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Personally, I don't think we need any more "new" figures. Finish the second half of the year with clone repacks / redecos.AT-TE Tanker gunners, SA clones in different flavors, the new AT-RT clone, clone commander tooling in different colors, hell - throw in the #6 clone in different colors too.
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2013 Goodguys 8th Nashville Nationals
Photo highlights of the Street Machine Autocross from the Goodguys Nashville Nationals at LP Field (Tennessee Titans Stadium) on May 17-19, 2013
Rain or shine, the 8th annual Goodguys Nashville Nationals were destined to prevail. Large crowds drew to witness the autocross event held at the LP Field (Tennessee Titans Stadium) that took place Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The drizzle that came down on Friday was all that fell; the rest of the weekend was dry and resulted in a great time. Lot of classic cars turned tight corners at the stadium, a 10 minute walk from Nashville.
Handling out the Goodguys Builder's Choice awards was Bobby Alloway - which meant the cars had to be the best of the best to get an award. Amongst the finalist were several Ridler contenders shown outdoors for the first time this season. For a full list of all the contestants that received an award, CLICK HERE (https://www.good-guys.com/events/award-winners/2013-award-winners/item/2013-nashville-nationals-award-winners).
At the end of the weekend, there were 6 class winners atop the podium. They included:
PRO Class Winner - Roger Burman - '70 Camaro 35.55
Hot Rod Winner - Lee Thompson - '36 Chevy 47.43
Tom McBride - '67 Camaro 36.706
Truck Winner - Jeff Schwartz - 49 Chevy 39.343
All American Sunday Winner - Greg Schnieder - 2010 Mustang
All-in-all, the Nashville Nationals were a success despite the rain. If you were unable to attend this year, we certainly suggest you try to get there for the 9th year in 2014.


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Photo by Roland Bello
Food editor Gina Marie Miraglia Eriquez often cooks for hordes of children, including her three-year-old son, Alex, and she knows that meatballs are always an easy sell. Inspired by the tiny meatball sandwiches served at New York City's Little Owl restaurant, she came up with these kid-size treats that can be eaten with one hand (leaving the other one free to wreak kid-size havoc).
- Yield
- Makes 20 small sandwiches
- Active Time
- 1 1/4 hr
- Total Time
- 1 1/2 hr
- For tomato sauce
- 2 (28-ounce) cans whole tomatoes in juice
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped
- 5 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 Turkish or 1/2 California bay leaf
- For meatballs
- 3 cups coarse fresh bread crumbs (6 slices firm white sandwich bread)
- 2/3 cup whole milk
- 1 pound ground pork
- 1 pound ground beef chuck (not lean)
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 1/2 cups grated Pecorino Romano (1/4 pound)
- 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
- 1/2 cup finely chopped flat-leaf parsley
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
- 2 cups vegetable oil
- For assembling sliders
- 20 small (2-inch) soft buns or rolls, split
- Make tomato sauce:
- Purée tomatoes with their juice, 1 can at a time, in a blender and transfer to a bowl.
- Heat oil in a large heavy pot over medium-high heat until it shimmers, then sauté onion until golden, about 6 minutes. Add garlic and sauté, stirring, 1 minute. Add tomato purée, sugar, bay leaf, and 1 1/2 teaspoons salt and simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until thickened, 40 to 50 minutes. Discard bay leaf.
- Make meatballs while sauce simmers:
- Stir together bread crumbs and milk in a large bowl and let stand 10 minutes. Add meat, garlic, cheese, eggs, parsley, oregano, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper and blend with your hands until just combined well (do not overmix). Form level 1/4-cup portions into meatballs.
- Heat oil in a 10-inch heavy skillet over medium-high heat until it shimmers, then fry meatballs, about 6 at a time, turning occasionally, until well browned and cooked through, 4 to 6 minutes per batch. Transfer to paper towels with a slotted spoon.
- Simmer meatballs in sauce and assemble sliders:
- Add drained meatballs to tomato sauce and simmer, stirring occasionally, until meatballs are heated through.
- Assemble sliders with a meatball and 1 tablespoon sauce per bun, securing each with a wooden pick.
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Nutritional Info
- Calories594
- Carbohydrates46 g(15%)
- Fat37 g(57%)
- Protein20 g(40%)
- Saturated Fat6 g(30%)
- Sodium644 mg(27%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat6 g
- Fiber4 g(15%)
- Monounsaturated Fat22 g
- Cholesterol56 mg(19%)


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We were all wondering on the run into Thailand if this potentially light wind venue was cooking up another surprise for us, as actually Pranburi has done for the last three seasons when it has delivered some of the best winds those tours experienced. So, with this in mind and following the high wind blasting two weeks ago in Indonesia, the riders and crew left nothing to chance, packed for every outcome and headed with heavy loads to Pak Nam Pran beach for round two of the Asian Kiteboard Championship Tour.
The Pak Nam Pran event follows directly on the heels of the Kitesurf Association Thailand's own National Championship in Hua Hin the weekend before at Surfspot, which is planned to enable all the Thai riders to make just one journey to the area for two events and for the early birds from the KTA to warm up to the Thai conditions in advance of the Asia Tour event. The KTA helps to support the Thai Nationals and we hope that we can see many more of these iniatives develop over the coming seasons around Asia as it gives our sport a solid foundation to grow from.
With a total discipline entry of 85 for this round the Kitezone KTA Thailand was set to be another busy competition, but with this being the home event for the KTA the Thailand rounds are always a chilled affair and very much the kite event by kiters for kiters. Based once again at the Kitezone Pranburi things were warming up nicely as the last of the riders arrived and the KTA Kite Kids went into action for another very successful of power kite training sessions for the local Thai champions of the future.
From day one of the competition the wind schedule that was to be the pattern for the week was set. No frontal winds this time to give us the early morning starts of former seasons, but rather the thermal afternoon winds that you would expect from Pranburi at this time of year. This did however add an extra tweak to the always unique KTA Thailand round and this time it came in the form of the 300 Peaks paragliding crew who were kick starting each day with jet-boat tow launches for the gliders before they cut loose at the appropriate height to entertain the gathering crowds. Entertainment which included some mind blowing ariel work from Red Bull acro-pilot Veso Ovcharv and tandem rides for many of the KTA riders including our own guest MC Sukie Robertson, who of course had more than a few words to say about it when she landed.
300 Peaks as well as being our safety boat team once the wind did start to blow, also added one final dimension to this event for us with high level filming as they strapped our Aussie cameraman Tim Harris to the tandem and dangled him up there to do his thing. For a taste of this check out our 4th day video report.
