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Boku no Hero Academia
My Hero Academia No. 217
02-15 02:43
The story is set in the modern day, except people with special powers have become commonplace throughout the world. A boy named Izuku Midoriya has no powers, but he still dreams.
Wildcard 14
11-29 20:46
Can the world change through the power of imagination!? Daisuke Yamomoto is an 8th grader who has a Chuunibyou Syndrome, but things get little bit out of hand as he was bullied and almost forced to commit suicide but didn't do so and discovered an app called "Arcana", afterwards the mysterious figure from his imagination appears and his imaginary world turns into reality.
Mahoutsukai no Yome
The Ancient Magus' Bride Ch. 53 First impressions are the most lasting I
01-17 02:30
Hatori Chise is only 16, but she has lost far more than most. With neither family nor hope, it seems all doors are closed to her. But a chance encounter begins to turn the rusted wheels of fate. In her darkest hour, a mysterious magus appears before Chise, offering a chance she couldn't turn down. This magus who seems closer to demon than human, will he bring her the light she desperately seeks, or drown her in ever deeper shadows?Nominated for the 8th Manga Taisho Award.
Golden Kamuy
Golden Kamuy Ch. 189 Trail of Blood
02-16 02:50
In Hokkaido, the far northern lands of Japan, Sugimoto survived the Russo-Japanese war of the Meiji era. Nicknamed "Sugimoto the Immortal" during the war, he now seeks the riches promised by the gold rush in hopes of saving the widowed wife of his now deceased comrade from the war. During his hunt for gold, he finds out about a massive stash of gold hidden by a criminal. Partnering with an Ainu girl that saves his life from the harsh climates of the north, he battles against the criminals, the military, and nature itself to find the treasure!Note: Won the 9th Manga Taisho Award in 2016. Was nominated for the 20th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize and the 40th Kodansha Manga Awards in 2016.
Imperial Guards
Imperial Guards Vol.5 Ch.34
06-18 04:56
An elite military unit conducts its duties alongside sabertooth tigers trained to assist their human masters. The Royal Kingdom invades the Empire in their desire for world dominion...after the disastrous opening battle of the war, the unit fights to save not only itself but their comrades from the enemy.
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 8: JoJolion
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 8: JoJolion Vol.18 Ch.72
12-18 11:00
Following the Great East Japan earthquake, Morioh has been stricken by vast earthen protrusions known by the locals as Wall Eyes. Despite investigation, professional estimations are left empty. Meanwhile, the young girl Yasuho Hirose discovers a man buried within the ground, he possesses a distinctive star-shaped birthmark together with deeply penetrating bite marks. The man, who has contracted a staple case of amnesia is taken in by a local family and given the name Jousuke Higashikata, however mysterious events cannot stop from piling one upon the other and soon that enigma known as stand emerges to compliment the great cloud of confusion.Part 8 of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series. Before reading, be sure to have read parts 1 through 7.Part 1 - Phantom Blood: http://www.batoto.net/comic/_/comics/jojos-bizarre-adventure-part-1-phantom-blood-r5454Part 2 - Battle Tendency: http://www.batoto.net/comic/_/comics/jojos-bizarre-adventure-part-2-battle-tendency-r5538Part 3 - Stardust Crusaders: http://www.batoto.net/comic/_/comics/jojos-bizarre-adventure-part-3-stardust-crusaders-r6268Part 4 - Diamond is Unbreakable: http://www.batoto.net/comic/_/comics/jojos-bizarre-adventure-part-4-diamond-is-unbreakable-r6269Part 5 - Vento Aureo: http://www.batoto.net/comic/_/comics/jojos-bizarre-adventure-part-5-vento-aureo-r6270Part 6 - Stone Ocean: http://www.batoto.net/comic/_/comics/jojos-bizarre-adventure-part-6-stone-ocean-r6271Part 7 - Steel Ball Run: http://www.batoto.net/comic/_/comics/jojos-bizarre-adventure-part-7-steel-ball-run-r6272
It's Not My Fault That I'm Not Popular!
It's Not My Fault That I'm Not Popular! Ch.127
12-29 03:00
Kuroki Tomoko is a super popular, high school girl, who has had 50 years of dating experience, and 100 boys... in the Otome game world. In the real world, she is a 15 year old shut in, who has all of the qualities of a "mojo."However, when school isn't going as she expected, and she isn't as popular as she had thought she was, she takes a look at herself in the mirror for the first time in a few years, and has some shocking revelations...Spin-offs:> It's Not My Fault That My Friend's Not Popular. Watashi ga Motenai no wa Dou Kangaete mo Omaera ga Warui! Anthology
Hyouge Mono
Hyouge Mono Vol. 10 Ch. 102 Teacher
10-27 02:00
It was the Sengoku Era, a time when warring Daimyō usurped each other constantly. There was a man whose soul was overtaken by the ways of tea and material greed as he worked his way up toward greater power and status. His name was Furuta Sasuke, a vassal of Oda Nobunaga. With his world broadened by the genius Nobunaga and his spiritual insight learned from Senno Sōeki, Master of Tea, Sasuke travels the road of the Hyouge Mono, or comical fellow. To live or not to live. For power or the arts. That is the question!Won the 14th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Award Grand Prize.
Shen de Wanju—THE WORLD—
Shen de Wanju—THE WORLD— Vol.1 Ch.1
06-07 03:51
'HP' is commonly used in games to represent the life remaining in certain things, but have you ever wondered what it would be like to see the 'HP' of other things? Huang, able to see the 'HP' of everything in the earth, in his eyes, he sees that the 'HP' of the earth is about to reach zero. Facing this world which is on the verge of death, Huang, with the girl accompanying him, Miu, will they destroy or save the world?
BE BLUES ~Ao ni nare~
BE BLUES ~Ao ni nare~ Vol. 6 Ch. 50 Counter attack on the right side!
02-18 11:00
The manga won the Shogakukan Manga Award for Best Shōnen Manga at the 60th Shogakukan Manga Awards.
Perfect Classroom
Perfect Classroom Ch. 11 Dependence (4)
01-10 07:50
Two siblings who have brought several secrets along with themselves. With these two as the center of attention, the class gradually begins to change.A work that has received 2015 Global Rookie Project Award.Original Webtoon: http://comico.kr/titles/2352
Screaming Lesson
Screaming Lesson Vol.14 Ch.52
10-19 05:41
Welcome to the classes of horror! I will be your guide to a world that lurks under everyday life. For these lessons, you don't need text books or notebooks.If you're prepared for the worst...
Saint Young Men
Saint Young Men Vol.7 Ch.50
05-21 21:52
Saint Oniisan is slice-of-life or divine-life, tale of Jesus and Buddha as they try to experience the modern world, in this case, Japan. The manga places a funny twist on religion, attitudes, culture and customs in Japan through the eyes of Jesus and Buddha.You see Jesus and Buddha experiencing Asakusa, public baths, theme parks, and the internet. Throughout the manga, we get a little history of their divine greatness only to see their apparent insignificance in modern Japanese society. Suffice to say, before people can recognize that they're actually Jesus and Buddha, people think of them as someone who looks like Johnny Depp or a guy with a button on his forehead. For real.Saint Oniisan received the 2009 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize for Short Work Manga.Nominated for the 2nd Manga Taisho Award (2009).
Dragon Ball - Full Color Edition
Dragon Ball Full Color Edition Vol. 5 Ch. 55 Red Ribbon
08-25 15:50
Digital colored version of Akira Toriyama's original best selling manga
The Tree in the Sunlight
The Tree in the Sunlight Vol.11 Ch.64
09-17 17:01
Hidamari no Ki is about a friendship between a samurai and a doctor in the final days of the Tokugawa Shogunate.It received the Shogakukan Manga Award in 1984 for general manga.
Galaxy Express 999
Galaxy Express 999 Vol.1 Ch.12
07-05 17:52
In the future, mankind has been able to create machine bodies so they can be able to live for thousands of years. Humans are now second class citizens and if they do not acquire an mechanical body, they are either hunted or forced to live a life of poverty.Tetsuro Hoshino is a young boy who mother is killed by the machine men for a hunting trophy. Outraged, Tetsuro seeks out revenge and vows to keep his word to his mother to get a machine body. He soon meets a woman named Maetel who gives him a free ticket on the space train Galaxy Express, which if he rides, he will be able to receive a free mechanical body. But nothing is as it seems as rumors rise that all who board the train never return.This is a story of how one boy learns about the world and his quest for a new body.Note: Viz released five volumes of the second Galaxy Express manga. The original manga has yet to be translated into English. --WikiNote: Reprinted under the new name Sayonara Ginga Tetsudou 999.
Akagami no Shirayuki-hime
Akagami no Shirayuki hime Vol. 20 Ch. 101
10-21 00:30
Shirayuki, a young girl born with unique apple-red hair, happens to meet a famous but foolish young man, Prince Raji. He falls in love with Shirayuki at first sight, and orders her to become his concubine.Determined to do whatever it takes to resist his advances, but with nowhere else to go, Shirayuki cuts her hair and escapes to a neighboring country. While traversing through the forests, she meets an injured boy, Zen. After she boldly heals his wounds, he in return helps her. Meanwhile, Prince Raji sends out his henchmen to search for her.What will become of Shirayuki? What is Zen's true character? A refreshing fantasy story between an optimistic heroine and a prince who constantly stays on her watch.
Saga 30
10-25 21:49
Saga is an epic space opera/fantasy comic book series created by writer Brian K. Vaughan and artist Fiona Staples, published monthly by Image Comics. The series is heavily influenced by Star Wars, and based on ideas Vaughan conceived both as a child and as a parent. It depicts two lovers from long-warring extraterrestrial races, Alana and Marko, fleeing authorities from both sides of a galactic war as they struggle to care for their newborn daughter, Hazel, who occasionally narrates the series.
The Sinking of Japan
The Sinking of Japan Ch.16
02-13 21:15
Japan is a seismically active country, so the occasional trembler isn't anything that people get too worked up about. They happen and it's unfortunate, but in general Japan is prepared. But there is one scientist who believes that he has found proof that a recent quake has triggered a cataclysmic event, and that within a year Japan will sink into the sea. Now if he can get anyone to believe him before it's too late…Also known as Japan Sinks, this is based on the award-winning novel and movie of the same name.
Flying in the Darkness
Flying in the Darkness Ch.05
02-06 18:40
First chapter: a deceased man convinces a Grim Reaper girl to send him back by promising to do good deeds.
Kokkoku Vol.3 Ch.12
07-10 10:10
Juri Yukawa lives with her NEET father and brother, her retired grandfather, her sister (a single mother) and her young nephew. One day, her nephew and brother are kidnapped for ransom. Having only 30 minutes to meet the demands of the kidnappers, Juri, who realizes there is not enough time to prepare the money, decides to head for their rescue by herself with knife in hand when her grandfather uses a mysterious stone passed on in the Yukawa family to stop time. In a world where everyone and everything are inert, Juri and her father and grandfather run to rescue the two. But at the kidnappers' hideout, they soon realize they are not the only ones who can move about in this still world...
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Manager Joe Maddon included a nod to recently deceased Cubs icon Ernie Banks on his first lineup cards with an inspirational quote from the former shortstop.
The Chicago Cubs are honoring Cubs icon Ernie Banks in the team's first spring training game since his death last month, with special hats and outfield design both featuring his No. 14.
Sloan Park getting ready to honor Ernie Banks pic.twitter.com/54mnFldLqN— Jesse Rogers (@ESPNChiCubs) March 5, 2015
This one's for you, #MrCub. #LetsPlayTwo #14 pic.twitter.com/cBO0Q3aVXd— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) March 5, 2015
Manager Joe Maddon also included a nod to Banks on his spring training lineup cards with an inspirational quote from the former shortstop.
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#LetsPlayTwo: Today's #Cubs split squad lineups with some wise words from Ernie. #LetsGo pic.twitter.com/XfRarvfOCL— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) March 5, 2015
The quote reads, "You must try and generate happiness within yourself. If you aren't happy in one place, chances are you wont be happy anyplace."
Chicago is wearing No. 14 jersey patches all season to honor Banks. The former shortstop appears on the cover of this year's media guide.
Maddon often includes quotes on his lineup cards and last year used the space as a tribute to Robin Williams after the comedian's death.
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9-Dihydro-13-acetylbaccatin III (9-DHAB)
A paclitaxel intermediate isolated from the Canadian yew tree (Taxus canadensis)
9-dihydro-13-acetylbaccatin III, a.k.a. 7,9-deacetylbaccatin VI, is the most abundant taxane found in the Canadian yew tree (Taxus canadensis) (Zamir, et al.). Numerous patents exist for converting 9-dihydro-13-acetylbaccatin III into paclitaxel, an anti-mitotic product with potent anticancer activity, which is also found in yew trees.
Biological Activity:9-dihydro-13-acetylbaccatin III is the most abundant taxane found in the Canadian yew tree (Zamir, et al., 1995).
Taxanes disrupt mitosis by preventing microtubule destabilization and spindle fiber formation in animal cells (Molè-Bajer, 1983). As a consequence of this mechanism, yew trees are slow growing organisms. Without mitosis, cells, especially cells with a high replication rate such as tumor cells, cannot divide. Taxanes are currently being investigated as possible treatment for certain cancers, and paclitaxel is currently approved by the FDA for treatment of AIDS-related Kaposi sarcoma, breast cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, and ovarian cancer (National Cancer Institute, 2012).
References:Elmer W, Mattina M and MacEachern G. (1994) Sensitivity of plant pathogenic fungi to taxane extracts from ornamental yews. Phytopathology. 84(10), 1179-1185.
Molè-Bajer J and Bajer A. (1983) Action of Taxol on Mitosis: Modification of Microtubule Arrangements and Function of the Mitotic Spindle in Haemanthus Endosperm. Journal of Cell Biology. 96, 527-540.
National Cancer Institute. (2012) Cancer Drug Information: Paclitaxel. www.cancer.gov.
Zamir L, Nedea M, Zhou Z, Bélair S, Caron G, Sauriol F, Jacqmain E, Jean F, Garneau F and Mamer O. (1995) Taxus canadensis taxanes: structures and stereochemistry. Canadian Journal of Chemistry. 73(5), 655-665.


