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David Dahl leads Rockies' list of non-roster invitees
Rockies prospect David Dahl continues to make headway toward joining the big-league club.
The outfielder heads the list of non-roster invitees who will report to spring training next week and work out with the big-league club. The Rockies released the list on Wednesday.
Dahl, drafted 10th overall in 2012 out of Oak Mountain High School in Alabama, looks ready to make a big splash after a traumatic 2015 minor-league season. While in Double-A, Dahl underwent an emergency operation to have his spleen removed following a collision with teammate Juan Ciriaco.
Still, Dahl hit .266/.298/.397 in 79 games, included a six game rehab stint with short-season, Class-A Boise.
Through four seasons in the minors, Dahl is hitting .309/.345/.497 with 144 RBI in 275 games.
Right-handed starter Jeff Hoffman, the key prospect acquired in the trade with Toronto last July in exchange for Troy Tulowitzki, also has been invited.
Here is the full list of players not on the 40-man roster who have been invited to big-league camp:
Left-handed pitchers (5)
Yohan Flande
Kyle Freeland
Jason Gurka
Sam Moll
Harrison Musgrave
Right-handed pitchers (8)
Matt Carasiti
Shane Carle
Simon Castro
Gonzalez Germen
Nelson Gonzalez
Jeff Hoffman
Brock Huntzinger
Brian Schlitter
Catchers (4)
Ryan Casteel
Dom Nunez
Will Swanner
Jackson Williams
Infielders (1)
Ryan McMahon
Outfielders (6)
Noel Cuevas
David Dahl
Rosell Herrera
Kyle Parker
Jordan Patterson
Michael Tauchman
Pitchers and catchers are scheduled to report on Feb. 17. The first full-squad workout is Feb. 25.

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Are doctors who take bonuses or performance incentives from health plans for boosting their patients' use of generic drugs breaking any laws?
The American Medical Association posted a document on its Web site challenging any use of financial incentives intended to persuade a doctor to change a patient's prescription from a brand name to generic. "A physician accepting payment from an insurer in exchange for moving a patient from a brand name to a generic drug could potentially face both criminal and civil liability exposure under the federal antikickback statute," the AMA said.
The AMA also highlighted some harsh penalties: five years in prison, criminal fines of up to $25,000, civil monetary penalties up to $50,000, and exclusion from participation in federal health care programs like Medicare. There are ethical issues as well. "Under no circumstances may physicians place their own financial interests above the welfare of their patients."
For several years, health plans have saved millions by boosting the usage of generics. Prices vary, but once the active ingredient of a drug is marketed by several manufacturers, the retail price typically slides to a fraction of what it had been when the brand-name version monopolized the field. It's not at all uncommon to offer members significantly lower copayments.
However, when Blue Care Network, an HMO owned by Blue Cross Blue Shield Michigan, offered its network physicians a chance to earn $100 in 90 days for every patient who changed from a nonformulary lipid-lowering drug to a generic one, the volume of the discussion over the appropriate use of financial incentives was turned up from coast to coast, grabbing the attention of at least one legislator, a Massachusetts man who has set out to prohibit what he sees as an abuse by managed care companies.
From Jan. 1 to March 31 last year, Blue Care Network asked physicians to "consider . . . if there were some patients who could appropriately be treated with generic lipid-lowering drugs," says Helen Stojic, a spokeswoman for Blue Care Network. Doctors received lists of patients taking nonformulary brand-name lipid-lowering drugs, and the heath plan offered $100 for each patient who switched.
Stojic pointedly notes that the incentive program paid the physician to review the patient, and that the program was voluntary. "We have all sorts of people looking at our programs, including attorneys, primary care groups, and pharmacists. Everyone felt it was a program that could be beneficial."
The only refinement the state medical society asked for was to make sure that physicians were clearly told that they were to be paid to take the time to review records and counsel patients when there was an appropriate generic drug to consider. No one has accused Blue Care of legal missteps, Stojic says.
In the first five months of 2007, the HMO saw its costs for lipid-lowering drugs plunge $5 million as the use of generic drugs rose. Members saved money as well, cutting their copayments, for example, from $40 for a brand-name drug to $10 for a generic.
"We don't plan to repeat the program because it took advantage of a one-time circumstance — a major lipid-lowering drug coming off patent," says Stojic. "It was a tremendous success; we got good feedback. There's no reason to do it again, but I think we would certainly work with the medical society if there was an interest in doing another program."
Blue Cross & Blue Shield companies are engaged in a lot of activities to get people more information on how to save money by relying more heavily on generic equivalents. Some of those programs include direct benefits to members, like waiving their copayments on generics for a period of time. Also, a variety of health plans have incentives to physicians to increase their use of generics.
Under a pilot program, for example, Excellus BlueCross BlueShield in upstate New York offered four physician groups an increased rate for some types of office visits when they increased their generic "fill" rates by 5 percent. "It's been reviewed," says Jim Redmond, a regional vice president for Excellus, and no one saw anything that could be construed as illegal. "It's not targeting one specific drug; it's the overall generic fill rate."
Stojic said that the Blue Care Network program did not target a specific drug either; it looked at nonformulary drugs within a class of drugs called lipid-lowering.
Excellus is acutely aware of just how much money is at stake. When the osteoporosis drug Fosamax came off patent Feb. 6, for example, the health plan noted a retail price of $90 per month. A generic alternative with the same active ingredients was likely to roll out at $60 to $70 a month, said the plan, falling to $20 per month as more manufacturers piled in. If all Fosamax users were go generic in 39 upstate New York counties, they collectively save $45.
The AMA declined to make any of its trustees available for an interview on the subject. Still, this issue shows no sign of going away.
Peter Koutoujian, house chairman of the Massachusetts legislature's joint committee on public health, offered a bill last December — An Act Prohibiting Drug Switching Payments — that would make it "illegal for insurance carriers' contracts to include a specific payment to the participating provider as an inducement to change a prescription for a drug or medical product from one specific drug or medical product to another."
He was aiming a haymaker right at the chops of the managed care industry.
"Patients should feel confident they are being prescribed the most effective medication based on their doctors' best judgment," said Koutoujian at the time he proposed the legislation. "It's inappropriate for insurers to hold payments over doctors' heads in a blatant attempt to influence prescribing decisions. Doctors should be free to make medical decisions based on what is best for their patient as opposed to what is best for some big business."
However, pharmaceutical directors have another ethical question to pose: Isn't a greater reliance on appropriate generics good for plan members as well as insurers?
