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DENVER -- The Rockies almost overcame the rib, finger and foot injuries that were the talk of the town on Friday. But all they were left with was an 8-7 loss to the Phillies in front of 36,114 at Coors Field because Juan Nicasio couldn't overcome his Achilles' heel.
Nicasio entered the sixth inning with a five-run lead, but he didn't make it out of the inning and the lead by then was all but gone. In fact, the power-armed Nicasio has dominated parts of nearly every start, but he hasn't thrown a pitch all season in the seventh inning.Full Game Coverage
DENVER -- The Rockies almost overcame the rib, finger and foot injuries that were the talk of the town on Friday. But all they were left with was an 8-7 loss to the Phillies in front of 36,114 at Coors Field because Juan Nicasio couldn't overcome his Achilles' heel.
Nicasio entered the sixth inning with a five-run lead, but he didn't make it out of the inning and the lead by then was all but gone. In fact, the power-armed Nicasio has dominated parts of nearly every start, but he hasn't thrown a pitch all season in the seventh inning.Full Game Coverage
"He's been dominant at times early and run into some trouble around the sixth inning," Rockies manager Walt Weiss said. "It's tough to say exactly why. His focus is good. It's just been somewhat of a trend for Juan this year."
It's a subject of much conjecture, and one the Rockies no doubt will mull as they make room for onetime perennial Cy Young Award candidate Roy Oswalt, who threw 8 1/3 dazzling innings at Double-A Tulsa on Friday in what most figure is his final Minor League tuneup.
However, the pitching of Nicasio -- 5 2/3 innings, seven hits and five runs -- wasn't the only factor that undid the Rockies, who got a four-hit night with a home run from Carlos Gonzalez and a two-run homer from Josh Rutledge in his return after a three-week demotion to Triple-A Colorado Springs.
The offense responded with 13 hits in the Rockies' first game without star shortstop Troy Tulowitzki, whose fractured right rib will cost him 4-6 weeks. Gonzalez, whose first-inning homer was his 19th to lift him into a tie with the Phillies' Domonic Brown for the National League lead, was playing with a freshly bruised left foot and a two-week long battle with left knee tendinitis. Dexter Fowler suffered a bruised right knuckle and was limited to pinch-running.
Nonetheless, the Phillies' Freddy Galvis delivered a pair of two-run triples, one apiece off Nicasio and reliever Wilton Lopez, as the Rockies lost their third straight and fell out of a tie with the Giants and into third place in the National League West.
"It's hard," Rockies catcher Yorvit Torrealba said. "We just lost one of the keys on this team, Tulowitzki, and to be able to score seven runs, we probably thought we had that game."
The Rockies peppered Phillies starter Kyle Kendrick for seven runs on 10 hits. But the Phillies won with offensive momentum and scoreless relief from Jeremy Horst, Michael Stutes (2-0), Jake Diekman, Justin De Fratus, Mike Adams and Jonathan Papelbon (13th save).
Gonzalez singled with one out in the ninth and ignored the pain to steal second, but Papelbon forced Todd Helton to ground to short to end the game.
"We played sloppy at first and we hung in there," Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said. "We stayed around, and our bullpen did a good job when our hitting picked up."
At least Nicasio left with a tenuous 7-5 lead. But up-and-down right-hander Lopez (1-3), who hasn't been the ground-ball pitcher the Rockies expected when they acquired him from the Astros during the offseason, gave up the lead by allowing three hits and two runs, plus letting an inherited runner score, while managing just one out in the seventh.
The speculation will be about whether Oswalt will bump Nicasio or lefty Jeff Francis -- coming off a strong outing -- from the rotation, or whether Nicasio could end up in the bullpen. But with closer Rafael Betancourt (right groin) and righty middle reliever Edgmer Escalona (right elbow) each on the disabled list, the Rockies can't afford for a reliever of Lopez's late-inning ilk to be less than dependable.
Friday's rough outing came a day after Lopez was called for consecutive balks that let the tying run sore in an eventual loss to the Nationals.