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Dear friends,
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there are over 290,000 women living with HIV in the United States. The fact that men account for most of the cases of the HIV/AIDS in the U.S. doesn't lessen the severity of the impact on infected women and girls. Research shows, in fact, that women face larger gaps in care and access to education/prevention programs than men face.
According to statistics recently released from the Orange County Healthcare Agency, more than 6,500 men, women and children in Orange County have HIV/AIDS. People aged 20-39 comprise the largest percentage of people with the disease with a growing number of Hispanic and African-American women becoming infected.
This Saturday, March 10, is National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. This national observance is coordinated by the Office on Women's Health (OWH) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. This year, the OWH is partnering with the Greater Than AIDS campaign to ask, "What's your deciding moment?"
According to Greater Than AIDS, deciding moments are, "everyday opportunities to take action against HIV, whether it is getting tested, talking with friends and family, using condoms, practicing abstinence, or taking medications as directed."
This week, AIDS Services Foundation (ASF) will be presenting, in conjunction with the Greater Than AIDS campaign and local institutions of higher learning, two events positioned around National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day.
On March 8, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Golden West College Multicultural Center and ASF are providing a health fair to heighten awareness about the spread of HIV, especially among women. The fair will feature various interactive activities, an HIV-related movie screening, photo booth and HIV testing.
On March 13, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., ASF, in collaboration with their Women's Center, will host an expert panel presentation at California State University Fullerton (CSUF). The focus of the program will be the impact of the virus among women.
Dr. Anthony DiStefano, assistant professor in the Department of Health Science at CSUF, will provide the keynote presentation focusing on the basics of HIV and its impact on women. Wendy Lords, MSW, one of ASF's social workers, and Timothy Alexander II are featured speakers. Joining the panel are two HIV- positive women who are clients of ASF.
In addition to the panel presentations, educational information and free rapid HIV testing will be offered until 3 p.m. at a Resource Fair in the outdoor Central Quad Area at Cal State Fullerton. A similar fair will be presented outside the Student Center at Golden West College.
It is of the utmost importance that women and girls take charge of their health and learn their status. This is more than a one day per year fight. However, having the opportunity to work with a national campaign to offer support, encourage discussion and teach women and girls about the importance of HIV prevention, getting tested for HIV and how to manage and live with HIV/AIDS is a priceless opportunity for AIDS service organizations, and women and girls, around the country.
We hope to see you at one of our National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day events.
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All courses and events at Fat Hen are available as private bookings. Whether you are an individual or group we can tailor make a course to suit you. Hands-on cookery courses are designed for up to 12 people.
Larger groups of up to 24 can be accommodated for demonstration based events, foraging walks and private dining.
We can provide team away days for groups coming from work. A day spent at the Fat Hen Cookery School will give you and your staff an opportunity to relate to each other in a relaxed and fun way whilst learning new skills, feeling the health benefits of spending time outdoors, and building rapport within the team.
Foraging for wild food and cooking are naturally collaborative activities. These activities are a great way of improving individual and group well being.
Team building can include a foraging walk (2 hours), a half day event or a full day. You can also have use of the cookery school, projector and film screen, for a meeting afterwards.
Come to Fat Hen with your friends for a short break or longer weeks holiday. We can accommodate from 2 to 12 people here on site. If you're coming from London and don't want to drive, get the sleeper train to Penzance with your friends and we will come and pick you up and bring you back here for breakfast!
We have a holiday cottage 'The Old Wash House' which is designed for couples (+ 1 child).
For larger groups we offer the holiday cottage in combination with 2 mezzanine sleeping platforms and 3 bell tents. Group bookings also include exclusive use of the cookery school and home cinema.
This would suit groups who are happy to muck in together, live communally and share accommodation and bathrooms. Dare I say it, this would be ideal for stag and hen parties for those who want something a little different!
As part of your stay we can tailor make a package to include any of the courses and dining options on offer plus yoga, surfing, kayaking, cycling and trail running.
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A man was killed after he crashed his vehicle into a faulty stationary truck at Kabu Hill in the Suhum Municipality of the Eastern Region.
The deceased, 26-year-old Richard Aduamah, was travelling from the Kumasi end of the stretch when he drove into the front tyre of a 40-foot container truck which had developed a mechanical fault.
The truck had been left in the middle of the road without any warning signs to other road users, according to DSP Ebenezer Tetteh, the Eastern Regional Police Public Relations Officer, who confirmed the incident to Citi News.
"The trailer had developed a mechanical fault and was abandoned in the middle of the road with no triangle sign or any indication to warn or alert other road users so the young man who was not able to identify the truck on time run into the tyre of the trailer and died on the spot."
"It took collective efforts from personnel from the fire service before the body of the 26-year-old was removed from the mangled vehicle and subsequently deposited at the Suhum government hospital for autopsy and preservation."
He added that that the police are on a manhunt for the driver of the truck and assured that the police are making efforts to arrest him.
"I must say that we have begun our investigations into the incident and we will arrest the driver of the trailer to answer some questions. I also use the opportunity to caution drivers and other road users to as much as possible adhere to all traffic and other road users regulations to avoid needless accidents."
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Recently, I have had several requests from readers to address the topic of table manners, or the extreme lack thereof in our culture. Because this is an extensive topic, I will address it in a series of posts. I should also preface this post by stating that I do not care what you do in the privacy of your own home. Whether you want to eat in your bed with your dog, or while lounging on the sofa, that is your prerogative. Yet,what you do in public is everyone's business, for the simple fact that we have to sit there and watch you behave the way you do.
Let's start with one of the basic rules of etiquette: No elbows on the table while eating. Many of you may remember the rhyme:
Mabel, Mabel, strong and able
Get your elbows off the table!
This is not a horse's stable,
But a formal dining table!
To many people this rule doesn't make any sense. Many of you will even ask, "Who cares if I have my elbows on the table at dinner?!" There are several possibilities of what is happening when someone is eating with their elbow on the table. They either have their head rested on their hand indicative of boredom, or they are positioned over their plate of food like a trough, shoveling the food in their mouth, or they are swinging their fork around as they talk with their hand. Who cares? Well, the person sitting next to you cares when you have almost planted your elbow in their mashed potatoes, or knocked their silverware off the table. The person across from you cares as they watch your fork being aimlessly swung around, hoping the food on the fork, or the fork itself doesn't come flying their way while you talk. The host and other guests care when your head is rested on your hands in an obvious state of boredom and disrespect. Last but not least, your body cares! Sitting with your elbows on the table while you are eating causes you to slouch, while eating without your elbows on the table will most likely lead you to sit up straight. Proper posture during meals contributes to better digestion of your food, less heartburn and indigestion, and better circulation.
Aside from the fact that it's just bad manners, in the end, removing your elbows from the table during meals promotes better health, better company, and a much more enjoyable dining experience for everyone.


