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We all want stems that are strong and light. We want them to be durable, and we want them to minimize stress on the handlebar and fork clamped on either end of the stem. Easton addresses all points in their EA90 stem.
The most unique feature of the EA90 is the DST technology faceplate. Distributed Stress Technology is simple, but works wonders. It appears to be just a flourish; notice how the "E" icon spreads past the four bolts on both sides. This increases the contact area between the face plate and the handlebars. Essentially, the clamp itself creates edge stress, and tightening the bolts creates clamp stress. The way the faceplate is wider than the bolts means those stresses are distributed over a wider area and those aren't as concentrated on the handlebar.
The stem also has what Easton called Top Lock technology. This means that you should tighten the top of the clamp first so the faceplate is directly contacting the stem. This creates a stronger force against the bars and increases the stem bolts fatigue life.
This aluminum stem comes in two different rises 0-degrees (sometimes called a 90-degrees) because it is perpendicular to the steerer tube; the second is +/- 10-degrees (sometimes known as 80/100-degrees). The height of the steerer tube clamp is 40mm; it is secured by two opposing bolts to minimize stresses on the steerer tube. The stem is available in 31.8mm handlebar clamp and 1 1/8th inch steerer clamp only. Lengths available are 90-130mm in 10mm increments. All bolts are made of steel and accept 4mm Allen keys and a max torque of 8Nm. The stem can be used with any handlebar and fork combination that has the matching diameters. There is a limited five-year warranty on the stem. The stem is available in Black. The claimed weight of the Easton EA90 stem is 130g (in the 120mm size).
- EA90 aluminum tubing
- Distributed Stress Technology
- Steel bolts (4mm Allen)
- 0 and +/- 10 -degree rises available
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Super Light Super Affordable
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
Awesome light weight alloy stem for cheap. Can't complain about that.
Easton Aluminum Quality
Easton is one of the finest maker of aluminum things and this stem is a stunning example of that heritage. It's understated, lightweight and tough to take whatever a road or trail could throw at it. 4 bolt makes for hassle free removal and keeps the torque tension on the bars low. Great stem for a great price.
Best stem for the price
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
This was the second one of these stems I've bought (sadly I payed almost $60 for the first one from another retailer). I have one on my road bike and just picked up a 70mm one for a mountain bike I just built up. You will be hard pressed to find a lighter aluminum stem out there, and will pay double or triple the price in getting a carbon one at almost the same weight.
As others have mentioned, the instructions are great, and the liplock combined with the teflon taped screws makes me confident that it will hold up under tough conditions.
My only complaint is that I don't find the Easton logos to be that attractive, especially compared to some of the other parts on my Bianchi road bike. But they make up for it with stellar designs.
Gets the job done!
- Familiarity: I've used it once or twice and have initial impressions
Needed a little bit longer stem for my fat bike. This fit the bill, black, aluminum, reasonably priced, my only gripe is that the lettering on the sides reads upside down if you want to flip the stem so it goes up. As a bonus this Easton Stem had the best set of instructions I have ever opened for a stem. The one I received was not like pictured above.
Solid quality.
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
Hard to find 90 degree or 0 stems these days. Older version but still top notch. Dummie free torque. Looks great on bike
Solid stem on a killer price!
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
Not the lightest in the bunch but will be lighter than most stock stems. Tons of choices with length and rise to get your fit dialed. Reach out to us if you have questions on what size is right for you!
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- Familiarity: I've used it once or twice and have initial impressions
Needed to run a shorter stem, and drop the bars just a little. Perfect for tool for the job. lighter than my stock stem, great bang for you buck buy.
great stem !!!!!
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
I love this stem!!! very light. very stiff. looks great. confidence inspiring stem !!!
Strong and light.
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
I previously had the 100mm version then went down to 80mm and finally ended up with a 70mm. Due to the shorter length it is significantly lighter and stiffer than the previous sizes I've used. I have the current 70mm on my 2013 Orbea Occam 29 carbon with Raceface SIXC 785mm low rise bars. It makes the bike handle very well. Easton has had a mixed record for the last few years but when it comes to their stems and bars I can only say good things about them. I don't like their hubs but they know how to make strong and light carbon fiber rims and bars along with strong stems. I can't feel a difference between these and my old Thomson Elite X4 stem only that it's much lighter.
EA90 Black Zero (90) Degree
Easton EA90 on my CX bike.
Upgraded my cross/commuter
Needed a longer stem for my cross cycle that I am using for a commuter through the Fall and Winter months. Getting those extra miles on my legs, saving gas, and loving life. Found the Easton EA90 Stem at a great price here at Huck Easy installation and great looks too. Easton even has the torque settings engraved into the stem. Super customer service at Easton too. They replaced the handle bar bolts for free even after I told them that it was my fault because I over-torqued the original bolts. I did not read the torque numbers and went with the numbers off of my old stem. Lesson learned great customer service at Easton and always read the fine print before assembly.
It creaked noisily, I sent it back.
Weight not as described but GREAT stem!
Great stem. 137g actual weight on 110mm black stem.
EA90 Stem
white stem
what does the first number mean in the...
what does the first number mean in the options? In other words, 0- vs. 10-?
That the angle of the stem. So the options are 0 degree (flat) or 10/-10 degree rise/drop. The step is either +/- because it can be mounted either direction.
Sweet stem
I have one of these bad boy's in white. Light weight, stiff, won't mess up your carbon bars, and matches my frame ta-boot!
Go Easton Young Man
I just installed my EA90 stem on my bike. The original stem is perfectly good, but was 110 mm. The way to measure if your saddle is installed correctly is to put your elbow against the very front of the nose of your saddle, extend your middle finger which should be in the middle and over your handle bars. When I measured, I surely needed a shorter stem, since my finger was short by inches with the seat moved as forward as possible. I installed the new shorter stem, and my Pinorello FP=3 DuraAce was even more comfortable to ride - I do about 50 miles every other day. Another way to tell if your stem is the right size is to to look down and see if the axle of your front wheel looks as though it is under the handle bars. If it looks like its forward of the bars, you need a shorter stem....to the rear of the handle bars you need a longer one. The EA90 is aluminum, but I see no advantage to their carbon copy of this stem...they both weigh the same. The Pinorello stem was a bit more flashy looking, however this Easton is finished very nicely and works well. I will attach my bike computer to it, so it will hardly be visable at all. The bike is a bit twitchy with the shorter stem, however, I will get used to that soon enough.
Better than carbon version...
I bought this stem along with the carbon version (EC90) to perform a side-by-side, Pepsi challenge styled comparison (remember those?). I liked this one better. Dimensionally and weight-wise they were identical. "They" say that 4-bolt patterns are better (I am not convinced one way or the other) and this one is 4-bolt. I think the two things that made me choose aluminum was price and style - the white stem looks much better than the black carbon with the upside down logo (when mounted 10 degrees up).


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The idea behind the blog is not original, either. The original idea was a blogger who attempted to cook every recipe in Julia Child's class French cookbook. Further, the Betty Crocker blogger critiques the instructions in the book's recipes (they did not mention if the apples needed to be peeled, etc.). She's the editor there, why didn't she catch those issues during her actual work? Perhaps it is because the editor does not know how to cook. Hmmm. Well, hopefully the experience will help her in her job.
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Group cycling and Pilates share more similarities than meet the eye, and as club operators fuse the two programs into one class, they are finding that the combination sells itself.
Combining the two programs into a one-hour class offers both a cardiovascular, calorie-burning workout and core training in a time-saving workout.