"It's just a matter of being up in the zone," Weiss said. "His bread and butter has been he's been a ground-ball guy at the bottom of the zone. He gets in trouble when the ball is elevated."
Lopez, who nearly escaped the seventh scoreless but allowed John Mayberry to work him into a walk on eight pitches, left the clubhouse as reporters arrived.
Nicasio graciously stuck around and said he remains aggressive, even though the results after about five innings are spinning away from him. Torrealba said the Galvis triple off him involved bad luck -- Helton almost had it behind the first-base bag -- but added it was a straight and poorly located changeup.
"I tried to finish the inning, make a pitch, throw the ball down," Nicasio said. "I had a lead. I tried to make the hitter hit the ball. I tried to throw a fastball in the middle, and the hitter, he swings ...
"In the sixth, I lost command a little bit. The fastball was up in the zone."
Torrealba said, "There's something about that inning. He probably knew that was going to be his last inning and tried to be too nasty, tried too hard to make his pitches.
"I see a lot of potential in the guy. I can see him winning 15 games in one year, maybe more. It's a great arm. You've got to keep working with him."
The Rockies like the idea of Nicasio's power arm in the rotation, but have to decide the best use for that arm as Oswalt arrives and the season evolves.
Thomas Harding is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Hardball in the Rockies, and follow him on Twitter @harding_at_mlb.
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Skip to comments.Rail traffic reflects more oil production, less coal-fired electricity generation
Posted on 02/05/2013 6:49:47 AM PST by thackney
The record increase in U.S. crude oil production during 2012 and the significant decline in coal use for domestic electricity generation were reflected in the movement of those two commodities by rail last year. Crude oil and petroleum products accounted for the biggest increase in railcar loadings among commodities in 2012, while coal had the largest decline. Notwithstanding these changes, coal remained by far the dominant category of carload shipments, accounting for 41% of total carloads, compared to a 4% share for all petroleum and petroleum products combined.
Last year, the amount of crude oil and petroleum products delivered by rail increased 46% over 2011, or almost 171,000 carloads, according to the Association of American Railroads (AAR), which tracks movement of commodities by rail. Crude oil accounted for an estimated 38% of the combined deliveries in the oil and petroleum products category during 2012, up from 3% in 2009. The trade group says that crude oil was responsible for nearly all of the growth last year in carloadings in this category.
Typically, about 90% of the crude oil and petroleum products in the United States is transported by pipeline. However, more crude is being moved by rail from areas of the country seeing a boost in oil production, such as North Dakota's Bakken Shale formation, that do not have adequate pipeline infrastructure to transport the oil to refineries. U.S. crude oil production increased by a record 780,000 barrels per day in 2012.
The commodity with the biggest decline in railcar loadings during 2012 was coal, which was down about 726,000 carloads, or nearly 11%, to just over 6 million carloads.
More than 70% of the coal burned by power plants for electricity generation is delivered by rail. However, those deliveries fell in 2012 because of lower demand from power plant operators, who turned to more price-competitive natural gas as a generating fuel. Coal accounted for 37.2% of U.S. electricity generation through November 2012, based on the latest data from EIA's Electric Power Monthly. That level is down from 42.5% during the same 11-month period in 2011. Electricity generation from natural gas increased from 24.6% to 30.8% over the same time.
Net railcar loadings for other nonenergy commodities grew slightly in 2012. Railcar loads of motor vehicles and crushed stone rose the most among nonenergy commodities, while grain and metallic ores saw the largest carload declines for nonenergy commodities. Excluding coal, U.S. railcar loads totaled 8.7 million in 2012, up 3% from the previous year, according to AAR.
At this point, the admainstration's "war on coal" is largely irrelevant (not that I am in favor or it,mind you). Coal simply is not competitive vs. a vs. natural gas for the generation of electricity.
You are comparing different commodities here on volume... pricing and the market have everything to do with unit trainloadings for coal. If power plants are moving to DIRT CHEAP natural gas... you would see less coal use, right?
I did not see that is misleading. I saw it as confirming that point.
Energy regulations effect more than just the energy market. It can drive other markets both up and down.
