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All off season long, fans of the Dallas Cowboys have heard about the importance of the running game and how necessary it was for a successful season. Cowboys Head Coach Jason Garrett handed over play calling duties to Offensive Coordinator Bill Callahan, who is perceived as a play caller dedicated to the run. They used their first pick in the draft on center Travis Frederick, to bolster the strength on the offensive line. They used the fifth pick in the draft to get former Oklahoma State running back Joseph Randle to join other Cowboy running backs Demarco Murray, Phillip Tanner, and Lance Dunbar to form an explosive tandem. Yet, with all the changes, so far the results on the field have been sub par at best.
Aside from one great game in the first preseason game, the Cowboys continue to struggle running the ball. The team currently is ranked 15th in the NFL, averaging 109.5 rushing yards a game. That is only helped because of some decent runs done by Murray and Randle in the 1st preseason game. Randle is averaging 3.7 yards per attempt while Murray is averaging 3.8 yards per attempt. That isn't going to cut it from two players expected to be your main workhorses.
The backups are stepping up and they have the stats to prove it. With little reps, Lance Dunbar has 5.8 yards per attempt and Phillip Tanner is averaging 4.0 yards per attempts. Tanner has been the biggest surprise as he continues to show the coaching staff more examples of his hard running style.
But overall, the group doesn't look as impressive as the numbers suggest. The eye test tells you that they get stopped at the line of scrimmage far more than they bust out on an open run.
The main culprit to the stagnant rushing attack is right in front of our eyes. It is the poor play of the offensive line. With Ronald Leary out with a knee injury, the reshuffled line is still struggling to open up the necessary holes for the backs to make any impact.
The good news is that the coaches are not abandoning the run so far and are keep going back to it no matter what the results are. The hope is they continue to stay with this strategy in the regular season and the offensive line gets back into a groove.
The last time the Cowboys rushing attack was ranked in the top ten was 2009. That happened to be the last time the Cowboys also made the playoffs. The running game is a necessary step in order for this team to find success.
If they can't get the running game going, look for another horrible year for America's Team.
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Less than 24 hours after their most exciting win of the season -- the 16-13 overtime victory over San Diego highlighted by Ray Rice's electrifying (and game-saving) 30-yard catch-and-run in the waning moments of the fourth quarter -- there seems to be more good news radiating from the Under Armour Performance Center.
Yahoo! Sports is reporting that Ray Lewis is recovering so well from his torn right triceps he could be back on the field as early as the Ravens' Dec. 16 game against Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos.
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There's no under-stating how much the Ravens feed off the intensity of their 37-year-old future Hall of Fame linebacker.
Did you see him cheering wildly on the sideline all game long yesterday, even when the Ravens' offense was in that awful funk in the first half?
Did you see how fired up he was when the team finally started playing well in the second half and the defense made a number of heroic stands with the game on the line?
As each defensive player left the field, the CBS cameras captured him getting an arm-lock or a high-five or a fist bump from the Ravens' emotional and spiritual leader. (Paul Kruger got a head-rattling smack on the helmet and beamed like he'd just hit the Lotto jackpot.)
Now multiply that excitement and focus ten-fold and you have a sense of what it's like for the rest of the Ravens to have No. 52 stomping and snorting and battling on the field alongside them.
Maybe Lewis is trying to show that Terrell Suggs isn't the only Raven who can make a seemingly miraculous return from a devastating injury weeks ahead of schedule.
It's no surprise the man would throw himself into rehabbing his injury with all the fury and dedication he's brought to the middle linebacker position for 17 seasons.
And maybe the fact he's embraced alternative medical techniques – a hyperbaric chamber and platelet-rich plasma therapy, to name two – has helped speed his recovery, too.
Whatever the case, the Ravens have to be thrilled to hear Lewis could be back soon. His pre-game speech to the team before Sunday's game – heavy on hope, faith and love, John Harbaugh said -- was thought by some to rank with his all-time best.
But nothing beats having No. 52 on the field -- even if, physically, he's not the player he once was.
As the Ravens head into the playoffs, they'll take any version of Ray Lewis they can get – every time.

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I think all of the industry groups will continue to support cotton. It's a strategic and important crop in the South. A lot of us have very important products that we sell into the cotton market. We are talking about some important value. I feel strongly that cotton will make a comeback, and we need to support our producers as much as possible. We need a rebound in prices, and I think that will happen soon.
I think it's important for us to keep the industry intact, especially as we deal with decreased acreage. We must always keep our cotton infrastructure in place, and our allied industry partners are helping us do that. They are our lifeline, and these relationships must continue as we look to the future. We rely on our allied friends for many things, including research and education projects funded through The Cotton Foundation. As an industry, we're fortunate to have this kind of support.
I think it's more important than ever that our allied partners support cotton. They have been with us through good and bad times, and I know they'll continue to be there for us. That's what makes the cotton industry so unique. We have an amazing infrastructure, and these companies know that our cotton acreage will eventually increase. It's just a question of riding out these difficult times. It's very reassuring that crop protection and seed companies are there to support the industry through research and development. And I know that support will continue as we look ahead to the future.
We always stand together as an industry – especially in Washington. Our allied industry partners have and always will be there for us, and that's why it's good that they are united in their support of the National Cotton Council. We need these partners to keep making us low-cost producers. It's this kind of support that keeps rural America thriving. A cotton bale turns over many times in the community and has a big economic impact. Cotton will come back, and I will be growing it then just like I am now.