"I know that managed care organizations have over the years paid bonuses to physicians or shared dollars with physicians on prescription drug benefits," says Marissa Schlaifer, director of pharmacy affairs for the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy. She says it is important to remember that when a patient switches to an equivalent generic, the money he saves directly is good for him.
Says Schlaifer: "What's best for the patient is to use more generics."
When it's appropriate.
"No plan wants a physician whose patient's illness is controlled on one medication to change to a generic if it's not the appropriate one," she adds.
Otherwise, "The most expensive medication is the wrong medication."
And as for the AMA's objection, AHIP asked the law firm Manatt, Phelps & Phillips about it.
The firm determined that the AMA's concerns are "overblown" and that well designed generic utilization compensation programs are consistent with the AMA Code of Medical Ethics. Because therapeutically-equivalent generic drugs aren't approved by the FDA unless they are bioequivalent and as effective as the brand-name drugs, "Physicians who appropriately prescribe generics could not be reasonably viewed as putting their interests over the interests of their patients."
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In one week, six hours you will be one,
My beautiful baby boy.
It has gone far too quick,
I wish I could do it all over again.
The hours I spent just gazing at your tiny face, holding you tiny hands.
To look at you now,
Nearly a whole year old,
I can barely believe how much has changed.
You run rings around me,
Making a mess all around the house,
Exploring every nook and cranny,
My once cream carpet now has smushed banana stains,
I don't regret a moment.
The journey has not alway run smooth,
I'm sure I've made 100s of mistakes.
But to look at you smiling face,
Your laugh & squeals of delight,
I know I've done the very best I could.
Cannot wait to see what the next year will bring,
I love you more & more everyday,
I am so blessed to have you in my life.
To my son, the blue eyed little monster
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Missing and Wanted Persons
Browse this section to find information and photos (when available) for missing persons and persons wanted by law enforcement agencies.
Randy Markin, at-risk missing person from ArcataWritten by Bob Froehlich
55 year-old Randy Markin from Arcata (shown in the photo) was reported missing last Friday, Oct 24, 2014. Markin, who is diabetic, may be in need of his medication and therefore considered an at-risk missing person. Markin was last seen at his residence at about 1:00 am last Friday.
Randy Markin wears glasses and is described as: a white male adult 6' 3", 230 lbs. with long grey hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a tie-dye T-shirt, long leather jacket, and jeans. Anybody with information about the whereabouts of Randy Markin is urged to contact the Arcata Police Department at: (707) 822-2428. The APD press release appears below.
Arcata Police Department press release, dated 10/25/14:
On 10/24/14 at about 3:00 PM, the Arcata Police Department received a missing person report on Randy Markin, 55 years old from Arcata. Markin was last seen at his residence on 10/24/14 at about 1:00 AM. An additional witness who is an acquaintance of Markin believes he saw him at ITF in Arcata on 10/24/14 between 2:00 PM and 3:00 PM.
Randy Markin is a white male adult 6 feet 3 inches tall and about 230 pounds with long grey hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a tie-dye T-shirt, long leather jacket, and jeans. Markin also wears glasses. Markin is diabetic and may be in need of his medication and left his cell phone and wallet at home. He uses an electric wheelchair, which he is not currently in possession of.
APD officers have conducted an extensive search of the surrounding area and could not locate Markin. Officers talked to neighbors and local businesses who had not seen Markin.
Anybody with information or who sees Markin is urged to contact APD.
Missing hunter, Dave Stornetta, found safe and healthyWritten by Bob Froehlich
Update: 10/29/14- Missing hunter, 59 year old Dave Stornetta, was found yesterday, Tues., Oct 28, by a search helicopter. Stornetta, an experienced outdoorsman, was located in good health and not in need of medical attention after surviving seven days, which included rain and low temperatures, in the Yolla Bolly-Middle Eel Wilderness in southeastern Trinity County where he was deer hunting. The Trinity County Sheriff's Office press release announcing the rescue appears below as does the original post on this story.
TCSO press release, dated Oct. 29, 2014:
On October 28, 2014 at approximately 5:00pm the Trinity County Sheriff's Office was contacted by Dave Stornetta's wife and advised the Sheriff's Office that the family had located Mr. Stornetta via helicopter. Mr. Stornetta appeared to be in good health and did not appear to need medical attention. Dave Stornetta requested that the helicopter transport him back to the family's hunting camp. Investigators will be contacting Mr. Stornetta once he returns to his residence regarding his location and movement while he was missing. The Sheriff's Office is awaiting official confirmation of the exact location of where he was located.
For more details from the Press Democrat click here.
Dave Stornetta (shown in the photo) , a 59 year-old experienced hunter, was reported as missing Wed., Oct. 22, 2014, after he failed to show at a planned meet-up with his son. Stornetta was last seen that Wed. at around 7 am and was hunting in an area of Southern Trinity near the Mendocino County line, described as east of Covelo, where the search for him is currently in progress.
Stornetta is described as: a white male, 5'9" weighing 180 lbs. with brown hair and hazel colored eyes. He was wearing a black baseball cap, green sweat shirt, camo pants and "Redwing" boots. When last seen he was accompanied by a white and liver colored McNabb breed dog with a red collar.
Anyone with information about this missing hunter is asked to call the Trinity County Sheriff's Department at: (530) 623-2611.
Eureka PD catch one "walk away" inmateWritten by Bob Froehlich
Update: Oct. 24, 2014: Brian McSilvers, one of the two inmates who walked away from a S.W.A.P. (Sheriff's Work Alternative Program) work crew on Oct. 14, was arrested without incident after being spotted by a Eureka Police Department Detective walking near 2nd and Q Streets in Eureka. The original post on this incident and photos of the missing inmates appear below.
Inmates assigned to a crew working behind Les Schwab Tires in Eureka walked away while clearing brush in a heavily wooded area. Brian Strehl McSilvers, 36 years old, and James Lawrence Henry Jr., 35, both being held on probation violation charges are being sought by law enforcement and if caught will face additional charges. Photos of the escaped inmates appear below.
Brian Strehl McSilvers is described as a white male, 150 lbs., short blond hair and hazel eyes. He was last seen wearing a blue denim shirt with a white tee- shirt underneath, blue denim pants and work boots. James Lawrence Henry Jr. is 5' 10" tall, hazel eyes, brown hair and weighs 165 lbs.
Anyone with information for the Sheriff's Office regarding this case or related criminal activity is encouraged to call the Sheriff's Office at 707-445-7251 or the Sheriff's Office Crime Tip line at 707-268-2539. The full Humboldt County Sheriff's Office press release appears below.
