text: Natural Standard® Patient Monograph, Copyright © 2014 (www.naturalstandard.com). All Rights Reserved. Commercial distribution prohibited. This monograph is intended for informational purposes only, and should not be interpreted as specific medical advice. You should consult with a qualified healthcare provider before making decisions about therapies and/or health conditions. Background Vitamin B12 is an essential water-soluble vitamin that is commonly found in a variety of foods, such as fish, shellfish, meat, eggs, and dairy products. Vitamin B12 is frequently used in combination with other B vitamins in a vitamin B complex formulation. Vitamin B12 is important in DNA synthesis. Vitamin B12 is bound to the protein in food. Acid in the stomach releases B12 from protein during digestion. Once released, B12 combines with a substance called intrinsic factor (IF) before it is absorbed into the bloodstream. The human body stores several years' worth of vitamin B12 in the liver, so low levels in the body are rare. Decreases in vitamin B12 levels are more common in the elderly, HIV-infected persons, and vegetarians. Inability to absorb vitamin B12 from the intestinal tract can cause a type of anemia called pernicious anemia. Fever and symptoms of "excessive sweating" have been reported with anemia due to low levels of vitamin B12; however, these are fixed with vitamin B12 treatment. Related terms Adenosylcobalamin, AdoB12, B complex, B complex vitamin, B-12, bedumil, cobalamin, cobalamins, cobamin, cyanocobalamin, cyanocobalamine, cyanocobalaminum, cycobemin, hydroxocobalamin, hydroxocobalaminum, hydroxocobemine, idrossocobalamina, mecobalamin, methylcobalamin, vitadurin, vitamin B-12, vitamina B12 (Spanish), vitamine B12 (French). Dosing The below doses are based on scientific research, publications, traditional use, or expert opinion. Many herbs and supplements have not been thoroughly tested, and safety and effectiveness may not be proven. Brands may be made differently, with variable ingredients, even within the same brand. The below doses may not apply to all products. You should read product labels, and discuss doses with a qualified healthcare provider before starting therapy. Adults (18 years and older) Recommended dietary amounts (RDAs) are 2.4 micrograms daily for ages 14 years and older, 2.6 micrograms daily for pregnant females, and 2.8 micrograms daily for breastfeeding females. Those over 50 years of age should meet the RDA by eating foods reinforced with B12 or by taking a vitamin B12 supplement. Supplementation of 25-100 micrograms daily has been used to maintain vitamin B12 levels in older people. A doctor and a pharmacist should be consulted for use in other indications. For canker sores, sublingual (under the tongue) vitamin B12 has been given daily for six months. For claudication, a total daily dose of 1.5 milligrams of vitamin B12 was taken by mouth in divided doses of 0.5 miligrams three times daily for six months. For vitamin B12 deficiency, 125-2,000 micrograms of cyanocobalamin has been taken by mouth daily for up to 2.5 years or longer. Five hundred micrograms of sublingual (under the tongue) vitamin B12 has been used daily for up to four weeks. The following doses have been given intravenously (through the veins): 1,000 micrograms of intramuscular cobalamin once daily for 10 days (after 10 days, the dose was changed to once weekly for four weeks, followed by once monthly for life); 1,000 micrograms of intramuscular cyanocobalamin given on days 1, 3, 7, 10, 14, 21, 30, 60, and 90 of treatment. For vitamin B12 deficiency caused by long-term PPI therapy, cyanocobalamin nasal spray has been used for eight weeks. The exact dosage is unclear. One study tested intranasal vitamin B12 replacement therapy (500 micrograms weekly). For prevention of anemia, the following doses have been taken by mouth: 2-10 micrograms of vitamin B12 daily combined with iron and/or folic acid for up to 16 weeks; 100 micrograms of vitamin B12 every other week plus daily folic acid and/or iron for up to 12 weeks. For mental performance, the following doses have been taken by mouth: 0.05-1 milligram vitamin B12 taken daily for four weeks to 5.4 years; 10 micrograms or 50 micrograms of cyanocobalamin daily for one month; and one milligram of cyanocobalamin weekly for four weeks. One 1,000 microgram vitamin B12 injection has been used daily for five days, followed by one 1,000 microgram injection monthly for five months. Additionally, 1000 microgram injections have been used weekly for four weeks or monthly for six months. For cyanide poisoning, an intravenous (IV) infusion of five grams of hydroxocobalamin (up to 20 grams) has been used. For depression, one milligram of cyanocobalamin, through intramuscular injections, was used weekly for four weeks. For hereditary sideroblastic anemia, 100 micrograms of intramuscular vitamin B12 has been used monthly, with or without daily folic acid, for up to four months. Children (under 18 years old) Recommended dietary amounts (RDAs) are lacking for all age groups; therefore, adequate intake (AI) levels have been used instead. The RDAs and AI levels of vitamin B12 are as follows: for infants 0-6 months old, 0.4 micrograms (AI); for infants 7-12 months old, 0.5 micrograms (AI); for children 1-3 years old, 0.9 micrograms; for children 4-8 years old, 1.2 micrograms; and for children 9-13 years old, 1.8 micrograms. Safety The U.S. Food and Drug Administration does not strictly regulate herbs and supplements. There is no guarantee of strength, purity or safety of products, and effects may vary. You should always read product labels. If you have a medical condition, or are taking other drugs, herbs, or supplements, you should speak with a qualified healthcare provider before starting a new therapy. Consult a healthcare provider immediately if you experience side effects. Allergies Vitamin B12 supplements should be avoided in people sensitive or allergic to vitamin B12, cobalt, or any other product ingredient. Side Effects and Warnings Vitamin B12 is likely safe when taken according to the recommended dietary amounts (RDA) or less. Use cautiously in people with heart concerns, due to an increase in rates of restenosis (reoccurrence of narrowing of a blood vessel) after stent placement and vitamin B12 supplementation. Use cautiously in people with high blood pressure, as high blood pressure following intravenous (IV) administration of hydrocobalamin has been reported. Use cautiously in people with a history of cancer. Use cautiously in people with skin disorders, as rash, itching, and burning have been reported. Pink or red skin discoloration and facial flushing have also been reported. Use cautiously in people with genitourinary concerns, as urine discoloration has been reported. Use cautiously in people with gastrointestinal concerns, as nausea, difficulty swallowing, and diarrhea have been reported. Use cautiously in people with blood disorders, as it has been reported that treatment of vitamin B12 deficiency may lead to an increase in blood volume and the number of red blood cells. Use cautiously in people with low serum levels of potassium, as the correction of megaloblastic anemia with vitamin B12 may result in fatally low potassium levels. Use cautiously in people with a history of gout, or elevated uric acid levels, as the correction of megaloblastic anemia with vitamin B12 may start a gout attack. Use cautiously in people taking the following agents, as they have been associated with reduced absorption or reduced serum levels of vitamin B12: ACE inhibitors, acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin), alcohol, antibiotics, anti-seizure agents, bile acid sequestrants, chloramphenicol, colchicine, H2 blockers, metformin, neomycin, nicotine, nitrous oxide, oral contraceptives, para-aminosalicylic acid, potassium chloride, proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), tobacco, vitamin C, and zidovudine (AZT, Combivir®, Retrovir®). Avoid in people sensitive or allergic to vitamin B12, cobalt, or any other product ingredient. Pregnancy and Breastfeeding Vitamin B12 is likely safe when taken according to the recommended dietary amounts (RDA) or less. There is insufficient reliable information available about the safety of larger amounts of vitamin B12 during pregnancy. Infants, when breastfed by a vitamin B12-deficient mother, are at risk for many health issues such as severe developmental disorders, growth failure, and anemia. Some research has reported that vitamin B12 levels during pregnancy have effects on mental function in infants. Interactions Interactions with Drugs Vitamin B12 may interact with agents for bone loss, cancer, gout (colchicine), high blood pressure (angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors), and for stomach and intestine disorders (H2 blockers, proton pump inhibitors), agents that affect blood products, agents that affect the nervous system, alcohol, Alzheimer's agents, antibiotics (neomycin), anti-seizure agents, aspirin, bile acid sequestrants, birth control pills, cardiovascular agents, chloramphenicol, metformin, nicotine, nitrous oxide, para-aminosalicylic acid, stimulants, and zidovudine. Interactions with Herbs and Dietary Supplements Vitamin B12 may interact with herbs and supplements for bone loss, cancer, cholesterol, gout, high blood pressure, and for stomach and intestine disorders, herbs and supplements that affect blood products and that affect the nervous system, Alzheimer's herbs and supplements, antibacterials, anti-seizure herbs and supplements, birth control, cardiovascular herbs and supplements, folic acid, omega-3 fatty acids, potassium, salicylates, stimulants, tobacco, and vitamin C.


