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Encouraged by some of Uggla's at-bats in Monday night's 3-0 loss, Gonzalez opted to keep his veteran second baseman in the lineup for a second straight. But for the first time in his career, Uggla was positioned in the eighth spot of the lineup.
Gonzalez said Uggla did not complain when he was left out of the starting lineup twice over the course of the past week. The 34-year-old veteran entered Tuesday having batted .145 with five home runs and a .251 slugging percentage in his previous 69 games.
"He's been whatever you want," Gonzalez said. "Here's a guy who has been to the All-Star Game three times and he's got an ego. All good players have egos and feeling. But he has not said anything. That's why you cheer him on so much."
The Braves had some reason to celebrate when Uggla drilled a line-drive home run off Andrew Werner to begin the fifth inning of Tuesday's 2-0 win. It was the 1,000th hit of his career, a milestone celebrated with the bottle of champagne waiting for him after the game in his locker.
This was Uggla's 16th home run of the season. He would need an incredible power surge to hit 30 home runs for a sixth consecutive season.
"I feel fine," Uggla said. "I'm not going to hit .300, and 30 is going to be a stretch. So I'm concentrating on being that kind of player the rest of the way and pulling my weight."
Uggla singled to center during his first at-bat on Monday night and drilled a long fly ball that died at the center-field wall in the eighth inning. In between, he encouraged Gonzalez with an at-bat that concluded with a ho-hum check-swing fly ball to first baseman Jesus Guzman.
Gonzalez was happy to see Uggla track the pitch a little longer than he has with his aggressive approach most of this season.
"To the casual observer, it's just a fly ball to first base," Gonzalez said. "But I haven't seen that from him in a while. They say good hitters are not afraid to get jammed. So the next at-bat, he goes straightaway center and I'm going, 'OK, there's something there.' "
The decision to keep Uggla in the lineup led Gonzalez to give Prado his third start of the season at the shortstop position. This weakened the defense, which has benefited from the reliable defense provided by Paul Janish, who leads all National League shortstops with a .995 fielding percentage since the All-Star break.
Heyward's lefty-righty splits show sharp contrast
SAN DIEGO -- After Jason Heyward homered in each of the final three games of this past weekend's series in San Francisco, some fans wondered why manager Fredi Gonzalez had left Heyward out of the lineup for Thursday's series opener.
Looking to give Heyward a chance to rest, Gonzalez opted to do so when the Giants were starting left-hander Barry Zito. Other than the fact that the strong outfielder homered against another left-hander in Madison Bumgarner on Saturday, it seemed to be the best time to rest Heyward.
Heyward entered Tuesday night having batted .307 with 18 home runs and a .933 OPS in the 76 games he had played dating back to June 2.
In 165 at-bats against right-handed pitchers during this span, he has batted .358 with 14 home runs, a .422 on-base percentage and .703 slugging percentage. In 125 at-bats against left-handed pitchers, he has batted .240 with four home runs, a .294 on-base percentage and a .384 slugging percentage.
While Heyward certainly has some room to improve against left-handed pitching, he has already made some strides since the beginning of the season. In the 62 at-bats he compiled against southpaws through June 1, he batted .194 with two home runs, a .265 on-base percentage and a .323 slugging percentage.
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Stallion behavior from gelding Hi; We got this gelding about a month ago and he had been great. Until my mare came in heat. He went completely wild on us this weekend. Slightly better now. Trying to kick and bite. The biggest of all tell tell is down there has also been responding like a stallion. We've not witnessed him jumping on her but other actions are not typical gelding behavior. A friend of mine said her geldings try to ride eachnother and that this is typical gelding behavior. I admit most of my experience is with mares and one stud not much with geldings. But I have never witnessed behavior in a typical gelding, nor have I witnessed any behavior like we are having with a gelding. My parents always had geldings me mares growing up and none of their gelding exhibited any type of stallion behavior at all. Any suggestions about this horse we've got? I have kids and can not have a horse acting like this with them around. We have decided to sell him, but we have to get this feral behavior out of him and again he has been doing great until this weekend and nothing was different from any other daythis weekend and he continues to be this feral horse. We could litterally do most anythig with him until my mare came in heat this weekend. Thanks Karla |
He could be proud cut. He wont be able to breed but he will still exhibit stallion behavior. |
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He may not be proud cut, although that's certainly one scenario. I have a gelding I KNOW is a gelding. HE knows he's a gelding, and yet, when any mare comes in sight, he drops down, gets hard, and starts talking to her. This horse has been gelded since he was 5 y/o, and he's now 13. If your guy was gelded after the testosterone came in, he may still exhibit some stallion characteristics. However, my gelding is easily controlled and will forget about the mare once I bring his focus back onto me. Sounds like your guy has continued to be a butthead. Best way to know for certain is to have a vet out. If he's a crypt, blood tests will be able to determine the level of testosterone. |
Thanks. We do have a call into the vet. Our biggest issue right now is catching him. As my husband said it was like you flipped a switch with him. He was loving easy to handle, now wild and almost dangerous. If it is behavior we can deal with that, but if it's something else. I also have to think about the safety of my kids as well. Thanks so much Posted via Mobile Device |
I had a gelding who wasn't cut until he he was 8 or so and had been a stud for a few of the years prior to being gelded. If a mare was within 1/4 mile he became very studdy. He forget all his manners etc. He jumped fences, wouldn't eat and was an absolute pain. We had a foster mare for about 2 months and had to send her back because we couldn't control 1200# of stupidity :shock:. Wish I had some suggestions but...:cry: Good luck |
Thanks. All we know about this horse is pretty much like most horses around hgere you buy. This one woman that got him rescued him from starvation. The story is she was riding him one night drunk, (he is scared to death of dogs) a dog got after him at the same time the saddle broke and the woman ended up off him with a broken arm. Don't know if she fell or was thrown she was to drunk to remember. Then I assume he was given to my nephew as he don't have the money to buy anything. They know absolutely nothing about horses only have them because I do and have always had them. So, my nephew runs off leaves the horse my sister in law who also does not know anything about horses has to take care of him. She asks us to help her buy feed for him as she is barely getting buy. We ask questions about him and think well since we are feeding him bring him to our place and see how he does. Supposedly they could do anything with him. He was great for the first two weeks here, then like I said my mare came in and he's went crazy. I've heard of proud cut horses, but this is the first I've been around. Thanks Posted via Mobile Device |
The idea that geldings can be "proud cut" is a myth. The Horse | Castration In The Horse I would definitly have a blood sample pulled and checked for testosterone levels. If he does have a retained testicle, it can be pricey to correct. $500-$1000+ depending upon who does the surgery and where the testicle is. It can also be something as simple as poor socialization. He should however never be in a mixed herd. If he has over the top aggressive behavior towards any of his pasturemates, he needs to be removed for everyone's safety. |
all of my gelding get a boner just standing around and not acting study. |
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April 5th, 2008, 07:43 PM | #1 |
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Towing with a half ton?