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Vertical cursor controlled scrolling navigation - Page 4
Step 2: Add the actionscript.
That was a long first step, hopefully everything is working right on your nav. Now we continue on to the fun part, well..........more fun part.
When you are finished with the all-important step 2 we will add the actionscript. In frame one of the bottom layer and frame 120 (the last frame) of the top layer add
gotoAndPlay (60);
These frame actions will make your buttons loop continuously. The last bit of actionscript is what makes the whole thing work. Take your movieclip and drop it on the main time line of your movie. Give your movieclip the instance name of "scrollclip".
Right click on your scrollclip, select actions and paste this code
onClipEvent (mouseMove) {
xmousepos1 = _xmouse;
ymousepos1 = _ymouse;
if (ymousepos1>ymousepos2 && xmousepos1>-347 && xmousepos1<-282) {
if (ymousepos1
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if (xmousepos1<-347 || xmousepos1>-282) {
xmousepos2 = _xmouse;
ymousepos2 = _ymouse;
After adding the above script you have everything set up you need to make your nav work. You must now find the correct _xmouse coordinates to replace the -347 and -282. These two numbers represent the bounding vertical lines in which your nav responds to mouse movement. You can set these either by trial and error or using the info panel. If you choose the T and E method start at 0 with one number and at 200 with another. From there you should be able to drill down to the numbers you need. The second way is to select your movieclip right click and go to edit, open your info panel if it is not already open. Once in edit mode you can move your mouse to the left and right sides of your nav and look at the info panel to get the two numbers you need. That's all there is to it. I am now going to talk about what the code does. For some of you this may be more than you need or want to know and for others it may be quite enlightening. Having said that, feel free to skip to step four if you are not interested in knowing the logic behind the code. I will explain the code by showing a snippet and then, above telling what it does. Here we go.
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Very disappointed by this news. This was a great opportunity to see the sport's profile get a massive boost - not just in Europe, but across the world.
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LooseCannon wrote:Why couldn't they cut out that dumb canadian sport where they roll some plastic thing down the ice and two people sweep in front of it..now that is a worthless sport.
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text: Tom Lord <email@example.com> wrote: > What impact will broadband have on distributions? or on > the P.C., for that matter? Surely it will be larger than > "I can get my ISO images 20 times faster." Any bets on > whether or not broadband deployment becomes the new WPA? Well one of the first things that will happen is that a lot of people will be forced - the hard way - to learn what should be well-known engineering principles. Two sample ones that will bite people over and over again: http://www.stuartcheshire.org/rants/Latency.html http://www.darkridge.com/~jpr5/doc/gnutella.html Why did I choose those? Because they are basic mistakes which most people do not have good intuition about, which will not show up in tests but cannot be avoided if your stuff gets popular. > Personally, I think file systems like AFS or Coda will > change what people buy and how they maintain their > systems -- it'll be a big economic shift. It'll fix a > lot of problems and there's a decades-long history of > this being a low-cost and featureful approach to > supporting lots and lots of seats. Buying a computer > will be a lot more like buying a telephone. [...] It goes without saying that the more grandiose the plans for pervasive broadband, the more the above will be the fly in the ointment... Cheers, Ben -- _______________________________________________ Get your free email from http://mymail.operamail.com Powered by Outblaze


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Talk about being teed off.
The economy is croaking and bankers are still partying at a golf tournament here on our dime.
It's a good argument for nationalization, or better yet, internationalization. Outsource the jobs of these perfidious, oblivious bank executives to Bangalore; Bollywood bashes have to cost less than Hollywood ones.
The entertainment Web site TMZ broke the story Tuesday that Northern Trust of Chicago, which got $1.5 billion in bailout money and then laid off 450 workers, flew hundreds of clients and employees to Los Angeles last week and treated them to four days of posh hotel rooms, salmon and filet mignon dinners, music concerts, a PGA golf tournament at the Riviera Country Club with Mercedes shuttle rides and Tiffany swag bags.
"A rep from the PGA told us Northern Trust wrote one big, fat check in order to sponsor the event," TMZ reported.
Northern No Trust had a lavish dinner at the Ritz Carlton last Wednesday with a concert by Chicago (at a $100,000 fee); rented a private hangar at the Santa Monica Airport on Thursday for another big dinner with a gig by Earth, Wind & Fire, and closed down the House of Blues on Sunset Strip on Saturday (at a cost of $50,000) for a dinner and serenade by Sheryl Crow.
In the ignoble tradition of rockers who sing for huge sums to sketchy people when we're not looking, Crow -- in her stint as a federal employee -- warbled these lyrics to the oblivious revelers:
"Slow down, you're gonna crash,
Baby, you're a-screaming it's a blast, blast, blast
Look out babe, you've got your blinders on ...
But there's a new cat in town
He's got high payin' friends
Thinks he's gonna change history."
Northern Untrustworthy even offered junketeers the chance to attend a seminar on the credit crunch where they could no doubt learn that the U.S. government is just the latest way to finance your deals and keep your office swathed in $87,000 area rugs.
In what is now an established idiotic ritual of rationalization, the bank put out a letter noting that it "did not seek the government's investment" even though it took it, and that it had raised $3 million for the Los Angeles Junior Chamber of Commerce Charity Foundation and other nonprofits. They riposted that they have a contract to do it every year for five years; but this isn't every year.
The bank cloaks itself in a philanthropic glow while wasting our money, acting like the American Cancer Society when in fact it's a cancer on American society.
It asserted that it earned an operating net income of $641 million last year and acted as though it did Americans a favor by taking federal cash.
I would ask Northern No Trust: If you're totally solvent, why are you taking my tax dollars? If you're not totally solvent, why are you giving my tax dollars to Sheryl Crow?
Coming in a moment when skeptical and angry Americans watched AIG, Citigroup, General Motors and Chrysler -- firms that had already been given a federal steroid injection -- get back in line for more billions, the golf scandal was just one more sign that the bailed-out rich are different from you and me: Their appetites are unquenchable and their culture is uneducable.
President Barack Obama served them notice on Tuesday night in his congressional address, saying: "This time, CEOs won't be able to use taxpayer money to pad their paychecks or buy fancy drapes or disappear on a private jet. Those days are over."
But will they notice?
John "Antique Commode" Thain had to be ordered by a judge to tell New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's investigators which Merrill Lynch employees got those $3.6 billion in bonuses that Thain illicitly shoved through as his firm was failing and being taken over by Bank of America with the help of a $45 billion bailout. Kenneth Lewis, the Bank of America CEO, made the absurd assertion to Congress that his bank had "no authority" to stop the bonuses, even though he knew about them beforehand.
"They find out they're $7 billion off on the estimate of losses for the fourth quarter and they never think maybe we should go back and adjust these bonuses?" Cuomo told me, as Thain was finally responding to investigators on Tuesday at the New York attorney general's office. "He refused to answer questions on the basis that 'the Bank of America didn't want me to.' You can take the Fifth Amendment or you can answer questions. But there's no Bank of America privilege. The Bank of America doesn't substitute for the Constitution. And who's the Bank of America, by the way?"
He gets incensed about how ingrained, indoctrinated and insensitive the ex-masters of the universe are. "They think of themselves as kings and queens," he said. And they're not ready to abdicate.
I ponied up for Sheryl Crow?