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Notice anything odd about the car pictured here? Well you should. For starters, it's parked vertically against the curb like a European Smart Fortwo. Look closer and you will notice there are only 3 wheels putting power to the pavement – 2 in the back and 1 in the front. So, despite the full body enclosure and hatchback design, this car is actually not a car at all. Or at least that's what the DOT thinks because it's classified and registered as a motorcycle in the U.S. Say hello to the WF800-C, a Chinese-built trike marketed and distributed by Steubenville, Ohio-based Wildfire Motors.
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March 10, 2010
New Moon Commentary Sneak Peek
Ooooh, I looooove extras!
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me too! mother eff i love extras!ReplyDelete
Correct me if I'm wrong people, but a while ago, didn't Weitz say Kristen, Rob, and Taylor were going to be doing commentary for the NM dvd? I really enjoyed the Twilight commentary so I'm a little peeved :/ Oh well, hope there's lots of good deleted scenes.ReplyDelete
@Luxie: no, you're right, he did say that in an earlier interview. maybe there will be two versions?ReplyDelete
Actually I thought that was a really cool effect, having the steam rise from his skin. It reminded us that he has a higher temperature. Yeah, can't wait for the DVD!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 10, 2010 at 7:40 PM
I remember reading recently that Kristen, Rob and Taylor weren't able to do the commentary with him just because they were all busy (doing press conferences maybe?) at the time it was done.ReplyDelete
They record the commentary while the film is playing in cinema's.ReplyDelete
Probably Rob & Kris were held up filming RM & The Runaways.
@Kerri: Totally - I never even thought of it that way!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 10, 2010 at 10:49 PM
- AnonymousMarch 11, 2010 at 2:49 AM
Humm.. I don't appreciate the stuttering :S . . . I'm quite disappointed Kristen, Rob & Taylor didn't get to do the commentary . . . well there's always Eclipse :\ReplyDelete


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Short-Shorts: The New Uniform of Pop Stars
Who wears short-shorts? On Thursday, September 5, Selena Gomez put her legs on display while performing in a pair of jet-black leather hot pants. She isn't the only music star who has chosen comfort over leotards or dresses. See how musicians like Taylor Swift, Rihanna and Carrie Underwood have mastered the art of rocking on-stage short-shorts. – Marisa Okano


text: The sad thing is, it was ultimately Zod who destroyed Krypton. Jor-El had a plan for his son to become a bridge that would allow the people of Earth and the people of Krypton to live side by side. Zod wasn't willing to rely on the armor or to spend years learning to adjust as Clark did, so he decided to kryptoform the planet, forcing the conflict that resulted in the final destruction of Krypton. He existed for one purpose only, to protect the people of Krypton, and instead he personally ensured their destruction. Whoever engineered him fucked up big time. Kryptonian engineers made a habit of fucking their planet, didn't they? Good thing Clark decided to go into reporting instead of engineering.


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THE Stars were definitely aligned for the underdogs in Friday night's Summer Youth League round.
A win for the SAE Byron Bay squad would have seen the young Rams a step closer to a third consecutive championship, but a beautifully-bent free kick from Italo Stars and an unfortunate own goal from Byron managed to upend the whole competition.
The Byron boys fought back hard, but in a fast and at times physical struggle, the Byron boys could not break through the Stars defence.
A goal from late sub James Preston put Byron on the board, but the score remained stuck at Italo 2, Byron 1 right to the whistle.
Byron's only loss this season could have meant the end of their championship hopes, but a simultaneous upset over at Crozier Oval saw rivals Lismore Workers go down 4-1 to a determined Alstonville squad.
With Byron and Workers both getting their first taste of defeat, the competition has suddenly heated up, with four teams now in contention for the title.
Byron must beat Lismore's very tough Thistles squad next Friday to take the title.
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Meat DNA testing can help save species
African governments need to boost local efforts to protect endangered species by supporting DNA testing, argues Linda Nordling.
The horsemeat scandal that recently hit Europe has shown how DNA testing can improve food monitoring and safety.
Most African countries are yet to adopt the technology despite its huge potential - both in ensuring that food is correctly labelled and in policing the illegal trade in animal products.
Foreign-funded projects are already introducing the concept to Africa. But local buy-in, especially from governments and law enforcement agents, will be critical to harnessing the technology for the good of African people and wildlife.
Donkey burgers
One thing is clear: cheating with meat labelling is not limited to Europe. South Africans got a wake-up call when scientists last month published a study conducted in 2012 showing that 68 per cent of 139 processed meat products from shops and butcheries in the country contained species that were not declared on the label. Pork and chicken were the most commonly detected 'surprise' meats in the samples, but the scientists also found traces of donkey, goat and water buffalo in the mince, burger patties and sausages under scrutiny.
The findings could pose a challenge to the country's meat industry similar to the one Europe faces. Many South Africans don't eat pork on religious and health grounds. Certain animal species - horses, for instance - are routinely treated with veterinary drugs that can harm humans.
Beating the bushmeat trade
But with rising food prices hitting Africa's poor, some people may not mind a bit of donkey in their burger if it is affordable. Perhaps a more urgent challenge for DNA analysis in the continent is to curb the rampant illegal trade in meat and products such as horn from endangered animals.
The bushmeat trade threatens many species. In Central and West Africa, this includes primates such as gorillas, chimpanzees and bonobos. In Madagascar, rare lemurs are killed for their meat.
This not only depletes Africa's jungles and savannahs of their iconic biodiversity. It also increases the risk of diseases jumping from animals to humans. Large African primates can carry the Ebola virus, and scientists believe that HIV first arose in humans handling primate meat carrying simian immunodeficiency viruses, the non-human version of the virus.
Throughout Africa, rhino populations are being destroyed as demand grows for the ground-up horn that people in parts of Asia believe cure disease. More than 1100 rhinos have been poached so far this year in South Africa alone.
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TORONTO – Boston's Will Middlebrooks swung the bat so well Sunday, he even got an unwanted visit from a fan who came out of the stands to congratulate him.
Middlebrooks hit three home runs, two off NL Cy Young Award winner R.A. Dickey, and the Red Sox routed the Toronto Blue Jays 13-0.
"He had about 2,000 feet of homers," Red Sox pitcher Jon Lester said of Middlebrooks. "He obviously feels pretty good at the plate. It's fun to watch."
Middlebrooks went 4 for 5 with four RBI. He hit two home runs off Dickey, a two-run shot to right in the first inning and a solo drive into the second deck in left in the fifth. He connected again off Dave Bush with a leadoff longball to left in the seventh, the first three homer game of his career.
Mike Napoli added a two-run shot, and Jacoby Ellsbury and Daniel Nava also went deep as the Red Sox connected for six homers and set season highs for runs and hits (15), one day after getting just two hits in a 5-0 loss.
In the bottom of the ninth, a fan jumped out of the stands and ran toward Middlebrooks at third base, his hand extended. Security tackled the fan and dragged him off the field.
"He said he was happy to meet me and then he got tackled," Middlebrooks said. "He started to say something else and then he got drilled. That was a good tackle.
"He got pretty close," Middlebrooks added. "I didn't know if he was going to make it. I was trying to time it out of the corner of my eye. I was like, 'Am I going to have to shake this guy's hand?' "
Middlebrooks, who doubled and scored in the third, flied out to the left field warning track in his final at-bat in the eighth.
"I was blowing on it running down the line but it didn't have enough steam," he said.
Limited to 75 games as a rookie because of a broken right hand, the Red Sox have high hopes for Middlebrooks this year, his second big-league season.
"We're counting on him to be a big run producer," former MVP Dustin Pedroia said. "He's got that ability."
Nava went back-to-back with Middlebrooks in the seventh, a homer that bounced off the top of the wall in center field and went out. It's the first time this season the Red Sox have hit consecutive home runs.
Ellsbury had three hits, including a leadoff homer into the second deck in right in the eighth, his first. Three batters later, Napoli capped the rout with a home run to center, his second. He finished with four RBI.
Boston jumped on Dickey in the first, scoring five runs before the knuckleballer had recorded an out.
Ellsbury led off with a double, Shane Victorino singled to center and Pedroia drove in a run with a single through the right side.
Napoli hit a two-run double and Middlebrooks followed with a first pitch homer to right.
Even the outs Dickey got were loud. Nava and Jarrod Saltalamacchia each flied out to the warning track before Jackie Bradley Jr. struck out to end the inning.
Dickey (0-2) allowed eight runs — seven earned — and 10 hits in 42/3 innings. It was his shortest start and the most runs he'd allowed since giving up eight runs in 41/3 innings of a 14-6 loss at Atlanta last April 18, when he pitched for the New York Mets.
"Throughout the course of the season you're going to have a clunker or two," Dickey said. "You just have to try and forget it as soon as you can. Obviously today was one of those days for me."
The five first-inning runs allowed by Dickey matched the number he gave up in the first inning in all of 2012, when he made 33 starts.
Lester (2-0) allowed five hits, all singles, in seven shutout innings.
"A lot of quality strikes," Manager John Farrell said. "He delivered the ball downhill. He carried his stuff through the full seven innings."
Lester walked none and struck out six, improving to 6-2 with a 2.13 ERA in his past nine starts at Rogers Centre.
"His performance was kind of overshadowed because we hit six home runs," Middlebrooks said.
"He shut out a good hitting team. All his pitches were on and when that cutter is on, he's really dangerous."
Clayton Mortensen pitched the final two innings for Boston.
Blue Jays slugger Jose Bautista was held out of the starting lineup, the third straight game he's missed with a sore right ankle.
The two-time major league home run leader twisted his ankle stepping on first base while beating out a double play in the eighth inning last Thursday.


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HHS pushes back exchange deadline
HHS is moving the exchange goalposts yet again.
With one day to go before states were supposed to declare whether they plan to run their own exchanges, HHS gave them a last-minute reprieve Thursday night — although all but about 10 states had already made their intentions clear by then.
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States now have until Dec. 14 to say if they want to build their own exchange, the same date that the formal blueprints are due. HHS pushed back some deadlines last week, but they had kept the Nov. 16 date — until now.
The delay comes a day after Republican Govs. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana and Bob McDonnell of Virginia asked HHS to push back an exchange decision until the Obama administration answered all of the governors' questions and finalized all the important regulations.
That's not going to happen.
Instead, HHS is giving governors another month, pointing out that the health care law requires HHS to certify exchange plans by Jan. 1, 2013.
"We're confident governors will have enough time to decide whether they want to establish an exchange, work in partnership with the federal government or have a federally facilitated exchange in their state," HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius wrote in a letter to the Republican Governors Association.
Sebelius also said additional guidance "will be released in the coming days and weeks."
This article first appeared on POLITICO Pro at 6:22 p.m. on November 15, 2012.


