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We realize that not everyone that buys a kayak from ACK is looking to wet a line (lingo for casting a fishing line into the water) but we also know some of you may be curious or in some cases ready to jump right in. While fishing from a kayak is almost as simple as fishing off the bank, you do need to consider a few differences. In this article, we'll cover the basics of outfitting your kayak for fishing, what to expect on your first fishing adventure and a couple of tips to make your experience a safer more enjoyable one.
Outfitting Your Kayak
Fact of the matter is you really don't need much to get your kayak outfitted for fishing. When somebody asks me what it takes to turn a kayak into a fishing kayak, I jokingly say "grab a rod next time you go paddling and go fish". While that holds a lot of truth, the reality is there is a massive selection of products to help make your experience a better one. While many anglers customize their boats with hundreds of dollars worth of gear, you can start with a few basic items.
Rod Holder – Get your rod out of the way and secure it.
You need something to keep your rods in place. Your boat can flip or your rod can get hung up on a tree. Last thing you want to do is lose your rod and reel combo. Rod holders are typically made of plastic material and can be mounted with bolts or rivets. Three of the most typical applications include:
Flush Mounted Rod Holder – A tube that is inserted into your kayak or sometimes molded into the boat. The end of the rod is simply inserted into the tube and can then be secured with a rod leash. Flush Mount Rod Holders are usually installed behind the seat on the top deck area.
Secure Mounted Rod Holder – Provides a more secure hold than a Flush Rod Holder by "grasping" your rod and reel. You'll typically find these installed on the center of the deck between your lower legs and sometimes behind the seat. The adjustability of these make them a popular choice when you want to keep your rod tips pointed lower than the flush mount option allows.
Kayak Crate/Tackle Boxes – Another popular option combines both tube like rod holders with a crate or boxed in area with a lid to store and protect your gear all in one easy to manage package.
Anchors – Stop your boat or you may miss the fish.
Like fishing from a motorboat, you'll want to stay put when you find that "honey hole". Securing your kayak in a specific location is key when fishing and there is no better way to do it than with a small anchor and line. Since you are limited on space and capacity, don't get anything over 3 lbs. The two that we recommend are:
Folding Anchors – Folding anchors tend to be the most popular design due to their ability to provide a good hold in most environments and their portability.
Claw Anchor – If you want an anchor that can hold you in place even in the softest bottoms this is the anchor you need. It may not be as portable as a folding anchor but you can rest assured you won't be going anywhere.
Paddle Leash – When a fish is on, the last thing on your mind will be your paddle.
Secure your paddle. We've all heard the term "up the creek without a paddle" — avoid it. By installing a simple device that secures your paddle to your boat, you'll never have to worry about losing a paddle when you catch the "big one". One end simply ties to a piece of hardware or installed accessory on the boat and the other to your paddle shaft. The leash is typically coiled or made of a "bungee" material. Most kayaks also have built in paddle tie downs but leashes are easier to deal with when in the moment.
That's about all you'll need to get started assuming you already purchased a paddle and PFD. However, you will find hundreds if not thousands of great products made specifically for kayak fishing such as anchor trolleys, drift chutes, kayak rudders, stake out poles and much more. Here is an older article I published featuring other gear you may want to consider.
What to Expect When Kayak Fishing
Planning Ahead – Fishing can be addictive. What was supposed to be a one-hour fishing trip can easily turn in to half a day excursion especially when the fish aren't biting. Expect to fish longer than you plan and be prepared. Load up a small ice chest with plenty of water, snacks and a sack lunch. Be sure to bring plenty of sunscreen and/or apparel made for spending long periods of time outdoors.
Launching Your Boat – As you prepare to launch your boat, keep in mind that with all the extra gear you have, it may paddle a bit differently than you are used to. Balance your gear with the heaviest items towards the center of the boat. When launching, be aware that depending on how much gear you've loaded, your freeboard (boat out of the water) may be less than you than what you typically experience. Launch with care.