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Canning Bacon
I'd like to introduce you to a spiffy concept: canning bacon. This entire technique was developed by my friend Enola Gay.
In the past, Enola and her husband Sir Knight had purchased Yoder's canned bacon as a preparedness item. Trouble is, canned bacon cost an arm and a leg.
And the first time they opened a can, they found to their surprise it was wrapped in paper. Paper in a can? Yes.
So Enola, brilliant lady that she is, decided if Yoder's could do it, she could do it too. Then she taught me as well. Here are the steps.
Start with bacon. (Duh) Here are six pounds, ready to can.
You'll also need a roll of plain brown paper, about one foot in width. I picked this up at our local hardware store.
Roll out the paper to about two feet in length.
Lay slices of bacon on the paper, snugged up close against each other without overlapping. Put the slices head to foot if that will snug them up closer. How many slices do you put down? I have twelve photographed here, but depending on how thick the bacon is, you might get as few as nine or ten or as many as sixteen. That's just something you'll have to learn as you go.
Cut the paper at the end of the line of bacon. Don't leave a "tail" of paper.
Now lay another layer of paper over the top, and trim to the same length as the lower layer of paper.
Here's where I lay a yardstick lengthwise across the bacon. To me, it's just easier to fold everthing over with the yardstick offering a guide.
Now fold the bacon in half length-wise.
Now starting at the end, roll the bacon up tightly. You'll have to sort of "tuck" as you go.
Now slip the bacon into a wide-mouth quart-sized canning jar. You may have to screw the bacon package a little in order to get it in the jar. If you have too much bacon in the roll and it's too fat to fit in the jar, simple unroll it enough to remove a single slice of bacon, then try it again.
Out of those six pounds of bacon, I ended up with six quarts…
…and a few slices left over, which I cut up and fried for bacon bits for the baked potatoes we had for dinner.
Lids on. You may have to push (squish) the bacon down into the jar if it sticks up too much over the rim. And DO NOT ADD WATER to the jars. This bacon is canned both raw and dry.
Into the canner…
…and keep it at 10 lbs pressure for 90 minutes.
When the bacon is removed from the canner, you'll find there's about an inch of liquid bacon fat at the bottom of the jar.
Once the jars are cool, label and store.
But what is the bacon like when it's opened? Doesn't the brown paper turn into paper mush? Is the bacon cooked or raw, crumbly or greasy?
Once the jar cools, of course the bacon fat will turn white and solid instead of clear and liquid. Slide the bacon out of the jar…
…and spread open. The paper will be creased and greasy, but not disintegrated or crumbly.
It's kind of messy to peel the paper off the bacon, but it will peel. By the way, some people prefer to use parchment paper, which should work just fine. I figger brown paper also works fine, so why go through the expense of parchment paper?
Once the bacon is free of the paper, simply fry it like ordinary bacon.
It cooks up great!
As I said, this technique is entirely Enola Gay's, and to her goes all the credit for developing it. I've canned up – oh, probably thirty or forty quarts of bacon so far (we love bacon!) and I couldn't be more pleased. In fact, Enola's technique is so interesting that Backwoods Home Magazine recently published an article by her on this subject!
I am now prepared to hear all the feedback telling me why canning bacon can't be done.


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News Article
29 October 2007
CEO Middle East Awards name ADCB as the Best Bank in the Middle East
Abu Dhabi, 29 October 2007: ADCB has been awarded "The Bank of the Year" at this year's CEO Middle East Awards. The award was presented by Her Highness Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi, UAE Minister of Economy, at the inaugural CEO Middle East awards in Dubai on October 23rd.
ITP Executive Group Editor, Anil Bhoyrul said "ADCB were the clear winner having accomplished in three years what most banks take decades to do. The banks achievements set a clear example to other institutions with ambitious plans for re-invention, expansion and growth". The CEO Middle East awards were hotly contested with this year's nominations having been selected by a special panel of judges following the on-line voting process on www.arabianbusiness.com, who examined each businesses performance across a number of categories.
Accepting the award on behalf of ADCB, Ala'a Eraiqat, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, said "It is a great pleasure to accept this award on behalf of ADCB. 2007 has been a monumental year for us all at the bank, a year in which we have achieved many notable milestones and successes; The Bank of the Year award from CEO Middle East is a welcome addition to the other distinguished awards and endorsements ADCB have been honoured with this year."
Eirvin Knox, Chief Executive Officer of ADCB was cited on winning the award "This recognition is a testament to the dedication shown by the people of ADCB in their quest for excellence and dedication to consistently delivering superior customer satisfaction"; further adding "We thank CEO Middle East for this award which is an important and valued accolade for ADCB".
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One Slip
Studio recording 1987
* Released on single B-side 7 September 1987
Written by Gilmour, Manzanera
Produced by Bob Ezrin & David Gilmour
Recording and mixing engineered by Andrew Jackson
UK: EMI EM 26 (B-side)
US: Columbia 38-07363 (B-side)
(See One Slip from Momentary Lapse of Reason for sung lyrics.)
Lead vocals: David Gilmour
This is the album version with minimal editing. Also released on CD single.
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Virtual Tour (circa 1897)
According to the Daily Illini, one of the first public open houses at the Observatory was September 1897. Below is a fictional account of that open house based on the historic record.
The Observatory Director, George W. Myers, greets us at the door leading us into the foyer. A huge brick pier that serves as a base to the telescope above dominates the foyer. On the walls are photographs of comets, nebulae, sun spots, planets, and stars. Against the west wall of the hall is a large bookcase filled with astronomical journals and textbooks. We walk through the foyer toward the classroom in the south wing.
In the classroom we sit at wooden tables. Professor Myers uses an orrery to demonstrate the phases of the moon. He then uses the lantern slide projector to illustrate his lecture on the moon and planets. Black and white photographs of the moon and planets taken at large observatories prepare us for what we will soon see with our eyes.
After the lecture, the night sky is now dark enough to observe. We pass through the foyer and climb the dark staircase lite by the astronomer's hand lamp and find ourselves in a dimly lighted circular room with a dome above. The shutter has been rolled aside, leaving a wide opening through which we can see stars.
A tall hollow iron column, weighing 2 tons, in the middle of the room supports the telescope. Through a glass door in the column we can see clockwork in motion; it is the driving clock that keeps the telescope turning westward just as fast as the stars go, so that a star remains in view as long as the astronomer wishes to observe it.
The telescope, built by the world renown Warner & Swasey, turns on two steel axes that we see at the top of the column. One axis slants upwards toward the north pole of the heavens; the other at right angles to it, and it is to this one that the tube of the telescope is attached. The instrument can be turned on these axes toward any part of the sky. Dr. Myers tells us that despite being a heavy instrument, it is so finely balanced that it can be moved with your finger.
"This is a refracting telescope," Myers continues. "Two large glass lenses, 12-inches in diameter, set one behind the other at the upper end of the hollow tube, focus starlight, forming an image of the star here near the lower end. The eyepiece through which you are looking is a combination of small lenses for viewing and magnifying the image that the large lenses form."
We each have our turn looking at Saturn, it's rings easily seen along with several of its satellites including Titan, the largest satellite in the solar system. A student assistant pulls a chain to move the dome, and the astronomer gently repositions the telescope on Jupiter.
Our time is almost up. As Dr. Myers leads us back downstairs, we stop to visit a student, Harry Coffern. He is working on the 3-inch transit telescope attempting to determine the local time by observing the transit of stars across the meridian, the line that runs north-south. The ceiling in this rectangular room opens to the sky and the windows sink below the wall.
The accurate pendulum clocks, visible in the adjacent clock room through a small window, sends out a signal every second to a telegraph sounder. The clock was made by world famous Clemens Riefler in Munich Germany and gives the time for the true period of rotation of the earth – the sidereal day which is four minutes shorter than a mean solar day. A small device on the Riefler mean time clock rewinds the electrical time piece every few seconds. A chronograph is also located in the small clockroom. The time is checked frequenlty by connecting to a similar clock at the US Naval Observatory over telegraph wires.
After checking our watches, the even is complete and we leave Professor Myers and his students. Our evening is over but theirs is just beginning.


