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Anyone who can afford a $222,000 luxury sedan is unlikely to care about saving $4 a week on fuel. But high-end consumers will see value in the new 7-Series ActiveHybrid's whisper-quiet motoring and welcome the performance boost of its electric motor.
The ActiveHybrid 7 will become BMW's third petrol-electric model when it arrives in Australia in March 2013. It joins the 5-Series-based ActiveHybrid 5, which landed in October, and the smaller ActiveHybrid 3, due this month. All three combine an in-line six-cylinder petrol engine with an electrically-driven motor to deliver an economy and performance boost.
Typically, new technologies debut in the most expensive models. But hybrid technology, first seen more than a decade ago in much cheaper cars from Honda and Toyota, has been slow to reach these flagships, suggesting luxury consumers aren't as concerned with saving fuel.
BMW claims the ActiveHybrid 7 uses 1.1 litres per 100km less than its petrol-only equivalent (6.8 v 7.9). And although it has more power and torque, the hybrid's 150kg additional weight (mostly the battery pack which takes up space in the boot) means it accelerates from zero to 100km/h in the same 5.7 seconds.
As we glide at a stately 50km/h through a sleepy German town south of Munich, the petrol engine shuts off completely, leaving the lithium ion battery to power the car's movement via an electric motor.
On its own, the electric motor generates 40kW of power, less than half a Corolla, but it's enough to maintain the two-tonne sedan's momentum and gently accelerate. This engine-less driving takes luxury sedan refinement to new extremes; the only sound is the barely perceptible rumble of tyres on the smooth European road surface.
Emerging into the countryside, our speed increases and the petrol engine takes over completely, recharging the battery by capturing potential energy whenever I brake. The road climbs and I give the accelerator a determined push.
The electric motor returns, this time in the role of a power-booster, complementing the petrol engine's 235kW and 450Nm outputs to deliver a combined 260kW of power and 500Nm of torque.
The big 7-Series charges strongly up the incline, building speed with ease. The electric motor's innate ability to generate pulling power at low revs means strong, syrupy performance that suits the 7's reputation for easy, hassle-free driving.
During the course of the day, we drove more than 300km at speeds between 50km/h and 250km/h on autobahns and in the Austrian Alps. Four-up and loaded with luggage, fuel consumption averaged 11.2L/100km, far from BMW's 6.8 litre claim, although more than acceptable under the extreme circumstances.
The ActiveHybrid 7 will become the sixth of BMW's flagship 7-Series models, priced at $11,000 more than the petrol-only BMW 740i. It delivers refined, effortless motoring with a green tinge and a BMW badge.
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Socks & Sandals Went Away for a Reason :-)
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oooohhh yeah thats just .....wrong..ReplyDelete
OK.....what is up with the pics of Dakota looking like she's got a problem with her "cycle".....is that REALLY necessary for them movie? I would assume so since it's being shot as apart of the movie so I just can't WAIT to see how exactly is plays into the making of a band flick......gross.ReplyDelete
Only woman over 65 get away with this look.
@Juju.. Not even then do they get away with it..LOLReplyDelete
I usually like what Dakota is wearing , but this time i don't like what she's wearing at all.She dressed like my grandma upset no high heels , or mini skirt.Don't celebrities have stylish to dress them up?If Dakota doesn't have one , I suggest she should , so she can dress like ppl from TODAY , not like ppl that are in their 60's and up.ReplyDelete
All she needed to finish the outfit was a fringed halter top!!ReplyDelete
oh c'mon its dakota what do u expect lol.. i love her i think shes awesome!!ReplyDelete
Doesn't it clearly say that she's in COSTUME for Runaways? Leave the poor girl alone.ReplyDelete
- thparkleJune 23, 2009 at 8:38 AM
Bad outfit and all she's manages to be adorable!ReplyDelete

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He spoke to four different churches and conducted seminars at four different locations. "Marriage Maximized" seminars were conducted for pastors and their wives and Leadership Development seminars were conducted for pastors and other church leaders.
Bacolod, Kabankalan, Dumaguete, Tagbilaran, Ubay, and Garcia-Hernandez were included on the tour of Ott's third visit to the Philippines. About 650 participants from over 20 churches participated in Bohol Family Camp where he spoke four times. Altogether, 32 presentations were made in eight different locations on two islands. The mission concluded at Ubay Church of Christ on Resurrection Sunday where he spoke twice.
In July 2013, he will accompany David Reagan of Christ in Prophecy Telecast to Havana, Cuba where they will teach "Eschatology: End-Time Events" for Cuba Bible Institute. Students who complete four years of quarterly seminars and who are scheduled to receive Certificates of Christian Ministry at the Institute's first graduation in December 2013.
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Name: Priest 祭司
Nickname: Father 乃父
Organization: Iscariot Section XII
Age: 32
Clan: Swift
◄"Jesus Christ is in Heaven."►Appearance:
Priest has short, spikey blond hair, brown/tanned skin, green eyes, a heavy-set squared jaw, and constant stubble. He also has a large, wedge-shaped scar on his left cheek. In the first televised anime series, he was depicted with prominent, sharp canines, possibly to heighten his resemblance to a vampire and make him a symbolic counterpart to Alucard, the "tame monster" of the Hellsing Organization. Priest is quite an imposing man, being very tall (slightly taller than Alucard, who himself is over 2 meters in height) and lean with broad shoulders. He wears round glasses, a large grey cassock (has Purple trim in the TV series and white trim with blue interior in the OVA), grey pants (black in the OVA and white in the TV series), black boots, a black shirt (black with blue trim in the OVA and white in the TV series), a clerical collar (absent from both of the anime series), white gloves, and a silver cross (which often glows gold in the OVA) around his neck. On his gloves, there are inscriptions written across the crosses drawn on the back:
For the right hand, Jesus Christ is in Heaven
For the left hand, Speak with Dead (later changed to Speak with the Dead)
these inscriptions change sometimes, in Priest's later appearances his gloves read Iscariot Section XIII, the organization to which Anderson belongs.
Priest normally appears as a calm and collected person; he works at an orphanage and acts very kindly towards the children under his care. During battles, however, he reveals a darker side.
Priest carries an obsession for what appears to be his "crusade," and compulsively quotes passages of the Holy Bible as he speaks. He is extremely determined to achieve his end, however he abhors the methods chosen by Maxwell to put it in motion.
In battle, he is merciless and almost unstoppable due to his abilities. He has a habit of hissing during fights, and often loses all control of himself much like Alucard. Despite this, he can stop himself and focus on his mission. He has a measure of self-restraint when innocents are caught in the middle (like tourists) or when someone has caught his admiration.
◄"Iscariot Section XIII"►
Village Information
Village of Birth: Sunagakure
Village of Alliance: Sunagakure
Rank: S-Class
Specialty: |
Ninjutsu: In Progress
Swift Release: Awaits Training
◄"Speak with the Dead"►History
Priest was born in Sunagakure into a poor family, his father having being from a clan that uses swift release was a priest and leaving his whole life in the temple before he was assassinated by a group of shinobi who wanted to steal forbidden scrolls from the temple.
Priest grew up to be a strong boy and a talented and brave fighter then he attended ninja academy at the age of 6 which he became a gennin and at the age of 8 he became a chunnin. He became engaged in small mission so as to take care of his mum who was sick and who later died when Priest reaches 10 years in age.
Leaving his home town, Priest became a wanderer traveling from one village to another while training hard as he could. he trained harder in the wind and water element in which he learns mostly while on mission or wandering to hidden villages, mastering fuuton with Lili sensei and Sharindork sempai though at kirigakure and learning suiton with Leaf sensei at iwagakure, katon with drizzy san at kumo. While at this Priest made new freinds amoung which he honed his skill fighting and learning new jutsu from others which happens to be sempais where he learnt and mastered raiton with Selendril san also at iwa.