I believe that coal is still cheaper per raw BTU than Natural Gas. It is the regulations on coal that continue to add up greater cost in using it to produce electricity.
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delivered coal price will average $2.40 per MMBtu in 2012
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Of course coal varies a lot in quality, so the number above is the average paid.
Yeah, but there is a whole lot more than "raw BTU" involved. Sure, regulations are part of it, but I suspect that natgas is also more efficient (combined cycle gas turbine/steam turbine), transport by pipeline rather than rail, and probably others.
If I remember correctly, modern coal plants spend nearly 1/3 of the power they generate to reach the environmental requirements of the EPA with scrubbers and the like.
Interesting. I had not heard that statistic. I don't doubt it, though.
The 1/3 might be only for high-sulfur coal.
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Garden Talk: October 21, 2010
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Recipes for Healthy Kids
Did you come up with some delicious new ways to use the produce from your garden this year? Did you hit on ways to serve garden-fresh veggies that your kids gobbled down? Are you interested in helping youngsters learn about the benefits and enjoyment of eating healthy foods? Why not gather together some like-minded community members and enter the Recipes for Healthy Kids competition. Part of Michele Obama's Let's Move campaign against childhood obesity, in association with the USDA, this contest challenges school nutrition professionals, chefs, students, parents and interested community members to form teams to create tasty, healthy new recipes for inclusion on school lunch menus across the country.
Teams will work on developing at least one healthy recipe in one of three categories- whole grains, dark green and orange vegetables, or dry beans and peas. Their creations will be served in the school's cafeteria and rated by students. Then fifteen semi-finalist teams will have their recipes evaluated by a judging panel during events held at their school; judging criteria will include student involvement, nutrition, creativity and originality, recipe presentation and ease of use in schools. The top three teams will compete in a national cook-off to determine the grand prize winner, whose team will take $3000 back to their school! In addition, first and second prizes of $1500 and $1000, respectively, will be awarded in each category. Semi-finalists' recipes will also be posted for online voting by the public to determine a Popular Choice Winner with a $1500 prize. Winning teams will be invited to prepare their healthful, prize-winning meals alongside White House chefs.
Recipes can be submitted through December 30, 2010 and the judging will take place between January 1 and May 15, 2011. What a great way to help schools improve their lunch programs and get kids excited about good nutrition. It could also be an excellent tie-in to a school gardening program.
For more information and details on how to enter, go to: Recipes for Healthy Kids.
A Kaleidoscope of Color
Flowers add to the beauty of the garden, but for season-long excitement, nothing beats plants with colorful foliage. And few are as colorful for as long as the new 'Kaleidescope' abelia from Plant Haven. This dense, compact shrub is not only the longest blooming of any abelia, it lights up the garden with its dramatically variegated leaves as well.
The show starts in early spring when the leaves emerge with lime-green centers and bright yellow edges set off by bright red stems. As spring turns to summer, the yellow matures to golden and the variegation does not burn or scorch in the hottest weather. In fall and winter the leaves change to shades of orange and fiery red, and the winter foliage hangs on better than on other abelias. Along with this vibrant foliage display, beginning in late spring and continuing well into fall, soft pink buds open to small, fragrant, funnel-shaped, white flowers that attract swallowtail butterflies.
Because it stays under 3 feet tall, 'Kaleidoscope' works well in many landscape situations- as a foundation plant, in mass plantings or even in containers. Hardy in zones 6-9, abelias need well-drained, moist, acid soil and will develop the best foliage color if grown in full sun.
For more information on this exciting new abelia, go to: 'Kaleidoscope' Abelia .
Sweet Bittersweet
With its abundant berries in autumnal shades, bittersweet vine has long been a favorite for fall decorating. Unfortunately the popular Oriental bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus) is a rampantly growing vine that is a prohibited noxious weed in many of the New England states and considered a potential invasive in some other areas.