HCSO press release, dated 10/16/14:
On 10-14-2014, at approximately 10:30 a.m. two inmates, assigned to an inmate work crew, walked away from a job site they were at behind Les Schwab Tires, Eureka. A Humboldt County Sheriff's Office Correctional Officer was supervising the inmates who were clearing brush in a heavily wooded area. The Correctional Officer took a head count and noticed two inmates were missing. The Correctional Officer searched the immediate area for the missing inmates with no success. Eureka Police was notified and responded to assist with the search for the inmates who are now facing additional charges.
The inmates are identified as:
1. Brian Strehl McSilvers, 36 years old, White male, 150 lbs, short blond hair, hazel eyes. He was last seen wearing a blue denim shirt with a white t shirt underneath, blue denim pants and work boots. He was being held on a probation violation and was scheduled to be released on
2. James Lawrence Henry Jr. 35 years old, 5' 10" tall, hazel eyes, brown hair, 165lbs, bald.
He was last seen wearing a blue denim shirt with a white t shirt underneath, blue denim pants and work boots. He was being held on a probation violation and was scheduled to be released on
Both inmates are from Eureka. Henry is also known to frequent the Fortuna area.
Anyone with information for the Sheriffs Office regarding this case or related criminal activity is encouraged to call the Sheriffs Office at 707-445-7251 or the Sheriffs Office Crime Tip line at 707-268-2539.
Missing inmates: James Henry (top); Brian McSilvers (bottom)
Escaped Mendo Co. Jail inmate, Brett Edward Harlan, capturedWritten by Bob Froehlich
Update, Sept. 23, 2014: According to the Mendocino Sheriff's Facebook page jail escapee, Brett Edward Harlan, (shown in photo) has been captured. The original post on this story appears below.
Law enforcement in Mendocino is looking for escaped jail inmate, 56-year old Brett Edward Harlan, (shown in the photo). According to a Mendocino County Sheriff's Office press release, Harlan was released from jail on a 4-hour pass to visit a sick relative and did not return by the expiration of the pass. Harlan is believed to be hiding in the areas of Willits or Redwood Valley and should be considered dangerous.
According to KMUD News Facebook, Harlan had been in custody in the Mendocino County Jail on the following charges from 09-04-2014: 10851(a) CVC - Theft of a motor vehicle, 273.6(a) PC - Violation of a court order, 2800.2(a) CVC - Evading a peace officer, 245(c) PC - Assault on a peace officer, 11377(a) HS - Possession of a controlled substance, and 1203.2 PC - Violation of probation."
Harlan is described as 6-feet tall, weighs 220 pounds and has a shaved head and a tattoo that reads "Shirley," across his upper chest. Harlan also has a tattoo on the right side of the neck below the ear, a tattoo on back of his head and has a prosthetic right leg. Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Harlan is urged to call 9-1-1 or the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office dispatch center at 707-463-4086. The full press release appears below.
MCSO press release, dated Sept. 18, 2014:
On 09-16-2014 at approximately 7:00 PM Deputies from the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office were dispatched to contacted Mendocino County Jail staff regarding the escape of an inmate.
When Deputies arrived Jail staff advised that on 09-16-2014 the inmate, Brett Edward Harlan, was taken to the Mendocino County Superior Court to petition for a temporary 4-hour release pass, so he could visit a sick relative.
The pass was granted and Harlan was released, but he was ordered to return to the Mendocino County Jail on 09-16-2014 at 4:00 PM.
Harlan subsequently did not return by the listed date/time to surrender himself to Mendocino County Jail staff and he is now considered an Escaped Inmate.
Deputies learned Harlan informed family members after his release that he would not go back to jail or surrender himself as had been previously ordered by the court.
Deputies continued their searched for Harlan and followed up on leads but they could not locate him as hoped.
Harlan is believed to be hiding in the areas of Willits or Redwood Valley and should be considered dangerous.
Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Harlan is urged to call 9-1-1 or the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office dispatch center at 707-463-4086.
Harlan is described as being a 56-year-old white male adult, standing 6-feet tall and weighing 220 pounds.
Harlan has a shaved head and a tattoo of "Shirley' across the upper front chest area near the neck line. Harlan also has a tattoo on the right side of the neck below
the ear, a tattoo on back of his head and has a prosthetic right leg.


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1956 Chevy 3200 Pickup Truck - From Father To Son
Fred Steiner's '56 Chevy
Fred Steiner's '56 Chevy 3200 1/2-ton longbed pickup is like many old trucks we come across in our travels; it's been used and abused, but resurrected and given a second chance at life. Once a simple working man's daily driver, the Chevy is now relegated to a more esteemed lifestyle as a show truck and Sunday driver. But to say it has forgotten its roots would be far from the truth. No, its roots are still planted firmly to not only the truck itself but with its owner as well. You see, Fred's father bought the truck new in 1956 for the hefty sum of $1,911. The Custom Cab truck set the elder Steiner back a cool $38.52 a month, on a 23-month payment plan, which wasn't a bad deal for a union plumber. Fred Sr. opted to splurge on a radio, but turned down other such features as a heater, power steering, automatic transmission, or air conditioning. A simple work truck with a bed big enough to haul his tools and a radio to get him through the working day was all a guy could ask for back then out of his work truck.
But to Fred, that old Chevy was more than just his father's old work truck. When he was just a young boy, the Plumber's and Steamfitter's Union of Southern California went on strike, leaving Fred Sr. with a bit of free time on his hands. Knowing it would be a long strike and with some money saved up, the family decided to use the time to take a vacation. Borrowing a trailer from a neighbor, Fred Sr. built a camper shell for the pickup, with help from an 8-year-old Fred Jr., and the family took off for a lengthy road trip that included stops in Oak Creek Canyon, Arizona, Bryce Canyon National Park, Zion, and Yellowstone. Memories from the four-month summer camping trip are still fondly remembered today as Fred recalls catching his first fish and living like hobos during the best summer he's ever had. When the strike was over, the Steiner's headed back to Southern California and resumed their normal life.
In the '60s, Fred Sr. sold the truck to his brother Bob, who years later turned around and offered it back to Fred. The two brothers decided that perhaps Fred Jr. would like to buy it, with the agreement that he would restore the truck. With all the memories of that long summer trip still fresh in his mind, Fred Jr. was more than willing to pay the $1,200 asking price. The years it spent in the backyard of his uncle's home however, had taken quite a toll and the old Chevy was only a shell of its former self when Fred brought it home. It was definitely going to need a complete restoration and while he was at it, Fred decided he might as well put a few more creature comforts into it than his father had years before.