Day one belonged to the racers. With the RB class hitting the start line at lunchtime with the thermal wind clocking a steady 12kts and building. On home turf Yo Narapichit Pudla (THA) was soon tucking his first wins of the week away while rivals Ken Nacor (PHI), Pravit Buajuturas (THA) and Jack Chanon Phrakeaw (THA) battled it out for the following places. For the girls Fon Benyapa Jantawan (THA) also on her home water, Kathrin Borgwardt (GER) and Aya Oshima (JPN) were mixing it in some very closely fought racing that would be the pattern throughout the week. It was also good to see Ben Turner over all the way from New Zealand for his first taste of KTA racing action and rumor has it we can expect to see a lot of the Kiwi crew on the start line at the KTA China, so that will ramp things up nicely for the finals.
The TT class was also in action, though finding it a little harder work to battle the strong currents in the lighter conditions. They did put out three races though on that first day and we started to see some changes in the front runners from the KTA Indonesian round. Anny Barlow (USA) placed fourth over in Indo and new face and rising star Yue Chen Jing (CHN) who at only just 13 yrs old was making a big impact started their fight for the TT top slot. Over in the men's TT another of the Xiamen riders Xiao Cheng Deng (CHN) was unsettling our two regular top runners Doque de los Santos (PHI) and Jay Ortis (PHI) showing that China is gaining ground in this race discipline.
So day one gave us a solid opening for the race fleets, which again on day two opened the proceedings before later in the day the wind perked up just enough to encourage the KTA Competition Director to fire up the Freestyle action. Although sadly the thermal did not last through it did allow for half of the single eliminator to take place and for us to see who was making the early running.
With 2012 Asian Champ Ken Nacor (PHI) back on the scene and the ever consistent Hiro Nakano (JPN), things were always going to be explosive in Thailand, even moreso with Long Nguyen Duc (VIE) the round one winner still very much on form and Micheal Khromykh (UKR) also making his presence felt. For the girls Aya Oshima (JPN) was showing she is still very much the all-rounder this season as she took on Indo round's number two Kristiin Oja and Brazil's first rider to take part in the KTA, Estofania Rosa.
Day three of competition gave us much the same conditions as the previous day, but with a shorter time frame to work with. Never the less all the disciplines were in action and the fights of the two opening days continued. One clear winner though on race side of things was the speed of the current, which on tide turn was causing some issues for the racers and especially TT in the lighter winds, making the first upwind mark more of a slog at times than a race. The race team had been taking the start line out around 1km to take advantage of the early part of the thermal, but as the racing continued the current was not being too kind.
The final day however came through on forecast with the best winds of the week that gave the KTA race team a new course option giving riders and spectators alike the fastest most shore nipping racing of the week. With a shorter upwind leg to mark 1 the riders where then turned beach-ward on hacking reach that gave plenty of close action and overtaking for both the RB and TT racers. The turning mark of this reach was set in front of the sandbar only 10's of meters away from the crowds, who cheered and encouraged each rider through the turn. Some riders fared better than others which gave everyone some exciting wipe out moments to add to some very cool passing techniques, with some very tidy racing skills on display! for the RB class it was an all Thai result with Yo Narapichit Pudla winning the mens & Fon Benyapa Jantawan winning in the ladies class respectively. TT Class saw Anny Barlow (USA) and Doque de los Santos (PHI) taking the top spots.
Freestyle continued in the best winds the riders had seen throughout week, as we finally got to close out the single eliminations. Some great riding from Hiro Nakano saw him take first place over Yo as he dialed in those 5's like a machine. Kristiin Oja hit the power full on against Rosa who showed Asia what Brazilian riding talent was all about in a close run women's freestyle singles final, Oja won the heat though with some powered Blind Judges and railey to blinds giving her 1st place in this round of the KTA tour.
Kitezone KTA Thailand has given us another event week to remember. Great crowd of riders that gave 110% percent action and entertainment all week in the challenging conditions all backed up by great local support and some very cool social evenings that gave everyone a taste of Thailand on several different levels. A big thanks goes out to the Pulsawat for our Opening night Thai feast and to Ley Café for our mid-week tunes and Kite Party Night. Then there was the awards night and for those of you there, my god that was one big stage or what! Big thank you then to Kitezone for that and for being our hosts for the week.
Thanks also to our other local sponsors and partners the Sports Authority of Thailand and the Toursim Department of Thailand, along with the Evason Hua Hin and the Bacchus Home Resort who housed the KTA team and provided all our race office and media room requirements.
Finally big shout-out to Cabrinha for all those lovely prizes , Maelstorm and Ozone for backing the KTA Kite Kids, plus our ongoing tour sponsorship support from the Blue Orange Ville and of course Kitezone Thailand once again.
See you next week in Boracay………..
TOP 3 for the KTA Thailand
Freestyle Men
1. Hironobu Nakano (JPN)
2. Yo Narapichit Pudla (THA)
3. Michael Khromykh (UKR)
Freestyle Ladies
1. Kristiin Oja (EST)
2. Estefania Rosa (BRA)
3. Aya Oshima (JPN)
RB Class Men
1. Yo Narapichit Pudla (THA)
2. Ken Nacor (PHL)
3. Pravit Buajutturas (THA)
RB Class Women
1. Fon Benyapa Jantawan (THA)
2. Aya Oshima (JPN)
3. Kathrin Borgwardt (GER)
TT Class Men
1. Doque De Los Santos (PHL)
2. Xiao Cheng Deng (CHN)
3. Jay Ortiz (PHL)
TT Class Women
1. Anny Barlow (USA)
2. Yue Chen Jing (CHN)
3. Lisa Nikitina (UKR)


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A Look At Some Interesting Ways To Connect Things For Racing
The racing industry often pushes the envelope of technology, and other industries can profit from our ingenuity. At the same time, we borrow from other industries when new and innovative products suit our needs. There is always a need for improved fasteners and connectors.
We will introduce some relatively new and interesting devices for attaching and connecting parts. This is not intended to be a complete listing of all new fasteners, but represents some of the most interesting ones you might not know about.
Basic Nuts and Bolts
When we think of fasteners, we immediately envision nuts and bolts and the ever-popular blind rivets. As long as we have had those most basic connectors, there are still improvements being developed that enhance their use. The aerospace community has, over the past 30 years, developed many unique fasteners of specialized materials and shapes.
The AN (Air Force/Navy), MS (Military Spec.) and NAS (National Aerospace Standard) fasteners are used in the top classes of auto racing because of their superior strength-to-weight ratio. These nuts and bolts come in many shapes and sizes, from standard hex nuts to the 12-point flanged Cadmium-plated types, with a coat of Kaylube molybdenum disulfide dry lubricant applied after plating. Whew, that's a bad nut.
The cost of these special nuts and bolts has become more reasonable over the past 30 years as the popularity has spread to industries outside aerospace. Today, racers in all classes can take advantage of the innovation that has taken place without having to rob the bank to do so.
