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On request of the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Agriculture, GIZ started to support the development of the Kingdom's organic agriculture sector in April 2005. The overall mission of the Organic Farming Project was to establish a functioning and sustainable organic agriculture sector in Saudi Arabia. Within a mere 7 years, essential policy and support functions have been set in place and the project together with its partners of the Ministry's Department of Organic Agriculture (DOA) and the Saudi Organic Farming Association (SOFA) has turned organic agriculture in the KSA into a remarkable example for organic sector development.
Consumer demand for healthy and high quality foods is growing in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. At the same time, domestic organic markets are emerging. Organic agriculture offers substantial opportunities for small farmers in the Kingdom since the shift from severe competition at local conventional markets to an organic niche market offers attractive price premiums in a growing market environment. However, the benefits of organic agriculture are not confined to business opportunities. In addition to market considerations, the Kingdom acknowledges organic as environmentally friendly and emphasizes the potential to protect the Kingdom's valuable resources by strengthening soil fertility, biodiversity and other ecosystem services.
Beyond national interests, Saudi Arabia has taken up an important role in promoting organic throughout the entire Arabic peninsular. In 2011 the Kingdom has acknowledged the advocating role of IFOAM together with its standard equivalence initiatives and joined IFOAMs Family of Standards. The first Saudi Organic Regulation and Standards are currently under revision in order to fully comply with the Common Objectives and Requirements of Organic Standards (COROS) in the near future. The formation of an IFOAM Middle East Group is on the way; with Dr. Saad Khalil (Ministry of Agriculture Organic Farming Supervisor and Secretary General of SOFA) Saudi Arabia has engaged in both a facilitating and mediating role to strengthen organic in the Middle East, ease equivalence and support regional trade of organic products.
A first organic agricultural policy concept has been introduced in October 2012, depicting adequate policy support measures for strengthening the Kingdom's organic sector in a long-term perspective. First reactions by the Saudi government have been very positive and a translation of the policy into an operational organic action plan can be expected in 2013. The policy combines market oriented and resource oriented goals to an intermediate strategy reflecting both productivity and resource objectives. Strengthening consumers' awareness via a national PR campaign in 2013 is among priorities as well as supporting and strengthening basic governmental functions such as Organic Research and Extension.
Organic agriculture research in dry climatic environments such as Saudi Arabia offers great future opportunities to deliver substantial solutions for smallholders in the Kingdom and elsewhere. In the light of extreme climates, Organic Research & Extension is among key issues which can make a difference for organic producers to help shape global sustainable organic systems development in future. Saudi Arabia has taken up this challenge and is about to develop and strengthen its Organic Agriculture Research Sector together with the GIZ in close collaboration with FiBL Switzerland. There is a lot to do, yet at the same time a lot of confidence and motivation to provide solutions to producers in arid climates in Saudi Arabia and beyond.
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Schilling: Cancer caused by smokeless tobacco
Former pitcher reveals he's battled oral cancer after 30 years of chewing
By Spencer Fordin / MLB.com
There's another ballplayer lined up in the fight against smokeless tobacco.
Curt Schilling said Wednesday that he believes his use of smokeless tobacco led to oral cancer that required radiation and chemotherapy. Schilling revealed the type of cancer he had while speaking on WEEI Radio during the Boston station's annual fund-raising broadcast for the Jimmy Fund.
"I do believe without a doubt, unquestionably, that chewing is what gave me cancer," he said.
During the broadcast, Schilling issued a warning to smokeless tobacco users.
"It's like being given a death sentence without committing a crime," Schilling said.
The cause of ballplayers against smokeless tobacco deepened in June, when Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn died after battling cancer of the salivary gland. After Gwynn's passing, Commissioner Bud Selig and Tony Clark, the executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association, both expressed a desire to end the use of tobacco in baseball.
"It will be a subject they'll discuss during the next collective bargaining," Selig said during the All-Star break. "I understand that individuals have a right to make their own decisions. I hope we're successful, because the Tony Gwynn story was a heartbreaking, awful story.
"I feel very strongly about this, just as I did 10, 15 years ago. The one thing I personally assume as Commissioner is that we're responsible for the health of our players. I believe that. Some may think that's naive, but I don't think so."
Schilling, who pitched in the Majors for 20 years, said that he used smokeless tobacco for 30 years and that he had been unable to kick the habit despite pain associated with it.
"It's a dangerously addictive habit that I wish I had never done," Schilling said.
Schilling had a heart attack in 2011 and required surgery to place a stent in one of his arteries, and he told WEEI on Wednesday that he has lost 75 pounds during his bout with cancer.
"I am in remission," Schilling said. "[However], I don't have any salivary glands. I can't taste anything and I can't smell anything."
Spencer Fordin is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Old IE in new IE: Browsium Ion
Browsium Ion is the successor to UniBrows, a software package that made the Internet Explorer 6 engine available to newer versions of Internet Explorer. UniBrows used Internet Explorer 6 code licensed from Microsoft to run IE6-compatible tabs within Internet Explorer 8 or Internet Explorer 9, giving users backwards compatibility without incurring the overhead of virtualization. Ion, for its part, promises Internet Explorer 6 and 7 compatibility without actually using any of those browsers' aging code.
Instead, the Ion browser add-on uses its "Adaptive IE Quirks" profile to simulate old browser engines, offering the ability to render pages in Internet Explorer 6, 7, 8, or 9 modes. The software can also run older versions of ActiveX controls (including the Java plugin) alongside current ones, if necessary. Browsium offers a test site that was built to IE6 specifications, and even includes some old Java applets to simulate the kind of page that Ion was meant to fix.
Ion has two components. The first is the Ion Configuration Manager, which can be used both to test new profiles as you create them and to export new .ADM or .ADMX files to control and enforce your settings via group policies. The second is a client installer, available as an MSI, which must be rolled out to every computer that needs to use Ion (including the system or systems running the Configuration Manager).
Browsium Ion's cost is variable, based on the number of licenses you buy and the amount of support you need. Assuming you've paid for the middle of the three support tiers, Browsium quoted me a price of about $15 per seat per year for 1,000 seats, with the price per seat decreasing for larger organizations (about $7 per seat per year for 5,000 seats) and increasing for smaller ones (about $25 per seat per year for 500 seats or $65 per seat per year for 100 seats). Product upgrades are provided for free for as long as your license is current, and while there are no discounts for maintenance licenses the company is "always willing to negotiate," particularly for educational or non-profit institutions.
According to Browsium Director of Systems Engineering Christopher Vaughn, "[Browsium was] told by one large (>1000 seat) customer that our cost to them was 95% cheaper than the alternatives they were looking at (which are typically a mix of application upgrades, rewrites and virtualization)." As with the Microsoft solutions, you'll need to weigh the cost of Ion against the cost of upgrading to see which makes more sense for your organization.
Old school IE in Chrome and Mozilla: IE Tab
IE Tab exists in two iterations, one for Mozilla Firefox and one for Google Chrome. In both cases, the core functionality is the same: it's an extension that allows you to open a tab within the browser that uses Internet Explorer's rendering engine rather than the engine native to the browser. The downside is that you're still stuck having the old browser installed on your system, since it uses whatever version of Internet Explorer you happen to have installed. If you have sites that need Internet Explorer 6, that means keeping IE6 installed on your machines alongside any new browsers. So, it's not so much replacing the old browser as wallpapering over it.
On the plus side, IE Tab's options window allows you to type in URLs that you would like to render in Internet Explorer by default, so you can keep users out of the IE6 danger zone except when absolutely necessary. In Firefox, you can also switch engines at any time by right-clicking a tab and clicking "Switch Rendering Engine" to reload the page. The Chrome version of the add-in adds an Internet Explorer button to the right of your address bar that will bring up a special address bar you can use to open sites with IE's engine.