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MSI has introduced a new model of the motherboard X99A Gaming Pro Carbon, which should be the first motherboard on the market with built-in USB 3.1 Type C, which can be displayed on an external computer access panel. The new model uses MSI Carbon design and MSI Mystic Light lighting system, which can be controlled via Wi-Fi from your smartphone. The motherboard is designed for Intel processors that use the LGA2011-v3 socket.
Main features of the motherboard MSI X99A Gaming Pro Carbon:
CPU (Max Support): i7
Format: ATX
Socket: LGA2011-v3
DirectX: DX12
The logic of the system: Intel X99 Chipset
Eight slots for memory modules such as DDR4-3433 + (OC) Steel Armor
Four-slot PCI Express 3.0 x16 with Steel Armor
DDR4 Memory: 3466(OC)/ 3400(OC)/ 3333(OC)/ 3200(OC)/ 3000(OC)/ 2933(OC)/ 2800(OC)/ 2666(OC)/ 2600(OC)/ 2400/ 2200(OC)/ 2133 MHz
Memory Channel: Quad
DIMM Slots: 8
Max Memory (GB): 128
PCI-Ex16: 4
PCI-E Gen: Gen3
SATA Express: 1
M.2 Slot: 1
TPM (header): 1
USB 3.1 ports(Front): 4 (Gen1)
USB 3.1 ports (Rear): 1 (Gen2), 1(Gen2, Type C), 4(Gen1), 1(Gen1, Type C)
USB 2.0 ports (Front): 4
USB 2.0 ports (Rear): 4
Audio ports (Rear): Realtek® ALC1150 Codec
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Manchester United Transfer News: Top Takeaways from Juan Mata ConferenceJanuary 27, 2014
Juan Mata attended his first press conference as a Manchester United player on Jan. 27, where it was confirmed the new signing will wear the No. 8 shirt at Old Trafford:
Mata, who joined the Red Devils for £37 million from Chelsea, entered David Moyes' radar around a month ago, as noted by the boss during his chat with the press:
The Spaniard is Moyes' second dabble into the transfer market since becoming United's boss, but he'll hope Mata can settle quicker than Marouane Fellaini, who has struggled since his move from Everton.
Moyes took a moment to thank Ed Woodward, United's often under-fire executive vice-chairman, for finalising the deal:
Mata has the ability to positively impact the champions' struggling season, as right now, the side are six points away from a Champions League spot.
Although he isn't the defensive midfielder United so desperately crave, Mata's creativity will freshen up a team that has only scored more than a single goal once in their last four Premier League games, per WhoScored.com.
The two-time Chelsea Player of the Year acknowledged the difficult situation United currently find themselves in but drew upon the club's famous unwillingness to die:
Mata confirmed he is looking forward to playing alongside Wayne Rooney, a player who could have joined him at Chelsea during the summer, as reported by Ben Smith of BBC Sport during the August 2013 transfer saga:
Instead, Rooney has reportedly entered talks to sign a new contract with the club, as noted by Sky Sports.
Both United's new signing and the potential long-term commitment of Rooney pointed toward a bright future for the Red Devils, a notion galvanised by Moyes when he confirmed the club is looking to bring in further talent across the coming year:
Many supporters are awaiting the return of Rooney and Robin van Persie after their niggling injuries have dampened United's chances of making the top four.
Moyes confirmed the duo have trained ahead of Jan. 28's match with Cardiff City, as has Fellaini:
An attacking triumvirate of Mata, Rooney and van Persie looks extremely exciting, especially when you consider the trio are amongst the most creative Premier League players of recent times, as noted by OptaJoe:
United fans are likely to see Mata in the red shirt for the first time during the Old Trafford outing against Cardiff, where he will be keen to impress.


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In Malaysia, heart and lung related diseases were the primary reason behind the 25.35% fatalities in government hospitals (Health Particulars, 2010). The situation has been escalating although preventive measures and proper treatments were made available to curb this alarming trend.
The enthusiasm in curcumin, has guided researchers to an astonishing discoveries on this substance obtained from our cooking item, the turmeric. This active ingredient could have the means to battle medical conditions, including cardiovascular diseases. Inside the pathogenesis of numerous conditions, oxidative stress plays a vital role and there's where antioxidant is required. Curcumin contains a strong antioxidant activity in comparison to Vitamins E and C (Toda et al., 1985).
Curcumin for cardiovascular diseases treatment was evident when Frey and Olson (2003) mentioned that cardiac hypertrophy is certainly an adaptive enlargement inside the myocardium (heart muscle) addressing the many stresses which would gradually result in heart failure and loss of life (Heineke and Molkentin, 2006). Driven by the review put together by Srivastava et al. (2011), they concluded that curcumin offers an anti-hypertrophic quality which may provide protection against cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure (Li et al., 2008: Morimoto et al., 2008).
Curcumin Cardiovascular Diseases: Heart Attack (Myocardial Infarction)
In myocardial infarction (heart attack) and ischemia/reperfusion, an oxidative stress might be the main outcome determinant. Due to curcumin's antioxidant property, it has been demonstrated to prevent isoproterenol initiated myocardial necrosis in rats (Manikandan et al., 2004). Additionally, the development of harmful toxins subsequent to ischemia/reperfusion could also be managed by curcumin's strong antioxidant activity (Srivastava et al., 2011) ideal in cardiovascular diseases treatment.
Curcumin Arterial Disease: Total Cholesterol Lowering
In 1992, Soni and Kuttan had supervised a curcumin's influence study on serum cholesterol and lipid peroxide levels in 10 healthy volunteers. Curcumin was ingested once daily (500 mg) for 7 days and this led to a significant 33% decrease in serum lipid peroxides, a 29% boost in serum HDL cholesterol, plus a total cholesterol lowering of 12%. This finding might signify the role of curcumin in arterial diseases. In a different study, the administration of curcumin (10 mg) two times daily for four days had lowered serum LDL and elevated serum high-density lipoprotein levels in patients with cardiovascular (Ramirez et al., 2000); another evidence of curcumin potential in cardiovascular diseases treatment
Curcumin Cardiovascular Diseases and Cancer Treatment
A strong medication for the treatment of cancer, Doxorubicin, is a serious concern for cancer sufferers as it is being associated with cardiotoxicity (Doroshow, 1991). Curcumin treatment significantly attenuated the cardiotoxic effects of Doxorubin (Venkatesan, 1998).
As a whole, the above numerous studies have demonstrated the usefulness of curcumin for cardiovascular diseases treatment.


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Nutrition for Encephalopathy
Encephalopathy is a condition where the brain becomes affected by the waste products and nutrients normally neutralized and balanced by the liver. It is marked by symptoms such as mental confusion, personality changes, and twitching. More seriously, if left untreated, encephalopathy can lead to coma and death.
Encephalopathy is still not completely understood, but there are two major nutritional components suspected of precipitating this condition. One is a waste product from protein in the diet called ammonia. High levels of ammonia build up because the diseased liver normally helps to excrete it out of the body. Your physician will usually prescribe both a protein restriction in your diet (usually 30-50 grams of protein per day) and a medication
such as lactulose which helps rid the body of ammonia. Protein should not be eliminated completely from the diet because it is still essential for the bodies nutritional needs.
Another component of encephalopathy is a derangement of actual protein parts called amino acids. Amino acids are like links in a chain, the chain being the whole protein. Two major types of amino acids become both abnormally high and abnormally low in the blood during encephalopathy. Aromatic amino acids become abnormally high, and branched chain amino acids become abnormally low. Several scientific research studies have shown benefit when a supplement drink high in branched chain amino acids is used in the diet during encephalopathy, particularly with malnourished persons prone to
infection and complications. Also, since vegetable proteins contain less aromatic amino acids than other foods, a carefully balanced vegetarian type diet is usually beneficial as well.
Other nutritional components are currently being studied to complete the puzzle concerning encephalopathy. Excessive manganese in the blood as well as a deficiency of zinc are possible suspects in the development of encephalopathy. However, more studies are still needed. Until then, your R.D. can help you tailor a food plan that may or may not include specialized supplement drinks during episodes of encephalopathy to fit your taste preferences, food tolerances, nutritional status, and disease state.


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The final working draft EcIA (Ecological Impact Assessment) Guidelines for Australia and New Zealand are now available for download on the EIANZ Wiki (http://wiki.eianz.org/index.php/EIANZ_Ecology).
This is the first attempt in Australasia, to combine modern principles of EcIA into one document. The document relies heavily on existing international and overseas best practice information on the science of ecology in practice. It particularly uses the Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (IEEM's) guidelines as a framework, introducing other biodiversity elements and modern principles of offset management.
All ecologists, whether or not they work in EIA, should have an understanding of EcIA if they work in any professional capacity.
These guidelines will be launched at the forthcoming EIANZ conference in New Zealand, after which, a process for receiving comments and review will be developed. Watch this space or follow us on Twitter for further information.
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In recent years, there has emerged a seemingly endless variety of people all too eager to spill out their life history or intimate problems on television talk or advice shows.
Fortunately, there remain others whose practice of discretion goes beyond privacy into the realm of mystery. Among humans, Greta Garbo is the epitome of this way of life. Among insects, it's the stonefly (order Plecoptera).


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Throughout my career, a common question that arises is whether water consumption before or during a meal really helps with weight loss. A common responses to this question is that people often confuse hunger for hydration, but a recent study may provide an answer to this question that is based on science. A randomized clinical trial published in the February edition of Obesity examined how water intake might affect weight loss in overweight and obese individuals age 55-75 (1). One group received a low-calorie diet with an emphasis on increased water consumption (water group: 16 fluid ounces of water prior to each of the three daily meals), and the other received a low-calorie diet alone (non-water group).
Neither group was aware of the true intention of the study prior to participating. There were no differences between the two groups at the start of the trial with regards to age, anthropometrics, blood chemistry or physical activity. Measurements were taken at baseline and at the end of 12 weeks. At the end of the trial both groups had lost a significant amount of weight, but those who had been instructed to consume 16 fluid ounces of water prior to each meal had a 44 percent greater weight loss than the non-water group. This equated to an approximate four-pound difference between the two groups. The mechanism through which water may be impacting weight is not fully understood, but it may be in part that it reduces energy intake at each meal and increases feelings of fullness.
- Dennis EA, Dengo AL, Comber DL, Flack KD, Savla J, Davy KP, Davy BM. Water consumption increases weight loss during a hypocaloric diet intervention in middle-aged and older adults. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2010 Feb;18(2):300-7.