Fortunately for gardeners and home decorators, the native species of this vine, Celastrus scandens, is both decorative and not such a threat. It is, however, a vigorous vine that can grow to 25 feet and engulf shrubs and young trees growing in its path, so it needs thoughtful placement in the landscape. The main difference between the two species is that on American bittersweet vines, the flower clusters are borne at the ends of the stems, while they're found along the stems on the Oriental Bittersweet. The yellowish white flowers are not particularly showy. It's in fall, when the three-lobed yellow-orange fruit capsules open to reveal a crimson seed, that the true decorative value of the vine becomes apparent.
Bittersweet is dioecious, that is male and female flowers are produced on separate plants. Only the female vine will produce the decorative fruits, but a male vine must be nearby for the female flowers to be pollinated and form fruits. To make sure that you have at least one plant of each sex, choose named cultivars such as 'Diana' (female) and 'Hercules' (male) or 'Indian Maiden' and 'Indian Brave.'
But now there are exceptions to this rule. Autumn Revolution (C. scandens 'Bailumn') and Sweet Tangerine? (C.scandens 'Swtazam') are self-fruitful American bittersweet vines. Only one vine is necessary for fruiting, a boon to gardeners with limited space.
For more information on American bittersweet, go to: Plant Diversity. For more information on Sweet Tangerine® American bittersweet, go to: Lake Country Nursery. For more information on Autumn Revolution™ American bittersweet, go to: Gardening Club.
Managing Soil Pathogens with Mustard
No, we're not talking about raiding the condiments cupboard for some Grey Poupon! But research done at Cornell University has demonstrated that mustard plants, as well as other related brassicas such as canola, when grown as a cover crop, act as a biofumigant that helps to suppress certain soil-borne pests and diseases.
While all members of the Brassica clan, which includes cabbage, broccoli, kale, mustard and turnips, among others, produce compounds called glucosinolates that are toxic to microorganisms, the ones that are used as cover crops have been developed to have very high levels of these anti-microbial compounds.
When the plant cells of these cover crops are damaged by chopping, the glucosinolates are released and come into contact with an enzyme that, in the presence of water, causes the formation of the natural gas isothiocyanate that suppresses the plant pathogens. After the harmful soil organisms are killed, beneficial microorganisms quickly repopulate the soil. Research has shown that Phytophthora, Verticilllium, Rhizoctonia and Fusarium are among the pathogens that are checked with this biofumigation.
The cover crop residues need to be incorporated into the soil immediately after chopping in order to keep the gas produced from being lost and the soil must be irrigated for maximum effectiveness. In addition to the disease-suppressing effect of a mustard cover crop, the soil benefits from the addition of the large quantity of organic material when the cover crop is turned under.
For more information on research using mustard crops for biofumigation, go to: Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County.


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The history of money via the lens of astrology is informative and fascinating. Beyond the well-known stories and with the intention to evolve our understanding of a complicated subject, Robert and Kim Marie will outline how these mediums of exchange were created, how they have matured over many years of economic expansion, and how current distortions in the system are ripe for change.
In this lecture, Robert Gover and Kim Marie are excited to recommend new solutions. The upcoming Uranus-Pluto waxing squares will define new monetary policies over the next decade as Saturn wanes in its cycle to both of these powerhouse planets. While insecurity seems to be the norm, these interlocking planetary cycles are actually in process of synergizing unique changes in who will ultimately control "the money."


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CJC Task Force releases final report on Stand Your Ground law
Published: Nov 26th, 2012
In previous issues of FlaLaw, we highlighted faculty who were go-to sources for the media in the Trayvon Martin shooting case. George Zimmerman, a Hispanic neighborhood watch volunteer, is charged in the fatal shooting of the unarmed black teen. Over the summer, the college of law's Criminal Justice Center evaluated how Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law has been applied in past cases, and whether there is a correlation between the homicide rate in Florida and the implementation of the controversial law.


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These distortions of scale within an image can be removed through orthorectification. During orthorectification, digital scans of aerial photos are subjected to algorithms that eliminate each source of spatial distortion. The result is a georeferenced digital mosaic of several photographs with uniform scale throughout the mosaic. Features near land are generally georeferenced with greater accuracy while the accuracy of features away from land is generally not as good. Where no land is in the original photographic frame only kinematic GPS locations and image tie points were used to georeference the images. After the orthorectified mosaics were created, photointerpreters were able to accurately and reliably delineate boundaries of features in the imagery as they appear on the computer monitor.