The Firefox and Chrome versions of the add-on are both a bit different, but in general the rendering behavior is the same—in the latest versions of Chrome and Firefox on a Windows XP system running IE6, the browsing experience using IE Tab is pretty much the same as using IE6, for better or worse.
This solution is both free and easy, but it does tie you to the Internet Explorer version (and underlying operating system) that you need to use for compatibility. If you need Internet Explorer 6 compatibility, you'll still be tied to Windows XP, and there's no virtual machine or sandbox between your users' computers and exploits targeting those old browsers.


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Mules Rule Over Horses, Donkeys in Spatial Cognition Tests
- Sep 16, 2013
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Mules appear to have a faster capacity to learn about spatial relations—figuring out where things are, or navigating around objects—than horses and donkeys.
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The gate is on the other side. No, the other side. The other side, horse! The gate is on the other side. If you've ever seen your horse get "stuck" in a pasture because they've "forgotten" where the gate is, you're likely not alone. And when it comes to spatial cognition, the old adage "stubborn as a mule" might better be said, "stubborn as a horse" or "sensible as a mule."
According to recent research by British scientists, mules appear to have a faster capacity to learn about spatial relations—figuring out where things are, or navigating around objects—than horses and donkeys.
And when objects get moved and the animals must find new paths around them, horses stand out as being particularly attached to their old ways. In other words, they tend to stubbornly insist that the old way is still the right way. Yep, stubborn as a mule. Or horse.
"I would say that mules in general are smarter than horses and donkeys, based on our findings so far," said Britta Osthaus, PhD, researcher in the psychology department of Christ Church University in Canterbury, UK. This could be attributable to what she calls "hybrid vigor"—or "the advantageous combination of parental traits," Osthaus said. "In the mule this would mean they are better in the cognitive tasks we have set them to so far."
These cognitive tasks started with a simple design of setting up a fence between the animal and its food, with an open gate at one end of the fence. The researchers tested 12 horses, 12 donkeys, and 12 mules as they each tried to find their way to the food. While horses usually worked at a trot, donkeys at a slow walk, and mules at a fast walk, it was the mules who would find the open gate the fastest, Osthaus said. The horses were the slowest to solve the problem.
The researchers then complicated the task by moving the open gate to the other end of the fence. Mules were slightly better at finding the new gate than the donkeys were, but for the most part, worked at a chance level (50/50 chance of finding the gate). The horses, on the other hand, kept insisting that the gate was still in the same place and seemed to "refuse to believe their eyes," she said.
This isn't an advertisement for mules, however, Osthaus warned. "We want to make people aware of their often unused abilities," she said. "It's also important from a welfare aspect to offer mental stimulation to animals that have the capacity to get bored and, as a consequence, maybe destructive or aggressive."
Faith Burden, PhD, researcher at The Donkey Sanctuary in Sidmouth, UK, and co-author of the study, agreed. "I have a mule, but I would certainly not recommend them for most riders!" she said. "Their intelligence works both for and against them as riding animals. If you are happy to spend ample time building the trust of the mule in you then you'll have a partnership like no other. But if you want a safe all-rounder quickly, then they aren't for you."
The mule's advanced intelligence gives it an ability to make decisions "based on logic and safety" that has often been mislabeled as "stubbornness," Burden said. "The expression 'stubborn as a mule' would be better described as 'sensible as a mule.'"
Getting mules to ride directly into a battle zone in a cavalry stampede, for example, was a hopeless task during wartimes—as if they knew it was a bad idea. (But they were very useful as pack animals carrying artillery.) "It is extremely difficult to get a mule to do something that it does not want to do," Burden said.
And while mules have much to offer humans through their sturdiness and intelligence, it certainly doesn't mean you've chosen the wrong equid if you're riding a horse instead. "Problem-solving ability is not always necessary in competitive disciplines—in fact, it's often better if the animal is more obedient than clever," Osthaus said.
If you do own or ride a mule, be sure to keep his higher intelligence in mind, for your own safety and for his own welfare, Osthaus added.
"This is not a competition between horses, mules, and donkeys," she said. "It's about the appreciation that they are different and offer a variety of traits. They also have different needs based on their cognitive abilities."
Leanne Proops, PhD, of the Mammal Vocal Communication and Cognition Research group at the University of Sussex, in the UK, and Ian Hocking, PhD, also of Canterbury Christ Church University, contributed to this research.
The study, "Spatial cognition and perseveration by horses, donkeys, and mules in a simple A-not-B detour task," appeared in March in Animal Cognition.
About the Author
Christa Lesté-Lasserre, MA
Christa Lesté-Lasserre is a freelance writer based in France. A native of Dallas, Texas, Lesté-Lasserre grew up riding Quarter Horses, Appaloosas, and Shetland Ponies. She holds a master's degree in English, specializing in creative writing, from the University of Mississippi in Oxford and earned a bachelor's in journalism and creative writing with a minor in sciences from Baylor University in Waco, Texas. She currently keeps her two Trakehners at home near Paris. Follow Lesté-Lasserre on Twitter @christalestelas.
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After its acquisition by Vail Resorts a little more than a year ago, Northstar-at-Tahoe is undergoing some major changes--so many, in fact, that it's PR and marketing team is almost at a loss for where to start first. Taking initial steps to expose some of the positive advances the resort has made, which first and foremost begins with changing its name from Northstar-at-Tahoe to Northstar California, the resort invited a myriad of media professionals to its Northern California headquarters to see first hand what staff have been up to in preparation for the upcoming snow season.
Bill Rock, who was named chief operating officer in November 2010 and has 15 years of resort industry experience, greeted visitors with a special welcome address that outlined the $30 million in capital improvements Northstar will receive from its parent company. The resort will see a ten percent increase in overall ridable terrain, the installation of a new high-speed chairlift, a new 500 seat on-mountain restaurant and lodge, a signature restaurant, and the addition of Burton and Patagonia retail shops, as well as an expanded The North Face location, within the village. On top of that, snowboard's poster boy Shaun White has also just signed a contract with the resort, making Northstar his home for the season, and giving the resort the opportunity to build a 22-foot, semi-private halfpipe on the property that will serve as White's training facility for the upcoming Olympic Games, X Games, and other competitions.
"We were at a meeting with Shaun a couple weeks ago, and he is excited about being a part of Northstar," says Rock. "Like every agreement, he has obligations he has to live up to and vice versa, but he really wants to be here and will probably be here way more than he's obligated to, and we're stoked to have him."
The resort, which is scheduled to kick off the season Friday, November 18, will open the pipe to White and the public once the region receives enough natural snowfall, according to Communications Manager Jessica VanPernis. The new lift has been completed and is under testing for the next few weeks, while Zephyr Lodge is on track to open before Christmas, VanPernis says.
On the heels of Vail Resorts' launch of EpicMix technology last season, Northstar is also implementing the program and building on the technology with the use of EpicMix Photo. "It basically changes your whole experience; it's a game changer as far as we're concerned," says Marketing Director Davy Ratchford. "We will have fifteen to twenty photographers on any given day on the mountain who will take your picture for free. They can scan your pass and that photo is automatically uploaded to your profile. That's an incredible marketing tool."


