate Change
New York City Sues Purdue Pharmaceutical And Others Over Opioid Deaths
Nexa Investigated For Sale Of Surveillance Equipment Linked To Egypt Abuses
Uber Used Clandestine Technology Tool To Thwart Police Raids
Activists Boycott Wendy's Over Treatment Of Women Tomato Pickers In Mexico
One in Ten Amazon Workers In Ohio Uses Food Stamps To Survive
Drone, Inc. - Acknowledgements
Drone, Inc. - Index
Drone, Inc. - Whistleblowers
Drone, Inc. - DOT&E
Drone, Inc. - NEXT STEPS
Drone, Inc. - CONCLUSION: The Failure of Remote Control
Drone, Inc. - L. No Bid Deals & Revolving Doors
Drone, Inc. - K. Embedded in the Kill Chain
Drone, Inc. - THE CONTRACTORS
Drone, Inc. - J. Distributed Common Ground System
Drone, Inc. - I. Social Network Analysis
Drone, Inc. - H. Cross Sensor Cueing
Drone, Inc. - G. Geolocation
More »
Mail: P.O. Box 29198, San Francisco, CA 94129, USA | Tel: +1-415-226-6226
Design by Tumis.com ï
» powered by


text:
04-06-2013 #1patte88 Guest
Upgraded to Sony official PS3 Firmware help?
So after having my ps3 jailbroken for a year i finaly decided to upgrade it and play some online
the problem is i only have the 40 gb disk in and i noticed that i have 10gb/37gb free wich means 27 gb should be used rigth ?
so i check what games i have and what game data , game save , and after checking it out it adds up to around 10gb atmost (dont have any music and videos..) and that consist of 2 games
so i got to thinking maybe the files for the games i hade when i ran kmeaw 3.55 and stored games on the internal are still there.. ?
and then how do i remove it when i dont have any filemanager or ftp program as it is on official? what should i do? and dont say buy bigger hdd..
thx for help // Patrik
04-06-2013 #2JimKi Guest
Hello patte88, simply format your HDD and you will get free space and remove whatever can be on the HDD.
Make a backup of your games' saves before performing the format. You can redownload the official games you have on the PSN afterwards.
04-06-2013 #3patte88 Guest
ok here comes the funny part, when i was on the hacked fw i had some games installed on the internal disk and yes most of them stopped working when i upgraded but some of them actually still works on the newest firmware (Dungeon Hunter Alliance , HORD) don't know how or why thy work they just do but most other games got the error when i tried to start them, so i'm afraid i will lose there games if i format even though i backup as i did not buy them
04-07-2013 #4mschumacher69 Guest
You're talking about PSN games right? Because there's no way to load backups on OFW because multiMAN would not start!
04-07-2013 #5SpOut Guest
that's right
04-08-2013 #6mschumacher69 Guest
Yes PSN games that don't have patched eboots would still work.


text:
PGA Championship 2014: How to View Live Leaderboard Scores, Updates on Day 1August 7, 2014
Tiger Woods is good to go for the 2014 PGA Championship, and that's great. But if you're waiting around for Eldrick to return to his peak form before you start paying attention to the sport again, you're going to miss a lot of good golf.
Woods has been pretty much nonexistent in 2014. He missed the Masters and the U.S. Open with a back injury and finished 69th at The Open Championship. He has one top-25 finish and is 217th in the FedEx Cup Standings. Still, golf could hardly be in a better place right now.
Rory McIlroy, winner of his last two tournaments, including The Open Championship, is at the very top of his game, and he's an absolute joy to watch. Adam Scott has been a wonderfully consistent force at majors. Jordan Spieth and Rickie Fowler represent the blindingly bright future of the sport.
It's not just the talent at the top, either. Parity is also alive and well. In the last 11 majors, nine different players have been victorious. And that list doesn't include Sergio Garcia, Henrik Stenson or Matt Kuchar, all of whom are top-six golfers in the world.
Yahoo Sports' Shane Bacon put it simply:
No matter how Woods is playing, Valhalla Golf Club should provide yet another scintillating major.
Here's a look at the updated leaderboard along with some notable Thursday groupings.
Day 1 Leaderboard
Day 1 Pairings to Watch
Note: You can find all first-round tee times here, courtesy of PGA.com.
Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Padraig Harrington (8:35 a.m. ET)
So yeah, Tiger's 2014 troubles are well-documented, and we just got done noting how the sport is thriving without him. Phil Mickelson's season has also been marred by inconsistency, although he has been playing better as of late.
But come on.
It's Tiger and Phil. Eldrick and Lefty. Two golfers who will forever be entwined in the history books, two golfers who will forever be compared to each other and the two biggest names in the sport.
As ESPN.com's Bob Harig noted, it's a dream pairing:
Expectations in this group will be surprisingly low. But there's no way you can miss these two walking the same golf course together.
Rory McIlroy, Bubba Watson, Martin Kaymer (8:35 a.m. ET)
Quick, which golfers won the first three majors of 2014? That's right: Rory McIlroy (The Open Championship), Martin Kaymer (the U.S. Open) and Bubba Watson (the Masters).
Having this group tee off at the same time as Woods and Mickelson is a bit cruel, but with DVRs, live streams and other fancy technology, you can get around that minor problem. More than anything else, we thank you for this, PGA Championship.
McIlroy, obviously, would be worth watching no matter the duo teeing off with him. The 25-year-old has grabbed an absolute stranglehold of the golf world over the last several months, dominating The Open Championship and following that up with a win at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational last week.
His talent has always been in the 100th percentile. But now, his confidence measures up next to his massive driving power. Take these comments, via the Golf Channel on Twitter, for example:
There is no one on McIlroy's level with the way he has played as of late, but seeing him match Watson big drive for big drive—Valhalla features nine holes 450 yards or longer—is must-see golf.
And if Kaymer plays like he did at the U.S. Open, this may just feel like watching a final three-man group on Sunday.