In today's environment of economic uncertainty and extreme volatility, it is critical that agriculture maintain a united front to protect rural America's interests. Agriculture creates jobs, produces goods of real value that all people need and preserves the environment. Farmers are the original environmentalists. We don't cry and whine for someone to bail us out. Instead, we get up in the morning, put expensive diesel fuel into costly equipment to go out and put expensive seed and inputs into the soil to try to grow something of real value in order to make a modest living.


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John Hancock (January 12, 1737 – October 8, 1793)[1] was President of the Second Continental Congress and of the Congress of the Confederation; first Governor of the state Massachusetts; and the first person to sign the United States Declaration of Independence.[1] He had no brothers or sisters. The Hancock family moved to the English colonies in 1652. As a child John Hancock was quite rich and had a promising future. Hancock was one of the leading merchants in Boston. Hancock was noted for throwing large parties and living large; this led to he and Samuel Adams not getting along. Hancock was President of the Continental Congress from 1775 to 1777. Late in life, Hancock had gout. Hancock died while serving his ninth term as Governor of Massachusetts.[1]
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GEORGIA SAGRI: The core theme of the project is the concept Working the No Work, an attempt to counter and exit the exploitation of the human body by capitalism and labor relations.
The attempt is just to think through those ideas of work and what means work and what means salary and what means to be exploited to do certain work or a certain task, or what happens to the body in certain particular spaces or certain particular modes of production.
And when we say "no work," of course we don't mean "work" as the pleasure of a human being to create things or to make things.
I'm literally using this space and the installation to understand certain things, to understand certain movements, to realize them in space in real time, and figuring out together with the viewers, what is picking up a pen, or what is writing for eight hours, or what is to sit on a chair with that particular figuration of the body, what it means to stand in a queue, what is it to waiting for the bus in the bus stop?
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Defining IUCNs role on climate change: viewpoint from the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
Workshop summary statement: Interactive Session 12 The Ecological Limits of Climate Change, Saturday 7 October 2000
Dr Nick Davidson, Deputy Secretary General, Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
This session has had wide-ranging discussions on the interaction between ecosystem and biodiversity issues and climate change, particularly in relation to forests and to carbon sequestration. But there has as yet been rather little consideration of the key, but often less recognised, role of wetlands in the climate change debate. As, however, we heard earlier from Kristalina Georgieva, the World Bank recognises the great importance of wetlands, notably peatlands, in climate change.
The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands is the oldest of the global environmental intergovernmental conventions, signed by 18 countries in Ramsar, Iran on 2 February 1971. The Convention now has 122 Contracting Parties, who between them have designated 1037 Wetlands of International Importance ("Ramsar sites") - the "jewels in the wetland crown". Ramsar covers a very broad range of wetlands: from nearshore marine and coastal ecosystems to all freshwater systems (including forested wetlands, peatlands, wet grasslands, rives and lakes, marshes and swamps, karst and caves, etc.) and artificial wetlands such dams, reservoirs and rice padi.
Ramsar Parties deliver their commitments under the Convention: the wise (sustainable) use of all wetlands, the designation and management of Ramsar sites, and international cooperation on shared wetlands and river basins, shared knowledge and information and capacity-building, and joint work between environmental conventions on common issues. With the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) this is delivered through a formal Joint Work Plan under which Ramsar acts as lead partner on wetlands. The Ramsar Bureau (its secretariat) is now exploring with the Secretariat of the UNFCCC ways of developing a programme of joint action on climate change and wetlands.
Ramsar Parties have recognised the significance of climate change in their delivery of sustainable use of wetlands and their biodiversity, and the Ramsar Bureau is pleased to support the increasing emphasis now being afforded climate change by IUCN, its upcoming Climate Change Initiative, and its efforts to build the critical links between the climate change and biodiversity communities. Climate change and its impacts are cross-cutting and fundamental issues for all the work of both IUCN and the Ramsar Convention.
The Ramsar Convention has been working closely over the last year with IUCN - both its climate change and wetlands programmes - to develop guidance and assistance to both the Ramsar Convention and climate change communities on how to address climate change in the context of sustainably managing wetlands. As Brett Orlando (IUCNs climate change officer) has strongly stated earlier in this session, without "helping countries robustly to address dealing with climate change" it is highly unlikely that they can achieve their commitments to the sustainable use of wetlands, or other aspects of biodiversity. The matter is cross-cutting, yet there remains scant guidance to countries on exactly how they should be tackling and responding to these critical issues on the ground.
What is the Ramsar Convention seeking to deliver - and how might IUCN be uniquely placed to undertake this?
The Ramsar Convention has already produced a wide range of guidance over the past 10 years designed to assist its Parties to deliver the wise use of wetlands. This toolkit, recently published in English, French and Spanish as nine "Wise Use Handbooks", produces much direction to Parties that is relevant to responding to the challenges of climate change impacts, but does not specifically address the impact on, and role of, wetlands in climate change.
Recognising this, our most recent meeting of our Contracting Parties (COP7, Costa Rica, May 1999) requested two climate change-related actions. These are:
1. Guidance on climate change in relation to wetlands, and
2. Improved working links between the Ramsar and Climate Change Conventions.
Guidance on climate change in relation to wetlands has been requested for consideration by the next Ramsar Convention meeting of Contracting Parties (COP8, Spain, 2002). In this context it is important to remember that this guidance has been requested by substantially the same governments as those addressing climate change directly through the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), biodiversity through the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), desertification through the UN Convention on Combatting Desertification (UNCCD), and migratory species conservation (CMS). But those dealing with each convention at the national level are often in different parts of government, and cross-sectoral dialogue is seemingly often weak or absent.