Nut Plates
There are times when we need to bolt on a part through a panel and have limited access to the rear for placing and holding a nut. The nut plate was designed for those situations.
The nut plate can be attached to the panel or plate with rivets to become a permanent hidden nut. Because it is made of steel, it will endure repeated use without excessive wear.
Typical uses include bolting the gauge panel to the dash. We may need to access the gauges often to repair broken wires or replace some of the units, and getting to the back of the dash is very difficult. Any area that requires you to go to the hard-to-reach rear of the panel warrants the use of the nut plate.
We may need to attach a bolt to a softer metal, such as aluminum, and we often need a hard metal threaded insert so that our bolts will not pull out easily. The Keen-Sert is a new threaded insert and was designed to be easy to install as well as locked in place so that it won't come out easily.
It can be tapped into the receiving metal with a standard tap size, and some units have four locking pins that can be driven into the sides to lock it into place.
Small Rod Ends
When deciding how to brace body panels or interior dash components, teams will often use small rod ends. These can be easily screwed onto a threaded rod, and the length can be adjusted to suit the need.
Small rod ends can be used for the following: throttle links from the pedal rod to the carburetor, holding body panels in place and adjusting the position, mechanical linkages with small forces, and applications that require small adjustments to align parts correctly.
Cam Lock
We often need to attach body parts, air filter boxes, and so on, so we need a quick-release fastener that will endure many cycles of opening and closing. The metal Cam Lock fastener does the job well. It has a cam design that uses a spring-loaded locking pin for a very secure and tight fit.
Side-Grip Cleco Fasteners
We are all familiar with the popular Cleco fastener that temporarily holds parts together until we can position the rivet or bolt holes. These handy units clip into a drilled hole and are replaced with rivets when everything has lined up.
Now we can utilize a Cleco fastener that can be attached from the side of two panels instead of through a hole. With the strong spring, the side-grip Cleco firmly holds any set of sheetmetal (or other panels) so you can plan where to place the permanent fasteners.
Adel Wiggins Coupling
One of the neatest connections for fuel or water is the flexible Adel Wiggins coupling. This coupling product allows up to 5 degrees of movement while still maintaining a positive seal for fuel or water applications. Its unique design incorporates two metal tubes with O-rings that fit inside a stainless steel band. This is all held together by a locking band that can be operated with one hand.
Movement and vibrations will not affect the seal on this connection. This connection is most useful in applications that always need to have the conduit removed for servicing. The removal and reattachment of rubber hoses and clamps or screw-on fittings becomes quick and painless.
Staubli Quick-Release Fittings
Hydraulic pressure lines can have removable fittings that do not allow air to bleed into the system. One such fitting is the Staubli quick-release fitting. It allows clutch line release when you are changing the tranny, or brake line release if you need to replace a caliper quickly.
This is a high-pressure fitting that holds the existing fluid while the hoses are disconnected. When the hoses are reattached, there is no introduction of air into the system. Tranny/bellhousing combos can be replaced easily by disconnecting the Staubli fitting from one and adding it to another. Replacement brake rotors can be fitted so that removal and replacement can be done in seconds and not minutes.
The Push Pin
The standard push pin can be used for attaching any linkage that we may need to remove quickly. The shear strength of these pins is surprisingly high. Teams have been known to use them for attaching shocks, although this is an extreme application and may exceed the shear limits due to the often sudden application of force, not necessarily the magnitude of the force.
Push pins can attach other less-stressed parts such as smaller rear sway bar arms, throttle linkages, and panel supports. With a little imagination, you can probably think of many ways to conveniently hold and attach various parts. Even securing a pit box handle to the box when not in use saves tripping over the handle or having it fall against someone or the inside of the hauler.
Tie-Wraps and Other Wire Attachment Devices
The basic tie-wrap has been with us for some time now. It is a necessary addition to any toolbox and has many varied uses on a race car. We have found some interesting additions to the use and application of the tie-wrap.
Various parts have been developed to attach tie-wraps to the car. There are many different types and shapes of connectors, but the thing to know is that many companies have spent lots of time developing more products that accommodate the tie-wrap, or zip tie as it is sometimes called.
From adhesive-backed plastic plates to specialty tie-wraps that incorporate a way to mount them to a surface, we now have many ways to attach wires or fluid lines to the inside panels or the chassis.
Protex Catch Bolt Latches
One of the best latches to use on a race car to hold body sections together is the Protex Catch Bolt latch. It is a self-locking, sliding bolt latch that aligns the panels both laterally and vertically. It is especially useful for fiberglass or carbon-fiber molded body parts because access is continual and security is a must.
Some series are opting for pre-molded identical body parts so that aero "cheating" cannot be done. The body parts fit together so that the shape of each body is nearly identical.
Since the parts have molded-in recesses and tongues, they can only go together one way. Replacement parts are guaranteed to fit without excess cutting and shaping. These latches are used to hold the entire body together.
In conventional stock cars, there are uses that fit the design of these latches, such as securing a dirt Late Model fender so that it can be easily replaced between heats if it is damaged.
Even pit cart hatches can be secured with these latches when heavy parts must be contained by a secure attachment. How many times has a pit cart door flung open during transport in the trailer? This locking latch would prevent all of that damage.
Chew-Glu, a Two-Part Gum Adhesive
Last but not least is one of the most innovative inventions to date. It is the two-part Chew-Glu gum adhesives for attaching wires or parts quickly when more time-consuming methods don't work. For the team whose car is held together with chewing gum and bailing wire, this adhesive will take you to the next level.
A team member needs to only carry the two separate gum strips, one red and the other white. When the need arises, put both into your mouth. As you chew the two pieces, your saliva will cause a non-toxic reaction that will cause the gum to harden into a semi-permanent, strong-holding adhesive that cures in about three minutes.
No more searching for bulky tubes or mixing messy two-part epoxy gels that are hard to remove from fingers and clothing. Just pop these into your mouth and gum-glue that broken fender mount or dangling wire.
One more thing about Chew-Glu . . . April Fools. Yes, this is the May issue of CT, but it is released well before April 1 so it will give you a chance to think of someone you can pull this on when that day arrives. There is no such thing as Chew-Glu, but don't you think there needs to be? Hey, all you chemists out there who read CT-get busy and invent.
Be sure to carefully study all those specialty fastener catalogs, because the industry is always improving the way we attach things. All of theses various parts are designed to make your racing life a little easier. When you get ready to buy, contact your local race parts supplier. They will have them in stock or they can order them for you. If they have never heard of the part, you just might make them aware of a new and useful product that all of their customers could utilize.


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German chemicals/pharmaceuticals businesses have a strong market position, and many are highly specialised. The industry has a well-deserved reputation for innovation and a competitive edge.
