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Welcome to the second in our series of posts running down the track records of the various companies competing for the opportunity to build lots and lots of buildings over the West Side Rail Yards. Today we focus on Extell, whose Steven Holl-designed plan (above, and here) has probably received the most architectural critical praise.
Extell, formerly Intell Management and Investment Co., has been an NYC real estate player since 1994, although their profile has heightened considerably in the last few years, especially since their name change in 2005. They are steered by CEO Gary Barnett, a former diamond merchant.
The company notably attempted to play the spoiler during the bid process for Atlantic Yards redevelopment in Brooklyn, submitting a proposal that — unlike competitor Forest City Ratner's controversial, ultimately adopted plan — would not have required the usage of eminent domain, or have included a stadium for the NBA's Nets. The Real Deal offers a pretty good rundown on the company here.
After the jump, we have a summary of some of Extell's more notable projects and properties, with pretty illustrations to boot.
Notable Developments:
Riverside South. In 2005, Extell purchased a 77 acre site bounded by the Hudson River, West End Avenue, 59th and 72nd Streets from Donald Trump and his partners for $1.8 Billion. (Trump later sued his partners, financiers from Hong Kong, claiming that the price paid for the land was too low). Extell plans for this development to ultimately include more than 10,000 new homes, retail plazas, restaurants, additional parking and roads as well as 27.5 rezoned acres dedicated to Riverside Park South. The master plan includes a 21 acre park (Riverside Park South) that will connect Riverside Park to the Hudson River Park. Riverside Drive will also be extended south as Riverside Boulevard, connecting with 12th Avenue. The developer must also build a tunnel below the Boulevard that could ultimately serve as a replacement for the current, elevated West Side Highway viaduct (hearkening back to the ultimately scuttled Westway project). The project is mandated to include 12% affordable housing.
The site – the former, long-abandoned Penn Yards – has a long history punctuated by decades of inaction and a variety of typically Trump stunts (like his threat to build the world's tallest building there). When Extell bought the site, they also bought the three buildings that had already been constructed on it. Since then, they've finished two more, Avery Condominiums and The Rushmore (pictured above). Part of the site – the so-called superblock between 59th and 61st Streets – still needs to go through ULURP, which could impact the developers' usage mix, currently said to possibly include residences, parkland, and a hotel.
Ariel East and West. The tallest buildings on the Upper West Side by quite a margin, they attracted quite a bit of community outrage and activism in 2005 but were nevertheless completed last year. The fracas ultimately resulted in a down-zoning of a pretty healthy swath of the UWS.
The Lucida. The Upper East Side's first LEED-certified residential building.
The Orion. This 60 story tower on West 42nd Street is one of the tallest residential buildings in the city. Trivia note: the amenities are all located in the middle of the building, on floors 28-30, which is pretty unorthodox.
The W Hotel, Times Square. Intriguingly, Extell's website does not list very many notable commercial/office developments. The company is probably pretty thrilled that the downturn in residential real estate has not yet impacted New York as it has the rest of the country.
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Phoenix jumped out to a 29-21 lead after the opening quarter, but the Celtics fought back to make it a two-point game at the half. The Celtics actually had a nine-point lead in the third, but the Suns closed the quarter on a 15-1 run and never trailed again. Four of the five Boston starters recorded double figures in points led by Rajon Rondo and Brandon Bass who each had 18, while Jeff Green had 17 and Jared Sullinger added 11.
The Suns were led by Markieff Morris who had 18 points off the bench, while Goran Dragic had 17 in the win.
The Celtics will be back in action Friday night (10:30, CSNNE) in L.A. against the Lakers.
What they'll be saying: Something to monitor in the second half for the C's is their defense as in many of their losses they allow their opponents to shoot a strong percentage from the field, which was the case in Wednesday's loss as they allowed the Suns to shoot 44 percent from the floor. Phoenix was also able to push the tempo of the game leading them to 30 fast break points compared to just eight for the C's. Thursday is the NBA trade deadline, where it would not be surprising to see the Celtics make a deal or two.


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dark urine
difficulty breathing
dizzy, lightheaded or fainting spell
fever or sore throat
irregular heart beat, chest pain
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over-the-counter herbal supplements like hawthorn
potassium salts or potassium supplements
salt substitutes
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Okay. So its normal that there should be a bit of struggle to button up the top button?
Very much so. It should only last a week.
i have a pair of these size 34 (very rare) never came to the USA…….for sale…….
dont like the colour tbh.
yeah, will just say (personally) i dont think its that nice a colour. and pretty sure in general its not that desirable a colour (so not worth paying too high a price for them). plus 33 is maybe a size that will still be available in the sales? in a nicer colour?
Those are actually 16cm jeans from SS13, I believe. They have a higher polyurethane %, either 4 % or 5%.


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BiO's NeoVar and DRIVE Log (sponsored)
Update for 10-8-07
Weight 176
Fri-Sat were off days with some cheating diet-wise. Nothing too severe..still dropping fat it seems.
Added in DRIVE at 4 caps per day on Sunday to start prepping for my backpacking trip one month from now.
Did a 3 mile rolling hill hike with 50 pound pack yesterday to get started. This was at an average elevation of 7,000'.
Drive definitely "opened" me up in the sense that it usually takes me an hour or so of sustained cardio to feel like I am warmed up and my heart/lungs are pumping optimally.
Endurance was better than anticipated even with the heavy pack. Took very few breaks and mostly because my hip straps were digging into my muscles and cutting off blood.
I eased into having a heavy pack on pretty quickly and kept a decent pace.
Will do a chest/tri wo today and report back later. - 10-08-2007, 01:18 PM
good update!
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Grand Canyon's newest trail..the Hance. Then hook up with the River trail then out on some other trail I forget the name of.
3 days. 12,000 feet of elevation loss and gain. - 10-09-2007, 12:05 PM
UPDATE for 10-9-07
Did chest/tri last night. Dosed 5 NeoVar before 45 grams protein/50 grams carb and 2 DRIVE in the am, 3 DRIVE pre-wo and 5 NeoVar post WO with 60 grams protein/50 gram carbs.
GREAT workout all the way through. I haven't really hit chest too hard for the last month or so...so I decided to go heavy and test things out.
DB Flat Bench:
55 x 10
65 x 8
75 x 6
85 x 1 (lost balance)
85 x 2
Not bad considering I haven't done DB bench for about two years. Went up to 85 to test max but probably could have gone higher if I were "fresher"...ie not done as many sets in front.
HammerStrength Iso Wide Bench
180 x 10
200 x 10
220 x 7
230 x 5
230 x 3
Just wanted to keep going and going and going. Felt the pump coming on but no "burn". Lactic acid buffering already kicking in is my guess.
Tricept Pushdowns
130 x 12
145 x 8
155 x 8
170 x 5
175 x 4
No change on strength but endurance was way up. And just getting carried away. Tri's are fried at this point. lol
Overhead Cable Pulldowns
160 x 10
170 x 8
180 x 7
No real change on these.
Cable Flies
55 x 10
65 x 10
70 x 8
No change...getting pretty cooked by this point.