Understanding Fish From Above – I am not a fish expert but I do know that they are extremely skittish. The good news is that with a kayak and what makes kayaks a popular choice is their "stealthiness". As you creep closer to your honey hole, you can easily glide into position with a few gentle paddle strokes. Just be careful not to bang your boat when putting your paddle down and lifting a rod, the slightest bump will scare them away. Want to see what you're casting at? If the water clarity is somewhat clear, get some polarized glasses, stand up and do a little sight casting. Boat not stable enough? Get a pair of these bad boy stabilizers.
Casting off a Kayak – For many, the idea of casting off a kayak seems awkward. Sure many kayaks are made for fishing and extreme movements may be not match but for those with tippier kayaks, this could pose a problem. Practice your cast and reaching around your kayak (tankwell, dry hatches, etc.) before you launch into deeper waters. It's all about using more arm than body and casting with a bit of finesse. The same applies if not more to casting while standing. If the water favors it, many kayak anglers side straddle their kayaks meaning they sit side ways while their legs dangle in the water. Keeps you cool but also provides a general feeling of balance and many find it a bit more comfortable of a position especially if paddling and fishing for long periods of time. A general rule of thumb is to always keep your body upright and your head centered over your kayak. If you lean over in any direction too far — splash!
Catching a Fish – So what do I do when I catch a fish on a kayak? May seem like a silly question but for those that have never fished off a kayak, this is a very important one. Make sure your hook is set and stay focused. Keep a tight line by holding your rod up above your head (watch out for those trees) while you double check to make sure your paddle is secure. If you are anchored down, try to steer your fish away from the anchor line or this could quickly get messy. Once you reel your fish close enough to land it (always leave some slack in your line), do take care in how you handle the fish especially if you plan to catch and release. Fish have a protective coating so try to avoid holding the fish with your hands but if you do (photo op, release, etc.) be gentle. I always recommend a fish grip designed to do just this and carry a pair of pliers or forceps to remove hooks. There tends to be a lot of difference in opinions when it comes to catching and releasing fish, here is a great article that I recommend you read. Finally, if you do plan to keep fish be sure to bring a fish cooler with you especially during the warmer months to keep your dinner cool and fresh.
Not Catching a Fish – You've heard the saying, "it's not called catching for a reason" and for good reason, don't expect to catch fish every single time you go fishing. I've got many friends and family who have all together given up fishing off a kayak because they didn't catch anything on their first outing. Sure it may be the gear you are using but there is also a good chance that water and weather conditions are the culprit. Don't loose hope, persistence is key. Do your research, see what's working and what's not. Don't worry, you'll catch one and when you do, I promise you'll be hooked (pun intended)!
Safety! – Not to scare you out of kayak fishing but you are introducing the possibility of getting yourself hooked, bitten by a snake or some creepy crawler and dealing with less than ideal weather conditions. Of course this is the same with any paddling sport but as an angler, you will find yourself under trees, into waters full of vegetation and along banks making yourself more susceptible to encountering wildlife. Be cautions of your surroundings, always take a first aid kit and like any other paddling sport, wear a PFD! I can't stress how important this. When flipping a kayak with all kinds of fishing gear, your first reaction may be to try and recover your hard earned dollars — stay focused on you instead, everything else can be replaced. I don't think I need to tell you this but hey, it always helps to stay in tune with the weather forecast regardless of what outdoor adventure you plan to partake in.
Go Easy on The Gear – We could write an entire book on the type of actual fishing gear you'll need but since it can vary so much by style, season, body of water and region, we'll stick to the kayaking aspect for the sake of this article. That said, I recommend you do some research, find what's biting and where and the gear other anglers are using. While many kayak anglers prefer to take everything but the kitchen sink, I prefer to keep it simple with only the gear I know I will use. Your boat deck is limited on space, so before you know it you'll have hooks, worms and countless other items strewn across your boat. Keep it organized in a small tackle box or bag and place it in an easily accessible area.
Secure Your Gear – The best thing you can do to avoid losing your gear is to properly secure it. This includes your paddle, anchor, tackle boxes, etc. If you don't have lash points, install some simple pad eyes and get some deck line. While bungee is great for securing a few large and light items, it may not hold up to some of your heavier gear such as a tackle box or ice chest. Tie it down!
