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After the destruction of $35 trillion in global equity market capitalization, we're all wondering what comes next. This recession is different than others in the postwar era, and not in a good way. U.S. household plus corporate debt has risen steadily since the early 1950s, a trend barely nudged by prior recessions and stock market declines.
In fact, household and corporate borrowing actually increased during prior recessions. This mitigated declines in consumption, which in turn helped form the contour of an eventual recovery.
The problem this time is that parts of the credit markets are shut down. As a result, it looks like this will be the first recession in decades during which credit does not soften the blow, but instead worsens it. Investment grade bond markets are open to Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.-guaranteed financials and highly rated industrial firms (more than $200 billion in bonds have been issued in the last two months).
A few high-yield issues have been sold as well. But the pace of private sector credit creation has collapsed, declining year over year for the first time in more than 50 years. Asset-backed capital markets, used to finance credit cards, student loans, autos and commercial real estate, went from creating $100 billion per quarter of credit five years ago (and double that when subprime was peaking) to now being effectively closed. Even when the banking system returns to solvency and the private sector has the appetite to borrow again, credit will be created much more slowly.
Is this a huge problem? The short answer is yes, as debt levels recede. Tight credit markets prompt borrowers to either pay debt back with cash flow, or default. Debt repayment takes the place of hiring and investment, and default leads to a tightening of credit conditions, bank failures and a general environment of asset price deflation. The consequences for the economy will take years to play out. But after every calamity, assets at the epicenter of the mess are oversold, and this time is no different.
Senior debt linked to commercial property, residential property and corporate balance sheets have been ferociously dumped by their owners. Some prices reflect expectations of 60% to 70% borrower defaults, with salvage values of 30 cents on the dollar. The wall of cash to buy these assets is not quite as high as it was a year ago; many have been too badly burned (such as sovereign wealth funds buying into financials), and countries like China have rededicated current account surpluses away from foreign investment toward domestic stimulus. But opportunities exist for those with ample liquidity and patience.
The fire brigade is on the scene, as the Federal Reserve has through various mechanisms supplied credit roughly equal to the private sector decline. Graphic analogies to methadone addicts are unfortunately apt; the system cannot go cold turkey all at once. Had the Fed not done this, the collapse in economic activity and employment would have been even worse.
Since the Civil War, there was only a single period when equities fell by 40%–and things still got worse during the next five years. It was during the first six months of the Depression that President Hoover and Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon tried liquidation as a way out. It didn't work.
What about after the economy de-leverages? Here's where there's a light at the end of the tunnel. During the 1950s and 1960s debt levels were lower, but this did not impede a generally constructive backdrop for growth or investing. There were three recessions during this period, including a particularly nasty one in 1957-58. However, with lower levels of credit, the economy and the markets are generally better able to survive them.
During this period, we had low unemployment and inflation and decent productivity growth. That helped support a 5% rise in disposable income. High savings rates at 8% prevented the violent consumer spending contraction we are seeing now.
Through it all, the S&P 500 generated annual returns of 14% in real terms. The savings rate, which dipped below zero in 2005, is now back at 5%, so the journey back in time has already begun.
Michael Cembalest is chief investment officer for JPMorgan Private Bank. The views expressed herein are Cembalest's and may not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of JPMorgan Private Bank or any of its affiliates.

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Hike in Federal Minimum Wage Has Minimal Impact in Most States, CCH Says
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RIVERWOODS, Ill., July 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Workers in most states will not be affected by the upcoming increase in the federal minimum wage to $5.85, according to CCH, a leading provider of human resources information and software and part of Wolters Kluwer Law & Business (http://hr.cch.com). CCH has been reporting on federal wage and hour law since the enactment of the first federal minimum wage in 1938. That's because 32 states and the District of Columbia have minimum wages higher than the new federal level. "Over the last ten years, while the federal minimum wage has been steady at $5.15 per hour, more and more states have set their minimum wages above that, and above the new minimum as well," said Barbara O'Dell, JD, CCH workplace analyst. States began to pass minimum wage laws early in the last century, often as a way to protect women workers, but the U.S. Supreme Court overturned them, and a federal attempt to fix wages, until the mid 1930s. In 1937, the Court upheld a Washington law mandating a minimum wage for women workers. Then, Congress passed a federal minimum wage of 25 cents an hour as part of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) in 1938, and it too was upheld as constitutional in 1941. When Rates Differ Where state and federal minimum wage rates differ, the higher rate prevails. -- Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina and Tennessee do not have state minimum wage laws, so employers must pay the federal rate to employees who are subject to the FLSA; -- In Georgia, Kansas, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming, the state minimum wage rates are lower than the revised federal rate, so employers must pay the federal rate to employees who are subject to the FLSA (however, the New Mexico rate will increase to $6.50 on January 1, 2008). -- In Idaho, Indiana, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas and Virginia, the state rates are tied to the federal rate and will automatically increase (however, the New Hampshire rate will then increase to $6.50 on September 1, 2007). The remaining states and the District of Columbia have minimum wage rates that will equal or exceed the federal rate on July 24, 2007. Employers in these states must continue to pay the state rate as long as it remains higher than the federal rate. In Minnesota, Montana and Nevada, some employers currently paying a state-authorized lower minimum wage based on their size or offering benefits will be affected by the federal increase. If the federal rate increases above the state rate, the federal rate applies, and the federal hourly rate is scheduled to increase to $6.55 on July 24, 2008 and to $7.25 on July 24, 2009. For a timeline of federal minimum wage rates 1938-2009, go to http://www.cch.com/press/news/2007/MinimumWageChart.pdf. "Employers -- especially those who operate in several different states -- will have to keep aware of a changing environment as federal and state rates criss-cross in the years ahead," O'Dell said. A state-by-state list of hourly wage rates follows for states at or above the new federal level as of July 24, 2007. Hourly Minimum Wage Rates as of July 24, 2007 Alaska $7.15 Arizona $6.75 Arkansas $6.25 California $7.50 Colorado $6.85 Connecticut $7.65 Delaware $6.65 District of Columbia $7.00 Florida $6.67 Hawaii $7.25 Illinois $7.50 Iowa $6.20 Kentucky $5.85 Maine $6.75 Maryland $6.15 Massachusetts $7.50 Michigan $7.15 Minnesota $6.15 ($5.25 for employers with less than $625,000 in gross annual sales) Missouri $6.50 Montana $6.15 ($4.00 for employers with $110,000 or less in gross annual sales) Nebraska $5.85 Nevada $6.33 ($5.15 if qualified health benefits are offered) New Jersey $7.15 New York $7.15 North Carolina $6.15 Ohio $6.85 Oregon $7.80 Pennsylvania $7.15 ($6.65 for employers with 10 or fewer employees) Rhode Island $7.40 Vermont $7.53 Washington $7.93 West Virginia $6.55 Wisconsin $6.50 About Wolters Kluwer Law & Business Wolters Kluwer Law & Business is a leading provider of research products and software solutions in key specialty areas for legal and business professionals, as well as casebooks and study aids for law students. Its major product lines include Aspen Publishers, CCH, Kluwer Law International and Loislaw. Its markets include law firms, law schools, corporate counsel and professionals requiring legal and compliance information. Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, a unit of Wolters Kluwer, is based in New York City and Riverwoods, Ill. Wolters Kluwer is a leading global information services and publishing company. The company provides products and services for professionals in the health, tax, accounting, corporate, financial services, legal and regulatory sectors. Wolters Kluwer has 2006 annual revenues of euro 3.7 billion, employs approximately 19,900 people worldwide and maintains operations across Europe, North America, and Asia Pacific. Wolters Kluwer is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Its shares are quoted on the Euronext Amsterdam (WKL) and are included in the AEX and Euronext 100 indices. For more information, visit http://www.wolterskluwer.com.