Standing Skull Crushers
55 x 10
Annnd done because I almost dropped this paltry amount of weight on my head. Out-O'-Gas. lol
Strength: Notable change on DB flies. I essentially picked up where I left off 2 years ago which is great IMO. I've dabbled with DB pressing in the last 2 years but got discouraged when I couldn't put up the 65's for 10...so I'm thinking dramatic improvement here.
Endurance: Very good to the point where I could end up overtraining..and probably did overtrain last night as it was hell getting out of bed this morning.
Focus/Aggression: Mah-velous! Totally focused on my training and putting up the weights. Aggression was great..maybe too good as I nearly put my rottie-shepard through a wall for snapping at the baby last night (everyone is fine)...but in the gym it was a great ride.
almost forgot PUMPS: Awesome. Looked rather BBer-esque after the wo. Tris, chest and delts were bulging pretty good. Still full today.
So Dirk's protocol of 3 DRIVE pre wo is the ticket to ride IMO.
Will likely climb a mountain with weighted pack in the next day or two. DRIVE-NeoVar-RPM-athon! Will update after.Last edited by bioman; 10-09-2007 at 01:50 PM. Reason: forgot pumps section
Sorry for the hijack.... but it is a worthy one:
Travis, Do you know the name of the chick in your avy?? - 10-09-2007, 12:12 PM
damn thats some weight youre movin. Gonna post any progress pics?
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I don't have befores but I might post afters if'n I feel pretty enough.
EDIT on the update...I'm up 2 pounds this morning. Fat, water or lbm..I have no idea. - 10-09-2007, 01:34 PM
For most of last night I felt pumped as helll. At the moment I am fuller but not terribly pumped..but then all I have done is sit at the computer.
Today's an off day but I'll post impressions anyways.
Sleep: Been sleeping really hard since the addition of DRIVE...but that may be due to my renewed "enthusiasm" in the gym..ie hittin it hard.
Recovery: Definitely..without a doubt recovering better than before the NeoVar/Drive stack began. I am a slow recovery type o guy but I feel like I could go back to the 4 day split I used to do 10 years ago..or during a PH cycle.
Shoulders and traps are the most noticeably pumped. This is generally what I see on a cycle. Starting to see some quad seperation.
Mental State: I have bouts of aggressive mentality but nothing unpleasant or out-of-hand. On the whole, in a good mood and mellow. Forselean treats me well in the depression department...it's been used for depression in India for centuries. Icariin is likely helping this as well. - 10-10-2007, 07:04 PM
Decided to add one RPM cap today at around 1030 am. Still wired up pretty good. Have moments where I feel incredibly warm. Muscles seem to have gotten tighter since dosing.
Hope I can sleep tonight. lol - 10-11-2007, 09:28 AM
Are you still at 10 caps for the neovar?
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Home: http://bpsnutrition.net/Facebook: @Body Performance Solutions - 10-11-2007, 12:08 PM
Yep..10 NeoVars, 4 Drives on non wo days and 5 on wo days. RPM I save for earlier wo's or mountain climbing. I tend to lift at night so caffiene is a no-go.
I think 10 NeoVars is my limit for the moment..intestines got a little cranky. Also letting my Forselean tolerance build up before dosing higher on Drive.
Today is "Climb the 9,000 foot extinct volcano with 40 pounds on my back Day."
I'm only semi-looking forward to it. - 10-11-2007, 12:14 PM
The Climb.
Yesterday, after assorted errands and moderating this pack of apes, I finally got out to do my climb.
I live on the slopes of Mount Elden..an dead volcano that rises 2200' to a an elevation of around 8200 above sea level. Starting at 7,000 and going to the top in 2.2 miles yields an elevation gain of over 1000 vertical feet per mile. In other words..pretty steep.
The trail is obviously steep but what makes it extra challenging are all the water breaks that cause you to break pace and step up.
Being that I wasn't overly motivated, my 40 pound pack mysteriously lost weight and was reduced to a 25 pound pack prior to starting out. I am glad I made this decision.
The Elden Lookout trailhead is approximately 1.3 miles from my house making the entire roundtrip an even 7 miles..90% in challenging terrain. This replicates conditions on most of the steeper Grand Canyon trails and thus, it will be my training route from now until Nov 8th.
So enough background. Dosed 5 NeoVar, 3 DRIVE and 1 RPM before heading out.
Right off the bat I could tell cardio was easier/more efficient. Likely due to the vasodialatory effects of the Icariin and cAMP boost. Caffiene always helps to lower perception of exertion as well.
All in all..this makes it PERFECT for high exertion/high endurance cardio situations like mountain climbing.
Despite not having done steep outdoor climbs in a year or so, this climb was not bad..not bad at all. Was able to keep a steady pace on all but the steepest inclines and when I did stop to rest, recovery time..ie time to pulse and breath normalizing..was a fraction of what it normally is for me. I've climbed a lot of hills..I know how much wind I suck and for how long..lol.
Aside from running out of water 1/4 of the way up..it was a grueling but pleasant grind up the mountain. Made the 3.5 mile trek up in 3 hours..45 minutes were lost to admiring scenery and missing one trail turn off. Time down was 1 hour and 15 minutes.
Today I feel remarkably OK..ie not dragging like I thought I would. Body is sore..but I'm not too tired. - 10-12-2007, 01:04 PM
Sounds like an awesome time. Id like to try something like that.
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Two more rounds of wieghted uphill cardio training..or hiking as some people like to call it for short.
First hike: 10/14/07 Elevation 6900 to 7300'. 3.5 miles round trip. Same route as last hike only shorter because I took my wife and hauled my 20 pound baby on my back.
Kinda hurtin on this hike due to all the weight being at the top of the pack..ie baby backpack..so it took some getting used to.
Hike 2: 10/15/07. 7 miles round trip. Dropped from 6500' to 4900" in 3.5 miles, snorkeled a pleasant little creek and hiked back out with 25 pounds of soggy gear.
Tooke 3 Drive and 5 NeoVar prior to each hike. First hike was nothing too special..didn't feel the love, hard to sustain a decent pace with wife and baby in tow and lots of people on trail.
Second hike...the DRIVE is kickin in baby! Despite this being the third hike in 5 days, I flew up the trail with zero difficulty. The trail in question was fairly steep though smoother than most with no water breaks. Dosed 3 DRIVE before descending and 3 more before ascending and it was amazing. Hardly lost my breath, very little burn and cardio-pulminary efficiency felt awesome.
Fairly tired today but that's understandable.
Endurance: GREAT
Strength: harder to gauge but no issues hopping up boulders
Libido: coming back after stopping the ATD on Friday.
Focus: Great..am able to zone in to my cardio endeavors with ease
Pumps: not much going on here except for calves.
Aggression: Excellent. feel like I can tear up the trail and not be daunted by staring up at top of climb.
Today or tonight I will try to get a chest/tri wo in and report back. - 10-16-2007, 05:37 PM
It's probably the best place I know to find yourself humiliated if you "thought" you were in good shape. lol
The Canyon is what woke me up and began my journey towards fitness. She kicked my arse back in 1994 and we've had a love-hate relationship ever since. Sure, she tries to kill me every so often but harsh environments, like the iron*, never lie.
*ala Henry Rollins - 10-18-2007, 01:32 PM
Corny last post. lol
Decided to do an upper body routine yesterday morning since I haven't been able to be consistent enough on my 3 day split.