Go With the One That Knows – Most kayak anglers are introduced to kayak fishing from those who already have some experience with it. That is hands down the best scenario. If you have yet to be invited, invite yourself or join a local forum or group. While competitive and sometimes secretive by nature, most kayak anglers are a friendly bunch and always willing to offer up some advice or even meet up with other anglers with same interests. Those with experience are a wealth of knowledge, learn from them. A word of advice, before you go posting "hey, I'm a newbie that's never been kayak fishing, any advice?" do search the forums. Chances are, hundreds of others have already asked the same questions you are about to ask and the answers may be there right there in front of you.
Practice Safety – As referenced above, it may be a good idea to practice casting but also capsizing. During warmer months, I always advise paddlers (angler or not) to force themselves to turn their boats over in a controlled setting and practice getting back on a boat. It never hurts to take a class or two on paddling technique and safety.
Wear the Proper Apparel – I have to admit, it's pretty silly when you go out kayak fishing only to find that most anglers are wearing similar outfits to what you have but for good reason, it's apparel made for it. In warm weather, look for clothing that is light, loose fitting and dries quickly and long sleeves and pants that will keep you cool. Most performance fishing wear will do just this.Water gloves, face protection and hats are also recommended. For fishing during colder months you'll want to layer up. Start with a base layer of a synthetic material such as this Immersion Research Thickskin Union Suit, a mid-layer of fleece and an outer layer of splash wear such as this NRS Endurance Jacket. The idea is that as the day warms up, you have the option to shed a layer or even two.
So there you have it, Kayak Fishing 101. Yep, there is so much more to it but I hope this starts you off in the right direction. As always, we want your feedback. Got your own tips, any experiences of your own you would like to share with those that have yet to try kayak fishing? Comment below, we want to know!


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Re: Kia plans 'Toyobaru' rival
Hyundai/KIA should make the Kee as the Spiritual successor to the Hyundai Tiburon/Coupe. Let that Accent/Veloster thing be a premium hot hatch on the level of a cheaper MINI JCW, however, unlike the MINI is will be of a better value, easier to service, cheaper to run, more reliable, and more fuel efficient. First however, i thnk KIA should work on the Forte Koup. Give it a 6cyl, and prep one to go to Europe, and just call it Koup. The Euro one should be poised and ready for the curvy road.
KIA gets many requests on a daily basis to bring it over to Europe. Its a Dirt Cheap car, thats not cheap in quality. Its very good, and fills that Tiburon spot well here.

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Teaching and Learning Grammar (LG 636)
The general aim of the module is to provide an overview of the teaching and learning of grammar in the context of second language (L2) learning. The first part of the module focuses on issues related to learning (of L2 grammar); the second part focuses on issues related to teaching (of L2 grammar).
In the first part of the module, the concept of explicit (conscious) knowledge and learning will be introduced and contrasted with implicit (non-conscious) knowledge and learning. Focusing on the learning of L2 grammar, we will look at factors that might influence a learner's acquisition and use of explicit knowledge. We will examine the concept of metalinguistic knowledge (knowledge about language) and discuss research into explicit knowledge and learning. We will also consider Processing Instruction, an approach to teaching grammar which is directly based on insights about L2 learning.
In the second part of the module, we will focus on current issues in the
teaching of pedagogical grammar in the L2 classroom. We will explore some of the
considerations which could help teachers make informed pedagogical decisions
about L2 grammar, e.g. the selection of grammar features to be taught, and when
and how we should teach grammar. We will also discuss error correction and the
provision of feedback in the context of grammar teaching. A selective overview
of pedagogical approaches and techniques used for grammar teaching and
associated materials will be provided.
Having completed the module, students will have knowledge and understanding of:
Learning & teaching methods
One 2-hour class per week for 10 weeks, with a balance of lecture-type instruction and seminar-type activities, as required. Lectures will provide an overview of key concepts and research findings; seminar time will focus on student-centred tasks, follow-up exercises, and discussion of issues raised in the lectures and associated module readings. Discussion and questions from students are encouraged throughout.
Assessment consists of a 3,000-word assignment. There will be a choice of topics which will allow students to focus either on the teaching or the learning of grammar, depending on their interests.