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The State and Life Chances in Urban China, 1949-1994 (ICPSR 3552)
Principal Investigator(s): Zhou, Xueguang, Duke University. Department of Sociology; Moen, Phyllis, Cornell University, Department of Sociology
The main goal of this study was to examine life chances among urban residents of China over time. Respondents aged 25-65 provided retrospective information concerning their education, work experience, political party membership, housing, family structure, and other social indicators. Those polled were asked about the type of education they received, whether they had an educational specialty (law, medicine, etc.), and what the location of their school was. Housing information collected on respondents included number of residents in the household, number of rooms, and living space, as well as whether there was a kitchen, tap water, a toilet, and a phone in the household. Respondents were also asked when they started working, in what economic sector, what the size of their work unit was, where it was located, and the type of ownership, as well as what their occupation was, whether it was a permanent or a temporary job, and the type of official position they held (party, administrative, technical, or other position). Additionally, respondents described their satisfaction with current living conditions and their state of health, and provided information on their family background (peasants, workers, military, clerks, etc.). Other information gathered on respondents included gender, date of birth, marital status, number of children, number of siblings, Youth League and Communist Party membership, and respondents' monthly income. Basic information related to respondents' parents (age, education, occupation, Communist Party membership, and others) was also provided. The same information was collected on respondents' spouses (spousal information was provided by either the spouse or the respondent).
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Zhou, Xueguang, and Phyllis Moen. The State and Life Chances in Urban China, 1949-1994. ICPSR03552-v2. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2017-08-09. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03552.v2
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Discussion in 'Strings' started by THESEXPISTOL, Feb 15, 2013.
I was reading Break Point, that book about Vince Spadea and found this...
Poly at 75 lbs? What could go wrong?
Exactly what I was thinking.
Actually Spadea played with Prince Lightning at the time. 75lbs with Prince Lightning is still more comfortable than luxilon at 24kgs. The one who has having problems with luxilon was Mike Bryan.
yes this is true, but i wish it was someone else not spadea writing about this lol
You won't hear it from anyone else. They're just being paid a sh*tload of dollars to keep their mouth shut!
This is still a generalization. Just because it hurts someone who grew up playing with high tension Nylon doesn't mean it will hurt everyone.
Yes it apparently does, otherwise why everybody on tour now migrates to natural gut hybrids (last time I checked)
Rafa, Berdych, Isner, Querrey, Verdasco, Almagro, Ferrer, Tipseravic, and others all use poly. I use poly, at various tensions, I'm not a pro, I don't have perfect technique and I've never had arm injuries. Saying that poly will give you an arm injury is just as much of a sweeping generalization as saying it won't. It all depends on the person.
If poly hurts even someone who grew up playing with high tension nylon, don't you think it would hurt even worse someone who grew up playing with low tension nylon?
Keep playing with poly for another 20 years and see how much of an arm you have left. Tennis elbow is a repetitive cumulative injury as the micro tears in your tendon slowly get bigger and takes longer to heal each time you hit the ball.
Smoking doesn't cause cancer when you first start smoking either, but keep smoking for 20-30 years and see what it does to your lungs. Would you start smoking today just because you won't get lung cancer until 20-30 years from now? I assume not.
spadea seems to have gotten two things wrong in respect to borg:
1. he was stringing his small wooden sticks with 30kg, that's less than 70lbs
2. he was playing with full bed vs gut
so talking about stringing gut at 70, be it even 80lbs compared to poly at that tension is a little bit off.
I don't think poly hurts pros because they only use it for one set. It doesn't hurt me either when it's fresh, but after a few hours, watch out!
20 years from now when I don't have tennis elbow, I'll be sure to let you know.
Not everyone who used to play with low tension nylon plays with polyester. If they do, then they need to realize that poly has to be strung lower. If they don't string it lower, any arm injury they get is their own fault, not the fault of the string company.
It was widely reported back in the 70's when Borg was playing that he strung his racquets at 80lbs.
Don't forget that the tiny 65 sq. in. head and the dense 18x20 string pattern inside the tiny head makes the 80lb. stringbed feel a lot stiffer than the same tension in a 100 sq. in. frame with an open string pattern. Borg's racquet was described as being stiffer than playing with a solid wooden board. :shock: By comparison, his rival McEnroe strung his same size wood racquet at about 40lbs., or half the tension Borg did.
Yes, please get back to me even though you'll have to type the message with only one hand. :shock:
my former coach used to string borgs sticks whenever he was in romania, and he was quite often since at that time he was engaged, and latter married, mariana simionescu, a romanian tennisplayer. so, i know first hand that his requests used to vary between 30kg mains and 28 kg crosses, to 32kg mains and 30kg crosses. he used 1.25mm vs gut.
maybe he strung higher for hardcourts, but in spring these have been the tensions he requested, both on the allwoods and later on on the borg pros.
I believe Borg strung tighter for Wimbledon and for the US Open.
And, yes, I remember Mariana Simonescu very well.
that is very possible. those sticks, i had my hand on them, were more like forging hammers than tennis racquets - 420g and even balanced, maybe slighly headheavy.
i tried to do the same with mine (you see, borg was one of my idols, johnny mac the other - worlds apart, so this is the best indication i should finally see a shrink) and i can tell you, those were lethal weapons. i was much younger then and of course we did a lot of physical conditioning, and also a lot of things that today are considered detrimental. not only that i doubt that todays game could support such high swingweights, but at that time - i mean wooden era, if you were fit, you could get a decent look at the ball even o a really fast first serve. once you got that stick in motion, it was simply crushing the ball more or less by itself.
Agassi had a wrist injury and I believe it was after Cahill switched him over to Luxilon. Agassi talks about it in his book if you want to look it up. Good book by the way.
A lot of pros - especially some of the pros who grew up playing high tensions, switched to Lux and kept the tensions high. Agassi and Blake were in the 60s with lux.
But, my multi/poly hybrid at 52/48 is beginning to hurt my wrist. I may drop another 2 lbs.
Oh my goodness....
70 POUNDS? :shock:
70 with nylon is not as tight as you think it is.
This is just silly.
There are THOUSANDS of pros who have switched to poly strings over the last decade. If it is indeed true that polys cause more injuries, it would not be very hard to come up with some numbers to support it.
Just putting out some anecdotal stories doesn't prove anything. The fact that there are no studies out there (don't you think gut manufacturers are not motivated?) is probably a decent indicator that worries about poly causing injuries is probably over blown.
That's incorrect on a couple of levels. 1) fresh poly ain't arm friendly and 2) the vast majority of pros don't change their frames out like the top 4 do
When Borg played Memphis back in the 70s, he sent his racquets down to Jackson to be strung because the pro shop here had the latest greatest machine. The order then was as high as the machine/racquet would string them which was around 80 pounds. I believe Berglin used to ride down with them and string them.
I read that Berglin was the driving force behind Borg playing with such a heavy frame. He was trying to get some of the "whippiness" out of Borg's stroke. But the weight you cite is exactly what I read, 420 - 430 grams.
frames in those times where simply heavy - a regular dunlop maxply fort medium 4 would have been around 400g strung. if you leaded up a little bit in order to match frames you would end up around 410 in no time.
by the way, on borg's sticks there was no led to be seen and i know for sure that the regular off-the-shelf donnay's had a very different balance. they surely did custom make them for him, there is no doubt.
Oh, yeah, I totally understand where you're coming from. Even today, I can hit the ball harder with one of my old wood racquets than with my modern graphite racquet just due to the sheer weight of the old wood racquet. "There is no substitute for mass." - as stated to me by a racquet engineer for Prince several years ago. Given enough weight, you can totally obliterate the ball, it doesn't even matter what type of racquet it is - it's just the sheer collision of one big mass (the racquet) into another much smaller mass (the ball) and the rest is just simple physics. Same goes for the collision between big cars and small cars.
At 420g (almost 15 oz.) and an even balance, Borg's racquet must have had a swingweight of over 450! :shock: Nothing like the wimpy racquets people use today.