- Growing production, but decreasing sales prices
- Payments take 45 days on average
- Robust solvency and liquidity
The German chemicals industry (including pharmaceuticals) is the largest chemicals industry in Europe and the fourth largest in the world. Of the about 2,000 companies that produce chemical products, more than 90% are small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with less than 500 staff members. SMEs employ one third of the workforce and account for almost one third of total chemicals industry sales. Unlike in other industries, chemicals SMEs are often customers, not suppliers of large chemicals companies.
According to the German chemicals association VCI, production increased 0.6% and turnover rose 0.1% in 2014. In 2015, the VCI expects production to increase 1.5% and turnover to decrease 0.5% (including pharmaceuticals). Excluding pharmaceuticals, production is expected to increase 1.0% and turnover to decrease 1.5%. The decrease in turnover is due to the increased international competition which forces chemicals businesses to immediately pass on lower commodity prices to customers. Chemicals sales prices are expected to decrease by more than 2% in 2015.
In Q1 of 2015 organic basic chemicals accounted for 45% of the production value, followed by petrochemicals (22%), fine and specialty chemicals (20%), polymers (13%), inorganic basic chemicals (10%) and detergents and personal care products (7%). The pharmaceuticals sector accounted for 30% of production value. German chemicals/pharmaceuticals businesses generally have a strong market position, and many are highly specialised. In addition, the industry's considerable investment in research and development has given it a well-deserved reputation for innovation and a consequent competitive edge.
Generally, German chemicals and pharmaceuticals businesses have robust equity, solvency and liquidity. Profit margins in the chemicals sector are stable overall, although they are influenced by global oil prices. Profit margins in the pharmaceuticals sector are still satisfactory but are shrinking in the domestic market because of the health regulations introduced in 2010. Since then, a number of patents have expired leading to a decline in both turnover and profits from these products. However, pharmaceutical research based manufacturers compensated for this with intensified research and mergers and acquisitions.
The German chemicals and pharmaceuticals sector's payment behaviour has always been better than average with no notable payment delays, even during the 2008/2009 economic crisis. In our experience payments take, on average, 45 days – even fewer for domestic payments, as most chemical and pharmaceutical products are exported to destinations with longer payment terms than the domestic market. We have seen no change in payment behaviour or increase in notifications of non-payment in the last six months and expect this pattern to continue in the coming months. This should be accompanied by fewer insolvencies in the sector: both chemicals and pharmaceuticals have a lower insolvency rate than other German industries.
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It first helps to understand exactly what this condition is and how it can hurt your dog. Dogs first experience a rapid and abnormal expansion of the stomach with gas. If this happens to your dog, the pressure can be so intense that its stomach could actually rotate. The rotation may then close both the entry to and exit from the stomach. That would put your dog in very serious jeopardy, since blood flow might also be restricted.
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Lakeland College recently expanded its relationship with two sister schools in China.
Lakeland signed new agreements with East China Institute of Technology (ECIT) and Shanghai Finance Institute during a multi-day visit to China by Lakeland Interim President Dan Eck, Director of International Programs Jen Siebert and Instructor of General Studies and Chinese David Lynch.
Lakeland and ECIT signed new 2+2 agreements covering the following majors: accounting, biochemistry, biology, chemistry, computer science, international business, marketing, art and music and math. The agreements lay out an academic plan for students entering the programs so they stay on track to earn a Lakeland bachelor's degree.
Lakeland and SFU signed a 2+2 agreement for accounting and a 3+2 agreement for art, and renewed 2+2 agreements for business and marketing that have expired. The schools also discussed SFU's desire to send more one-term students to Lakeland and send some of their faculty to Lakeland for teacher training.
During the visit, Siebert met with students and gave presentations regarding Lakeland's summer program and undergraduate programs.
Lakeland and SFU initially signed a sister school agreement in 2006. Lynch has taken students to SFU for May Term classes twice, and a third group is going this May. Lakeland has hosted eight visiting SFU professors since 2005 and 25 one-term students since 2007, in addition to several other faculty/staff delegations.
Lakeland and ECIT also signed an initial sister school agreement in 2006. Since the summer of 2007, ECIT has sent between seven and 22 faculty and staff members to Lakeland's Summer Professional Development Program. A total of 58 ECIT members have participated in the program. Several ECIT students have participated in Lakeland's Summer English Language Institute, and there have been many visits by ECIT administrators and scholars. Siebert is among the Lakeland faculty who have taught at ECIT.


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TEN is a Primitive Quendian root signifying "direction".[1]
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In the Etymologies appears the root TEƷ- ("line, direction"). From this root derives:[3]
- Primitive Quendian: teʒē
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According to Christopher Tolkien, the root TEƷ- was changed to TEÑ. In this new entry, Quenya téra and Noldorin tîr derived from Primitive Quendian teñrā,[3] where an intermediate form appears to be tēra.[2]
There exists furthermore an additional entry on TEÑ in the Etymologies (for the sake of clarity, here called TEÑ2), yielding the derivatives Noldorin tî ("line, row"), tiwdi ("alphabet"), tær, taer ("straight"), and Quenya téma ("row, series, line"), tea ("straight line, road").[3][2]
Note that there also exists a root TEÑ, with a different signification, in the manuscript "Eldarin Roots and Stems".[1]
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The complexity of the root TEN is has been discussed at length by Patrick H. Wynne. A very late (ca. 1968) manuscript by Tolkien includes an almost identical rendering of √ten as given in the version from "Eldarin Roots and Stems" (that is, the version used as the first definition in this article), which, however, was changed to a √men (yielding different derivatives). An earlier manuscript (late 1950s or early 1960s) by Tolkien also contains a mention of a √ten-, having a similar (but not identical) description.[4]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 187 (root appearing as "√TEN-")
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Addenda and Corrigenda to the Etymologies — Part Two" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter and Patrick H. Wynne), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 46, July 2004, pp. 17-18
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, "Part Three: The Etymologies", pp. 391-2 (roots appearing as "TEƷ-" and "TEÑ"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Eldarin Hands, Fingers & Numerals and Related Writings — Part Three" (edited by Patrick H. Wynne), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 49, June 2007, pp. 23-24 (roots appearing as "√ten" and "√ten-")


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Recently people are asking how to set it up with newer versions. So I gave a simple little pkg that can be used to make it pretty easy and painless.
Most of the newer versions can share from the file properties etc. But that can also get complicated. I started out sharing like that but then for managing those files it gets confusing. You have to know and remember all of your shares and their paths for management. If you just have 1 or 2. Not too big of a problem but if you have multiple and maybe longer paths. Then it gets hard to keep track of all your shares. So especially for beginners using System-Config-Samba is just simple to use and all your shares are listed in one place.


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The commercials are everywhere: Not only is "Glee" returning Tuesday after a four-month hiatus, but the breakout(-in-song) hit is holding an online talent search for new cast members.