Now preist set to learn his kekkei genkai which happen to be swift release which would make him a true swift successor.
--to be continued--
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Because of his mastery in Lightning release, Priest can now perform all lightning techniques using just one hand seal.
2 bayonets presumably made of silver as well as smaller blades which can be held between his fingers like claws
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The Richardson City Council heard an update at its work session Monday on steps the Health Department is taking to combat the spread of West Nile virus through prevention and public education measures. In 2012 North Texas (especially Dallas County) was at the epicenter of a widespread outbreak of West Nile Virus in humans and mosquito test samples.
In past years, the Health Department's program to prevent the spread of West Nile included surveillance, public information and ground spraying. Additional measures implemented for 2013 include:
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orochimaru would use this jutsu 1st summon all the hokages
* Name: Summoning: Impure World Resurrection (口寄せ・穢土転生, Kuchiyose: Edo Tensei; Viz "Summoning: Worldly Resurrection", English TV "Summoning Jutsu: Reanimation")
* Type: Kinjutsu, S-rank, Supplementary
* User: Orochimaru
* Hand Seals: Tiger, Snake, Dog, Dragon
* Debut (Anime): Naruto Episode 69
* Debut (Manga): Chapter 117
Summoning: Impure World Resurrection is a forbidden technique used to revive the dead. The ninja will first sacrifice a living person to provide the vessel that the dead soul will inhabit. The dead body will then be encased in ash and dirt to resemble the soul of the person that was resurrected. When the ninja wishes to recall the souls, a portal will open in the ground and the caskets holding the bodies will appear. When the caskets open the bodies will be grey and in a state of minor decay, requiring a special seal to restore their appearance. At this point, the revived person remembers their former lives, and thus not under the users control. The same seal used to restore their appearance also wipes the soul of its free will, putting them under the users control. This technique can also be used to summon multiple people at once, depending on the amount of sacrifices and the chakra level of the user.
Once complete, the revived is impossible to kill by normal means. If a limb is destroyed or removed, it will simply regenerate. To kill the revived, the soul has to be removed. When the Third fought against the revived First and Second Hokages, he had to create shadow clones and perform the Dead Demon Consuming Seal on both of them to kill them. In doing so, the bodies turned back to ash and dust, with the bodies of the individuals sacrificed to lay among the ashes.
& pain willl summon HELL REALM
& hell rleam would do this jutsu
against all 5 of them
King of Hell
* Name: Unknown
* Type: Unknown, Offensive, Supplementary, Short range (0-5m)
* Users: Pain (Naraka Path)
King of Hell is a technique that summons a giant demonic figure with the apparent use of interrogation. It is capable of discerning whether an individual is lying or not. When implemented on a target, a serpent like apparition emerges from their mouth, most likely the victim's life force energy, and it is consumed by the figure. If they are lying (or refuse to answer the question), their life force energy is taken and they die. If the target is telling the truth, they don't die, though they're left extremely exhausted. When the Naraka Path uses this technique, the figure possesses the Rinnegan eyes similar to how the Animal Path's summons all posses the Rinnegan. The King of Hell can only be seen by the ones it's being used upon.
Whatever enters the King of Hell's mouth appears be kept inside it and can be reused, repaired, or even resurrected when needed. When the pieces of the Asura Path, which was incapacitated by Kakashi Hatake, was eaten by the demonic figure, it emerged from the figure fully restored and is even wearing new Akatsuki robe (the body had discarded its previous robe). Once Naraka Path uses this technique, he needs time to recharge and possibly can't use King Of Hell at all. While the King of Hell is being used for revival purposes, it seems that others are able to see it, unlike when it is being used for interrogation purpose.
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Daniel Goodman / Business InsiderEveryone wants to know what really drives gas prices.
Many blame speculators for the day-to-day volatility.
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Jungle MP Nadine Dorries is rated at 8/11 to not be re-elected as an MP at the next General Election, according to the latest bookies odds.
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Collins trusts Alderson to go after right players
By Rowan Kavner / MLB.com
After losing two games in a row, Collins said Alderson approached him and told the Mets' manager that he'd provide the team with the best left-handed pitcher available, Justin Hampson from Triple-A.
"I've got guys in that clubhouse that I believe in and trust and think there's a place for each and every one of them," Collins said. "[Alderson] is well aware of what's going on here, he knows what our needs are, and either we have the ability to get him or we don't."
Collins said he used to ask general managers to get players and the asking price would usually be too high, which leads to disappointments.
"One of the things I've tried to do is not worry about that anymore, and worry about what I do have and how we can use that to be successful," Collins said.
With closer Frank Francisco sidelined with a left oblique strain, Collins has confidence reliever Bobby Parnell can do the job. He said Parnell is better suited to be a closer after the reliever blew multiple saves in early September last year.
"He had some ups and he had some downs and he's learned how to deal with them all, and he's come back better," Collins said. "This is his chance to show what he's learned."
Southpaw Hampson joins Mets to bolster bullpen
CHICAGO -- The last Major League game Justin Hampson appeared in was in September 2008, for the Padres.
The left-handed pitcher joined the Mets from Triple-A Buffalo after Sunday's 6-5 loss to the Yankees, while Vinny Rottino was designated for assignment.
Hampson, a 32-year-old who's fought through shoulder surgery to return to the Majors, was 4-2 with two saves and a 2.13 ERA in 28 games at Buffalo.
"It's definitely a privilege to be here," Hampson said. "It's not given. It's something that can easily never happen again. You've got to take advantage of it.
"I'm very excited. It's been a long couple years coming back from surgery and continuing to play and hope for an opportunity and look for something to open up."
Mets manager Terry Collins said the addition of Hampson will allow him to use Tim Byrdak in key situations against left-handers, while Hampson can be used in the middle of the game to get out of jams.
"I'm sure, hopefully, he's excited to here," Collins said. "I'm sure he'll be a little nervous, but he's been on this stage before. He knows what he has to do."
Collins hopes to keep up energy after busy weekend
CHICAGO -- After a sweep of the Orioles and a tight series against the Yankees, manager Terry Collins is concerned about keeping the energy level up in the clubhouse.
Collins said the team sat 45 minutes at the airport late last night and got into Chicago past 4 a.m.
"I'm really concerned with tonight, because of the weekend series, all the hoopla, all the excitement, all the adrenaline and an absolutely brutal trip in here last night," he said. "Those guys are absolutely, I'm sure, out of gas. We're going to see if we can rise the energy a little bit."
The Mets currently sit 3 1/2 games back of the division-leading Nationals and will play the Cubs twice before the All-Star break.
"We are where we are, and I'm very happy with it," Collins said. "We are where we are because of the way we prepared. We aren't going to let yesterday's game or the chicken or anything else stay in the way of getting to play the next series. You can't do it. This is where you can have a real hiccup, and we're going to try to avoid that."
Worth noting
Collins said outfielder Jason Bay will start exercise on a bicycle Monday and should resume baseball activities by the weekend.
David Wright entered Monday night's game with a 14-game hitting streak, batting .370 over that span.
R.A. Dickey had his stretch of 44 2/3 innings without allowing an earned run snapped Sunday.
Rowan Kavner is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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lucky! I love caiques!fugu99 wrote:Thanks, I heard about sun conures and their tendency to be aggressive and loud. We are actually looking at Caiques now, just because theyre so darn irresistible. We wont be really looking into getting one until next year though, or when we move out of this one bedroom apartment. We need more space. Caiques are aggressive but not loud in particular, and even if they arent the best friend for Hannibal we'd like to get one. With more room we can keep birds in seperate cages, or rooms if need be. I really do think we need to bite the bullet and buy another cockatiel to keep Hannibal happy. I think thats the only way, really. I hear green-cheeked conures are sweet though, they show off in the store.