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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Daytona Beach officers are searching for the man who they say put a skimming device on the Presto ATM outside of a Publix Supermarket.
The Daytona Beach Shores Department of Public Safety was notified by the management of the store, located on 3050 South Atlantic Avenue, on Sunday morning, when the device was found.
The skimming device was found to be equipped with a card reader and electronic memory used to capture and store credit card and personal identification numbers. That information can then be used to make cloned credit cards.
Sally Lancaster is a computer programmer who lives just a block away from the Publix. She told Local 6 she was shocked to learn about the skimmer.
"I'm kind of surprised it happened here because you hear about it out there, but you never hear about it in your backyard," says Lancaster. "All I can do I pray, pray that it doesn't happen to me because you never know."
Detectives said they have linked to two other cases of skimming this past weekend. One of them happened at a Suntrust Bank in the same area on South Atlantic Avenue, authorities said.
ATM skimmers are a growing trend in Central Florida. Back in November, a man secretly put a skimmer on an ATM in Lake Mary. It also happened at a Publix in New Smyrna Beach.
"I see it in every city and every town. It's very prevalent and you need to beware," said Charlie Quick.
Experts say check your account daily and if you must use an ATM only use one indoors.
If you used ATM machines at the Publix or Suntrust on South Atlantic Avenue or a Suntrust in Port Orange this weekend, contact your bank to make sure you're not a victim.
The man who officials believe was responsible was described as a Hispanic male in his 20s.
For any additional information, please contact Detective Sergeant Michael Fowler at (386) 527-8273.
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Soon after the Crew's 2014 primary kit was unveiled for Season Ticket Members and media at Bar Louie in the Arena District Tuesday night, club President Mark McCullers shared his excitement for the new jersey. The new kit's homage to the team's identity as "The Yellow Soccer Team" with Crew Gold and a few new features give it a classic, yet modern feel.
"I love the new jersey," McCullers said. "The gradient diamond pattern and our classic Crew Gold with black accents, I think it's just different enough but classic enough also.
"You see the gold you know it's the Crew."
The new primary kit is now available online and at the Crew Gear Store at Crew Stadium.


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Bankers have an important responsibility to their clients. Managing money is a very detail-oriented process that requires trust, patience, and a good understanding of arithmetic. After all, you are handling other people's money on a daily basis. You want customers to trust you with their finances. That's why getting a degree in banking is important if you are serious about this career. In truth, many bankers only have a high school diploma. However, by completing formal education, you can distinguish yourself and climb the ranks much more quickly.


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Twins sign Lamb to two-year deal
Third baseman follows former teammate Everett to Minnesota
By Kelly Thesier / MLB.com
MINNEAPOLIS -- Just last week, Twins manager Ron Gardenhire was saying that the only spot in his infield he had covered for the 2008 season was first base. Now, that list of infield positions to fill is down to just one -- second base. One day after securing Adam Everett to play shortstop, the Twins filled their hole at third base on Friday by signing free agent Mike Lamb to a two-year, $6.6 million deal with an option for 2010. Lamb, 32, batted .289 with 11 home runs and 40 RBIs in 311 at-bats for the Astros last season. A left-handed hitter, Lamb holds a career batting average of .281 in 844 games. Third base has been a problem spot for the Twins since Corey Koskie left via free agency following the 2004 season. Unsuccessful attempts by Michael Cuddyer and Tony Batista at the position in '05 and '06, respectively, were followed by the team moving Nick Punto to the spot. But after some success in taking over at the hot corner mid-way through 2006, Punto faltered offensively as the everyday third baseman last year. He hit just .210 with 25 RBIs in 108 games. The hope now is that the club has finally found a longer-term solution at the spot in Lamb. However, he wasn't guaranteed the starting job. "We don't give anything away, that's what I told Mike," Twins assistant general manager Rob Antony said. "I told him that we believe you can come in and win that job. But it's going to be up to you. You have to earn it." Lamb, who will likely compete against Brian Buscher for the starting job at third base, gives the Twins an upgrade offensively. Hitting at least 11 home runs in each of his past four seasons in a part-time role -- along with a career .472 slugging percentage -- Lamb should provide another strong bat for a lineup that was lacking power last season. "We were looking for offense, and this guy takes good at-bats," Antony said of Lamb. "He might not be the 30-40 home run guy. But he takes good at-bats and keeps innings alive. He has always hit, he's just never had the opportunity to be an everyday guy." During his time with the Astros, Lamb played both third base and first base. But he was entrenched behind Morgan Ensberg at third for much of that time and never really had a chance for a full-time role. The most at-bats that Lamb has had in a season came during his rookie year with the Rangers in 2000, when he had 493.
Having been in a platoon role for much of his career, Lamb has also not had much of a chance to face left-handed pitching. But Antony said that the Twins will have him face plenty of left-handed pitchers during Spring Training when the club tries him out in the starting role.With the signing, Lamb also joins his former Astros teammate, Everett, to make up the left side of the Twins infield. The Twins signed Everett to a one-year, $2.8 million deal on Thursday after he was non-tendered by the Astros the previous day. But while some pointed to the signing of Everett as a step back offensively for a club that's ultimately seeking bats, Antony said it was just a temporary diversion from the team's primary goal of adding more offense. "Shortstop is one of those positions where you might sacrifice a little offense to get the defense," Antony said. "But with Lamb, we're right back to getting guys that can hit." Calls to Lamb were not returned. With the additions of Lamb and Everett to the left side of the infield, the Twins will likely use Brendan Harris as their primary second baseman. Harris, who was acquired along with Delmon Young in the six-player trade with Tampa Bay, hit .286 last season with 12 homers and 59 RBIs and should also give the Twins another bat with some pop. Punto's role likely will become more of a utility player, one that he filled for the club before taking over at third. "I think between Harris, Punto, Lamb and Everett, we feel pretty good about our infield," Antony said. "A lot better than we did a month ago. We have some flexibility." Despite the flurry of activity this week, the Twins certainly aren't done making moves. There still is an opening in center field and the club has yet to secure a trade for their ace Johan Santana, though they continue to talk with other teams. Many expect that hole in center to be filled in a Santana trade, but there is also the issue of pitching that could still be addressed. "We're going to be young on the mound -- especially in the rotation -- if we have to trade Santana," Antony said. "So the keys for us are going to be center field and trying to figure out what the rotation is going to look like."
Kelly Thesier is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


text: In response to the recent Maclin injury, I took a look at the eagles depth chart for the upcoming season. They have Desean Jackson, Jason Avant, Riley Cooper, and Damaris Johnson. Only two of these players caught a TD pass last season. Jackson had 2 and Cooper had 3. 0 for the other two. Maclin ended up with 7 scores last year and was an improving player. The Eagles are in serious trouble if a couple of these players don't step there game up. McCoy looks to be a solid fantasy player though just a thought.


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I'm finally playing on a team my father, Bob Oliver, played for. When you consider how many teams I've been with in my career, and all the different teams he played for, I guess it was bound to happen sooner or later.
I have a lot of memories of being younger and coming to Angel Stadium with my father. To be honest, though, I wasn't watching the games all that much back then. I was really young and I was simply too busy playing around and probably doing things I wasn't supposed to be doing.
My dad had a few good seasons offensively when he played. He could hit. But back then the game was very different. If you hit 20 home runs and drove in 80 runs in his day, you had one heck of a season.
Here's another example of how the game has changed: During the offseason, my dad worked as police officer with the Santa Ana Police Department while playing for the Angels. Back then, the guys had to work in the offseason to make a decent living. I can't imagine having to work in the offseason, but I guess you do what you have to do. My dad's living in Sacramento now and is happily retired.
My dad was taken in the 49th round of the MLB Draft. He's a good story in perseverance. Not too many guys make it to the big leagues from that position. That helped me when I was coming up in the Minor Leagues. He was always there when I was making my way up through the minors. Now, though, we mostly talk about my kids and stuff like that.
Darren Oliver, playing for his eighth team, is 2-0 with a 3.63 ERA for the Angels this season. His dad Bob, a right-handed hitter, played for five teams, including the Angels, over eight seasons, batting .256 with 94 homers and 419 RBIs.
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A total of 469 people voted against while 431 voted in favor of the proposal.
The district could conduct a final election on the matter, but would have to get approval from the state first.
Superintendent Jerry Owens said he didn't know if the district would try a third time.
"It's too early," Owens said. "We will regroup and reassess and see. We know there's a need there. It's just too early to tell at this time."
The mills were to be combined with nearly $4.5 million in state partnership funds to pay for renovations and new construction at the middle school with a price tag of about $10.7 million. The project included construction 26 new classrooms, a physical education facility and a FEMA-approved safe room.
In September, nearly 68 percent of voters rejected a 5.5-mill increase to fund the project.
After meeting with opponents of the measure and seeking public input, Owens and the board revised the proposal to address the concerns they were made aware of. The board voted in October to conduct a special election.


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Smokers, ditch the patches - there's a new high-tech way to kick the habit.
A Hong Kong-based company has created electronic cigarettes that stimulate the act of smoking without pumping as much nicotine into the system, the Associated Press reports.
The e-cigs, created by the Ruyan company in 2004, produce a nicotine-infused mist that inventors say is dramatically less harmful than real smoke. The spray is pumped through changeable cartridges that range in flavors from menthol to fruit.
The World Health Organization said in a statement that there is no evidence to prove that the mist is any less destructive on the body than full-scale cigarette smoke and that rigorous testing should be done before any such claims are made public.
Dr. Murray Laugesen, a New Zealand physician, disagreed with the WHO report, saying that the electronic cigarettes are the "best substitute so far" for the real deal.
"It looks more like a cigarette and feels more like a cigarette than any other device so far and yet it does not cause the harm," he told the Associated Press.
Ruyan - which means "like smoking" in Chinese - is selling the battery-powered cigarettes for $60, but add-ons like extra batteries and cartridges can bring the tech-savvy tobacco up to $240.
The company has also created a line of e-pipes that mimic old-school smoking - so your grandpa can hop on the techno bandwagon, too.


text: Chief Boima was invited to OPEN ARTI in Milan recently to talk about art and politics and to DJ. In the video of the event (above), Boima is joined by fellow DJ, Venus X (profiled here in The New York Times). AIAC gets some shout-outs. A lot of things get referenced: music and race, how we listen to music, Shakira, cumbia, hard style, LMFAO, David Guerra, Rihanna, etcetera. But the elephant in the room is Diplo, the famous DJ and tastemaker.