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Image to image tie-points were then used to further co-register the imagery, especially for photos taken over open water where ground control points were not available. Fixed ground features visible in the scanned photos were selected for ground control points (GCP's) which were then used to georeference the imagery. GCP's were measured using real-time DGPS (differential Global Positioning System). Points were obtained with a wide distribution throughout the imagery, especially on peninsulas and outer islands whenever possible since this results in the most accurate registration throughout each image. Only ground control points for terrestrial features were collected due to difficulty of obtaining precise positions for submerged features.
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Irelands Happy Man, Cahal Dunne, will be performing his Irish stylings on Sunday, Nov. 11 at 3 p.m. in the Montezuma-Cortez High School Auditorium. The Grand To Be Irish show is the second concert in the Southwest Colorado Concert Series program for Cortez.
Dunne has been singing and performing his way into hearts all over the world for over 30 years.
Pianist, composer, singer, comedian and all around entertainer, Dunnes shows are full of delightful commentary and comedic storytelling. He will perform Irish favorites for all ages on piano and with full orchestral tracks.
He is most famous for winning the 1979 Eurovision Song Contest and credits that as his big break. His rendition of Happy Man, from which he gets his nickname, sent him to Israel to represent his country at the International Eurovision Contest. He has also won and participated in several song contests around the world. He has appeared with Bob Hope, Denis Day and ABBA. His television appearances include the David Letterman Show, Entertainment Tonight and PBS.
Originally from County Cork, Ireland, he emigrated to the United States after performing concerts in Michigan in 1982. His shows take him all over the country but he is a fan favorite on the East Coast. Dunne now resides near Pittsburg, Pa., with his wife and family.
This will be the last concert in the series for this year. They will return in March with musical duo, Classical Gas and again in April with the tap-dancing force, Two On Tap.
Tickets to see Cahal Dunne are $20 for adults and $5 for ages 18 and under. For more information about Dunne or the upcoming concerts, contact Joyce Stevenson at 565-4757.


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May 2012
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- On May 10, Governor Perdue released her recommended $20.9 billion FY2012-13 state budget. It includes a ¾-cent extension of the state sales tax, which would raise a projected $760 million in revenue. While the governor's proposal represents a 4.9-percent increase over the $19.7 billion FY2012-13 continuation budget, it would nonetheless spend 8.2 percent less than the last state budget approved before the onset of the Great Recession (FY2007-08) when adjusted for inflation.
- Revenue availability for FY2012-13 increased as a result of stronger-than expected personal income tax collections, resulting in a projected revenue surplus of $232.5 million. Combined with an unappropriated balance of $41 million, $122.5 million in agency reversions, $9.6 million in General Fund restitution from the National Mortgage Settlement, and $757 million in net new revenue, the governor's budget is predicated on $1.16 billion in revenue in excess of the continuation forecast of $19.94 billion.
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- The governor's budget would restore $562 million in funding to public schools—an amount greater than the current budget's largest single recurring cut to public education, the $503.1 million "LEA Adjustment." While her proposal calls for a 7.6-percent increase to total state funding for public schools, it would still spend 5.9 percent less than the pre-recession budget.
- The governor's budget includes $200 million in one-time money to address the current year's shortfall in funding to pay Medicaid claims. While this amount fully addresses the FY2011-12 Medicaid shortfall as estimated by the Office of State Budget and Management and the Department of Health and Human Services, the governor's suggested funding increase for Medicaid in FY 2012-13 falls $143 million short of the $243 million needed to meet program obligations.
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REGENSBURG, Germany, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- A German copyright law firm said it will publish a list of pornography pirates on its Web site at the start of September.
The firm, Urmann and Colleagues of Regensburg, said Tuesday it will publish a list of Internet connections used to pirate pornographic materials, starting with connections in police stations and church rectories, The Local.de reported Tuesday.