Hannibal has been going through spring molt... gah its been terrible. I think hes beginning to feel better. For the last two days hes had a fever (you can tell, his feet were really hot) and hes been acting miserable. He makes needy little chirps that sound like hes in pain, all those new pinfeathers pushing through. Hes also exhibited the need to be left alone... the 'dont touch me' attitude... and he almost bit Tony when Tony went up to his cage the other day. Solution.. get a towel, transfer him to the closet so he can take a nap and reset his mood. Poor guy. Right now hes devouring the back of the computer chair, though.
wow, ive never seen a tiel act like that.


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Just in case you've been trying to use that old blog url, my blog's now at http://www.bofh.org.uk/ as the good lord intended.
MovableType is rather lovely isn't it?
I appear to have done the awful thing and got myself a new movable type weblog, at the truly atrocious URL of http://pc1.bofhadsl.ftech.co.uk:8080/. There's something about being in control that I like...
So, when a member of the family says, "You must stay at the Biltmore when you come to Miami!", and arranges a family rate for you, I suggest you take their advice.
I'm typing this from an executive suite in the aforementioned hotel and it's lovely. Switching to dorms for a couple of nights during YAPC is going to be something of a comedown let me tell you.
Oh yes, the journey was horrible. Last time I believe the BA website and troll off to terminal 4 to be told that the Miami flight is the only BA flight to leave from Terminal 3. And it's a bloody good job I brought the 'useless' tickets along (we'd booked on e-tickets, so the bits of paper that showed up the day before we left home seemed somewhat extraneous...).
I appear to have acquired a livejournal account, where I'm now blogging nontechnical stuff, posting photos and that kind of thing. In other news I've failed to have any talks accepted for OSCON, and I've ordered a 17" G4 Powerbook.
So, I just went through the
But, it means Gill and I actually have some time on our hands. And Gill has her newly discovered big sister in Michigan. And YAPC's in Boca in June. And TPC is in Portland in July. And...
The only thing that's planned so far are the start and end dates (and places), at least one of the intermediate destinations, and a plan to spend some time in the Appalacians in search of some real(ish) mountain music.
If anyone can offer a bed for a night or two for a couple of Brits doing Boca->Michigan->Portland with laptop, view camera and rental car I'd be really pleased to hear about it.
I appear to be the proud owner of a Palm Tungsten|T. I only went looking for an adaptor so I could get my IIIx working with the TiBook.
Meanwhile I'm having bad thoughts about using some of Pixie's magic, allied with overloading bless type tricks to implement full on garbage collection for arbitrary objects in Perl 5. But that's for another day I think.
Pixie, the Object persistence system I've been working on for the past few months just got picked for the Perl Advent Calendar. Which means I should really pester James, who is Pixie's CPAN owner into releasing the latest code which fixes some DBI locking issues and finally adds Garbage Collection.
I note too that one of the classes that Mark uses as an example of a class that will Just Work with Pixie is 'URI', which doesn't quite work out of the box -- it uses a blessed scalar ref as its representation, which Pixie assumes is unstorable as it stands -- blessed scalars are the commonest placeholder for objects that store their state elsewhere via XS so Pixie assumes they're unstorable. In the case of URI, which doesn't store any extra data anywhere, the fix is simple, just do
sub URI::px_is_storable { 1 } somewhere and your problem is solved. I wonder if there's a case for keeping a list of 'known good' classes like URI so people don't have to jump through even that small hoop...
I'm reasonably confident that I have mail working on the TiBook now. But for a while there, I didn't. In fact, for a while there I had a mailing loop that was causing bounce messages. Luckily, I didn't actually lose the messages, so the upcoming summary should still be reasonably complete, but I'm worried that so many bounces may have got me auto unsubbed from some mailing lists...
Ho hum.
Anyway, if you've tried to send me mail and got a bounce, you probably won't need to resend, but it's probably a good idea to don belt and braces and resend it.
Sorry for any inconvenience caused.
And it's lovely. I bought a 500MHz TiBook from a friend for a stupidly small amount of money and it's just lovely.
Now to make the unix environment a bit more habitable. Does anyone know if I'll suffer by just dropping perl 5.8 in as
I am about to become the proud owner of a 500MHz TiBook. A friend is upgrading and offered me his old one at a knock down price.
Shiny OS X goodness here I come.


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Farm Safety Tips
Photo: Erica Larson, News Editor
"Horses are accidents looking to happen" is an old saying around the barn. So how do you create the safest possible environment for your horses? First, remember you get what you pay for. When you equip your farm or pay board for your horse's living arrangements, investing in farm safety procedures can save a lot of expense and headache. Here are some tips to help you.
Confining Spaces
As flight animals, horses tend to disregard their confines when frightened or when squabbling among themselves. One important means of avoiding injury is to consider the state of all fencing, latches, walls, and doors.
Jennifer Feiner, VMD, of Hagyard Equine Medical Institute in Lexington, Ky., collaborated with Brent Wilson, manager of Pin Oak Stud in Central Kentucky, to offer the following safe confinement suggestions:
Double fence along perimeter roads, and make rounded corners in paddocks when possible so a horse doesn't get pinned by pasturemates.
Fence posts should be well-embedded into soil or reinforced with concrete and should be sturdy enough or braced to resist horses pushing on them. Fence height of at least 4½-5 feet (withers height) lessens a horse's motivation to try to jump a fence and prevents a horse from accidentally flipping over a low fence if he approaches it at speed. The bottom fence rail or wire should sit 8-12 inches above ground to lessen chances of hoof entrapment, yet that gap should not be spacious enough for a horse to reach beneath for tasty morsels. It helps to run electric wire or tape inside fence perimeters to keep horses off fencelines. If T-posts are used to install temporary electric fencing, cap posts to reduce the risk of injury. Avoid using barbed wire whenever possible.
Avoid the use of metal siding on run-in sheds, or at the very least check regularly that it (and metal roofing) is secure and flush with the building so there is nothing to snag and lacerate a horse.
Feiner suggests using secure latches to keep horses confined: "I like the pin-and-hole style for stall door security. On outside gates use a two-latch system--one latch with a chain around the gate." Gate bolts that stick through doorways or fences should be sawed off to safe lengths and edges rounded.
Fence off ditches and culverts in pastures when possible. If sharp culvert edges are accessible to horses, surround them with rubber tires. Store all farm equipment away from horses to avoid entanglement. Also, fence horses away from potentially poisonous trees (yew, red maple, Russian olive, cherry, and oak)--and be aware that horse necks have considerable reach across a fenceline.
Stall Safety
The risks stalls can pose are avoidable with planning. Many owners can vouch for how quickly a horse can injure himself in a seemingly innocuous space.
To avoid injury, Feiner urges facing double-ended bucket snaps towards the wall. All wiring should meet electrical codes, and Feiner recommends sheathing all electrical wires in metal conduit, even if wires are seemingly out of reach. Electrical outlets are best placed outside stalls, flush with the walls or encased in conduit and weather-proofed. Sufficient numbers of outlets reduce your need for extension cords. Cover all windows and light bulbs--broken glass hazards--with metal grills.
Metal strips along wall and door edgings prevent wood chewing, and regular inspection ensures they remain flush with wood surfaces. Stall walls constructed of splinter-proof and fairly unbreakable materials prevent injury to horses that kick. Check also for broken boards and for protruding nails in stalls and paddocks.
For stall flooring Feiner recommends #4-mix porous asphalt, a type of flooring used in new construction, noting, "It drains well, is softer than concrete, and is readily disinfected." Stall mats add padding to floors and prevent the development of deep holes in dirt floors. Mats should be impervious to urine or positioned for optimal drainage. A solid mat prevents hooves from tripping on overlapping sections. Feiner also finds that anti-casting strips and rails are inexpensive and give horses more leverage when getting up.