Though the two modalities do not target the same muscle groups, they do share the fundamental concepts of mind/ body connection, core stability, alignment and form, and proper breathing. Stefania Della Pia, program director, education and master instructor trainer at Stott Pilates, Toronto, says these technique foundations build on each other in the fusion course.
"Spinning is incredible on your cardiovascular and your performance because of the aerobics component, but you also really have to focus mentally," Della Pia says. "You have to be mindful of your posture and stay tension-free while strengthening your mental motivation. The core training that Pilates provides is going to help build that strength and stability from the core into the shoulders and spine, which is going to help improve balance and functional movement. This translates into more cycling power."
Mad Dogg Athletics, Venice, CA, has seen the movement grow in the last few years as consumers seek new programming options, says Kevin Bowen, Peak Pilates director of education.
Working under the Mad Dogg umbrella, Bowen's instructors are preparing programming that uses the company's equipment to show instructors what can be done and how to format a class of that nature.
"We certainly are showing how to fuse programming together," Bowen says. "The consumer is looking for something different, new and exciting, and the clubs and instructors are trying to answer that call."
Bowen adds: "It is a great crosstraining tool and mechanism for various facilities to offer comprehensive program offerings. We look at it as a way of growing the business and getting the information out to people that all of these things work together very well."
Even though cycling/Pilates fusion classes have their benefits, the cardio component steers away from the pure Pilates method, says Nora St. John, education program director for Balanced Body, Sacramento, CA.
"We tend to take a fairly open-minded approach to Pilates, and if you are looking at staying pure to Pilates, then [cardio] is not an addition to the Pilates repertoire," St. John says. "On the other hand, if you are looking at creating the optimum fitness experience, the combination of focused core work with a really good cardio component is a really nice recipe for overall fitness."
Fitness facility owners may face inconveniences by offering the program. Mike D'Alfonso, coordinator of fitness and wellness at the University of Connecticut, says the class, which his facility offers free to full-time students, takes up more room than some classes since it requires both the cycling equipment and space for students to move about in the Pilates portion. However, D'Alfonso says students like having an extended class that has two separate workouts.
To offer the program, facilities must have instructors who are certified in both group cycling and Pilates.
"Education and skill set of the instructor is really what makes the class successful," says PJ O'Clair, owner and program director of clubXcel, Manchester-by-the- Sea, MA, which offers group cycling/ Pilates classes. "I would recommend that they use only the skilled instructors for both modalities. So, if the instructor isn't trained for both, then they should use two different instructors. You really don't want to water down either one of the disciplines."
O'Clair, who also is a master instructor trainer for Stott Pilates, has been teaching the fusion format for eight years. Her clubXcel private training facility has not faced any issues in finding the space and time for the class offering, she says.
Bowen says private studios commonly charge a group class rate while health clubs do not charge extra for this kind of programming, and a more specialized facility will add an extra charge. O'Clair charges $15 per class, $135 for 10 classes or $200 for unlimited monthly access to her club.
"These classes are full, and we feel it has been a beneficial offering," O'Clair says. "If all of our classes are full, then to us, that is a money-maker."


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So you've heard of Verizon's new 4G LTE (Long-Term Evolution) network, and you want in. Maybe you're a Verizon customer and your contract has run out, or maybe you're planning to switch to Verizon from another carrier. Bottom line: you want a 4G smartphone and you don't know which one to pick. We're here to help.
Verizon's 4G network has been up and running for a few months and there are currently three different phones to choose from, with a fourth coming soon. The LG Revolution, HTC ThunderBolt, and Samsung Droid Charge can be found at any Verizon retail store and we recommend you try all three out. The Motorola Droid Bionic will be coming at some point in August. Before you make your decision, however, you may want to read our notes on the three phones. These impressions come from hands-on time spent with all three devices.
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I could go into detail, but I already have in our 4G guide. Check it out to learn what makes Verizon's 4G LTE network different from Sprint's 4G WiMax network and what separates both of them from the supposed 4G networks of AT&T and T-Mobile. For the sake of brevity though, Verizon's 4G is currently much faster than any other network because it uses a next-generation technology called LTE.
Downsides to all first-generation LTE phones
Fat: Being on the bleeding edge of technology means you're going to hurt a bit. Verizon's 4G LTE network is still in its infancy, as is the wireless receiving technology that is embedded into all of these phones. The components needed to connect to the network are expensive, large, and handset manufacturers haven't had much experience with them yet. As such, all three of these phones have some noticeable drawbacks when compared to some high-end 3G phones coming out. All three of these phones are a bit fatter and thicker than their 3G equivalents. They aren't huge, mind you, but they're about as fat as smartphones were two or three years ago.
Android 2.2: Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) updates are finally coming to many devices, but all three of these phones are still running Android 2.2 (Froyo) for now, and that's no fun. Gingerbread adds some nice polish to Android and seems to manage battery life better as well, among other things. Some of the features of Gingerbread can be found here and here.
Battery life: All three of these phones have been criticized for having short battery life. Most users have learned how to toggle 4G on and off to save battery or have invested in extra battery packs or simply charged their phone more often, but not one of these devices manages power as well as a competitive 3G phone.
Single-core: While many high-end 3G phones are dual-core, all of these phones are single-core, meaning you are working with about as much power as the 1GHz smartphones that came out a year ago. The Droid Bionic, we hear, may be the first dual-core 4G phone on Verizon.
With that out of the way, let's breakdown the competition.
HTC ThunderBolt
The HTC ThunderBolt was the first 4G LTE device on Verizon and is still probably the most famous and best-selling of the bunch. At one point, Verizon representatives estimated that it was outselling the iPhone 4 on the network and HTC has reported strong demand for the phone.
Price: $250 with two-year contract
Good: HTC's Sense UI is probably the best of any manufacturer and HTC's included apps are quite useful compared to the others. We also like the phone's kickstand, which makes it possible to watch movies on the phone. The ThunderBolt also has a good feel to it, and feels more solid than plastic phones like the Droid Charge. The phone has 768MB of RAM—more than the competition.
Bad: The phone had some random reboot problems, though they have been fixed. The ThunderBolt is also the thickest of the three phones, but not by much. Finally, it has the weakest battery of the bunch at 1400mAh capacity.
Samsung Droid Charge
Having seen the issues arising with the ThunderBolt, Samsung took better care to improve battery life on the Droid Charge, the second 4G LTE phone on Verizon. Read our full review of the Droid Charge to get a complete rundown on the phone.
Price: $300 with two-year contract
Good: For some reason, the Droid Charge seems to connect at even faster speeds than the ThunderBolt (and much faster than the Revolution) in our NYC testing. It also has the largest battery at 1600mAh and gets noticeably better life than the ThunderBolt. It comes with a 32GB MicroSD card preinstalled, which is huge. Finally, the Droid Charge has a great Super AMOLED screen that is brighter than either of the other two phones.
Bad: It's the most expensive of the three phones, and we don't like how slippery and plasticy the Droid Charge shell feels. Despite the preinstalled microSD card, the phone only has 2GB of internal storage. Samsung's TouchWiz interfact is certainly better than some, but we don't like the color combinations and the whole experience is a bit disjointed when compared to HTC's Sense.
LG Revolution
LG was the third entrant into the 4G LTE game and when it decided to call its phone "Revolution" it may not have been referring to the 4G. Nope. This is an Android phone that doesn't have Google services. It runs on Bing.