The guidance will address two aspects:
1. The impact of climate change on wetlands, and what will the future hold? This is essential information better to inform countries about what they are, and will, face. It will draw strongly on the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Changes Third Assessment Report (IPPC TAR) as well as other wetland-specific sources;
2. What are the ways in which wetlands can, through adaptive management, be valuable in mitigating the effects of climate change and sea-level rise. We know that some wetlands can be important in this context - forested wetlands and peatlands in relation to carbon sequestration; coastal wetlands in buffering sea-level rise impacts and increased storminess - but what about practical guidance on how wetlands can best contribute, what are good management practices, and what should be avoided in wetland exploitation and management?
The second area urged by Ramsar Parties was to increase the working links between Ramsar and the Climate Change Convention, through developing joint work designed to address mutual benefit in the delivery of the conventions on the ground. This is also in the context of Ramsars 2nd Joint Work Plan with CBD, through which Ramsar acts as lead partner .on wetlands, and which identified the opportunity of the four conventions (Ramsar, CBD, climate change and desertification) working together in promoting wetland management and rehabilitation as a common tool.
How does IUCN fit into this? First, as one of four formal NGO International Partner Organisations (IOPs), we have asked IUCN to lead on developing this area of work for the Ramsar Convention over the coming year. This will lead to four areas of activity, from global to local:
1. Global. Guidance to Ramsar Parties on:
a). the impacts of climate change on wetlands, and
b). adaptive management of wetlands in mitigation of climate change impacts.
This guidance is being developed through IUCNs participation in the Conventions Scientific and Technical Review Panel for consideration by our next Meeting of Contracting Parties, in 2002.
We see this in turn providing a valuable linkage of wetland-specific additional guidance back to climate change Parties from the wetland expert network for implementing their adaptation work under Article 4.8/4.9 of the Climate Change Convention. Linked to this will be a review by IUCN of the contentious role that wetlands may play in carbon sequestration.
2. Global. Working with the Convention Secretariats, their subsidiary bodies and country focal points to identify a framework for joint activity between the two Conventions - and joint further linkage with other environmental conventions - an activity CBD Parties also strongly endorsed at their last COP (COP5, Nairobi, May 2000).
From this we anticipate IUCN working with Ramsar in at least two further areas of implementation:
3. National. Helping Parties developing National Action Plans for climate change and wetlands, through workshops that address linkages at the national level: linkages between all the wetlands, biodiversity and climate change people responsible for country-level delivery.
4. Sites & River Basins. Taking the linkages further into "on-the-ground" action, helping develop wetland and river basin scale projects that undertake and demonstrate the ways in which countries can coherently and simultaneously deliver their commitments to all the environmental conventions. Priorities here will be driven largely by the outcomes of the National Action Plan workshops, but we and IUCN have already begun identification of candidate countries for such project development. Under consideration in particular is Botswana and the Okavango Delta (the worlds largest Ramsar site).
From the wetlands and Ramsar perspective, the key role for IUCN on the climate change debate is thus the facilitation of linkages between environmental conventions and sectors, and to support this by providing these conventions and sectors with clear and authoritative information and analysis of technical issues of biodiversity, wetlands and climate change. A strong IUCN Climate Change Programme is therefore essential for this linkage work to be successful, and to provide our Parties with guidance on tackling the overarching issue of climate change in delivering their future wise use of wetlands.
Making Waves interactive session, IUCN Amman Congress, 5 October 2000
Commenting on the increasing number of river basins, wetlands and biodiversity related initiatives and IUCNs launch of its Water and Nature Initiative, being developed through the Ramsar Convention and its International Organisation Partners as part of a presentation to the session on "The Ramsar Convention and integrated river basin management", Nick Davidson, Ramsars Deputy Secretary General said:
"Collaboration and coordination between the burgeoning number of wetlands and biodiversity initiatives linked to river basin and water resource management is essential. Essential to maximise its value and to avoid unnecessary duplication of effort and scarce resources; essential to avoid confusion for Conventions and donors; essential so as to provide clear and consistent guidance and tools to the wetlands and water management community; and essential to achieve the more effective cross-sectoral understanding, decision-making and action that is vital for the future sustainable use of wetland ecosystems. The Ramsar Bureau will seek to establish a coordinating process between these initiatives, in line with its lead role on wetlands and biodiversity with the Convention on Biological Diversity, so as to maximise their benefit to the Conventions Contracting Parties."


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Salukis fall in defensive game
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The Mongolian Altai mountains of western Mongolian offer a beautiful landscape coupled with three unique cultures - Mongolians, Kazakhs, and Tuvans. The area is rich in wildlife and provides one of the last refuges for the Altai Argali, the world's largest sheep, as well as the endangered Snow Leopard. In addition, western Mongolia is rich in archeological sites that vary from ancient petroglyphs to stone carvings from early Turkish nomads. To travel in western Mongolia and visit this area's nomadic people between the snow covered peaks of the Altai Mountains means to experience something that cannot be repeated anywhere else in the world. On a trip though this region, one discovers new horizons, will feel the beauty of unexplored wilderness and experience the freedom of nomadic life.
To UlgiiCome to airport to catch the flight to Ulgii city.Fly 4hrs.Half an hour refuel stop in Tosontsengel or Moron.Transfer to the Canat's Riverside Camp,overnight in Kazakh felt gers.Visit the local museum of Ulgii town with comprenhensive information of flora and fauna of Bayan Ulgii aimag as well as it colourfull traditional costumes. Only 15 kgs of luggage is free,each additional kg will cost USD 2.00
Hatuu ValleyToday we will drive only one and half hour and meet our horserangers.This place is called Hatuu,which means "hard" as so there are many rock.This valley has many archeological sites like rock printings /snowman's carving/, graves.Some of them are over 5000 years old. Snow capped mountains of valley make many spring waters and small lakes with crystal clear water.Closer to top of valley,you have a chance to see many wild goats/ibex/.