The first step in resurrecting the pickup was to tear it down to the bare frame. From there, a Heidt's Superide II IFS kit was installed by Williams Classic Chassis Works to replace the stock axle, drum brakes, and manual steering box while the original rearend was rebuilt with a 3.38:1 ring and pinion. Taylor Engines rebuilt a 283ci Chevy V-8 to replace the 265-inch original small-block dressed in an original fashion with a Powermaster Powergen alternator, oil bath air cleaner, steel valve covers, and cast-iron intake manifold. The only modern conveyance under the hood is the compressor for the Vintage Air air-conditioning unit. Backing the engine sits the original three-speed manual trans rebuilt by Big 4 Transmission. Once the mechanical side of things was complete, Fred took the truck over to Doug Shelp in Huntington Beach, California, where he knocked the body straight and shot it in gloss black. Jeffrey Huntoon at Hot Rod Electrical pulled the wiring for the truck before a hide or two of black and grey leather was pulled over the cockpit confines by Mark Lopez at Elegance Auto Interiors. A set of 17-inch Budnik Famosa wheels were wrapped in Michelin rubber before it was laid to rest firmly on asphalt.
Fred says he built the truck as a tribute to his father and all the memories he has from that summer trip. Fifty years later and Fred himself just retired from the same pension plan his father went on strike over back in the summer of '57 after putting in 37 years in the plumbing trade. All those years later and the sight of his father's old truck still takes him back to those days when he was an 8-year-old boy.


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Lynda2223 needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 47 designs submitted by 15 freelance designers.
The Shoy Group
I founded the Shoy Group almost 3 years ago. Myself and my team provide retained and contingent recruiting services for small to mid-size technology clients primarily in the fields of semiconductor, electronic components and consumer electronics. I put together my logo and web site myself as I was too busy and just needed a place holder. The name 'Shoy Group' was created because I'm originally from the virgin islands and the family house is close the Shoys beach hence the name.
Now that my business has matured its time to upgrade the logo, business cards and re-do the web-site. The first step for me is the logo as I will use that to base everything else around.
I live in San Diego and most of my clients are local, Orange County or Los Angeles (all southern CA)
Hiring Managers (typically VP level and Director level) in small to mid-size technology clients primarily in the fields of semiconductor, electronic components and consumer electronics. My clients usually have anywhere from 30 employees to 300 and are in a growth stage and usually pre-IPO.
You may look at my web-site http://www.shoygroup.com for an idea of the business. I would like the logo to be simple but perhaps a bit more creative than what I have now. I like the blue color scheme on the web site and want to carry that over when i re-vamp my web-site as I believe it blends well with the origin of the name (beach and water). I have thought about the initials TSG (for The Shoy Group) but I have found that another recruiting agency has that moniker so that is not possible for the logo. I want something to use for my business cards that stand out but is simple with a sleek design. I also want a short tag line belwo it that explains the business and logo in a short 4 or 5 word tag line. Something like "connecting clients to top talent" but not as boring and a bit more catchy-perhaps indicative of the ripple effect.
I have attached a business card and logo i came up with myself but not happy with it. I like the concept but it can be worked on or want some whole new ideas. I picked the drop a water because once you place the right person in a position, if they are the right candidate, their impact can have a ripple effect on the rest of the organization. This is not to say that I'm not open to other ideas as I am but just wanted you to see my thought process.
Hopefully I've provided info to get your strted. I would like a logo that i can use on the website and business cards. thank you. Please also include a tag line with the logo.
Lynda Woodley
Founder, The Shoy Group
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Brought to you by Frantisek Brabec (brabec at cs.umd.edu) and Hanan Samet (hjs at cs.umd.edu).
These applets are based on algorithms published in the following books:
A short course on some of the algorithms and data structures used in these applets was held at UC Berkeley on March 29-31, 1999.
If you are interested in these spatial index demos, you could be also interested in our most recently developed software - SAND Internet Browser. SAND is a spatial data browser and spatial database engine with Java front-end.
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More query object types for which the nearest neighbor algorithm can be run were added. Now you can rank objects by their distance from point, rectangle, polygon, path, and sector. Also the Within query was added that finds all the objects within a given distance from a query object.
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Last year's guide to developers' planned projects revealed that Europe, the birthplace of wind energy, looked set to lose its crown as the largest region in terms of megawatts in the pipeline to Asia-Pacific.
According to data from Windpower Intelligence, taken at the start of 2013, that certainly is the case — at least as far as onshore wind is concerned. Europe continues to top the total wind projects planned that have progressed enough to have sites acquired, with 73.5GW compared to Asia Pacific's 47.7GW. But the picture changes when you take offshore wind out of the mix: Asia Pacific has the largest overall pipeline of onshore wind with 45.4GW compared with Europe's 41.3GW.
Given that a large amount of Europe's projected offshore capacity — particularly in the UK and France — is attributed to development zones rather than to specific projects, there is no guarantee that all of the 32.2GW offshore capacity in Europe's pipeline will actually be built. Asia Pacific, then, looks assured of remaining wind's busiest region for some time to come.
China - boom or bust?
However, Asia Pacific's powerhouse of wind development, China, has in recent years clamped down on the number of turbines being put into the ground. Whether this downward trend will continue is a moot point. Incoming Chinese president Xi Jinping, due to take the reins of power in March, recently criticised the wind-turbine manufacturing sector for huge levels of overcapacity. This could be seen as ominous for developers if Xi takes a negative view of wind power in general. Alternatively, it could mark a switch in focus from controlling development to controlling manufacturing. Certainly, as we report on page 13, Liu Tienan, head of China's National Energy Bureau (NEB), is optimistic that Chinese wind installation rates will return to growth in 2013. The NEB is targeting an annual installation rate of 20GW by 2015.
According to Windpower Intelligence, there is definitely enough in the pipeline for China to achieve these huge installation rates in the coming years: the country tops national planned projects with sites already acquired, showing 32.6GW of capacity to be developed. It also has the most projects in the pipeline, with 458 recorded to have acquired sites for development.
The top ten global developers by megawatts in project pipelines also includes no fewer than five Chinese developers (see below). The top wind developer in the world is China Guodian with over 5GW. China Datang Corporation (CDT) is at number five with 4GW, China Huadian at six with 3.2GW, Longyuan at nine with almost 3GW and China Guangdong Nuclear Power (CGNP) completing the top ten with 2.5GW in its pipeline.
However, the major Chinese developers are noticeably looking more outside their own market and building projects in emerging wind countries elsewhere in Asia, Australia, eastern Europe and Latin America. This reflects the market's increasing diversity.