Price: $200 with two-year contract
Good: The LG Revolution is, by far, our favorite phone to play with, of the three. Its screen has some kind of magical slick coating to it, and the overall construction of the phone is solid. It also has a decent battery and 16GB of internal storage. We also don't mind the look and design of LG's custom Android user interface.
Bad: We'd be keen to recommend the LG if it didn't have one crippling huge flaw: It's a Google Android phone, but it runs on Bing…yes, Bing. Much like the Samsung Fascinate, LG has taken advantage of Verizon's ties to Bing and made it the sole search provider for the phone. Not only does this feel like a bit of a slap in the face to Google (they did offer the OS for free, after all), Bing just isn't as good as Google's services. You'll have to dig around the Android Market to save yourself from Bing Maps and use all of the Google services you expect on an Android phone, but no matter what you do, we haven't found a way to remove Bing as the default search for the phone. How depressing. Aside from that, the camera is 5 megapixels, meaning its slightly less capable than the 8-megapixel cameras on the other two devices. For some reason, the Revolution seems to get slower 4G connections than the other two, at least in upper Manhattan where we tested it.
Our pick: Samsung Droid Charge
The Droid Charge is not the best looking Android phone we've seen, but we think it's the most well-rounded 4G device currently on the market. It gets good enough battery life that you shouldn't have the itching desire to return it after a week, and the screen is much brighter and more vivid than the other two devices. Samsung's TouchWiz UI isn't great, but it isn't bad either, and the camera on the phone is solid, pulling in good color and with more accurate brightness compared to other manufacturers. It is the most costly of the bunch, but the 32GB memory card helps ease the pain.
With that said, the HTC ThunderBolt is certainly a decent phone as well and, hey, if you are okay using Bing as your search engine, we highly recommend the LG Revolution. It's the cheapest phone of the bunch, and pretty decent in most every category.
The Droid Bionic is coming out in the next few weeks. We'll make sure to update this article when it arrives.


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Florida Opa-locka field was once the site of secret CIA base
All that remains of the secret CIA base is a grassy field on the northeastern corner of Opa-locka Airport.
But 60 years ago on that very spot was Building 67, a two-story barracks, that in 1953 and 1954 served as CIA field headquarters for the covert operation that overthrew leftist Guatemalan President Jacobo Arbenz.
It was there that several senior CIA officers labored for months organizing the intricate logistical details of PBSUCCESS, the code name for the anti-Arbenz operation. Among the officers who worked at Building 67 was E. Howard Hunt, who later went on to help engineer the 1972 Watergate burglary as one of the White House plumbers.
What happened at Building 67 was known at the time only to a very small circle of people, but the impact of the 1953-54 operation dramatically altered the history of South Florida and the United States.
The Guatemala operation set in motion a series of events whose reverberations continue to be felt to this day.
Arbenz's overthrow emboldened the CIA's clandestine service to try a similar operation, though on a larger scale, at Cuba's Bay of Pigs.
But the 1961 exile invasion, which ended in defeat, caused Fidel Castro a year later to accept Soviet nuclear missiles as a deterrent against future U.S.-backed invasions. Castro's subsequent consolidation of power led to a stream of refugees that continues to this day.
Among early Cuban refugees were people like José Abreu, who gave a photographer and a reporter from El Nuevo Herald a tour of Opa-locka Airport on March 28, the day before he retired from his post as Miami-Dade aviation director.
The tour included a briefing by Antolin Garcia Carbonell, a former aviation department official, who is also a Cuban refugee and has done extensive research into the history of Building 67 and Opa-locka.
"It was one of a group of buildings that were built in 1943, in the middle of World War II, as barracks for the U.S. Navy," Carbonell said. "This was a naval air station."
By the time the CIA took it over, Building 67 was part of a Marine barracks complex. Hunt, in his 1974 autobiography, Undercover, described the structure.
"Our field headquarters occupied a two-story barracks on the partly closed-down Marine air base at Opa-locka, Florida," Hunt wrote. "We slept and worked in the same building and ate at the base mess hall not far away. Several project officers with military reserve status wore uniforms in order to lessen interest in our building."
While it has been known that the CIA's Guatemala operation headquarters was at Opa-locka, Carbonell has discovered details during his years-long investigation that were not known before.
For example, Carbonell was the first to identify the precise building the CIA occupied. He believes the agency picked the building because it had a day-care center and used that as a cover to divert attention from secret activities.
While U.S. concern about Arbenz began in Washington as early as 1951, planning for his overthrow did not begin in earnest until after the Guatemalan government in February 1953 seized 234,000 acres owned by the U.S. banana importer United Fruit under a land reform decree Arbenz had signed the year before.
After the White House authorized the Arbenz overthrow, the CIA began looking for a place to base its Guatemala "war room." It opened in Building 67 on Dec. 23, 1953, under the code name LINCOLN.
A telegram that day to station chiefs in Central America from then CIA Director Allen Dulles made it official.
The telegram also provided the name of the first LINCOLN chief, but it was only a pseudonym for the person whose real name was known only to the CIA's Western Hemisphere Division (WHD).
"Effective this date all addressee stations will constitute component elements of PBSUCCESS regional command with project headquarters at LINCOLN under Jerome C. Dunbar, special deputy, WHD for this project," wrote Dulles in the telegram, which has since been declassified.
Dunbar was actually Albert Haney, a former U.S. Army colonel who was CIA station chief in Korea at the time Washington decided to open LINCOLN at Building 67 in Opa-locka.
Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA.
One of Dunbar's first cables to Central American station chiefs dealt with an early crisis in the PBSUCCESS operation.
A person who had access to the CIA's project leaked coup plans to the Guatemalan government and in early 1954 the Arbenz government publicized the details.
The leak rocked the U.S. government, because it drew worldwide media attention, but Haney/Dunbar saw a silver lining in the episode.
"Desire to assure all concerned that recent exposé of alleged activities pertaining PBSUCCESS although unfortunate some respects fortunate in others," wrote Dunbar from Opa-locka to the Central America CIA officers on Feb. 2, 1954. "Further this incident has not affected PBSUCCESS objective any way."
PBSUCCESS, in some ways, served as the template for the 1961 Bay of Pigs operation.
Like Bay of Pigs, PBSUCCESS consisted of an exile force and aircraft assigned to attack Guatemalan targets during the invasion.
Though PBSUCCESS failed to spark a military uprising against Arbenz, he nonetheless resigned on June 27, 1954, when it became clear that top officers no longer backed him. Exile invaders, led by former Guatemalan military officer Carlos Castillo Armas, took over the country.
It has been widely reported that after Arbenz resigned, he obtained refuge at the Mexican Embassy, from where he safely made his way to Mexico.
But in his autobiography, Hunt says Arbenz and Ernesto "Che" Guevara, who was in Guatemala at the time, were actually captured by the triumphant invaders and would have been executed had it not been for last-minute CIA intervention.
"Marching overland, the troops of Castillo Armas seized control of the capital and captured Arbenz and all his followers — including an asthmatic Argentine medical student and Communist camp follower named Ernesto "Che" Guevara," Hunt wrote.
Arbenz and Guevara were spared only because a "CIA man on the spot" dissuaded Castillo Armas from having them shot, he added.
There is no independent verification of Hunt's claim.
All available accounts indicate that Guevara took shelter at the Argentine consulate after Arbenz resigned and then made his way to Mexico, where he joined Fidel Castro to launch his revolution in Cuba. Guevera was summarily executed in Bolivia in 1967 after his capture there.
Arbenz died in Mexico in 1971.