Hongor-OlonWe will picth camp just on the north-west side of Tsamba-Garav Uul(one of the highest snowcapped mountains in Mongolia 4208m).The place called "Hongor-Olon". There are stunning sunsets and sunrises and good fishing for grayling.
Tsamba-Garav Uul National ParkTsamba-Garav Uul(the altitude 4202m) is one of the most beautifull snowcapped mountains in Mongolia.It is just on the border of three western aimags Bayan-Ulgii,Uvs and Hovd.We will see the beautifull snowcapped peaks,rocky valleys and crystal clear spring waters.We visit the nomadic Kazakh and Urianhai(one of western Mongolian ethnic groups) families and feel their grade hospitalities.
Eaglehunter and Turkic stoneFrom north west side of the TsambaGarav Uul we have the chance to hike easly closer to snow caps.On the east of TsambaGarav Uul we trek by the narrow beautifull canyon,where is good for fishing.Meet the Kazakh eaglehunter with his Golden Eagle and see the biggest Turkic carved stone in Western Mongolia.
To Lake Bayan-NuurToday we ride horses by beautifull rocky red mountains From long distance you will see the snow capped Altai mountains and remote wild country.In the end of day, we reach lake Bayan-Nuur.Meet our vehicles and spend overnight.
Drive to UlgiiDrive short day to Ulgii.After lunch, If not on the first day, now we will visit the local sights of this rather ugly town. Instead of a market it has a bazaar, with distinct kazakh ambience, instead of a Buddhist monastery it has a mosque. Stay in Ger Camp,where we see the Kazakh concert with some traditional sings and music.
Fly to UBTransfer to the airport and fly to UB approx.4hrs.
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|Summer months in Mongolia are from early June to mid September.Although the Mongolian summers are hot and dry with occasional rain, the temperature can fluctuate as much 20 degrees centigrade between day and night.So be prepared for all weather conditions.
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|Binoculars,sunscreen,a hat,gloves,long underware for travel in the high mountains,comfortable footware,lip balm,sanitary hand wipes,sunglasses,prescription medications,(if needed),rain gear,flashlight.
|We will select some good riding horses , saddle up, and ride. Our gear will be loaded upon Bactrian Camels, used by the locals. Western Mongolian families frequently move from one pasture to the other using camels.The services of some herdsmen will be hired by the expedition, and they will provide us with their animals.
|A local guide who speaks English and Mongolian will accompany the group at all times.A cook will follow, with an assistant.In addition, the services of the local herdsmen will be hired along with their animals.The horsemen follow a traditional lifestyle in the areas where we will be riding.
|Our cook will prepare the meals.We pride ourselves in having cooks adapt to both western and Mongolian cooking on our trips.There are always vegetables available, and we have no problem accommodating vegetarians on our trips.For breakfast we can usually buy fresh yogurt from the herdsmen in the local area.
|USD 1695 per person (min 3 members)
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Date Reviewed: August 2, 2012
Strengths: This bike climbs like a beast.
Weaknesses: The brakes are kind squeaky at times.
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Date Reviewed: February 23, 2012
Strengths: Weight, the drive-train, and rims
Weaknesses: Brakes
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Go onto the good, I can easily lift this bike onto my shoulder and carry it up over large obstacles and today I carried it 5 feet across a 2x4 over a stream, I only weigh 110 lbs but it is of no problem to me.
The pedal efficiency is amazing on this bike, when in 1-1 I have almost 2 rotations to my friend's one rotation, this relieves so much stress from my legs, making the climbs much more enjoyable.
The rims, I haven't rode it enough to have anything happen yet, but they are red, so what more could you want!
Should you buy this bike? I would say this is a great entry level bike, I tested out Hardrock sport disc and a Hardrock 29er disc, but with the deal I got on this bike, $290 off, and my parents paying for most of it (I only had to pay $150) I enjoyed this bike more, the brakes were better on the other two but this bike just felt better riding it.
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Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid: $500.00
Purchased At: Center Street Cycles
Similar Products Used: Cheapie box-store bike, Top Level L.L. Bean Bike (top level schwinn)
Bike Setup: Standard Raleigh Talus 8.0
Date Reviewed: September 25, 2011
Strengths: Handles very well, a lot of confidence in corners, powerful disc brakes
Weaknesses: Rims accept 2.1" tires or smaller only, plastic pedals
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Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid: $442.00
Purchased At: Healthy Habits
Similar Products Used: Trek 4300, 4500, 3900, Giant Revel 1, Giant Anthem X 29er
Bike Setup: Stock plus aluminum pedals
Date Reviewed: March 11, 2011
Strengths: Light since I live up stairs. Great ride after you get use to the gear setup.
Weaknesses: I think tires are ok. When you use to other products. Its hard to sometimes liet that go. I might change out the tires for a more stick of a feel to the pavement.Feels like it doesnt grip well to the road. The plastic pedals has to go.
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Duration Product Used: 6 months
Price Paid: $650.00
Purchased At: Reseda Bike in CA
Similar Products Used: GT outpost Trail with upgrades over the 12 yrs I had the bike. Shocks, Seat, etc.
Bike Setup: Raleigh Talus 8.0
Date Reviewed: January 1, 2011
Strengths: Frame
Weaknesses: Fork
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Duration Product Used: 1 Year
Price Paid: $550.00
Purchased At: Outdorr Rec
Similar Products Used: GT Avalanche, Airbourne Spectre, Rocky Mountain Fusion
Bike Setup: 2010 Talus 8.0
Date Reviewed: March 24, 2005
Strengths: Killer component line-up for the price. Can't get into any other bike of that caliber for less than $900. Solid frame. Feels good in tight, fast turns.