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2001 Dan and Aaron have been on the tour for a week now... It's rough! Living in a bus... Very little space, no privacy... Hardly the rock-star lifestyle you thought it would be! These guys already miss their families, friends, girlfriends... The bus drives to each event straight, and often leaving at 2 AM for an all-night trip! I wonder how these guys get enough sleep! And they've got 6 weeks more to go... Living on a bus with a bunch of skateboarders! (Really, though, they're enjoying themselves... But what they enjoy most is seeing trials riders at the shows... Rumor has it that the show is picking up a Brisa bicycle at the Los Angeles show (June 29) for test-riding by anyone attending that show, or any of the shows afterwards! Tickets are a mere $20, and the event's cool... Bands, booths, free sampler cds, skateboarder, skaters, bmx jumping... Check it out at warpedtour.com) Check out some of the cool photos, and a little bit of story (especially on the tour of the bus page). I rode the demos with Aaron and Dan on my white Brisa B20 mod, pausing every so often to grab some photos. Hope you guys like 'em! Aaron and Dan simultaneously gapping the 7 foot tall boxes (6 foot gap) Another angle Take the tour of Aaron and Dan's Warped bus... Aaron and Dan, with JP Sickler in the foreground trying to get the audience going for the 7 foot drop Smooth as silk, and perfectly synchronized! Dan about to drop in (check out the little kicker on the right) Very trusting girl! That's gotta be scary! Swinging the rear wheel over her body
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Despite earlier reports that Verizon would refund $90 million to customers it overcharged for data use on cell phones, the cell phone company revealed it's paying $25 million in fines to the Federal Communications Commission and crediting only $52.8 million to customers.
In a press statement reported by various outlets, Verizon apologized for overcharging customers:
Verizon Wireless works very hard to simplify the wireless experience for customers and to ensure that customer bills are accurate. Nonetheless, internal billing processes can be complex and, in this case, we made inadvertent billing mistakes. We accept responsibility for those errors, and apologize to our customers who received accidental data charges on their bills.
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When Richard Strauss described Elgar as "the first English progressive musician", he was responding to the choral work The Dream of Gerontius. But Elgar's Second Symphony adds credence to the accolade, particularly in a performance as intelligent and keenly felt as this BBC Proms one. Under Vasily Petrenko, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra underlined what it is that makes both Elgar and Strauss such inventive, and, yes, progressive composers.
Had the concert not kicked off with Strauss's Festival Prelude, that message might have rung out even more clearly. Premiered in 1913 at the opening of Vienna's Konzerthaus, this bombastic piece is rarely heard nowadays – and it's not a great loss. Nevertheless, it allowed the orchestra's outstanding trumpeters – in this case, 10 of them – to profile themselves. Petrenko's interpretation steered clear of brashness.
Yet he seemed more involved in the Deutsche Motette, Op 62, another Strauss rarity, which followed. Characterised by knotted melodic lines, kaleidoscopic colours and harmonies as slippery as quicksand, this piece relies on nimble voices for its effect. And that is just what the BBC Singers delivered, along with soloists Suzanne Shakespeare, Tara Erraught, Adrian Dwyer and Brindley Sherratt. Still, it was the orchestra's burnished, glowing reading of Strauss's Four Last Songs that gave the first half of the concert its raison d'être. Soprano Inger Dam-Jensen scored high on delicacy, if not audibility, while concertmaster James Clark contributed ravishing violin solos in the penultimate song "Beim Schlafengehen".
It provided a taster of the depth that was to characterise the second half. Petrenko is a seasoned Elgar conductor, and his interpretation of the Second Symphony is well-honed: the musical structure was unmistakable, the often-innovative textures precisely defined. A more flexible reading would be hard to come by. From the sombre second movement to the fury of the third, Petrenko and his orchestra had the measure of this work's wild mood swings. And while they stretched the tempi, they never obscured the music's natural heartbeat, forced the emotion or allowed it to descend into self pity. Alongside a great sense of tenderness and sadness, what this Elgar had, perhaps above all, was dignity. It was an impression that continued to strengthen until the final, heartbreakingly fragile chord had flickered out.


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So I E-mailed Mark and asked him how do I lower my protein levels to 1g/lb of body weight yet still consume enough calories to gain the weight I want. He responded to eat alot of healthy fats rich in Omega 3s. Well, my request to all of you is....what are some healthy fats!?! I'm new to this website by the way. I'm going to search the blogs but I figure I'd throw this out there first. Thanks!
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All animal fat (from properly raised animals) is game. If you are also going to go for plant fats I would mostly eat macadamias and/or coconuts. Most other plant fats are too high in poly-unsaturated fats.
Fish is the best source of O3s. Salmon belly is really fatty and delicious, if you can get it where you live.
I love how our conception of "healthy fats" is the complete opposite of CW. When they say healthy fat they mean canola oil, when I do I mean beef tallow and coconut.
As least we have monounsaturated in common. No qualms with that one.Stabbing conventional wisdom in its face.
Anyone who wants to talk nutrition should PM me!
i just came from a frustrating conversation about saturated fat and the lipid hypothesis which i tried saying saturated fats are natural and better for us than polyunsaturated. then i tried using youtube to show some different documentaries saying so, and pointed out places in various books written by biochemists, doctors and other people of credential. to this the answer i was given was "just because you read it in a book doesnt make it so".
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Photos of a female Durango High School student standing in a row of lockers in her underwear are spreading through the Twitterverse.
She holds her clothes to her face as students around her take cellphone pictures.
Tweets posted Wednesday claim she's a special education student who was told by other students to undress, but other Durango students who posted claim otherwise. What happened, the subject's student status, and whether she was coerced or voluntarily undressed, remains unclear.
As high school students across the Las Vegas Valley rapidly re-post the photo, bash Durango and debate the facts behind the snapshot this week, Clark County School District isn't providing many answers to parents or the public.
District spokeswoman Melinda Malone confirmed Wednesday that the incident occurred Tuesday at the school, near Rainbow Boulevard and Russell Road, but would not offer details as to what happened, offering only a message that was sent home to parents at the southwest valley school.
It reads, "Please be advised that the Durango administration is actively investigating a social media issue involving several of our students. Safety and protection of our students is our highest priority and this matter has our full attention. Kindly remind your child that cyber bullying and harassment are serious issues that will not be tolerated. Thank you."
Malone said she can't disclose whether the pictured female student is a special education student. That information is protected by student privacy laws, she said.
But the photo, posted Tuesday, could have consequences.
Durango reported 56 student suspensions or expulsions in the 2012-13 school year for student-on-student violence, according to the Nevada Department of Education. That's twice the district average of 28 suspensions/expulsions in that category for its 49 high schools. It's also an increase of almost 150 percent from Durango suspensions/expulsions for student-on-student violence in 2011-12.
Durango does suspend and expel students for bullying/intimidation, doing so 14 times last school year compared with the district average of nine per high school.