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San Antonio has traded Nando De Colo to the Toronto Raptors for Austin Daye, league source tells Yahoo Sports.— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) February 20, 2014
6'5" 187lbs, turns 27 in June. Native of Sainte-Catherine-les-Arras, France
2nd round 53rd overall pick in the 2009 draft
DX Scouting Report: http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Nando-De-Colo-5087/
After last night's game, MU must have thought back to this:
And for you trivia buffs:
Sainte-Catherine-lès-Arras is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.
Inhabited since prehistoric times, the Pas-de-Calais region was populated in turn by the Celtic Belgae, the Romans, the Germanic Franks and the Alemanni. During the fourth and fifth centuries, the Roman practice of co-opting Germanic tribes to provide military and defence services along the route from Boulogne to Cologne created a Germanic-Romance linguistic border in the region that persisted until the eighth century.
Some of the costliest battles of World War I were fought in the region. The Battle of Vimy Ridge was a military engagement fought primarily as part of the Battle of Arras, in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France, during the First World War. The Vimy Memorial commemorates the Battle of Vimy Ridge and is Canada's most important memorial to its fallen soldiers.


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|2010-02-20, 21:14
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And i think it could be possible. Ishida already stated that Quincy use the reiatsu floating around the atmosphere to attack. I am sure Shinigami could learn this ability if they would just have enough time.
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One other type of power that really interests me is the power that Chad has. It seems to have roots in Hollow-based abilities and seems to respond around Chad's memories of his Abuelo. I think that these powers might in fact be due to the actual spirit of his Abuelo being channeled through Chad's body. If this is true, then other people might also be able to learn this ability. Both Human and Shinigami.
|2010-02-21, 12:45
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(and looking at Ichigo's bankai it is probably 5), then your statement on how ressurecion boost the attack makes some sense so I can go with that but your statement on hollofication double booster just doesn't make sense by far not enough to put it in calculation.
Also the level you control your bankai, your dexterity make another huge difference, so I can't say that this is too accurate.
Plus the statement how Bankai increase you strength to your shikai strength by tenfold, while Ressurecion multiplys your own strength by 10 (let's say this is true)
But then again, what makes you think they stack?
Also Yoruichi said that it multiplys by 10 (let's forget about the 5 - 10 as it won't matter on what I plan to say now)
But that doesn't mean that you have y amount on strength and then have 10y strenght but you have y+x strenght, where x is usually about 9y.
So then saying that z is the boost you get from ressurecion, means:
y+x+z= roughly 20
Why do I think so: simply it doesn't make much sense for the boost you get from bankai to double just cause you get twice as much SPP from an effect.
And even if it multiplies there is no guarantee that it will be 1x10x10 and not 1x10+1x10, as why would Ressurecion raise the boost of Bankai, it just strenghtens your base strength thus it won't effect your Bankai strength boosts.
Also I would say ressurecion is a smaller boost than bankai as most of the time we see that a captains need their bankai to put up against an Arrancars normal form but with just getting a smaller power-up they can overhelm it.
I personally think it is like this:
Captain with SHikai: 1, Arrancar in normal form: 8
Captain Bankai: 10, Arrancar Ressurecion: 10
Captain Bankai Secret Move: 10+2, Arrancar Ressurecion Secret Move: 10+1
Though exept the first line everything is rather spectaculation based so there is no real way to tell if it will be around 20 or 100.
Also everyone is able to draw spiritual energy from the enviroment but Quincys base their battle style on it.
Also as Quincys seem to be normal humans in base traits and their techniques are simple reiatsu control I think Shinigamis could learn it but wouldn't profit them really much.
Also the reason while Chad powers respond the Abuelo cause we all know how resolve can unlimitedly multiply your strength in anime and it is his resolve that actually gets stronger so his ability probably has nothing do to with that guy, but yeah I also remember it being mentioned to be hollow-like but personally I don't wanna see Chad fight cause his battle style is boring, he can do no more than straight pucnhes (I mean at least he could use some martail art to make it more interesting if his move pool is so boring) or shot a straight line attack from his arm or do a really strong punch, which though is a skill it only differs from a normal punch in strength. Also realistically he couldn't defeat anyone as he can't do thing against Steps (Shunko, SOnido, Hirenkyaku(might spelled it wrong) as he doesn't have a equalient of it yet he defeated a privanon, which is annoying in my opinion.
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|2010-02-22, 16:06
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They certainly are the same (in the same way like zanpakutos and Shinigamis) and they certainly do stack but whether they add up or multiple each other is unknown and yes some explanation of how exactly it goes wouldn't hurt sometimes in the future.
|2010-02-24, 14:32
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To explain a bit better, the spirit density of HM and SS reiatsu is different, Ichigo having both means that: his SS reiatsu (blue) multiplies by bankai, an unknown number of times. By any kind of plot device and character development this can reach infinity...as for his HM reiatsu (black), it augments when using the hollow mask.
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|2010-02-24, 15:04
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Also his black and blue reiatsu are not the same as hollow and soul reaper respectives cause in normal bankai he has soul reaper reiatsu but is shown in black actually the types of reitsu aren't really divided by colour, reitsus colour is more like a property of a person.
|2010-02-25, 10:37
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At the very least, Kubo has provided us with the fact that HM particles are better (denser) than SS ones (back in the desert, Ishida talking about the atmosphere). A similar statement was made, also by Ishida, during the Bount arc, that SS particles are denser than real world ones, that's why he'd be stronger in SS. So, if there are "normal" spirit particles, those should be on earth. So, that leaves the question: do the different types of reiatsu that Ichigo uses affect his power (HM>SS>default) or are they all the same and just add up?
|2010-02-25, 14:58
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Look the only difference is that in HM its density is higher in otherwords, if we cut off a x stere of HM and an x stere of SS, the number or measure of Spirit Particles will be bigger in the HM ones, this is not a matter of quality but a matter of amount.
Plus Hollow reitsu and shinigami reitsu are both different to this spirit particles' quality so really this is totally irrelevant to the matter of Ichigo's strength.
|2010-02-27, 04:32
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Zangetsu 100%
Hichigo 100%
Ichigo's full potential unlocked *ka-ching*
And why can't they stack? I just don't see why. Ichigo's Bankai is rushed and has little to no training before it was used against Byakuya. Although his growth rate is "fukken epiks"-level, he still can't master Bankai in 3 days. Sure, he unlocked it, but that doesn't mean he can completely wield it with super skill. This was shown when he fought against Hichigo in his soul. He was nearly obliterated, but plot armor saved him there (again)
This could explain why his Bankai is so shitty nowadays. All he needs is his Superman Hollowfication and boom! he's back in action. Look at the other captains. They've had years and years of practice with their Bankais, and they can fight Espada without any friggin Hollowfication.
Anyways, i'm going off-topic. What i'm saying is that it just doesn't make sense to me. Ichigo's Bankai is so weak that it has to stack with Hollowfication. Otherwise, Ichigo would be too weak to kill even that damn ninó-guy (The Privaron Espada he killed in HM arc.)
|2010-02-28, 14:26
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Interesting read to say the least.
My opinion is that Zangetsu and Hichigo represent Ichigos two extremes of his personality Zangetsu is his typical cool-headedness where he tries to use logic and Hichigo is desperation and ichgo himself is meerly a medium/mediator between the two.
As for his power blue glowing eyes are his "clarity or instinct" manifesting that come from neither of Zangetsu or Hichigo. Also for the cero question raised its his Getsuga Tensho as both shinigami and hollowized just one is more powerful than the other.
The whole next level thing will come from ichigo having to now truely beat hichigo and become the king that rides the horse.
|2010-03-01, 01:21
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"I'm going to beat you like a rented mule, boy!"
Then 'ride' Hichigo on a bumpy road until he's completely exhausted and dirty. I'd like that.
|2010-03-13, 04:39
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Some people like me, be it for whatever reason they had throughout life, develop different personalities. I myself, suffered a lot in my childhood so I became a jerk in my teens. Eventually I realized it made things even worse because not only people hurt me, but also I did so to myself by hurting the few that actually cared. Well whatever, those were some of my reasons, for Ichigo's I would think it was the Death of her Mother that frustrated him (me thinks, me thinks).
My point is... people change. Some dramatically like me.
And what they were never actually disappears fully.
I, for myself, am nowadays, I'd say, a mature person, I think conflicts should be solved with conversation. I believe in honesty above all. All that kind of goodie goodie stuff. I got back some of that childhood feeling that the world is a great place and life is worth living bla bla.
And out of hurting myself by hurting those who were actually dear to me because "I was an animal (an idiot). Eventually, just like Ichigo does, I had to set my foot down. As in, "enough is enough, I am me, I will not be controlled by this rage". And so I became the King of myself.
And if there's one thing I'm fully aware of is: deep deep inside, there's still that hateful character, that personality of myself I built for trying to fit in this harsh wild hell of a world and try to beat everyone as they would do me (or so I would think like back then). That character still exists within me and will always exist.
When frustration on life appears (because there are and will always be stupid people), it rings. Oh, it certainly does ring. Not loud enough that I can't ignore it, but it's clearly there.
Now before you laugh, just keep on reading, if you still have to laugh in the end, that is alright, I'm not gonna give a crap. Just saying there's somewhere I want to get behind this.
What I see here is Ichigo is simply aware of his dark personality inside just like I am. And just like I do sometimes, if I'm really pushed in order to defend myself or the others around me, I also somewhat... let it out. Take use of its cold bloodedness, refered in the anime as "killer instinct". And just like Ichigo does, I also always keep the reigns. Because I am the King, it is the horse.
So, ultimately, I believe Ichigo's hollow is nothing but exactly that I just said. The cold bloodedness inside him. And when he pulls his mask out, he's reaching for a balance between being too soft-hearted and being an animal. Hence why Hollow Ichigo is and will always be there. Being more of a part of him than Zangetsou ever will.
Since we're so much into philosophy - That's how some people grow, I believe. Even if some develop a full shield instead of an animal.
Then you have the anime factor... so it had to be exagerated and materialized since it's all about bloody battles, reiatsu and all.
Either way, that's what I believe to be the root of the author's concept of his hollow and why or how it is there.
O well random philosophy is random! They do say I think too much ~~
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|2010-03-14, 20:48
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I don't really understand the maths being used here but I can say for certain hichigo isn't invincible, at least not in the anime. Muramasa nearly killed him until Ichigo stepped up to stop it.
Personally I don't really like the Hichigo character, can't imagine how someone would always have to suppress his evil side. That aside, it does amplify his powers, a lot.
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In fact, my favourite avatar ever, and the one I believe I'll always use is the one I'm currently using for feeling so identified with "Ichigo+Hichigo". I can be the greatest of men or the most hateful of diseases. I chose to be good, but my evil side is still a part of me. Had to accept it to live well with myself, and in the series, so did Ichigo.
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My thoughts on Strawberry and his hollow powers.
His power is undeniably rigged. His hollow power is cool in the first few fights, but it eventually became a crutch/plot convenience. While he has Shinigami powers, augmented by his healthy physique would've atleast made him a lieutenant, eventually.
However, due to his hollow powers he can now fight with augmented strength via a 'third party', 'third party' being Hichigo. His bankai has lost it's popularity, as he has been forced to use it more times then not, making it stale to me. The last time I liked his bankai was during his Grimmjow fight. Though it was a killjoy Orihime was there with her wallowing in self-pity.
Ichigo has 75 points in strength, Hichigo has 500 in strength. That augments it to 575. This is both a jab of how much stronger his hollow is, and how much he relies on it to win nowadays.
It's skeptical, in my opinion - that his hollow/Orihime/Zangetsu would let him die. Hichigo will die along with him, so he forces Ichigo's body 'beyond the limit'. (A constantly used lifesaver in abttles that would actually KILL him.) Orihime, being the stereotypical mary-sue healer saves Ichigo with... amazing healing powers! Who saw that coming? Zangetsu is his 'other self', his 'spirit in him'. He isn't suppose to intervene, but help him when necessary. Necessary being when he is actually holding back his powers subconsciously or purposefully for varying reasons. (But sometimes he saves him anyways, which is considered unlikely as explained about shinigami's zanpaktou's. Mind you, the excuse is/will be "Ichigo is special".)
Ichigo could probably be even stronger if he took the time to train his bankai without relying on his hollow. He could actually win against enemies without his hollow if he did train his body, and not his hollow's powers instead.
Hichigo must be getting tired of being a crutch, in my opinion. I think Hichigo is awesome, especially his seiyuu's 'evil laughter'. Then again, Johnny Yong Bosch does a good job with Hichigo, too.
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text: Isner, Harrison, Roddick, Raonic (nearly American) all come to mind as players that have really limited backhands. Exceptions to the rule include Agassi, and possibly, Fish. Most Americans want to play 'big man tennis' which is dominating with serve and put away forehand. They view their backhand as merely a damage limitation device - so that they can stay in a rally long enough to use a forehand. Federer, Djokovic and even Murray can do all sorts of things off their own backhands to make their opponent uncomfortable - for them hitting a backhand is not about merely staying in a rally. Why do you think this is? For a start, the USTA is known to be very quick to mould all players into using a 2hbh, and 1hbh is pretty much banned. But even when you're using 2hbh's, the 'American 2hbh' seems to be especially bad... Mechanically, what is wrong with it?