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Monday October 15, 2012
LENOX -- Thanks to an alert from a passing motorist, Lenox and Great Barrington firefighters were able to knock down a weekend fire before it could consume a house occupied by three sleeping residents.
"A tragedy was averted," said Lenox Fire Chief Daniel Clifford on Monday, but it took 37 firefighters from the two towns to put out the accidental blaze at 140 West St., across from Morris Elementary School.
There were no injuries. Residents Wendy Adams, her son Maxwell Adams, and Sharon Alpert escaped the smoke and flames caused by a deteriorated chimney, Clifford said. The house, owned by brothers Marc Zamboni of Pittsfield and Michael Zamboni of Lanesborough, was being leased to the three occupants.
Damage to the home, which was insured, was put at about $90,000, said Clifford.
Clifford credited the passing motorist, Warren Maston of Chatham, N.Y., heading for his job at the Blantyre resort, for spotting the flames on the side of the front door, alerting the occupants and calling in the blaze at 6 a.m. Saturday.
Career and volunteer firefighters assigned to all three Lenox stations, as well as four from Great Barrington manning that town's air truck responded. Three Lenox engines and the town's ambulance were at the scene, while the Lee Fire Department was on standby.
The American Red Cross is assisting the three residents.
Because of smoke, water and structural damage, the house will require extensive renovation, including a new roof, before it can be habitable, according to Clifford.
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Discussion in 'Tennis Tips/Instruction' started by 5263, Nov 30, 2012.
It sure would have helped MY game greatly.
OTOH, it can only be applied when you have consistent incoming ball speeds with consistent bounces, something I've never seen in a real match.
POSTURE is extremely important, but the legs need to do the work to get your torso into position. Somehow, the opponent is constantly trying to overcome your leg's ability to get into position.
The reason we reach out, stiffen up, jump, and lean back is we didn't recognize the bounce of the ball while it's incoming from the other side of the net. All the perfect "neutral spine"/posture will never teach recognition of the tennis ball speed, spin, and bounce.
It will help, it won't help much, but overall, anything in the positive direction is better than eating a roast beef and colby jack sand on sourdough.
Imo it's like a lot of other things.
If you can work it into drills and exercises, then it can find it's way into your
normal range of play. In this case, working for good spine alignment is also
a way of training to work for an on balance, stable hitting position, which is
key to good accuracy.
For sure, good posture is better than inconsistent bad posture.
One of the traits that separate good from bad players is the good players always hit with good posture, seem to get to balls and recognize speed, spin, and bounce, and hit IN balance.
Traits of me is to get there late, have the ball jump up or slide low, then jerk, jump, or chop to compensate, causing a perfectly unbalanced shot.
Lifestyle is a big issue. Proper posture and modern lifestyle do not mesh.
I long for the proper posture days of our forefathers.
I remember great grandpappy RR2473 had the posture of a model.
Most girls I know have great posture. They are usually Yoga addicts, of course.
I slouch, reach and lean, poor posture.
I can beat any girl in tennis one full level above me. They have less back and leg problems than I do.
Life, as I know it.
so as to increase awareness of posture, yes it could eventually help tennis but placing a pipe against spine does basically nothing in correcting posture. in fact it could as well have negative effect.
posture is an extremely complex subject. one basic nature of it is the relaxed state posture and doing something posture are very different. but the relaxed state posture has huge implication for the dynamic posture. the pipe thing applies more to the relaxing posture but still not for everyone. dynamic posture cannot be approached by appearance or externally. I don't think the method that helpful for posture.
Very narrow view of the vid imo above.
The main point of the vid was to discuss the range of a neutral spine, I can see
how you got there without the article that goes with it. One of the quotes,
"Neutral spine isn't necessarily a singular, static position that your spine never,
ever, ever moves from. Neutral spine is a range."
Also I didn't suggest that anyone needed to be in the position with every swing of
the stick, but asked could it be helpful in training & exercises.
definitely better than not doing anything for training and exercise. that's the truth, so it must be helpful. why don't you try for yourself? just saying there are better ways to approach the spinal posture IMO.