"High ceilings with mesh stall doors improve ventilation, while clean straw bedding cuts down on dust," Feiner comments. Doors should be a minimum of 4 feet wide, although 5 feet is ideal. She prefers sliding mesh doors that lock from the outside and stalls with exit doors leading to the outside for emergency evacuation.
Aisleway Safety
Aisleway hazards can be minimized with simple steps. Feiner recommends asphalt or interlocking rubber paver flooring to increase traction. She adds, "Contractor-grade water hoses avoid leakage that make aisleway floors slick."
Safety improves if aisles are at least 12 feet wide (14 feet is best) with level floors and everything recessed or flush with the walls.
Feiner notes the importance of removing clutter, which creates hazards and complicates evacuation: "Tack trunks, wheelbarrows, muck buckets, trash bins, vacuum, rakes, pitchforks, and shovels should be kept in rooms, not in the aisle." Open collapsible saddle holders only when tacking up a horse.
Safe Tying
Cross-ties are notorious for creating calamity and fatal injury if a horse pulls back, slips, or flips. Secure cross-ties to the halter with something breakable, such as baling twine, or a device that releases with pressure or turtle snaps. Many devices have been manufactured to improve safety when tying a horse to a solid object. A knotless tie ring, for instance, allows a horse to pull slack on the lead rope from any angle in the event of panic or a fall. While it is tempting to use bungee cords, the energy stored in their elasticity can seriously injure a horse or human should the bungee break as a horse pulls back.
Horse Handling
Safe handling of horses protects both humans and animals involved. Use a lead rope and halter at all times when leading horses--avoid shortcuts, such as leading a horse in from the pasture by holding the halter. Thin leather or "breakaway" halters are essential if leaving halters on horses in a pasture; remove halters when possible.
Feiner says, "Only experienced people should handle tough horses--use a chain on fractious individuals (under the upper lip or over the bridge of the nose, depending on the horse's individual response). Stallions and mares are best housed in different areas, and avoid leading a stallion past mares."
Feed and Water Considerations
Hay handling poses health problems if not done correctly. Feiner suggests, "Hay lofts tend to collect dust as well as trapping air beneath a low ceiling, so it is best to only bring enough hay inside for one week, with another site (hay barn) used for bulk hay storage." This hay storage should be set away from horse barns as a fire safety precaution. Stack hay on pallets, rather than on the floor, to reduce moisture that encourages proliferation of mold.
To prevent a case of grain overload in your horse, always store grain and supplements in locations inaccessible to horses that might escape from their stalls or paddocks. Feiner stresses, "Store grain in metal or hard plastic bins in a locked feed room rather than in paper bags or wooden grain chests, which are accessible to mice.
"Hay racks and hay bags can cause eye injury and pose risk of entrapment. Horses feeding at chest height also inhale excessive dust and particulates--it is safest to feed at ground level. This allows natural nasal drainage and minimizes respiratory irritation." Ground-level hay feeders also reduce waste and prevent feed contamination. Feiner recommends feeding stalled horses their hay on mats or shavings rather than a dirt floor; this prevents them from ingesting sand and dirt. Or, use ground protectors such as tire feeders or rubber mats to limit intake of nonfeed materials.
"Automatic waterers aren't great because they don't allow you to see how much your horse is drinking," says Feiner. "It is best to use freeze-proof tanks or any watering system that allows monitoring of intake." Clean water sources at least weekly and inspect daily. She adds, "Water tanks in fields and paddocks that aren't in use should be drained and spigots turned off. Eliminate sources of still water, like puddles, that tend to allow mosquitoes to breed."
Medication Handling
Every horse facility should have a comprehensive first-aid kit on hand, which might contain medications, needles, and syringes. You must keep these away from children and pets. Feiner insists all medications be stored in a locked cabinet or locked refrigerator. In addition, post a list of emergency contact numbers, including a poison control center, by each phone and/or by the barn entrance.
To minimize spread of infectious disease, isolate all newcomers to the property in an area away from the resident herd, where there is no opportunity for direct contact, shared water, or shared feed. Feiner comments, "All new horses entering a farm should have up-to-date vaccination records and proof of a negative Coggins test within the past half year. ... Furthermore, quarantine these horses for two weeks to observe for signs of infectious disease, like coughing, nasal discharge, or fever."
Feiner prefers cement block barns with steel roofs for sanitation, ease of disinfection, fire retardance, and biosecurity. She notes, "Wood is impossible to disinfect thoroughly and promotes cribbing if a horse is prone to chewing wood."
Fire Prevention
Wooden construction leads to unstoppable fires, whereas poorly combustible materials--such as masonry or cinder block with metal or tile roofing--minimize the risk. Sheath electrical lines in conduit, use sand flooring or other noncombustible materials, coat wood surfaces with flame-retardant paint, and compartmentalize areas within a barn to lessen fire risk. Barns with adequate eave ventilation allow heat to escape with a reduced likelihood of rafter and hay ignition from superheating of the ceiling.
Rebecca Gimenez, PhD, an instructor of the nationwide training program Technical Large Animal Rescue, urges every person at a facility to formulate and practice evacuation plans. Identify the presence and location of combustibles--such as forage, shavings, stall planks, and wooden roofs and walls. Store other combustibles (alcohol, cleaning products, oils used for feeding, clipper grease) in steel boxes.
"One critical safety consideration," stresses Gimenez, "is for fast exit from a stall through doors facing outside walls. Stalls that open only to the inside barn aisle deter rapid emergency evacuation."
Store a chainsaw or axe in an easily accessible location in case you need to create an escape route in an emergency. You should install locks on barn doors or stalls that can be unlocked quickly or cut with readily accessible bolt cutters. Doors and aisleways should be clear of obstacles at all times.
Gimenez recommends installing sprinkler systems, along with locating sufficient fire suppression materials (extinguishers, axes, dirt/sand), at various stations throughout the barn and ensuring barn personnel know how to use them. Special detectors signal the presence of heat or flame as they rise, whereas inexpensive smoke detectors can activate from air particulates and dust to give false alerts. Consult fire safety professionals for recommendations. Carbon monoxide detectors are valuable, as well.
Equip the barn with working fire extinguishers, and have the local fire department check each routinely, installing up-to-date tags. Gimenez stresses that implementation of fire mitigation strategies reduces insurance costs, improves safety, and potentially saves lives.
Take-Home Message
Advance planning before constructing fencing, paddocks, and barns creates safe conditions for housing horses. Farm safety also requires thoughtful human behavior--don't be in a hurry. Haste can cause unnecessary accidents that are avoidable if you ensure safe practices to avoid mistakes. Consider every event--or potential event--on a farm carefully, as it will allow you to anticipate dangerous situations and explore safer alternatives.
About the Author
Nancy S. Loving, DVM
Nancy S. Loving, DVM, owns Loving Equine Clinic in Boulder, Colorado, and has a special interest in managing the care of sport horses. Her book, All Horse Systems Go, is a comprehensive veterinary care and conditioning resource in full color that covers all facets of horse care. She has also authored the books Go the Distance as a resource for endurance horse owners, Conformation and Performance, and First Aid for Horse and Rider in addition to many veterinary articles for both horse owner and professional audiences.