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Woods just ordinary, still up by 7 at Bridgestone
AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Even when Tiger Wood is just good, he's capable of distancing himself from everyone else.
Woods followed one of the best rounds of his life with a solid 2-under 68 on Saturday in the third round of the Bridgestone Invitational, giving him a seven-shot lead and setting him up for a remarkable eighth victory at Firestone Country Club.
Woods also could capture his 79th victory on the PGA Tour, drawing him within three of Snead's record of 82.
"I'll just go out there and execute my game plan," he said. "It all starts with what the weather is doing, and then I build it from there. We'll see what I do tomorrow."
Unlike in a second-round 61 that could easily have been a 59 or even lower, Woods didn't recover from all of his errant shots. He bogeyed the ninth, 14th and 16th holes, failing to bounce back from mediocre shots.
"You know, today was a day that I didn't quite have it," said Woods, who was at 15-under 195. "But I scored. And that's the name of the game, posting a number, and I did today. I grinded my way around that golf course."
Yet he still was good enough to put himself in position for yet another lopsided victory, one that will likely mark him as the player to beat next week in the PGA Championship at Oak Hill.
"Any time you can go into a major tournament or any tournament with a win under your belt, it's nice," Woods said. "It validates what you're working on and you have some nice momentum going in there."
Of course, Woods has failed to win his last 17 major championships. No longer is it a lock that, with 14, he'll surpass the mark of 18 by Jack Nicklaus.
Woods was at 15-under 195.
He began the third round with a seven-shot lead after rounds of 66 and the career-best 61 — the fourth time he has gone that low, also matching the tournament record originally set by Jose Maria Olazabal in 1990.
Henrik Stenson was second after a 67. Jason Dufner was eight strokes back after a 67, and Luke Donald (68), Bill Haas (69) and Chris Wood (70) followed at 6 under.
Dufner said Firestone isn't all that unique because it is just one of a number of places where Woods dominates.
"Yeah, he has a pretty good track record here," he said. "There's quite a few events out here that he does really well. Torrey Pines comes to mind, Bay Hill comes to mind, the Memorial. So he obviously feels comfortable on those courses, and it's our job to try and chase him down if we can."
Defending champ Keegan Bradley, with a 71, was another shot back along with Miguel Angel Jimenez, who put up the day's low round with a 65. Rounding out the top 10 were 2011 Bridgestone winner and reigning Masters champ Adam Scott and Zach Johnson.
Woods has overwhelmed everyone in the elite field, which includes 48 of the top 50 players in the world ranking.
Should he hold on, he still has several remarkable feats within his grasp on Sunday.
A victory would tie the PGA Tour record with his eighth at Firestone Country Club, matching the eight he already has at Bay Hill and the eight wins that Sam Snead had at the Greater Greensboro Open.
He also could capture his 79th victory on the PGA Tour, drawing him within three of Snead's record of 82.
Much like he did a day earlier, Woods started out fast. He birdied the first two holes (he had also eagled No. 2 in the second round). He rolled in a 12-footer at No. 1 and then two-putted from 40 feet at No. 2, most likely causing the rest of the players to just shake their heads.
From there, however, he proved merely human. He parred the next six holes and then drove into the sheer face of a fairway bunker and took a bogey at the ninth hole. After a birdie at the 10th — dropping his approach inside 8 feet, he picked up another shot on par at the 13th in typically dramatic fashion.
He airmailed his iron shot over the green at the par-4 hole and into heavy, grabby rough. But he got a sand wedge under the ball, popped it straight up. It landed on the green and rolled right to the pin, clanging off it and into the hole for birdie from 40 feet away.
He found bunker trouble again at the 14th hole, driving into the sand trap left of the fairway. He blasted out to the right, his ball coming to rest in deep hay near a tree root. Woods then skulled his third shot hard off the back of the green and chipped up and made the bogey putt.
Woods also made bogey at the signature 16th when he found sand again off the tee, but regained that stroke when his second at the par-4 17th ended up 8 feet away and he rolled it in.
In the second round, Woods had gotten to 9-under and needed only to go 2-under over the final five holes to shoot 59. Instead, he parred out, twice missing birdie putts inside 10 feet but also saving par with a 25-foot putt on the 18th hole.
Woods has dominated World Golf Championship events since the series' inception in 1999. He has won 17 times in 41 starts — a success rate of 41 percent — while finishing in the top 10 an amazing 32 times.
At Firestone, he's had winning streaks of four (2005-09) and three (1999-2001), and also has a tie for second and two fourth-place finishes.
Woods looked back on his round and gave it a thumbs-up.
"It ended up being a dead push for the day," he said about hanging on to the same lead he began the day with. "That's not too bad, either."
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In my new Mini Reviews post in February I'm sharing three daring YA reads with you. ON THE EDGE by Allison van Diepen was one of my favourite books last year. AFTER HOURS by Claire Kennedy is a debut novel, coming out in June 2015. And LIES I TOLD by Michelle Zink is released in April 2015.
On the Edge by Allison van Diepen
"Maddie Diaz never should have taken that shortcut through the park. If she hadn't, she wouldn't have seen two members of the Reyes gang attacking a homeless man. Now, as the only witness, she knows there's a target on her back.
But when the Reyes jump her on the street, Maddie is protected by a second gang and their secretive leader, Lobo, who is determined to take down the Reyes himself. Lobo is mysterious and passionate, and Maddie begins to fall for him. But when they live this close to the edge, can their love survive?" (Goodreads)
But when the Reyes jump her on the street, Maddie is protected by a second gang and their secretive leader, Lobo, who is determined to take down the Reyes himself. Lobo is mysterious and passionate, and Maddie begins to fall for him. But when they live this close to the edge, can their love survive?" (Goodreads)
At first Lobo's identity is a mystery for Maddie. Mystery is always a good strategic element to catch a reader's first attention. It takes some time for Maddie to find out who her secret hero is. But when she does, she finds out everything. Lobo's past is moving and his loyalty and passion should win over every last indecisive reader. His and Maddie's love story is emotional and intense and one of those live-in-the-moment kinds that can only get better with each page.
The Miami setting Allison van Diepen picked is perfect for ON THE EDGE. Criminality, gangs and the threat they pose to Maddie and Lobo make the story a fine thrill ride.
5/5 ***** ON THE EDGE - An enticing and thought-provoking YA read with a unique message.
This book is a statement and appeal for civil courage and awareness. Allison van Diepen makes the issue of human trafficking the central theme of her new YA book. Being the author of seven teen novels, one notices her writing routine and her feel for a good story. Maddie and Lobo's smouldering romance is skilfully woven into a rousing story filled with high criminal energy, team spirit and the fight for justice.
Publisher: HarperTeen
Publishing Date: November 25th 2014
Length: 304 pages
Keywords: YA, contemporary, thriller, gangs, criminality, romance, Miami
Source: Edelweiss
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Publishing Date: November 25th 2014
Length: 304 pages
Keywords: YA, contemporary, thriller, gangs, criminality, romance, Miami
Source: Edelweiss
Goodreads Summary
On the Edge Excerpt
Author's Homepage
After Hours by Claire Kennedy
"Isa, Xavi, Peter, and Finn know that a job at the high-end Waterside Cafe isn't just about waiting tables. It's about the gossip, the hook-ups, the after-hours parties and, most of all, it's about Tips. Tips--the high-stakes game based on dares. Whoever completes the most dares wins the collected money. A sum that could change a wasted summer into a Summer to Remember." (Goodreads)
AFFTER HOURS was a fast read for me, because at first all four characters presented us with engaging personal stories, secrets and wishes. I was quickly drawn into the game of Tips, too. It held many possibilities to steamy and entertaining dares. I thought Claire Kennedy's debut could be a hot YA read, maybe even as good as some of my favourites.
To sum up, I can say that my initial adoration for the story, Isa and Finn's initial attraction and Xavi and Peter's forbidden romance, quickly turned into incredulity halfway through AFTER HOURS. I have no understanding for Claire Kennedy turning the game into a shady, sleazy business.
Characters are allowed to make mistakes. I get that. But they should also get the chance to learn from them. Finn's secret was almost repulsive and Isa was a total drama queen. Xavi and Peter were too naive to be good for them.
Characters are allowed to make mistakes. I get that. But they should also get the chance to learn from them. Finn's secret was almost repulsive and Isa was a total drama queen. Xavi and Peter were too naive to be good for them.
2/5 ** AFTER HOURS - Exaggerated dares, impossible teenage behaviour and ignorant characters.
This debut, I had been looking forward to with excitement, turned out to be a letdown in the end. With Isa, Xavi, Peter and Finn we've got four narrators. So much fun, I had thought! But none of them lived up the my expectations, given many opportunities to behave responsibly and never embracing them. This story was simply too messed up for me to recognize the special debut spark I'd seen in the premise.
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Publishing Date: June 16th 2015
Length: 256 pages
Keywords: YA, contemporary, romance, game, restaurant
Source: Edelweiss
Lies I Told by Michelle Zink
"What if, after spending a lifetime deceiving everyone around you, you discovered the biggest lies were the ones you've told yourself? Grace Fontaine has everything: beauty, money, confidence, and the perfect family. But it's all a lie.Grace has been adopted into a family of thieves who con affluent people out of money, jewelry, art, and anything else of value. Grace has never had any difficulty pulling off a job, but when things start to go wrong on the Fontaines' biggest heist yet, Grace finds herself breaking more and more of the rules designed to keep her from getting caught...including the most important one of all: never fall for your mark." (Goodreads)
Grace and her brother's past is a sad one. Sympathy points for that! Now their adoptive parents are using them, all for a lousy coup. I couldn't take these people seriously sometimes. The parents were simply infuriating characters!
Grace's story is also about learning how to be an ordinary teenager and have fun, make new friends. I was curious how a life built on lies would be for a teen. Her life style came across as a daring social experiment I wanted to see the result to, but in the end all the plotting and deceiving and espionage were too much for me and her family's means to reach their goal only seemed ridiculous.
Grace and Logan were a cute couple, but their love was a victim to Grace's lies, too.
One thing that kept me reading was Grace's relationship to her brother. Because in the moments the two of them got to talk about their feelings I finally felt like I was witnessing a real and honest connection between two people in this book.
I would be happy about a sequel to LIES I TOLD. It could turn the story in a different direction and possibly encourage me to rethink my opinion about this first book. Not sure if there will be a sequel though.
2,5/5 **/* LIES I TOLD - A big con, betrayal and the struggles of a teen torn between right and wrong, family and love.
Grace's story is based on deception and lies. My first instinct was to feel compassion for her, the poor girl who was coerced into criminal operations. That changed quickly some chapters into the story and a few rather uneventful, overly descriptive pages later. I read LIES I TOLD as a standalone and while the story had potential, I was disappointed that it missed out on the morale in the end.
Publisher: HarperTeen
Publishing Date: April 7th 2015
Length: 352 pages
Keywords: YA, contemporary, romance, lies, deception, fake identity
Source: Edelweiss
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Tina Arena is the name of multitalented singer-songwriter, musical theater actress, record producer, dancer, recording artist and a television personality. She is not only multitalented but multilingual as well. She sings live and records in English, Italian, French, and Spanish. She is a multi-package culturally as well, you may find it amusing that Arena was born Australian and raised Italian.
Tina Arena first appeared on a TV talent quest and variety show, Young Talent Time. Starting her journey as a contestant, Tina moved on to become a regular member of the show's Young talent Team in 1976. She left the show in 1983, ahead of her 16th birthday. She completed her higher school certificate and worked as an insurance clerk for three months.
Arena signed a record deal with Graffiti Records at 17, and released her first debut single, "Turn Up The Beat", in 1985. Her first single failed to impress the critics and audience and did not make it to top 50. In May 1988, she issued a single, "I Need Your Body", which peaked at No. 3 on the ARIA Singles Chart. The artist followed with another single, "The Machine's Breaking Down", in August 1990, which peaked in the top 30. Her single debut album was released in October, which peaked at No. 17 on the ARIA Albums Chart. Her second solo album- Don't Ask was very well received and the songs successfully reached the top of the charts. She has always had a successful career since and has given birth to her own legacy. She has sung for TV shows and movies. Arena has carried on with her charity work all this time and established a generous and giving nature.
Tina married Ralph Carr in 1995 and got divorced him in 1999 and settled their financial and contractual matters in February 2002. The couple does not have any children. Their marriage could not last long because the marriage left Tina feeling disconnected and unhappy. Tina had disappeared for a decade, from 2002 to 2012 after her divorce.
"The gap was very, very important," she says. "I needed to live — I needed to know who I was, what I was doing, why I'm existing."
"I had a complete and perpetual sense of being misunderstood," she says. "My marriage breakdown was ... horribly aggressive in so many ways."
"I was spiritually malnourished and emotionally devoid of any kind of love," she says. "It was a brutal realisation."
The marriage failure was the trigger to question everything, including her successes.
"Yeah, totally," she says. "Everything intertwined. There was no clarity, there was no separation. I was struggling to try to compartmentalize things."
Tina escaped — to lose the pain and find herself.
Tina found love in Europe. She not only found her current partner but also received a lot of love from the audience in Europe. She has been in a relationship with French artist Vincent Mancini for a long long time; they have a son Gabriel who was born in 2005. The couple is speculated to be married as Tina posted some of their pictures in which look like their wedding pictures. She hasn't confirmed Vincent to be her husband yet but has given enough of information for us to think he is!
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Wake Up
It has been reported that some victims of rape, during the act, would retreat into a world of fantasy from which they could not wake up. In this catatonic state, the victim lived in a world just like their normal one, except they wern't being raped. The mind of the victim would often try to wake up the victim by leaving hints around the victims world to help them realize they were asleep. Sometimes, even after the victim knew what was going on, they would still refuse to please wake up.
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I had not planned to go to Nuremberg, famous for its Nazi history and the subsequent war trials. But the guide book gave it 3 stars since its streetscapes and major buildings are evidence that Nuremberg was once the wealthiest and most important cities in medieval Germany, and a centre for the German Renaissance. But more importantly for us, it seemed like the best place to stay if we wanted to visit both Bamberg and Rothenberg, which we had been told were two of the loveliest towns in Germany, when first planning this trip.
Nuremberg is also noteworthy in that it was the one place on this tour that TripAdvisor let us down. Its #1 hotel choice, Hotel Victoria, did not live up to our expectations nor compare with the other #1 hotel choices we stayed at. Although to be fair, it did have an excellent location immediately inside the city's well preserved medieval wall, close to the train station, and the price included an excellent breakfast.
The city did have some very impressive buildings and streetscapes, including a large building near our hotel with a most unusual dormer window arrangement and lots of elaborate cathedrals.
However, the highlight of our trip to Nuremberg was a visit to the German National Museum, which according to our guide book is considered Germany's largest and most important museum of art and culture.
|It seems it was common in the middle ages to do these full size paintings of a person resting in his coffin.
|The caption on this painting of a young woman and an older man describes her carefully crafted smile which is shared with the viewer
I was interested in the artwork, which included an excessive number of works illustrating the chopping off of heads, and a full sized painting of a man in his coffin.
A section was devoted to the art of the Third Reich, including what were purported to be some of Hitler's favourite paintings.
Some were gleefully anti-Semitic, while others clearly illustrated Hitler's preference for an Aryan race. He also liked nudes.
There was also a display of art from the former East German Republic although I couldn't find anyone in the gallery who could explain the full meaning of this particular piece. Parts were evident, but others....
I was intrigued by this more contemporary piece representative of the 70's in Germany. As we saw in Hamburg, the Germans don't want to forget the 70's
There were also floors full of objects of everyday life…including wonderfully ornate antique ice sleds and lots and lots of military equipment.
I was intrigued by an illustrated fold-out painting on wood which appeared to celebrate the members of the local chapter of the Urban Development Institute of the day!
Following our tour of the museum we were off to Rothenberg, a somewhat convoluted 73 minute train journey that required 2 transfers with only 5 minutes to spare for each. The trip was complicated when I discovered that the cobble-stoned streets of Bamberg and Nuremberg had taken their toll on my trusty Victorinox luggage. But fortunately, it could be carried as a knapsack as well as pulled, and after learning how to say glue in German, it was subsequently repaired. As you'll see in the next post, we made it to Rothenburg, and I'm so glad we did.