Inside a 65 sq. in. head with a super dense 18x20 pattern and it's tighter than you think. 70 lbs. in a tiny 65 sq. in. head with a 18x20 pattern squeezed in there is probably the equivalent of 90-100 lbs. in a 100 sq. in. head with an open pattern. Basically, Borg's stringbed played like a solid wooden board because it was so dense and tight.
Even with the reinforced wood of his racket, the flex of the wood would still result in a much softer feel than that of any modern racket.
It just comes down to people getting their setups wrong and causing themselves injuries. I had problems with my wrist at first until I started dropping the tensions.
I nominate stringing super low..take advantage of the dwell time ... like low 40's high 30's even. And even lower if your racquet is light.
It doesn't cause anywhere near as much trouble at those tensions. And I'm not launching the ball too far because the spin's still there...somewhat a bit more potent because it sits longer on the stringbed...
I've a got a prince exo3 tour lite leaded up at 40lbs with genesis spin x (a nasty stiff poly) but it works and feels great at super low tensions.
And I've got a leaded up Boris Becker DC London Tour at 44 lbs with Tourna BHBR with no dampener. Thats terrific too.
Milos Raonic is about 41lbs i think. Federers about 48/44 or something like that I remember reading.
I think people just have to study how they should set up their racquets up first and advoid grief in the long run. Their first thought should be "is it a stiff poly I've bought here? yes... ... ok string it really low" "Is it soft and powerful poly? yes... ok string it a touch higher.." etc etc.
borg's set-up didn't play like a wooden board because, in spite of the high tension, he was using natty gut and in 1.25mm.
i played myself for years that set-up (of course with off-the-shelf-sticks!) and it was playing just fine.
i dare say that a poly strung around 28kg (60lbs) in a modern 100sq.in. frame feels much less comfortable than borg's set-up.
we are also looking at a completely different way of generating spin today in regard to string-ball interaction. since you did not really have much snap-back with full gut and the patterns where really tight due to the size of the sticks, the idea of borg's setup was to have a really stiff stringbed with little deflection. this was spinning the ball. the swingweight gave it length.
today we have a completely different set-up in respect to materials and their abilities to generate spin and power.
And BILLIONS of people smoked over the last millennium. Does that mean that smoking can't possibly cause health problems?
Do we really need a study to confirm something that's so obvious? That stiff strings will hurt you more than soft strings will? Which will hurt more? If you got hit in the head with a stiff aluminum bat or hit in the head with a soft, fluffy, foam bat? Just like we didn't need a study to prove to us that smoking is bad for you because it's so obvious. I mean, most people who die in fires die from smoke inhalation. So what would make anyone think that purposely inhaling smoke is not detrimental to your health? It's obvious!
BTW, by far the biggest manufacturer of gut strings is Babolat, who also makes lots of poly strings. So what would motivate them do a study to show that the poly strings they've been selling by the millions is hurting people?
I'm referring to the feel of the stringbed only, not the whole racquet system. Borg's stringbed felt as stiff as a modern APD strung at 100lbs. :shock:
i don't think that the real problem in this equation are the "thousands" of pros who turned to poly, but the millions of recplayers that tried to imitate this.
now introduce into this situation the fact that companies do use the endorsment argument "the string rafa plays" etc. and sell, through salesman which are not really knowledgeable, strings to people who don't really need them. the main argument is the apparent durability of poly. and most people are happy to play with the string rafa plays for a year or more. now if the string also spins the ball more, the customer will be even happier in spite of his flat striking.
it's like selling a superfast sportscar to a guy who just got his driver's licence. not only will he not enjoy the driving but he might even hurt himself because he does not have the experience to control the horses under the hood. but he will be happy because the engine roars, the chicks turn their heads and he feels like a racing champion.
Not every pro gets paid to play with a particular string. Players at the top surely get a nice chunk of change plus free string to play with that string.
Most players outside of the top 200 are paying for their string (at a discount of course). There is zero percent chance that a player is being paid to keep his or her mouth shut.
Dont forget......
Dont forget that pro players are stringing most every day so they do not have the issue of playing a dead string for a long time. Rec players keep dead string in their racquets for too long and that adds to the problem.
Cheers, TennezSport
Poly at that sort of tension would be insane. No wonder volley put-aways became hard!
What tensions?
To me poly strings should never be higher than 57lbs and for a short time at that tension (like 4-6hrs). I prefer poly string at 50lbs or less. However my point was the length of time is just as important as dead poly is a killer.
Cheers, TennezSport
I agree with these points.
The fact that smoking causes cancer was proven by scientific studies. Until then, it was commonly accepted by many that smoking was good for you.
Just like smoking causes cancer, if the effect is real, you should be able to measure it. If it is so obvious, it should not take much effort to prove it, not just sprout some nonsensical anecdotes.
Really? People die from smoke inhalation yet some people thought that inhaling cigarette smoke was good for you? I guess there are always going to be dumb people in the world who actually think inhaling smoke is good for you or that using stiff poly strings is not bad for you.
BTW, billions of people smoked. Not nearly enough people use poly strings to play tennis to warrant or pay for a scientific study. Just like it's not necessary to conduct a scientific study to prove that cutting off a person's arm will cause them to bleed.
I love your logic. There can't possibly be a study on this, therefore, my opinion is correct.
And your arm cutting-off example is completely different (obviously). You can see someone get cut and then watch the blood come out immediately after, clearly pointing to the blood being a result of the cut. Tendon injuries come about gradually (unless they're acute from sudden trauma) and cannot be seen. They are different for everyone, take varying amounts of time to manifest themselves, and everyone who gets them is doing many other things during that time. It's something that has to be studied to determine the real root cause. Since it hasn't been studied, you can't just claim your opinion as fact, and then cite the same anecdotal evidence over and over again.
Whether or not it really is going to cause long term harm, idk. I do know that today's rackets and poly is much harder feeling on the arm than the gear I used 10+ years ago. I use stiff rackets and poly now because I like they way they play, but I'm taking precautions by using a softer syn cross and might be going with even softer multi crosses.
Things that are so obvious don't require studies. Why would string manufacturers market soft strings as being arm friendly if the converse wasn't also true? I mean if stiff strings were also arm friendly, why would they need to promote soft strings as the ones that are arm friendly?
Oh, and we also don't need a study to inform us that driving and texting is dangerous because it's OBVIOUS!
Why do companies make "softer" poly strings? I'll give you three reasons.
1. Because some people like a softer feeling string. Not having anything to do with injury prevention.
2. They market them to people who already have arm issues and still want to play with poly.
3. Because people believe without sufficient evidence that poly is harmful, and their marketing department has found a way to sell them a product.
Again, you keep saying this is obvious, when to me and many others it is not. I know plenty of people that have played for years with poly and have no arm issues. I also know numerous people who use synthetic gut in flexible heavy frames and wear arm braces. If poly is so harmful, why do so many people use it with no ill effects? And why do so many people not use it and still suffer from arm injuries? Could it be because there are other underlying issues? Examples include: stiff racquets, light racquets, muscle imbalances, improper technique, etc...
Yeah, and I know plenty of people who have smoked for years and have no health issues. I guess that must mean that smoking is completely safe?
Sure, other things may cause arm problems. But all else being equal, using a stiff string like poly will be worse for your arm than a soft string will. Just like being hit in the arm with something stiff is going to hurt you more than being hit with something soft.
"soft poly string" is an oxymoron. No matter how "soft" they market a poly string, it is still much stiffer than a soft multi or natural gut.
It does have to do with injury prevention. I'm not talking about soft poly strings. I'm talking about soft multi strings which manufacturers market as being "arm friendly". Have you ever heard of any string companies promoting people to switch from a soft multi string to a poly string because the poly is more arm friendly? No, the opposite is what they do.
It is impossible to have a reasonable discussion with someone who eschews reason.