text:
New Delhi: A wave of viral illness is sweeping across the city. Doctors say almost every third patient visiting the hospital OPDs these days is suffering from common cold, flu or gastroenteritis caused by viruses. Though self-limiting, these diseases tend to cause serious problems among high-risk individuals, including infants and elderly people.
Read more


text:
The Spring Sale is ON!!!
It's that time of year…time for our annual Spring Sale! Take 15% OFF any order placed on our regular website – http://www.blisscandles.com/ – now through March 30, 2009. Use discount code "SPRING" at checkout to get the discount! Recommendations of "The Chef" for Spring: Fresh Cut Grass Lilac Tulips (YC Type) Hydrangea (YC Type) Lily … [Read more…]


text: Hotel Mare Blu puts you within a 15-minute walk of Aragonese Castle and features a marina and a rooftop terrace. You can grab a bite to eat at the restaurant, or indulge in massages, body treatments, or aromatherapy. A bar/lounge and a health club are other highlights, and rooms at this luxurious hotel offer 24-hour room service and minibars.


text:
Document / Publication
This handbook provides a comprehensive statement and reference point for hazard and disaster research, policy making, and practice in an international and multi-disciplinary context. It offers critical reviews and appraisals of current state of the art and future development of conceptual, theoretical and practical approaches as well as empirical knowledge and available tools.
Organised into five inter-related sections, this handbook contains sixty-five contributions from leading scholars. It includes five sections, which: (i) situates hazards and disasters in their broad political, cultural, economic, and environmental context; (ii) contains treatments of potentially damaging natural events/phenomena organized by major earth system; (iii) critically reviews progress in responding to disasters including warning, relief and recovery; (iv) addresses mitigation of potential loss and prevention of disasters under two sub-headings: governance, advocacy and self-help, and communication and participation; and (v) ends with a concluding chapter by the editors.
The engaging international contributions reflect upon the politics and policy of how we think about and practice applied hazard research and disaster risk reduction. This handbook provides a wealth of interdisciplinary information and will appeal to students and practitioners interested in Geography, Environment Studies and Development Studies.
Permalink: https://www.preventionweb.net/go/22848


text:
These high protein treats from bodybuilding.com will leave you wondering how they can be good for your diet. Loaded with all your essential macro-nutrients, you will be energized and ready for your day. If you need a quick pick me up, try making protein bars to keep with you at work or in the car.
Move aside, pancakes! Your thinner and more hip cousin has just arrived. This recipe will get you excited to whip up an easy-breezy, protein-smothered crepe and then proceed to dress it with copious amounts of any toppings you wish—bananas, peanut butter, Nutella, strawberries, or even savory items like ham.
Holy crepe, Batman!
- 2 Egg Whites
- 1 cup Almond Milk
- 2/3 cup ground Oats
- 1 pinch Salt
- 1 1/2 tsp Coconut Oil
- 2 scoops Vanilla Caramel Whey Protein
- In a blender, combine egg whites, almond milk, oats, protein powder, salt and coconut oil. Process until smooth, cover, and refrigerate for 1 hour .
- Heat skillet over medium heat and spray with Pam. Pour 1/4 cup of crepe batter into skillet, tilting to completely coat the surface. Cook for 2-5 minutes, turning once, until golden. Repeat with remaining batter.
- Top the crepe with 1 tablespoon of Nutella and 1/2 sliced banana, and roll.
Serving Size: 1
Quite frankly, these round, bite-sized chompers filled with chocolate and almond butter will grant you the powers to hit incredible PRs on your squat day. 'Nuff said.
- 1 cup rolled Oats
- 1/2 cup Dark Chocolate Chips
- 1/2 cup Almond Butter
- 1/3 cup Honey
- 1/2 cup Coconut and Dark Chocolate Chia Flax Blend
- 1 tsp Vanilla
- 3 scoops Whey Chocolate Cookie Protein Powder
- Combine all ingredients in a large bowl until fully incorporated.
- Using a melon-baller, scoop balls from mix and drop onto baking sheet.
- Place sheet in refrigerator for 2-3 hours.
Serving Size: 15
No one cannot deny the swoll-ness of Popeye, the 1920s naval icon! Soak up some serious nutrition and energy from this shake; it combines spinach, good saturated fats, a trio of delicious fruits, sweet honey, and a huge hit of protein. Even the ol' sailor man himself will grow spinach-green with envy!
- 2 cups Raw Baby Spinach
- 1 cup Coconut Milk
- 1/2 cup frozen Pineapple
- 1/2 cup frozen Blueberries
- 1/4 cup frozen Banana
- 2 scoops Whey Vanilla Caramel Protein
- 2 tbsp Raw Honey
- Add spinach, coconut milk, and BPI whey to blender. Mix until smooth, then slowly add in frozen fruit and honey.
- Serve cold and enjoy!
Serving Size: 1
This frosting is infused with so much protein and flavor that one taste will make you get down and jiggy with it. Use this frosting to top cupcakes, muffins, and fruit, or you can just eat it straight up. No judgment here.
- 8 oz Siggi's Vanilla Icelandic Yogurt (14 grams protein per 5.3 oz)
- 3 tbsp Peanut Butter
- 2 tbsp Low fat Cream Cheese
- 2 tsp Vanilla
- 2 tbsp Maple Cinnamon Agave
- 3 scoops Whey Vanilla Caramel Protein
- Add Siggi's yogurt and peanut butter to medium-sized bowl.
- If you have a mixer, mix on medium speed for 1 minute. Otherwise, rev up your forearm muscle for some serious mixing.
- Add in cream cheese and agave syrup and mix for 2 minutes. Add in vanilla and BPI whey and beat until smooth.
Serving Size: 6
As they say (and by they, I actually mean me), "Make muffins, make muscles." This is yet another recipe that uses both vanilla protein powder and Siggi's yogurt, but I assure you the result will be nothing short of euphoric, not to mention anabolic. Let the protein pile on by adding the "Getting Siggy With It" frosting!
- 1/2 cup Coconut Oil
- 4 Egg Whites
- 1 cup Low Fat Buttermilk
- 5.3 oz Siggi's Coconut Icelandic Yogurt
- 1 cup Almond Flour
- 2 scoops Whey Chocolate Cookie Protein Powder
- 2/3 cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
- 1/2 cup Brown Sugar in the Raw
- 2 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1 tsp Baking Powder
- 1 tsp Baking Soda
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 1 cup Carob Chips
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees and place liners in muffin tin.
- In large bowl, combine all dry ingredients (flour, whey, cocoa powder, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt).
- In another bowl, whisk melted coconut oil, buttermilk, vanilla.
- With a spatula, slowly fold wet ingredients into the dry ingredients. Once the ingredients are incorporated, fold in the carob chips.
- Fill the muffin liners about 2/3 of the way and bake for 20 minutes. A toothpick should come out clean when inserted into the center of the muffin.
- Transfer to a rack and let cool.
Serving Size: 12