Latin American push
Indeed, the only region to increase its overall pipeline over the past year has been Latin America, which now has just under 15GW of projects planned with sites already acquired. This is spread across 293 projects averaging 51MW each and the bulk of development taking place in Brazil, Mexico and Chile. Brazil ranks eighth among all nations' overall project pipelines by megawatt with 5.2GW, but in terms of numbers of projects it is behind only China and the UK with 186 wind farms planned. Mexico is in 11th place with 3.4GW planned, while Chile is number 13 with a pipeline of 2.6GW. However, only 615MW in Chile's pipeline has already secured power purchase agreements (PPAs), compared to 4.8GW in Brazil and 2.4GW in Mexico.
Mexico, perhaps unsurprisingly given its vast expanses of open land, is the third largest nation for average project size, coming in at 162MW. It comes behind New Zealand with an average pipeline project size of 187MW and Australia's 166MW.
Like Canada, which has a pipeline of 7.1GW, as a neighbour of the US, Mexico may well benefit from the late extension of the US's main wind subsidy, the production tax credit (PTC). Huge uncertainty over the extension led to a glut of projects being installed in 2012 - more than 12GW - and precious little being planned for 2013, leading developers to look to neighbouring markets. Indeed, according to Windpower Intelligence's data, the entire US project pipeline with sites acquired at the start of 2013 was just 20GW. Although the PTC extension signed at the start of this year by President Barack Obama lasts beyond one year by applying to projects that only have to start construction this year, the medium long-term pipeline looks unlikely to increase dramatically until developers can gain clarity from something more long term.
Offshore future
With a slow market in 2013, the US has, at the early stages of 2013, fallen out of the top two wind developing nations, leaving only the UK to rival China. The UK, like much of Europe, owes a great deal of its substantial development pipeline to offshore wind. Seven of the ten largest projects currently in the overall global development pipeline this year are UK offshore wind projects, with the largest single planned project announced in 2012 being utility Centrica and Dong Energy's 2.2GW Rhiannon project (see table below).
Both companies feature prominently among the planet's top wind developers, and indeed nine of the top 20 developers have some involvement with European offshore projects.
France comes third in the list of countries for projects announced in 2012 thanks to its offshore tendering rounds and, with the UK at two, it looks likely that, while Europe may have ceded the ground to Asia Pacific as far as onshore wind development is concerned, offshore wind will ensure the wind industry's birthplace continues to punch above its weight in an increasingly global market.


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Chicken, leek & parsley pie
This satisfying evening meal can be made in advance: simply make up the pie and freeze until you are ready to bake it
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- Freezable
- Easily doubled
Nutrition: per serving
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- fat23g
- saturates10g
- carbs21g
- sugars2g
- fibre1g
- protein28g
- salt0.6g
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- 2 leeks sliced
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- 2 tbsp plain flour
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- grated zest 1 lemon
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- large bunch parsley chopped
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- 3 tbsp crème fraîche
- 250g ready-made puff pastry
- beaten egg or milk, to glaze
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Put the chicken in a pan, which is large enough to take it snugly. Roughly chop the carrot, onion and celery and tuck around the chicken with the bouquet garni. Pour in enough water to come just over halfway up the chicken, then season with salt and pepper.
Bring to the boil, then reduce the heat, cover tightly and simmer gently for 1-1¼ hrs, until the chicken is well cooked. Carefully lift the chicken out onto a board lined with kitchen paper to absorb any stock that leaks out. Then strain the stock, discarding the veggies, and measure 500ml into a jug – any extra you can cool and freeze for another time.
Heat the oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Strip the meat from the chicken, discarding the skin and bones. Cut the meat into large chunks and put into a 1-litre pie dish.
Melt the butter in a pan, add the leeks and fry until starting to soften. Sift in the flour and cook for 1 min. Gradually stir in the stock, cooking until the sauce is smooth and glossy. Take off the heat and add lemon, parsley and crème fraîche. Season. Pour the sauce over the chicken and leave to cool.
Roll out the pastry and trim to 5cm larger than the pie dish. Brush the edge of the dish with water. Lay the pastry on the pie, tucking the edges under to make a double layer around the rim. Press the pastry edge to seal it. Roll out any trimmings to make leaves for the top. Brush the pastry with milk or egg and bake for 30-35 mins until the pastry is golden.
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How to make a bouquet garniYou can buy bouquet garni sachets alongside the dried herbs in the supermarket and they are perfectly fine to use. But if you have some herbs in your garden gather a sprig each of marjoram, thyme, rosemary, bay and parsley and tie into a bundle with kitchen string.


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OCEAN CITY — It may not be an emergency project like it was in 1985, but for City Manager Dennis Dare, future plans to reconstruct the Ocean City Boardwalk in 2012 take him back to the morning after Hurricane Gloria passed through Ocean City in 1985.
City Manager Dennis Dare remembers the last time much of the Boardwalk needed to be replaced, as he was at the helm of the arduous task to replace almost 80 percent of the entire infrastructure that had been ravaged by Hurricane Gloria in September of 1985.
Back then, Dare, who was the town's city engineer at the time, had less than a year to get the Boardwalk from a danger zone back to a tourist destination as the goal was to have it ready to go by Memorial Day.
Yet, as the town starts to make plans for a massive reconstruction of the Boardwalk some 25 years later, Dare said that although they have more time to plan and complete the project, it doesn't make the job any easier.
"Back then, what we didn't have was time or money, but we ended up putting the last board back into place on March 12, 1986 which was well before our deadline," said Dare. "Now as we look ahead, we need to address a few things and find the best way and the best materials to make it last for as long as possible."
Dare remembers the morning after Hurricane Gloria finally left the region, as he was hunkered down in the Maryland State Police barracks with half of the City Council and other various town officials. He said when they came back to Ocean City what he saw made him nauseous.
"I remember when we were coming back across the Route 50 bridge and as we were coming down to Philadelphia Avenue I saw this huge deck laying in Philadelphia Avenue and I thought 'oh, man, someone lost their deck off their house,'" said Dare, "but then I saw the 4 x 6 creosote stringers and I realized that it was a huge chunk of the Boardwalk laying in the middle of the street by the Texaco station at the base of the bridge. I just got sick to my stomach when I saw that."
What followed was an intense cleanup process that stretched from 27th Street all the way to N. Division Street, as portions of the Boardwalk had been blown into the streets of Ocean City.
"We cleaned up the beach, and used a vibrating hammer to drive down the infrastructure pilings that were still usable," said Dare. "I remember it took the council quite a long time to decide on the final design for the new Boardwalk, and I think in the end, our budget was $2 million and we got it done for about $1.8 million."