I don't see myself towing my TJ very often but I can get a deal on a 99 Dodge Ram w/extended cab, 2wd. Mileage is good, lots of new parts and a rebuilt trans. The last two owners are relatives, (so I know the trucks' history). What's everyones' experience with this setup for towing, the furthest runs in the near future would be Drummond and the Badland's. Tell what ya know.
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April 5th, 2008, 10:08 PM | #2 |
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I tow with half tons all the time. They do just fine if you can load a trailer correctly and have a trailer brake controller. I prefer to tow with diesel, but a half ton will work fine around here.
April 7th, 2008, 05:17 AM | #4 |
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That is what I plan on doing with my XJ. My girlfriend wants a C/K truck and most likely won't be 3/4 or 1 ton. Should be fine. Make sure you get an auxillary trans cooler if there isn't already one.
April 7th, 2008, 05:48 AM | #5 |
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Well I had a Silverado 1500 and hauled my CJ, I did not like it at all. I had to drive in the tow setting plus had to take it out of overdirve. My mileage was in the toilet as well as the constant down shifting of the trans told me it was working the truck too hard. I would never drive it hard, I would keep it around 60 at best.
I now have a Ford SD 7.3 diesel and it is completely different. I can leave it in OD, my mileage is not effected much plus no or very little down shifting of the trans. The turbo just spools up as you climb the hills. A good example is by Westbranch, the Silverado would labor hard on that hill but the diesel didn't even notice it. Oh yeah with the diesel I can set the cruise at 70 if I want and it just goes down the road. Now from a daily drive perspective I would rather drive the silverado as a daily driver so it just a matter of what you want and how much towing you're going to do. Goood luck |
April 7th, 2008, 06:09 AM | #6 | |
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Great setup but pricey to accuire. I've towed with 1/2 tons for years, even with straight 6's without a problem. I currently have a 1/2 ton GMC with a 6.2 diesel in it. I can tow a 2000 pound trailer with a 5000 pound truck on it no problem. The 6.2 isn't much of a towing motor but it does what I need it to do. I leave the truck in drive when I tow and I make sure my tonque weight is just right. I currently tow my rig with a 9 liter diesel in a farm truck. Awsome towing, it's like nothing is hooked to the truck but I'm only getting 9 MPG. I am strongly considering pulling my bogger with my pick up to save some fuel money. The bogger trailer combo is very heavy (11k pounds) but I've done it before with the pick up. Pulling this much weight the pick up is not happy at all and downshifts alot but is should be ok on short hauls to local bogs and such. |
April 7th, 2008, 07:03 AM | #7 |
I'm not old, honest...
I started towing with a half ton with a 5.3. Was underpowered. Went to a 3/4 ton with a 6.0. Towed great but rode rough. Now I'm back to a half ton with a 6.0. Perfect!
April 7th, 2008, 07:05 AM | #8 |
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i used to tow with a half ton all the time you wont have a problem. for the amount you actually tow owning a 3/4 or 1 ton pickup is not a justifiable expense for allot of people. jeeps dont weigh that much at all.
April 7th, 2008, 07:11 AM | #9 |
I tow with a 1/2 ton, make sure to use equalizer bars, sway control, trailer brakes, big trans cooler, trans temp. guage, and try to stay under 60mph. You should be fine hauling a Jeep.
April 7th, 2008, 07:16 AM | #10 |
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Yeah Jim, mine 1500 was also a 5.3 which was great for pulling itself so the same truck would be much better with the 6.0.
April 7th, 2008, 07:26 AM | #11 |
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I tow with a 96' gmc 1500 2wd with the 5.7. When I moved up here a couple years ago I hauled the jeep up and it towed excellent. Like has been previously said just make sure you have trailer brakes and don't try to run 70+ all day long. I still use the truck to tow mainly locally with out an issue.
April 7th, 2008, 08:26 AM | #13 | ||
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I also tow a 24ft boat fairly often. a 3/4 would be nice, but the cost difference as hoser pointed out doesn't make it justifiable. I think you will be just fine. I towed my tj with a 2wd chevy with a 4.3 liter that had 175,000 Miles on it. (back in 2000) and I had no problems, it wasn't fast, but it handled just fine. |
April 7th, 2008, 08:32 AM | #14 |
A-1 Dave Costa
towed with half tons up until the current diesel...
everything from a 31ft travel trailer to a 21ft boat to car trailers... you just need to learn to drive with them... Having towed with a 318 ram 2wd extended cab, towed a 31ft travel trailer... it did fine, definately liked its gas... the big thing with that was accelerate down the hills to have speed up the next... Living in the northeast we have these things called hills |
April 7th, 2008, 08:38 AM | #15 |
I have a new f150 every sunday the mounds was open last year i towed a friends 79 k5 blazer on 35's at 75mph, i did turn the overdrive off but thats all i did, and it towed it fine, i even had to tow an f250 home on that trailer from the mounds when he blew a head gasket. i wish i had a brake controler with that load, but it pulled fine at 65-70 thats just my .02 (07, 5.4L 3.73 supercrew)
April 7th, 2008, 11:25 AM | #16 |
i've borrowed a 2000 gmc 1500 with the 5.3 towing a 77 f100, 78 f150, and a couple of t-birds and i love that truck. i never once thought it lacked power. it's not as good as my diesel power wise or stoping, but that will be my next truck if diesel stays more than gas....
April 7th, 2008, 11:29 AM | #17 |
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I've towed some heavy shit with my K-1500. Electric Brakes are a must...and like said before load it correctly. My buddy has a 1/2 ton dodge 4x4...his trailer has those load levelers and he put a helper spring on too. Hauls his large cj-7 around
April 7th, 2008, 11:45 AM | #18 |
06 Dodge Ram 5.7L 3.92s stupid 20s, Electric Brake Controller, Load Equalizer, 20" Enclosed Trailer.. it will pull to about 90-95 before the trailer starts just being a big wind brake.. mileage at 75 is around 10-11 depending on terrain and headwind.. biggest downfall is the trailer's wind resistance.. and honestly its not much better towing in my dads 03.5 3500 DRW Diesel.. could be because his has 3.55s (oh and i forgot .. ive yet to change the oil in my ram .. 17k miles im sure thats not helping my mileage much :D )
my next truck will most likely be an 09 2500 Hemi.. and as many problems as i see friends/acquaintance's having with dodge/gm/ford diesels ill prolly just pass..