It's a natural move for a program that helped build an audience/community of fans via the Internet. The gimmick also is a nod to the phenomenally successful show to which "Glee" is musically and promotionally tied: "American Idol."
So the folks behind "Glee" would be wise to consider some lessons to be learned from this season of "Idol," during which a somewhat lackluster crop of contestants has led to too much focus on the judges.
"Glee" and "Idol" share a mutually beneficial history of hype that started last year with constant promos for the new show airing during the old favorite.
The "Glee" pilot aired last May, the day before Kris Allen was crowned "Idol" champ for Season 8. "Glee" didn't return for four months, but the strong first impression stuck. The show went on to solidify its reputation as a delightfully twisted combination of "Idol" and "High School Musical," wrapped in often-bawdy, heightened-reality camp.
The first 13-episode mini-season of "Glee" ended in December, a month before the return of "Idol," providing what Fox evidently hopes will remain a tag-team combination that will attract young viewers.
The challenge of "Glee" will be to live up to the first season, in which the creative team somehow pulled off outlandish plots filled with multiple deceptions, real and fake pregnancies and Slushie facials – set to musical numbers that sometimes were part of the action and other times seemingly came out of nowhere.
It might seem like an odd comparison, but "Glee" brings to mind, in more ways than one, "Twin Peaks." The early 1990s David Lynch mix of the dark, quirky and unexpected also centered on angst-ridden, small-town high school kids and dysfunctional adults – but never quite scaled the loopy heights of entertaining bizarreness set in the truncated Season 1.
Signs are more promising for "Glee": upcoming episodes are expected to bring the return of Kristin Chenoweth as a boozy has-been singer, and new turns by Neil Patrick Harris as Glee director Will Schuester's old nemesis, and Broadway star Idina Menzel who, one suspects, will be revealed as Rachel's mother.
Like "Twin Peaks" and "Idol," success for "Glee" will rest in balancing disparate elements. "Idol" still has more than a month to turn things around and finish strong. But so far, this season has been dominated by the adults on the show, thanks to relatively weak performances, the arrival of Ellen DeGeneres and Simon Cowell's acerbic, lame-duck last stand.
"Glee" wouldn't be the same without Jane Lynch as scheming cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester, just as it's hard for many of us (and Fox) to imagine "Idol" without Cowell. Still, the shows work best when bickering adults are background noise for the kids (even if most of the kids already are past high school age) – and, of course, the music.
As "Glee" returns to TV, the young cast members are getting ready to tour the country, singing songs from the show. Meanwhile, a whole new version of "American Idol" is playing out online as thousands of "Glee" hopefuls submit homemade audition videos.
Check some out here. Maybe you'll discover the next "Glee" star – or perhaps the next "American Idol."
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1 lb. ground beef
15 ounce can of tomato sauce
15 ounce can of red kidney beans, undrained
1 white onion
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NBC took its Olympic broadcast chicken-fucking to another level today, when a live feed of the Japan-Brazil women's soccer game on the network's Olympics website cut to commercial right before one of the game's critical moments. Instead of seeing the Japanese team score a goal in the 72nd minute to go up 2-0 against the Brazilians, viewers were treated to commercials for some new Dick Wolf show and a bicycle store in Jacksonville, Fla.
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Intercollegiate (Mennonite) Peace Fellowship
Intercollegiate (Mennonite) Peace Fellowship, representing the peace societies or interest groups of the Mennonite and affiliated colleges, was organized in 1948 under the sponsorship of the Mennonite Central Committee Peace Section, with later additional sponsorship by the Council of Mennonite and Affiliated Colleges. It provides an annual meeting at one of the colleges, occasionally conducts a seminar (e.g., at Washington, D.C., and at the United Nations in New York), and publishes Peace Notes as an organ.
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Bender, Harold S. "Intercollegiate (Mennonite) Peace Fellowship." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 14 Dec 2019. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Intercollegiate_(Mennonite)_Peace_Fellowship&oldid=82374.
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Bender, Harold S. (1959). Intercollegiate (Mennonite) Peace Fellowship. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 14 December 2019, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Intercollegiate_(Mennonite)_Peace_Fellowship&oldid=82374.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 1097. All rights reserved.
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In 2016, the cronut is passé. New Yorkers now have another exuberant pastry to sink their teeth into: Manila Social Club's so-called "Golden Doughnut."
Since Bjorn DelaCruz, the founder of the recently-opened Filipino restaurant, posted an image of the $100 doughnut to Instagram last week, there's been buzz about the dish.
DelaCruz spoke to the website First We Feast about the doughnut, which is filled with ube mousse, covered with champagne frosting and topped with 24-karat gold.
"The Golden Cristal Ube Donut came along because there is a brewery in Bushwick called Braven Brewery, and we know the owners…We had a doughnut event where I unveiled a doughnut with icing made with Braven White IPA, dusted with gold. That was the beginning of the golden doughnut [idea]."
DelaCruz went on to tell the website that the ingredients were hand-picked to craft a delicious dish.
"I take pride in this, and to me it's a piece of art," he told First We Feast.
"I cook with [those ingredients] because I think they taste good," he said.
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Following on from Coupling Facility Async / Sync Thresholds - They Are A'Changin' I've been informed by Development there is a new improved write up on how the Dynamic Sync/Async conversion works in Chapter 6 of the z/OS Release 9: Setting Up A Sysplex manual. I've read it and it is VERY good. One thing to pull out is that there isn't just one threshold... There are different thresholds for Lock... [More]
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APAR OA21635 is one of a rare breed: A change to the thresholds for z/OS's automatic CF Request conversion. (I'm told this has only happened once before.) If you recall z/OS Release 2 (in 2001) introduced a very nice function that automatically converts Coupling Facility requests from Sync to Async, based on thresholds. The purpose of this is to minimise the CPU cost for a coupled z/OS system,... [More]


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Polar equation:
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|Negative pedal curve wrt origin
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|Caustic wrt horizontal rays
|Caustic curve wrt another point
If P is any point on the spiral then the length of the spiral from P to the origin is finite. In fact, from the point P which is at distance d from the origin measured along a radius vector, the distance from P to the pole is d sec b. Jacob Bernoulli in 1692 called it spira mirabilis and it is carved on his tomb in Basel.
It occurs naturally in many places like sea-shells where the growth of an organism is proportional to the size of the organism. In his book Growth and Form, D'Arcy Thompson devoted a whole chapter to this curve and describes its occurence in Nature as the result of coiling a cone upon itself, contrasting it with the Spiral of Archimedes which is formed by coiling a cylinder as a sailor coils a rope upon the deck.
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shell of the many-chambered Nautilus or the shell with the curve super-imposed.
The spiral make a constant angle b with any radius vector. Of course in the special case where b = π/2 one obtains a circle. For the curve displayed above b = 7π/16. Therefore the length of the curve from a point at distance d from the origin along a radius vector is about 5.126 d.