In addition to the massive reconstruction, the other notable aesthetic to the project was the fact that the Boardwalk, which previously had boards running horizontally, were now laid diagonally, (as they are today) upon Dare's plan to increase the longevity of the lifespan of the boards from the constant pressure from the Boardwalk tram.
As far as contracting the job to replace the Boardwalk, Dare said that the future contracts for the replacement will mirror what they did in 1985.
"We hired three contractors: a national guy, a regional guy, and a local builder from Ocean Pines, and we basically kept them apart from each other and gave them three blocks at a time," said Dare. "I told them that whoever works the fastest, would get the most work and make the most money, and ironically it was the local guy that got the most work."
Ironically, the "local guy" that Dare is referring to was Dick Malone, who now oversees the entire construction, maintenance and solid waste departments for the town of Ocean City.
Dare said he was so impressed with Malone's work ethic and performance, he personally hired him almost a year later when a recycling coordinator position was created in Ocean City.
Although the project cost just under $2 million in 1985, Dare said that the future project will be much more expensive, reporting the town will more than likely have to go to the bond market to fund the project, which according to town officials, would more than likely begin in fall of 2012.
In addition, the town is toying around with alternative materials for the new design, such as synthetic wood from Scandinavia that is more durable than the current Southern Yellow Pine that makes up the Boardwalk now.
The current decking was milled in Mississippi, treated in Baltimore and then shipped to Ocean City, but Dare said that finding that much wood is going to be the hardest part.
"It's very hard to find, and it's very much in demand, especially when we are ordering as much as we will have to," said Dare. "We are looking at and going to be testing a number of different options as we plan for the project."
One idea that Dare mentioned included the creation of a concrete tram lane, that would essentially run down the middle of the Boardwalk with the wood decking on either side of the tram lane. Dare says it would increase the longevity of the Boardwalk tremendously.
"It would be as simple as putting in a sidewalk and then we could have the boards on both sides," said Dare. "It might help with foot traffic, and they'd know exactly where the tram is going to be going when they hear that horn blowing behind them."
Regardless, Dare knows that planning for a future project years away, albeit a grandiose one, is far better than scrambling to reconstruct the town's most treasured commodity in a mere six months.
"[Gloria] was the worst storm I've ever seen," he said. "That's the closest I ever want to be to a hurricane again."


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Why Letting It Go May Be The Best Way
I admit I was a little more than nervous about having two children in diapers and I will also freely admit that after settling in at home with a newborn and getting through those first precarious days, I became a woman on a crazed mission:
To get my just-turned 2-year-old potty trained.
What I did
Perhaps the question here should be more along the lines of, what didn't I do to get my daughter potty trained. I focused all of my energy (what was left after a newborn, of course) on getting her to do the deed in the porcelain throne.
I bought the special potty-chair, made the ridiculous charts, bribed and bribed again. (If I recall correctly, M&Ms were a family favorite. Ahem.) I made up all the silly songs and celebrated each and every successful trip to the toilet as the celebration of the century. We went bare-bottomed and underwear-clad, me trailing behind her constantly with a pile of disinfecting wipes and a wary eye for that silent pause that would precede an accident. I remember my husband's constant amazement at my ability to perceive the instant before it would happen, because let's face it — it was the sole focus of my days.
And eventually, my persistence paid off; in a month's time, she was officially and irrevocably potty trained. I could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
Why I regret it
I may have succeeded in my goal of potty training my 2-year-old, but the truth is, I totally regret it.
Looking back at that time, I see an exhausted, over-stressed mother who was fixated on making her little girl into a big girl. It became less about her and more about me and what would make my life better.
I became like a woman obsessed and maybe it was a combination of hormones and that crazy time of finding my new normal in postpartum life, but whatever it was, it was completely unnecessary. I lost sight of how little my girl really was and started to think that she was deliberately thwarting my efforts. I got angry at her, frustrated with her and myself and I caused us both tremendous amounts of undue stress. There were tears through the whole ordeal, and it wasn't just my daughter.
How I changed my ways
When my third child was born, I thought back to the time of my first and I wanted to cry. How could I have not realized how little she was? Two is so young; she was still just a baby herself.
My second daughter turned 2 only two months before my third child was born and I didn't even think about potty training her until we were well and settled into life as a family of five. It was months before I felt like we had our new routine down and felt any kind of normal semblance again. Then, and only then, did I venture into the potty training world once again.
And this time, I took my time.
I didn't push, I didn't bully and I didn't get angry or upset when four days of progress would end in an accident. I realized that she was still so young and I needed to let her go at her own pace. Each child is different and I didn't want to make the mistake of pushing her like I had pushed my eldest. In the end, it took months for her to be completely potty trained.
And I was OK with that.
Moving forward
Now, as my third son nears his second birthday and I prepare to welcome baby No. 4, I consider myself a reformed woman in the ways of potty training. I've become convinced that it makes entirely more sense to let it go until a child is ready — and a mother is ready to understand that potty training is not always a magical, overnight process. My son will turn 2 in August and although I plan to introduce potty training over the summer (there has to be an advantage to boys plus summer, right?), I will absolutely not push him before he's 100 percent ready.
Because I've finally realized that potty training — like everything with parenting — takes time, understanding a child's individual development and growth and most of all, patience.
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My husband is becoming an old man. There was a band of bad storms coming across the area last night and he decided that he needed to stay up til 1 am to "monitor" the weather. Oh. Lord. He's become the man that monitors the weather. I have visions of us being old and me saying, "Honey, let's go out to dinner" and him saying, "Can't. There are storms about 100 miles off. I feel it in my knees."
Y'all- this wouldn't scare me so bad, except that I see the example he's had in his life. Kamron's grandfather is the most weather obsessed person I've ever seen. In fact, we often joke around and ask him if he's afraid that his horse and buggy will get wet out in the driveway. He complains when it gets cold that his blood is like water and he's going to freeze to death in the comfort of his living room. He watches the temperature gage all. day. long. Just waiting. Waiting for rain or snow or cold or hot or for the moon to fall out of orbit or something.
I fear that this is going to happen to darling husband. We are gradually becoming our old people selves. Me- more set in my scattered and overly talkative ways. Him- grounded and wise and worried about the weather. Yin and Yang. Balance. After Deadliest Catch (OMG- I LOVE me some Deadliest Catch) I announced that I was going to bed with my earplugs in. Around 1 am, in walks darling husband telling me that we are about to get severe weather and that he is going to get the children and bring them downstairs. I ripped out my earplugs. Did you just say you were going to wake up sleeping children? WHAT THE FRECKLE? I demanded that in NO way was the hubs to wake up Miles. Miles has been sick this whole week with a bad case of scarlet fever. I had visions of him staying up the whole rest of the night in a panic at being woken up and scratching his rash til he made himself (and the rest of us!) miserable. I told the man that I would personally run upstairs and rescue Miles in the case of a tornado in the front yard. He brought the big kids down, though so that in case of an emergency we'd only have to make a quick rescue of one.