text:
As a producer of wiring and fixing systems, Elematic has been operating in the European Market since 1977, becoming a leading Company in the Electrical field. With the aim of a better focus in this market, with a dedicated range of products, in 2006, a new business unit called "Elematic Cabling Systems was created. Able to anticipate the trends of the market with innovative spirit and a service constantly oriented to the needs of the customers, Elematic Cabling Systems has been increasingly achieving market share on Italian and European Electrical distributors.
BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH, (or Bosch and Siemens Household Appliances, BSH) is the largest manufacturer of home appliances in Europe and one of the leading companies in the sector worldwide. The group stemmed from a joint venture set up in 1967 between Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart) and Siemens AG (Munich) and posted annual sales of 9,073 billion Euro (13,000 billion US Dollars) in the year 2010. Today, BSH operates 41 factories in 13 countries in Europe, the USA, Latin America and Asia. Together with a global network of sales and customer service firms, the BSH conglomerate today is made up of about 70 companies in 46 countries, with a total workforce of close to 43,000 people.
SARIV is a company who has been present on the market since 1990, and yet has rapidly reached a leading position within the fastener market. With a high-tech production process in continuous expansion, with massive investments in fields like distribution and logistics, SARIV aims to achieve continuous improvement in the quality of the products and in the service to our customers, before and after the sale. The search for new innovations to our current fasteners and the extension of our range of products and tools remain the ultimate aim of the company, in order to present ourselves as a growing and comprehensive partner for all our customers.
SARIV - Blind rivets - Riveting tools - Spring pins - Cage nuts
More than 40 years experience with drilling and drill bits mean that we can competently solve problems for you. The use of quality-critical work procedures, such as inert gas high-temperature brazing up to 1,120єC, austempering and shot-peening, ensure a long tool life. In addition to established production processes, quality assurance is of great importance. Inspection of incoming materials, intermediate checks, final checks and regular drilling and testing under extreme contitions provide new knowledge resulting in assurance and improvement of procedure as well as materials.
Keil drill bits
TYROLIT is a leading manufacturer grinding tool, cut-off tool, sawing tools and drilling tools. Worldwide the TYROLIT Group belongs to the leading suppliers, which offers grinding tools with abrasives in all grit and bond types as well as a comprehensive range of dressing tools.
SIDENOR SA is a Group of companies, with subsidiaries dealing in the production, manufacture and sales of steel products. The Group, as a whole, employs a total of 3,000 people and is the largest Greek steel producer with a leading position in Greece and the Balkans.The main areas of activity of the SIDENOR Group are mini mills, pipe manufacturing, downstream operations and product sales & distribution.Established in 1962 in Thessaloniki, Greece, SIDENOR entered the Athens Stock Exchange in 1997 (Reuters code SID.AT) after merging with the already listed ERLIKON SA.
Sidenor Group - Sidenor SA