He had a steady job and watched what he spent.
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April 7th, 2008, 03:11 PM | #19 | |
I fix stuff!
What problems are the Dodges having? Haven't heard much from that camp. |
April 7th, 2008, 03:24 PM | #20 | |
i still would rather have a dodge diesel then the rest but its not in my budget and i dont see that great of an advantage..
He had a steady job and watched what he spent.
He'd say I don't believe in payin' no goddamn rent. I'll squirrel away every goddamn cent and buy my own damn house in Kalamazoo. |
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The New York Jets and New York Giants rivalry isn't exactly a storied one. The teams have only played 11 times, and the relative infrequency of their meetings has served to water down some of the fire that would otherwise burn between two teams that share not only a city,...
Rex Ryan's Latest Book a Source of Controversy for the New York Jets
June 2nd, 2011 at 8:30 AM
Rex Ryan's new book was released May 3. In the book he gives insight into his time so far as Head Coach of the New York Jets, feelings on players that have come and gone, and the way the team has been perceived.
New York Jets head coach Rex Ryan (R)...


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The Town Criers never released an album during its heyday in the pre-British Invasion '60s. The San Francisco band never was that famous outside of the local area. The Criers followed in the folk revival tradition made popular by acts like the Kingston Trio and the Limeliters, and would probably be completely forgotten except it served as the first combo for Marty Balin (one of the founders of the psychedelic Rock and Roll Hall of Fame group Jefferson Airplane). This eight-song live disc features Balin making introductions to the songs and singing lead on more than half of them. Balin's sense of humor serves as an artifact for what passed as funny during a more innocent time, with references to President Kennedy's fitness program and other non-controversial topics. Balin's singing voice adequately presents the traditional material, tunes like "900 Miles" and "Hellbound Train", but there's nothing special here. This record would only be of interest for those with a particular affection for early '60s popular folk or Balin fanatics.
Red Baraat Blows Hartford Hall Down Celebrating the Festival of Colors (Photos)
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"Red Baraat's annual Festival of Colors show rocked a snow laden Hartford on a Saturday evening.
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Your family members, your significant other, your dog: They all have their place in your life. It's just not quite as hallowed a place as the one occupied by your favorite HBO shows. That's the bleakly comic premise of BBDO New York's new HBO Go campaign, advertising the pay cable network's streaming service for tablets and mobile devices. The theme of four amusingly deadpan spots is "Nobody loves you like HBO Go"—not your grandma, not your mom, not your fianc


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There's no doubt that it's exciting — for a mom and kid alike — when little ones are asked to be in a wedding [1]. But it's also normal for kids to be a little confused and nervous about their roll. One way to help them get ready for their job as ring bearer or flower girl? Books that follow characters going through the same feelings on the big day. Here, we've gathered funny, sweet, and relatable stories that will give them that extra confidence to walk down the aisle with a big smile.
Source: Shutterstock [2]
One Little Flower Girl
With sweet illustrations and rhymes, One Little Flower Girl [3] ($10, originally $13) by Jennifer Dussling starts on the morning of the wedding [4] and goes through all the steps, from dressing to dancing, that she will encounter on the big day. The best part? It also comes with a pouch full of cloth petals that lets her practice her part before the occasion.
Ring Bearer A to Z
Ring Bearer A to Z [5] ($9, originally $11) by Penelope Colville Paine is all about the special role ring bearers have in a wedding [6]. Using each letter of the alphabet to explain important parts about the wedding, the colorful book also features a mirror and a positive message to the little one about himself.
Will You Be My Flower Girl?
In Will You Be My Flower Girl? [7] ($12, originally $15) by Kara Haas, we get to know Kate, who has a very special relationship with her Aunt Sara. Kate is a little confused after Aunt Sara asks her to be her flower girl and not sure what to think of the role. In the colorful book, she discovers what a flower girl is and how exciting and important the role really is.
The Best Ever Ring Bearer
The Best Ever Ring Bearer: All the Best Things About Being in a Wedding [8] ($10, originally $11) by Linda Griffith is all about the fun he will have on the special day. There's the part about wearing a special suit, helping the bride and groom, posing for pictures, and much more.
Pinkalicious: Flower Girl
Little girls familiar with the Pinkalicious series will love to read the funny Pinkalicious: Flower Girl [9] ($2, originally $4) by Victoria Kann if they're in an upcoming wedding [10]. It starts as Pinkalicous overhears her mom on the phone saying that Pinkalicious is going to be a flower girl in her cousin's wedding. She doesn't exactly understand the job, so in typical Pinkalicious-style, she dresses up as flowers and throws flour all over the kitchen to find out what it means.
Emily Is a Flower Girl
Like other books about the topic, Emily Is a Flower Girl [11] ($33) by Claire Masurel explains what little girls can expect as flower girls. But this story introduces a ring bearer so girls know that there will be another young one in the wedding [12] party, and talks about how it's OK for Emily to be nervous about forgetting what to do.
The Ring Bear
In The Ring Bear [13] ($18) by N.L Sharp, Robert's aunt asks him to be in her wedding [14], but he mistakenly thinks he gets to dress up as a bear. When he finds out what it really means, he is a little disappointed but then figures out how exciting the role is and that he can find a way to have fun at the wedding anyway.
10 Cool Things About Being a Ring Bearer
Like you'd expect, 10 Cool Things About Being a Ring Bearer [15] ($9) by Penelope Colville Paine breaks down reasons why the ring bearer should be excited about his role. Simple to follow and meant for kids up to age 8, it lists reasons like "A ring bearer is the groom's special helper."
Flower Girl
Young girls will relate to the main character in Gail Herman's Flower Girl [16] ($4), who worries she will ruin the big day. This book teaches girls about their tasks as a flower girl and assures them that everything will work out.
When I Was a Ring Bearer
In addition to acting as a how-to guide for little boys, When I Was a Ring Bearer [17] ($6, originally $15) by Leigh Crandall doubles as a keepsake book. Within the book are pages for the ring bearer to write down memories, draw pictures, and store his favorite photos from the big day.
The Very Fairy Princess Here Comes the Flower Girl!