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Twitter 'will act' against abusers
Twitter has insisted it has clear processes to help the police tackle racist abuse after former England footballer Stan Collymore was subjected to death threats online.
Collymore, who works as a pundit for radio station Talksport, has asked Staffordshire Police to investigate "horrific" racist tweets.
The former Liverpool, Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest striker claims children as young as ten are being "goaded" by adults into posting racist and sexist tweets.
The 43-year-old star has also accused Twitter of having poor age verification procedures and of "hiding behind" claims that it is unable to comment on individual cases.
In a statement issued via its own site, Twitter told users: "Direct, targeted abuse and specific threats of violence are against our rules.
"You can let us know if you see abusive Tweets by using the new 'Report Tweet' button or through our online forms."
Twitter said its Trust and Safety team, which is being increased in size, worked 24 hours a day to respond to reports of abusive tweets.
Twitter's statement added: "We also have a clear process for working with the police and are in ongoing communication with relevant UK police forces to make sure they are aware of our policies.
"Twitter is an open communications platform. Our priority is that users are able to express themselves, within acceptable limits and, of course, within the law.
"We cannot stop people from saying offensive, hurtful things on the internet or on Twitter.
"But we take action when content is reported to us that breaks our rules or is illegal."
Collymore used his Twitter account yesterday to urge the social media site to do more to combat internet "trolls".
The broadcaster contacted police last night after receiving a spate of racially offensive messages.
Having attracted more than 500,000 followers on Twitter over the past six years, Collymore received the latest in a string of abusive messages after criticising Liverpool striker Luis Suarez following last Saturday's match against Aston Villa.
Appearing as a guest on BBC1's Breakfast programme, the ex-footballer said: "The age user range of Twitter has gone down dramatically.
"I am seeing gangs of kids from ten to 18 goaded by adults to make racist, and homophobic and sexist insults on Twitter, so Twitter need to deal with it.
"It's quite horrific.
"I have no problem with people discussing factual things about me on Twitter.
"If it's illegal I reserve the right as a United Kingdom citizen to live within the laws of the United Kingdom and so should Twitter."
Asked how he had responded to the abusive messages, Collymore said: "I retweet, I report, I block and if it is sufficiently threatening, I will go to the police.
"I have been on it (Twitter) for six years now and it's a fantastic tool to engage in my sport, football, with fans.
"If you disagree with a point that I make it's absolutely fine.
"But I shouldn't be racially abused for it, I shouldn't have somebody that tweets me two days ago saying I am going to turn up at your house and murder you."
A Staffordshire Police spokesman said: "We've been in contact with Mr Collymore to get more information and to reassure him that we will carry out a thorough and detailed investigation.
"Such behaviour is completely unacceptable and we all have a shared responsibility to treat each other with dignity and respect.
"Our investigation into previous alleged offences is continuing and we are currently liaising with Twitter to obtain subscriber details."
Chief inspector Carl Ratcliffe, Staffordshire's lead officer on hate crime, said: "Sadly some people mistakenly believe that anything said or done on Twitter or Facebook somehow doesn't count, they think it doesn't matter because it's not face-to-face.
"They are very wrong. Tweeting abuse is a very personal way of causing distress to someone, and it doesn't matter if the person is famous or not.
"Our investigation in this case is very much ongoing, and involves a number of other police forces, and agencies. We are in regular contact with Mr Collymore, providing ongoing support and keeping him updated."
talkSPORT chief executive Scott Taunton has vowed to "stop promoting" their Twitter accounts in light of the row.
In a statement said: "We are dismayed at the lack of response and perceived inaction by Twitter. Racist or abusive messages of this nature are illegal and unacceptable.
"We have more than three million Twitter followers across our accounts but we will not promote these until we are satisfied that Twitter is doing its utmost to prevent abuse of this nature. We have a duty of care to all our staff and presenters and until I am satisfied that Twitter is treating this seriously we will no longer promote Twitter accounts or use tweets on-air.
"It seems inconceivable that a high-tech company with a market capitalisation of 30 billion dollars appears incapable of preventing racist and abusive tweets being broadcast across its platform."