text:
SIR – David Kynaston seems ill-informed about independent schools' contribution to social mobility. Far from being full of Tim Nice-But-Dims, many are in the vanguard of widening educational opportunity.
My school's access scheme, the Arnold Foundation, has admitted dozens of underprivileged pupils in the past decade, being praised by the National Foundation for Educational Research for lifting educational ambition in deprived parts of Britain. With other members of the sector, we are expanding this work through the Springboard bursary foundation.
Patrick Derham
Head Master, Rugby School
Rugby, Warwickshire
SIR – Northern Ireland never relinquished grammar schools and has the highest social mobility in the British Isles.
Brian J Singleton
Baslow, Derbyshire
SIR – David Kynaston is right to argue that the grammar school did not serve poorer pupils as well as it might. Its demise is surely a red herring when it comes to assessing the cause of a stalling of social mobility in the United Kingdom.
A more likely factor is its replacement: comprehensive schools. Middle-class parents like me were more than happy to move house in return for places at the better ones. This process, over decades, has left us with one class of state schools serving the disadvantaged poor, and one serving the better off. Ask any estate agent.
Dr Andy Dyson
Southwell, Nottinghamshire
SIR – Lack of social mobility is due to the chronic under-performance of state schools that politicians have allowed to be run for the benefit of the teachers, not the pupils, for generations.
The debate about unqualified teachers is part of this failure: a triumph of flawed social engineering over true results. David Kynaston is a fine historian but he needs to spend more time with Michael Gove, the Education Secretary, who will reverse the rot in the state system, and allow the many who are nice but neither indolent nor dim to become upwardly mobile.
Giles Vardey
Donhead St Mary, Dorset
SIR – I read with incredulity the letter from Toni Fazaeli of the Institute for Learning and others. The qualified teachers that they trained have presided over a disastrous decline in the basic skills of primary-school leavers over 60 years. Michael Gove is now trying to reverse this.
Despite smaller classes and better resources, they have done much worse in imparting basic skills than the largely unqualified teachers of earlier generations. No lack of personal commitment by our teachers is responsible; it is the wrong-headed training they have received.
David Paul
Bromley, Kent
Criminal destruction
SIR – Waste no time pitying barristers at the criminal bar. That their fees are about to be reduced by a further 15-20 per cent (having already suffered in real terms a 35 per cent cut since 2007) is not something for which many will feel inclined to shed tears. They are generally able people who will find something else to do.
Chris Grayling, the Justice Secretary, has made a no-doubt astute political calculation that pleas from barristers as to their own plight, as opposed to that of their clients, will always fall on deaf ears. The ministry hopes to justify the cuts by relying on public misconceptions about what criminal barristers earn and broadcasting the gross fees of a select few at the very top of the profession. In fact, Mr Grayling knows full well that net earnings of the vast majority of the state-funded criminal bar are about £35-£40 an hour – lower than most doctors.
Criminal justice in the Crown Court is still delivered mainly by the independent self-employed bar. Employed Crown Prosecution Service and defence solicitor advocates have made inroads. But it is still independent barristers, by and large, who provide the service many take for granted. Most important cases (all are important for those, including victims, directly involved) are still handled by the bar.
This brings to the criminal justice system the ethos of fairness and excellence of the chambers system, where senior people give their time freely to junior barristers who are taught that independence counts and winning is not all.
The new cuts are so savage that the chambers system will not survive. Barristers will do other things or become employees of one side or the other. Once the chambers system is gone, replacing it with something as fine – and unashamedly British – will be impossible.
Mr Grayling, who is also our Lord Chancellor, does not appreciate the value of what he is so casually about to destroy.
So do not weep for barristers. But feel unease at the irreparable harm about to be done to a system which for a very long time has produced independent, free-spirited men and women whose quality ensured that the standard of British criminal justice was something to be proud of.
Andrew Langdon QC
Leader of the Western Circuit
Rick Pratt QC
Leader of the Northern Circuit
Alistair MacDonald QC
Leader of the North Eastern Circuit
Gregory Bull QC
Leader of the Wales and Chester Circuit
Mark Wall QC
Leader of the Midlands Circuit
Sarah Forshaw QC
Leader of the South Eastern Circuit
Cry freedom
SIR – Goodbye freedom of the press.
Next, freedom of speech? Coming soon, freedom itself?
Ron Mason
East Grinstead, West Sussex
Stuck in a jam
SIR – Britain is being forced to accept pointless legislation from the EU, reducing the sugar in jam and marmalade (report, October 31). Sugar is an essential setting and preserving aid when making jam.
This directive serves only to bring us
"in-line" with European manufacturers who, unlike Britain's commercial and domestic jam-makers, produce jam lacking in taste and with limited shelf life.
If this legislation goes through, people should, as I do, make jam themselves. They will not be disappointed.
Bill Hollowell
Undercover liaisons
SIR – As a former detective with the Regional Crime Squad in the Seventies, I often went "undercover" with women: wives and girlfriends of suspected offenders mainly.
It was clear to me at the time that in many cases they enjoyed our secret liaisons, and that sex would have been available had I sought it. However, I believed (without having to be told) that undercover sex was taboo and I would never have dreamt of indulging in something that could have cost me my job (so I thought) if I was discovered.
And now, many years later, I learn that undercover sex might have been OK. Had I taken advantage, it would surely have led to more arrests. If only somebody had told me.
Paul Heslop
Keswick, Cumberland
SIR – Undercover police are to be banned from having intimate relations with those they are investigating. Now the unlikely suggestion by Jenny Jones, a Green member of the London Assembly, is to legislate them out of existence.
One suspects that our security services may be a little more reluctant to surrender the honey trap than the Met. And in the spirit of the level playing field, who would tell Russia's FSB (veteran honey-trappers par excellence) to keep espionage out of the bedroom?
Jules Wright
Hallaton, Leicestershire
Ring of truth
SIR – Gold is a "noble metal" and does not react with dilute hydrochloric acid. So a gold ring would not produce gold chloride if held to the eye. Copper does react with dilute hydrochloric acid, and copper salts have antibacterial and antiviral properties. Hence the former practice of making hospital door-handles of copper or brass.
However, it is theoretically possible that a low-purity gold ring, containing a large proportion of copper, zinc or silver, might show some degree of reaction.
Dr Chris Alabaster
SIR – Many years ago I suffered from sties and the gold ring remedy just did not work for me.
Mind you, neither did brushing a sty with a cat's tail (another old wives' remedy). I don't think our cat was too happy about it, either.
J E Dixon
Ilkley, West Yorkshire
No return to Liverpool Care Pathway barbarism
SIR – It is astonishing to read that medical staff now claim that "patients are dying in agony" because halting the Liverpool Care Pathway leaves them too frightened to discuss end-of-life treatment. The way that the pathway was working meant that, too often, neither patients nor their relatives were given any information about it, or even asked whether they wanted to be put on it.
It was not that relatives simply did not understand why their loved ones could not have the drink they begged for, since when those relatives gave them water, they often recovered. It is to be devoutly hoped that we never return to such barbaric practices.
Baroness Knight
London SW1
SIR – If all good things were scrapped simply because some people handled them badly, we should be in a sorry state. The care of my late wife in Derby, when put on the pathway, was handled sensitively. It was a great comfort to her and to us, her family, in her last 48 hours.
Rev John D Bland
Littleover, Derbyshire