Julie Andrews's Here Comes the Flower Girl [18] ($17) helps kids prepare for the worst. When it rains on her aunt's wedding [19] day, it is up to Gerry to bring some sunshine to the occasion.


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NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- When U.S. investors start trading Monday, they'll have two big bits of global news to chew over: Election outcomes in France and Greece.
In France, socialist Francois Hollande defeated president Nicolas Sarkozy, raising questions about the future of austerity throughout Europe.
"A change in leadership brings uncertainty because you don't know exactly what you're getting into," said Ryan Detrick, senior technical strategist at Schaeffer's Investment Research.
"It won't be a be-all end-all sell signal, but new leadership in France could cause investor jitters that reverberate throughout global financial markets," said Detrick.
Hollande campaigned on the need to focus more on economic growth to reduce public debt, as opposed to austerity, which has been the main policy prescription for the three year-old European debt crisis.
While it remains to be seen to what extent Hollande will push his growth agenda, his countering approach causes concerns about how he might work with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the key proponent of austerity.
Even so, many economists and market strategists say Hollande is likely to pursue policies that maintain fiscal discipline and will also make efforts to keep good relations with Germany.
While there could be some "initial friction with Merkel," Hollande will eventually form his own bond with the German leader, said Antonio Barroso, an analyst at political research firm Eurasia Group.
"Hollande is very pragmatic." said Barroso. "He knows that Germany is his most important partner. They will have to agree on a solution for the crisis."
What's more, there is not that much difference between many of the candidates' policies. Hollande and Sarkozy had both pledged to balance the nation's budget, although they differed on taxes, with Hollande pleding tax hikes on the rich.
"At the end of day, there's not a huge departure from the status quo," said Barroso.
Meanwhile, in Greece, voters appeared to be delivering steep losses to the government's governing coalition, raising questions about how the troubled country's austerity program will be implemented.
After nearing four-year highs at the start of the week, U.S. stocks ended with a thud on Friday, as the S&P 500 logged its biggest weekly decline of the year.
Later in the week, the weekly unemployment claims report will be likely be the most heavily scrutinized, said Detrick.
Weekly initial jobless claims dropped sharply last week -- a good sign -- but investors were disappointed by the the April jobs report on Friday that showed a sharp slowdown in hiring.
"Lately, it's been one step forward, two steps back, so investors are just looking for good news on the jobs front," said Detrick.
The University of Michigan's preliminary reading on consumer sentiment in May could also attract some attention.
Though a bulk of U.S. companies have reported quarterly earnings, a few major companies are on deck to open their books, including media giants News Corp. (NWSA, Fortune 500) and Walt Disney (DIS, Fortune 500), as well as retailers like Macy's (M, Fortune 500), Nordstrom (JWN, Fortune 500) and Kohl's (KSS, Fortune 500).
Dow component Cisco (CSCO, Fortune 500) is also on tap.
Historically, May is the start of a weak period for the U.S. stock market, and the 'sell in May, and go away' phenomenon has reared its head for the past two years.
But Detrick doesn't expect the same type of weakness this year.
"I don't anticipate seeing the sizeable pullbacks that we saw during the last couple of years, but this is a time frame where the stock market rarely has explosive moves higher," he said.
Rather, Detrick expects the stock market to get through the economic and corporate news lull by largely moving sideways. Already, he notes, stocks are back at the levels they were about eight weeks ago.
And given that the market soared during the first three months of the year, "that's not necessarily a bad thing," he said.
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Chris Higgins may refer to:
- Chris Higgins (academic) (born 1955), vice-chancellor of Durham University
- Chris Higgins (Australian public servant) (1943–1990), senior Australian public servant
- Chris Higgins (footballer) (born 1985), Scottish footballer for Queen of the South
- Chris Higgins (Friday the 13th character), character played by Dana Kimmell in the film Friday the 13th Part III
- Chris Higgins (ice hockey) (born 1983), American NHL ice hockey player
- Chris Higgins (musician), American musician also known as "X-13", former The Offspring touring member
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The Iowa Department of Transportation has unveiled a new way to remind drivers that their license is due. Washington County Treasurer Jeff Garrett says this new service will allow someone to create an account where an email can be sent to the driver that their license is about to expire. He says you can also update your address and view your motor vehicle record as well.
Garrett adds this service was created in response to the public who have asked for easier ways to remember their license is due. He notes you still have to renew your license in person every five years.
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DIY Ideas for small fish I've asked for advice on here a few times and gotten good answers, especially from okiemavis, thank you. So I thought I'd try to contribute something. Here is a cheap, easy DIY idea for a tank with smaller fishes. I have been doing this for a couple years now. This is probably best done outside. I have a 55 gallon with several species of small schooling fish only in it. Corys, small tetras and rasboras and some red shrimp. materials: 2 trash cans fine mesh net small bucket for water, I use a 1 gallon ice-cream bucket a few cocoanuts fill the cans with water and add dechlorinator. drain and split the cocoanuts in half or just break them apart chip the 'meat' out of the cocoanut and throw it in one of the cans it should mostly sink. A wood chisel works well, but I'm sure a screwdriver or knife would work too. Leave the lid off. throw the meatless hulls into the other can and put the lid on it after a few weeks both cans will have started to undergo some changes. In the one with the lid on it, the water should have turned dark brown, the more cocoanuts you used, the darker. This water is highly acidic, and adding a small amount to a tank will lower the KH and Ph. Because a little goes a long way toward lowering them, you shouldnt have to use enough to discolor the water. Just add it bit by bit and keep testing so that you dont overdo it. If you accidently overdo it, you can add baking soda to bring it back up. In the one with the cocanut meat, there should be a thin film over the top of the water, and as long as it isnt winter, it will be teeming with life. Siphon some water out of the fish tank into the small bucket and then swish the fine meshed net around in the trash can water and put all the little bugs in the small bucket and dump that water into the tank. A regular green or red net lets a lot of the good stuff get through, I cant remember the brand of the net I use, but its blue and I remember it specifically said 'fine mesh' on the package. I mostly get 5 main types of bugs in mine. Lots of mosquito larvae, some little tiny pill bug things that swim, some little things that look like mini-centipedes who cant swim, but crawl around underwater on the sides, some small clear/white worms that are maybe an inch or two long and very thin that swim around like a tiny snake about the size of a hair that swims I guess, and some white things that wriggle slowly and dont seem to move around with any purpose, they just wriggle. They are a little smaller than a full grown mosquito larva and slowly but constantly wriggle. Anyway, all of the bugs are small enough that even little tetras like neons and rummynose can easily gobble up, and they live underwater so you dont have to worry about them dying too soon. All the little fish in that tank go absolutely berserk for the live food. They like it way better than frozen food like daphnia and cyclops and of course way better than flakes or micro pellets. Once the food is all eaten they will troll the top and bottom of the tank for at least another hour scouring for any little bugs they might have missed. The mosquito larvae dive when they get scared and may get in the substrate, but dont worry, they breathe air through a sort of snorkel they have and will eventually have to make a break for the surface, if the corys dont root them out. I know they warn against this type of thing because of diseases and whatnot, but I have never noticed any adverse effects from doing this. In fact, it seems to stimulate all of them to breed and they have much healthier appetites even for flake and frozen foods when they get an occaisional live meal, their appetites and breeding activity decline during the winter when they dont get their bugs. They seem to breed fairly often in the acidic water with live food. I have no interest in raising them so I just let them eat the eggs. That isnt to say that your results wont be different, so do this at your own risk is all I will say. When doing this, there is usually a small amount of crums or junk from the water that gets netted as well as the bugs, not a lot though. The fish dont seem to like it, but the shrimp seem to think it's caviar. Anyhow, this is a super cheap, easy, and maintenence free way to get the acidic water that so many fish like, and get a live meal for the smaller fish. The 'bug can' has a slight odor, but nothing unbearable and I cant smell it unless i lean right over the water. I usually 'harvest' my crop of bugs once or twice a week. You dont want to wait too long or the larvae will turn into mosquitos, but if you do it too often you will get all the eggs out and only get little larvaes. |
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Police seek man who tried to coax girls into his vehicle
Riverside police Thursday were seeking the public's help in identifying a man who has tried to coax teenage girls into his vehicle.