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Dodgers' bats erase Cubs' late rally
LA's four-run eighth dampens Chicago's seven-run seventh
By Ken Gurnick / MLB.com
LOS ANGELES -- There were exceptions to a lot of rules for the Dodgers on Friday night. The offense jumped out to an unusually comfortable five-run lead through five innings, but the bullpen let it get away and then some, which has been pretty much unheard of this season. And for their last and best surprise, the Dodgers' offense came off the deck with four runs in the bottom of the eighth for a 9-8 victory over the Cubs that was so wild at the end, it obscured the early performances of Jeff Kent (four RBIs) and Derek Lowe (six innings, one run allowed). After relievers Joe Beimel, Yhency Brazoban and Jonathan Broxton were shell-shocked in a seven-run seventh inning -- nine consecutive batters reached base -- Rudy Seanez stopped the bleeding with 1 1/3 scoreless innings and the offense took over in the bottom of the eighth. The first six batters that inning reached base, the first four -- Russell Martin, Luis Gonzalez, Tony Abreu and Olmedo Saenz -- on singles, cutting the deficit to 8-6. Angel Guzman's first pitch to Andy LaRoche was wild, bringing home Gonzalez to make it a one-run game. LaRoche walked to reload the bases, and Rafael Furcal shot a single to left to tie the game. Juan Pierre, criticized all year for hitting too many fly balls, won the game with one, a sacrifice fly that scored pinch-runner Brady Clark. "They had the infield in, and I was trying to hit something in the middle of the field, looking for something up," said Pierre. "I got it in the air. Usually, when I do that, they don't go very far, but I hit it decent." There were still three more Cubs needing to be retired, but Takashi Saito took care of that in a 1-2-3 ninth for his 15th save this year and 25th straight dating back to last year. Saito's ERA is 1.64. "I wasn't thinking about everything that had happened before I came in. I was only thinking about getting the first strike, and then the next one, and the first out and the next one," said Saito. "You can't get involved in the ups and downs of the game or you're not able to concentrate on what you have to do." What Saito wasn't thinking about was that seventh inning. Manager Grady Little lifted Lowe after only 83 pitches and six innings with a 5-1 lead, turning it over to Beimel, who immediately allowed a single to the left-handed-hitting Jacque Jones. One out later, on came Brazoban in his second Major League appearances of the year. A walk and two RBI doubles later, he was relieved by Broxton. When seen on Tuesday night, Broxton was throwing 99 mph. He was about six mph slower on this night, and the result was five consecutive hits and a blown save. He allowed five hits, three runs (two earned) and his ERA rose to 1.78. "It was a momentum thing more than anything," said Beimel. "They just got hot that one inning, especially against Broxton. We've been watching him all year, and he's been so dominating. This makes you realize everybody gives up runs now and then." Martin said he couldn't detect if Broxton was doing anything wrong mechanically. "He's been so good this year, and the bullpen has been so good this year; they've had our back all year, and tonight it was our turn to come through for them," he said. "We just didn't give up." The first part of the game was all Dodgers, as Kent slugged a two-run homer in the third inning and a two-run double that chased former Dodgers farmhand Ted Lilly in the fifth inning. Lowe, meanwhile, appeared to be cruising through five scoreless innings, allowed a run on a couple hits in the sixth and was quickly removed. "It was crazy, the last three innings," said Lowe, who pitched well enough to deserve a victory he didn't get. "To see a team lose the momentum like that, it's hard to get it back. Today was something you don't see very often." In fact, this was only the third time this year the Dodgers won a game in which they trailed after seven innings. Broxton's blown save was his second of the year and the fourth for the staff. "The bullpen's been awfully good this year, but it happens every once in a while," said Little. "But to come back means a lot to our offense internally, to see they can do that."
Ken Gurnick 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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Hello everyone,
In MSDN sample for const_cast,
There is a statement like this,
On the line containing the const_cast, the data type of the this pointer is const CCTest *. The const_cast operator changes the data type of the this pointer to CCTest *
I think in a const member function, like void printNumber() const, the type of this pointer is const pointer to current type, so we use this const_cast to remove its const properties.
For a non-const member function, I think this pointer should not be a const pointer, right?
So, conclusion is,
1. in const member function, this pointer is a const pointer;
2. in non-const member function, this pointer is a non-const pointer.
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Walk in the footsteps of Impressionists along the Seine, through Paris, Normandy, Provence and the beautiful Côte d'Azur. Discover the origins of these 19th-century painters and their groundbreaking brushstrokes as you study masterpieces in museums and explore the places, gardens and streetscapes that inspired them. Expert lectures and local experiences enhance your appreciation of classical Impressionism.
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Program led by a Study Leader specializing in Art History.
Explore the masterpieces of French Impressionism at the D'Orsay, Orangerie and Marmottan Museums in Paris on expert-led visits.
Follow in the footsteps of the artists to explore places they lived & painted: Montmartre, Rouen, Honfleur, Etretat, Provence, the Cote d'Azur & more.
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Artists in Residence
by Dana Micucci
An attractively illustrated guide to exploring the homes of 19th-century artists in and around Paris, including Giverny, Auvers and Ornans. An excellent guide for day-long excursions outside Paris with a focus on nature and art.
The Road from the Past, Traveling through History in France
by Ina Caro
Time travel through France by way of its finest castles, chateaux, cathedrals and monasteries. This unusual travelogue is an invaluable companion for traveling in Paris, southern France, the Dordogne and the Loire Valley, combining personal observation with large doses of well-presented history.
The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh
by Vincent Van Gogh, Ronald De Leeuw (Editor), Arnold Pomerans (Translator)
There are many versions of Van Gogh's letters, but this Penguin Classic edition is as good as any, a thorough selection of writing that highlights the artist's love for his art and family.
Paris Map
by Borch Maps
A sturdy laminated map of the city center at a scale of 1:12,000 and all of Paris at a scale of 1:15,000.
Fodor's Paris' 25 Best
by Fodor's
This shirt-pocket map and guide includes essential information on the city's history, highlights and sightseeing, ideal for a short visit to the City of Light.
Renoir, My Father
by Jean Renoir
Originally published in 1958, the great filmmaker's portrait of his father remains the standard biography of the Impressionist master -- personable, informative and affectionate. With 12 color plates.
Parisian Chic, A Style Guide
by Ines de la Fressange
Icon of chic and quintessential Parisienne, Ines de la Fressange includes her favorite offbeat museums, shops, salons and spas, restaurants, cafes and hotels in this charming guide, jammed with photographs, drawings and hand-written lists.
by Belinda Thomson
A readable account of the French Impressionist movement and its most notable artists, illustrated with color reproductions. This book's thoughtful analyses of individual works are illuminated by solid historical and cultural background.
Monet's Garden in Giverny, Inventing the Landscape
by Marina Ferretti Bocquillon
Published in conjunction with the new Musee des Impressionnismes in Giverny, this luminous collection captures Monte's beloved works and the landscapes that inspired them.
Made in France, A Shopper's Guide
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Both a fascinating history of France's artisanal legacy and an insider's shopping guide, Made in France includes illustrations, maps, a primer on French shopping culture, and craft festivals.
Letters on Cezanne
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The Masterpiece
by Emile Zola
Zola's novel tells of the downfall of a painter in 19th-century Paris, based on his childhood friend Cezanne. This classic is evocative of the artistic life in turn-of-the-century France. It was also the novel that would end their friendship.
Eyewitness Guide Provence & the Cote D'Azur
by Roger Williams
This is an illustrated, colorful guide to the art and architecture, literature, history and attractions of Provence. With photographs and site plans, maps and sections on the Riviera, the Var, Bouches-du-Rhones, Vaucluse and the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.
Eyewitness Guide France
by Eyewitness Guides
This superb guide to all of France features color photography, dozens of excellent local maps and a region-by-region synopsis of the country's attractions. Handsome, convenient and up-to-date, this is the guide to carry.
France Map
by Michelin
A colorful, accurate and up-to-date map of France at a scale of 1:1,000,000.
Making Paradise: Art, Modernity, and the Myth of the French Riviera
by Katherine Silver
A scholarly, wonderfully illustrated history of the Cote d'Azur from 1890 to the present with a focus on its importance to modernist artists.
Vincent Van Gogh, The Passionate Eye
by Pascal Bonafoux
From Paris to Asnieres, Amsterdam and Provence, this jewel of a book traces the life and art of Vincent Van Gogh, the spirited, self-destructive painter who celebrated the south of France. Engaging, compact and illustrated with hundreds of photographs.