Weaknesses: The fork. That's it really. Too soft for me. I'm about a solid 205 lbs. and I can bottom it out whenever I want to.
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Duration Product Used: 3 months
Price Paid: $730.00
Purchased At: Waldo's Bike Shop--good people
Similar Products Used: An old GT Timberline FS with just about everything upgraded to LX and XT before it got stolen. Man I loved that bike. Demo'd everything from Giant Rainier's to Fish Tassajara's before settling on this one.
Bike Setup: everything stock, same as J.L. Garcia's below me
Date Reviewed: November 17, 2004
Strengths: Good Bike components, good quality & looking frame, light weight, very good price
Weaknesses: the Fork could be improved
Bottom Line:
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Duration Product Used: 3 months
Price Paid: $860.00
Purchased At: Bici Sur
Similar Products Used: Stumpjumper, Trek 6700, Giant Iguana, Haro 4.X
Bike Setup: Manitiou Axel Elite Fork, Shimano XT Rear derailer, Shimano LX Deore Front derailer, Shimano Deore LX Disc brakes, Truvativ Issis Crank set, WTB tires & Saddle
Date Reviewed: July 8, 2004
Strengths: Great bike for the price.
Weaknesses: None yet, but to be determined.
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Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid: $799.00
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Similar Products Used: Wheeler hardtail.
Bike Setup: Stock for now.
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Prospects for Monetary Cooperation and Integration in East Asia
East Asian countries were notably uninterested in regional monetary integration until the late 1990s, when the Asian financial crisis revealed the fragility of the region's exchange rate arrangements and highlighted the need for a stronger regional financial architecture. Since then, the countries of East Asia have begun taking steps to explore monetary and financial cooperation, establishing such initiatives as regular consultations among finance ministers and central bank governors and the pooling of foreign exchange reserves. In this book Ulrich Volz investigates the prospects for monetary cooperation and integration in East Asia, using state-of-the-art theoretical and empirical tools to analyze the most promising policy options.
Volz points out that monetary cooperation can be defined broadly to include options ranging from informal policy consultations to European-style monetary union. He recommends a gradual approach toward monetary integration in East Asia, one that pursues less extensive forms of monetary cooperation before tackling such highly challenging projects as a regional exchange rate system or a regional monetary union. The simpler, less demanding forms of policy coordination would, Volz argues, allow East Asian countries to develop an integrationist spirit and gain experience in cooperation. Monetary integration is not an end in itself, Volz reminds us, but a means to promote economic and financial development and create a stable macroeconomic environment that is conducive to investment and growth.
After providing an in-depth analysis of the costs and benefits of monetary integration, Volz examines different options for East Asian countries. He then proposes a strategy whereby countries first opt for a managed float of exchange rates guided by a regional currency basket into which an "Asian currency unit" is introduced as a virtual parallel currency to circulate alongside national currencies.
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- Prospects for Monetary Cooperation and Integration in East Asia
- Prospects for Monetary Cooperation and Integration in East Asia
- Ulrich Volz
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- Cambridge, Massachusetts
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- Acknowledgments xi
- Foreword by Koichi Hamada xv
- 1 Introduction 1
- I The Forces behind Monetary Cooperation and Integration 7
- 2 The Instability of the International Monetary System and the Regionalization of Money 9
- 3 The Asian Financial Crisis 21
- 4 The Rise of China 41
- II Costs and Benefits of Monetary Integration 47
- 5 The Standard Approach: The Theory of Optimum Currency Areas 49
- 6 A Reconsideration of Costs and Benefits 103
- III Strategies for Monetary Integration in East Asia 141
- 7 Current Monetary Arrangements in East Asia 143
- 8 Exchange Rate Options for East Asia 157
- 9 Inflation Targeting across the Region 161
- 10 A Regional Exchange Rate System for East Asia? Lessons of the European Monetary System 167
- 11 Basket Strategies for East Asia 187
- 12 Reflections on Monetary Integration in East Asia: Past, Present, and Future 203
- Notes 217
- References 241
- Annexes 267
- Index 313
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- List of Abbreviations
- List of Abbreviations
- ABF Asian Bond Fund
- ABMI ASEAN+3 Asian Bond Market Initiative
- ACU Asian currency unit
- ADB Asian Development Bank
- AEC ASEAN Economic Community
- AFTA ASEAN Free Trade Area
- AMF Asian Monetary Fund
- ANCOM Andean Common Market
- APEC Asia–Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum
- ASA ASEAN Swap Arrangement
- ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations
- ASEAN+3 ASEAN with China, Japan, and Korea
- ASEAN+4 ASEAN+3 with Hong Kong
- BIS Bank for International Settlements
- BSAs Bilateral Swap Arrangements
- c.i.f. Cost, insurance, and freight
- CACM Central American Common Market
- CeMCoA Center for Monetary Cooperation in Asia of the Bank of Japan
- CIA Central Intelligence Agency
- CIS Commonwealth of Independent States
- CMI Chiang Mai Initiative
- CNY Chinese yuan
- CPI Consumer price inflation
- DEY Currency basket consisting of the US dollar, the euro, and the Japanese yen
- DTS Direction of Trade Statistics (IMF)
- EAFTA East Asian Free Trade Area
- EC European Community
- ECB European Central Bank
- ECOWAS Economic Community of West African States
- ECU European currency unit
- EEC European Economic Community
- EMEAP Executives' Meeting of East-Asia and Pacific Central Banks
- EMS European Monetary System
- EMU European Economic and Monetary Union
- ERM Exchange rate mechanism
- EU European Union
- EUR Euro
- ERPD ASEAN+3 Economic Review and Policy Dialogue
- FDI Foreign direct investment
- FTA Free trade agreement
- G-3 Group of three (United States, Japan, and euro area)
- G-5 Group of five (France, [West] Germany, Japan, United States, United Kingdom)
- G-7 Group of seven (G-5 plus Canada and Italy)
- G-10 Group of ten (G-7 plus Belgium, Netherlands, and Sweden)