Hunt died in Miami in 2007.
As for the abandoned CIA base at Opa-locka, it served other significant purposes, including as one of the facilities used for Operation Pedro Pan, the airlift that brought unaccompanied Cuban children to the United States after the 1959 triumph of the revolution that Castro and Guevara launched from Mexico.
Carnonell said that after the Pedro Pan program moved out in 1966, the Catholic church occasionally rented one of the barracks for spiritual retreats. In 1968, the church used Building 67 as a retreat house for the Cursillos de Cristiandad religious movement.
In 1980, during the Mariel boatlift, Building 67 was used to shelter some unaccompanied refugee children, Carbonell said.
Later in the 1980s, Building 67 — by then infested with termites — came to an ignominious end. Firefighters burned it down as part of a training drill.
The empty grassy field where the barracks once stood eventually may be used to build hangars, aircraft repair sites or other aviation-related businesses, Abreu said.


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Flying foreign airlines can be so much more pleasant than our domestic options. On a recent KLM flight to Amsterdam, the Dutch airline behaved as if it was in the customer-service industry, not merely transporting a bunch of people from one point to another.
I've flown enough non-U.S. airlines to know this situation to be true, but I do it so occasionally that it amazes me every time.
For instance: The seat-back video screen suggested seat exercises that would keep us feeling healthy. Noting that the cabin would be dry, we were encouraged to drink ample water and moderate amounts of alcohol and coffee. Passengers were invited to enter the galley to ask for beverages and snacks. Because the plane was two-thirds full, a flight attendant cheerfully suggested we reorganize ourselves to be as comfortable as possible. And this was in economy!
Other amenities included remote-controlled lights, a vast movie catalog, free head phones that weren't junk, warm towels to freshen up ("a special touch from the Dutch for you to enjoy") and, of course, free booze, though I wasn't sure of that at first.
"Is there a charge for the wine?" I asked the flight attendant.
"Only an extra smile," she said.
Encouraging me to smile on an airplane? How can I ever fly an American airline again?
I know it's not easy being a flight attendant — I wouldn't want to do it — but the caliber of service on non-U.S. airlines tends to be so vastly superior to what we get on American, United and Delta that, given the option to hop on a Lufthansa, KLM or Singapore flight, you'd be mad not to (especially if they code-share frequent-flier miles with an American carrier).
A recent ranking of the 20 best airlines in the world by Business Insider shows I'm not alone in this conclusion. Using airline reviews from Skytrax and on-time performance data from FlightStats.com, Business Insider's list included just one American airline: Virgin America, which tied for second (and probably not coincidentally, was started Richard Branson, a Brit). The rankings were otherwise dominated by Asian and Middle Eastern airlines.
When did the U.S. flight experience fall so far behind foreign competitors?
Alex Davies, a Business Insider reporter who worked on the rankings, argued that it began when prices and profits were no longer guaranteed for the airlines following industry deregulation in 1978. Fare wars and dropping prices might have been a boon for the consumer, but they also led to cost-cutting and more austere attitudes about service.
Pile on the recent recession, when airlines began reducing their fleets, and the rising cost of fuel, and planes have become increasingly full, leading to shorter fuses and less pleasant experiences for everyone.
"In the understandable rush to beat out competitors, you cut out the fat," Davies said. "The things that make flying a more pleasant experience, you take out."
"That seems like something (the industry) could fix if they put the time in and add those little touches like Virgin does," Davies said. "You would think a lot of that stuff is straightforward."
Virgin America has been among the exceptions, with amenities such as electrical outlets throughout the plane and novel twists such as being able to send a drink to a passenger who catches your eye. Other corners of the globe certainly have faced similarly lean economic times, but their airlines have remained civil for perhaps no reason other than cultural expectations.
"Part of it probably is cultural when it comes to things like food," Davies said. "The food is better on Air France than on American, and maybe that's just because of the expectations of French people."
But he's not terribly optimistic about immediate change.
"As long as people are willing to pay the cheapest price," Davies said, "things aren't going to get much better."
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Hi, it's Crystal over at Hendrixville.blogspot.com. I am pleased to give you my second Moda Bake Shop Project! I don't know about you, but I have been in a big star phase and have been making them all over the place! So this quilt came together very easily!
2 Tweet Tweet by Keiki layer cakes*
2 2/8 yards of bella solid white
1 /2 yard pink color for the 1st border (sku #32317 13)
1 1/4 yard green color for the 2nd border (sku #32315 16)
5 1/2 yards brown color for the backing (sku #32311 17)
3/4 yards binding, any color
*You will have extra left over from your second layer cake and if you don't want too many extras, a layer cake and a charm pack will work.
Cut your fabric into the following:
(192) 2 1/2 " squares
(48) 3 1/2″ squares
(24) 6 1/2″ squares
(12) 6 1/2″ squares
(48) 3 1/2″ x 6 1/2″ rectangles
(216) 2 1/2″ squares
(96) 3 1/2″ squares
For this quilt, there are two different 12 1/2″ blocks. Lets begin with the small stars block.
The little star will become a wonky star. If you like a non-wonky star, feel free to line up the fabric and sew a more even line. I found for the wonky star, different size points make it more interesting, so for a little point, have a little bit of white showing and so forth.
Since this is wonky, only sew down the corner. You can align and sew your fabric like either photo above. Try both and get a feel for your preference. While sewing, chain stitch so you don't waste thread (it's also a lot faster).
Open up and press.
Turn block over and trim to the white square.
Open back up so you can see your stitching.
Cut 1/4″ away from stitch line.
Open up and you have one point done. Now repeat for the second point. (See where the chain stitch will come in handy?)
When making your points, make sure you pull out 24 colored squares and 96 white squares. You will use these to complete your little square block. I like to lay out my block like this so I can make my fabric line up the best.
After you sew press to one side, this will make sewing the different rows together easier.
There you go, you should have a total of 24 little square blocks.
You will now make 12 of these blocks. Once again, lay them out to align fabric. I try not to get too many blues, browns or pinks together (you give it more of a variety look by doing this).
Make sure you press once you sew two of the blocks together. This will also help align your seams nicely.
This will now yield 12 little wonky star blocks.
With your 3 1/2″ squares, make a diagonal line on each block. You can skip this step if you just want to eye ball it, but to be safe I took the time to draw the lines.
After drawing the lines, add one block to each of your 3 1/2″ x 6 1/2″ pieces and pin. Make sure that the diagonal line is going from the middle of the block and out. I decided to make this more of a traditional Maverick star, but feel free to make it wonky like your little stars.
Sew directly on the line. I also with this did a chain stitch with them to make the process faster.
Once one side is all sewn, trim 1 /4″ away from stitch line.
Press open. This is a VERY important step. If you don't do this, your points will not open up after you add your second square.
When they are all pressed open, pin the second square on, once again make sure the diagonal line goes from the middle and out.
Trim again 1/4″ away from stitch line.
Press open.
Now take your 6 1/2″ squares and your 3 1/2″ squares and align them accordingly.
When your rows are sewed together make sure to press to one side to help the seams align.
You will need 12 big star blocks.
(At this point because my seams were not 100% perfect I had to trim my blocks down from 12″ to 11 1/2″. Even though your quilt will be slightly smaller, this is a VERY good idea. Not only will piecing your top together be easier, it will also make your quilt lay flatter once you have finished quilting it).
Go ahead and lay out your blocks in a design that you like.
Sew and press all of your seams (to the side or open).