I guess it just comes down to this.
If you are the type who believe whatever a some random guy says without any evidence, then you should avoid using poly strings. Because the random internet guy says they cause injuries.
If you are the type who need actual evidence to believe something, there is no scientific evidence that says poly strings cause more injuries.
What you believe is up to you.
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Alone In The Dark • Page 2
PC Alone in the Dark uses SecuROM online protection
Atari just confirmed that the PC version of Alone in the Dark uses the unpopular SecuROM online protection system for verification. "This requires that in addition to the content on the game disk, players download an additional component via an internet connection in order to install and run the game," said the firm in a […]
PCGames gives AitD 80%, EG.de goes 7 and 8/10
Eurogamer.de's posted its Alone in the Dark review, giving a 7/10 and an 8/10 over two opinions, close to its British counterpart. PCGames.de went for 80 percent. Expect a flood of these today. We should start running a book on the final Metacritic average.
More poor Alone in the Dark scores from Scandinavia
Alone in the Dark doesn't seem to be very popular among our Nordic brothers, as it now appears the Gamereactor Norway review wasn't just an ugly stain on an otherwise brilliant cloth. Gamereactor Denmark has now chimed in giving the game a 4/10 saying the game has a "clumsy, syrupy control system, uneven graphics and […]
Atari threatens legal action over German AitD review
We skipped this last night as our German isn't the best and it's not the sort of thing you want to get wrong. According to this piece on 4players.de, Atari has pulled as ad campaign and is threatening legal action over its Alone in the Dark review. The publisher's claiming that the game may have […]
Gamereactor re-posts Alone in the Dark review - with the same score
Gamereactor's put its Alone in the Dark review back up, and it's still got a 3/10 on it. The site removed its piece after posting it yesterday. It later transpired that code had only been sent through the day earlier. A "3" isn't going to do that average much good, is it?
Alone in the Dark was only sent to Gamereactor yesterday, says Atari
Danish site Xbox Life is reporting that Atari only sent Alone in the Dark to Gamereactor Norway to review yesterday. The site's 3/10 review was only up for four hours before Gamereactor.no pulled it. Xbox Life reckons its staff have played the game and it's much more than a '3'. We're saying nothing. By Mike […]
First Alone in the Dark reviews point to shoeing
Update: Eurogamer's given it 7/10. Uh oh. The first reviews for Atari's Alone in the Dark are in, and it's not looking so hot. Gamereactor's given the game 3/10 in a now-pulled review, and X360's just posted up a 6/10. These are the only two so far, as far as we know. The game's out […]
How Alone in the Dark got made - movie
Atari's released a "making of" movie for Alone in the Dark. Well, the intro to it, anyway. It's a few minutes of the Eden Games bods talking about the game's original pitch, how over-ambition sent them back to the drawing board, and so on. After the link. The game releases for PC, Xbox 360, PS2 […]
New Alone in the Dark Wii movie released
After the break. The movie shows the Eden horror working with the Wii-mote, as you'd expect, and looks plenty good. The Wii version's out on June 20, which, again, is cool. Take a look.
Alone in the Dark gold
Atari's announced that Alone in the Dark is now gold for 360, PC, Wii and PS2. "With its genre-busting mix of gameplay, wide-screen presentation style and DVD chapter select feature putting the player in control, Alone in the Dark will thrill all gamers," said Infogrames boss Phil Harrison. "It's a game which will challenge the […]
New Alone in the Dark movie shows combat
On GamersHell. This should probably come out quickly before everyone gets bored of it. Luckily, it is: the Atari horror releases on June 20. Take a look at Edward doing the do in New York in the meantime.
Alone in the Dark delayed on PS3 because "it's not performing as well"
Phil Harrison refused to talk about the PS3 version of Alone in the Dark in London last week, but that didn't stop producer Nour Polloni explaining why the SKU was arriving well after the 360 game. In a nutshell, the frame-rate's borked. "There's no firm date yet but what we can say is that it's […]
Harrison won't commit to Alone in the Dark PS3 Home and Trophy support
Talking to the MTV multiplayer blog, Infogrames president Phil Harrison would not say one way or the other if Alone in the Dark PS3 will feature Home and trophy support. "If the libraries are available, then yeah, I would hope that the PS3 version can take advantage of that," he told the site. Alone in […]
Win a trip to New York with Alone in the Dark
Atari's launched a "Keep the Fire Burning" competition for Alone in the Dark on the game's official site. Prizes include a week-long trip to New York or Paris, Xbox 360 and Wii consoles and other stuff including original soundtrack CDs, t-shirts and art books. The competition sounds like some odd chain letter affair, where you […]
Interview: Phil Harrison on Alone in the Dark and life after Sony
Atari rolled out the red carpet in London last week for its pre-launch showing of Alone in the Dark, flying in a tired-looking Phil Harrison from New York to intro the game and give a few interviews. Talking to the big man is always a pleasure, and this time especially so, given his recent move […]
Alone in the Dark is 15 hours long
In the Q&A session after today's London showing of Atari's Alone in the Dark, the game's producer, Nour Polloni, confirmed that the game would take around 15 hours to play through if you didn't stop to take in the scenery. The French developer said that it would take approximately twice as long for the completists […]
Live from Alone in the Dark Harrison event in London
Updating live from the Atari UK Alone in the Dark event in London. After the link.
Alone in the Dark London event kicks off at 1.30pm BST
Atari's holding the UK version of this week's US Alone in the Dark event in London this afternoon, at the Everyman Cinema Club in Hampstead. Phil Harrison's going to be introducing the game, as he did in America, and we'll be interviewing him after the presentation. There are loads of gamers here as opposed to […]
Harrison: Atari's done with one-player gaming
Speaking to Gamasutra, Atari games boss Phil Harrison has admitted that Alone in the Dark may well be the final "core" game Atari makes. "I don't see that we're going to be making huge-budget, single-player games in the future," he said. "Now, that doesn't mean that we won't have ambition to do really incredible games […]
US Alone in the Dark showing brings Phil Harrison, previews, videos, music, end of days
A mass of media released overnight from a showing of Alone in the Dark in San Francisco on Monday. The event was led by Phil Harrison himself, who gave video interviews to IGN and GameVideos (links below) and presented a lengthy showing of the game, as you can see in the movies after the break. […]
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Discussion in 'TV & Media' started by Gaith, Mar 15, 2013.
^^ only for Star Trek projects
As far as resurrecting a dead property: I think Firefly, Deadwood or Carnivale miniseries could probably get $50 from me, maybe $100. Movies are far less interesting to me however, when I mostly just want to spend more time with the characters.
I would pay similarly for adaptations of some favorite books.
Basically already available.
Thanks for the ref; I have seen it, I even corresponded with its creator, EnergyUK, several years ago. It's neat, but, as you say, it ain't the real deal. And if I were that little girl, I'd be pissed that my biggest scene to date still hasn't been released in any form.
Speaking of which, I might pay up to $100 or so for a preorder of dvds for an HBO adaptation of The Golden Compass, provided it ran at least three hours. Maybe $150 if Rachel Weisz played Mrs. Coulter.
You aren't a LEGO fan are you? That type of set would have to be like $100 because of the license and mini figure amount.
However make up a CGI sketch and stick it up to be voted on. 10,000 votes makes it possible, but very very doubtful.
While I prefer to support Indie productions like Space Command or Chris Mihm's films, there are definitely existing franchises that I would chip in to resurrect. Star Trek, Babylon 5, Stargate, Twilight Zone and Firefly spring immediately to mind, but there are undoubtedly others. I'd also pay for Indie projects from mainstream producers, like RHW's Defender or Larry Blamire's next film (which I heard he might take to Kickstarter). There are certainly books I would pay for, like more Haviland Tuf or Englehart's Blue Blood.