- G-20 Group of twenty (Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, European Union, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Korea, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States)
- GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
- GDP Gross domestic product
- GNI Gross national income
- HK Hong Kong
- HKD Hong Kong dollar
- ICB Individual country basket
- IDR Indonesian rupiah
- IFS International Financial Statistics (published by the IMF)
- ILO International Labor Organization
- IMF International Monetary Fund
- IOU "I owe you"
- IP Industrial production
- JPY Japanese yen
- KRW Korean won
- Mercosur Mercado Común del Sur
- MYR Malaysian ringgit
- NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement
- NCB National central bank
- NEER Nominal effective exchange rate
- OECD Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
- OCA Optimum currency area
- OLS Ordinary least squares
- PBC People's Bank of China
- PHP Philippine peso
- PPP Purchasing power parity
- REER Real effective exchange rate
- SADC Southern African Development Community
- SD Standard deviation
- SEACEN South East Asian Central Banks
- SGD Singapore dollar
- SGP Stability and Growth Pact
- SITC Standard international trade classification
- THB Thai baht
- UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
- UK United Kingdom
- UN United Nations
- USD United States dollar
- US United States of America
- USG US growth
- VAR Vector autoregression
- WAMU West African Monetary Union
- WAMZ West African Monetary Zone
- WDI World Development Indicators (published by the World Bank)
- WEO World Economic Outlook database (published by the IMF)
- WTO World Trade Organization
"This is one of most comprehensive studies available on monetary cooperation and integration in East Asia, and it can also be used as a very good handbook on the issue. Volz's opinions are balanced, and his book provides a clear road map for the reform of exchange rate arrangements in East Asia."
Yu Yongding, president of the China Society of World Economics, former director of the Institute of World Economics and Politics
"This is a very rich analysis of the prospects for monetary unification in East Asia. Ulrich Volz manages to blend economic theory, econometrics, and history to analyze the many dimensions of the process toward monetary integration in the most dynamic region of the world. Economists interested in the many issues relating to monetary unions will find a wealth of information in this book."
Paul De Grauwe, University of Leuven


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Interaction with Prospects
Since coaches must be certified to recruit and are the only permissible off-campus recruiters, a representative of the institution's athletic interest:
MAY NOT make in-person, on-campus or off-campus recruiting contacts with prospective student-athletes, their relatives or legal guardians. This prohibition includes written and telephone communications.
MAY NOT contact prospective student-athlete's coaches, principals or counselors in an attempt to evaluate the prospective student-athletes.
MAY NOT visit the prospective student-athlete's school to acquire film or transcripts for purposes of evaluating their athletic or academic eligibility.
MAY NOT entertain, provide tickets or gifts and other benefits to a junior or senior in high school, prep school, or two-year college coaches, athletic director or for any other individual responsible for teaching or directing an activity in which a prospective student-athlete is involved.
MAY NOT contribute to the payment of registration fees for prospective student-athletes to attend summer sports camps.
MAY NOT mail anything, including newspapers, posters, programs, media guides, clippings, etc. to prospective student-athletes.
MAY NOT contribute to the payment of transportation costs for prospective student-athletes or their relatives or friends to visit the campus. This includes commercial or private transportation by car, train, or plane.
MAY NOT contact enrolled student-athletes at other four-year colleges to explore the possibilities of them transferring to the university and its athletic programs.
As a representative of the institution's athletic interest, you:
MAY notify our coaches about prospects in your area that may be strong additions to our teams.
MAY Attend high school, two year college athletic contests, or other events where prospects may compete, however, you may NOT contact the prospect or the prospect's relatives.
MAY continue existing friendships with families of prospects, but you may NOT attempt to recruit the prospect.
MAY employ prospective student-athletes the summer after they have signed a National Letter of Intent.
As a representative of the university's athletic interests, you may NOT:
Provide a student-athlete with extra benefits or services including, but not limited to:
- a loan of money
- a guarantee of bond
- the use of an automobile
- signing or co-signing a note with an outside agency to arrange a loan
- Make services available to a student-athlete (e.g., movie tickets, dinners, use of a car) from commercial agencies (e.g., movie theaters, restaurants, car dealers) without charge or at reduced rates
- Provide a student-athlete with a special discount, payment arrangement or credit on a purchase or service
- Provide a student-athlete with professional services without charge or at a reduced cost
- Allow a student-athlete to use a telephone or credit card without charge or at a reduced cost; or
- Serve as a "sponsor" or "family" for enrolled student-athletes.
Invite a student-athlete(s) or an entire team to your home for a meal. The meal, which may be catered, should be limited to infrequent or special functions. (Holidays, Birthdays etc.) Boosters are permitted to give a student-athlete(s) transportation to their homes on these occasions (local transportation only).
Invite an entire team for dinner when the team is visiting your area for an away athletics contest. This meal may take place at a booster's home or at a restaurant. (Student-athletes are allowed certain benefits as a team that they are not permitted as individuals)
A Booster Employing a Prospective Student-Athlete
Athletics representatives (boosters) may employ prospective student-athletes, provided the following criteria are met:
The arrangement of employment by an institution or booster for a prospect shall be permitted, provided the employment does not begin prior to the completion of the prospect's senior year of high school.