Took 5 NeoVar and 4 Drive preworkout with 60 gams of oats and 50 grams protein.
DB Flat Press
65 x 12
70 x 9
70 x 6
70 x 3
Not feeling the love on this one...felt not totally warmed up yet. Did not attempt to max out this time.
HammerStrength Iso Wide Press
160 x 10
180 x 9
200 x 8
220 x 5
Tri Pushdowns
145 x 10
160 x 8
170 x 8
175 x 6
Overhead Bar Pulldowns (keeping arms straight)
165 x 10
170 x 10
175 x 8
Bent Over Cable Rows
145 x 10
165 x 10
175 x 8
180 x 3
Aggression: Excellent..too good as I was kinda pissy all day.
Focus: Excellent
Strength: not as good as last workout but lack of time threw my eating schedule off..makes a huge difference.
Endurance: Excellent. Feel compelled to do even more than 4 sets..but I refrain.
Pumps: not much this time but I have been cycling carbs up and down...this wo was on the low side. Also suffering from lack of sleep.
Overall Impressions: Another great though somewhat rushed workout. Started off slow but as I got warmed up it felt like the DRIVE started doing it's thing. - 10-18-2007, 01:54 PM
Should also add that weight is still around 178 or so..but seem to be recomping slowly. Abs are becoming a little more visible as are seperations in shoulders.
OK, quick update before heading back out to the field.
Been taking DRIVE every day while working on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon at elevations between 6200' and 9000'. Endurance has been absolutely terrific and I am not sucking wind like I normally do at that elevation and terrain. It's truly a blessing as this type of work normally kicks my butt..but I am feeling great despite only having 36 hours of layover before going out again.
Libido continues to improve and be repaired from lengthy ATD use. Unfortunatly..no one to use it on. lol
Fatloss is becoming quite noticable over the last week due to DRIVE, a cut in carbs and the constant walking I do all day up in them thar hills. Abs starting to show through though unfortunately, I am losing some LBM due to not lifting and all the extra cardio. I'll hit the gym hard in a few weeks after work and trips simmer down for the season.
Focus and aggression..able to focus on work well but nothing to get aggressive over out in the middle of nowhere by myself. Except the wind...I hate the wind.
I have been using 5 caps of NeoVar at the end of every work day to recharge my ATP supplies and this seems to be helping a lot actually. One tends to get run down doing this sort of work for 7 days at a time and sleeping in the back of one's truck but again, the DRIVE and NeoVar combo really seem to be keeping me on my feet.
Almost out of NeoVar though and on last bottle of Drive.
Have a great week everyone. I'll be out till Friday. - 11-30-2007, 12:50 PM
OK, out in the field off and on for the last month with ZERO lifting and below maintenance cals has brought me down to 175. Have been using DRIVE at 4-6 caps daily. RPM I only use sporadically. NeoVar has run out.
Surprisingly, I don't think I have lost much muscle at all during this time and I attribute that to the DRIVE. The SARM-like properties of the Icariin coupled with the test boost from the forskohlin and dodder likely preserved much of my muscle despite some pretty catabolic conditions.
It would be interesting to see some logs using DRIVE on a cut.
Did my first WO yesterday in over 1.5 months. It brought the noise and pain, omg.
Shoulders/Back/Bi's went very well despite major protestation from my muscles. Felt like muscle fibers were splitting during deadlifts, yet oddly I retained most if not all strength on this key excercise. Pulled 460 on the HammerStrength Shrug/Dead machine which is my norm. Felt I could have gone higher but opted not to push it.
Same reliable pump from DRIVE, same great focus and intensity from the RPM. After not having a pump for a month, I looked like a different person at the end of the WO..which felt very good.
So, final impressions...
DRIVE: A solid 9/10 for me.
Strength: 7/10 which is great for herbal product
Endurance: 9/10 fantastic and more noticable in cardio/endurance
Pumps/Vascularity: 10/10 muscles stay full all the time
Recomp effects: 9/10 keeps me looking solid even without a solid effort on my part. Anything that can keep muscle on me all through grueling field work is a HUGE deal to me.
RPM: 10 out of 10
My favorite preworkout stim by far. Love it.
NeoVar: 7/10
Delivers a little more than the average creatine product..which is actually saying a lot. I'm not a huge fan of creatine though I recognize it's place and understand it's limitation quite well. NV seems to be able to deliver consistency with it's CEE formulation that I haven't experienced before. Effects are subtle..but they are there and they keep going unlike plain CEE. Normally, for me at least, CEE works well for a week or two then fizzles but NV keeps the pump and recovery going longer. How long? Well, at least one bottle's worth-long.
Special thanks to Applied Nutracueticals for supplying me with these products. Dirk has been especially generous in this regard and deserves props for his mastery in formulating Drive and RPM as well as taking suggestions from little old me seriously.
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I thought of cherry blossoms as soon as I saw this freebie so of course I changed the colour... but I have already scrapped my quilt cover and a photo of Darren with a cherry blossom tree in the country... so I went looking for a photo I liked and came across this glorious painting by a lady called Annie Keen,
which can be seen here. I just wish I had $200 to buy it!
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Wow, this is so beautiful Jode. Lovely photo - I like the combination of delicate and mysterious and the color combination you used is gorgeous and oriental looking somehow. You framed the pic so elegantly and I really like what you did with the freebie - even enlarging it to make a pretty cluster. Super layout - just wonderful!
Gorgeous, Jody! And you found the perfect background and embellishments to compliment that beautiful tree! The tree looks lovely in the frame you chose! Your layouts are all just phenomenal!
It's a lovely painting Jody. Your recolored freebie works so well here. The frame is perfect.
Wow, amazing!
All I can say is, it's gorgeous. Love the photo and the frame you used. The background paper goes so well with Syndee's freebie. Beautiful page. The swirling clouds and wind in the photo are beautiful.
Beautiful! That is a wonderful painting (and the card is only 6 bucks) Great job matching the colors of the background to the painting - such wonderful colors. And the frame is awesome - eye catchingly impressive, but not overwhelming in the silver.
Gorgeous LO, love the beautiful painting and frame and it's a very beautiful background paper. TFS xxx
Well, if you can't buy the original, you can always frame your layout! Wouldn't it look fabulous with your quilt? The colors here are spectacular and I love how you've used the freebie blossoms. The ornate frame is inspired.
when I saw your comments about the picture, I was going to suggest that you just frame your layout, but I see Diane beat me to it! Another gorgeous layout Jode.
Beautiful as always. You have such a great way of creating your layouts. I love seeing them.


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New Jersey Working Families Want Voters to Increase Minimum Wage
After a conditional veto of an increase in New Jersey's minimum wage by Gov. Chris Christie (R), working families, the New Jersey State AFL-CIO and a coalition of 151 organizations are pushing for measure that would raise the state's wage to $8.25 per hour and attach a cost-of-living adjustment to the wage for the future. Senate President Stephen Sweeney (D) and Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver (D) also joined the "Raise the Wage" campaign. In November, voters will be able to decide on the ballot whether or not to increase the minimum wage.
"New Jersey's growing poverty statistics are startling, and raising the minimum wage would be a strong first step toward addressing this problem," says New Jersey State AFL-CIO President Charles Wowkanech. "The New Jersey State AFL-CIO and coalition partners consider raising the minimum wage and including a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) to be a top priority for low-income workers in this difficult economic climate."