text: This short story spans from late 2374 to just a week before the Septimus Massacre in 2375. There are spoilers for some sections of The Thirteenth Order, as well as major spoilers for Lois Tilton's DS9 novel, Betrayal. Gul Tayben Berat is indeed the same character from Tilton's novel. But his history from that point (and the retconning of his history from Betrayal) is my own. If you'd like to jump straight to the spoilers and see how I have woven Berat's history together for my own universe, please go to this article. And this one will also give you an understanding of the neurological condition that plays such an important role in the plot of this story. (If you've read The Thirteenth Order so far, you'll have most of this information already.) ---------- Star Trek: Sigils and Unions "Let He Who Has Eyes See" 2374—The Dominion War Cardassian Union Warship Sherouk Gul Berat sighed…quietly enough that only Yejain could hear, but a sigh nonetheless. True, if this Dominion technology did as advertised it would be quite a boost for the Sherouk and its crew—but he still couldn't shake his disgust. Both the gul and the part of him that still remembered what it felt like to hold a hyperspanner in his hands were revolted. Those Vorta and Jem'Hadar lab experiments were going to have their paws all over his ship. Inside it. As a Cardassian he assigned no gender pronoun to his ship—no more than his language allowed for any other inanimate object, animal, or even person. That did not, however, erase the mental need to shower when he contemplated what these Dominion abominations were about to do. Though he could not verbalize it with quite the succinctness of a grammatically gendered language like Vedrayçda or Rhamoulda, the fact remained: it felt…indecent. He had been fortunate until now: a junior gul with no other fiat than his own vessel, always serving in the company of other vessels and their older commanders—the Dominion hadn't seen fit to spare manpower to put a team aboard until word came that the Sherouk, along with Macet's Trager, would be among the first twenty ships in the Cardassian fleet to receive Dominion upgrades. Berat faced the transporter officer and ordered in as neutral a voice as he could muster, "Riyăk...ouvrisupum." The young officer initiated the transport sequence. Through the krilătbre-yezul—the inverted teardrop-shaped protrusion at the center of the Cardassian forehead, he sensed the building energy columns in the room just as any other Cardassian would—but for him, the neural stimulation coupled with his misgivings to send a shot of pain radiating from his forehead to a point just behind his eyes. It felt like being stabbed—but he was well used to these intermittent pains by now and only the most astute observer would notice the tension around his jaw ridges as he focused it into submission. The transport proceeded perfectly—much to Berat's disappointment. The gul focused on the Vorta male and stepped forward. "Dasreen," he said in his most formal phrasing, "on behalf of my crew I welcome you aboard the Sherouk." He bowed slightly—but it was hardly more than the incline of the head he would give to acknowledge one of the junior crew. The tall Vorta had what a terhăn might describe as patrician features and a smug demeanor to go with it. He glanced down his long nose at the Cardassian gul, who stood arrow-straight with hands folded carefully behind his back. "Tayben Berat…your reputation precedes you. I understand you have…a certain experience in interspecies diplomacy." Berat stiffened, and so did Yejain. Does he mean what I think he does? "I have undertaken such missions in the past, yes." "I imagine you would find such skills useful in an endeavor of this nature," Dasreen replied. Berat let his shoulders relax before the consequences of the sustained tension could manifest; this sounded diplomatic enough. Then the Vorta just had to append his remarks. "The Dominion, after all, is founded upon harmony between its component species, and you certainly understand the repercussions of upsetting that harmony. I expect you to employ that skill to the fullest extent; you will certainly need your crew to carry out your will as effectively as if you were doing it yourself." Though the subtext of translated speech could be difficult to interpret at times, Berat was almost a hundred percent sure he detected a measure of contempt in the Vorta's eyes as he spoke that last sentence. And he had a dreadful suspicion as to why. "I have full faith in my crew," Berat said—and it was absolutely true. "You will find their qualifications more than sufficient to your project." "But…" Dasreen let the word hang there for a second. "What about their commander?" "You needn't trouble yourself on that count," Berat curtly replied. "I intend to be present as well—I know my ship very well and I'm certain I can contribute my expertise." Dasreen's features hardened. "My team is well familiar with your systems; we need only carry out our labor. A 'presence' is not necessary." "With all due respect," Berat quietly pressed for the sake of the Sherouk and his crew, "each ship is the product not only of its schematics but of its individual history, both in drydock and in space. I know that history intimately. I know those subtle things that differentiate the Sherouk from its counterparts and I can prevent you from wasting any of your labor." "If your contribution is one of knowledge, that can be had from a multitude of sources to include your computers and your chief engineer, and does not require your physical presence. Unless you believe you can make a more substantial contribution—" Dasreen's eyes gleamed with malicious delight now; he was about to spring his trap and Berat had had no other choice but to walk right into it. "Show me your hands." You really want to see them, do you? Why, I would be delighted! Berat ground his teeth, picturing a particularly obscene gesture he was reasonably sure he still had the dexterity for: the fingers of each hand formed a circle with the thumb, littlest finger of each hand extended—and a thrust of the right hand quite graphically suggested what act the offending party performed on his off-duty hours. Berat seethed, knowing full well his barely-restrained anger would only enhance the impression he was about to give this supercilious, genetically-programmed tree-ape. He could already feel it; it was a foregone conclusion. So he gave Dasreen nothing other than strict compliance with the order—certainly not the submissive 'gorhoç edek' one said to a legate, nor even the bow one gave a more senior gul. His face, his eyes became utterly devoid of affect as he unfolded his hands from behind his back and held them, palms inward, before the Vorta. The tremor was quite pronounced, as Berat had expected. I suppose it could've been worse, he thought as Dasreen pursed his lips and raised a thin eyebrow that Berat suspected—though such things were far from his realm of experience—had been meticulously trimmed into that shape rather than having grown that way. It could have been evening and I could be exhausted on top of insulted, mortified, and furious. Then Dasreen pronounced his verdict. "Disgraceful." Berat's jaw and neck ridges burned in concert and as much as he would have loved to let the fury crescendo to a fevered wrath, he knew he couldn't afford it—the cost in pain was too high, especially now, in this supercilious creature's view. The Vorta wasn't finished. "I had heard you Cardassians were a paragon of efficiency; I see now that your people's standards are…rather below what I would have expected of a race so famed for its willingness to make the hard decisions needed to allocate its scarce resources." He gave a derisive, haughty bark of a laugh. "Ha! Any Jem'Hadar or even Vorta in your condition would be euthanized immediately—and if I were in your position, I would gladly offer myself up to the mercy of the Founders." The eyes of the riyăk manning the transporter console positively burned by now, enough so that Berat feared for the young man's safety. Even the ordinarily placid Glinn Yejain had a dangerous, steel glint in his own eyes that Berat rarely ever saw during his first officer's tenure on the Sherouk. Yejain might seem like a slight man—wiry in build, but he was a martial arts master of the highest order. And when he had reason to unleash that aspect of himself…the results even struck fear into Klingon warriors. And now he wore the same look he'd had the instant before he snapped the neck of one such Klingon with nothing but his bare hands, when they had tried to take the Sherouk during the fight to hold the vicious berserkers out of the Cardassia system. But right now, there was nothing either of them could do about the insufferable little skrăgh standing before them. If only I could snap his scrawny little pole neck! Berat fumed. As it was, he pointedly folded his hands back behind his back and stood as tall as he could, fixing Dasreen with a frosty gaze that to those who knew him would have seem strange in his ordinarily kind pale blue eyes. "We Cardassians aren't cloned in a lab somewhere with convenient little memory transfers when we die. And that means we value our lives. I may not conform to your sterile ideal, but I happen to like being alive, thank you very much!" "How predictable," Dasreen sneered. "Typical Cardassian narcissism…you value your own miserable little life and yet I have seen what your people can do when you believe yourselves provoked—or when you feel entitled to something that belongs to someone else." There was no rebuttal: his personal record simply could not erase the ragged, blood-soaked truth. Berat could only glare as Dasreen finally stepped down from the transporter pad and the Jem'Hadar contingent filed down the hall behind him, not pausing once to ask for permission or even directions. In fact, for all the Vorta cared, Berat might as well not be there. The instant the Dominion contingent left the room, Berat exploded. "Ghencardă'ăsca!" And almost immediately he regretted it. It was not a word Gul Berat would ordinarily ever contemplate using…in fact, he found it distasteful in the extreme: he knew how varied the minds and motivations of non-Cardassians could be. He had no tolerance for it when fellow guls branded other species as ghencardăst—sub-Cardassian…and now, in his fury towards the Vorta, he had trampled all over his principles. And as every Cardassian well knew…a crime of passion spoke to what lay within just as loudly as any planned act, and therefore deserved no amnesty. Berat flushed—not visibly, under the pale grey scales that covered the top layer of his skin, but he suspected that as close as Yejain was standing, the glinn could sense the bioelectric fluctuation that accompanied the increase in circulation. "Forget I said that," he snapped at Yejain and the transporter operator alike. "That's an order!" He stalked out of the transporter room, thoroughly disgusted at himself. Silently he swore an oath upon the lives of any future children: That will be the last victory Dasreen ever gains over me! 2375—The Dominion War—Two weeks before the Septimus Massacre CUW Sherouk Gul Berat and Doctor Hetalc sat cross-legged in an intersection between maintenance conduits across from Glinns Yejain and Motreln. A sly grin spread across the gul's face as he announced, "I believe I have a solution to our Jem'Hadar problem...that is, provided the Dominion modifications to 'their' areas haven't been so extensive as to disable the fire suppression systems. They were foolish to take over a cargo bay; I intend to exploit that." "I like the way you think, Gul." Glinn Motreln mirrored her commander's wicked smile. "Don't tell me…level three suppression protocol?" "Exactly! We alter our cargo manifests to trick the computer into thinking we're storing something extremely flammable in that bay—something like trilithium resin that could generate flames hot enough to burn through the deckplates in a matter of seconds. Then we send a false indication of fire…and just like that, the entire bay vents to vacuum, sweeping every single Jem'Hadar out to space." "Excellent," commended the gray-haired Dr. Hetalc, "but I have one request." "Go ahead, Doctor." Berat's smile warmed immediately; this was, after all, the man who had brought him back from the brink of death four years ago. Provided the favor wasn't any more extreme or risky than the overall plan, he would be more than happy to oblige. "I want the bodies. I want to understand how it is the Founders have programmed actual beliefs into these creatures, what neurological structures they've created to accomplish that," Hetalc said, for he had taken a great interest in the discipline of neurology since the Volan III incident, the better to manage his commander's condition. "But it's not just scientific curiosity. I'm concerned with how the Founders accomplish what they do. I want to know if it's all done at the moment of conception—cloning—whatever it is—or if it's…something else. Something they could spread straight into the Cardassian population if they ever get it in their heads to try." That put a chill down everyone's spine; Dominion bioweapons expertise was chilling, to say the least. He'd heard about the slow genocide to which the Dominion had condemned the Teplan people for disobedience. Who knew what else they were capable of? Perhaps a gene-altering pathogen wasn't so far-fetched a fear after all. "Request granted," Berat decided. "We'll set the forcefield to let air pass—but not organic matter." "Just one question," put in Glinn Yejain. "I understand the plan to eliminate the Jem'Hadar—but Gul Macet was quite clear about the risk of killing the Vorta. We can't allow that termination implant of theirs to send any signals. That's a problem…Dasreen can't be in that cargo bay with the Jem'Hadar, but they can't be allowed to suspect anything is amiss. Unless replacement is an option?" Hetalc shook his head. "No one on this crew is a close enough match in build, facial features, and voice to chance it." "So we use synthesized audio to call them…and holography," said Glinn Motreln, "when we have to communicate with other ships. But Gul…I'm curious as well—how do we incapacitate Dasreen? They control the transporters, the Jem'Hadar bodyguards are there at all hours…how do we isolate him?" "I will," Berat declared with a fierce glare. Motreln's eye ridges widened as far as they could. "Brocol lerayt edek?"she asked. "Çada?" Did I hear correctly? You? Berat took no offense; their hearing, like all Cardassians, was weaker than most galactic powers. Though the deficit was far from extreme, their people still gave less trust to their hearing than most cardasdanoid species and showed far less embarrassment about asking for repeats of potentially misheard statements than did species like the terhăn-çăs. "You heard correctly," Gul Berat replied. "There is no other way." His officers fell silent and he understood exactly why. The situation of the Sherouk was completely unique in the Cardassian Guard and perhaps any other galactic military, with the Federation as one of the few possible exceptions. All on the highest levels of the command crew were there because they wanted to be, there because they believed in Berat's cleverness and drive, and honored the faith that he had in them. But all of them did so knowing exactly what the risks were. He had spoken to them about it in the frankest terms possible as soon as the announcement came down that he would retain his command, offered a one-time opportunity for anyone ranked dalin or above who wished to transfer to another command to do so without prejudice. No one had taken it, but Berat had to wonder if any of these three would be questioning their decision now. Hardly ever were the risks more extreme than now. Their gul could never fire a weapon and had a dangerous, almost certainly lethal hypersensitivity to others' energy weapons, even on their lowest stun settings. His reaction time for anything requiring great coordination was compromised and his stamina in hand-to-hand combat doubtful at best. And for a man with limited use of the hands, manipulating tools and sometimes even computer consoles presented significant difficulties. What Berat was proposing to do was to face the Vorta alone with only his words, his wits, and his courage as his weapons. And even as they admired him for it…he knew what all three of them surely imagined. The thought had crossed his mind too—far too many times. "I have a few more questions for each of you," Berat continued. "Doctor…do you know if Vorta are capable of seeing the ghenorev?"