The institution or booster may employ a prospect enrolled as a full-time student in a two-year college provided the employment does not begin prior to the time period in which the prospect has officially withdrawn from or has completed the requirements for graduation at the two-year-college.
An institution or its athletics representatives (boosters) shall not provide a prospect free transportation to and/or from a summer job unless it is the employer's established policy to transport all employees to and/or from the job site.
The job is a legitimate employment situation.
The prospective student-athlete is paid the going rate.
A Booster Employing a Currently-Enrolled Student-Athlete
A currently enrolled student-athlete may earn legitimate on- or off-campus employment income anytime during the calendar year, provided that the criteria listed below are met. Prior to the student-athlete beginning work, his or her employer must sign a Student-Athlete Employment Form. This form explains all applicable NCAA rules and regulations and serves as documentation that the employer understands and will abide by them. In addition, parents may employ student-athletes to give their children private lessons. However, student-athletes must abide by specific NCAA rules and regulations in order to do so.
NCAA Criteria for Specific Employment Situations
- Compensation may be paid to a student-athlete
- only for work actually performed
- at a rate commensurate with the going rate in that locality for similar services
Camp/Clinic Employment: A student-athlete may be employed by their institution, by another institution, or by a private organization to work a camp or a clinic as a counselor, unless otherwise restricted by NCAA legislation.
Employment on a Commissions Basis: An employer, other than the student-athlete's institution, may employ a student-athlete on a commission basis only if:
- the cost of any preliminary training programs are paid for by the student-athlete;
- the personnel of the company consists of both student-athletes and non-athletes;
- the employment of student-athletes by a company does not result in the company's use of athletics reputations of such individuals to promote the sale of the company's products; and
- the company is able to document that employees who are non-athletes receive earnings from sales commissions at a rate generally equivalent to the commission rate realized by the student-athletes employed by the company.
Employing Student-Athletes for Private Lessons: Parents may employ student-athletes to conduct private lessons. Student-athletes may engage in fee-for-lesson instruction, per NCAA Bylaw 220.127.116.11, provided they abide by employment rules and the following additional NCAA restrictions:
- Institutional facilities are not used;
- Playing lessons shall not be permitted (e.g., playing a game of golf or tennis);
- The institution obtains and keeps on file documentation of the recipient of the lesson(s) and the fee for the lesson(s) provided during any time of the year;
- The compensation is paid by the lesson recipient (or the recipient's family) and not another individual or entity;
- Instruction to each individual is comparable to the instruction that would be provided during a private lesson when the instruction involves more than one individual at a time;
- The student-athlete does not use his or her name, picture or appearance to promote or advertise the availability of fee-for-lesson sessions.


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Along with all the wonderfully cool products that Apple unleashed this morning, they also included an Apple Universal Dock and Remote.
The Apple remote works with the Universal Dock and your iMac G5′s Front Row software. With a click of the Remote's buttons you bring up Front Row's interface and you can interact with videos, photos, music and more.
Similar control can be had of your iPod is docked to the Universal Dock. Finally, Apple got smart and made the a dock that is backwards compatible with older iPods (this should enable Apple to sell more during the holiday shopping bananza) by including adaptors.
We are unsure if the Remote is infrared or Bluetooh. Hard to say, as Bluetooth makes the most sense if Apple wanted it to be backwards compatible with older macs. The thing that throws us off is that Universal Dock appears to have an infrared sensor on its front.
The Univeral Dock is compatible with the following iPods:
- iPod mini (4GB and 6GB)
- iPod with click wheel (20GB, 40GB, U2 Special Edition)
- iPod with color display (20GB, 30GB, 40GB, 60GB, U2 Special Edition)
Apple Remote: $29.00 (available in 2-3 weeks)
Apple Universal Dock: $39.00 (available in 1-2 weeks)


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Undated (KELO-AM) South Dakota Congresswoman Kristi Noem (R) has joined the mostly Republican clamor for the head of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki.
"Our country has seen enough," said Rep. Noem. "We have offered more funding and more time, but the problem persists. I have heard from veterans in South Dakota who are happy with their service, but many have also contacted my office with concerns about the backlog. This is a systemic problem that must be addressed immediately before more veterans feel the impact of VA failures. I believe this is not only a failure of bureaucracy, but also a failure of leadership. Our veterans deserve a fresh start and a new set of eyes on the problem."
South Dakota Republican Senator John Thune has also called for new leadership at the Department of Veterans Affairs, and says a nationwide investigation is needed. "It is clear that the VA crisis is not an isolated incident, but a systemic and widespread management failure," said Thune. "I am again calling on the president to immediately order a nationwide IG investigation into all of the facilities under the VA's control. In light of today's report, it is also critical that the Department of Justice act on credible evidence of criminal or civil violations as it is uncovered during the investigation. In order to put an end to this scandal, we have to understand where and how many veterans have been impacted, and ensure that those who mistreated our heroes are held accountable."
The Director of the VA Medical Center in Sioux Falls says he's telling his people to keep their chins up in the midst of the scandal. Darwin Goodspeed says it's disheartening to hear about the alleged problems in other states, but, he says, it's not happening in Sioux Falls.


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Twin Switching -- From Traci
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Hi, this is Traci, the Blog Administrator... The twins are trying to decide what should be posted here and what shouldn't. I apologize for the delay. I was reading back over the posts and some of the emails, and some of them are really interesting about twins switching places. I thought maybe we could open up a discussion about that while we wait... If you are a twin or know a twin who has switched places, please email your stories to me. We'll try to put together a posting with everyone's comments, so be sure to indicate if it's okay to post it on the blog. You are also welcome to send in your impression of identical twins overall...and how this blog has or hasn't changed your view of twins.