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My boyfriend and I were on our way back to Boston after a weekend trip to Connecticut, in desperate need of something to eat (and caffeine) when I spotted a huge sign and read it aloud with delight: "Traveler FOOD and BOOKS!" How could we pass that up?
Half blast-from-the-past diner, half used bookstore, The Traveler Restaurant has a wood-paneled dining room lined with shelves from which diners are invited to take home three free books. (I chose Cold Comfort Farm and a hardcover of The Prophet from the rather eclectic collection of adult, kids, and teen books, but stopped there since my personal bookshelves are already groaning. We also had to avoid the bookstore proper downstairs.)
Road trip season is nearly upon us — what other bookish roadside attractions or eateries would you recommend to your fellow travelers?


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If you want to restore progressivity to the overall tax system you do it by raising top marginal income tax rates and taxing capital gains as regular income. There is absolutely no reason to launder the money through a Social Security system that is scheduled to deliver a $200 billion per year surplus on average for the next ten years.
The payroll tax is only regressive if you regard Social Security as a government program like any other, as if it were in fact a welfare plan that should be funded by wealth transfers. But the fundamental strength of Social Security is that it is worker funded insurance that benefits workers. It draws nothing from capital and so owes nothing to capital, particularly nothing in the form of direct political control. The cap serves as political insulation, it is almost the only thing that prevents Social Security being relegated to the 'spending we cannot afford' category (think SCIPS) as opposed to the 'spending we can't NOT afford (anything military). Leave the cap alone, the cap is our friend. If you really think you have the political strength to simply extract another 6.2% (or 12.4%) from the wealthy then take marginal rates back to 39%, don't tinker with the cap.
If Social Security was actually facing some serious funding crisis we might consider tinkering with the cap. But it isn't. Once you actually put numbers to those dates like 2017 ($30 billion) and examine the growth numbers that produce them (2.2% Real GDP in 2015 - a 33% slowdown from 2006) you realize there is a reason they never talk dollars in articles that talk about Social Security. Instead it is always adjectives like 'looming'. The reason for this are pretty clear, 95% of America has fallen for a deliberate con game. Dean Baker and colleague Mark Weisbrot spotted the con in the 1990s and responded by writing Social Security: the Phony Crisis in 1999. The link is to the introduction in which Dean and Mark describe the situation as follows
We have a chance, said President Clinton, to "fix the roof while the sun is still shining." He was talking about dealing with Social Security immediately, while the economy is growing and the federal budget is balanced. The audience was a regional conference on Social Security, in Kansas City, Missouri, that the White House had helped bring together.Well the economy actually outperformed 1998 for a number of years and has now and has settled back in a glide path for total solvency.
The roof analogy is illuminating, but we can make it more accurate. Imagine that it's not going to rain for more than 30 years. And the rain, when it does arrive (and it might not), will be pretty light. And imagine that the average household will have a lot more income for roof repair by the time the rain approaches.
Now add this: most of the people who say they want to fix the roof actually want to knock holes in it.
This is the situation facing Social Security, and it is well known to those who have looked at the numbers. The program will take in enough revenue to keep all of its promises for over 30 years, without any changes at all. Thirty years is a long time—it's hard to think of any other program that can claim to be secure for that long. Furthermore, the forecast of a shortfall in 2034 is based on the economy limping along at less than a 1.7 percent annual rate of growth—about half the rate of the previous three decades. If the economy were to grow at 1998's rate, for example, the system would never run short of money.
This is going to sound pretty harsh to a pretty politically sophisticated group, but unless you are familiar with what Baker and Krugman have written on the topic of Social Security your knowledge base is more likely than not to be negative.
Here are some questions for you. In 1997 the Social Security Trustees said the Trust Fund would go to depletion in 2029. In 2007 they now project it to go to depletion in 2041. What are the implications of having a future date recede in time at a rate of more than a year per year? Obviously if Social Security continues to improve at that same rate then we need to do nothing, and certainly not right away. Two what caused the date to move out so steadily in the first place? What is the causal explanation for the trend seen in this table? EPI: Changes in the Trustees Projections over Time Those are the questions we should have been discussing over the last ten years, not listening to the scary stories of people who have always hated Social Security to start with.
Take Dean Baker's advice. Take a look at the numbers for yourselves. You will probably be amazed at what you will find. The Reports are available at http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/TR/index.html or via my website.