Any radius from the origin meets the spiral at distances which are in geometric progression.
The pedal of an equiangular spiral, when the pedal point is the pole, is an identical equiangular spiral.
The evolute and the involute of an equiangular spiral is an identical equiangular spiral. This was shown by Johann Bernoulli.
The caustic of the equiangular spiral, where the pole is taken as the radiant, is an equal equiangular spiral.
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As a young developer, I would find it useful to get some advice regarding things to think about in order to develop a high-quality application. In my college courses, most teachers emphasized input validation and some talked about security concerns, but no one covered the importance of certain other things, like logging for example.
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The State Historical Society of Missouri has information on historical Missouri place names for all 114 Missouri Counties.
The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:[6]
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St. John's, Bahner
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Service men in Pettis County, Missouri served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed in Pettis County, Missouri:
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In Missouri, probate records have usually been recorded by the clerks of the probate courts, but in some counties the common pleas or circuit courts handled this function. They are frequently indexed.
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St. Louis and Kansas City recorded births and deaths starting as early as 1850 for deaths and 1870 for births. The Missouri Department of Health began keeping birth and death records in 1909. County records vary by year and the county. A copy or an extract of most original records can be purchased from the Missouri Vital Records State Department of Health, the County Clerk's office or order electronically online.
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The Organizing Committee has planned activities on the following themes.
Presentation of what is done in the different regions of the country and abroad. Plenary activities only.
Plenary: Frederick Leung (Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong)
Presentation of Regional Situations
Moderator: Tom O'Shea
This theme is on curriculum: "Mathematics to stimulate the brain: mathematics to enable students to function and innovate in the modern world" Format: plenary lecture, plenary response, then working groups.
Plenary: Jean-Pierre Kahane (Paris-Sud, Orsay)
Theme III comprises a panel on the many issues in schools, then working groups.
Panel: Ravi Vakil, Corinne Jetté, André Deschênes and Kanwal Neel (Stanford, Concordia Native Access Engineering Program, Petit Séminaire de Québec, British Columbia Association of Mathematics Teachers)
Format: plenary lecture, followed by working groups
Plenary: Hyman Bass and Deborah Ball (Michigan)
How to bring the ideas of the Forum to the public. Going to the second Forum. Format: all activities are plenary. The morning starts with a panel.
Panel 1:
Going to the second Forum: how to increase the
collaboration of mathematics educators across educational and across
provincial boundaries
Facilitator: Katherine Heinrich (University of Regina)
Panel 2:
How to bring the ideas of the forum to the public? How to
raise awareness of the importance of learning mathematics in schools?


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Little ultralight stoves that screw into compressed gas canisters were a pretty exciting market when Snow Peak introduced the three-ounce GigaPower eleven years ago.
Since then, improvements have been incremental at best, and reviewers have spent many nights with furrowed brows monitoring the temperatures of water in titanium pots trying to measure differences between the products in this niche, which now number into the dozens.
It's pretty safe to say that there is precious little difference in these stoves. They are all just about durable enough, light enough, fuel efficient enough, hot enough, stable enough, and stowable enough for even those of us that are most discriminating with their gear. I've received so many review samples through the years that I've collected them all into a single bin. When I want to use a canister stove, I just reach in and grab whatever is on top, paying almost no attention to what it is.
In other words, they all pretty much work well enough, and I probably have better uses of my time than trying to sort out what I perceive as pretty meaningless little differences between them.
So when I received the latest titanium incarnation of canister stoves from Monatauk Gear, I let out an audible yawn at what was undoubtedly another copycat stove from the same Asian manufacturer that makes the easily-recognizable burner heads and fold up legs that appear on other stoves.
The little Monatauk Gnat balances a wide burner head with an ultra-simple design that is bare enough to evoke real beauty in design.
However, I do appreciate what Monatauk has tried to accomplish with the Gnat, and I think it's something that is aesthetically powerful from a design standpoint:
- There's lots of titanium in it, and what's not titanium is aluminum. There are only tiny bits of other (heavier) materials in it – fasteners and the jet.
- The jet housing, air intake, and valve housing are all stripped down to the very barest of essentials, which means the weight has been spent well on a large burner head and pot supports that collapse and grab the pot to prevent it from sliding off.
The result is a canister stove that the manufacturer claims weighs 1.6 ounces. I verified it on my scale to weigh 1.69 ounces, and yes, that irks me. The manufacturer should have claimed a 1.7 oz weight. The Gnat is 0.2 ounce or so lighter than the next-lightest stove on the market, the Snow Peak Lite Max.
It would be a stretch in responsible journalism to try to compare the "compactness" of the dozens of little canister stoves on the market, but the Gnat at least meets the minimum standards that an ultralight backpacker is most interested in – which means it has to collapse as much as possible to fit into a tiny little cup.
My only complaint about the Gnat is that the folding joints for the pot legs are loose and wiggly. A little tighter riveting would have inspired a bit more confidence in manufacturing quality.
Other than that, it's awfully hard to be critical of the little Gnat, and for its weight and beautiful design aesthetic, I'm going to make sure it resides at the top of my little pile of canister stoves, within easy reach.
Paired with a single 8-ounce (net) canister of fuel, a Backpacking Light 550 pot and lid, and a sleeping pad rolled around it for a windbreak, the expedition-conscious ultralighter can turn down the fuel power and eke out thirty-six to forty boils (at 12 oz/boil) without much difficulty, making this sort of setup an extremely attractive option to both alcohol and solid fuel.


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SKF Condition Based Lubrication for wind turbines
Increase reliability by combining SKF condition monitoring and automatic lubrication systems
SKF Condition Based Lubrication is an active interface that links together SKF WindCon and SKF WindLub (Fig. 1), featuring SKF and Lincoln lubrication systems. It enables an automatic, additional dose of lubrication to wind turbine bearings in distress and offers full monitoring of the lubrication pump. SKF Condition Based Lubrication allows OEMs and wind farm operators to control maintenance demands and reduce their costs per kilowatt-hour.
Benefits of SKF Condition Based Lubrication:
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Remote lubrication system control and functionality
Incorporate GL-certified solutions
Cut operating costs and costs per kWh produced
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Welcome to the International Leonberger Database
- a pedigree and health database for Leonberger Dogs -
News: Ileo celebrates 18 years online!
We are changing the � icon to show in registration numbers, not the name of the dog.
Likewise all # ## etc which showed LPN status are being removed from name and will show in registration numbers instead. You can search registration numbers.
Preliminary death stats for 2015:Please view Leonberger Longevity Project
LPN1&2 & LEMP reports are now being published. Please send us your LPN1&2,LEMP data to firstname.lastname@example.com
ILEO has released Popular Sires before 2000 statistics and Popular Sires 2000+ statistics.