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Fish scale
The skin of most fishes are covered with scales. Scales vary enormously in size, shape, structure, and extent, ranging from strong and rigid armour plates in fishes such as shrimpfishes and boxfishes, to microscopic or absent in fishes such as eels and anglerfishes. The morphology of a scale can be used to identify the species of fish it came from.
Cartilaginous fishes (sharks and rays) are covered with placoid scales. Most bony fishes are covered with the cycloid scales of salmon and carp, or the ctenoid scales of perch, or the ganoid scales of sturgeons and gars. Some species are covered instead by scutes, and others have no outer covering on the skin.
Fish scales are part of the fish's integumentary system, and are produced from the mesoderm layer of the dermis, which distinguishes them from reptile scales.[1] The same genes involved in tooth and hair development in mammals are also involved in scale development. The placoid scales of cartilaginous fishes are also called dermal denticles and are structurally homologous with vertebrate teeth. It has been suggested that the scales of bony fishes are similar in structure to teeth, but they probably originate from different tissue.[2] Most fish are also covered in a protective layer of mucus (slime).
Placoid scales[edit]
Placoid scales are found in the cartilaginous fishes: sharks, rays, and chimaeras. They are also called dermal denticles. Placoid scales are structurally homologous with vertebrate teeth ("denticle" translates to "small tooth"), having a central pulp cavity supplied with blood vessels, surrounded by a conical layer of dentine, all of which sits on top of a rectangular basal plate that rests on the dermis. The outermost layer is composed of vitrodentine, a largely inorganic enamel-like substance. Placoid scales cannot grow in size, but rather more scales are added as the fish increases in size.
Similar scales can also be found under the head of the denticle herring. The amount of scale coverage is much less in rays and chimaeras.
The skin of sharks is entirely covered by placoid scales. The scales are supported by spines, which feel rough when stroked in a backward direction, but when flattened by the forward movement of water, create tiny vortices that reduce hydrodynamic drag, making swimming both more efficient as well as quieter compared to that of bony fishes. The rough, sandpaper-like texture of shark and ray skin, coupled with its toughness, has led it to be valued as a source of rawhide leather, called shagreen. One of the many historical applications of shark shagreen was in making hand-grips for swords.
Unlike bony fish, sharks have a complicated dermal corset made of flexible collagenous fibers arranged as a helical network surrounding their body. The corset works as an outer skeleton, providing attachment for their swimming muscles and thus saving energy.[3] Their dermal teeth give them hydrodynamic advantages, as the scales reduce the turbulence of swimming.[4]
Leptoid scales[edit]
Leptoid scales are found on higher-order bony fish, the teleosts (the more derived clade of ray-finned fishes). As the fish grow, scales are added in concentric layers. The scales are arranged so as to overlap in a head-to-tail configuration, like roof tiles, allowing a smoother flow of water over the body and thereby reducing drag.[5] Leptoid scales come in two forms: cycloid and ctenoid.
Cycloid scales[edit]
Cycloid (circular) scales have a smooth texture and are uniform, with a smooth outer edge or margin. They are most common on fish with soft fin rays, such as salmon and carp.
Cycloid (circular) scales are usually found on carp-like or salmon-like fishes
Ctenoid scales[edit]
Ctenoid (toothed) scales are like cycloid scales, with small teeth along their outer edges. They are usually found on fishes with spiny fin rays, such as the perch-like fishes. The scales have a rough texture with a toothed outer or posterior edge featuring tiny teeth called ctenii. These scales contain almost no bone, being composed of a surface layer containing hydroxyapatite and calcium carbonate and a deeper layer composed mostly of collagen. The enamel of the other scale types is reduced to superficial ridges and ctenii.
Ctenoid (toothed) scales are usually found on perch-like fishes
Ctenoid scales can be further subdivided into three types:
- Crenate scales, where the margin of the scale bears indentations and projections.
- Spinoid scales, where the scale bears spines that are continuous with the scale itself.
- True ctenoid scales, where the spines on the scale are distinct structures.
Both cycloid and ctenoid scales are overlapping, making them more flexible than cosmoid and ganoid scales. Unlike ganoid scales, they grow in size through additions to the margin. The scales of some species exhibit bands of uneven seasonal growth called annuli (singular annulus). These bands can be used to age the fish. Most ray-finned fishes have ctenoid scales. Some species of flatfishes have ctenoid scales on the eyed side and cycloid scales on the blind side, while other species have ctenoid scales in males and cycloid scales in females.
Ganoid scales[edit]
Ganoid scales are found in the sturgeons, paddlefishes, gars, bowfin, and bichirs. They are derived from cosmoid scales, with a layer of dentine in the place of cosmine, and a layer of inorganic bone salt called ganoine in place of vitrodentine. Most are diamond-shaped and connected by peg-and-socket joints. They are usually thick and have a minimal amount of overlap as compared to other scales.[6] In sturgeons, the scales are greatly enlarged into armour plates along the sides and back, while in the bowfin the scales are greatly reduced in thickness to resemble cycloid scales (see above).
Ganoid scales of the Carboniferous fish, Amblypterus striatus. (a) shows the outer surface of four of the scales, and (b) shows the inner surface of two of the scales. Each of the rhomboidal ganoid scales of Amblypterus has a ridge on the inner surface which is produced at one end into a projecting peg which fits into a notch in the next scale, similar to the manner in which tiles are pegged together on the roof of a house. |
Elasmoid scales[edit]
Elasmoid scales are thin, imbricated scales composed of a layer of dense, lamellar bone called isopedine, above which is a layer of tubercles usually composed of bone, as in Eusthenopteron. The layer of dentine that was present in the first sarcopterygians is usually reduced, as in the extant coelacanth, or entirely absent, as in extant lungfish and in the Devonian Eusthenopteron.[7] Elasmoid scales have appeared several times over the course of fish evolution. They are present in some lobe-finned fishes: coelacanths, all extant and some extinct lungfishes, some tetrapodomorphs like Eusthenopteron, amiids, and teleosts, whose cycloid and ctenoid scales represent the least mineralized elasmoid scales.
Cosmoid scales[edit]
Cosmoid scales are found in several ancient lobe-finned fishes, including some of the earliest lungfishes, and were probably derived from a fusion of placoid scales. They are composed of a layer of dense, lamellar bone called isopedine, above which is a layer of spongy bone supplied with blood vessels. The bone layers are covered by a complex dentine layer called cosmine and a superficial outer coating of vitrodentine. Cosmoid scales increase in size through the growth of the lamellar bone layer.
A scute is another, less common, type of scale. Scute comes from Latin for shield, and can take the form of:
- an external shield-like bony plate, or
- a modified, thickened scale that often is keeled or spiny, or
- a projecting, modified (rough and strongly ridged) scale, usually associated with the lateral line, or on the caudal peduncle forming caudal keels, or along the ventral profile.
Some fish, such as pineconefish, are completely or partially covered in scutes. River herrings and threadfins have an abdominal row of scutes, which are scales with raised, sharp points that are used for protection. Some jacks have a row of scutes following the lateral line on either side.