Now take your pink fabric and cut it into 2 1/2″ strips. Sew two of your strips together to make one side. You will need (8) 2 1/2″ x 44″ strips for the borders.
Sew together and press.
Now cut your 2nd border (green) into (8) 6 1/2″ strips. Sew two of the strips together like you did with your first border.
Sew together and press. Now baste, quilt and bind as desired.
One beautiful and bold 64″ x 88″ quilt.
If you'd like, head over to Piece N Quilt to buy a prepared kit.
I also would LOVE to see your finished quilt. Feel free to send an email with a picture of your beautiful quilt to me at nmommy02(at)gmail(dot)com.


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July 9, 2011
I finally became a Gentoo Developer. 🙂
I'll be helping the Gentoo Kernel Project, with bug fixing at first, and help with the maintenance of some of the kernel sources in the tree.
Many thanks to mpagano for mentoring me, tampakrap for his help with the quizzes, and of course hwoarang, who had no problem to do all of the review sessions during his vacations. 🙂
OpenVPN/iproute2/iptables — Part 2
May 7, 2011
I had blogged about this some time ago. The configuration I described in that post worked fine on my laptop, with Debian installed, but when I tried it on my Desktop, where I use Gentoo, it wouldn't work.
It took me *3 days* of 'debugging', until I was able to find why that happened!
I tried various changes to the iptables and iproute2 configuration, giving more hints to both utilities in order to use the correct routing table, mark the packets correctly etc, but it still wouldn't work.
After a lot of time tweaking the configuration, without results, I saw that, although ping -Ieth0 ${VPN_SERVER}, didn't 'work' (with openvpn running, and tap0 configured with the correct address/netmask), I could see with tcpdump the 'ECHO REPLY' packets sent by the VPN server, with correct source and destination addresses.
After stracing the ping command, I saw that when ping issued a recvmsg syscall, recvmsg returned with -EAGAIN. So, now I know that the packets do arrive to the interface with correct addresses, but they couldn't 'reach' the upper network stacks of the kernel.
The problem was that both machines were running vanilla kernels, so I couldn't blame any Debian or Gentoo specific patches. But since I knew that the problem was in the kernel, I tried to see if any kernel .config options, regarding NETFILTER, and multiple routing tables didn't match between the two configs. But I couldn't find anything that could cause that 'bug'.
So since the kernel sources are the same, and I can't find anything in the .configs that could cause the problem, I try tweaking some /proc/sys/net 'files', although I couldn't see why these would differ between the two machines. And then I saw some /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ files in Gentoo, that didn't show up in Debian (/proc/sys/net/ipv4/cipso*).
I googled to find what cipso is, and I finally found out that it was part of the NetLabel project. CIPSO (Common IP Security Option) is an IETF draft (it's quite old actually) and is implemented like a 'security module' in the Linux Kernel, and it was what it caused the problem, probably because it tried to do some verification on the inbound packets, which failed, and therefore the packets were 'silently' dropped. LWN has an article with more infromation about packet labeling and CIPSO, and there's also related Documentation in the Linux Kernel.
make defconfig enbales Netlabel, but Debian's default configuration had it disabled, and that's why Openvpn/iproute2/iptables configuration worked with Debian, but failed on Gentoo.
Instead of compiling a new kernel, one can just do
echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/cipso_rbm_strict_valid
and disable CIPSO verification on inbound packets, so that multiple routing tables and packet marking work as expected.


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Donations & Legacies
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"God loves a cheerful giver." 2 Corinthians. 9.7
Our Church buildings offer a haven of peace and reflection. For centuries they have been a spiritual home to generations of villagers - an inspirational building which not only helps shape the character of our villages, but is a reminder of God in our daily lives.
There is much to give thanks for and the work of our Church is very much alive and at the heart of community life.
Our communities give generously of their time, their talents and their money. Those who give in this way help the Church support all our neighbours at times of joy and sorrow.
But the cost of running all our ten Churches is substantial.
The burden for the congregations is onerous and donations are always welcome for the Church and its work.
These beautiful old buildings also require constant attention and need to be comprehensively insured and maintained.
Your support helps the Church :
Please help:
For all donations, it is also very much better if you can complete the "Gift Aid" form allowing the Church to recover taxes. ( A copy is available by clicking on the link above or the one on the left side column). A "Gift Aid" declaration will automatically be sent if you donate by Text. A return text receipt will be sent to you with an opportunity to add Gift Aid. If you donate by MyDonate then an opportunity to add "Gift Aid" is included in the payment details requested.
You could also help organise a Fund Raising Event.
Once you have made provision for your loved ones, you have the opportunity to make a lasting gift to God, by leaving a legacy to His Church. A gift in your Will to your local Church is one of the most valuable and lasting ways you can continue to support the Church within our communities.
A gift can be an expression of your gratitude and thanksgiving towards God, and can help keep your local Church alive, and help transform its future.
There is a short film by the Church of England that shows how a legacy can have a lasting effect in a community and help kick start new projects. You can see it by clicking here.
If you would like to consider this then please contact the Rector via the "Contact Us" page.
You may also like to look at this web site ; www.churchlegacy.org.uk
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1,000 Days The Ministry of Christ
By Jonathan Falwell
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On 3/8 Allen James wrote: Although Scripture provides some key insights into the early life of Christ, His final three years are well documented. These 1,000 days provide clear evidence in the Scriptures that Jesus was who He said He was (the Messiah) and He come to accomplish what God said He would. In 1000 Days: The Ministry ... 1,000 Days... An excellent resource for someone new to the faith!
On 5/15 Jason Feffer wrote: One of my concerns is Falwell's lack of clarity about happiness. He opens the book appealing to our shared desire for something more from life. I agree there is a deep longing in each of us that can only be met in God, but he closes the chapter with this statement, "This is the promise: Jesus will set ... 1000 Days: A Solid B
On 4/10 Tracee Swank wrote: I'm always looking for stories to share that help people connect the faith they read about in scripture to the life they want to lead. I am also always on the hunt for stories of the lives of those whose life we read about in the Bible. It seems the Christian book market is filling up with all sorts ... 1,000 Days: The Ministry of Christ
On 3/14 Denise Beadle wrote: When choosing a book for review, I seek out a title that grabs my attention - something that makes me think, or makes me want to learn more. This is the first Jonathan Falwell book that I have read, and I will admit to being slightly disappointed. I was expecting the book to be a deeper study of Christ's ... 1000 Days: The MInistry of Christ
On 1/29 Shan wrote: Of all the years that Jesus spent on earth, it's the last three that make the biggest difference in our lives. They are the 1000 days that He spent in ministry, bringing us the Word, showing us how to live and setting the stage for the greatest gift - salvation. In 1000 Days: The Ministry of Christ, ... 1000 Days: The Ministry of Christ by Jonathan Falwell
On 1/18 Jessica Marie wrote: The Ministry of Christ 1000 Days is a very well written overview of the many ministries that Christ achieved during his life on Earth. It takes time to show perspective and how we can relate it to our lives today...I love this. I read this book at a perfect time in my own spiritual journey. Over ... The Ministry of Christ 1000 Days - written by Jonathan Falwell
On 1/18 Cassie wrote: All in all, this was a fairly good book… unfortunately nothing earth shaking. If you are new to the Christian faith or are unfamiliar with the ministry of Jesus- then I could see this book doing a lot more. It is pretty straightforward; going through Jesus' main teachings and purpose while He was ... The Ministry of Christ 1000 Days- By: Jonathan Falwell
On 1/14 ~Heather wrote: 1,000 Days by Jonathan Falwell was described on Amazon as:An opportunity to meet Jesus Christ like never before.Have you ever thought that when Jesus Christ came to earth more than two thousand years ago, he could have simply given us salvation—period!—and never done another single thing? Jesus Christ ... Book Review: 1000 Days
On 12/31 books2blog wrote: I chose this book because of the title and the fact that I am interested in learning more about Jesus' teachings, specifically what Jesus had to say and how that applies to us today. Jesus' ministry was brief, roughly 1000 days, yet Jesus lived intentionally. I believe we can learn a lot from those ... 1000 Days: The Ministry of Christ by Jonathan Falwell
On 12/22 JohnnyP5379 wrote: I chose to read 1000 Days: The Ministry of Christ by Jonathan Falwell mainly because he is the pastor of Thomas Road Baptist Church. As a graduate of Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary, I had the opportunity to hear Falwell preach and I was impressed by his style of communication. The book 1000 Days: ... Book Review - 1000 Days: The Ministry of Christ by Jonathan Falwell


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OCCA strengthens the arts by ensuring that the Oregon coast has a rich and vibrant arts community through support and promotion of arts organizations and individual artists.