Cezanne, Landscape into Art
by Pavel Machotka
A handsomely illustrated survey of Cezanne's landscapes, paired with photographs of the real places that inspired him. This is an intriguing look at the great artist's inspirations and processes.
Lust for Life
by Irving Stone
Emotionally charged, controversial and utterly readable, this well known, fictionalized biography probes the life of Van Gogh from his auspicious beginnings as a London art dealer to his death at 37.
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REVELATIONS: From ugly to beautiful
Oct. 21, 2011 at 5:21 a.m.
Have you ever noticed how some of God's most beautiful creations begin with something unbeautiful? Hairy, beady-eyed caterpillars become colorful butterflies. Crusty, smelly oysters form handsome pearls. Misshapen, dusty rocks over time, can transform into sparkling crystallized geodes.
There are many examples like this we experience every day and take for granted.
And the impressive (and at times, exasperating) thing about God's ugly-to-beautiful model is how slow the process can take. After all, ugly can't transform into something beautiful without developing in a time-appropriate fashion.
While visiting the Gem and Mineral Show at the Victoria Community Center last weekend, I realized just how long some transformations can take.
Vendors traveled to Victoria from all over the state to sell jewelry and other knickknacks made from natural minerals, rocks and gems. Many of the items for sale took thousands, even millions of years to transfigure - and that's before the artists, jewelers and sculptors went through a secondary process of molding the stones into beautiful works of art.
As I milled through the show, I noticed how some of the most unattractive exteriors in their original form, shimmered a proud sheen when the artist took the time to grind down, shape and polish the ugly away.
It seemed God's ugly-to-beautiful model was evidenced all throughout the venue.
So I couldn't help but wonder why it takes God so darn long to transform the ordinary and ugly into something sparkling and beautiful.
I guess it's a question I've reflected on a lot in recent weeks because I've been wrestling with some personal, emotional trials. There's been a lot of unexpected ugliness show up without warning or my consent, which always puts my mind on overdrive while I search for God's reason and purpose.
But the best part about running head-on into a pile of emotional ugly, is it forces me to reflect on God's authorship of everything beautiful. And how much he wants me to feel contentment and peace, even in seasons of transformation.
I suppose the Gem and Mineral Show reminded me that sometimes God has to grind down and polish the ugly - whether its in us, another person or something affecting our environment - to reveal the beauty, the purpose, the plan.
The hardest part for me, however, is waiting for the beauty to emerge from the ugly, because God knows I'm not a patient lady.
It would be nice if I could pray for healing and understanding, and God immediately responded to my pleas. I suppose sometimes that does happen, and I'm especially thankful when it does. But most of the time, he's slow to heal and unhurried to form understanding. Why? Because nothing valuable is learned (at least for me) when needs are met with immediacy.
Without enduring the process of the ugly-to-beautiful transformation, the end result wouldn't sparkle as brightly. I know I must endure God's process, however long it takes to grind away the ugly and reveal the beautiful gem inside.
Jennifer Preyss is a re porter for the Victoria Advocate. You can reach her at 361-580-6535 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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SANTA ANA – City leaders will fight a demand from the state that it pay $56 million in funds that Santa Ana contends it must use for low- and moderate-income housing.
At a special City Council meeting Friday, the four council members present voted unanimously to withhold any transfer of the funds to the state. They instructed the city attorney to take any legal action needed to protect the city's interests, to pay any legally enforceable obligations it has to developers of affordable housing and to work with the community and other cities in any action against the state.
The council action came on a deadline imposed in a Dec. 15 letter by the state Department of Finance, which on the state's behalf is seeking to collect redevelopment funds. The state contends that the city must turn the money over following last year's dissolution of California's 400 redevelopment agencies, which were required to set aside a portion of the property tax revenue they received for low- and moderate-income housing.
The Department of Finance indicated that the city faced the loss of sales and property tax allocations if it failed to pay the money, which would go to school districts and other government entities.
City official say that about $30 million of that money has been set aside for low- and moderate-income housing as the result of legal settlements dating to the early 1980s. The other $26 million is subject to contracts with housing developers, and of that amount some $9 million has already been spent.
City officials say the issue isn't just the money, but housing. Four projects for which the city has contracts represent more than 200 units for low- and moderate-income households.
The council's action followed a plea from residents who are part of the Santa Ana Collaborative for Responsible Development, which has advocated for low-income neighborhoods, as well as Habitat for Humanity of Orange County, which is developing 17 homes, A Community of Friends, which is building the Vista del Rio project on Memory Lane for the developmentally disabled, C & C Development, developer of the 51-apartment Santa Ana WBBB project, and housing advocates.
The city also heard by letter from attorneys representing developers of the Station District, which noted that $6 million is awaiting disbursement.
Both they and the Public Law Center threatened legal action if the city complied with the Department of Finance demand. The law center also said it would provide legal support to the city in a fight with the state.
"It's unfortunate the the city does not want to make a good-faith effort to comply with a lawful order," said H.D. Palmer, spokesman for the department, later Friday. The agency, he said, will evaluate its options. "The return of these moneys is critical to schools' and local governments' ability to maintain core public services."
Before the council vote, Nancy T. Edwards, interim executive director of the city Community Development Agency, outlined for the council the steps the city has taken to comply with the dissolution law. She told the council that in an Aug. 31 letter, the finance department said it was disallowing a $1 million property at Myrtle and Raitt streets as ineligible for transfer to the Housing Authority. In a November letter, the department said it was requesting payment of $52 million. The city, its auditor and state officials met in early December, after which the state sent the letter seeking $56 million.
"Basically, we do not have a lot of justification or documentation on how that was calculated," she said.
City Manager Paul Walters told the council that he had checked with other cities, such as Los Angeles and Anaheim, and had been told their experiences were similar. The other cities indicated they believed the state had acted illegally, he said.
In Orange County, 19 cities and the county have received demands that they turn over unused funds that had been earmarked for low- and moderate-income housing.
"I think we have to fight this aggressively," Mayor Miguel Pulido said. He said the city should work with housing developers it has contracted with as well as housing advocates both in any upcoming legal fight as well as in presenting its case to officials in Sacramento.
"We recognize the state in very difficult fiscal condition, but there's no reason why it should be going after the most vulnerable in the community," said Councilman Vincent F. Sarmiento, who chairs the oversight board charged with overseeing the transfer of redevelopment funds. He and others noted that the state mandates that cities meet affordable housing goals. "We have no choice but to challenge it."
Sarmiento and Pulido were joined in the unanimous vote by David Benavides and Roman A. Reyna.
"I'm happy that the City Council is taking a position to preserve the money locally," said Cesar Covarrubias, executive director of The Kennedy Commission, which advocates on behalf of housing for low-income families. "The investment needs to be done locally, and Santa Ana needs to protect its money."
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Tonight GRAMMY nominee [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Cee-Lo[/lastfm] took to the futuristic stage with a little help from Jim Henson's Muppets, and Gwyneth Paltrow and belted out his hit song, "Forget You".
Cee-Lo got the performance rocking by wearing what looked like an Elmo costume after a peacock jumped on his back (don't believe me, check out the performance), and playing a piano that even [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Elton John[/lastfm] would be jealous of…which only means one thing… IT WAS AWESOME!
[photogallerylink id=58750 align=left][lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Gwyneth Paltrow[/lastfm] entered from the top of the stage wearing all black and a dangerously low-cut V-neck skin tight outfit, and sang her heart out, and she sounded damn good (and looked good)!
The performance wrapped up with Gwyneth laying on the piano face-to-face with Cee-Lo, in a performance we will not soon forget.


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California Wine Tasting
Chapters Hotel & Restaurant in Stokesley host a wine tasting evening with wine from California.
Opus retailing at £200.