Thelodont scales[edit]
The bony scales of thelodonts, the most abundant form of fossil fish, are well understood. The scales were formed and shed throughout the organisms' lifetimes, and quickly separated after their death.[8]
Bone, a tissue that is both resistant to mechanical damage and relatively prone to fossilization, often preserves internal detail, which allows the histology and growth of the scales to be studied in detail. The scales comprise a non-growing "crown" composed of dentine, with a sometimes-ornamented enameloid upper surface and an aspidine base.[9] Its growing base is made of cell-free bone, which sometimes developed anchorage structures to fix it in the side of the fish.[10] Beyond that, there appear to be five types of bone-growth, which may represent five natural groupings within the thelodonts—or a spectrum ranging between the end members meta- (or ortho-) dentine and mesodentine tissues.[11] Interestingly, each of the five scale morphs appears to resemble the scales of more derived groupings of fish, suggesting that thelodont groups may have been stem groups to succeeding clades of fish.[10]
However, using scale morphology alone to distinguish species has some pitfalls. Within each organism, scale shape varies hugely according to body area,[12] with intermediate forms appearing between different areas—and to make matters worse, scale morphology may not even be constant within one area. To confuse things further, scale morphologies are not unique to taxa, and may be indistinguishable on the same area of two different species.[13]
The morphology and histology of thelodonts provides the main tool for quantifying their diversity and distinguishing between species, although ultimately using such convergent traits is prone to errors. Nonetheless, a framework comprising three groups has been proposed based upon scale morphology and histology.[11]
Different groups of fish have evolved a number of modified scales to serve various functions.
- Almost all fishes have a lateral line, a system of mechanoreceptors that detect water movements. In bony fishes, the scales along the lateral line have central pores that allow water to contact the sensory cells.
- The dorsal fin spines of dogfish sharks and chimaeras, the stinging tail spines of stingrays, and the "saw" teeth of sawfishes and sawsharks are fused and modified placoid scales.
- Porcupine fishes have scales modified into spines.
- Surgeonfishes have a sharp, blade-like spines on either side of the caudal peduncle.
- Some herrings, anchovies, and halfbeaks have deciduous scales, which are easily shed and aid in escaping predators.
- Male Percina darters have a row of enlarged caducous scales between the pelvic fins and the anus.
Many groups of bony fishes, including pipefishes and seahorses, several families of catfishes, sticklebacks, and poachers, have developed external bony plates, structurally resembling placoid scales, as protective armour. In the boxfishes, the plates are all fused together to form a rigid shell enclosing the entire body. Yet these bony plates are not modified scales, but skin that has been ossified.
The size of the teeth on ctenoid scales can vary with position, as these scales from the rattail Cetonurus crassiceps show
Eels seem scaleless, yet some species are covered with tiny smooth cycloid scales
Scales of Arapaima gigas
Scales of European bitterling from the hindflank
See also[edit]
- Identification of aging in fish
- Reptile scale
- Snake scales
- Scale (zoology)
- Urokotori – Japanese fish scaler
- ^ Sharpe, P. T. (2001). "Fish scale development: Hair today, teeth and scales yesterday?". Current Biology. 11 (18): R751–R752. doi:10.1016/S0960-9822(01)00438-9. PMID 11566120.
- ^ The First False Teeth
- ^ Martin, R. Aidan. "The Importance of Being Cartilaginous". ReefQuest Centre for Shark Research. Retrieved 2009-08-29.
- ^ Martin, R. Aidan. "Skin of the Teeth". Retrieved 2007-08-28.
- ^ Ballard, Bonnie; Cheek, Ryan (2 July 2016). Exotic Animal Medicine for the Veterinary Technician. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-118-92421-1.
- ^ Sherman, Vincent R.; Yaraghi, Nicholas A.; Kisailus, David; Meyers, Marc A. (2016-12-01). "Microstructural and geometric influences in the protective scales of Atractosteus spatula". Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 13 (125): 20160595. doi:10.1098/rsif.2016.0595. ISSN 1742-5689. PMID 27974575.
- ^ Zylberberg, L., Meunier, F.J., Laurin, M. (2010). A microanatomical and histological study of the postcranial dermal skeleton in the Devonian sarcopterygian Eusthenopteron foordi, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 55: 459–470.
- ^ Turner, S.; Tarling, D. H. (1982). "Thelodont and other agnathan distributions as tests of Lower Paleozoic continental reconstructions". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 39 (3–4): 295–311. doi:10.1016/0031-0182(82)90027-X.
- ^ Märss, T. (2006). "Exoskeletal ultrasculpture of early vertebrates". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 26 (2): 235–252. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[235:EUOEV]2.0.CO;2.
- ^ a b Janvier, Philippe (1998). "Early vertebrates and their extant relatives". Early Vertebrates. Oxford University Press. pp. 123–127. ISBN 0-19-854047-7.
- ^ a b Turner, S. (1991). "Monophyly and interrelationships of the Thelodonti". In M. M. Chang, Y. H. Liu & G. R. Zhang. Early Vertebrates and Related Problems of Evolutionary Biology. Science Press, Beijing. pp. 87–119.
- ^ Märss, T. (1986). "Squamation of the thelodont agnathan Phlebolepis". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 6 (1): 1–11. doi:10.1080/02724634.1986.10011593.
- ^ Botella, H.; J. I. Valenzuela-Rios; P. Carls (2006). "A New Early Devonian thelodont from Celtiberia (Spain), with a revision of Spanish thelodonts". Palaeontology. 49 (1): 141–154. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2005.00534.x.
Further reading[edit]
- Helfman, G.S., B.B. Collette and D.E. Facey (1997). The Diversity of Fishes. Blackwell Science. pp. 33–36. ISBN 978-0-86542-256-8.


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Stripers and Coastal Gamefish Stripers, Blues, Inshore tuna! |
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Recommended "first" rod for New England Saltwater Fishing
In the past, I've done some occasional flyfishing for stripers and blues with an 8 wt Sage steelhead rod, but I'm thinking about getting more serious this season and want to get a real saltwater rod.
My question: would I be better off getting a one-handed rod (9wt, probably) or a two-hander? I know how to spey cast (have done it for salmon in fresh water), but I'm thinking those two-handers designed specifically for saltwater overhead casting (like the CND Oceanas) might be a good choice. Any opinions? Is the two-hander a good all-round saltwater rod, or would I be better off sticking with a more conventional one-hander? I'll be fishing primarily for stripers and blues from the shore. Thanks for any advice. |
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One vote for the 9wt...
While I do think there are situations where the two-handers excel I would argue they are certainly not a replacement for the single handers. Now if you think you will mostly blind cast big beaches or have an ailment that the two hander will help with go that route. But if you are going to sight fish, hit the estuaries etc...than the 9 for 9 will be the most versatile setup IMO.
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I have to go with Sean. The TH is a very nice tool to have but personally I am glad I learnt my way in the surf with a single hander first. The TH is not going to be the silver bullet casting wise and will need as much practice and maybe tuition as the single hander. Spey casting in the surf will be limited mainly to inlets where you have lateral currents to position the fly in order to make true spey casts. I agree that a fast action TH is the way to go as these will alow powerful overhead casting and the ability to unplug your lines from the surf make one back cast and then deliver. No hauling with the TH . It is also very important to get the correct grain loading for the rod, the std AFTM system just does not work with TH. For eg a 9wt Sage TCR 12 foot 9 inch rod will probably work best with a std format line of around no 12 or 13. You are looking at around 550+ grains. You need that big payload to load the rod with one back cast.