Bullying suspensions/expulsions includes "cyber bullying," which the district defines as harassment through the use of electronic devices, such as writing mean-spirited messages about someone or posting embarrassing photos. State lawmakers and district officials have set a zero-tolerance policy for cyber bullying.
In 2012-13, the district suspended or expelled 407 students for bullying/intimidation. In comparison, 1,302 students received the same punishment for student-on-student violence. Another 180 district students were suspended for violence to school staff.
The state has long required schools report suspensions or expulsions for violence, weapons and drugs. But, in 2011, state lawmakers passed a bill mandating that all districts report bullying incidents that resulted in suspensions or expulsions. Also, school staff must report all bullying incidents – witnessed or rumored – to school principals. Principals must then investigate each one.
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Joan Powell 8/14/2007 7:13:31 PM
I think you have an actress on your hands . Adorable portrait !! #714465Scott Sweeney 8/14/2007 7:18:20 PM
I really like this picture, nice work #4648880Angela E. Wright 8/14/2007 7:21:53 PM
Love it! The color and lighting are awesome! #4648900Roseann Thebado 8/14/2007 7:24:52 PM
Thanks so much Joan, Scott and Angela! #4648914Kim McCloud 8/14/2007 7:32:31 PM
What a girl!:) She sounds full of spunk...I like that. This is a beautiful portrait too. Your clarity is awesome! #4648952Amanda C. Bradley 8/14/2007 7:35:19 PM
Wonderful! Beautiful colors and focus. She's adorable! #4648964Roseann Thebado 8/14/2007 8:34:02 PM
Thanks Kim and Amanda. Yes, she definitely has spunk! :) #4649173Roseann Thebado 8/23/2007 8:17:47 PM
Love this picture! Wonderful light and colors and what a little cutie pie! Loved that story too. She's got it all figured out, doesn't she! #4690501Erin Tyler 12/19/2007 2:32:38 PM
Congratulations on your finalist! #5228580Jennifer L. Alder 12/19/2007 7:54:16 PM
LOL-- I love your descript!Kay E. Mahoney 12/19/2007 8:37:43 PM
Congratulations on your second place winner, Roseann. #5231815Mary Gundrum 12/19/2007 8:38:34 PM
This deserves to win, I love your work, the clarity is wonderful and the colors!! Congratulations! #5231824Roseann Thebado 12/20/2007 8:26:26 PM
Thanks so much Mary, Kay, Jennifer and Debra! #5237210Julie Monacella 12/23/2007 8:42:30 AM
Love this image. Her headband, the blue door, her expression, your angle. Congrats on your win! #5246387Heidi Brand 12/23/2007 11:05:00 AM
Congratulations on your win, it is a stunning photo. #5246717Heidi Brand 12/30/2007 2:12:31 PM
So glad the editors liked this one as much as I did. Congrats! #5269145Roseann Thebado 1/1/2008 9:15:19 AM
Thank you very much Julie, Heidi and Deborah!! :) #5276483Anna Diederich 1/13/2008 5:51:42 PM
CONGRATS on this awesome winner, Roseann! #5334999Sarah Goblot 1/14/2008 9:32:52 AM
congratulations!!!!!!! #5338521Marla Laramie 1/14/2008 12:25:20 PM
Congrats on your win, Roseann!! What a gorgeous shot, love it! :) #5339250Meg Campbell-Back 1/14/2008 2:09:28 PM
well done Roseann, that's a gorgeous shot!!! #5339681When we asked my eight year old niece how she won the award of "Camper of the Day" at her day camp, she simply answered, "I just made sure I smiled a lot and pretended I was enjoying everything."
She cracks me up and loves the camera! :)
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Trinidad and Tobago BibliographySee G. Carmichael, The History of the West Indian Islands of Trinidad and Tobago, 1498–1900 (1961); J. K. Black et al., Area Handbook for Trinidad and Tobago (1976); S. B. MacDonald, Trinidad and Tobago: Democracy and Development in the Caribbean (1986). Sections in this article:
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X-Blades PC
- Publisher: SouthPeak Games
- Release Date: Feb 9, 2009
- Also On: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
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Despite finding quite a few things that proved substantially irritating at different moments, the battle-heavy action does indeed scratch an itch.
For about half an hour, the game is able to entertain you with a sexy protagonist and lots of enemies to chop, but that's it. For most of the gamers this game is far too pubertal to enjoy.
A scantily clad woman with two blades and lots and lots of monsters, that sounds like an entertaining game, but turns out to be a laborious task. It's fun for one hour or so. But once you realize that there is nothing more to the game than fighting huge amounts of monsters in similar looking areas, it becomes annoyingly repetitive.
X-Blades may prove a pleasant enough distraction for hack-and-slash gamers thirsty for something new. Repetitive gameplay and bland design keep it from becoming anything outstandingly great.
The primitive combat system and monotonous level design are reason enough to dislike this mediocre action game. And yet, there is more: The character design is disputable, to say the least, and the cut-scenes fail to support the almost non-existent storyline. Unless you are crazy for non-stop action in a solid presentation, this game is one you should avoid.
Everything about X-Blades is mediocre. It works for what it is, and there's some charm to the action and the characters, but the gameplay design is lacking in ingenuity; a notion that is perpetuated the longer you play.
Despite a lead character that isn't the most likeable we've come across and some pretty repetitive gameplay, X-Blades still manages to be decent fun.
X-Blades has nothing exciting to offer, although it is hardly a shoddy game. The interface is comfortable; the music is full of pep. Sometimes it's fun to run into a crowd of stupid lizards and hack them all to pieces. Alas, thirty minutes of boring click-fest and humdrum bloodbath on each level will war down anyone.
X-blades doesn't succeed in delivering a rich offer. The gameplay is repetitive, and platforming doesn't play out well. The long fights are usually boring, and the plethora of upgrades and different kinds of magic is not enough to make it fun. Add a terrible A.I., and what you get is a title that won't be fun for anyone but hack'n'slash die-hard fans.
Summing up, it is possible that X-Blade: Postmortem won't be able to fit in the market because of its flaws. It will entertain those who are not familiar with this genre, but they will end finding it repetitive. The more seasoned in this sort of titles will find it directly boring. Nor the developers contribute with innovation neither the game achieves in creating an atmosphere which allows the player to get involved in the story.
While it's certainly a pretty game, there's just nothing special to it. Throughout forty boring levels all you will get is wild button mashing which results not only in Ayumi's death most of the time but probably that of some of your brain cells as well.
A bland action game with several problems like terrible targeting system, lack of variety on enemies and movements, a very simple animation system and poor graphics. Having a good looking main character can't save a lacking title like this one.
Play (Poland)Just a few attack moves in a fighting game - that does not bode well. Sometimes a thing or two flashes in the chaos of the combat and draws our attention, but in the end this tired Devil May Cry imitation gives out the moan of a loser crushed by superior contenders. [Apr 2009]
PC Gamer UKThe explosions and spells look lovely, but the game itself is drudgery. [June 2009, p.89]
X-Blades starts like a real great game. There's a girl and she cuts everyone open with her sword. How much can you get? Not much! As a bonus, we get to see an almost naked girl, carrying way too heavy swords. But even this gets boring after a while. Fight after fight where you have to push one button isn't fun. Even all the nakedness of the game doesn't cover that fact up.