In three separate incidents in recent months, the suspect told the high school girls that he could get them a modeling job, according to police.
The man approached the girls during school hours near Poly High School and Raincross High School. "The incidents are believed to be related," Riverside Police Department officials said in a statement.
The man was seen driving a silver Toyota Tacoma pickup with four doors and a short bed. Police described the man as a Latino in his 20s or 30s with dark curly hair and brown eyes.
Anyone with information is asked to call Det. Rita Cobb at (951) 353-7120 or Det. Melissa Brazil at (951) 353-7121.
ALSOAnaheim police officer cleared in fatal shooting
Dorner captives stake claim to $1.2-million reward
Senior LAUSD officials knew of child abuse claims, lawyers say
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OMG, why use that photo to illustrate some reflections on the Northeast-leading Canadiens' latest win?
Quick, pass some bleach for the eyes of Habs fans!
Well, Jacques Martin was at the Bell Centre to watch his former team beat the Jets.
And Perry Pearn – who played Sancho Panza to Martin's Don Quixote (and Tessio to Pierre Gauthier's Don Corleone) – has fetched up behind the Winnipeg bench.
So there was a bit of an old-timey atmosphere at the Bell Centre, what with the Ghosts of Last-Place Past in the house.
Let's imagine, just for fun, that Martin was coaching the Canadiens Thursday night.
A shade over eight minutes into the first period, Alexander Burmistrov gives the visitors a 1-0 lead. Burmistrov is all alone in the slot to Peter Budaj's right because Michael Ryder is not bothering to cover the Jet forward.
Also on for the Winnipeg goal are rookie Alex Galchenyuk and newly-acquired defenceman Davis Drewiske.
On a Jacques Martin team, how much ice time would the aforementioned players have seen for the balance of the evening?
But Martin does not coach your Montreal Canadiens.
Michel Therrien does. And this is what happened to the players who watched Burmistrov score his goal:
• Michael Ryder, finally playing his natural right wing, scored the goal that tied the game at 1-1 and also bagged the winner and added an assist. Ryder has nine goals and 17 points in 17 games since joining the Canadiens in the trade that sent Erik Cole to Dallas. Cole has four points, all goals, since the trade.
Ryder is a sniper. Scoring goals is what he does. Ryder does not play no steenkin' defence. He is not a Jacques Martin player.
• Alex Galchenyuk played centre, between Ryder and Travis Moen, because of the Tomas Plekanec injury. It is the kid's natural position, and he played an excellent game. Galchenyuk had three shots on goal (and none wide or blocked), scored the Canadiens' fourth goal (breaking an 18-game drought) and won three of four faceoffs.
• Davis Drewiske ended the night at minus-1. But the big guy from Wisconsin played 17:26 – including almost three minutes on the Canadiens' impeccable penalty-kill – and blocked three shots.
There were other heroes.
• Peter Budaj made 33 saves for his sixth win of the season. That's one-quarter of the team's W's. Not bad for a backup goaltender who was 5-7-5 under Martin and Randy Cunneyworth last season.
• Lars Eller centred Brian Gionta and Brandon Prust on a new line Therrien cooked up. Eller had two assists, stayed out of the box, played 2:40 on the PK and did not look out of place with new linemates.
• Alexei Emelin took one for the team. Actually, he took about five right hands in a late-game fight with Evander Kane. But as was the case when he was jumped by Zdeno Chara, Emelin hung in, protected his surgically repaired kisser and landed a left on Kane. You have to admire Emelin's courage … and you have to like his tendency to get under the skin of guys like Chara and Kane.
• Ho-hum, P.K. Subban had two assists to run his point total to 30, first among NHL defencemen. The fine play of Drewiske and Daycare Dad Francis Bouillon allowed Therrien the luxury of dialing back on ToI for P.K. (22:02) and Andrei Markov (19:10).
• Jeff Halpern had an uncharacteristically rough night in the faceoff circle, losing eight of 13. But Marc Bergevin's waiver-wire steal was excellent on the PK and logged 15:45, which is impressive for a fourth-liner. Halpern was ably supported by his high-energy linemates, Michael Blunden, who blocked a couple shots, and Ryan White, who had three hits.
The only line that remained intact had a quiet night, although Brendan Gallagher was his customary Energizer Bunny self and Max Pacioretty led the Canadiens with four SoG.
Watching Eller and Galchenyuk, you wonder where David Desharnais will settle on the team's depth chart in a year or two. But you can never have enough capable centres.
And what about Ryder? One-dimensional he may be, but it's not like this team is overflowing with guys who can light the lamp. Will Bergevin re-sign the player who is on track to lead the Canadiens in goals?
That's down the road.
The shorter-term picture has Boston at the Bell Centre on Saturday for the kind of high-stakes game Jacques Martin never got to coach at the end of his run in Montreal.