This directory represents the coastal areas of Oregon, which include Clatsop, Tillamook, Lincoln, Coos, and Curry counties and the coastal towns of Lane and Douglas counties. OCCA is the regional arts council for this area. Learn more about OCCA's regional arts activities.
The Garibaldi Museum is nestled between the base of Captain Robert Gray Mountain and the Tillamook Bay in Garibaldi, Oregon. The museum is chartered to preserve the maritime heritage of the Pacific Northwest by collecting information concerning Captain Robert Gray and Captain Robert Gray's historical vessels, the Lady Washington and the Columbia Rediviva.
The museum displays the 18th century sailing world by telling the story of Captain Robert Gray and the trade with native Americans of the Pacific Northwest.


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The Mansourian Candidate
Exclusive: Jack Cashill lists Obama mentors with less-than-upright pasts
Having written a book on intellectual fraud, "Hoodwinked," and being something of a literary detective, I had no doubt on reading Barack Obama's 1995 memoir, "Dreams From My Father," that Obama did not really write it.
The style is above his pay grade, way above.
As Obama tells the story of the book's genesis, "a few publishers called" after he had been elected president of the Harvard Law Review in 1990.
In the real world, publishers don't call unknowns unless someone influential prompts them. Obama does not tell us who.
Nor does Obama tell the reader how he got elected president of the Review in the first place. Historically, the position had gone to students whose writings in the Review had shown real skill.
Prior to his election, however, Obama had written only one unsigned note and that one heavily edited. Once elected, Obama contributed not a word.
As Matthew Franck has pointed out in National Review Online, "A search of the HeinOnline database of law journals turns up exactly nothing credited to Obama in any law review anywhere at any time."
Beyond his ethnic appeal, however, Obama had something else going for him. As I previously reported, this information came to light last week courtesy of a newly surfaced DVD that features an interview with Percy Sutton on the New York-based "Inside City Hall."
A Manhattan borough president for 12 years and the most powerful black politician in New York state, Sutton spoke knowingly with host Dominic Carter about the Obama candidacy.
"I was introduced to [Obama] by a friend," Sutton told the interviewer. Sutton named the friend as "Dr. Khalid al-Mansour." Sutton described al-Mansour as "the principle adviser to one of the world's richest men." The billionaire in question is Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal.
Knowing that Sutton had friends at Harvard, al-Mansour asked Sutton to "please write a letter in support of [Obama] … a young man that has applied to Harvard."
Sutton gladly did so. Unclear in the interview is whether Sutton intervened to get Obama in to Harvard, to get him elected president of the Law Review, or both.
Khalid al-Mansour is a piece of work. Although impressively well connected, the Texas-born attorney and black separatist has not met the paranoid racial fantasy unworthy of his energy.
His many books include titles like "The Destruction of Western Civilization as Seen Through Islam" and "Will the West Rule Forever?"
Several of his speeches can be seen on YouTube. In one named, "A Little On the History of Jews," he shares his distinctive insights into the creation of Israel.
"God gave you nothing," al-Mansour says to the world's Ashkenazi Jews in a typical rant. "The children from Poland and Russia were promised nothing. But they are stealing the land the same as the Christians stole the lands from the Indians in America."
No matter how many books he has written, al-Mansour himself lacks the talent to have written "Dreams from My Father." He was, however, one of many people in Obama's network with enough money and influence to get the book written and published.
That network includes the inevitable Tony Rezko. The Syrian-born scalawag owed his bank account and his clout in Chicago politics to Jabir Herbert Muhammad, son of Nation of Islam founder Elijah Muhammad.
The younger Muhammad knew something about bogus memoirs. In the mid-1970s, he recruited the now celebrated writer Toni Morrison to "edit" Muhammad Ali's fictionalized account of his life, "The Greatest." Muhammad reviewed every page to make sure it hewed to the Nation's racist worldview.
Muhammad made Rezko general manager of his company, Crucial Concessions, in 1983. Muhammad later created the Muhammad Ali Foundation to spread Islam and appointed his confidante Rezko executive director.
Just last week, Muhammad died in Chicago. "Jabir did much for the cause of Islam," said the keynote speaker at the memorial, none other than Louis Farrakhan.
Much has been made of Rezko's Catholic background. The question has to be asked how he could possibly head a foundation whose express purpose was to promote Islam around the world, let alone the racist Islamic cult, the Nation of Islam.
Khalid al-Mansour had other friends of influence in the literary and publishing world, foremost among them the late, literary leftist superstar and terrorist suck-up, Edward Said.
Said and Obama knew each other. A photo floating around the blogosphere shows the pair engaged in intimate discussion at an Arab-American community dinner in Chicago 1998.
Bloggers ask how a then obscure state senator managed to wangle a seat next to the evening's keynote speaker, a man the Nation would describe as "probably the best-known intellectual in the world."
The answer can be traced back to Obama's two-year stint at Columbia University in the early 1980s, where Said taught as a distinguished professor of comparative literature.
The Los Angeles Times reports that Obama took at least one course from Said. The intimacy of their 1998 conversation suggests a deeper relationship.
Obama, however, will not talk at all about Said, his New York years or his trip to Pakistan during those years despite numerous requests from the New York Times.
Like Obama, Said made his deracinated childhood the central, compelling metaphor for his significant life work. His identity as a Palestinian and a refugee, driven from his homeland by Israeli violence, would inform everything he wrote.
Said did not shy from using his grief and his influence to advance his cause. For 14 years, he served on the Palestine National Conference, a kind of parliament-in-exile alongside the likes of the PLO's Yassir Arafat and still harder core radicals from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, the terrorist group that hijacked the Achille Lauro.
Unfortunately for Said, an Israeli scholar named Justus Reid Weiner did two years of hard-nosed, boots-on-the-ground background research on Said's life and published his findings in Commentary.
Weiner had proved beyond all doubt that America's most celebrated Palestinian refugee was not a Palestinian or a refugee, let alone a Muslim.
In reality, Said was a Christian and an American citizen from birth, who grew up not in Palestine but in Cairo, where he attended the best British schools before leaving for a pricey American prep school as a teenager.
Although the New York Times reluctantly confirmed Weiner's findings, the major media had no more interest in exposing the fraud of Said's life any more than they do Muhammad Ali's or Obama's.