Noah in the middle of the night with his loud talking auditory processing stuff was just about more than this girl could handle. Sadie whined about why she had to get up. I wanted to say because daddy is becoming his grandfather, but I bit my tongue. The storm passed with nothing more than a little wind and some lightening. Big whoop. But I suppose, as the hubby reminded me many many times in the middle of the night, that the children sleeping under that roof that "could blow off" are valuable. Yeah, yeah. He's right. Remind me of that when we are all cranky the next morning from lack of sleep! Love his heart, though.
I crawled back in bed, jammed my ear plugs back in my ears and tried to go back to sleep. I had visions of us getting really old sitting in the nursing home together holding hands. Our kids coming in to visit us and Noah's loud talking finally coming in handy because his dad's hearing aid batteries are dead and he's too frugal to buy a new one. Kamron eating the vegetables from our pureed dinners and me stealing his dessert. Him reading the Wall Street Journal and me circling the hidden pictures in the latest issue of Highlights. Him going over our financial statements and me writing checks to all the churches that come in and do music for us. Him exercising in his wheelchair and me doing roller derby up and down the halls in mine. Me stealing the remote and flipping it to E! while he says, "Dear, perhaps we should check on ... the weather..."
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Adam opens the show discussing Winter Storm Maximus, which is just about to blow through. He also complains about inaccurate weather forecasts, and American cheese in omelets. Alison then complains about the lack of Wi-Fi on the flight over, and Adam answers some very important audience questions during a round of Q and Ace.
Today's news begins with Amanda Knox being found guilty for a second time. The gang also discusses a horrible escalator accident, Ke$ha's weird rehab request, and the types of guys that other guys might share a bed with. As the show wraps up, the group talks about a Pizza Hut manager that got arrested after spitting in a cop's pizza, and a story from Colorado about a Mile 420 marker that kept getting stolen.
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The event could not have happened with out some seriously amazing people- so to Brandon, Scott and Monica, Daisy, Sadie, Kennethia, Scott and Darcy, Lisa and Johnny B.- you guys are the best!
|Friends coming out to support a great cause!
|JT and Tedi selling shirts to help bring home Tedi's brother from Ethipia!
|Everyone enjoying the weather and waiting for the sun to go down so we could start the movie!
|My little bake sale /concession stand goddess.
|Selling goods to bring home the Wood's twins from Congo!
|Raising awareness one person at a time. Lots of people can now point out the Congo on a map! I LOVE it!
|Sweet Grace putting tickets in the raffle jars.
|My husband trying to attempt to help Brandon hook up the movie equipment. Thanks Brandon for donating your time and expertise!
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We had some fantastic items in our raffle! Thanks to the following people who donated goods:
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The Indy 500 is this weekend. The classic Delta Force intros are some of the best things ever. If you don't get goosebumps at least once during this video, I don't think that we can be friends anymore. Not that we ever were friends, but you get what I'm saying.
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A commentary to Plato's Charmaides by unknown scholar describes a clear distinction between ideal natural numbers and numbers used for mundane everyday counting:
Logistic is the science that treats of numbered objects, not of numbers; it does not consider number in the true sense, but it works with 1 as unit and the numbered object as number, e.g. it regards 3 as a triad and 10 as a decad, and applies the theorems of arithmetic to such cases. It is, then, logistic which treats on the one hand the problem called by Archimedes the cattle-problem, and on the other hand melite and phialite numbers, the latter appertaining to bowls, the former to flocks; in other types of problem too it has regard to the number of sensible bodies, treating them as absolute. Its subject-matter is everything that is numbered; its branches include the so-called Greek and Egyptian methods in multiplications and divisions, as well as the addition and splitting up of fractions, whereby it explores the secrets lurking in the subject-matter of the problems by means of the theory of triangular and polygonal numbers. Its aim is to provide a common ground in the relations of life and to be useful in making contracts, but it appears to regard sensible objects as though they were absolute.
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I. Thomas, Selections illustrating the history of Greek mathematics with an inglish translation by Ivor Thomas. Vol. 1: From Thales to Euclid. Harward University Press, Cambridge, Ma. 1938 (reprinted 1980). ISBN 0-674-99369-1.
pp. 17–19, with thanks to David Pierce who brought this quotation to me.


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Will Miley Cyrus be able to top her performance at the Video Music Awards? She'll get a shot to out-twerk herself next month, when she'll perform at the American Music Awards.
Cyrus was announced as a performer Thursday on Good Morning America, when the nominees for the 2013 AMAs were also revealed. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis lead the pack with six nods, including Artist of the Year, New Artist of the Year, and Single of the Year (for "Thrift Shop").
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Spinach is my childhood 'I hate it!' food. At the grand old age of 37 I think it'd about time I got over that and this dish looks like the perfect way to do just that x
This looks so delicious! A whole 16oz. of Velveeta. My kids just might actually eat this! ha-ha!!
I don't have any velveeta in the house...would you recommend substituting cheddar?
Wow, I must be tired. I though it said squash bisque and then I couldn't find it in the ingredients.
Too much crockpotting must be effecting my vision!
It looks super yummy. Especially with the spinach ; )
This looks delicious!!
This bisque looks delicious, but I am firmly against using Velveeta. Can you recommend another cheese blend that would melt or get the same creaminess? Thanks!
what is it with men and not wanting to eat soup? Mine literally begs me not to make him eat soup... he always wants a slab of meat.. and trust me, I make delicious soups!
ack! It's geekypoet! How *are* you?!
Amanda and Dorothy, I don't have another cheese recommendation. It just won't be the same. I used to have really firm ideas against velveeta, but have relaxed my stance.
I really like the way it melts without leaving oily stuff on top.
If you'd like to go another route with spinach, I'd suggest doing a cream of spinach soup similar to the Cream of Asparagus.
good luck!
Fontina is a nice melty cheese. I would not suggest cheddar, it tends to get stringy and oily.
This sounds delicious and I can't wait to make it. I have really been enjoying my crock pot because of you!
Stephanie, this looks fantastic! I star my favorite recipes in Google Reader to try later, and looking back I see that every single post you've made since I started following you has been starred! I love it! Thanks so much for all of these great posts!
I just found your blog and I am so excited to try many of these recipes this winter. We currently live overseas (Belgium) and there is no Velveeta. The closest product would be UHT cheese slices that look a bit like velveeta or kraft slices. Any suggestions?