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The University of South Florida has hired Western Kentucky's Willie Taggart as its new head football coach.
Taggart coached WKU to a record of 16-20 over the previous three seasons, including a 7-5 mark this year. The Hilltoppers will play Central Michigan in the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl on Dec. 26.
Western Kentucky director of athletics Todd Stewart announced that defensive coordinator Lance Guidry will take over as the interim head coach and will lead the Hilltoppers in the bowl game.
"Obviously, we are very disappointed that Coach Taggart will no longer be our head football coach," Stewart said. "He did a tremendous job for WKU - inheriting a program with a 20-game losing streak before posting back to back 7-5 records in his second and third seasons. We had a landmark win in Lexington over the University of Kentucky, and we were the only Sun Belt Conference school to defeat Arkansas State. And, as everyone knows, this past Sunday our program earned our first ever bowl appearance as a Football Bowl Subdivision member."
This marks a return to the Tampa area for Taggart. A former quarterback at WKU, Taggart was a prep standout at Manatee High School in Bradenton.
Prior to his time at WKU, Taggart was the running backs coach at Stanford from 2007-09. He also spent eight seasons as an assistant coach at WKU from 1999-2006.
Taggart replaces Skip Holtz, who was fired last Sunday. The Bulls completed the 2012 campaign, their third under Holtz's direction, with a 3-9 record. South Florida went just 5-16 in Big East play and 16-21 overall during Holtz's tenure, which began in January of 2010 after the university hired the 48-year- old following a successful five-year stint with East Carolina.
"I always said I wouldn't leave WKU unless I had a chance to go and win a national championship, and I truly believe that can be done here," Taggart said. "It wasn't long ago USF was No. 2 in the country. It's been proven that we can get there. What we have to do now is put everybody on the bus, put 'em in the right seat and let coach T drive this bus!"


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Are there any plans to offer this anywhere on the rally grounds? A few Wi-Fi hotspots would be the cats pajammas.
Are there any plans to offer this anywhere on the rally grounds? A few Wi-Fi hotspots would be the cats pajammas.
I'd be happy if I were able to get my email while at the rally.
2004 R1150RT 183,000 miles , 1991 K100LT 128,700 miles, 1982 R100RT 106,900 miles
Total 418,600 BMW miles
The cheapest thing on a BMW is the nut that connects the handlebars to the seat.
Brad D. - Member #105766
'77 R100RS - Black Beauty (big pipe, baby!)
'94 R1100RS - Sylvia
I understand from Jackie Hughes, that the internet provider for the rally will have a wireless wi-fi setup in the Cyber cafe location. So you can bring your laptop and network card to connect .
Seattle, WA
Sweet! I'll have mine. Maybe I'll bring my webcam too.
Rob and I are going to run a "How to use the Forum" seminar, so I knew there'd be access, but wireless is too cool. This may lead to some tent based browsing if there's camping space near the cyber cafe.
Dave Swider
Marin County, CA
Some bikes. Some with motors, some without.
Ha! That would be cool. That just may be possible. I don't think we can count on signal in the beer hall though. It is a ways away from the cyber-stop. Too bad, as we spent hours in the beer hall in Redmond with laptops, without access, and was hoping we could get online in the beer hall this time. No biggy.
Seattle, WA
This is great news. Thanks!
Okay, so we now have wireless. But how about power? I am not volunteering for extension cord duty.
It isn't what you ride, it is if you ride
I was looking around for power outlets, on the tour. I saw them in many places. There is an overflow room adjacent to the beer hall where there are electrical outlets on every support column in this large room. In the Cyber cafe area in a separate building, I did not look for outlets, but I imagine there are plenty. This facility is pretty well equipped . Even out on one of the lawn camping areas there are outlets on posts, but I don't know if they are hot. It looks like the lawn is used for vendor booths during the County Fair or something, but we will fill it with "quiet side" camping. There is another huge lawn area devoid of electrical posts which is designated the "loud- side" camping area.
Seattle, WA
It isn't what you ride, it is if you ride
Check out the thread at http://forums.bmwmoa.org/showthread....&threadid=2951Originally posted by skiziks
Are there any plans to offer this anywhere on the rally grounds? A few Wi-Fi hotspots would be the cats pajammas.
Volunteer opportunities there.
An interesting article for you wireless wonders appeared in the Seattle paper this morning about the new "Hot Zone" in downtown Spokane. Check it out at:http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/busine...spokane24.html
You can now get free internet access from a 100 block area in downtown Spokane. But for only a couple of hours a day.
Maybe someday it will be more widespread, but this is the largest in the US so far.
Seattle, WA
An article in this morning's newspaper (http://www.cdapress.com/articles/200...ews/news01.txt) says the city of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho (about 30 miles East of Spokane) is also setting up a downtown wi-fi network. Now, if we could bridge the gap between the two cities...