Reading suggestions
There is no single set textbook, but students who wish to prepare for the course are advised to look at some or all of the following. Note that a full reading list is provided on the CMR.
Celce-Murcia, M., & Larsen-Freeman, D. (1999). The
Grammar Book:
DeKeyser, R. M. (2003). Implicit and explicit learning. In C. J. Doughty & M. H. Long (Eds.), The Handbook of Second Language Acquisition (pp. 313-348). Malden, MA: Blackwell.
Dörnyei, Z. (2009). The Psychology of Second Language Acquisition. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Ellis, N. C. (2005). At the interface: Dynamic interactions of explicit and implicit language knowledge. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 27(2), 305-352.
Ellis, R. (2004). The definition and measurement of L2 explicit knowledge. Language Learning, 54(2), 227-275.
Ellis, R. (2006). Current issues in the teaching of
grammar: an
Ellis, R., Loewen, S., Elder, C., Erlam, R., Philp, J., & Reinders, H. (2009). Implicit and Explicit Knowledge in Second Language Llearning. Bristol: Multilingual Matters.
Hinkel, E., & Fotos, S. (Eds.)
(2002). New Perspectives on Grammar Teaching in Second Language
Larsen-Freeman, D. (2003).
Larsen-Freeman, D. (2003).(2003). Teaching Language: From Grammar to Grammaring. Boston, MA: Heinle & Heinle.
Larsen-Freeman, D. (2009). Teaching and testing
grammar. In M. Long & C. Doughty (Eds.), The Handbook of Language Teaching
(pp. 518-542).
Nassaji, H., & Fotos, S. (2011). Teaching Grammar
in Second Language Classrooms: Integrating Form-Focused Instruction in
Communicative Context.
Pennington, M. (Ed.) (1995). New Ways in Teaching Grammar. TESOL.
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Discussion in 'Tennessee Titans and NFL Talk' started by SawdustMan, Oct 30, 2012.
So here you go Munch disapprovers. A "titans fan" that is actively rooting for the team to fail.
Then put your money where your mouth is. I've spent over 15 g's on this team easy. Have you?
I also have family that attends the game and family that is no longer around that used to sit with me and attend the games.
The Titans winning and losing does effect me. But not as much as a loved one dying or being in the hospital or someone I care about struggling to have enough ends to put food in their mouth.
But more power to you to be a lunatic. I guess perspective (sort of like expectations maybe) comes with maturity.
I'd also like to add how idiotic is it to say I only think about the Titans on Sunday when I'm probably in the top5% of overall forum posts on this site. lol.
Curious how old are you? I'm guessing teenager?
I wish Pat Summit could coach football..
I also don't see how a "fan" that is rooting for the team to fail can be more of a fan than anyone else. Actually I think that makes you the opposite of a fan. Fake ass fan.
I stopped getting too pissed after we started 1-4 with no hope in sight. You've gotta learn to let go and just stop taking it so seriously.
Believe me, if we were actually a good team and this happened, I'd still be furious. You should've seen me after the Ravens playoff loss. I still care about the team as much as ever, but I've learned to let go when I know we aren't going anywhere right now.
I root for what it takes for this team to succeed. If it takes embarrassing losses for the right things to happen, then you're darn right I'm rooting for us to lose. Do you think I want us losing like this? Do you think I like watching medeocre football on Sundays. I hate it. I've been looking forward to this season since the clock hit 0 after the Texans game. You want to call me a fake fan, but it doesn't even seem like you have the capacity to understand the reasoning behind me rooting for our team to have an embarrassing loss.