I'd pay up to $100 for an Invader Zim or Megas XLR movie.
I'd pay $100 for Firefly fans to sit down and shut.
Add a few zeroes to that bid, it's gonna take a lot more than that.
I remember the idea some Star Trek fans had to raise money for a season 5 "Enterprise"
They couldn't even afford a fraction of the cost to pay for one episode($500,000 to 2 million)
Too bad Kickstarter wasn't around. If Veronica Mars can raise three million bucks, we could have at least gotten a decent finale for Enterprise.
^^ Kirkstarter?
For that you would have had to fire all the actors, and everything that made the show Enterprise.
I was a fan as a kid, but I haven't much cared for their recent stuff, and their absurd minifig prices and scarcities drove me away long ago.
Yeah the price of a minifigure is nutty. You used to get several in a 100$ set, now you get 3-4. It's really insane.
Their recent stuff sells, and it keeps them going which makes me happy, but I agree, it lacks at times.
However the Cuusoo site I linked to did get a Back to the Future set to be made, which is pretty cool.
Uhhh, no.
If Whedon were into it, with original cast, and not too much further out from now, I'd contribute a significant amount to another installment of Firefly.
I'd put money towards an Aaron Sorkin written and directed continuation of West Wing. Or Studio 60.
An Apatow helmed relaunch of Freaks & Geeks
Dead Like Me continued in any form.
Yeah, a Sorkin-written West Wing miniseries could probably join my shortlist now that you mention it.
I love The West Wing, but there is nothing else I need to see with those characters, I feel complete after watching the show. Not every TV show needs a miniseries or movie.
I don't need it, I don't really NEED anything I talk about on this forum. I wouldn't mind seeing where they all are today though, or how that world stands.
All my money to a Star Trek Voyager Movie...Kate M, Robert P & Jeri Ryan.
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Amaro Jr. comments on 2008 Phillies
Fans ask assistant GM about pitching, third base
By / MLB.com
Ruben Amaro Jr.: Hi, everyone, it's Ruben. Thanks for joining us today at phillies.com. I'm ready to answer your questions.
Q: Can we get [Adrian] Beltre?
Amaro: We really can't comment on players from other clubs, however, we have had some internal discussions about our third base situation and improving it.
Q: Are the Phillies still looking at pitchers and are they looking for these pitchers from free agency or trades?
Amaro: We know that pitching was our Achilles' heel last year and we also know that pitching always rules the day, so we will continue to pursue pitching in any way it will help improve our club.
Q: Who is the closest Major League-ready pitcher in our farm system?
Amaro: I'd say Scott Mathieson would be one if he is someone you would still consider a farmhand. The other would be Josh Outman, who performed extremely well in the Arizona Fall League and in international play this offseason.
Q: Ruben, is it ideal to go into a season with platoons at two different positions (Greg Dobbs and Wes Helms at third base and Jayson Werth and Geoff Jenkins in right field)? If not, are we likely to see perhaps a Joe Crede, Corey Koskie-type trade/signing?
Amaro: It would be ideal to go into the season with eight All-Stars, but we had a tremendous amount of success last year with a right-field platoon and, as you recall, we had three platoons in 1993 and it worked out pretty well.
Q: Do you believe that the acquisition of Chad Durbin will really put the Phillies over the top enough to stop worrying about pitching? I feel that we do have a couple of decent players out of the bullpen (i.e., Brad Lidge, J.C. Romero, Ryan Madson, Tom Gordon).
Amaro: We think our bullpen is certainly improved from the start of last season and if our rotation stays healthy, I like how we set up at the back end of the bullpen.
Q: Hey, Ruben. If the Mets somehow pull off a move for Johan Santana, does that automatically mean the Phils have to counter with a substantial trade or signing of their own?
Amaro: While we have to keep an eye on our division rivals, we also have to stay focused on improving our club as it now stands. We will continue to do what we feel we have to do to defend our division title.
Q: What are you expecting the money totals to be for Ryan Howard and Lidge in arbitration and how close are you to signing Howard to a long-term deal?
Amaro: We have said before that we will not discuss any of our arbitration-eligible players' contract status publicly. Both stand to receive substantial raises and as always we will work to try to come to agreements that are fair.
Q: Mr. Amaro, are you at all worried that Kyle Kendrick will be able to duplicate his success of a year ago?
Amaro: Kyle has the mental makeup to do what he needs to do to have success. While duplicating his 2007 success will be difficult, we are cautiously optimistic that he will do so.
Q: When will the Phillies re-sign Jose Mesa?
Amaro: That is unlikely to happen.
Q: How do you feel about Pat Burrell? He showed me a lot last year. He go so many walks. I am a Burrell fan. He was an essential piece to the team last year. He usually gets the rap for being a quiet guy who doesn't show much emotion.
Amaro: Pat was arguably our best player when Chase Utley went down last year. He is and will be a big part of our lineup in 2008 and we expect him to provide the protection needed in our lineup.
Q: Are we finished seeing any offseason moves until Spring Training?
Amaro: While we are always working to improve the club on the mound and perhaps at third base, it is likely that the roster -- as it sets up today -- is the one you will see when camp opens next month.
Q: Are there any plans to get a left-handed bench option for when Dobbs and Jenkins are starting?
Amaro: One option that is currently on our roster is Chris Snelling. While he's battled his share of injuries in the past, he can flat out hit.
Q: Any interest in taking a chance on Bartolo Colon?
Amaro: That would be unlikely. We have concerns about his overall health.
Q: How many games do you expect Eric Bruntlett to start at third base?
Amaro: In-game decisions like that are left up to Charlie Manuel. Bruntlett is more likely to serve in a limited role as a defensive replacement and a middle-infield backup.
Q: How does the Phils' starting rotation stack up against the NL East?
Amaro: With all due respect to John Smoltz and Tim Hudson, I would take Cole Hamels and Brett Myers at the top of a rotation over any others in our division.
Q: Will Adrian Cardenas be tried at third base in the Minor Leagues?
Amaro: Not at this time. We see him as an impact second baseman and want to see him continue to develop at that spot.
Q: Hi, Ruben. Are the Phillies prepared to maximize the return on the wealth of Draft choices in the 2008 First-Year Player Draft? It seems this is a critical opportunity to replenish a system depleted somewhat by trades.
Amaro: We realize that the draft is critically important to bringing talent into our organization. We do everything to bring in the best talent we can. With three of the top 50 picks, we hope to improve on our overall organizational talent.
Q: If we have baseball clinics in both Venezuela and the Dominican Republic, why do we recruit so few Hispanic players. Carlos Carrasco is a gem. Why aren't there more in our system?
Amaro: Bringing in talent from Latin America is integral in today's game. We are among the top half of Major League organizations with regard to signing Latin American players.
Q: Will the Phillies acquire a third baseman this offseason? Pedro Feliz would be a nice fit.
Amaro: As I've said, we are trying to improve our club in any way we can. We have had discussions regarding Feliz.
Q: Will Shane Victorino, Madson and Lidge be back to 100 percent from their injuries?
Amaro: Yes, we feel that they will be 100 percent come Opening Day. Lidge may not be on all cylinders when our first workout commences on Feb. 14, but should be ready by our first Grapefruit League game on Feb. 27.
Q: Do the Phillies have any interest in Crede or Morgan Ensberg?
Amaro: We can't comment on Crede, as he is a member of the White Sox organization. However, we have decided that Ensberg is not a fit for our club at this time.
Q: I think Jenkins and Werth will be able to make up for the offense lost with Aaron Rowand's signing with San Francisco. What other things will you miss most about Rowand?