text:
Give Now
It's as dark as O'Neill and Williams but a good deal funnier.
With the present threat of global warming, and plenty of people on the move looking for work, The Grapes of Wrath echoes loudly in our world today.
"The Drawer Boy" is a family mystery wrapped in a city-meets-country comedy.
There Goes the Bride by John Chapman and Ray Cooney is the Brown County Playhouse's summer farce.


text:
typography from below
By Diogenes (articles ) | Jul 07, 2005
In last week's column, the NCR's John Allen discusses, quite sympathetically, then-Cardinal Ratzinger's book The Europe of Benedict in the Crisis of Cultures. This quotation caught my eye:
"Before long it won't be possible to affirm that homosexuality, as the Catholic church teaches, constitutes an objective disorder in the structuring of human existence," [Ratzinger] writes. "And the fact that the church is convinced that it does not have the right to bestow priestly ordination on women is considered, by some, to be irreconcilable with the spirit of the European constitution."
What amused me here is the rigidity of the NCR's politically more-correct-than-thou style-sheet, which obviously forbids capitalizing the initial "c" of "church," even when it functions as a proper noun (this isn't Allen's own doing; it's de rigueur in the NCR) -- a bewilderingly stupid and retrograde affectation, since, ideology apart, it increases semantic confusion instead of reducing it. Ratzinger's original text wouldn't decide matters in this instance, since by the conventions of German orthography all nouns, common or proper, get an initial capital. Still, there's little doubt he'd have no sympathy for these typographical shibboleths, especially in the service of low church Leftist neuroticism. That the NCR should insist on painting its own colors over Ratzinger's prose is an act of parochialism as obtuse as changing "negro" to "African-American" in the speeches of Jefferson Davis.
That said, the NCR at least is an independent entity, with no connection to the Catholic Church beyond the adjective it retains on its masthead, and its goofiness in this regard is a self-inflicted wound. More bizarre and inexplicable is the fact the USCCB's Office of Communications, including the Catholic News Service, adheres to a style-sheet that is almost as flaky. Neither individually nor collectively can the cardinals, archbishops, and bishops of the United States summon the clout to bring about the appearance of "the Church" in official publications, even when the reference is unambiguously to the Catholic Church. Perhaps Sister Sharon Euart wrote the machine-language code for their spell-check software and they haven't figured out how to change it. Taking an example at random, I find at least sixteen instances of "church" in this CNS story where CWN -- or Moscow's Patrice Lumumba University, for that matter -- would have printed "Church." It's not an insuperable obstacle -- as when listening to a person with a speech impediment, one learns to correct the defect more or less automatically -- but it would be gratifying to cure the disease that produces the blemish in the first place.
All comments are moderated. To lighten our editing burden, only current donors are allowed to Sound Off. If you are a donor, log in to see the comment form; otherwise please support our work, and Sound Off!
Posted by: John J Plick -
Jul. 09, 2005 8:30 PM ET USA
Big "C",,, little "c?" Come on, guys... This is beginning to sound like a bad episode of "Columbo." Bloody knife, but no intense consideration of the intent to murder or the "murderer" himself... (or themselves) As one commentator alluded lto, that's the real issue. Maybe people will get more excited when they start spelling "God" with a small "g." a.o. is right... but understated. Rebellion is rebellion and needs to be responded to and punished.
Posted by: SentimentalGent -
Jul. 09, 2005 2:30 PM ET USA
The lack of capitalization of "Church" is not anything new to me, having worked in journalism for the last 14 years. When I started as a reporter, I frequently pointed out the when the Catholic Church was referred to a body, it was always capitalized, which went against the style book. Of course, over the years the capitalization rules I learned as a child are no longer used in journalism, such as references to "pope" and 'president," when those words referred to specific people.
Posted by: Fr. William -
Jul. 08, 2005 1:08 PM ET USA
Indeed, the lowercasing of "Church" is an agenda-ridden act of disobedience & a rejection of the Authority of Jesus & His Church. As a former journalist, I can state that the NCR & its lackey John Allen know that they have a journalistic duty, when quoting someone, to tell the readers that "church" is their own word by putting the word in brackets, since His Holiness used the word "Church." But the NCR & Allen would have to have integrity & a desire for the Truth... which is not their goal.
Posted by: John J Plick -
Jul. 07, 2005 2:44 PM ET USA
Rome, after all, has the ultimate power to discipline and even expel. Rome, after all, does not often care to use her power for reaons usually known only to her. If this is the actual case. why are we even shocked when Diogenes brings us these glaring and even outrageous cases of contradiction? It is the wise man who can explain "Rome" and her enigmatic behaviour to me that I now want to find.