Some rods out there have been labeled with std fly line formats. If I am correct I believe the TFO and the T+T 12 12 are such rods. So you match them with your std WF profile line and are then good to go. Back to single handers I would prefer to have a 10 wt in my arsenal as well as the 9 wt. For Cape Cod the excepted weapon is the 9 wt if that helps more. |
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There is a pretty big difference between fishing the shore and fishing the surf, especially when learning.
Casting distance with heavy heads is an incredible asset, but accuracy and line control are probably more important when fishing the actual surf. It may just be my inexperience with TH rods but I find line control to be much easier with a single handed rods. So for a Sound or Bay side beach where there is little if any surf - I think the TH is better longer casts, longer retrieves, line control less of an issue. For a beach facing the open ocean, shorter casts, line control is a greater issue, the single handed rod has the advantage. |
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When I was'nt throwing the spey rod on the canal last year I was throwing a 7wt rod with a 9wt line in the surf and beach fronts and loving every minute of it.It had plenty of back bone to throw large flies and land some big girls.
I would agree with all of the above- Hi Mike- (small planet!) If I had one rod it would be a SH but like most keen fishers I dont just have the one rod , actually I have too many!! So like many spend life confused
I became a devout disciple of the Church of the Double handed SW rod. These days after much therapy Im normal (ish) From my experience a good fast scandanavian influenced rod will spey cast and over head without any issues. I have used the Talon and had a play with the CND (it felt rather floppy for my taste) Ive owned and would reccomend- All are fast actioned style DH rods Loomis GLX Stinger 12. 6'' 9/10 # Guideline LPXE 12 6 '' 8/9 # Sage TCR 12 foot - 8 # Have fun making your mind up OZ |
Thanks for all the info! Looks like the one-hander makes the most sense to start with . . . and also gives me yet another rod to look forward to in the future when I'll no doubt decide I need the two-hander for those big beaches . . .
9ft 9wt Second? Well we could debate that one now couldn't we hehe
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I use the Atlantis the majority of the time but I enjoy fishing with a one-hander more.
Rod Brake |
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I think if I were starting a collection of salt rods I'd go the 6, 8, 10, 12 wgt route with the 8 and 10 being the first priority. You have the 8 wgt (I assume a 9'6") so you may want to consider going up to a 10.
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and to completely MUDDY the waterz...
I'd have to vote for a one hand 7, 9, and 11 wt...
When I die there is going to be a land rush not seen since Oklahoma to stake claim on toyz of distinction but...the guy who gets the 9 wt will have dibs on the most seasoned/used rod in the locker... Two handers are nice but, I'd start with a 9 single and go from there... and go and go and... |
Old habits are hard to break. Casting a two-hander is not as much of a learning curve as the single from scratch but typically the expectation of single-handed casters is that there is no learning curve.
Worse yet what is known about single hand casting is applied to two-hands which just won't work until we evolve a third arm for hauling. Riding a unicycle is very different from riding a bicycle is different from riding a tricycle. Perhaps the force comes from the same motion, but virtually everything else is different in how the force is applied and directed. Advantages of two-handed rods become clear in certain situations, and most of these situations are beyond the suitable range of single-handed rods. I am not alone in finding a calm sense of joy on surfside beaches, fast deep rips and challenging cast situations while standing among very frustrated single hand practitioners. Likewise I have been happy as the clams under my feet with a single hand rod while some tried to apply two-handers to the wrong scenario around me. There is an added realm of capabilities available to the two-hand practitioner but not all will reach a comfort level with it even if they learn the mechanics. Some will attain that ability and gain these advantages, but most will be quite content to forfeit that realm for comfort with what has become second nature already. Flyfishing in itself is a bit of a hassle when compared to flicking a bail over and heaving an object into the next area code. Reaching both single and two-handed mastery is not for everyone perhaps. Some like to climb to new casting plateaus and those who do will find there are real advantages in the right situations just as they will find that a single handed rod is better in others. Stepping back, I find it amazing that the only variance in the single handed rod is the stiffness and grain rating where looking at conventional rods the variation is extremely diverse even within the same rooftop rack.
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line is to *enjoy* fishing, and strange as it may seem, there *are* folks out there who can cast two-handers adequately - probably better than they can cast a single-hander - who still enjoy fishing a single-hander more. It's really a very simple proposition that should not need explanation.
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Greg -
It's an observation from real people who have said to me something like "I expected there would be no learning curve since I have been casting a single handed rod since I was a kid". I don't think we can judge enjoyment for others, nor would I try. In fact there are many who enjoy two-handers so much they would rather fish them even when a single-hander is more adequate for the job (in adept hands), perhaps increasingly in saltwater scenarios but in a very large scale worldwide in the anadramous salmonid fisheries of North America, Scandinavia, British Isles, the South American seatrout fishery, etc. In fact in striperland many more enjoy throwing a spinning rod with a hunk of clam or an eel than both single and two-hand flyrodders combined. My philosophy is fish what you like, how you like within the confines of the law and if the laws don't protect the fisheries enough fight to change them. My point is virtually all who pick up a two-handed rod have already achieved the single-hand casting learning curve. Just as in my cycle example, the tricyle rider has to become accustomed to the bicycle, and again to a unicycle to master the three. I believe that familiar aspects of seemingly similar things are more detrement than help in learning how to operate each of these three very different mechanisms. I hope that's clearer.
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Chris DolmetschRichard Fuld, the former chief executive officer of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., sued his estranged son-in-law over "deceptive conduct" related to a loan for the purchase and renovation of a Manhattan apartment.
Fuld sued Aaron Packles for "inducing plaintiff to advance significant sums for the purchase and renovation" of an apartment on the ninth floor of 79 East 79th Street by "falsely representing that defendant intended to repay that loan, failing to disclose his true intention to aver falsely that the apartment and renovations were a gift, and his failure to repay those funds to date."
Packles and Fuld's daughter Christine paid $9.75 million in cash for the apartment in 2007, shortly after they were married, the New York Times reported in March 2009. They put the apartment on the market in January 2009 for $12.95 million, and lowered the asking price to $9.8 million six weeks later, the Times said.
The 11-room apartment, with four bedrooms and four bathrooms, features a private elevator and a dining room with views of Central Park, according to a listing on the website of Corcoran Group Real Estate. It was sold for $9 million in April 2011 to Joseph and Erica Samuels, according to city property records.
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If Packles fails to appear to respond to Fuld's allegations, the suit seeks a default judgment of $12.9 million, an equitable lien over the proceeds of the apartment sale, which are currently being held in escrow, and an order directing Packles to authorize the disbursement of the escrow, according to the filing.
Fuld's daughter filed for divorce in April 2010 in New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan, and the case is still active, according to online court records. Divorce records aren't available to the public under New York state law.
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2) Lent is most definitely the wrong time to host a brunch. When we were in the process of buying our house I was so excited at the notion of having a dining room in which I could entertain. One meal I especially have always wanted to host is brunch. True, this is mostly because I want an excuse to drink mimosas and bloody marys, and I can't bring myself to drink such healthy alcoholic beverages in the evening. It's a late morning/early afternoon type of lifestyle. Something to imbibe while the sun is still up.