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Sangre de Cristo Mountains > Penitente Peak > Climber's Log
Penitente Peak Climber's Log
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|From Lake
Date Climbed: Aug 29, 2015
|Hiked up Lake Peak from Nambe Lake, then traversed over to Penitente. Headed down to Puerto Nambe and out the Windsor Trail. Nice day.
|Posted Aug 30, 2015 5:27 pm
|Good Company
Date Climbed: Jul 26, 2014
|Hiked up from the adjoining saddle with Lake Peak with a guy I met on the trail. He pointed out most of the landmarks we could see from the summit. The Truchas Peaks, Sheephead, Chimayosos, the Pecos Baldys, Jicarilla, Jicarita, Round Mountain, Hamilton Mesa, Elk Mountain, the Sandias, the Ortiz Mountains, the Manzanos, Gallinas, San Antonio Mountain, Chicoma, Polvadera, Georgia O'Keeffe's Cerro Pedernal. We speculated as to whether Sierra Blanca would be visible on a clearer day, but it was too hazy. We parted ways there, as I headed off toward Santa Fe Baldy, and he headed on the ridgeline to the south.
|Posted Jul 28, 2014 1:03 pm
|Garon Coriz
|2nd Trip
Date Climbed: Jul 29, 2012
|Left Abq REI at 5:45 am with Jay and David. We got lost on the wrong road in Santa Fe but found the right one eventually. Started hiking at 8:20, summited Lake Peak at 9:50. We headed on over to Penitente, arriving at 10:30, before backtracking and heading down Raven's Ridge. Returned at 12:15. Friendly, fluffy clouds on this day. Tons of people out on the trails.
|Posted Jul 29, 2012 10:37 pm
|Nice hike up Ravens Ridge
Date Climbed: Jul 16, 2012
|Hiked in conjunction with Lake Peak.
|Posted Jul 19, 2012 10:48 am
|Great weather, snowshoes required for return trip
Date Climbed: Apr 21, 2012
|Came up over Lake and continued the loop to Penitente. Route finding over the ridge from Lake was a bit challenging, but once all the way down in the saddle zigzagging up the sun cupped and hardened snow went pretty quick. About an hour and a half from the top of Lake to Penitente. Sat on the summit for about 20 minutes watching a couple people look as if they wanted to cross from Deception to Lake, but were not sure of the ridge.
Continuing the loop I headed down towards Puerto Nambe, only to find that snowshoes would have been the best thing to have carried over Deception, Lake and Penitente. I spent about three hours route finding in waist deep snow that was hard and crusty enough in some areas to support my weight, and not in others. By the time I got back to the Windsor I was beat, and will still about 4-5 miles from the TH.
Made it back to the car at 18:00, in one piece. Weather was great all day, maybe a touch warm - which didn't help my snow situation.
|Posted Apr 24, 2012 4:08 pm
|Raven's Ridge
Date Climbed: Oct 17, 2009
|Hiked up to Lake Peak, beautiful views, and then hiked over to Penitente Peak. I did this whole hike car-to-car in 4.5 hours, and I thought I was doing way awesome until I saw a couple of guys running up the trail. I went back the same way down Raven's Ridge.
|Posted Oct 17, 2009 7:57 pm
|Trio of Sangre
Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2009
|Yep this one too. A big, broad meadow, but nice anyway.
|Posted Aug 3, 2009 10:34 pm
|A Trip End Point
Date Climbed: Jul 22, 1992
|Another peak we often ate lunch on during llama trips into the Pecos Wilderness. We would leave from a camp at Puerto Nambe and make Penitente Peak our end point, never did go on over to Lake Peak.
|Posted May 26, 2008 9:45 pm
|part of loop
Date Climbed: Jul 5, 1983
|Date a guess. The loop from the ski area, over Lake Peak and Down Penitente, down Windsor trail, was a popular day hike.
|Posted May 12, 2008 1:47 pm
|Missed the lightening...
Date Climbed: Jul 14, 2007
|Decided to chance the ridge to Penitente Peak with dark clouds looming. 20 minutes later we were on the top and the clouds moved east. Fantastic views!
|Posted Sep 10, 2007 11:23 pm
|Lake Peak, Windsor Loop
Date Climbed: Sep 17, 2006
|Great loop! The aspens in Nambe drainage were looking very good, they'll be at their peak soon.
|Posted Sep 18, 2006 4:13 am
|Garon Coriz
|Route Climbed: Lake Peak/Windsor Trail Loop Date Climbed: August 17, 2005
|I chose to make a run for the summit from Lake Peak when I discovered it was only 8:30 am and it would be a while before any storms could form. I made it over in 14 minutes and my legs nearly gave out while within 200 feet of the summit.
|Posted Aug 17, 2005 6:22 pm
|Midlife Mountaineer
|Route Climbed: Raven's Ridge, Lake Peak, returned via Tesuque Peak Date Climbed: July 2004
|This turned out to be a short hike because of the time saved by returning via Tesuque. Nice day but breezy at the top.
|Posted Jun 25, 2005 9:11 pm
|Route Climbed: Lake Peak/Windsor Trail loop Date Climbed: June 2003
|A very cool loop hike to do and Penitente's broad summit makes for a nice lunch spot, provided there's no storms around. Beware the large snowfield in the saddle between it and Lake Peak which tends to linger into the summer.
|Posted May 13, 2004 1:06 am
|Route Climbed: Windsor/Skyline Trail Date Climbed: September 2003
|Summited this peak, along with Lake and deception, on a nasty Sunday morning. Very high winds assaulted me on the summit, making it nearly impossible to walk a straight line over the bald peaks. Beware the ridges between Penetente, Lake, and Deception Peaks, as in high winds they may be very precarious. Still, a great and challenging climb.
|Posted Oct 13, 2003 12:17 am
|Route Climbed: Lake Peak/Windsor Trail Loop Date Climbed: 2/96
|Climbed in Feb. 1996 with James Harrison of Albuquerque, NM as an overnight trip. When we left the Santa Fe Ski basin parking lot, the biggest Blizzard to hit this area in a long time began raging, so we quickly lost all visibility. By the time we began the traverse along the South Ridge of Lake Peak, we could see only 10' in front of us. From the Summit of Penitente Peak we could see only a whiteout, and we ended up camping amongst the trees along the ridge below the summit. Despite all the snow, we had a great trip. The sun came out the next morning, but we had to shoe through 3' of new snow, which was kind of unnerving at times. Still, we had a blast!
|Posted Jan 4, 2003 7:31 am


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I am using ZA Security Suite
I have multiple drives on my system, some of which do not require regular scanning due to infrequent access.
So I disabled several of them from scanning by going to Anti-virus / Anti-spyware > Advanced Options > Scan Targets and unchecked any drives
I dont want to
Seems straight forward enough, however, many times I arrive at my machine to find ZA churning away at a scan that should have ended hours ago, but it is scanning drives that are not checked.
Now, under Spyware options I do have it checked for deep scan, however, the logical presumption is that would deep scan those drives selected earlier.
Is my thought process flawed here?
Thank you in advance,Vic
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My vote goes to anyone but the Lakers.
My vote goes to anyone but the Lakers.
I would like Nash or Kidd to get a ring.
Mavericks. Dirk is long overdue, their bench is world class and they also have the toughness now with Chandler, Haywood and Barea.
In addition to that Jason KIdd is the only player on their roster I dislike.
There are atleast 2 on any other team.
Bulls - Rose is a beast and deserves it. Great humble guy, but our old enemy plus I don't like Boozer and Noah.
Celtics - I don't need to say anything.....pretty much the only guy I LIKE on their roster is Ray Allen.
Spurs - I don't like Ginobili and Blair is another guy who's easy to dislike.
Heat - I hate their ENTIRE roster. It's dislike for teams like L.A. or Chicago, but Miami is THE team in basketball that I really really hate from the bottom of my heart.
Magic - I don't like Turkoglu, Nelson and Arenas. Stan Van Gundy is pathetic aswell.
Hawks - Can't stand Horford after that war of words with STAT. Never liked Smith and Pachulia. Hinrich is irritating aswell.
Thunder - Dislike Perkins and to some extent Harden. They won't win it anyway.
So I gotta go with the Mavs.
Denver or Dallas. Denver for Gallo, Chandler, felton, and mozgov. Mavs because Dirk and Kidd deserve a ring, and they're not gunna be around for ever
Orange and blue, yesterday, today, and tomorrow...
Denver I guess... But really **** everyone who isn't the Knicks!
Denver, I miss Will the Thrill, Gallo, Everybody Loves Raymond and Moz.
Look at this thread, it's just another example of how people WANT us to fail.
"I want the team we just traded players to to win with the players we had thus proving our trade wasn't as good as we thought!"
No thanks.
I'd love the Blazers to win it and catch a break and I'd love Oden to be the one to get them there and I'd love to see Roy win a championship before his career may prematurely end.
If it's not the Knicks, I'd like to see Dwight Howard win a championship in Orlando. I think he's a genuinely likable guy & I'd like to see him celebrated amongst the top C's that have played this game by winning a chip.
Hell no do I want the Nuggets to win a championship regardless of how much I liked Gallo, Wilson & Ray.
The Nets (hey, it's my home team!....well, for one more year).
I've always been a fan of the Hornets since the Charlotte days.
The Suns (especially for Nash), Warriors, Bobcats, Timberwolves, etc.
I want us to build a dynasty, but I wouldn't mind other teams winning to keep us hungry.
If the poll is for this year, nobody can mess with us in the East!
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If it's not the knicks then I would say OKC. Durant will be in the shadows of wade and lebron if he does not get a ring. He would be like the reggir miller cyde drexler or D wilkins of his time, they were outshined but Jordan.
I also love westbrook, that kid is a stud.
The King Of Clutch
If not the Knicks then the Lakers for me.
Dallas. I like the team they have and I'd love to see them win it all. Shame they lost Butler.
Lakers. I appreciate greatness. And I wanna see the black mamba punk Boston and the league again.
Wouldn't hate to see Duncan win another, either.
Including teams who won't, but could hit powerball...Portland, I agree. Would be cool to see Roy, even Oden, get a chip, as the horrific downfalls of their budding superstar careers just keeps careening.
He's the antithesis of Shaq, Boston in general for that matter, and is one of the few non-Knick stars that I am a fan of.
Ginobili is another.


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Thursday, June 19, 2014
US dollar steady at 8.15 pesos, 'blue' dollar up to 12.40 pesos
With all eyes focused on Argentina's legal dispute against vulture funds, the so called "blue" dollar closed 10 cents higher at 12.40 pesos, hitting a 85-cent hike over the week.
Yesterday, the informal market rate ended 10 cents higher at 12.30 pesos, closing before the news that Argentina had offered US Judge Thomas Griesa to open negotiations with holdouts was known.
Gap with the official rate was reaching 53 percent.
Meanwhile, the US dollar at Buenos Aires City banks and foreign exchange offices closed steady at 8.15 pesos.The blue-chip swap dollar was unchanged at 10.51 pesos and the stock exchange dollar was higher at 11.76 pesos.


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Empowering deserving military families with educational support and opportunities.
Any special vacations or trips planned for the holidays?
The sons high school band is playing in the Citrus Bowl in Orlando. So the wife and daughter are going with them also.
Hopefully that allows for a week of working half days and playing golf the est of the time.
nope, no plans! but my last day of work for the year will be dec 18, kick back and relax. that is if the wife lets me. you know how it is sometimes vacation can be more work than, well you know.
A week in Florida over Thanksgiving and then about 3 weeks over Christmas/New Year.
New York City a week before Christmas to see a friend in a broadway play (I have no idea which one, but for a reason to go to NYC, I will sit through just about anything) and Vegas in the first week of January.
I am going to Ohio for Christmas and staying here 4 thanksgiving
Nope, nada, nothing...probably going to have family over to the house so I don't have to pack up the 2 kids and drive everywhere in the cold.
nothing planned right now, but the wife and I are talking about a long weekend in Feb to Arizona. If that happens it will be 5 travelling for sure (myself, her, the 2 kids and the clubs!)
Leaving the warm climes of Texas about the 9th of Dec. and heading back for Xmas. Will celebrate with family and the three new grandchildren. Then on the 27th, head back to the warmer climes for more golf, some fishing, and playing bridge with friends. If any of you are on the road at that time when we aare going back south, don't get in my way.
My wife can relate Shaun, my clubs travel with me as if they were my kids as well.
This is just going to be a low key, laid back kind of holiday. My daughter will be home from the University of Michigan, and we're just going to spend some family time together hanging out. Perhaps a couple trips to Chicago for wandering about and taking in the season.
Sounds boring, but we've kind of made a decision to be a bit more conservative this holiday and manage some quality time.