Current Popular Sires & possible future "Matadors". Update 29th March 2019
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International Leonberger Database needs your help as we can no longer afford to maintain this database online by ourselves. Therefore we are asking you, the users to make a small donation of only AUD$5.00 per year to keep this valuable resource online.
New features listed below.
Search Hints:
Don't include titles in your search.
A partial name or kennel name will return better results.
Use surnames (family name) in your breeder and owner searches.
You should use accents, other non usual English keyboard strokes or type in a portion of the name that does not have them.
If you can't find the Leo you are looking for, please see "Using the Database" for further information or send us an email.
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TRIAL PEDIGREES: Enter the sire and dam and get a printable five generation pedigree that lists hips, elbows,LPN1 and eye information. Click here.
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Popular Sires before 2000: Have a look at the "Matadors" from the past Click here.
Popular Sires 2000-: Have a look at the current "Matadors" which is still a work in progress Click here.
LPN1, LPN2 & LEMP results now available. Search Field is being changed to show in registration numbers instead of Names.
Single # denotes LPN1 & 2 N/N clear, ## shows dogs with D/N carrier or at risk, and ### shows D/D affected. Please send copies of your LPN1, 2 & Lemp results to email@example.com.
Date of birth and death/health details, dogs with no kennel name, country of origin search: We have added a search for date of birth. After selecting the drop down box for Date of Birth, in the search box, add yyyy-mm-dd. Example: 2006-03-24. If you want to just search the year and month, you may also do that by adding yyyy-mm or simply just the year in the search box.
You can also now search for dogs in the database that do not have a kennel name. Select Kennel in the drop down box. In the search box add: no affix. We have also made the kennel field easier to search by removing the diacriticals. Diacriticals still remain in the name field, breeder field and owner field.
To search by country select that from the drop down box and type in the country name in the search box.
To search death and health details, select Death/Health in the drop down box. If you want to see dogs that died from cancer, type cancer into the search box. If you want to find the number of dogs that lived to be ten or over, type in 10y, 11y, 12y, 13y, 14y, 15y, 16y. To see all the entries in this field, just type in y. There are more than 4,860 verified deaths recorded online. The more information that we receive from you, the more helpful this field will be. Please submit death dates and health information and allow us to make it public. Ask your breeder to submit their litters and information. Thank you for helping us to make this a better database for you.
Longevity Project:NEW!! We have compiled death statistics; the first pages are available. We continue to gather and publish death information over all ages and invite you to send the details (note date of death or note that dog is still alive) in an email to firstname.lastname@example.com. The results of this project can be found by clicking here. Please be sure to tell us about your "grand veterans".
Linking: You can link your Leo to a webpage by following the directions at the bottom of your dog's pedigree. This is an unchanging (static) link that will stay the same when the database is updated.Exceptions can occur as we modify health and death status in the names.
Please note that all death, LPN are being removed from names and will show on registration numbers instead
Photo icons: You can view which dogs have photos in your dog's pedigree by looking at the icons on the pedigree form - we have used the same icons that the search page features for photos. A magnifing glass shows there is a photo, and a red line through the the magnifing glass shows there is no photo sent yet. Please send photos for dogs that have no photo listed.
11th December 2019 There are 139,882 entries in the International Leonberger Database as of today and 9826+ photos. Updates to the International Leonberger Database will be uploaded as quickly as possible (usually twice every week). Please send photos as jpegs to firstname.lastname@example.com and name the photo with the dog's registered name. Thank you for all your positive comments and submissions! We greatly appreciate all the people who have taken the time to send in new Leos, health data and photos of their Leonbergers and donations for the database. If you spot a mistake, please tell us!


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Welcome to Saturday's Artist; a weekly joining and celebration of every kind of creativity.
We hope you'll join us in celebrating this wonderful part of ourselves.
Show us where in the past week you've been shining your artistic, magnificent light!
Something this week that fed your spirit.
An outstanding photograph.
A day of mad painting.
A new yarn discovered that has sparked something fabulous for you.
The only requirement is that it is your favorite artistic Create! of the week!
(If you'd like to post a link so your readers might join in Saturday's Artist,we would all love to share with them.)
Linking is only open each week until Tuesday morning!


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Ricky Hatton is one of the greatest British boxers in history. He was a two-division world champion and retired with a magnificent record of 45 wins and just two losses, to all-time pound-for-pound greats Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao.
If Hatton had had his way, however, he would have earned fortune and fame with his feet rather than his fists. His father and grandfather were both footballers, and Ricky, a skilful midfielder, was on the books of his beloved City as a teenager. Hatton was ultimately released by the club, but his love for them and football has remained as strong as ever.
As the 34-year-old readies for his return to the ring for the first time in three years later this month, when he will battle Ukrainian standout Vyacheslav Senchenko in Manchester, he took time off from training to speak to FIFA.com about coming from a footballing family, being on the City terraces as a youngster, the team's recent success, having Wayne Rooney carry his belt out, and who he thinks should win the FIFA Ballon d'Or.
FIFA.com: Ricky, you come from quite a footballing family. Please tell us about that…
Ricky Hatton: My granddad played for the City B team and my dad was a regular in the reserves when they had the championship-winning team, with Malcolm Allison, Joe Mercer, Franny Lee, Mike Summerbee and all the old City legends. And as a 15-year-old I was at Man City's school of excellence. We're mainly a football family, we're not quite sure where the boxing came from [Ricky's younger brother Matthew is also a boxer]. My dad thought I was going to follow in the family footsteps and become a footballer. I was actually in the same class in the school of excellence as the Whitley brothers [Jim and Jeff], who went on to play for the first team which was really good to see.
When I was Richard Hatton, before anyone even knew Ricky Hatton, I always came out to Blue Moon and had the City colours and the badge on my shorts. My first season ticket was as a 14-year-old on The Kippax at Maine Road. I've not just jumped on the footballer bandwagon to get my numbers up.
You've had Wayne Rooney in your dressing room before fights and carrying your belt out to them. What lift has that given you?
Someone like Wayne Rooney doesn't need the publicity, just like I guess I don't need the publicity having become a world champion. But having a fellow sportsman, who is at the top of his game, wanting to carry my belt in gives me a massive boost. I've had several people carrying my belt in – loved ones and little James Bowes, the poorly little lad – and a lot of people say Wayne's only carrying it for publicity. It's not, it's [for] motivation. That someone at the height of his game respects me in the manner that he does, it gives you a huge boost. And me asking him to carry my belt in, I was obviously doing it because of the respect I have for Wayne as a footballer, so it's a double-edged sword.