This team is being mismanaged. The problems go all the way to the top. Bud has surrounded this team with friends and former Oilers/Titans. It's like a family. The problem here is that the people in this family are not good at what they have been hired to do. It goes all the way up to Mike Reinfeldt. If things keep going like they were last year and we just kept turning out a medeocre to bad product, it would continue like that for years and we'd have another Fisher situation on our hands. The only way for things to change around here is for this team to hit rock bottom. Bud won't fire a member of the Titans family just willy nilly. It takes games like the one yesterday, and that might not even be enough. I will be rooting for more losses until changes are made. I know that this team can not succeed with the current coaching staff, and in an ideal scenario Reinfeldt would be canned too. Once I realized that this coaching staff didn't have what it takes to bring a Lombardi trophy to Nashville, I was done with them. I can not root for them anymore. I am not ready to waste another year+ for Bud to realize that it's just not going to happen. Munch and co. need to go, and I'm all for whatever it takes to make that happen. If you'd rather choose to ignore the problem, then good for you.
Nope, I haven't spent a dime on this team. I don't enjoy going to football games. There are too many distractions. I can't focus on the game. I enjoy watching them at home far more. I also can't shell out money on a product like this organization is producing. I love this team, but I'm not an idiot.
Why do you want to make this about Titans vs. family. It doesn't have to be like that. Everyone knows that family > football. That's not relevant to the conversation.
So now I'm not mature enough to have low standards and expectations like you. Okay. No thanks.
Yes, because you just said you want us to lose embarrasingly.
Insanity to me and I don't see how you can really be a fan of a team and want them to lose badly.
Have fun with that and telling everyone how you are the bestest Titan fan while you cheer for the Dolphins next week.
You don't get it. It's more than just wanting us to lose and you know it. It's about getting change to occur.
I have said it before and I'll say it like I do every game day... "WHOSE READY FOR SOME MEDIOCRE FOOTBALL?!?!?"
I have to say that I agree with SlidePiece on this, sorry Alex.
I hate loosing, we all do. Its embarrassing especially when you have that one guy at work that is a fan of a really good team (even though hes never been to the city they are from), but as soon as the games over and your team lost, you know you have to look at him all day Monday. We have all been there and it sucks ass.
Slide's point is that unless we continue to loose and probably loose big... Bud is not going to change anything. Next season we are going to have the same coaching staff, the same level of terrible football and the same unmotivated players prancing around the field on Sunday. The only way were going to get a new and hopefully more improved coaching staff (although with our luck he will promote the janitor to HC) in here is to loose more games. The positive thing about that is, I don't think we have to try or work at loosing, I am pretty sure this coaching staff is so bad they may not win 3 more games this season.
Bottom line is we are terrible. The only way were gonna improve is to bring someone in from outside of the organization. Sometimes you have to sacrifice a few to save many...


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ABC's and PhD's: Vacation
Until a few weeks ago, I'd never made more than a weekend trip away from my children. In my mind I added up the times my husband had been away for meetings, conferences, and teaching field trips. Some day, I thought, I'll cash in the time owed me and take my dream vacation -- bird-watching in Arizona. Then early this year I got an interesting email.
Until a few weeks ago, I'd never made more than a weekend trip away from my children. In my mind I added up the times my husband had been away for meetings, conferences, and teaching field trips. Some day, I thought, I'll cash in the time owed me and take my dream vacation -- bird-watching in Arizona. Then early this year I got an interesting email. My father, a beetle expert, had been invited to be an instructor on a field entomology course (something he's done many times over the years) in Arizona, but he'd turned down the invitation, saying that he didn't think he could handle physically the rustic accommodations or the travel over rough roads. On recent field courses my dad, who's now 75, found it difficult to be comfortable or to keep up with students. The course instructor emailed me to ask me what I thought of my dad's abilities — could he handle the trip this year and would I persuade him to join them? A little envious, I mentioned jokingly that it was too bad I couldn't come along and look after him. I could drive us in our own comfortable rental car so he wouldn't have to crowd into the student vans. Somehow this wish turned into an invitation for me to join the course too, and with support from my husband, friends, and in-laws I left my family for 11 days.
Despite my excitement about the trip, I was apprehensive about a number of things (I tend to be a worrier anyway). For the past five-plus years my primary identity has been as a mother. Even when I'm not with my kids, I'm very often hanging out with friends who have kids. So with my family hundreds of miles away, who would I be? And could I really stand to leave them?