We can only recommend this to people who are interested in quitting videogames completely.
PC Zone UKThere's really no reason you'd want to play this, unless you like looking at the pert buttocks of a young girl while clicking the mouse button a thousand times a minute. [June 2009, p.74]
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Seabass: among the raiders to descend on Auteuil on Sunday
PICTURE: Getty ImagesStrong British and Irish contingent at Auteuil
Preview: France, Sunday (1.30pm BST)
Auteuil: Prix Alain du Breil (Group 1 Hurdle) 2m3f, 4yo
BRITISH and Irish trainers field four of the ten runners, itself perhaps a significant indicator that the French four-year-old division has lacked a leader to this point.
Four different prep races at Group level have furnished the betting public with as many different winners.
The most recent was the Group 3 Prix Questarabad (formerly the Prix de Longchamp), in which Blood Cotil (Willie Mullins/Paul Townend) took advantage of previous course experience and a pull in the weights to get the better of stablemate Diakali (Ruby Walsh).
Mullins has yet to win Auteuil's spring juvenile championship from 11 runners and said: "They're both well though it's a hard task for us to go over and back a second time. But I felt I wanted to go the first time rather than wait, so we'll have to take our chance on Sunday."
Le Grand Luce (Jean-Paul Gallorini/Nathalie Desoutter) chased home the Mullins pair three weeks ago and his vastly-experienced trainer feels the winner of the Prix Amadou will have a big say in the outcome.
"Le Grand Luce was beaten by two very good Irish horses the other day but he had top weight and was making his comeback," said Gallorini.
Ptit Zig (Paul Nicholls/Daryl Jacob) arrived in Somerset a maiden after three tries around Auteuil for Yannick Fouin but has posted wins at Ludlow and Sandown either side of finishing third at the Cheltenham Festival in the Fred Winter.
Blue Fashion (Nicky Henderson/David Cottin) returns to the scene of his final success in France with Francois Cottin and is reunited with the winning jockey.
"He's a horse for next year," said Henderson on arrival in Paris. "He's a great big scopey horse but, I've loved everything he's done. I don't know how much he's actually achieved in France but he's done everything very sweetly in the month or so I've had him."
The visitors are rounded out by Dalasiri (Sabrina Harty/Barry Geraghty), whose hard fought victory at Punchestown over Gassin Golf and Viconte Du Noyer reads better since the third placed horse ran well here in fifth behind Blood Cotil.
"That result gives us a bit of hope but the biggest thing is how he handles the travelling and the course," said Harty. "He's a nicely-bred horse who is probably not too exposed and it's great prize money so we'll give it a go."
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Auteuil: Prix des Drags (Group 2 Chase) 2m6f, 5yo+ (2.08pm)
Ted Walsh aims the beaten Grand National favourite Seabass (Ruby Walsh) at a contest which as usual features several of the vanquished from France's biggest jumps race, the Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris.
Having decided in his own words to "kick on" with the ten-year-old, Walsh senior is realistic about how Seabass might fare on his first try round Auteuil.
"He's 153 rated and I suppose that's as good as he is," reasoned Walsh, who will be joined on the trip to Paris by the enthusiastic members of the Gunners Syndicate. "If he runs to his very best and a few of the others don't he could easily be in the money."
Jean-Paul Gallorini is responsible for likely favourite Kotkieglote (Thierry Majorcryk) as well as another talented mare in Princesse Kap (Jonathan Nattiez) .
He said: "Kotkieglote has come out of her race well, her work was very good on Thursday morning and I'm confident for Sunday. I deliberately missed the Grand Steeple-chase with Princesse Kap to keep her fresh for the Drags, as she's only five and quite small."
Full Jack (Marcel Rolland/Alexis Acker) ended a long losing sequence when landing the Prix du President de la Republique, before running well for a long way in the Grand Steep' before giving Acker no chance of staying aboard five fences from the finish.
Monetaire (Jehan Bertran de Balanda/Jacques Ricou) ran like the best horse in the President du Republique but failed to last home.
A more conservative ride from Ricou and the shorter trip could bring about a reversal in the placings, although Full Jack is actually 3lb better off under Sunday's conditions.


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Linking these two technologies will enable health care providers to develop more complete and accurate medical records, the company said.
"The concurrent coding and abstraction capabilities of Dolbey's Fusion CAC application provide the first step in an efficient documentation improvement process," said Mary Cooper, executive vice president for ChartWisein an Oct. 24 release. "By integrating their data into our system, the clinical documentation improvement specialists start with a baseline on which to build their documentation, reducing data entry. They can then focus on the missing documentation, ensuring a complete and accurate representation of the admission."
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Heavy gunfire in Tripoli as rebels close in
By Dario Lopez
Heavy gunfire and explosions rattled the Libyan capital Saturday after rebels seized control of a major coastal city just west of Tripoli. Rebel commanders said the firing in the capital signaled the start of an attack on Moammar Gadhafi's main stronghold.
Gun battles and rounds of mortar shelling were heard clearly at the hotel where foreign correspondents stay in the capital. Explosions were heard in the area as NATO aircraft carried out heavy bombing runs after nightfall.
Col. Fadlallah Haroun, a rebel military commander in their stronghold of Benghazi said this marks the beginning of Operation Mermaid - a nickname for the capital city - an assault on Tripoli coordinated with NATO.
Haroun told The Associated Press that weapons were assembled and sent by tugboats to Tripoli on Friday night.
"The fighters in Tripoli are rising up in two places at the moment - some are in the Tajoura neighbourhood and the other is near the Matiga (international) airport," he told the Arabic satellite channel Al-Jazeera.
Earlier Saturday, the government organized a trip for reporters to the airport to show them it was still in government hands.
The head of the National Transitional Council said the date of August 20 was chosen to coordinate with the ancient Muslim Battle of Badr, when Muslims conquered the holy city of Mecca in A.D. 624.
"We planned this operation with NATO, our Arab associates and our rebel fighters in Tripoli and commanders in Benghazi," he said.
Government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim appeared on Libyan television to deny that there was an uprising in Tripoli.
"Sure, there were some armed militants who escaped into some neighbourhoods and there were some scuffles, but we dealt with it within a half hour and it is now calm," he said.
Rebels fighting to oust Gadhafi have scored a number of victories in the six-month civil war, only to see towns fall out of their hands. Now the momentum appears to have firmly swung in the opposition's favoru after months of near-deadlock.
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J&J Said to Offer Implant Pact That May Reach $2 Billion
Jef Feeley and David VoreacosJohnson & Johnson, which is fighting more than 10,000 lawsuits over its recalled hip implants, is negotiating a potential settlement with patients that may eventually total more than $2 billion, according to five people familiar with the matter.
J&J, the world's biggest seller of health-care products, offered to pay more than $200,000 a case, according to the people, a deal which could exceed $2 billion if most plaintiffs accept the terms. Lawyers for hip recipients have so far rejected the offer as too low, the people said.
In 2010, J&J recalled 93,000 all-metal hips worldwide, including 37,000 in the U.S., saying more than 12 percent failed within five years. Patients who sued contend they suffer pain and are immobilized by joint dislocations, infections and bone fractures. They alleged metal debris from the hips causes tissue death around the joints.
The settlement talks probably won't end until after the first trials of the lawsuits begin, starting next week, with more set for next month and May, according to the people, who asked not to be identified because they aren't authorized to speak publicly about the talks.