Amaro: Aaron was an integral part of our club last year. However, I agree with you and I really like what Victorino brings to the table in center field and how Werth and Jenkins will produce.
Amaro: I have time for two more questions.
Q: Where were the Phillies on singing Masahide Kobayashi from Japan?
Amaro: We did have some interest in some of the Japanese free agents this year. Kobayashi was not one of them.
Q: Are you still trying to add starting pitching? Is Josh Fogg or Kyle Loshe on the radar?
Amaro: We do not have interest in Josh Fogg and we've had continued discussions with Scott Boras regarding Kyle Lohse.
Amaro: Thanks for the questions and also for your interest in the Phillies. I look forward to doing this again sometime. We'll see you in Clearwater!
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Discussion in 'Miscellaneous' started by Snowlilly, Aug 21, 2012.
Eddie Would Go
What's the consensus?
The school is still out.
George R.R. Martin - A Storm of Swords (Pt 1 Steel and Snow)
Tempted to read some now, but gonna do some more cisco revision.
IMO A Storm of Swords is the best of the books in the series that Martin has so far written.
Nausea by Sartre
I just finished "Slings and Arrows Book 2" and will start "Icebound" by Koontz tomorrow.
Was dusting off the bookcase yesterday. I picked up David Gerrold's "The Trouble with Tribbles" - the story of how he conceived and sold the story. Wasn't really intending on reading it - but I got into it. It's been so long since I picked this up and I am finding it as good a read as I remember - or rather as good a read as I forget, because I don't remember a lot of what's in it.
Star Trek: Devil's Bargain
Reginald by Saki
North Dakota DOT Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction.
Actually, I'm listening to the book on tape in the car. Don't spoil it for me.
^^^ Between Old Yeller, Marley and Me, and the North Dakota DOT Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction, I don't know which ending left me tears more. Damn you for bringing that up.
Right now my fiction book is The Wrecker by Clive Cussler, and for non-fiction it's Pat Summit's autobiography.
No consensus. The test is to determine whether they can summarize, in English, both a written article and audio-only lecture, and describe how the two arguments differ--to describe the arguments given both for and against the given topic. So, yeah, thrilling reading.
How did your move go? All settled in?
Just wait until you see the movie. They really captured all the excitement of the book.
The other day, David was musing about perhaps writing a book about his experiences during the first season of TNG. If he does, I'm sure it'll be quite the read.
Meh, it was a ripoff of the Tacoma Narrows disaster.
On topic... I finished Reality 36 today, and just started Triggers by Robert J. Sawyer. (It took me a while to track down a copy - even though the paperback only came out yesterday, two stores were already sold out.) I'm only about ten pages into it, though.
I own a Lab, don't get me started. Saw Marley and Me on a flight a few years ago and was a blubbering mess. Old Yeller didn't help either.
As for the ND specs...Release the Bakken.
Yeah, that sounds a bit mind numbing. The actual topic is a bit interesting, though.
Downloaded The Complete Sherlock Holmes so I started A Study in Scarlet.
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Beginning at age 20, do a breast self-exam (BSE) once a month. Do it at the same time each month to learn what is normal for you. The best time to do a BSE is within 3 days after your period stops.
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In the opener, Danny Parker improved to 4-1 on the season after scattering ten hits in 5.0 innings of work, fanning five. Zach Skelton tossed three scoreless innings in relief while Ryan Swinney pitched a perfect ninth. UAM left 13 runners on base in the contest.
After being set down in order in the first inning, the Wonder Boys would score early and often in the second. UAM's Kenny Marshall walked the first three batters he faced in the top of the second, and Stanton smashed a bases-clearing double to give Tech an early 3-0 lead.
After UAM cut the Tech lead to 3-1 in the bottom of the second, Tech scored a run on an error in the third, pushing the Wonder Boys' lead back to three. Abreu and Jonathan Finnegan added RBI singles, and Fergus added a two-run single to push the Tech lead to 8-1 after four.
Abreu's RBI single in the fifth gave Tech a 9-1 lead, but UAM added a pair of runs in the bottom of the frame to cut its deficit to 9-3. However, Fergus stole home in the sixth to push the UAM lead to 10-3, and the Wonder Boys added another run on an error that inning to push ahead 11-3.
Zac Johnson was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the seventh to score the game's final run.
The hits kept coming for the Wonder Boys in game number two. Fergus plated the game's first run with an RBI single in the top of the first, while Finnegan used a sacrifice fly and Stanton drew a bases-loaded walk to put the Wonder Boys ahead 3-0 before the Boll Weevils' first plate appearance. Tech tacked on two more runs in the second on an RBI single by Thomas Biocic and a sacrifice fly by Scott Sammons, giving the Wonder Boys a 5-0 lead.
Sammons' RBI double in the fourth pushed Tech's lead to 6-0, and then Stanton smashed a solo homer to lead off the fifth and give Arkansas Tech a 7-0 lead.
However, the Boll Weevils would not go down without a fight, plating six runs on five hits in the bottom of the fifth to pull UAM to within 7-6. A passed ball in the bottom of the sixth tied the game at 7-7 going into the seventh and final inning, but the Wonder Boys used a big inning of their own to reclaim the advantage.
An RBI single by Fergus put Tech back on top, while Biocic turned in a two-run double, Stanton and Kenny Spencer would add RBI singles, and Spencer would later score on an error. When the dust settled, the Wonder Boys had scored seven runs on six hits and taken advantage of two UAM errors to pull ahead 14-7.
UAM scored a run in the bottom of the seventh but would get no closer as the Wonder Boys held on for the victory.
Boone Weiss picked up the win in relief, after allowing two runs, one earned, on three hits in 2.0 innings of work.
The Wonder Boys will return to action on Monday and Tuesday with a pair of nonconference road games, traveling to Hattiesburg, Miss. to play William Carey on Monday and Livingston, Ala. to play West Alabama on Tuesday.
Golden Suns top Rangers 2-1, 1-0
Sophomore Siarra Gomez went 3-for-5 and sophomore Nikki Nail had two runs, while sophomore Jessica Black had two RBIs as the Arkansas Tech Golden Suns (13-14, 8-8 GAC) defeated the Northwestern Oklahoma State Rangers (9-7, 8-4) 1-0 Saturday night at Chartwells Women's Complex.
The first two innings of game one were scoreless. In the bottom of the third the Golden Suns would score the first run of the game. Nail singled up the middle. Black doubled to left field as Nail ran to home plate.
In the fifth inning, the Rangers tied up the game after an RBI double from Sandoval. Black responded with a sacrifice fly to center field to bring home Nail. The Golden Suns kept the 2-1 lead until the end of the game.
Sophomore Victoria Huie (7-8) took the win after pitching 7.0 innings and throwing four strikeouts.
In the nightcap, the game was scoreless until the bottom of the fourth when Gomez blasted a homer over left center. This was her tenth home run on the season. Gomez's run would be the only run of the game. Both teams had two hits with Arkansas Tech having one run.
Senior Rachel Keeton took the win after pitching 7.0 innings and throwing two strikeouts. The Golden Suns will play against Southwestern Oklahoma in Weatherford March 22 and 23. Friday's doubleheader will begin at 2 p.m. with Saturday's doubleheader starting at noon.
Mathis makes game winning play
CLARKSVILLE — The Lady Eagles only senior came through with a clutch single in the bottom of the eighth to push Ozarks past Louisiana College 2-1 in game one of Saturday's American Southwest Conference double-header.
Senior outfielder Ali Mathis laced the game-winning hit with two outs and the bases loaded to send Ozarks (9-11, 2-6 ASC) to its second win over Louisiana College (11-4, 5-3 ASC) in as many days. Amber Rollins drew a walk to put Ozarks first runner on base in the eighth and Heather Roberts followed with a double to put a pair of runners in scoring position.