My second worry seemed silly, but even though I live near a university and see students everyday, I was intimidated to be around 20-somethings again. In the time that's passed since I last taught undergraduates I'm now realistically old enough to be their parent. After all, when my own mother was my age I was a junior in college. How would they see me and would I be able to relate in a meaningful way? I've taught field courses before, and they're an exciting but intense kind of teaching since there's little privacy and down time — instructors and students often work, travel, eat, relax, and sometimes sleep (in the same dorm, that is) together. And after so many years away from teaching I also felt rusty. Much of the information that was once at my fingertips has disappeared from disuse, and I've let children's schedules and other minutiae of day-to-day life take over. Although I tried to study and prepare for the trip, I was headed to an area where I'd never been (I used to do research in rain forests; deserts are way out of my league) and had little information about what expectations there'd be of me once we were underway. However, my father's and my participation in the course were as volunteers, and we had to cover some of our own expenses. Somehow that took a bit of the pressure off, and I allowed myself to have some confidence in my abilities and just wing it.
Finally I couldn't help but think about my dad and my role as a daughter. When I last saw him 6 months ago he wasn't getting around very well. Of course, that had been in the winter, and we were all a little too house bound, over-fed, and under-stimulated. I didn't know how my father would handle the desert heat, the cactus spines, the hiking, or the long drives in the car between sites. Of course, I'm sure he worried about me too!
As it ended up, I actually was able to relax and have one of the best experiences of my life. I stopped navel-gazing and analyzing what my role would be, and I just was. Every chance I got I went for bird-watching walks. I hunted for bugs, oohing and aahing alongside the students over carpenter bees, giant tarantula wasps and metallic ground beetles. And I helped out where I could with designing experiments or advising students' projects. Mostly I had fun interacting with everyone and was reminded of how energizing it is to be around students. Although this was a somewhat self-selected group — they knew they'd spend their days collecting insects and roughing it a little — I was still amazed by their interest and enthusiasm. Some of the students were exceptional natural historians and keen observers, showing me things I'd never seen before. Their enthusiasm was contagious and filled me with a sense that they would go on to do great things in their years to come. I absorbed vicariously the excitement of new beginnings and opportunities awaiting them post-undergrad. I'm now eager and less anxious about getting back to teaching. In fact, an opportunity for my own field course has just surfaced for next year, but I'll write more on that as plans progress.
And how did I do away from my kids? Well, I missed them terribly on the few occasions we spoke by a weak, two-bar cell phone connection, and I realized that it was easier on all of us just to send an email once in a while. They sounded so little and far away, and my heart ached to be with them. But most of the time I was surprised and a little embarrassed that I didn't miss them constantly! How easy it was to just be myself and not someone's mother. I focused on what was around me, showered when I wanted, woke up early to bird-watch when I wanted, and ate whatever was available for dinner with no worries of kids' meals. However, on my return home, I practically sprinted from the plane and was euphoric to be back with my family as wife, mother, and renewed me.
All in all it was a fabulous time, but the best part was the chance to share it with my father. The course organizer, an old family friend, summed things up best when he offered to have me join them. His view was that my father and I both want to look after each other: Dad wanted me to have the chance to get back into teaching and to see a place I'd always wanted to visit; I wanted to make sure that my father was comfortable and help him practice what he loves — teaching and outdoor adventures. By looking out for each other's interests, we gave each other the opportunity for a wonderful experience together. I think I did pretty well as a daughter and didn't hover over my father or worry about him too much. (He didn't remember to shake out his bedding to look for scorpions like I wished he would, but then fortunately the only one we saw in the bunk-houses was a dead one I brought home to my son.) On the last day of our trip, my dad and I pulled into the "Desert Carwash" to remove all evidence of our little white rental car's extensive dusty off-road travels, which were probably in violation of our rental agreement. As we drove off into the sunset on the highway to Tucson, the classical radio station we'd found was playing César Franck's sonata for violin and piano, a soundtrack from my childhood since my father, also a pianist, played this piece often with his chamber music ensemble. The juxtaposition of the nostalgic music, the magnificent roadside scenery aglow in the fading sunlight, and the shared memories from our trip and of my childhood were too much for words, but I'm pretty sure we were both on the same wavelength and reliving our experiences. Now for my next vacation, I wonder where my mother might want to go?