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Statewide Portable Equipment Registration Program (PERP)
This page last updated January 24, 2017
Owners or Operators of portable engines and certain other types of equipment can register their units under the Air Resources Board's (ARB) Statewide Portable Equipment Registration Program (PERP) in order to operate their equipment throughout California without having to obtain individual permits from local air districts. The following sections will assist you with the PERP registration process and present facts on the Portable Diesel Engine Airborne Toxic Control Measure (ATCM).
Please review the Regulatory and Enforcement Advisory and its related Q&A regarding the upcoming amendments to the 2017 and 2020 Portable Diesel Engine ATCM fleet average emission standards.
IMPORTANT: PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT PERP PROCESSING TIMES MAY BE IMPACTED DUE TO THE DEPLOYMENT OF A NEW DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM STARTING ON FRIDAY, JUNE 24th.Please mail your PERP applications and other program correspondence to the address below. Using the general P.O. Box for the Air Resources Board, or other addresses, will delay delivery. Hand-delivered applications will no longer be accepted. Also, there is no designated fax number for receiving PERP applications. Faxing and mailing your application may result in duplicate charges to your credit card.
P.O. Box 2038
Sacramento, CA 95812
Notification within 24 hours of operation is required for water well drill rigs, water pumps, or project-related equipment where the portable engine is not permitted, or registered in PERP, and is operating during a declared emergency event. The notification form is available here and should be mailed to the above address, or via email when beginning operation at each project location.
On January 1, 2013, the Portable Engine Airborne Toxic Control Measure (ATCM) fleet emission standards went into effect. The ATCM required owners of portable engines to submit a Fleet Compliance Report to the Air Resources Board by March 1, 2013. For more information, click here: Fleet Compliance Reporting.
Changes to Fleets
The ATCM also requires owners to ensure the average PM emission level for their fleet does not fall out of compliance due to changes in the fleet. Owners of portable diesel engine fleets who are adding or removing engines are strongly encouraged to re-calculate their fleet average. Other changes, such as modifying a registration to be low-use or emergency-use only can also affect the fleet emissions average. We recommended that once you have completed the Fleet Reporting Tool save it and update it any time your portable fleet changes.
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For initial registration into PERP, diesel engines must meet eligibility requirements as outlined below, or be a Flex engine certified under the flexibility provisions of Federal 40 CFR 1039.625, or 40 CFR Part 89.102, or California Code of Regulations section 2423 (d).
- 50 to 74bhp - Final Tier 4
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- 175 to 750bhp - Final Tier 4
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PERP eligibility requirements take effect six months after the federal
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common question is raised about what constitutes portable versus
stationary operation of equipment. The PERP regulation
portable operation and stationary sources however, there are some
specific circumstances that, depending on each situation, the use of
PERP-registered units may not be compatible with the objectives of PERP
and those of local air districts. Because such determinations
very fact dependent, we recommend you contact the district
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Note: PERP does not accept applications by Fax. Please mail them directly to the address listed on the application forms or renewal invoice.
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It also is the site of numerous first class sporting events such as the Beachley Classic, Sun Run, Ocean Thunder and many more.
The adjoining Ted Jackson Reserve has a fenced children's playground and a funky outdoor table tennis table. The area also boasts free WiFi.
Dee Why Beach faces slightly south east but its southern headland both gives protection from southerly winds and shape to any swell coming from the south. The point break here is a beauty, and local surfers converge on it in numbers when it's working.
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Giant Breach in Earth's Magnetic Field Discovered
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Dec. 16, 2008: NASA's five THEMIS spacecraft have discovered a breach in Earth's magnetic field ten times larger than anything previously thought to exist. Solar wind can flow in through the opening to "load up" the magnetosphere for powerful geomagnetic storms. But the breach itself is not the biggest surprise. Researchers are even more amazed at the strange and unexpected way it forms, overturning long-held ideas of space physics.
"At first I didn't believe it," says THEMIS project scientist David Sibeck of the Goddard Space Flight Center. "This finding fundamentally alters our understanding of the solar wind-magnetosphere interaction."
Right: One of the THEMIS probes exploring the space around Earth, an artist's concept. [more]
"The opening was huge—four times wider than Earth itself," says Wenhui Li, a space physicist at the University of New Hampshire who has been analyzing the data. Li's colleague Jimmy Raeder, also of New Hampshire, says "1027 particles per second were flowing into the magnetosphere—that's a 1 followed by 27 zeros. This kind of influx is an order of magnitude greater than what we thought was possible."
The event began with little warning when a gentle gust of solar wind delivered a bundle of magnetic fields from the Sun to Earth. Like an octopus wrapping its tentacles around a big clam, solar magnetic fields draped themselves around the magnetosphere and cracked it open. The cracking was accomplished by means of a process called "magnetic reconnection." High above Earth's poles, solar and terrestrial magnetic fields linked up (reconnected) to form conduits for solar wind. Conduits over the Arctic and Antarctic quickly expanded; within minutes they overlapped over Earth's equator to create the biggest magnetic breach ever recorded by Earth-orbiting spacecraft.
Above: A computer model of solar wind flowing around Earth's magnetic field on June 3, 2007. Background colors represent solar wind density; red is high density, blue is low. Solid black lines trace the outer boundaries of Earth's magnetic field. Note the layer of relatively dense material beneath the tips of the white arrows; that is solar wind entering Earth's magnetic field through the breach. Credit: Jimmy Raeder/UNH. [
The size of the breach took researchers by surprise. "We've seen things like this before," says Raeder, "but never on such a large scale. The entire day-side of the magnetosphere was open to the solar wind."
The circumstances were even more surprising. Space physicists have long believed that holes in Earth's magnetosphere open only in response to solar magnetic fields that point south. The great breach of June 2007, however, opened in response to a solar magnetic field that pointed north.
"To the lay person, this may sound like a quibble, but to a space physicist, it is almost seismic," says Sibeck. "When I tell my colleagues, most react with skepticism, as if I'm trying to convince them that the sun rises in the west."
"So, you can imagine our surprise when a northern IMF came along and shields went down instead," says Sibeck. "This completely overturns our understanding of things."
Northern IMF events don't actually trigger geomagnetic storms, notes Raeder, but they do set the stage for storms by loading the magnetosphere with plasma. A loaded magnetosphere is primed for auroras, power outages, and other disturbances that can result when, say, a CME (coronal mass ejection) hits.