text:
Super Bowl Wine Caught in Fla. Bottleneck
Published 7:00 pm, Tuesday, January 28, 2003
Gov. Gray Davis' effort to make good on his Super Bowl bet by sending a case of Napa Valley wine to Florida Gov. Jeb Bush has hit a bottleneck of regulation.
Turns out Florida is one of 23 states that prohibit shipping alcohol from out-of-state directly to a residence. California's wine industry has pushed for an exemption for wine, but wholesalers have resisted, said Steve Gross, a lobbyist for The Wine Institute in San Francisco.
Florida is one of the toughest of the bunch, making such shipments a felony unless they go through a distributor, so Davis will have to personally deliver the wine to Bush at the next governors meeting.
The friendly wager on the matchup between the Oakland Raiders and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers also included a fish taco dinner from San Diego and some California almonds, pistachios and rice.
Bush was also in an epicurean frame of mind, wagering dinner at a Tampa restaurant and some citrus and other agriculture products.
The Bucs beat the Raiders 48-21.


text:
White Chocolate Rice Pudding with Cherries Jubilee and Sliced Almonds
2014-08-12 21:04:48
Write a review
- 4 1/2 cups whole milk
- 2/3 cup long-grain white rice
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 large egg yolks
- 3 tablespoons whipping cream
- 4 ounces good-quality white chocolate (recommended: Lindt or Valrhona), chopped
- 1 tablespoon grated orange zest
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- Warm Cherry Sauce, recipe follows
- Whipped cream, for garnish, optional
- 1/4 cup slivered almonds, toasted, for garnish
Warm Cherry Sauce
- 1 cup cherry preserves
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 3 tablespoons kirsch (cherry brandy)
- Combine first 5 ingredients in a heavy, large saucepan. Cook over medium-low heat until mixture thickens and rice is very tender, stirring occasionally, about 1 hour.
- Reduce heat to low. Whisk egg yolks and cream together in a small bowl. Gradually whisk 1/2 cup rice mixture into egg mixture; return mixture to the saucepan and cook for 2 minutes, stirring constantly; do not let boil. Remove from the heat. Add white chocolate and stir until melted. Stir in the orange zest and cinnamon. Transfer pudding to a large bowl, cover, and chill until cold. Serve in bowls or large goblets with Warm Cherry Sauce, whipped cream, and toasted almonds on top, or layer in parfait glasses.
Warm Cherry Sauce
- Bring preserves and cinnamon to a simmer in a medium saucepan over low heat. Remove from the heat, add the kirsch, and carefully ignite with a long match or just warm through.
Holidays https://holidayspage.net/


text:
Neptunes Burials at Sea
- Highlights
- Google Maps
- Custom Design
- SEO Coded
- Social Media
Business Profile
The Neptunes Burial at Sea is a brochure website with information about their service packages and contact info. The contact page utilizes an integrated Google Maps, and the top bar has social media sharing widget that round out the special features. Although this site is cutting edge it is to the point and coded with SEO friendly code to increase the potential to rank higher in search engines.


text:
The V8 engine at Bentley celebrates its 50th anniversary.
This year will mark the 6¾-liter Bentley V8 engine's 50th anniversary, with the motor having seen its first installation in the 1959 Bentley S2. The mill was enlarged back in 1968 to its current displacement and has seen the addition of turbochargers and intercoolers on the way to its current position under the hoods of the 530-horsepower Bentley Brooklands coupe, Arnage and Azure convertible models for 2009.
Related news: GermanCarBlog, P4MR, Bentley
Source: Autoblog


text:
Category: influencer
How to Become a Social Media Influencer
Social Medias have become the new age platform for all kinds of information sharing. Every business emphasizes on Social Media promotion nowadays. Apart from the businesses, individuals also promote their brands or channels here to get engagements and social shares. But for that, you need to become a Social Media Influencer. Being one of them is a tough nut to crack though it's not impossible at all.
Here we are revealing some points which can easily follow and achievable.
Create you passion list
Before starting, I want to emphasize on something- if you wanna become one of those who creates ground shaking vibrations through their social viral contents. First of all, try to figure out the points of interests. Then search whether there is anyone else doing the same thing over the internet. If there is anyone then also it does not matter at all. But before you step in always take a look at the works of the people who have been on the same field.
Always follow your passion but remember your passion should be realistic and achievable. Be smart and measure your passion with the reality and if you have found it okay then blindly follow it. Always take inspirations from the similar works that have been done already and try to find where you are and what your string point is and how you can use that to create viral content. After all, everything is about the people who will read, comment and share your content.
Start With a Unique way of presentation
If you go on copying the styles of someone else, then there is no way of getting success. Always create your own style and remember that it should be unique and standout otherwise readers or viewers won't find anything new in your piece.
Start creating your content
Now it's time to start drafting your content for the potential viewers. To attract and retain viewers you need to create quality contents frequently because you need to engage your viewers so that they can share your ideas otherwise your page won't get shares and engagements. Always remember "share" is the most important thing while distributing your contents.
In the initial phase, you need to ping your friends to share the posts and ask the "friends of friends" to follow your page.
Combine Digital and Human interaction
Always make one thing sure that you are easily approachable through mail and page. Don't ignore the viewers, always reply them. If you have found some awesome stuff, share those with proper credits. These don't hamper your creativity at all, and it may create a chance of reverse sharing also! These increase visibilities of your page or channel.
become social media influencerinfluence otherinfluence people


text:
No products in the cart.
New Music For Your Next Party / Chill Session
"Bodega Is That Crew" is a joint we been holding onto for a sec that was produced by our good homie CL Burrough. It's far away from what you're used to hearing us do but hey, music is supposed to be about feelings and taking risk right?
The B side is "Untitled" aka Trill Bill. We was in the studio one day like "Fuck it, let's just rap. Here you go. Feel free to share and comment.