I should have included the ref to the article from the start, so thanks for
pointing it out
Actually I have been working with things like this since I discovered how important
balance is to control. I liked that piece since it answered some questions
about neutral spine range.
when exerting force the spinal curvature should becomes more pronounced and the head along with all limbs shifts more forward of the torso. same thing should happen for the athletic stance. in such posture, most likely the head won't touch the pipe. animals lower their head in ready to attack posture. for human it's the forward shift of the head.
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CHICAGO (AP) – Left fielder Casper Wells robbed Reed Johnson of a home run in the eighth inning to help the Chicago White Sox beat the Atlanta Braves 3-1 on Sunday.
With the White Sox leading 3-1, Wells leaped up against the left-field wall to make a spectacular catch and rob Johnson of the game-tying homer. It was one of several great defensive plays by the White Sox.
Alex Rios added two hits and an RBI for Chicago and Jose Quintana scattered nine hits in 5 2-3 innings for the win.
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White Sox relievers Ramon Troncoso and Donnie Veal each retired the two batter they faced and Nate Jones pitched a scoreless eighth. Closer Addison Reed pitched scoreless ninth for his 25th save in 29 chances.
Braves starter Mike Minor (9-5) pitched his first career complete game in the loss.
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Izanami bore many islands, deities, and forefathers of Japan. When Izanami died in childbirth, Izanagi tried (but failed) to retrieve her from Yomi (the underworld). In the cleansing rite after his return, he begot Amaterasu (the sun goddess) from his left eye, Tsukuyomi (the moon god) from his right eye, and Susano'o (tempest or storm god) from his nose. The story of Izanagi and Izanami has close parallels to the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, but it also has a major difference. When Izanagi looks prematurely at his wife, he beholds her monstrous and hellish state and she is shamed and enraged. She pursues him in order to kill him. She fails to do so, but promises to kill a thousand of his people every day. Izanagi retorts that a thousand and five hundred will be born every day.re
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Discussion in 'Miscellaneous' started by sonak, Apr 17, 2013.
Now that is just crazy talk. Jägermeister can't be discontinued.
I can't think of anything. I eat plenty of junk food, but I'm not emotionally attached to it on any level.
General Mills Breakfast Squares, I don't know if there was anything healthy about them, but they were great to have while watching Creature Double Feature every weekend. http://www.flickriver.com/photos/29884868@N04/2999975591/
Ice cream Moro bars.
Sounds to me like what is known in Germany as Apfeltasche (for apples) and Kirschtasche (for cherries).
Colman's "French" Mustard.
It briefly came back as Colman's Mild Mustard, but then promptly disappeared again. Although I believe you can still get it in 2 litre catering jars, at 20 quid a pop, but they are far too big for one person to get through before the taste goes off.
Amen to this.
Yup, that would be it. I'm annoyed now. Why on Earth would McDonalds have that available in one part of the world but not another?!?
Faygo soda pop. I know its still out there, but hard to find. What's odd is the location you DO find it at...like who would have that the BP gas station I stopped at in Huntsville, AL would have a soda pop from Detroit? Its good AND cheap!
McDonald's had an awesome grilled chicken sandwich when I worked there in the mid 90s. It had red sliced onions and a creamy spicy sauce. It was so good. Same with their ham and cheese bagel snadwich, had a really unique flavored sauce...they still have the bagel sandwiches, just not that one anymore.
I remember those. They were so good that, as a kid, I would eat them like candy, so the actual "healthy" aspect of it was completely lost.
I got two of those bottles sitting in a cabinet. Next to a bottle of "Alien Ale." Yeah, I was a sucker for weird stuff like that but didn't like the taste of it.
Lemon coke.
Yeah. I miss Hostess brand ANYTHING in fact. The other brands just aren't as good.
Also, cream soda.
With the new Freestyle machines, I would have thought this was an option. Apparently lemon is only available with Coke Zero.
I really liked Crystal Pepsi.
Also, does anyone remember 7-Up Gold? It was like 7-Up mixed with ginger ale and was absolutely delicious. It was tested and then disappeared. It may have only been tested in Colorado, where I lived at the time.