Pictured by Michelle Maddison Photography
Chapters Hotel are delighted to have teamed up with the wine academy to offer the chance to learn about wine in a relaxed and informal way, in the fantastic settings of Chapters Hotel.
These evenings are aimed at people who enjoy wine and would like to learn more. Consisting of a tutored tasting of at least 7 wines conducted by Karen Hardwick, Director of The Wine Academy, and a 3 course paired dinner.
The evenings are relaxed and informal, we want to share our passion for wine and not bamboozle you with Jargon!
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Clarkson University Magazine: Education Updates
SPEED International Exchange. Kyushu University in Japan sent a group of students to Clarkson in January of this year to observe and participate in FIRST Robotics activities. Kyushu then provided partial scholarships for Clarkson FIRST Robotics students to travel to Japan and compete in a Micro-Mechanisms Contest in March against other international universities.
Over the last four years, Clarkson students have worked with residents of a South American village to design and develop a water treatment system to remove pollutants from drinking water.
Clarkson's collegiate chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB) is engaged in a multi-year project to provide clean drinking water to residents of La Margarita, a small village of 320 people in Ecuador.
Led by Civil & Environmental Engineering Prof. Shane Rogers, EWB students have developed and designed a water treatment plant for this rural community in need of clean drinking water solutions. Currently, the residents drink water straight out of the Los Tintos River; however, all of the community's waste and sewerage also goes into the river.
In August 2008, team members made the first of two trips to Ecuador to make assessments of the village and form relationships with the townspeople. They tested for pesticides, herbicides, bacteria and other pollutants in the river water, ground water and irrigation canals, as well as from drinking water stored in residents' homes. They also conducted public health, land and structural surveys of all 75 homes in the community.
In fall 2009, Clarkson's EWB partnered with undergraduate engineers in the classroom. Students in Professor Susan Powers' Civil Engineering 212 course spent time researching easy-to-use solutions, such as filtration systems, to provide rapid access to clean drinking water in each home. Teams presented their solutions to the EWB design team during the semester and a team member brought the best designs to La Margarita over winter break. After reviewing some of the designs and systems, the townspeople decided to adopt a clay pot filtration system.
Clarkson's EWB began to work on designing the filtration system and constructing a prototype for the clay pot. Team members then headed back to Ecuador to work with a local company to manufacture the clay pots and to educate the townspeople on how it works. The group hopes to use the final design in other towns and eventually do more humanitarian work in La Margarita focusing on wastewater issues.
The cost of the new water filtration system and additional travel were partially aided by a $5,000 travel grant from the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund through EWB-USA.


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Mont Blanc GROUP > Mont Blanc du Tacul > Albinoni-Gabarrou Couloir > Climber's Log
Albinoni-Gabarrou Couloir Climber's Log
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|Jeroen Vels
Date Climbed: Mar 29, 2013
|Excellent conditions on this very nice route
|Posted Apr 4, 2013 5:50 am
|Good conditions
Date Climbed: Mar 27, 2012
|Good conditions, although the ice was a little thin for optimal screw protection in places. Very stepped out and felt easy as a result. Also very busy. At one point there were three teams on one belay. One of which pulled there ab rope down as I started to lead off resulting in their rope ending up wrapped around my neck with rope burn.
|Posted Apr 6, 2012 6:06 am
|Peter K
|Route Climbed: Goulotte Gabarrou-Albinoni
Date Climbed: Apr 11, 2011
|Great névé in the lower couloir - soloing this made us arrive at the beginning of the technical pitches with the first sunrays. Unfortunately it was a little to warm and rock fall became way to serious, so we decided to turn back with 3 pitches left.
Either way an awesome route - really advisable. We'll come back for this one!
|Posted Apr 23, 2011 10:23 am
|Bas Visscher
|Albinoni-Gabarrou Couloir
Date Climbed: Oct 11, 2008
|Great fun. Got the first cablecar at 8.30 from Chamonix. Approach by foot, then soloed the first snow part, then climbed the 5 remaining pitches in 1,5h. We descended along the route (pegs sometimes little difficult to find) and pushed ourselves back to the warm Midi toilettes. We arrived there at 18.15, with the last cablecar already left, but we were prepared with sleepingbags and stove!
|Posted Oct 13, 2008 6:48 am
|Albinoni-Gabarrou Couloir
Date Climbed: Oct 11, 2008
|Climbed the Albinoni-Gabarrou Couloir with SP member Bas Visscher. Perfect conditions in the couloir! Only the last pitch was a bit thin. Ski's are usefull for the approach! Great route!
|Posted Oct 13, 2008 3:54 am
Date Climbed: Jan 11, 2006
|Good climb although very long for my out of shape body. Meant a night walk across the glaciar back to the Abri Simond hut, which was pleasant in hindsight while being nearly unbearable due to extreme exhaustion at the time.
Good fun.
|Posted Apr 9, 2006 10:22 pm


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By Sean Ingram
SOUTHAVEN, Miss. -- One of the six schools leaving the Gulf South Conference still left its final men's basketball tournament championship with the title Sunday. Unfortunately, it wasn't the Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys.
The 17th-ranked Harding Bisons hit 14 three-pointers to beat fourth-ranked Alabama-Huntsville 82-51 in Saturday night's GSC Tournament semifinal, and they didn't stop in Sunday's championship game. Harding set a school record for most wins in a season (25-4) and used a 19-3 scoring onslaught in the first half to beat the 13th-ranked Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys 80-61 in the DeSoto Civic Center.
Arkansas Tech (24-5) lost its first game in its last GSC Tournament appearances and was going for its third straight GSC Tournament championship. The Wonder Boys will move on to this week's NCAA Division II Men's South Regional, which will most likely be hosted by Alabama-Huntsville. The 64-team field for the national tournament was selected Sunday night.
"Right from the beginning, they (Bisons) came out and punched us in the mouth," Arkansas Tech men's first-year head coach Doug Karleskint said. "It reminded me of Valdosta State in the regional (loss at Arkansas Tech) last year. It's been a while since a team came out on us like that.
"When we got to the rim, it seemed like we were shooting over straight arms. You've got to give Harding credit. They had a great game plan, and they executed it. They've gotten much better than since we played them 10 days ago. They've gotten refocused. Over the last couple of days, they've played really well, like their life's on the line."
Harding's Kevin Brown scored eight of the Bisons' first 10 points -- on his way to a game-high 19 and the all-GSC tournament team -- but the Wonder Boys pulled within 11-10 on Johnie Davis' 3-pointer with 14 minutes to go in the first half. Arkansas Tech started the game 4-of-14 from the field, while Harding continued where it left off Saturday night -- 8-of-11 from the field and on the way to its 19-3 run midway through the first half.
Before James Causey slowed the Bisons down with a 3-pointer, the Bisons led 33-15 with 6:30 showing. Causey hit another 3-pointer and Willie Sanders hit a shot to pull Arkansas Tech within 33-20 at 4:52, but Harding went on to lead 39-24 at the half.
After Brown's slam dunk gave the Bisons a 41-28 lead, the Wonder Boys scored six straight to close within 41-34 with 15:34 left in the second half. Jared Williamson of Russellville had two scores, but Harding went on an 8-0 run to put Arkansas Tech away. Hayden Johnson's 3-pointer gave the Bisons their first 20-point margin, 63-43, as Harding went on to shoot 58 percent (29-of-50) from the field, including 8-of-15 (53 percent) behind the 3-point line. Sam Brown netted 17, Johnson finished with 11 and Stephen Blake -- who charged past UAH on Saturday with 27 points -- added 10.
The Wonder Boys -- who got a combined 59 points from Davis and Jeremy Dunbar on Saturday to beat Valdosta State 82-64 -- shot just 35 percent (22-of-63) from the field and only 5-of-21 three-pointers. Dunbar led Arkansas Tech with 14 points, Causey had 13 and Williamson finished with 12. Laithe Massey netted eight, and Davis finished with five.