text:
BOCA RATON — — Tom Pernice Jr. is dedicating himself to the Champions Tour this year. Bernhard Langer wants to continue his red-hot play on the senior circuit.
Both men got off to a good start in accomplishing those goals Friday in the Allianz Championship, shooting 6-under-par 66 at the Old Course at Broken Sound to share the first-round lead.
Six players were one shot behind at 67, including defending champion Corey Pavin and Champions rookies Bart Bryant and Rocco Mediate. Nine others, including 2011 Allianz champ Tom Lehman, shot 68.
Langer, the 2010 champion, shot 2-under on the front to go out in 34 and birdied three of his last four holes on the back for a 32.
"I didn't make a bogey. That's always good," said Langer, of Boca Raton. "I was able to save par here and there. From 12 forward I played very well. I almost made eagle on 18 and I almost chipped in on 14. I could have been literally 5 or 6 under on the last seven holes."
Pernice, of Nashville, who started on the back nine, had two birdies and a bogey to go out in 1-under 35. After making a two-putt birdie 4 on 18, he birdied three of the first four holes on the front, then knocked in a wedge from 131 yards for eagle on the 409-yard par-4 fifth hole. He parred in from there for a 31.
At 53, Pernice said he is going to play a full Champions Tour schedule and also will try to play two or three PGA Tour events. Last year he was fully exempt on the Tour and played in 23 tournaments, plus 10 Champions events.
"Act my age, I guess," Pernice said of his decision to focus on the senior tour. "But as long as your health's there … why not play with the greatest players in the world?"


text:
Golf Games to Play
PLAYING almostGOLF IS A LOT OF FUN. In fact, it's not that far away from playing Frisbee Golf. There are hundreds of ways to use our ball. These are just a few games you can play to have fun and improve your golf game. If you come up with a new game, don't hesitate to tell us all about it.
PLAYER NOTE: Remember to always use an almostShag to "reduce neighborhood divot damage", because the one thing parks, schools and neighbors don't like are divots and dangerous balls. So when you travel your neighborhood, be a cool by using an off-course safe ball and shag. This way your neighbors will feel safe and secure.
TRADITIONAL PLAY: Traditional golf is pretty much straight forward. You play a hole that is a par 3-4 or 5, which means it takes that many strokes to get the ball in the hole. You count your score up at the end of your round to find out how much over or under you are to par. But we have a few almostGOLF twists. With our 'traditional' play, you first need to design your own course. We recommend using only one or two clubs maximum, otherwise play becomes way to slow and who wants to cart around a golf bag.
TARGET GOLF: Target golf is the fastest and simplest game to play if you don't have a lot of time and/or space. It's great for backyard parties or picnics. Also remember, it's a solid way to hone your short game ball striking skills while having fun at the same time.
Target golf can be played with up to four players. Basically you all stand in one area and take turns going for targets around the yard, park etc. Your goal is to score points by hitting the target you've chosen. The player who hits the target gets a point. After each 'hole/challenge' a new player calls the hole to hit toward and any bonus points available. Targets can be any object from a basket, garbage can, light post, roof of your car or picnic bench etc. You usually play to either 12 or 24 points.
Variations of target golf can also be great fundraisers. You can create a modified hole in one with low to high points scores depending on how close to the hole/object a player lands. What's great about this modified hole in one model is that everyone can hang out and see all the action. You can create this modified hole in one with groups of players or have everyone rotate through. It all depends on how much space you have and how many players you want to accommodate
TRAVELLING TARGET GOLF: You can also take target golf 'on the road'. If you have two players, you alternate calling 'the shot' and any bonuses. Once you play the hole, your opponent calls the next shot. This way, you can travel around the neighborhood or playing area creating as you play. You can also play a 'closest to the hole' type format where the player who gets closest, gets the points. This is a very fast way to play because you are not worrying about putting or chipping out.
ALMOSTGOLF CATCH: Some call this guts. It's a chipping game and it's a blast to play if you have two people. Basically the object of the game is to hit your opponent with the ball. (Lightly) This is a fun game to play in a confined area of less than 30 yards.
Basically the game goes like this. You play with a wedge and stand about 20 yards away from one another. When the first player hits, if he/she misses, the receiving player must now hit from where the ball landed. This means there can be a great deal of strategy when a player either fluffs a shot and now can score from closer range or a player gets put in a corner where they do not have much of a shot because of obstructions. Scoring is generally 12 or 24 points depending on how much time you have. You can also play an easier modified version where you get points for landing within one club length of the player.
Once you start playing catch you will discover all kinds of strategies. It's also great for developing your short game skills. It's important to note that you can't move when the ball is going to hit you. (don't worry, it won't hurt) Also, this game is not designed to be played with long irons or hard shots. You want to have fun, not try and hurt the other player.
Course Design
How to Create Your Own Event
Event Videos
Buy the ball