"The company can't afford to defend these lawsuits case by case," said John M. Fitzpatrick, a defense lawyer at Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell LLP in Denver who isn't involved in the matter. "J&J needs to shut this down. The only way they can do that is through a global settlement. Plaintiffs' lawyers know that. That's why everybody has to push to see what they can get."
'Litigation Strategy'
Lorie Gawreluk, a spokeswoman for J&J, declined to comment on the company's "litigation strategy" or any settlement talks.
"DePuy believes the evidence to be presented at trial will show the company acted appropriately and responsibly," Gawreluk said in an e-mailed statement about the JNJ unit which made the implants.
J&J, based in New Brunswick, New Jersey, said in a November filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that it increased reserves "due to anticipated product liability litigation and costs associated with" the ASR hips. The company didn't specify the amount of the increase.
JNJ rose 33 cents to $73.23 in New York Stock Exchange trading. The company said in January 2012 that it had spent about $800 million on hip recalls during the prior two years. J&J didn't provide an estimate of its product-liability costs.
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J&J faced 10,100 suits over the hips through September, according to the November filing. Most pretrial collection of evidence has been consolidated in federal court in Toledo, Ohio, where 7,240 cases are pending, and California state court in San Francisco, where more than 2,000 cases are filed. Other cases have been filed in state courts around the U.S.
"At this time we have a significant number of trials set with the company and we are primarily focusing our efforts on trial preparation," said Steven J. Skikos, co-lead counsel of a plaintiffs' executive committee leading federal multidistrict litigation overseen by U.S. District Judge David A. Katz in Toledo.
"Any comment relating to settlement that does not come from leadership, the court, or from the company itself, is speculative and uninformed," said Skikos, of Skikos Crawford Skikos & Joseph in San Francisco and Cleveland.
Attorneys involved in the litigation have reviewed more than 50 million pages of documents and have deposed more than 50 witnesses, according to Skikos.
Three Cases
The three cases going to trial in the next few months may offer lawyers guidance on potential liability and damages. The first proceeding starts Jan. 23 in state court in Los Angeles; the second begins next month in state court in Chicago; and a third is slated for May in federal court in Toledo, Ohio.
The negotiations will probably produce an accord that would compensate patients based on factors such as their age, the extent of their injuries and whether they had one or more surgeries to replace defective implants, according to the people.
In 2007, Merck & Co. set up a $4.85 billion settlement fund to resolve lawsuits over its Vioxx painkiller, which it pulled from the market in 2004 after a study showed it doubled the risk of heart attacks and strokes. Under that accord, a court-appointed administrator analyzed each claim, weighing such factors as a user's age, their length of use, and health risks such as obesity or hypertension.
The J&J hips were made from a cobalt and chromium alloy used in two related models of hips -- the ASR XL Acetabular System, and the ASR Hip Resurfacing System. In announcing its recall, J&J cited unpublished data from the U.K. showing that within five years, 13 percent of ASR XL hips failed and needed to be replaced, and 12 percent of the ASR Hip Resurfacing System failed.
Preliminary Data
In March 2011, the British Orthopaedic Association and the British Hip Society said preliminary data put the ASR XL's failure rate in the U.K. as high as 49 percent after six years.
Lawyers for patients claim that debris from the metal ball sliding against the metal cup causes tissue death around the joint and may increase the amount of metal ions in the bloodstream to harmful levels.
On Jan. 17, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration proposed tightening regulations for metal-on-metal implants, requiring manufacturers to conduct clinical studies before marketing the devices.
Under current regulations, companies need not show that the hips are safe and effective; rather, they must show they are "substantially equivalent" to devices already cleared by the FDA through the so-called 510(k) process.
Los Angeles
The Los Angeles court trial involves a lawsuit by Loren Kransky of Montana, a retired corrections officer who got an ASR hip implanted on Dec. 5, 2007. He had the hip replaced in February 2012. Claims by Kransky, 65, include failure to warn, negligent recall and manufacturing defect.
"Kransky asserts that his device released metal ions into his body and that as a result he developed elevated chromium and cobalt levels," J&J said in a Nov. 21 court filing. The instructions with the implant "specifically warned that metal ions may be released from the hip implant into the body and that additional surgery may be required."
A retiree and a military veteran, Kransky's health conditions included "diabetes, neuropathy, arteriosclerosis and heart problems, some of which were determined to be associated with his exposure to Agent Orange while serving in Vietnam in the 1970s," according to the filing.
Kransky's case was chosen from those pending in the California Judicial Council Coordinated Proceeding before Judge Richard Kramer in San Francisco.
The Kransky case is Kransky v. DePuy, BC456086, Superior Court of the State of California (Los Angeles). The consolidated federal case is In re DePuy Orthopedics Inc., ASR Hip Implant Products Liability Litigation, 10-MD-2197, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio (Toledo).


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I made this image just to test out this female anatomy dummy I had made [can be found in my gallery] I liked the image so I decided to paint it. I didn't expect it to take so long to make but now here it is over 10 hours of work.
This painting started off with making a gray scale image, then adding flat colors to it and the final step was to texture it to give the skin and clothes a realistic pattern to it.
Even though this was a test image I'm glad how it turned out at the end. I learned one important thing from this: Feet are VERY difficult to make from this angle. If you want to see a close up of her face you can find it at opelm.com
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I can see this is a practice and that you got your own judgement right. The only other thing I can see wrong though is her left leg, it looks a bit missplaced.
But what I really wanted to say is that somehow her facial features really reminds me to an andalusian woman, and it's not just because of the dress, believe me I'm from there.
I also like the dress, it is full of details which make it look more realistic.
It's been a while since I commented on an english-speaking site, so sorry for the possible mistakes :P
Thanks for your comment I actually learned something I didn't know about Andalusian until you mentioned it! You are right she does look like an Andalusian woman. Yea the left leg does have a problem. I wasn't able to see it while I was making the painting but I don't change it as a reminder of what I need to fix in the future.


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It's Star Wars Day, yay!
Well, OK, this is mostly for my son and my husband, as my interest in Star Wars is only as far as it entertains Ben. I try, but I'm just not a big science fiction fan. I do find the Ewoks rather adorable, and Yoda amuses me. But Ben was up for something different, we made Yoda last year, and we've got R2D2 for my boy.
Ben has a turkey and cheese sandwich, topped with an R2D2. He is cut with the Williams Sonoma cookie cutters for the shape, then I used food coloring markers to lightly scribble over the indentations so that I was left with a nice blue imprint, his name is also cut from some new letter cutters I got for me at Williams Sonoma. To go with this, he had carrots, yogurt with sprinkles and strawberries. We were going to make Star Wars cookies, but our sugar cookie batch was a disaster (did not roll or cut, so I just gave up, rolled them in balls and we had round cookies). We may still make some this weekend with a better recipe.
Lunch is packed in our Easy Lunchboxes (also available on Amazon).
And a fun day like Star Wars Day couldn't be complete without a bento blog hop!
Click the button below to visit Kendra at Biting the Hand that Feeds You for another fun Star Wars lunch idea:
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East Village Pleasant Cozy Studio
Size400 ft²
Floor No.1
- Air conditioning
- Internet/WiFi
- Towels
- Kitchen
- Baby cot
- Family/child friendly
Accommodation summary
Address | E 9th St, 10009 New York, United States |
Property type | Apartment |
Property ID | NVWWKBVB |
Acceptance rate | 95% |
Response time | A few hours |
Calendar updated | A week ago |
The apartment is newly renovated with hardwood floors in kitchen and bedroom.