But brunch is also an excuse to show off your baking skills and combine savory with sweet. I love going for brunch at a buffet and loading up on pasta primavera and danishes. At no other meal can I literally eat all of my favourite foods at the same time.
My good friend, who is also an amazing cook came over a few weekends ago for brunch before joining me on a hair and makeup trial. She brought a crustless quiche, and I made vegan lemon poppy seed muffins and a fruit salad. Don't get me wrong it was all very tasty; but it also felt like we were putting on a brave show. I would have loved, instead, to have made quiche lorrain with a crust, or some sticky cinnamon rolls, or some fruity shrub. I would have loved to at least have milk in my coffee.
3)It is amazing how many people think I'm suffering through Lent. Sure, I'm looking forward to Easter, but mostly because I want to cook the meal. What meal does one usually eat on Easter, anyway? Is it brunch? Lunch? Dinner? I'm never quite certain, because unlike Thanksgiving or Christmas we tend to celebrate Easter in bright sunshine. Christmas and Thanksgiving are more like really late lunch or early dinner. Anyway, I'd really like to make a roast lamb with some asparagus and roast potatoes with a new springy salad. And a coconut apricot cake for desert. Oooooh and maybe some gravlax and shrimp cocktail for starters.... and a nice red wine to go with the meal and maybe some rose tea for afters? Okay, I'm getting carried away now. The point is, I'm not really suffering. Even those few times when I look at the lunch I brought with me and sigh because it is exactly what I do not want, I'm still quite satisfied with some General Tso's Shrimp from the Chinese takeaway.
4)What is getting harder is thinking of 7 friggin thoughts every week to share. When I started this I thought I'd get all spiritual and thoughtful and think more about the implications of my soul being shriven and cleansed and all that jazz. But the thing is... this hasn't been that hard. So I haven't had to constantly squash down my cravings for this or that, whatever thought #1 might say otherwise. Sometimes I want a little snack, so I go have some peanuts, or chips and salsa, or candied ginger, or carrots and hummus. You get the idea. It's been remarkably easy, in terms of redirecting my mind, to physically reach for something else, and it's been remarkably easy to admit to myself that I'm done eating and don't currently need to eat more.
5)Okay, I confess: This past weekend, at my aunts house I had chocolate cake and ice cream. She also served us a quiche that had some mild cheese in it. Dan, before we went, asked me if I had told her of our current eating habits and I grimaced and admitted I hadn't. I was and still am a bit chicken about things like this. But I was relying on the fact that my aunt knew Dan's a year-round vegetarian. So, actually, as we were driving away, I did have a minor religious moment: When my aunt asked us if we'd like chocolate cake and ice cream we both said yes, because it was the polite thing to do and because I didn't want her to feel badly that we couldn't eat it. Also, she makes the best damn chocolate cake I've ever had in my life.
But, if I were to put stock in these biblical stories and parables, I should've refused. Because God would rather one stuck to their principles as opposed to pleasing others. What if one of your principles is to be a co-operative and pleasing guest?
This is where Dan and I often split in opinions. He thinks that being a host means pulling out all the stops for his guests, doing whatever they want, at possibly great inconvenience to himself. I think being a guest means the host has generously offered to share what they have and their home space to boot, therefore the guest should take pains to be gracious and accommodating and go with the flow.
6)One of the reasons I'm chicken about telling people I'm going to be a rather inconvenient guest can be illustrated in the following story: We went for a Sunday lunch. They had prepared salmon for the two of us to go with pasta and sauce and salad. I don't know how it was brought up, but for what felt like 5 minutes our host went on about how, "if Rosie wasn't fasting she'd be enjoying this nice delicious juicy chicken with the rest of us and not eating salmon." As though it were somehow abnormal or irregular to eat salmon when there's chicken offered. I felt like a giant spotlight had been turned on me and any moment, as though from a cartoon, people would start turning their heads and chiming one after another demanding to know, "yeah! Why are you not eating chicken? Why are you being so weird?!"
7)St. Patrick's day makes for an interesting dilemma. One year, after my sometimes-Catholic always Irish acquaintance scolded me for eating a hot dog on Ash Wednesday (I justified it 2 ways: I hadn't feasted on Shrove Tuesday, and there's hardly any actual meat in a hot dog). I pointed out that not eating meat on that particular Wednesday and eating fried fish on Fridays was hardly abstaining or sacrificial. Later on I shared a little tidbit of information I found interesting: During Lent, the Irish would cook their St. Patrick's bacon by boiling it under the cabbage to hide that they were breaking the fast from the local clergy. She immediately pounced on that and said, "no no, they got special dispensation from the Vatican."
Well, actually, that's not entirely true. Doing some research on this dispensation led me to websites like Catholic online and what I'm seeing is that this is more a Federal vs. State issue. Your local archdiocese grants the dispensation if IF St. Patrick's day falls on a Friday. Because, remember, this is the only day of the week that the Fast is actually observed. Father Brian Mahoney (of course) of the archdiocese of Boston pointed out that normally, on the church calendar, St. Patrick is an optional memorial that doesn't even have to be celebrated. Try telling that to all the Irish and those who magically become Irish on St. Patty's day. I'm Scottish and even I look forward to it (but more so to Rabbie Burns day because it gives me a good excuse to drink plenty of whiskey).
So, if it falls on a Tuesday, go ahead and enjoy your corned beef guilt free (unless you gave it up for Lent, but why would one ever willingly give up bacon?). If it's a Sunday, all bets are off because Sundays don't count anyway. If it's a Friday, check with your parish.
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Those who know Daniel Davidson could understand if he got carried away about his 1-yard touchdown run last week for Barrington.
After all, it had been a long time since Davidson had carried the football into the end zone. A really long time.
"It was definitely way back when," Davidson said with a laugh of what he believed was his first touchdown since he played flag football in third or fourth grade.
"Getting him his first career touchdown was a big moment and all the kids were jacked up for him," said Barrington coach Joe Sanchez. "It was a point of emphasis to get him something for all he's done for the program."
Davidson hasn't been an attention-grabber on the field or in postgame box scores. But the 5-foot-9, 215-pound fullback epitomizes what makes teams successful.
Davidson knows his touchdown isn't going to lead to more carries Saturday night when Barrington hosts Glenbard North in a Class 8A playoff opener. But his value is evident in the 1,417 rushing yards and 18 touchdowns by classmate Chase Murdock.
"He's the kind of kid who loves what he does and has been a big part of what we've done," Sanchez said.
"He's in the action every play," said Wisconsin-bound offensive tackle Dan Voltz. "He does the dirty work.
"Having a good fullback is a key to our offense and it obviously shows how good Daniel Davidson has been this season."
Davidson originally was preparing to be up front with Voltz this year. He had been an offensive lineman since he started playing tackle football in the sixth grade and last year was a backup to all-area center Pat Bolger, who is now at Air Force.
Davidson was working with starting quarterback and longtime friend Mark Bennett in the offseason. Offensive line coach Steve Galovich proposed a change as Barrington needed a replacement at fullback for Jeremy Rafidia.
It was not going to be a move toward more glamour and glory. But that was fine with Davidson.
"It was something the team needed and I'm always there for the team," Davidson said. "It was definitely exciting and I wanted to take on a leadership role in the backfield."