The years ahead could be especially lively. Raeder explains: "We're entering Solar Cycle 24. For reasons not fully understood, CMEs in even-numbered solar cycles (like 24) tend to hit Earth with a leading edge that is magnetized north. Such a CME should open a breach and load the magnetosphere with plasma just before the storm gets underway. It's the perfect sequence for a really big event."
Sibeck agrees. "This could result in stronger geomagnetic storms than we have seen in many years."
A video version of this story may be found here. For more information about the THEMIS mission, visit http://nasa.gov/themis
Author: Dr. Tony Phillips | Credit: Science@NASA
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What happened to conventional wisdom? Researchers at the University of New Hampshire are using computer models to unravel the basic physics of the great breach. They're finding that reconnection at the poles is key. Conventional wisdom held that equatorial reconnection was more important, which is why the giant breaches were not anticipated until THEMIS flew through one. View a video version of this story. Space Weather resources: NOAA Space Weather prediction Center; Spaceweather.com more stories about THEMIS: Magnetic Portals Connect Sun and Earth -- Science@NASA Plasma Bullets Spark Northern Lights -- Science@NASA NASA Spacecraft Make New Discoveries about Northern Lights -- Science@NASA THEMIS, short for Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms, is the fifth medium-class mission under NASA's Explorer Program. The program, managed by The Explorers Program Office at Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., provides frequent flight opportunities for world-class space investigations in Heliophysics and Astrophysics. The University of California, Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory managed the project development and is currently operating the THEMIS mission. Swales Aerospace, Beltsville, Md., built the THEMIS satellites. NASA's Future: US Space Exploration Policy |


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Relive the revelry at sites of past Games
Updated 1:20 pm, Friday, July 27, 2012
You don't have to go to London to enjoy the Olympics.
In Sydney, you can swim in the pool where Ian Thorpe won five Olympic medals in 2000. In Berlin, you can pose for photos in the stadium where Jesse Owens won four gold medals in 1936. In Lake Placid, N.Y., you can skate on the same rink where Eric Heiden speed skated his way to five golds in 1980.
If you're taking a trip to a city with an Olympic past, you might want to fit in a visit to the Olympic stadium or museum. It's a way to relive those gold-medal moments and learn about city life before, during and after the games. For some of the smaller cities, the Olympics represented their one shot at claiming the world's spotlight.
Sydney, Australia
The bulk of the Sydney Games in 2000 took place at Sydney Olympic Park, a short train ride from the city's center.
The opening and closing ceremonies were held in what is now ANZ Stadium. As part of the tour, you can pose for photos standing on a medal stand. An extended, pricier Gantry Tour takes you high above the field along steel mesh walkways used by crews to access lighting and sound equipment.
Track and field events also took place there, though the actual track was rolled up like a carpet and moved to the warm-up area of the nearby Athletic Centre. (The main track at the Athletic Centre had been used for warm-up during the Olympics.) The Athletic Centre is open for recreational use when there isn't an event scheduled, with either the main or warm-up track open on a given day.
The Aquatic Centre's Olympic-size pool is open to the public for lap swimming. You can walk by the pool where the diving competition took place, but you can't use it. Families may be more interested in the indoor water playground next to the Olympic warm-up pool.
After your swim, you can play tennis or try archery at other venues around Olympic Park.
For more details about hours and fees, visit these sites:
ANZ Stadium: www.anzstadium.com.au
Athletic Centre: www.athleticcentre.com.au
Swimming: www.aquaticcentre.com.au
Olympic Park: www.sydneyolympicpark.com.au
Melbourne, Australia
Melbourne hosted the Olympics in 1956, but much of the main venue has been transformed since then. The tour of the Melbourne Cricket Ground offers more about cricket than the Olympic Games that took place there. However, a sports museum has an extensive section on the Olympics. That's where you can see the cauldron where the Olympic flame burned during the Melbourne Games.
The Cricket Ground also hosted some preliminary soccer games when the Olympics were held in Sydney.
Cricket Ground: www.mcg.org.au
Museum: www.nsm.org.au
Lake Placid, N.Y.
Located about five hours north of New York City, Lake Placid hosted the Winter Olympics in 1932 and 1980. Several of the venues are open for tours and recreational use, though some are operational only in winter.
Die-hard fans may want to ride the bobsled. It's used in competition, though you only get to ride part of it, with a professional escort. If you are brave, you can also ride the head-first skeleton run, though it wasn't an Olympic event during either of the Lake Placid Games.
While there, you can tour the Olympic Center, where the U.S. ice hockey team defeated the Soviets in what has become known as the Miracle on Ice. You can skate in one of its indoor rinks. The outdoor speed-skating oval is open during the winter months and is the same one used by Heiden and other Olympic athletes in 1980.
A separate tour is available for the Olympic ski-jumping complex, and Whiteface Mountain is open for skiing during the winter. Lake Placid also hosts an Olympic museum downtown.
Consider an Olympic Sites Passport for discounts if you are visiting several venues.
More info: www.whiteface.com.
Berlin and Munich
Germany hosted two notorious games: The 1936 Berlin Olympics, which Adolf Hitler tried to turn into a showcase of Aryan supremacy, and the 1972 Munich Olympics, marred by a hostage crisis that left 11 Israelis dead.
You see the majestic Olympic Gate — two towers holding up the Olympic rings — as you approach Olympiastadion Berlin. Next to the stadium is the tower and parade grounds used by the Nazis for military and political ceremonies.
A tour visits the stands overlooking the track area where Owens and other athletes competed. You can see the unlit cauldron at one end of the stadium. You can also see the balcony from which Hitler had watched the games, though it was shortened after World War II as part of de-Nazification efforts.
Sign up for the Berlin Marathon in September and you may also get to run on the track the morning before the race. It's not the original track surface, though.
Many of Munich's events took place at Olympiapark. The main stadium was used for the opening and closing ceremonies, track and field, and soccer. With a tour, you get to walk on the track.
The tour also takes you to a VIP lounge filled with Olympic artifacts, such as torches from past games and shoes worn by athletes, including Kenya's Kipchoge Keino, who won gold in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 1972. A wall display of key moments includes a newspaper headline on the massacre.
Berlin: www.olympiastadion-berlin.de/en.html
Munich: www.olympiapark.de/en/home
Beijing and beyond
Beijing's iconic Bird's Nest and Water Cube facilities are now open to visitors.
The National Stadium was the site of the opening and closing ceremonies, track and field events, and soccer and is notable for its architecture: steel "twigs" on the outside form a massive, curving nest.
The National Aquatics Center, where Michael Phelps won eight golds in 2008, is dubbed the Water Cube for its blue, bubblelike exterior. It's a water park these days.