Hi Stephanie, what a lot of amazing material you have on here! Might suggest ricotta as a cheese substitute with maybe some Parmesan or Cheddar or Fontina (as AmyJ said) or Gruyere to add a bit of that rich cheese flavor but not enough so it's oily as Stephanie said can happen.
So happy to find your blog!! I can't wait to spend time surfing thru your recipes.
I saw this yesterday and since I love love love spinach, I had to make it. I used a can of cheese soup instead of the velveeta (since I had everything but), and it worked really well. Tasty tasty soup. My 16yo step-daughter said, "It would be really good if not for the spinach" which means I think she liked it, she just didn't want to admit it.
Awesome soup...made it last night. Everyone liked it. They said it reminded them of cream of broccoli soup. My future husband really enjoyed it.
I just have to say this soup R O C K S! I made it last night and just ate some leftovers for lunch, so delicious!! Thanks for sharing.
I made this soup for dinner tonight but when I got home and looked in the pot it looks as if my velveeta didnt 'break down'. It has little chunks (not full cubes) of velveeta floating in the soup. Did I do something wrong? I just bought all the ingredients yesterday so it cant be that anything went bad...Any suggestions?
Hi PC,
give it a good stir. It sounds like the cheese didn't melt fully.
To all the ladies (gents) who have an aversion to or can't find Velveeta, I used two bricks of cream cheese in place of the Velveeta. SO GOOD!! I felt like I didn't quite perfect it though, it was really rich and thick. When we reheated the leftovers (what little leftovers there were) we did so with a good amount of milk and it was so delicious. I feel like you could use Neufchatel or less cream cheese or maybe add a little more milk to begin with... I will experiment the next time I make it!
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Arvest Bank has been recognized by Forbes magazine as one of "America's Best Large Employers" for 2017.
The bank ranked 208th out of the 500 businesses nationwide – with 5,000 or more full- or part-time associates – that scored highest in an independent survey of employees regarding satisfaction with their company. Additionally, Arvest is the highest-ranking community bank among all companies in the banking/financial services category and the only Arkansas-based company on the large employer list.
"Our goal at Arvest is to have happy and highly satisfied customers, and that simply can't happen without highly motivated, well-trained and happy associates," Arvest president and CEO Kevin Sabin said. "Ultimately, everything we do is about taking care of our customers and helping them find financial products and services that make their lives better."
The results were determined by a survey conducted by research firm Statista that included almost 30,000 employees from 25 industries. Every employee was asked to anonymously rate their current employer – on a scale of zero to 10 – on how likely they would be to recommend their employer to family or friends. That rating was the biggest determining factor in the assessment.
The second-most significant factor in the scoring was based on participants' responses to identify good or bad employers in industries other than their own. Results of these two key elements produced scores for more than 1,800 employers nationwide. The remainder of the survey consisted of 35 other work-related topics.
This is the second year Forbes has compiled its list of America's Best Employers, and the first time Arvest has been included. Assessments for the 2017 lists were conducted during a four-week period last year.
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That is nearly 20 lbs per corner for a total of 80 lbs.I think that is going to make quite a difference in performance and handling, and mileage as well....while at the same time decreasing road noise, increasing ride comfort, and only slightly decreasing performance.
Rick,Does that calculation work the other way too - if I add 20 lbs of unsprung weight, it's effectively adding 200lbs?
So, now if I am taking this right, when I added my Neuspeed rear swar bar which is around 28 some pounds I am adding on roughly 280 pounds unsprung weight? Or am I off?
I run the Kosei K1 TS on the GTI - they come in at 15.5lbs for the 17x8 wheels. For the price, they are tough to beat (plus they fit over my front brakes!!).
I bet your 18" wheel weighs about as much as my wheel tire combo . 34.3lbs for my set up, and your 18x8.5 has got to be around 30lbs, if not more.Get some 18" SSR for your car, that would help out a bunch


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BANGALORE/HONG KONG (Reuters) - U.S. oil and gas producer Apache Corp (APA.N) is selling a 33 percent stake in its Egypt oil and gas business for $3.1 billion to state-owned Chinese oil giant Sinopec Group, reducing its exposure in the country amid the recent political unrest.
Apache, which has been selling noncore assets globally to focus on U.S. onshore production and shore up its balance sheet, said it has also formed a global strategic partnership with Sinopec to jointly pursue upstream oil and gas projects.
The Egypt deal would be the first step of the joint venture with Sinopec Group, parent of Sinopec Corp (0386.HK) (600028.SS) (SNP.N), Apache said in a statement.
Apache had said it was assessing the value of its Egyptian interests, which account for roughly a fifth of its global oil and gas production and 27 percent of its revenue last year.
Disappointing production and investor concern over Apache's high exposure to Egypt have pressured the company's stock. Egypt is enduring the worst internal strife in its modern history, triggered by the army's July 3 overthrow of President Mohamed Mursi.
Apache said in the statement that its Egyptian exploration and production operations "remain unaffected" by the political turmoil in the country as they are located in remote, unpopulated areas.
Net production from Apache's Egypt operations averaged 100,000 barrels of oil and 354 million cubic feet of natural gas per day in 2012, Apache said, adding that it employs about 9,000 people in the north African country.
Apache will continue to operate its oil and gas projects in Egypt.
Sinopec and other state-owned Chinese oil firms have been investing billions of dollars in energy projects around the world as part of Beijing's drive to expand its footprint in the global oil industry and beef up energy security amid surging imports.
The sale of the Egyptian assets to Sinopec International Petroleum Exploration and Production Corp - a wholly-owned unit of Sinopec Group - is subject to regulatory approvals and is expected to close during the fourth quarter, said Apache.
Last month Apache also sold its Gulf of Mexico shelf assets for $3.75 billion to private equity firm Riverstone Holdings LLC in order to focus on growth from its U.S. onshore assets.
Reporting by Avik Das in BANGALORE and Charlie Zhu in HONG KONG; Editing by Chris Gallagher


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Prior to attending the course, we will send you a copy of the CPCS Theory test questions in order that you can fully prepare yourself for the test.
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The cost of the CSCS H&S Test is £19.50 and tests can be taken at your local driving test theory centre.
On successfully passing the CPCS Blue Card course, you will be able to add the additional category of plant machinery to your existing Blue CPCS card or renew you expired CPCS Blue card.
We will deal with your CPCS card application process for you and please remember if you are working for a construction related company (even as a sub-contractor) that company may be able to access grants from CITB that could support the cost of your course. We can talk to your employer about this on your behalf and arrange, if necessary for the grants to be collected.
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