I loved the Marathon candy bar when I was a kid. No relation to the UK bar, it was more like the UK's Curly Wurly, but not quite the same. It was very popular in the 70's, but was discontinued in about 1981.
cheese balls. Like a cheesie only ball shaped.
btw, my canadian local walmart has never been out of twinkies. I wonder if they were never manufactured by hostess here in the first place.
Those were supposed to be healthy? I had no idea. I gobbled those damn things down like, well, candy.
As for discontinued food that NOBODY will miss, I give you these:
Weight Watchers recipe cards from 1974
I miss chochlate that tasted good. None of the "major brands" have tasted the same since around 2003 or so.
As for discontinued products I used to like,
Royal Crown Draft premimium cola
New Berry Blue cool aid
Ecto cooler from hi-c
Ocean spray Mauna La'i island guava
Boku juice
Keebler Potato Skins
Not a "food, snack, or drink" but sideways related... The old foam McD's containers.
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We have finished the application design and data modeling phases of a system to be coded during the next 12 months or so. The programming team will consists of a friend and I, working at separate locations.
Our initial desire would be to go with Team Foundation Server for both revision control and work item tracking. But we hit an impossible obstacle: The requirements are TFS 2010 and SQL Server 2008 R2. The idea of purchasing a Virtual Private Server where these could be installed and act as our Team Foundation Server would mean a very high initial cost. I'd have to upload to the server well over 2Gb just for installation files (which would actually require me to edit the SQL server installation disk to remove the x86 and itanium setups, otherwise make that 6Gb). With the typical 1Gb monthly bandwidth minimum, you can see the problem with that.
We may find another way to deal with WIT. Or just ignore it altogether for now and adopt stone age project management strategy. But revision control is essential.
So I'm considering adopting for the first time a distributed revision control system. I would require something easy to work, with a small entry cost. Frankly I'm in no mood to spend an inordinate amount of time learning a revision control when what I should be doing is coding. Any suggestion in this direction would be great. It's my first time with DRC systems.
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President Obama will talk about improving competitiveness in the State of the Union address. Will it resonate this time?
Tonight, the president delivers the State of Union address. Previews indicate his biggest themes will be improving the lackluster economy, creating jobs and improving U.S. competitiveness.
To those of you who have been out of work for more than a year, No. 2 is really Job 1. To others, the response might be "it's about time."
Aamer Madhani writes in The Atlantic that the speech will be a call for "bold action."
President Obama has called the Great Recession our "Sputnik moment" and he has talked up competitiveness in recent days, in last week's weekly address:
"We're going to have to out-innovate, we're going to have to out-build, we're going to have to out-compete, we're going to have to out-educate other countries."
He went into greater depth even before that during a speech in Schenectady, N.Y., hosted by his new competitiveness czar, GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt:
But will this time be any different from any other time?
In November, I wrote about the new wind blowing through the Silicon Valley, through the SIA and about George Will's speech at the group's annual dinner. Business leaders seem to have found some resolve after two years of hiding in their foxholes. And some of you wondered aloud in the comments section whether it's time to get serious about fielding more engineer-candidates for political office.
Tonight on Capitol Hill, the future will be watching. Four science wizards will attend the State of the Union and be mentioned as indicators of America's competitive zeal, lights pointing to a brighter future. They are:
- Amy Chyao, High School Junior (Richardson, TX)
- Brandon Ford, High School Junior (Philadelphia)
- Diego Vasquez, Community College student (Phoenix)
- Mikayla Nelson, High School Freshman (Billings, MT)
Time will tell if the president and Congress really get what it means to be competitive or they just know how to assemble convenient political props for a live TV event.
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Rationalizable outcomes of large independent private-value first-price discrete auctions
We consider discrete versions of independent, private-value, first-price auctions. We show for any fixed finite set of possible bids, if the number of participants is large enough, then the set of rationalizable bids involves all players bidding the highest bid that is lower than their private value.
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Gawker.TV: The Five Best Videos Ever of the Day
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