Bird's Nest: www.n-s.cn/en
Water Cube: www.water-cube.com, a Chinese-language site for which you can use a translator service.
Barcelona, Spain, which hosted the 1992 Summer Olympics, offers free entrance to the stadium, but a museum next door charges an admission fee. The museum has a brief discussion on the Ancient Olympics in Greece but focuses on modern times and has an extensive collection from the Barcelona Games.
If museums and stadiums aren't your style, you can visit the shops and cafes at Port Olimpic, a waterfront section of Barcelona revived for the games. Yachting events took place off that harbor.
If you're adventurous, head to the Arctic island of Spitsbergen. Part of the Olympic athletes' village from the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, was moved there after the games and is now a Radisson hotel.
You can also sign up for the Athens Classic Marathon in November and run roughly the same route of the 1896 and 2004 Olympics in Athens. The route somewhat traces the journey that Pheidippides, according to legend, ran in 490 B.C. to deliver news of a battle victory.
A nonprofit group that grew out of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles posts official reports from every Olympics at http://bit.ly/c9wvgP. Many of the reports contain venue information.
Wherever you end up visiting, be sure to check ahead of time for special events. You may have to adjust your itinerary if the stadium you want to tour, run or swim in is holding a concert or sporting event that day.


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http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=4129862&id=46074183433 I hope this is visible to everyone. I think she looks great! (Sorry for the miss spell, Rachael.)
She looks so much better in that dress than in her skating dresses. She's actually quite pretty and very fit, she just desperately needs a new costume designer!
Start with that design for her next skating dress. MUCH more flattering than her usual. . . She looks fab!
That dress design is very flattering on her. She should go in that direction with her skating costumes.
the design was flattering, but that color washes her out. I think that she should have chosen it in a more vibrant color.
Something tells me Rachael was going to do whatever she had to do to look GREAT in that gown. Darn, now I want to see her date!
The child does love pastels. She certainly isn't big. Good for her for having a life outside skating.
I think the reason that Rachael look "skater fat" is that she does not have a very defined waist, she is simply not very curvy below the bust. If she wore something with an empire waist like this or this or this it would be very flattering. Also richer colours are better, the pale colours just wash her out, I have the same problem and stay well away from pastels.
she looks beautiful. That is a wonderful style for her. Would love to see her skate in something like that in a dusty kind of purple
I always thought of Rachael as being adorable and cute. But she has crossed the threshold into beautiful.
I'd have to say I think it's because she's short (she doesn't have long limbs or a long torso) and her arms and legs don't have the most visible muscle definition, but I actually think some of that might be do to her just being bigger boned than a lot of the thin asian ladies who have come to dominate skating. As you can see in that prom dress, she has no fat on her stomach and has a little waist.
She is not big, but she seems big on ice because of her dresses and of her posture. If she had better lines and a better dresses I bet it would be different Anyway, glad for her! Hope she had a great time!
I loved her LP dress from last year, the cut was very flattering and the royal blue color went perfectly with her blonde hair and fair skin, at nationals when MAC did her makeup she looked beautiful just like she does in the prom pic
Thanks for posting. Rachael is looking pretty fabulous. Love the dress and hair. Nice to see her stepping out and away from skating. Have a great time Racheal!
Can we please see this hair and make-up on the ice? She looks lovely and like a teenager here. Please...transfer it and stop channeling Aunt Bea when you skate!
Awww, she looks fantastic. What a lovely, flattering dress. Can whoever made it please become her new costume designer?
She is gorgeous! I know everyone else already said this, but I totally agree that she should style herself like that on the ice. I think a dress similar in style to her prom dress and maybe in a dark blue, purple, or green would look great on her. I know blonds are typically supposed to wear warm colors, but I actually think cool or dark colors are more flattering for her, such as her Fame exhibition dress and long program dress from last year.


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The rules tend to be loose on higher limit games, as opposed to $5 minimum bet games. That is not always true, but it is a good rule. The bigger the bankroll that you bring to Las Vegas, the better the blackjack game you will be able to play. A player that can afford to play $100 minimum blackjack will be able to play in most casinos' high limit salons. These are luxury areas walled off from the rest of the casino. Comps are earned very fast in these areas, and many casinos offer additional services to high limit players. Players in high limit salons can enjoy six deck shoes with double anything, double after the split, surrender and resplit aces. The dealer will almost always stand on all 17's in high limit six deck shoes.
Another high limit game offered by several MGM properties is a $50 minimum Double Deck Blackjack game. In this game, players may double anything, double after the split, and the dealer stays on all 17's. This game can be found at MGM properties Aria, MGM Grand, New York New York, Mirage, Bellagio, and Luxor. It is rare to find this game outside of high limit, but it can be found open during many peak hours at Aria, Bellagio and Mirage.
Single Deck Blackjack is a poor game in most Las Vegas casinos. Most Single Deck Blackjack games pay 6-5 on blackjack, not the standard 3-2. Players looking for a good Single Deck Blackjack game must visit El Cortez, Binion's, or Riviera. The 3-2 single deck blackjack games only allow a double down on 10 or 11 and do not allow doubling down after the split. The dealer hits a soft 17 in all Single Deck Blackjack games.
There are also some very poor blackjack games in Las Vegas. Most of these blackjack games can be found on Caesar's Entertainment properties. Bad blackjack games can also be found at Casino Royale, Monte Carlo, Binions, Four Queens and Luxor. It is also safe to assume that any blackjack game found in a Party Pit on the Las Vegas Strip, which typically have scantily clad women, is going to be a game with unfriendly rules. The worst casino for blackjack in Las Vegas is The Quad. All of their blackjack games pay 6-5 on blackjack, even out of their eight deck shoes. Other Caesar's Entertainment properties with bad blackjack rules include Harrah's, Margaritaville, Flamingo, Bill's Gambling Hall, Bally's, Paris and Caesar's Palace. Planet Hollywood is the only Caesar's Entertainment property that offers 3-2 on all shoe blackjack games. Keep in mind that most Caesar's Entertainment casinos use eight deck shoes as opposed to six deck shoes that are used in all other Las Vegas casinos. Casino Royale also deserves a mention for having the worst blackjack in Las Vegas.
Some casinos will have playable blackjack scattered among 6-5 blackjack games. This is especially true for Caesar's Entertainment properties. It is important to read the placard at the table or ask the dealer what the rules are. A few questions upfront can prevent you from playing on a poor blackjack table.