Davidson went to work with Galovich, Sanchez and running backs coach Randy Marks in order to get a better handle on his new position. Former fullback turned tight end Evan Lindroth also helped.
"All through summer camp I talked to the coaches and would ask questions to make sure everything was perfect," Davidson said. "To me I'm almost a perfectionist. The biggest thing to me was the repetition and knowing the blocking schemes and the passing plays."
One of the keys for Davidson is to get to the linebackers to give Murdock the opportunity to turn good runs into great ones.
And one of the keys to the move for Barrington was knowing Davidson would live vicariously through Murdock's success.
"I wanted Chase to have a tremendous season," Davidson said of helping his friend since seventh grade to his third straight 1,000-yard season. "I love blocking for Chase and love being the guy leading him through the holes and making sure he's feeling good."
Davidson also wrestles for Barrington and went 28-15 at 215 pounds last year. He hopes to play football or wrestle in college and the honor student is looking to study business.
And he'll always have the memory of taking care of some unfinished business last week.
"Against Wheeling I was in the same situation on the 1-yard line and I couldn't get it in," Davidson said. "It was definitely redemption for me and I wanted it bad.
"The line did a great job."
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Hometown: | Larchmont, N.Y. |
High School: | Rye Country Day School |
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for a DPS monk to go and get from Molten Core?
LOL, I don't even know how to transmog.... just looking to try things in WoW that I have never done before.
for a DPS monk to go and get from Molten Core?
LOL, I don't even know how to transmog.... just looking to try things in WoW that I have never done before.
Check out wowroleplaygear.com. They have galleries with lots of sets sorted by armor class. I can also recommend worldofwardrobes.com if you want to browse items by colour, armour type etc.
And if you haven't already download Atlasloot or MogIt addons.
this thread might be of interest for you
full of monk transmogs and ideas
Need new signature ideas
Thank you.
How you transmog:
Go to any big city.
Talk to guard, ask him about Transmogrification.
You will get marker on map and minimap where the NPC is.
Go there.
Talk to NPC.
A window will appear that looks just like your character screen.
There will be arrows next to your items, when you click that arrow a grid will appear with transmogs you can choose from.
Any gear you have in your bags or bank that you can use (Leather ONLY for Monks) will be shown.
As a monk, you can transmog melee weapons into any other (the restriction is you cant mog polearm/staff into any other kind of weapon, just to polearm/staff respectively). So you can have Sword but you can mog it into a Fist. You can't mog legendaries or into their looks.
It's completeley subjective... you should just go for the items you like the look of...
Sig by Pangcakes
i recommend this addon:http://www.curse.com/addons/wow/mogit
Thanks.... will go check that addon.


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Decitabine in Treating Patients With Advanced Solid Tumors
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Condition | Intervention | Phase |
Male Breast Cancer Recurrent Bladder Cancer Recurrent Breast Cancer Recurrent Melanoma Stage III Melanoma Stage IV Bladder Cancer Stage IV Breast Cancer Stage IV Melanoma Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific |
Drug: decitabine Other: pharmacological study Other: laboratory biomarker analysis |
Phase 1 |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment Masking: Open Label Primary Purpose: Treatment |
Official Title: | A Phase I Study Of The Toxicities, Biologic And Clinical Effects Of Daily 5 Aza 2'Deoxycytidine (DAC), NSC 127716 (IND 50733) For Four Weeks In Patients With Advanced Malignancies |
- Maximum tolerated dose determined by dose-limiting toxicities graded according to CTC 2.0 toxicity criteria [ Time Frame: 6 weeks ]
Enrollment: | 24 |
Study Start Date: | December 2001 |
Primary Completion Date: | September 2008 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
Arms | Assigned Interventions |
Experimental: Treatment (decitabine)
Patients receive decitabine IV over 30 minutes on days 1-5 weekly for 4 weeks. Courses repeat every 6 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Cohorts of 3-6 patients receive escalating doses of decitabine until the MTD is determined. The MTD is defined as the dose preceding that at which at least 2 of 3 or 2 of 6 patients experience dose-limiting toxicity. |
Drug: decitabine
Given IV
Other Names:
Other: pharmacological study
Correlative studies
Other Name: pharmacological studies
Other: laboratory biomarker analysis
Correlative studies
Detailed Description:
I. Determine the maximum tolerated dose of decitabine in patients with advanced solid tumors.
II. Determine the toxic effects of this drug in these patients. III. Determine the dose of this drug with biologic activity in these patients. IV. Determine the pharmacokinetics of this drug in these patients. V. Determine clinical response to this drug in these patients.
OUTLINE: This is a dose-escalation, multicenter study.
Patients receive decitabine IV over 30 minutes on days 1-5 weekly for 4 weeks. Courses repeat every 6 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Cohorts of 3-6 patients receive escalating doses of decitabine until the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) is determined. The MTD is defined as the dose preceding that at which at least 2 of 3 or 2 of 6 patients experience dose-limiting toxicity.
Patients are followed at 2 weeks.
Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Senior) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
Diagnosis of advanced metastatic solid tumor for which all standard therapy has failed, including, but not limited to the following:
Stage III or IV melanoma
- Mucosal melanoma allowed
- No resectable stage III melanoma
- Bladder cancer
- Breast cancer
- No active symptomatic CNS disease
- No radiographically evident cerebral edema
Hormone receptor status:
- Not specified
- Male or female
- Performance status - ECOG 0-1
- Hemoglobin at least 9.0 g/dL
- Platelet count at least 100,000/mm^3
- WBC at least 3,500/mm^3
- Absolute granulocyte count at least 1,500/mm^3
- No coagulation disorders
- Bilirubin no greater than 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
- SGOT and SGPT less than 2.5 times ULN
- Hepatitis B surface antigen negative
- Hepatitis C antibody negative
- Creatinine no greater than 1.5 times ULN
- No major cardiovascular system illness
- No major respiratory system illness
- Not pregnant or nursing
- Negative pregnancy test
- Fertile patients must use effective contraception
- HIV negative
- No major systemic infection
- At least 1 month since prior radiotherapy
- At least 1 month since any prior anticancer therapy or adjuvant therapy
- No other experimental treatment within 30 days prior to, during, and for 30 days after study therapy
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00030615
United States, California | |
University of Southern California | |
Los Angeles, California, United States, 90033-0804 |
Principal Investigator: | Jeffrey Weber | University of Southern California |
Responsible Party: | National Cancer Institute (NCI) |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00030615 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
NCI-2012-02727 OC-01-01 U01CA062505 ( US NIH Grant/Contract Award Number ) CDR0000069182 ( Registry Identifier: PDQ (Physician Data Query) ) |
Study First Received: | February 14, 2002 |
Last Updated: | February 6, 2013 |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Breast Neoplasms, Male Breast Neoplasms Melanoma Urinary Bladder Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Neoplasms Breast Diseases Skin Diseases Neuroendocrine Tumors Neuroectodermal Tumors Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal Neoplasms by Histologic Type Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue |
Nevi and Melanomas Urologic Neoplasms Urogenital Neoplasms Urinary Bladder Diseases Urologic Diseases Decitabine Azacitidine Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic Antimetabolites Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action Antineoplastic Agents Enzyme Inhibitors |
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