Apartment: When you enter the premises, you step into the open kitchen with hardwood floors, equipped with long marble counter with multiple cabinets. Kitchen appliances include: coffee-maker, toaster oven, microwave, sink and small refrigerator to the right of the counter
On the left of the kitchen is a bedroom with a full-size bed, a dresser and a flat screen tv. The full size bathroom is also newly renovated with ceramic tiles a full size shower with sliding glass doors
Transportation: The L train stops at the corner of 1st Avenue / 14th Street which is 5 minutes away from the apartment.
Neighborhood: Supermarket, pharmacy, bank, laundromat are nearby. The Lower East Side is a neighborhood in the southeastern part of the New York City borough of Manhattan. It is roughly bounded by Allen Street, E. Houston, Essex Street, Canal Street, Eldridge Street, East Broadway, and Grand Street.
House rules
$150 security deposit required on check inNo smoking, no pets, no parties or large gatherings in the apartment.
No loud noise after 10:00PM - 7:00AM
No unregistered guests may stay in the apartment.
Please be aware that there is a $150.00 charge for any lost keys, since we will have to replace the cylinder.
Please turn off lights, air-conditioner or heater when you leave the apartment for the whole day.
Check-in is from 3pm-10pm
Check-out is by 12pm, late check out available if apartment is available
We can hold luggage within reasonable hours by special request/arrangement
Prices |
Weekly rate for up to 2 guests | € 892 |
Monthly rate for up to 2 guests | € 2510 |
Details |
Maximum Nights | 1 month |
Check-in After | 15:00 |
Check-in before | 22:00 |
Check-out Before | 12:00 |
Cancellation Policy |
Reviews of this property
+Location Top (close to subway stations, grocery shops, bars, restaurants...we loved the neighbourhood
+size of studio suficcient... not mega big, but has everything we needed (looks slightly more spacious on fotos
+ communication with Haly super easy, all worked well
+super clean
- for us the matress was too small and too soft
- you hear every step of the neighbour above (starting at 6am in the morning... you don't hear any traffic though)
A Unfortunately we had a very bad experience with Halyna however all these good reviews. Due to a strike we had 3 hours of delay, we timely informed halyna about it and we agree with her to call her after our landing in NY. As communicated some days before Halyna wouldn't stayed in Ny the day of our arrival then she guaranteed that her cleaning lady would came to meet us for the key, we asked for her number but halyna was disagreed and she asked to call her as intermediate. As agreed we informed her first in the airport and then we called her when we got the taxi in the city center, but no answer for 3 hours,we were waiting street in front of the building and after 3 hours (it was 10 pm and it was dark) we were hopeless and we decided to look for a new apartment so we moved in a cheaper area in the north. So many sms calls and messages but she answered after so many hours but the worst was that she was angry with us because instead of staying close to the apartment we moved. Probably her apologies would had mitigated the stress we passed but she didn't. We decided to stay in her apartment only because windu was not answering to the customer service. In conclusion if this is the professionalism, respect and availability to our people coming from the other part of the world never ever halyna and wimdu. Furthermore the sheets were dirty full of hair and we asked for a change that she provided the day after. Obviously we never met halyna but only her cleaning lady. Small apartment, noisy during the night the only good thing was the area in E9th.
The apartment was rather small but totally sufficient for a city trip. It was clean and quiet. It is situated in the heart of East Village and there were a lot of nice restaurants, bars and cafes just nearby. Felt like whe would never need to leave that area haha.
Public transport was also near and both Manhattan and Brooklyn could be reached very good.
Room is small but very clean and tidy. Located in a quiet side street. Nearby are some ways evening and even during the day to have fun. Basically, the environment is very dominated by students. Also for older people has a lot to offer the environment. Chinatown and Small Italy is not far from here.
Zimmer ist klein aber sehr sauber und ordentlich. Liegt in einer ruhigen Seitenstrasse. In der Umgebung sind einige Möglichkeiten Abend und auch am Tage Spaß zu haben. Grundsätzlich ist die Umgebung sehr von Studenten geprägt. Auch für ältere Personen hat die Umgebung einiges zu bieten. Chinatown und small Italien ist nicht weit von hier.
Apartment location was great, with lots of restaurants and markets near, and a great environment.
The apartment is small but it was enough for us. We had a good experience, only missed to have an additional chair or hanger.
Anyway, we recommend this place.
Haly was really nice and replied pretty fast to all of our questions. The appartment was small but clean and exactly as shown in the pictures. But the walls were thin it was sometimes really loud when other guest in the other appartments were making some noise.
The neighbourhood is nice with many small restaurants, bars and supermarkets not far away. It was a 10-15min walk to the next subway stations but this was totally okay for us and you get to the city centre around Times Square very fast.
Zweckmäßiges App. für max 2 Personen, die einen festen Schlaf haben und denen morgendliches und abendliches Gestampfe auf der Treppe nichts anhaben kann. Das Appartement war wohl schon länger nicht bewohnt und daher waren die Strümpfe relativ schnell grau/schwarz. Auf dem Glas Lippenstiftspuren zu finden war zwar nicht so lecker, aber dafür gibt's ja Wasser und Spülzeug. Das Appartement ist relativ dunkel und verfügt über ein Fenster zum Innenhof. Da wir fast ausschließlich unterwegs waren und uns nur zum Schlafen aufhielten, ist auch das auszuhalten. Ansonsten fanden wir das App. zentral gelegen, da man bis zu den nä. Subways höchstens 8 -10min braucht.
Wir waren für eine Woche dort. Der Kontakt zu Halyna bezüglich Schlüsselübergabe und allen weiteren Fragen hat sehr gut geklappt. Das Studio ist klein, aber zum Schlafen ausreichend. Der Schlafbereich ist mit einer Kommode und einem Kleiderständer ausgestattet. Es war sehr sauber.
Es liegt sehr zentral und die Subway ist gut zu erreichen. Auch ein Bus hält direkt vor der Tür.
L'appartamento è piccolino ma pulito e ben tenuto. Il bagno è nuovo. Il letto è piuttosto comodo e il ventilatore sopra il letto è stato sufficiente, senza dover accendere il condizionatore...meglio cosi!! l'appartamento è in una bella zona, ci sono ristoranti, bar...di tutto vicino! Abbastanza vicino anche alla metro. Halyna è stata gentilissima con noi !! Lo consiglierei...anzi se potessi ci tornerei anche domani!!
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With the advent of Honeycomb 3.0 being released, many tablets are poised to take advantage of this new operating system. One tablet, critics are saying, that may give the Motorola Xoom a run for its money, is the Notion Ink Adam.
Operating System
Notion Ink Adam will run on Android 2.2 while the Motorola Xoom will be released running Android 3.0, Honeycomb. However the Adam will get upgrades to 3.0 in the future.
Both tablets use the NVIDIA Tegra 2 chip. Motorola Xoom will run on a the standard interface, while the Notion Ink Adam runs a custom made interface named Eden which has been custom made for Android 2.2 and the NVidia processor. Some initial reports are suggesting that there are some bugs to be fixed still, but given that the hardware is so solid, we have hopes for the little tablet that could.