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AW Miniatures - Compagnies Franches de la marine sculpts
Andrew has also informed me that he is having a new mould made for the range of Indians at the same time as the mould for these has gone past it useful life. This will all mean that I will be able to dispatch the final figures for the Charity game shortly.
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Those figures are stunning! I feel this whole BfC thingy will turn out absolutely awesome.ReplyDelete
Did AW make the figures you sent me? Those were realy nice sculpts.ReplyDeleteReplies
What's the bright orange putty?ReplyDeleteReplies
I am not sure Ed, Sculptors tend to have many tricks available to them, mixing different products together to create alternate sculpting materials. I will ask for you but please note he may choose not to tell me and I have to respect his decision.Delete
Andrew has excelled himself again great workReplyDeleteReplies
Yes I am waiting paitiently to have them in the flesh for painting :)Delete
Very nice indeed.ReplyDelete
Andrew has done a lovely job on these.
Most sculpters use other mediums along with green stuff.
The most common being miliputt.
They can be combined together to get the best of both putty''s.
You painting these Andy?Replies
I will be when I get the proper sculptsDelete
Nice looking miniatures.ReplyDelete
Woot! Can't wait to get my brushes round these chappies for BfC, they're absolutely gorgeous!ReplyDelete
They are rather splendid!ReplyDelete
Very nice! It must be a treat to be a cutting edge painter. The figures will be hot out of the molds and you get to paint them!ReplyDeleteReplies
There is nothing cutting edge about me or my painting Monty. It is nice to paint good figures thoughDelete
Awesome figures! Great work!ReplyDelete


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Chris Pendleton has pinged more news on Live Search and Virtual Earth. Live Search Maps China has expanded and improved it's website (or DITU) with the following additions and improvements, just in time for the Olympics:
- Real-time Traffic in Beijing
- Send-to-Mobile for free for local search and transit routing result
- Transit data refresh for existing 11 cities including 3 new subway in Beijing (No.10, Airport and Olympic).
- Expanded coverage from 11 to 31 cities.
- Geocoding and Local Search
- Data refresh for existing 114 cities including Olympic Venues.
- Support city and county name geocoding for areas outside of 114-city coverage.
- Olympic query relevance improvement
- Local search category refinement
- Map refresh for 10 existing major cities including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou etc.
- Expanded tile coverage for 30 more cities, totally 289 cities now.
Live Search Maps Australia launched a new site and includes data from Virtual Earth, NineMSN and Yellow (Pages). If you get redirected to Live Search Maps (US) you can access the Australian site via Ninemsn.com.au, click "maps" above the search box and search for an Australian city or place. Australia must have liked the Bird's Eye Imagery that was added in May's Update.


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This is my first product review for Confessions of Dietitian, so I thought I would post my comments on my blog, along with my pics.
Thank you for sending me the Hemp Hearts!
I used the sample product in my oatmeal to replace my usual serving of either walnuts or almonds. I really enjoyed the nutty taste, and I feel that hemp hearts make a good alternative to nuts. I liked the unique velvet texture of the hemp hearts I shall definitely use hemp hearts again.
My overall thoughts on hemp hearts as a healthy product are pretty good. My main concern is that 170 calories for 3 Tbsp. seems high, but compared to other trendy super foods like ground flax (150 calories/ 3 Tbsp.), and chia (210 calories/3 Tbsp.), it seems about the same. I really like that the product packs 10 grams of protein in 3 tbsp.
I am always cautious of my consumption of nutrient dense foods, and if not measured carefully, hemp hearts (just like other nuts and seeds), may add up in calories really fast if just dumped on top of a salad, or in my case, oatmeal. I would recommend using hemp hearts sparingly in that you measure out a serving (just like butter or any other oil/fat).
Personally I am not a big fan of some of the marketing the company sent out. It kind of seems like they are pushing the product as a life transforming food product. It seemed a little over the top for me.
I do plan on purchasing more hemp hearts, and using them in my baking. I plan to add them to my granola bars, multigrain bread, and crackers. I also will be sending them with my 3 year old to day care, as she ate the entire second sample bag and wanted more. That was surprising.
I would rate this product 5 out of 5.
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Albany, WA
Wignalls Wines was established on the outskirts of the City of Albany in 1982, after extensive research and investigations into "Terroir" by our founder Dr Bill Wignall and close family friend Mr Tony Smith.
Climatology results from the near by weather bureaux at Albany's airport, showed Albany's growing conditions in Spring and Summer were virtually identical to the famous wine growing region of Burgundy in central France, thus it was decided to experiment with Burgundian varieties such as the then unknown Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc – all well known today!
First vintages saw amazing results with Trophies and Gold medals for both Pinot and Chardonnay, and subsequently over fifty Trophies and Gold's have been won by our family estate to date, both Domestically and Internationally.
A dedicated winery on site was constructed in 1997 to accommodate the estate fruit, that required specific hands on winemaking that was not achievable with external contract facilities
The winery was passed onto the second generation of winemakers with Bills son Rob and Daughter in law, Claire, in 2004 for the next revolution in Western Australian winemaking. With the two main varieties still our vision, Sauvignon Blanc is becoming renowned for Wignalls with cross blending from numerous blocks on the property, all expressing their individual terroir styles.
2004 saw Wignalls cellar door Benchmarked by the "Winemakers Federation of Australia" as one of the best 25 cellar doors in Australia, a huge achievement for Dr Wignalls foresight of going against the grain in WA and making our cellar to look old and quaint, built out of local solid stone that the vineyard thrives in. It is usual for WA cellar doors to be ultra modern with large areas of glass and stainless steel!
Along with our "Super Premium" wine styles, Wignalls also produces "every day" styles for your enjoyment, such as Unwooded Chardonnay and Cabernet Merlot, along with favourites such as a Rose` and Port available through our cellar door 7 days a week.


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During the 1890s Viggo Stuckenberg was one of the young avant-garde poets who helped to bring symbolism to Danish poetry. While his early poetry and early novels in the late 1880s tended to express the gray naturalism and radicalism of the period, his later work in the 1890s was lyrical but realistic. His oeuvre earned him a position alongside Sophus Claussen and Johannes Jørgensen and continued elements found in such writers as J. P. Jacobsen and the Russian Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev. Stuckenberg was also a respected critic. His articles in major newspapers and journals and the gatherings of Danish literati at his home helped to introduce new modes of thought and expression.
Viggo Henrik Fog Stuckenberg was born on 17 September 1863 in Vridsløselille, near Copenhagen, to Johanne Georgine Fog Stuckenberg and Frederik Henrik Stuckenberg, who was a teacher at the Vridsløselille prison. The...
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text: Weekend review of area activities for Saturday, June 4, 2016: Start your day out on Main Street with Tazewell Today's annual event Trucks and Tractors. From a train trolley, to a school bus and police cruiser – Main Street will have something for everyone, big and small, from 10:00 am through 12:00 pm. While you are here on beautiful Main ...Read More »


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If you're watering your lawn at all, there's a good chance you're watering it too much.
That's the take-away from a drought workshop in Folsom for landscaping professionals sponsored by the Department of Water Resources and the University of California.
Tom Noonan, a water management specialist for Ewing Irrigation and Landscape Products, says calibrating sprinklers can be a complicated science. But the bottom line is to avoid run-off and overspray.
To do that, water often and for short intervals.
If you have fan sprinklers, Noonan says you shouldn't let them run for more than four minutes at a time, otherwise the water will overwhelm Sacramento's clay soils and snake down your sidewalk.
Program your irrigation system to soak the soil in short bursts throughout the night.
"It is never appropriate to water during the day," says Noonan. "And people have the misconception that, 'Oh it's hot and windy out here and I need to dose my plant material.' But in truth probably at least 70 to 80 percent of that water got evaporated."
If you live within the Sacramento city limits you can only water your lawn or your vegetable beds two days a week. Drip irrigation is permitted anytime. It's illegal to allow excess water to run off from residential or commercial properties.
Noonan suggests prioritizing water for edibles and trees, rather than your lawn. Brown grass will come back after the drought, but fruit trees need continuing attention even during dry times.
More information is available through the California Center for Urban Horticulture on how to schedule irrigation.


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If the Darien schools are closed because of weather conditions, there will be no DMA meeting on that day.
If the Darien schools either open on a delayed schedule, or close on an early schedule, the DMA meeting will be held at the usual time on that day.
School closings are announced text crawls on Optimum News12 television, and on Optimum Channel 6, they are also announced on local radio stations WSTC(1400AM) and WLNK(1350AM).