Among Said's friends and allies on the American-hating, Arafat-loving left were none other than Khalid al-Mansour and – drum roll, please – William Ayers.
Radical turned actor Peter Coyote suggests as much in his diary written for the 1996 Democratic National Convention.
"After that," Coyote writes, "I inform Martha that I'm dragging her to the apartment of old friends, ex-Weathermen, Bernardine Dohrn and Bill Ayers, hosting a party for Senator Leahy. Perhaps Edward Said will be there."
When Ayers published his memoir, "Fugitive Days," in 2001 – the book that made "unrepentant" part of our everyday vocabulary – Said was happy to provide a blurb.
"For anyone who cares about the sorry mess we are in," Said wrote, "this book is essential, indeed necessary reading."
America is poised to elect a man to the presidency whose known mentors and sponsors – al-Mansour, Rezko, Said, Wright, Ayers – put a lie to just about everything Obama has said on the campaign trail.
A sorry mess indeed!


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Due West, SC – The Flying Fleet cruised past Coker College today winning the match three games to zero. With the win, Erskine improves to 3-3 (5-10 overall) in Conference Carolinas while Coker College falls to 0-7 (1-15 overall).
The first set started slow for the Fleet as they traded points with Coker. But the Erskine attack, led by Liz Massey (Greenville, SC/Eastside H.S.) and Lauren Stewart (Hartwell, GA/Hart County H.S.) with three kills apiece, found its stride, pushing the lead to 18 to 9 and forcing Coker to take a timeout. The Cobras were able to slow the pace but the lead was too great as Erskine won the set 25 to 17.
Erskine struck fast in the 2nd set shooting out to an 8 to 2 lead behind two Coker errors, a nice service ace by Larz Chabra (Mt. Pleasant, SC/Wando H.S.) and a massive spike by Liz Massey. Unfortunately for Coker, they could not slow the Erskine attack as Erskine pushed their lead to 14 to 4 and forcing another Coker timeout. Coker tightened their defense and was able to make a run before Erskine closed out the set 25 to 20. Freshman Liz Massey once again led the Erskine attack with 5 kills and a block. Alicia Bragg (Rock Hill, SC/Rock Hill H.S.) was also outstanding, earning 4 kills on just 6 attempts.
Coker pushed Erskine in a very exciting final set. The Cobras worked the Fleet hard to start the match, forcing an Erskine timeout holding a 16 to 12 lead. Emerging from the timeout, the Fleet would score several quick kills, led by Alison Albers (Goodhue, MN/Iowa Lakes CC) and Liz Massey, to take a 19 to 18 lead. At this point, neither team could gain more than a one point advantage. Both coaches constantly substituted and called timeouts to set their personnel and strategy. Erskine would take a one point lead at 30 to 29 on a vicious spike by Liz Massey. Liz Massey would then combine with Alison Albers to block the Coker attack for the winning point to end the set 31 to 29.
For the match, Liz Massey would record her second double-double of the season, recording 14 kills and 11 digs. She would also dish out 4 assists and notch 3 blocks. Also, contributing significantly to the Erskine offense was Alicia Bragg with 9 kills on just 14 attempts while setter Larz Chabra handed out 38 assists. In addition to Massey's double digit dig effort, Bailey Thornton (Pauline, SC/Dorman H.S.) and Brooke Dodge (Duncan, SC/Byrnes H.S.) also had 12 digs and 14 digs respectively.
Erskine goes on the road next week to face archrival Anderson University on Wednesday, followed by another roadtrip on the weekend to face Belmont-Abbey and Lees-McRae. Coker returns home to battle Barton College on Tuesday.


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RBC Heritage. Three-Way Tie at the Top. April 17 2014
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Matt Kuchar, Scott Langley and William McGirt all posted rounds of -5 under par 66 to share the first round lead at the RBC Heritage.
Matt birdied both the par five holes on the front nine before finishing with a birdie on his final hole, the ninth. He thinks a lot of the players coming from the Masters will play well here;
" It was some awfully steady golf. You're going to see a lot of guys, if they're not too run down from a major championship, come out and play some pretty good golf the week following."
Scott was inspired by the performance of Jordan Spieth at the Masters;
"Seeing Jordan do so well, almost win the Masters, inspired me a little bit."
William McGirt was catching the good vibes from Scott;
"Scott and I were both making birdies left and right, it was easy to feed off each other."
Harris English is alone in fourth spot at -3 under par, just two shots off the lead. There are a whole host of players at -2 under par, 15 of them in total. Fresh from his exploits at the Masters was Jordan Spieth, he was among those guys on -2 under par for the day, and was paired with the U.S. Ryder Cup Team Captain, Tom Watson and 2012 Ryder Cup Captain Davis Love III.Both of these guys have been winners here, and Tom wanted to take a close look at the way the young man played, so Jordan could find his name on the team sheet;
"It was unbelievable just to be playing with them. I was anxious to get back out and play another competitive round, so today was going to be kind of therapy, in a sense, from last week."
If Nick Faldo does not pull his socks up he will find himself back in the TV booth pretty quickly. Nick stuttered to an opening round of +6 over par 77. This the course where Nick won his first ever U.S. PGA Tour title, in 1984.


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China set to bar more US corn as ban on GM foods drags on
Bangor Daily News, January 27 2014
China is set to keep rejecting U.S. corn shipments containing an unapproved genetically modified strain at least until the end of March, shrugging off pressure from Washington to swiftly approve the variety developed by crop chemicals giant Syngenta AG.
Under Chinese regulations, the earliest approval of the genetically modified MIR 162 strain could be late March, when the agriculture ministry's biosafety committee holds its annual meeting. If no decision is made, the next review would be in June.
But authorities may continue curbing imports until the end of April, when annual stockpiling finishes, traders said.
China stockpiles a wide range of agricultural commodities from cotton to grains to help support market prices and ensure returns for farmers.
China, the world's third-biggest U.S. corn buyer, had turned back more than 600,000 tonnes by the end of last year, or around a fifth of China's total imports in 2013, after detecting the presence of MIR 162.
U.S. officials have been urging China to act promptly to approve the variety, known as Agrisure Viptera and developed by Syngenta, the world's largest crop chemicals firm.
Beijing started to crack down on shipments late last year, even though MIR 162 has been mixed in with other varieties since China started to import U.S. corn in 2011. The GM strain is designed to offer enhanced protection against crop-damaging insects and is approved in many countries worldwide.
Asked how much more U.S. corn could be rejected, China's quarantine bureau said in a fax that strict checks meant rejections could top the volume already affected. It did not specify a figure.
The rejections have helped drive down global corn prices , which lost around 40 percent last year, also under pressure from a big U.S. crop, and left exporters scrambling to re-sell cargoes to other Asian nations.
Excuse to block imports?
China has approved 15 varieties of genetically-modified corn for imports and MIR 162 is awaiting approval.
Two U.S. grain groups have asked Syngenta to suspend the commercial use in the United States of Viptera and another GM corn variety, Duracade, until China and other U.S. export markets have granted regulatory approval.
Syngenta said altering U.S. marketing plans now would have no effect on grain in the system or Chinese acceptance of corn imports.
Niu Dun, China's vice agriculture minister, said last month that the strain had not been approved for imports by the ministry so could not be accepted.
The move raised speculation that the ban is being strictly enforced to prevent cheap imports in a well-supplied market, but China's quarantine bureau said it has been consistent in its checks on genetically-modified farm products and applying rules.
But the rejections come as corn prices on China's Dalian Futures Exchange have fallen more than 14 percent since the domestic harvest started in September.