With two outs, Miah Williams drew another walk to load the bases for Mathis. The left-handed Mathis, who is hitting .458, promptly delivered a clutch single to left centerfield for the Lady Eagles.
Ozarks nearly won the game the previous inning, but couldn't scratch across a run with the bases loaded. With one out, Louisiana College starter Leslie Eastman recorded back-to-back strikeouts to end the frame. The Lady Eagles stranded 13 runners in the contest. Tori Lemieux drove in the other run for Ozarks with a single in the fifth, which tied the game.
Mathis, Williams and Lemieux each finished 3-for-3 in the game.
Amber Rollins (7-3) received the win in an eight-hit complete game.
Ozarks dropped game two 10-2 in six innings after Louisiana College turned a 3-0 lead into a 7-0 advantage by scoring four runs in the fourth inning. Roberts roped a single through the left side of the infield to score one run in the bottom of the fourth.
Whitney Price (1-5) took the loss for Ozarks.
Arel Ferguson posted a 2-for-3 effort at the plate for the Lady Eagles.
Ozarks will travel to Clinton, Mississippi, to face Mississippi College in a four-game series March 22-23.


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Gap Insurance Let's say you took out a five-year loan last year to buy a new car. Naturally, you insured your car at around the same time. If your car is stolen tomorrow and not recovered, or is damaged beyond repair, the amount your insurance company pays may be insufficient to pay off your auto loan. You'll be left holding the bag. Cash may be especially tight if you must buy another car to replace the one stolen or damaged. For these reasons, you should consider buying guaranteed auto protection (GAP) insurance when you buy or lease a new car.
If your car is totaled, your auto insurance will pay only the car's actual cash value If your car is involved in a serious accident, your insurance company has the option of either totaling your vehicle (i.e., declaring it a total loss) or repairing it. Your insurer will total your car if so much damage has been caused that fixing it would cost more than what the car's actually worth, or, in some states, if required because the safety of the vehicle has been irreparably compromised. Minor damage to a 12-year-old economy car might result in totaling it, while substantial damage to a new luxury car might not. If your insurer totals your car, it'll pay you or the lienholder (e.g., the bank financing your auto loan) the actual cash value of the car, minus any deductible on your coverage. Basically, the insurance company uses the depreciated market value of the car just before it was totaled. This figure may be substantially less than what you still owe on your loan or lease. During the first two or three years you own your car, your vehicle typically depreciates in value much faster than your loan balance declines, especially if you made a very small down payment on your car.
GAP insurance can pay the balance of your auto loan or lease GAP insurance pays the difference (the gap) between what you owe on your lease or auto loan and what your insurance covers when your vehicle is stolen or damaged beyond repair. You won't have to worry about dipping into your own pocket to come up with the cash. And, you'll be able to start fresh with a new lease or auto loan. Most GAP programs also cover all or part of your deductible. However, there may be a cap on the amount the program will pay out, such as $50,000.
GAP insurance is not for everyone, so do your homework first GAP coverage may be important in the early years of your lease or loan. However, once the outstanding balance on your lease or loan drops below the value of your car, you'll no longer need GAP coverage and may want to cancel your GAP policy. The cost of GAP coverage will vary from one insurer to the next; it will also depend on the type and value of your car. Shop around to get the best deal you can. And remember, GAP coverage is not a substitute for auto insurance. It should be used only to supplement your auto insurance coverage.
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Tagged: Dwight Eisenhower
Mixing Up the Icons
I often mix up Micky Mantle and Roger Maris. I think it has something to do with the similarities between the names, the fact that they both played for the Yankees and that I wasn't alive when either one of them was playing. Admittedly, this isn't much of an excuse and I should probably feel pretty bad even admitting that this is true but if you can't be honest on the internet, where else can you go?
However, as bad as my mix-up may be, it's nothing compared to the mistake Republicans have made for the past 30 years. Whoops!
Ok, before you comment, yes, I do realize that the Onion is a satirical newspaper even if this distinction is not always apparent. But the beauty of the Onion is that its articles often contain a particularly trenchant social commentary. For someone who has become the touchstone for the US brand of conservatism, Reagan was not particularly conservative. He wasn't a religious man, he spent taxpayer money like Plaxico Burress at a strip club and, on top of that, more and more evidence has surfaced to show that the Alzheimer's which completely debilitated him later in life had already set in during his tenure in the White House. So why has Reagan remained the conservative hero instead of Ike, a true war hero, a brilliant tactician and a well-liked President?
If you ask me, I think it's because Ike was bald. People are afraid of the bald. Ok, fine, maybe it's not that. Maybe it's something even simpler. Maybe it's the fact that Ike warned against the growing military-industrial complex while Reagan actively supported it.
Or maybe it's the fact that many of today's Republican leaders are just plain and simple insane. Seriously, Michele Bachmann isn't fit to lead a PTA, much less be a spokesperson for the conservative vanguard. I actually like some of Ron Paul's ideas but ultimately his obsession with killing the Fed and completely disengaging from the world are dangerous at best and probably closer to sociopathic in reality.
Sure, I admit that I get people mixed up. But usually it's because either their names are similar or they look kind of the same. This attribution of Eisenhower's ideals to Reagan and their further transformation into the current pseudo-Reagan conservatism is an entirely different ballpark. And unlike my mix up which simply gets me ridiculed by baseball fans, the conservative shell game might just leave the country insolvent. It's almost enough to drive Mickey Mantle to drink.


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Now that I have your attention...
The clock turned over 4K on the GS today. This makes over 20K miles on BMW's. More
miles on other bikes but a significant milestone for me.
One significant difference today is that motorcycling has been more than
just a means of transportation or sport riding. I have finally learned to
merge the joy of riding with my desire to see and learn about the great
state of California. Not to mention I've met some pretty neat people.
Carrying on with a theme in my last report (you did notice there was
something of a theme, right?), I headed over to Santa Cruz to visit
Santa Cruz Mission.
Santa Cruz is the 12th mission and founded in 1791. Unfortunately, the only
part of the mission that remains is the neophyte housing. Most of the other
buildings were demolished when the production output of the mission fell
below what was considered acceptable levels for the times (hmmm....). In 1860,
a new church was built on the old ground. Holy Cross is a rather modern looking
structure built on the old mission site.
When the mission closed, families were given ownership of the rooms they
occuppied. Some stayed but most left within 10 years. One women
(Cornelia Hopcroft) lived there until her death in 1983. It was Ms. Hopcroft
that sold the land and the adobe to the state of California on condition she
be allowed to live there for the rest of her life.
Here's a shot looking down the mission's exterior.
A couple of examples of the living accommodations. Rather spartan on
this side...
And oppulent on this end...
The church was reconstructed on a slightly different site and now
looks like this...
Of course what trip to Santa Cruz would be complete without a stop on West Cliff
Drive for a picture of the Boardwalk?
Or the surfers?
Or maybe you just want to wander on the beach...
If you've read this far, thank you. I hope you enjoyed this little bit of
California's history.


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Addon Spotlight takes a look at the little bits of Lua and XML that make our interfaces special. From bar mods to unit frames and beyond, if it goes in your Addons folder, we'll cover it here.
I love it when people send in tips for cool addons. There was a time when I could subscribe to the RSS feed for an addon site and check out each new mod as it came out, but the scene is too big now; I'd be at it all day. Today we'll look at DagAssist, which was submitted by Rodney earlier this afternoon.
DagAssist puts a single, quite attractive button on your minimap that, when clicked, opens a pop-up menu containing things like:
- Teleports and portals, for mages
- Summons for warlocks
- Profession skills
- Hearthstone
You can see what it looks like for my warlock at right.