Both tablets have 10.1″ display but the Motorola Xoom has a higher resolution. The Notion Ink Adam also has a Pixel Qi (pronounced chee) Screen which promises substantial gains in the battery department, and the ability to read and view images in direct sunlight.
The Notion Ink Adam has a nifty swivel camera, whereby it swivels from front to back, thus eliminating the need for dual cameras. We will have to wait and see how this pans out for long term durability. The Motorola Xoom has 5 MP camera for pictures and video, and a 2 MP camera for video conferencing.
The Notion Ink Adam appears to be worthy competitor to the Motorola Xoom. We will have to wait and see if such a small company can compete with the marketing might and experience of Motorola.
Spec Shootout:
Features | Notion Ink Adam | Motorola Xoom |
Android Version | Android 2.3 (Honeycomb said to follow) | Honeycomb 3.0 |
Precessor | Nvidia Tegra 2:1 GHz Dual-Core Processor | Nvidia Tegra 2:1 GHz Dual-Core Processor |
Ram | 1 GB DDR2 RAM | 1 GB DDR2 RAM |
Internal Storage | 16 or 32 GB | 32 GB |
Expandable Memory | Yes (MicroSD) | Yes (MicroSD) |
Network | 3G | 3G (4G LTE Upgradeable) |
Display | 10.1″ WSVGA (1024 x 600), Pixel Qi Optional | 10.1″ (1280 x 800) Resolution |
Camera | 3.2 MP Swivel Camera | 5 MP Rear Facing, 2 MP Front Facing |
Weight | 1.6 lbs. | 1.6 lbs. |
Dimensions | 6.3 x 9.8 x 0.6 Inches | 9.80 x 6.61 x 0.51 Inches |
Ports | 3.5mm Headset, USB 2.0, Mini USB, HDMI | 3.5mm Headset, USB 2.0, Mini USB, HDMI |


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Tomato Nation Read-Along #3: Poll
Okay, so that last one wasn't so awesome. Live and learn.
The poll for the third TN Read-Along is below. The Wallace and the Cutrone have returned, as you'll see, but I have a bet with myself about which book you'll pick, and it ain't either of those respectable tomes. And if I've bet correctly, that live chat IS ON. Mayhem! Can't wait.
If I've not bet correctly, well, these other books look very good.
Voting's open all week. Hit it.
Please pick as many as three (3) books you'd like to read along with:
- My Sweet Audrina (V.C. Andrews) / fucked-up YA fiction (42%, 169 Votes)
- Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words (Bill Bryson) / humor/language (36%, 145 Votes)
- Consider the Lobster (David Foster Wallace) / essays (27%, 109 Votes)
- You Shall Know Our Velocity! (Dave Eggers) / novel (19%, 75 Votes)
- Who the Hell's in It: Conversations with Hollywood's Legendary Actors (Peter Bogdanovich) / film (18%, 73 Votes)
- If You Have To Cry, Go Outside (Kelly Cutrone) / self-help/memoir (16%, 64 Votes)
- Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx (Adrian Nicole LeBlanc) / sociology (12%, 47 Votes)
- The Iowa Baseball Confederacy (W.P. Kinsella) / baseball novel (10%, 38 Votes)
- Living on the Edge of the World: New Jersey Writers Take on the Garden State / travel/essays (8%, 31 Votes)
- Circling My Mother (Mary Gordon) / memoir (6%, 25 Votes)
Total Voters: 399
Tags: The TN Read-Along


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Juvenile Stonefly Nymph
A fly tying video showing how to tie an Juvenile Stonefly. This nymph pattern is meant to imitate a stonefly that is one year old and about half of its eventual size at maturity. Stoneflies live in the river beneath the rocks for two years before hatching into a flying adult. This easy Stonefly Pattern is tied just like a big Pheasant Tail Nymph on a long curved hook, it can be tied bigger or smaller and with many different colors of pheasant. Fly fishing on the West Slope of the Colorado Rockies is best with a stonefly on the end of your line. If you would like to book an incredible fly fishing vacation, consider fishing near Aspen, CO and see what great trout fishing can be. Go to http://www.riplips.com for information and booking.
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Re: PREDICTIONS: Super Bowl - 49ers vs. Ravens, score, MVP, and explain...
Ravens 30
Niners 10360 tag: Ahhhhhhhhnold
01-30-2013, 09:55 PM #38Pro Bowl Russell Street Raven
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Re: PREDICTIONS: Super Bowl - 49ers vs. Ravens, score, MVP, and explain...
Ravens 31 Niners 20 Ravens will get a big turnover and pull away in the second half. MVP- Joe Flacco
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31-14 Ravens
Re: PREDICTIONS: Super Bowl - 49ers vs. Ravens, score, MVP, and explain...
I watched last year's game recently and I'm feeling confident the Ravens will win. The Ravens will protect the edge and box Kapernick in. His lack of experience is best exploited when he throws and he'll throw at least one pick. Gore will have some success running and I expect him to get at least 100 yards. The Ravens D will bend but not break and hold them to under 20 points.
Offensively, someone might blow a gasket if we run on consecutive first downs but I bet that happens, especially early. Joe will win this game with his arm, but we have to keep them off balance enough that their pass rush does not reappear. Both Smiths have struggled towards the end of the year and I don't think enough has been made of that. Joe hits at least 3 passes of 20 yards or more.
Ravens 27
49ers 17
01-30-2013, 11:13 PM #41Pro Bowl Russell Street Raven
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The key to this game will be stopping Gore and the SF halfbacks.
There's no way Kp will be able to carry them, either through the air or running the ball. The Ravens will hit him hard if he tries to run.
Flacco and co will score through the air. There's no question about that, playing in a dome, on a fast field, and against a suspect SF secondary. This will put a lot of pressure on Kp. Again, SF's best chance will be to control the time of possession with Gore and score on long drives.
I believe the Ravens have already beaten a better team than SF in Denver, on their field, and have beaten (dominated) a team at least as good as SF in NE, on their field and for a trip to the SB (not a regular season game like the 49ers win).
A lot will ride on turnovers, as always. The Ravens offense has been very good at not turning the ball over recently.
I will be surprised if the Ravens don't win but, that's why they play the games.
Re: PREDICTIONS: Super Bowl - 49ers vs. Ravens, score, MVP, and explain...
I don't make predictions, but I will say the best case for the Ravens winning I've seen was put forward by my former team mate Ben Stockwell at PFF:
The Case for the Ravens…
By Ben Stockwell
Having called for a Baltimore Super Bowl win in our preseason picks column way back at the start of the season (included here for your amusement) it was clear that I had to be the person to set out the case for the Ravens to defeat the 49ers in New Orleans on Sunday. That said, I absolutely don't deny that I have the harder case to make, as the Super Bowl draws ever closer it is undeniable that San Francisco looks like the stronger team on paper.
However, the game isn't played on paper and with the way the Ravens have ridden a wave of momentum, it's clear that they don't need to win every single down to collect their second Lombardi Trophy in just over a decade. Against a team that is happy to slow the game down and shorten it in terms of snaps, Baltimore doesn't need many quick-strike drives to turn the game in their favor.