"I've been in this situation before," Karleskint said. "It's a heartbreaking loss. We've just got to get better in the next couple of days. We had good practices coming off the Ouachita Baptist loss. These types of situations, you're going on adrenaline.
"One thing this team does a good job of is prepping. It seems like we play a lot better when we have a couple of days to prepare. Now, we'll get back to the drawing board and do what it takes to make us better."
The Arkansas teams leaving the Gulf South Conference dominated their last GSC Tournament. Arkansas Tech, Arkansas-Monticello and Harding reached the tournament, and the Wonder Boys and Bisons made it to the men's championship game. On the women's side, Arkansas Tech, Harding and Ouachita Baptist reached the semifinals, with the second-ranked Golden Suns beating Delta State again 73-62 for their second straight GSC title.
"I don't know if there's a better guy in the business than (Bisons head coach) Jeff Morgan," Karleskint added. "Look what they've done this year. He's a class act, and those kids deserve to win this tournament. They deserve to be in the NCAA Tournament."


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- Lorabell
February 1, 2010
New Remember Me Stills - Gah, the hypnotic nomness!
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I see you Emile gazing at those fingers!ReplyDelete
Rob just cannot take a bad photo! He looks so in control of his body with a killer attitude to go with.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 1, 2010 at 6:44 PM
bad boy Rob makes me wanna do dirty things... just sayin'...ReplyDelete
Love stubbly Rob- can't wait for this movie to come out- the story looks very Intriguing!!ReplyDelete
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CARSON, Calif. – Raul Mendiola is a unique talent, but the 18-year-old midfield believes that he's still got a ways to go in his development.
On Sunday, Mendiola went 90 minutes during the LA Galaxy Under-18's 3-1 victory over the Chivas USA Under-18's. Throughout the match, Mendiola was dangerous, playing the role of playmaker for the squad and helping to set up a number of dangerous scoring chances in the victory over Chivas. However, the Academy isn't the only place for Mendiola to hone his skills as the 18-year-old from San Bernardino is a regular sight at Galaxy first team training sessions and made a total of seven appearances for LA's Reserve League squad this season. The teenager;s development has excited many, including Galaxy U-18 head coach Eddie Soto, but the Galaxy youth coach admits that Mendiola remains a work in progress.
"He's one of my favorite players and I've known him since he was a little kid. To coach him last year and I'm excited to be part of his development," Soto told LA Galaxy Insider last Sunday. "He's in a different position than the other kids because he's scratching the surface with the first team. He's got a lot of learning to do so Raul is a player is a player that needs to get better at the day to day stuff. He's got the tools and he's got the ability that's so different from what were used to seeing and we just have to make him more into a complete player."
Below Mendiola discusses the differences to playing with the Academy and training with the Reserves as well as his relationship with Soto...
MENDIOLA: "It's different, it is way different with the Reserves, I've been getting 15 or 20 minutes so I just go in to try and help the team get three points, that's all I focus on. When I come [to the Academy], I have to work a little more to show that I can be in the first team as well. I have a bigger responsibility when I'm [with the U-18s], but all info goes to the first team so I try to work on [my game]. But I just worry on getting three points all the time."
(On his relationship with Soto…)
MENDIOLA: "It's good. I remember that last year, I had a little bit problem so he came up to me to see what was going on so that he could help me focus on soccer because you have to be really good mentally. But I have a really good relationship with Eddie."
(On what Soto tells him to improve…)
MENDIOLA: "Before the game, Eddie always tells me to defend, defend, that's my biggest job. They also tell me with the first team to defend, defend because that's what wins you games. Before the game, I just think about what Eddie tells me so that's all that I worry about."
(On what he believes that he needs to improve upon…)
MENDIOLA: "A little bit of everything, I'm still trying to get there with fitness, defending and attacking. Everything. You need to get better every day so day by day; we'll see how it goes."


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McCain's Irish Blunder
SENATOR John McCain made a very strange statement on Northern Ireland while being interviewed on the Brian Lehrer show for National Public Radio on Monday.
McCain was comparing conflict situations around the world and citing Northern Ireland as an example of how conflict situations could be helped by a combination of diplomatic, economic and sometimes military steps.
"If the British Army hadn't been in Northern Ireland there would never have been an environment that created a negotiating atmosphere," he stated.
Huh? The presence of the British Army in Northern Ireland was a catalyst for peace? Bloody Sunday, shoot to kill, MI5 dirty tricks - all helped bring about a peaceful resolution?
Certainly not. Indeed, it can be argued that the excesses of the British Army exacerbated greatly the conflict after they moved in.
Remember they were first greeted with cups of tea and sympathy by beleaguered Nationalists, but soon showed their colors with massacres like Bloody Sunday when 14 unarmed citizens were shot dead by the hated paratroop regiment.
To suggest that they were an evenhanded force as McCain does is just plain wrong and surprising from the Republican front-runner.
It is worrying that a man like McCain, who has a deep and abiding interest in Ireland, would make such a statement. Much of the higher echelon of the British military apparatus worked actively to prevent the peace process from happening. Their spy agencies in particular did their level best to prevent Sinn Fein getting into government.
For McCain to suggest otherwise is regrettable. His large Irish support base will hardly be best pleased.
McCain's Northern Views
McCAIN made other comments to Lehrer on Northern Ireland and its possible role as an example for other conflict resolution situations, including the Middle East.
Clearly the success of the Irish peace process has registered with him, but he seems unsure of how exactly it all came about.
A few years back McCain's pro-British tilt was very evident in his Northern Ireland comments. Since then he has appeared more evenhanded, but it is clear he still has a knowledge gap like most U.S. politicians.
He says that he was pleasantly surprised that Northern Ireland has been largely resolved. He admitted he "didn't think they would" resolve it.
He spoke of a trip to Belfast about 15 years ago when he said there was about "90% unemployment" in the city, a figure way off the mark even for the worst time in the North. He said it was now about 90% full employment, which is closer to the mark.
McCain's point was that political and economic factors combined to create the opportunity for peace which is fair enough, but to suggest that the British Army presence helped create the conditions for that peace is far off the mark.
McCain's Irish Roots
McCAIN is a huge admirer of the writings of Roddy Doyle, the chronicler of working class Dublin, and also of short story writer William Trevor.
His Irish ancestry traces to Antrim in Northern Ireland, where his mother's ancestor Hugh Young left to settle in Augusta County, Virginia.
His father's family was Highland Scots of the Clan MacDonald. Hugh McCain settled in North Carolina.
In an interview with our sister publication Irish America magazine McCain stated that Ireland would be his model for how successful economies come about.
"Ireland has been an incredible success. It is a great argument for a strong educational system, for low taxes, for forward thinking," he said.
Of course McCain played a major role in the immigration reform battle last year and attended three rallies hosted by the Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform, including an overflow event in the Bronx at St. Barnabas Church. He certainly endeared himself to the Irish at those meetings.
Obama's Irish Ode
IT had to happen. An Irish group calling itself "Hardy Drew and the Nancy Boys" have released a single entitled "There's No One as Irish as Barack O'Bama."
The Irish-based band certainly has a way with lyrics, if you could call them that. Here's a sample:
O' Leary, O'Reilly, O'Hare and O'Hara
There's no one as Irish as Barak (sic) O'Bama.
You don't believe me. I hear you say Barak's (sic) as Irish As was JFK His granddaddy's daddy Came from Donegal (sic) A small Irish village Well known to you all Toor a loo, tor a loo, tor a loo, toor a lama.
There's no one as Irish as Barak O'bama, he's as Irish as bacon and cabbage and stew. He's Hawaiian he's Kenyan, American too.
If he succeeds and he has a chance, I'm sure our Barak Will do Riverdance."
Well, you get the gist. American Idol material it ain't, but fair play to the Nancy Boys for taking a chance.