About 2 million tonnes of U.S. corn, already booked by Chinese buyers, have not been loaded and may be cancelled, said a source at an official think-tank, declining to be named.
Scrutiny over the strain has also led to rejections of U.S. distiller grains (DDGs), a corn-based feed grain.
Some large feed mills met quarantine bureau officials in Beijing last week to urge them that DDG should be exempted since it is a feed ingredient. Officials responded coolly to their calls, said a source with direct knowledge of the issue.
Along with plentiful corn supplies, China is also facing sluggish demand after animal feed demand dropped last year for the first time in decades when meat consumption was hit by bird flu outbreaks and food scandals.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has cut its forecasts for China's imports to 5 million tonnes from 7 million tonnes in the crop year ending in August 2014. China imports corn almost all from the United States.
While China is unlikely to issue corn import quotas to state-owned firms for 2014, private mills with 2.88 million tonnes of quotas could turn to Ukraine, traders said.
China imported non-GMO corn from Ukraine for the first time in December, buying 108,866 tonnes.
China's state stockpiler, Sinograin, has stepped up purchases from farmers in the northeast and is expected to have built up 30 million tonnes by the end of January, analysts said.
Sinograin's purchases could top 40 million tonnes by the end of April, bringing total state stocks to more than 70 million tonnes, larger than the combined output of the European Union.
"The lifting of the GMO restriction will depend on domestic corn prices and the supply situation. We will have to wait and see after the government ends its stockpiling at the end of April," said one trading executive at a domestic trading house.
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A resolution approving an amendment to a lease between the Metropolitan Government and the Nashville Zoo for a parcel of property commonly known as Grassmere.
Whereas, pursuant to Ordinance No. O96-473, the Metropolitan Council approved a lease (the "Lease") between the Metropolitan Government and the Nashville Zoo for the property commonly known as Grassmere; and
Whereas, Ordinance No. 096-473 provides that the Lease may be amended by Resolution of the Metropolitan Council; and
Whereas, the parties desire to amend the Lease to clarify the obligations of the parties with respect to capital contributions by the Metropolitan Government in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in the document attached as Exhibit A and incorporated into this Resolution by reference; and
Whereas, the citizens of Nashville and Davidson County will benefit from the approval of the amendment to the Lease.
Now, therefore, be it resolved by the Council of The Metro Government of Nashville and Davidson County:
Section 1. The proposed amendment to the Lease between the Metropolitan Government and the Nashville Zoo (Exhibit A) is hereby approved.
Section 2. This resolution shall take effect from and after its passage, the welfare of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County requiring it.
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Very comfortable natural linen top with V shaped neck and long sleeves for winter season.
Features slits on the sides. The back is slightly extended.
Made from wonderfully textured and high quality medium weight European linen.
Linen being highly absorbent fabric, the top will allow your body to breathe and feel at ease. And the more you wear and wash it the more it will gain in its character and softness.
Will look and feel equally great worn casually with jeans or for more official occasions with suit.
An eco friendly and mindful choice for everyone seeking high quality materials and comfortable fit. You will receive the top already softened and pre-washed. It won't shrink anymore.
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The top will be custom made for you within 10 days with great attention to finishing.
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HIV/AIDS and Lipodystrophy Treatments Part II: Treatments for Fat Loss
November 13, 2015
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Fat in the Body
Fat is needed for the body to function. It plays an important role in keeping the skin and hair healthy, protecting body organs, and maintaining body temperature. Fat is also stored energy.
There are different types of fat found in the body. Visceral fat is located deep in the belly under the muscle. Subcutaneous fat is the layer of fat just under the skin. Lipids are fats or fat-like substances in the blood, such as cholesterol and triglycerides.
Lipodystrophy means abnormal fat changes. It is used to describe a number of potentially unhealthy changes including:
People living with HIV (HIV+) who have lipodystrophy can have both body shape changes and metabolic problems. Some treatments can help with certain lipodystrophy changes, but no existing treatment gets rid of all of them.
This article looks at treatments for fat loss or lipoatrophy. See also Lipodystrophy Treatments Part I: Treatments for Fat Gain and Lipodystrophy Treatments Part III: Treatments for Metabolic Changes.
Switching HIV Drugs
Some HIV drugs in the non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase (NRTI) class have been linked to subcutaneous fat loss, including Zerit (stavudine, d4T) and Retrovir (zidovudine, AZT). Zerit is an older HIV drug that is rarely used today.
Fat Loss in the Face
While lipoatrophy can occur in the arms, legs, and butt, fat loss in the face can be the most difficult for people living with HIV. This can make someone look older and sicker than they are and cause embarrassment and low self-esteem. Many people living with HIV also believe that facial fat loss marks them as living with HIV and increases the stigma they face.
There are a number of treatments available. They all involve having products injected or surgically implanted to fill out hollows in the face. This can restore facial fullness. Temporary and permanent fillers are available. Temporary fillers usually last from three to 12 months and usually require touch-ups. Permanent fillers provide long-lasting results, but generally cannot be removed if the outcome is not good.
Many of these fillers have not been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for HIV-related lipodystrophy. Some of them have been approved by the FDA for other conditions or purposes. If you are considering a treatment, get as much information as you can about the choices available to you. The long-term effects are unknown and results can be different from person to person.
It is important to consult with a plastic surgeon or dermatologist experienced in treating HIV-related lipodystrophy. If you are planning on using a treatment, and especially if you plan to go outside of the US to get it, check with the product's manufacturer to make sure your provider has been properly trained to perform the procedure.
The treatments are expensive and many insurance companies will not provide coverage. However, some people living with HIV have been able to convince their insurance companies or health services to cover the treatment. If you try to get your insurance company or health service to pay for these treatments, it is important to stress to them that fillers are required to restore facial features lost to HIV drug treatment, not simply for cosmetic purposes.
On a positive note, in the US, Medicare pays for facial fillers (Sculptra and Radiesse, below) for people living with HIV on Medicare who experience symptoms of depression due to HIV-related facial lipoatrophy. This decision was made, in part, because studies showed that the fillers can improve self-image, ease symptoms of depression, and help people stick more closely to their HIV drug treatment schedules.
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Pic of Grandmother Ironing Granddaughter's Bi Pride Flag Goes Viral on Twitter
This is one heartwarming way to ring in Pride!
A photo of a grandmother seen ironing her daughter's bisexual Pride Flag is going viral on Twitter this week.
The moving pic comes from a young woman named Lexie, who has the Twitter handle @lexie_galaxie, and is from Virginia. In her tweet, she writes that she was on her way to Capital Pride in Washington, D.C. last weekend but before she left, she saw her grandmother ironing the bisexual Pride flag she was going to bring with her.
"I got up this morning to get ready for #DCPride. My grandma walked into my room, looked at my bi flag, and said, 'Oh, this needs to be pressed out!' Such a simple gesture, but it holds so much love and meaning for me," Lexie wrote.
As of this writing, Lexie's tweet has earned nearly 240,000 likes and over 34,000 retweets.
Lexie followed up her tweet with a few of the messages.
"It took me years to come out to her out of fear that she would see me differently, but nothing changed. She said, 'Okay, that's fine,'" she wrote. "She taught me to love and accept all people, and she has always been supportive of me."
After the pic went viral, Lexie thanked people who were showing her support, adding a photo of herself and her grandmother.
"WOW this is blowing up so here's another picture of my grandma because I want the world to see how beautiful she is! Show her some love! Happy pride y'all."