text:
Sometimes even this column needs a little sophistication.
And when I was in Boulder last week in search of a quiet, contemplative spot for cocktails, my mind wandered up Baseline Road a little … and back in time a lot.
The year was 1995. We were high school seniors, and we were obsessed with Baseline and its severe curves, immaculate views and bizarre side trails. We'd often spend the night on the Boulder cliffs, falling asleep atop the glistening town of Boulder and waking up to a parking ticket on our windsheilds. (No overnight parking allowed.) Once we even treated ourselves to an absurdly expensive dinner at the Flagstaff House, which we often admired from afar, and it was a memorable feast.
More than a decade had passed since I'd visited that fine dining land, and another visit was in the works as the car turned up Baseline last week. The road was all I remembered, and more. The views are sweeping: the campus, the reservoir, Pearl Street. And the restaurant still stood majestically near that Flatiron-studded ridge.
The one thing that had slipped my mind: How luxurious this joint really is. Valets greet you on the drive, the patio is home to infinite views, and there's a 1990 bottle of Roederer Cristal on the menu for $12,000.
Regardless, perched on the edge of the patio and contemplating the goodness of such an evening, I found a $7 glass of another sparkler, Marquis de la Tour. I asked the waitress the difference between two bottles, and she said, "Lemme send an expert down. He can tell you about that. Plus it's just fun."
And she's right. It's way fun to talk to someone who knows wine and champagne. I do appreciate wine conversation on an Everyman level. Soon we had a $44 bottle of a tasty 2002 bottle of Domaine Carneros by Taittinger.
And with the foothills stretching into Lyons and the plains leading into Longmont in front of us, life was good and rich and delicious for two hours.
Flagstaff House
1138 Flagstaff Drive, Boulder; 303-777-7352
Funky: You can hit the Flagstaff without breaking the bank. Don't valet, but park just up Baseline in the public lot. Order a cocktail from the patio, and sip. The experience is worth the cost.
Skunky: The website talks of a dress code, but in the early evening, they're lenient. My T-shirt and jeans were far from "business casual," but nobody gave me any grief.


text:
2 Bedrooms, 1 Bathrooms, Capacity: 6
Photo Gallery
Property Description
Bedrooms: 2. Bathrooms: 1
Just two miles from cute Mayberry-type town of Mena, but in private wooded settings in the Shady Mountains, we offer two unique cabins. Woodhaven is a 24 x 24 cedar cabin with cathedral ceiling and loft, and is surrounded by wildflower gardens and woods. It has a queen canopy bed downstairs and either two singles (or one sorta king if made up together) in the loft. Kitchenette with full fridge/freezer, microwave, toaster, coffeemaker, dishes, pans, utensils, linens. Bathroom has jacuzzi garden tub, plus shower. Glass/screen porch on front, large deck on back offer outside enjoyment of the woods. Picnic table, lawn chairs, charcoal grill. Sunnybrook Cabin has two full size sleeping lofts with dormers, plus deluxe queen bed downstairs. Not a lot of square footage, but cute and cozy. Full size fridge/freezer and stove, plus microwave, coffeemaker, toaster, dishes, pans, utensils, linens. Living room and banquette dining seating . Bubbly brook, with view into woods. BBQ grill and lawn chairs.
Owner Contact Information
|Willowbrook Cottage, Men
Dr. Thomas & Carolyn MacMahon
1047 Polk 42
Mena, AR 71953
Click here
|Member Since:
|Aug. 11th, 2000
|Other Listings:
|View here
Rental Rates
- Woodhaven $150 peak, $115 winter
- Sunnybrook $115 peak, $85 winter
- Kids stay free!
- Additional persons stay free
- Free night Mon-Thurs--book 2 get 1 free
- Half price Sundays with Fri and Sat
AmenitiesBBQ , fireplace in Woodhav , jetted tub in Woodh , peaceful woods , close to Wolfpen Gap , close to Rich Mtn
2 Bedrooms, 1 Bathrooms, Capacity: 6
Beds: 1 Queen, 1 King or 2 Singles
Minimum Stay: 2 on weekends, 1 during week
Further Information
Restrictions: - No alcohol parties. No Smoking. No pets.
Nearby Attractions: - Bring your mountain bike, ATV, cycle Fishing at the Mena reservoir, streams, rivers Canoe rentals in Pencil Bluff (about 1 hour east of Mena) Antique Car Shows seasonally Golfing for the casual golfer or stout of heart Scenic drive - Talimena Queen Wilhemena State Park Hunting in season Live theater in season Art Gallery Antique shopping
There are currently no reviews for this property.Add a Review


text:
To access our full website, visit GiffelsWebster.com
In June, 2016, Giffels Webster, a Detroit-headquartered consulting firm specializing in infrastructure and land development solutions for public, private and institutional clients, acquired Clearzoning. The acquisition broadens Giffels Webster's full suite of community-building solutions through additional expertise and proprietary processes.
While our name has changed, we continue to promote and offer the Clearzoning® product, which reorganizes zoning and other development regulations for greater efficiency, identifies and resolves conflicting regulations, and provides a significant "health check‐up" for zoning codes. Giffels Webster is at the forefront of developing clear and user‐friendly zoning ordinances — it's what we do. Our clients range in size and character from rural communities to small towns to medium‐sized cities and townships.
Our Planning Team has southeastern Michigan covered! Find us in the following offices:
Detroit Wayne County
Rod Arroyo, Karen LaVere, Matt Wojciechowski
28 West Adams, Suite 1200
Detroit, MI 48226
Phone: (313) 962-4442
Macomb County
Bill Stimpson
6303 26 Mile Road, Suite 100
Washington Township, MI 48094-3819
Phone: (586) 781-8950
Oakland County
Jill Bahm, Mark Lloyd, Joe Tangari, Sheila Starks
1025 East Maple, Suite 100
Birmingham, MI 48009
Phone: (248) 852-3100