In 2008, you walked out to Blue Moon, Manchester City's theme song, to fight Juan Lazcano at the City of Manchester Stadium. That must have been a dream for you…
I think some people go down the football route in order to build their fan base, but it wasn't the case with me. From my early professional days, when I was Richard Hatton, before anyone even knew Ricky Hatton, I always came out to Blue Moon and had the City colours and the badge on my shorts. My first season ticket was as a 14-year-old on The Kippax at Maine Road. I've not just jumped on the footballer bandwagon to get my numbers up. What you see is what you get.
I still have my season ticket at Manchester City. It's not just a publicity stunt. I am a massive football fan. I am a massive Manchester City fan. I wanted to box at Maine Road [City's former home] years ago, and the fact that I was able to achieve so much in my career and ultimately box at Manchester City's stadium, it was just a dream come true. When I go and watch City now, there's 45,000, 48,000 there. When I boxed there, there was 58,000 – talk about the stuff dreams are made of! I see the City players from time to time. They actually know me as that little 14-year-old who had the season ticket at The Kippax! (laughs) Knowing the players, being able to have a chat with them, and the way I'm treated in and around the club when I'm there, it's living-the-dream stuff.
Who were your heroes from your time at The Kippax?
We had a lot of good players at the time – Niall Quinn, Uwe Rosler, Peter Beagrie, Peter Walsh – but it would have to be Georgi Kinkladze. Every time he got the ball – well, you didn't go to the edge of your seat because it was all standing at The Kippax – but you felt something was going to happen. He was a massively exciting player. Nicky Summerbee, who's been a pal of mine for a number of years now, he was in the team at the time and he was friends with a boxer called Steve 'The Viking' Foster, who I used to train with as a youngster. [Summerbee] brought Kinkladze to the gym one time to watch us train. Granted, I was only a nipper, he wasn't watching me train – he was watching Carl Thompson, who fought Chris Eubank around the time. But to see your idol walk in the gym, it was a dream come true. Colin Bell and people like that are regarded as City's best-ever players, but the best player I ever saw live was Kinkladze, and one minute he walked into our gym!
After many years of suffering for City fans, you must be delighted to be champions of England and playing in the UEFA Champions League…
It's brilliant. I couldn't be happier for the club and the fans. We've had one of the best supports in British football for years now – always packed houses, even packed houses when we went down to the second division. And that's while we've had to endure the disappointments with the enemy down the road winning everything. Having your neighbours become the most successful British club of all time wasn't pleasant for us, so you have to say that we've earned our stripes as supporters.
I'd like to think City will do it, but I think it's between those three. I think City, United and Chelsea will be the top three, but it could be in any order.
What's your prediction for City this season?
It can't be any closer than it was last season, [settled by the] last kick of the game. I think Chelsea will be up there, United will be up there and City will be up there. My heart will be with City, but if you had to put a bet on now you'd just toss a coin. I think it's going to be so, so close. Goal difference won the league last season, so even at this early stage, every point is so massive. I'd like to think City will do it, but I think it's between those three. I think City, United and Chelsea will be the top three, but it could be in any order.
Who do you think will win the FIFA Ballon d'Or for 2012?
I think the best two players in the world are obviously [Lionel] Messi and [Cristiano] Ronaldo, as much as I don't like to admit Ronaldo is a great player. The only reason I don't like Ronaldo is because he played for the enemy, but ultimately he's one hell of a footballer. Those two will be up there again. Maybe Ronaldo this year, he seems to have started the season a bit better than Messi.
Would you have Ronaldo at City?
Without a doubt. City have got the type of money that could bring players like that to the club. They're the best players in the world and they want to be winning the best trophies, such as the Champions League. City have still got a little way to go before we can start thinking about signing players like that, but we're in the Champions League and won the Premiership. To be mentioned in the same breath as players like that, it's not as daft as it would have sounded a couple of years ago.


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Accommodation Open or Close
We have a wide variety of places to stay; including holiday homes, camping and caravan sites, bed and breakfasts and top quality hotels.
The range of accommodation is avaialble to view and book via the Visit Chesterfield and Peak District and Derbyshire websites.
Attractions Open or Close
Stately homes, pretty villages, museums, beautiful countryside...whatever you want to do we have it all!
You can visit Renishaw Hall, famous for its stunning Italianate gardens or Troway Hall, Derbyshire's official Honey Trail with bees enjoying a magnificent countryside of medieval meadows and hedgerows or Sutton Scarsdale Hall, an imposing shell of a grandiose Georgian mansion built in 1724-29, with an immensely columned exterior.
Alternatvely if outdoor activities is more your style, why not visit Ogston Reservoir Sited at Woolley Moor, which covers 200 acres, and includes leisure facilities include club sailing, wind surfing, trout fishing and two observation hides for Ornithologists. Or you could take a stroll (or ramble) or cycle along the many trails we have in the District.
For more information on attractions in and around North East Derbyshire and the Peak District, please visit the Peak District and Derbyshire website.
Guides & Information Open or Close
Tourist Information is provided in our Council offices and local libraries throughout the District. The nearest Visitor Information Centre is located in Chesterfield which gives you a whole host of information about the area. You can also visit the Peak District and Derbyshire
Walks and Trails Open or Close
Please visit our main walks and trails page on the Outdoor Recreation section.
Well Dressings Open or Close
Well Dressing is the art of decorating springs or wells with pictures made from growing things. All but unique to Derbyshire, this ancient and once pagan custom has long since had Christian associations, though the exact origins are unknown.
The thanksgiving for the gift of water is today celebrated by the blessing of the wells and a festival for the whole village. The actual dressing of the well is done by the local community.
How is the Well dressed?
Imagine a wooden tray of about six feet high, four feet wide and one and a half inches deep. It's left to soak for a few days in the local pond or river to get the wood really wet, then it's hauled out and filled with soft, wet clay.
The artist brings the design, drawn full size on thin paper, smoothes it over the clay - and so the work begins. Each village has its own method of marking out the design. Some use small pieces of bark pressed through the paper. Others use a knife to cut along the outline, or a knitting needle to make marks in the clay along each line. The picture is outlined with straw, black wood, alder cones, peppercorns or seeds. Only when the outline is clearly marked on the clay can the pictures be 'coloured-in'. Some call this stage 'petalling', others call it 'flowering'.
A host of villages across the District stage Well dressings, which are on display from early May to early September each year.


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"Defending Your Life" (TV-14, LV) (HDTV)
DEAN IS PUT ON TRIAL FOR HIS PAST SINS - Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean (Jensen Ackles) investigate a string of gruesome murders and discover the Egyptian god Osiris (guest star Faran Tahir) is behind the deaths. The vengeful god is putting people on trial for their past mistakes and killing them if found guilty. Osiris hones in on Dean's guilt and decides he's the next to stand trial. Sam steps in as Dean's lawyer, but both brothers are unprepared when Osiris calls an unexpected witness � Jo (guest star Alona Tal). Robert Singer directed the episode written by Adam Glass (#704).