For the Ravens that puts a premium on making timely big plays and they've come through in spades in just that area over the last month of the season. To win this game the Ravens don't need to control it from start to finish and choke the life out of the 49ers — more is the point: they aren't good enough to do that. How the Ravens can, and will, win this game is through timely big plays (the way they beat the Denver Broncos) and by hanging close before taking over the game for a 10-15 minute spell and fully capitalizing on that control.
The latter tactic is exactly how they beat the Patriots and momentum tends to play a big role in deciding Super Bowls. Momentum shifts are all about making big plays and, though the Ravens may lack the consistency to control the game, they have players on both sides of the ball that can make those momentum-shifting plays. On defense they have Paul Kruger who was a one-man wrecking crew in the wildcard victory over the Colts. He could easily remind everyone of the kind of pass protector that Anthony Davis was in 2011 (-8.4 pass protection grade, 10 sacks allowed) and could extract a big play from Joe Staley who, for all of his consistency, surrendered nine sacks this season including the playoffs.
In coverage, the Ravens have made timely plays with Corey Graham's efforts against both the Colts (+2.0 coverage, 2 pass defenses) and the Broncos (+1.9 coverage, 2 interceptions), and free safety Ed Reed is overdue, having not collected an interception or pass defense since Week 13.
When the Ravens make that tsunami swinging play they have the players on offense who have a habit of getting on hot streaks and maximizing momentum when they have it. Anquan Boldin isn't always a 60-minute receiver, but for spells that range between 10 and 30 minutes he can be absolutely uncoverable and can boss a secondary physically. Combine that with Torrey Smith's big-play ability that will stretch the 49ers' secondary vertically and create space for both Boldin and Ray Rice, in both the run and passing game, and you have all of the performers you need to make the most of a game-changing opportunity.
A football game lasts 60 minutes, but the Ravens don't need to win all 60 to take the Lombardi Trophy. They need to stay close enough that when the momentum swings their way their clutch performers can take the game away from San Francisco with a series of big plays, or a period of dominance from which the 49ers just can't recover. The Ravens will get their chances and then it simply becomes a case of capitalizing on as many of those opportunities as possible.
I've had a sneaking feeling since the middle of last week that Ed Reed is going to play a big part in this game.
01-31-2013, 01:02 PM #43Pro Bowl Russell Street Raven
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Re: PREDICTIONS: Super Bowl - 49ers vs. Ravens, score, MVP, and explain...
I'll do a complete prediction including stats.
Ravens 31-23
The first half will be relatively slow. The 49ers will have a 10-3 lead and then Pitta will catch a TD from Joe late in the first half to tie it. The halftime score will be 10-10. The Ravens will score a TD on their opening 2nd half possession on a pass to Torry deep to go ahead 17-10. 49ers get a FG - 17-13. Late in the 3Q Ed Reed will bait Kaepernick into a pick 6 - Ravens 24-13. Another FG for San Fran - 24-16. In the 4th Ngata will get a bone jarring hit on LaMichael James and recover a fumble. The Ravens will then methodically drive down the field. Rice gets a rushing TD. The Ravens will actually be ahead 31-16 and SF will score a garbage TD with a couple minutes left. Final score 31-23 Baltimore.
MVP: Flacco (with a slight possibility of Reed)
Flacco 23 att -37 comp 284 yards 2 TD
Rice 19 att - 65 rushing yds, 1 TD 3 rec, 27 yds
Pierce 10 att - 55 rushing yds 1 rec, 8 yds
Pitta 6 rec, 74 yds, 1 TD
Bolden 6 rec, 65 yds
Smith 4 rec, 95 yds, 1 TD
Dickson 1 rec, 6 yds
Doss 1 rec, 5 yds
Leach 1 rec, 4 yds
Reed 1 Int, 1 TD (48 yd int TD return)
Ngata 1 FF, 1 FR
Lewis 11 tackles
Re: PREDICTIONS: Super Bowl - 49ers vs. Ravens, score, MVP, and explain...
Joe Flacco has more playoff starts than Colin Kapernick has NFL starts. This difference in experience will be the difference as the Ravens get two td passes (one Boldin, one Torrey Smith) and 50 yards receiving from Dennis Pitta.
Kaepernick throw two interceptions.
Baltimore 27
San Fran 17"Nothing stops these Baltimore Ravens. Beat them, injure them, shove them to the bottom of the standings, drag them into a hostile environment and mount a big lead, and they just keep trudging forward like nothing fazes them." (Bleacher Report)
Re: PREDICTIONS: Super Bowl - 49ers vs. Ravens, score, MVP, and explain...
Ravens: 28
49'ers: 24
I have no false conceptions that the 49ers are not going to put up points on the Ravens. I would be surprised if they got shut down. But everyone now seems to just focus on what the offense of the 49ers will do, and not what the Ravens are capable of now. The Ravens are absolutely capable of getting into a shootout with the 49ers, and I think that if they did, the Ravens come out on top of that.
MVP is either Flacco or Boldin.
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Re: PREDICTIONS: Super Bowl - 49ers vs. Ravens, score, MVP, and explain...
Ravens 33
49 ers 25
Ray Rice will be MVP, Ed Reed will make a key interception late in the game similar to Troy Palumalu five years ago in the AFC championship game.
Re: PREDICTIONS: Super Bowl - 49ers vs. Ravens, score, MVP, and explain...
Áfter reading Ngata's quote in another thread I'm ready to give my prediction. I was a little concerned about this matchup and I had a hard time getting a good "feel" for how I think it's going to play out. Initially, I expect a hard hitting defensive struggle as both teams seek to exert their will on the other. But in the end the Ravens win 27-23, with MVP honors going to either Reed or Flacco.
Re: PREDICTIONS: Super Bowl - 49ers vs. Ravens, score, MVP, and explain...
My head says it will be a close game but in my heart I just have a feeling that Ravens win much bigger. Nothing quantifiable to back that up other than a gut feeling. The Ravens managed to make two of the better QB's this league has in Manning and Brady look pretty average. I cant buy what the MSM is trying to sell which is that a kid with just 9 games starting in the NFL is going to have substantially more success than those two guys against a veteran led defense
I see the final being 30-20 and its only that close due to a late SF TD. Flacco is MVP with 2 TD.A linebacker's job is to knock out running backs, to knock out receivers, to chase the football,
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Putting my love of morning weddings into words is kind of like trying to describe that rush you get when you eat a really, really amazing piece of chocolate. You know what I am talking about… it's a feeling that's sooo awesome, it's like pure, speechless bliss. The exact same feeling, mind you, that I had when I first spotted this beautiful Newport Coast affair from Wai Reyes Photography, a Sunday morning masterpiece with the prettiest of blooms from Flower Allie and a whole lot of morning goodies from Sundried Tomato Cafe. Craving coffee, donuts and one of the world's most beautiful weddings? Click here for all of the pretty.
From Wai Reyes Photography… Lizz and Davis were married on a Sunday morning at a private club in Newport Coast, CA, overlooking the Newport coastal canyon. The intimate event included eighty of their closest family and friends who enjoyed the breathtaking view and the breakfast served by Sundried Tomato. The gorgeous florals from Flower Allie and event planning by Moment Privé made this one beautiful, and unforgettable wedding!
Photography: Wai Reyes Photography | Event Planning: Moment Privé | Floral Designer: Flower Allie | Catering: Sundried Tomato Cafe | DJ: Showcase DJ Service | Makeup Artist: Brenda Oen & Co Makeup Artistry | Event Venue: Canyon Club