And, of course, if you do send in your comment or email, we will send you a totally imaginary Twinkie Experiment T-shirt!
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Sea Garden Greeting Cards are now on sale in the CHOP Gift Shop. Purchase your pack of 6 Sea Garden greeting cards for $10, and use them during the holidays and all year long! All proceeds will help support ongoing maintenance and programming in the rooftop garden at Children's Seashore House.
At The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, we want all of our patients to bloom and grow to the best of their abilities. In this spirit, CHOP has opened a garden for patients and families on the third-floor rooftop playdeck of Children's Seashore House.
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia is excited to announce the partnership with Groundswell Design Group, a nationally celebrated landscape build and design firm, based in Hopewell, N.J., to create the vision for the new garden.
Working directly with a team from CHOP, the Groundswell team, comprised of landscape and hardscape designers and installers, worked to create a vision for the garden that was true to the core philosophy that design should take a holistic approach and create moments beyond just the meandering landscape experience.
CHOP is also thankful for a partnership with the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, an organization that provided support for Sea Garden planning and planting, and will participate in ongoing upkeep. We also thank Johnny's Selected Seeds, which donated all the seeds we'll plant for our 2014 garden and Organic Mechanics, which donated the soil!
Groundswell's design was inspired by the healing nature of the sea, with the goal of bringing the calm of the sand and the sea to patients and families. In addition to the beautiful design, the garden will include ongoing educational programming for patients and families, that will include everything from alphabet gardening and story-telling, to nutrition and healthy eating.
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To combat the heat-wave, white wine was indicated and the choice fell this time upon Chardonnay. However in an evening temperature of close to 30°C (over 80°F), it was difficult to keep the wines at the right temperature; either initially too cold for expression or becoming warmer than ideal. Luckily fine subtle chardonnay from Burgundy stands up than most whites to warming temperatures.
- Champagne Terre de Vertus 1er cru – blanc de blancs non dosé – from Larmandier-Bernier . As the glasses were being poured, I could already smell that this was a good one. Refreshingly crisp and biscuity with good flesh ("gras") and elegance. Much more velvety than most "non dosé" which can be too austere for some palates, e.g. Laurent-Perrier's ultra brut. 16/20.
- Bourgogne Côtes d'Auxerre Corps de Garde 2001 from Ghislaine et Jean-Hugues Goisot. Quite a surprise. Crisply fruity and mineral with good flesh. Very enjoyable. 15.5/20.
- Val de Sil – Godello sobre lias Valdeorras- 2004 from Bodegas Valdesil. A ringer served blind. Could be mistaken for a warm climate chardonnay. Creamy and easy to dink but a bit bland. 14.5/20.
- Chablis 1er cru Butteaux 1998 from Domaine François Raveneau. Moving right into the top league! A bit shy at first but opening up into a beautifully classy wine with a measure of austerity but with complex nutty and mineral notes on a full body. 18/20.
- Chablis 1er cru Fouchaume 1996 from Domaine Chantemerle (Boudin). Oxidized.
- Chassagne-Montrachet 1er cru Les Vergers 1990 from René Lequin-Colin. Over the hill. Would have been richly burnished a couple or so years ago but now showing signs of breaking up with rotting fruit hints (much more marked 24 hours later). Probably was 16/20 but now 13.5/20.
- Meursault-Perrières 1er cru 1992 from Domaine des Comtes Lafon. Colour quite brown like the Forchaume caused misgivings as it was poured but happily they were not warranted. Luscious and richly burnished with reasonable acid balance but still marked by its "élevage" in new oak. Maybe 17.5/20 for those who like that style but for me 15/20.
- Puligny-Montrachet Les Pucelles 1er cru 1995 from Domaine Leflaive. There was a tiny trace of off flavour at first but for all but one of us this was lost in the greatness of what was there. Beautifully minerality and fleshy fruit allied with great elegance, good length and great class. No trace of exaggeration of creaminess like perhaps the previous and next. 18/20 (turning a bind eye to the off trace).
- Chassagne-Montrachet 1er cru Clos de la Maltroie 2000 from Domaine Michel Niellon. A liitle shy at first but opening up into a hedonistic wine. Richly creamy and fleshy but quite exhilarating and, for me, several notches above the Lafon Perrières because the wood was far less marked and the impression was more suave and elegant. 16.5/20.
All in all and interesting evening with some fine wines but, with apologies to Raveneau and Leflaive, I was left with a slightly heavy and cloying impression and I think that a Riesling or Chenin evening would have been more refreshing and would have shown more wines with real finesse and distinction.
Where were the New World and other "foreign" chardonnays? Well, first, Belgium tends to be francophile wine-wise and, therefore, there are not many dealers with a good choice from other origins. Second, warm climate chardonnays tend to be heavier, buttery and, for me, too alcoholic, whereas in most years in Burgundy there is the saving grace of good acidity and minerality. However, at tastings, I have come across some nice Chardonnays from New Zealand. And the Leeuwin Art Series is a good ringer for Lafon.


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Holiday Inn Express Canterbury
|Self Classified Hotel
|Ratings explained
Rooms are modern, with; comfortable beds, tea and coffee facilities and complimentary WIFI. Guests have access to secure complimentary parking, and can enjoy a free buffet breakfast before taking advantage of the discounted taxi shuttle service and exploring the city. Light dishes are available at the hotel restaurant and the 24 hour Lobby bar and terrace provides somewhere to relax. Meeting rooms and a 24 hour business centre are available for business guests.