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Germany legend Franz Beckenbauer believes that Joachim Low's men are the only team capable of challenging Brazil for the World Cup this summer.
The hosts are one of the favourites after impressing at last year's Confederations Cup - beating world champions Spain 3-0 in the final - but Beckenbauer has insisted Germany will prove to be real challengers for the tournament, too.
"I have seen Brazil play devastatingly well during the Confederations Cup. And they will be doing the same during the World Cup as well. Brazil can truly be challenged only by the Germans," Beckenbauer told the Times of India.
"However, I know that the teams that have won the Confederations Cup have never won the World Cup in the same year. So, in that respect, they have some problems. Otherwise, they will start as clear favourites.
"History of the World Cup says that Brazil are the most successful team, winning the cup five times. We are close second since we have reached more number of semi-finals.
"We have really a good side with [Bastian] Schweinsteiger, [Manuel] Neuer, [Mario] Gotze, [Marco] Reus, [Mesut] Ozil. Almost all of these young footballers are product of our academies and that has really helped the side to excel."
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Maybe you've noticed that the price of beef is going up, rather dramatically. No matter what supermarket aisle you're in, don't look for relief any time soon.
Beef isn't an instant food: it takes about two years before a newborn calf is ready for slaughter, and there are 2 percent fewer of them in the pipeline than last year. That population reality is the reason behind consumer and restaurant worry.
Jim Koetting owns Hoss's Market and Rotisserie, a restaurant and catering shop in Columbia, Missouri. In a frigid walk-in cooler, Koetting keeps one of his most valuable ingredients chilling in a cardboard box.
"There's an 83-pound case of brisket that going for about $300 right now," Koetting said. "Last year, it probably would've been about $240."
Those sixty dollars come straight out of his profits. For now, Koetting said, he'd rather absorb a price spike than pass it on to customers.
"We've got mouths to feed," Koetting said. "Our employees have mouths to feed. The only way everybody makes money is if everybody keeps spending."
He wants his customers to continue buying sandwiches like The Big Hoss, a meaty treat that's layered with some of the priciest protein on the market. Right now, the brisket-, bacon- and turkey-filled meal will cost you $8.50.
"If we raise that, it would probably be above the $9 mark for a sandwich, which is kind of pricey," Koetting said.
Nine-dollar sandwiches, more than $3 a pound for ground beef, $7 for a choice sirloin - sound familiar? In January 2012, beef cost 10 percent more than last year. That has created a Texas-sized profit-squeezing crisis, according to Chad Hart, an agricultural economist at Iowa State University.
"I think it's fair to say it's been a very tough five years for the cattle industry," Hart said. "Everybody is struggling with something here."
From ranches to supermarkets to restaurants, many people are looking for answers, but it's hard to know where to pin blame for the price jump.
"How we got to this point is a combination of factors," Hart said.
It began with the recession, when cattle just happened to be on a natural and expected downward trend in production.
"(Ranchers) suffered through a good two to three years of very strong losses," Hart said "At the same time, what they were staring at was very high feed costs."
The beef you eat was once eating really expensive food, too. Even today, ranchers continue to pay record prices for the corn they use to fatten up cattle.
Then, what is often farmers' greatest foe, the weather, chimed in, too.
"I've heard anecdotal, a million head of cattle moved out of Texas due to the drought situation," Hart said.
It was such a hot, dry summer in Texas, the country's leader in cattle production, that most of the state is still paralyzed seven months later. The U.S. cattle population has shrunk by about ten percent in big ranching states and farmers aren't willing to risk increasing their herd size right now.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture reports the rate of newborn cow births is down 2 percent.
"At the same time, though, we've seen international demand for meat products increasing," Hart said. "Exports hit record levels in 2011, and we look to maintain those levels in 2012."
That amounts to more than 11 billion exported quarter-pound hamburgers, leaving U.S. consumers with less beef to go around. But researcher Anne-Marie Roerink said that - as strange as it might sound - these swirling market pressures provide opportunity for the meat industry to change the way they appeal to cash-strapped shoppers.
"What we are seeing more than anything is that people are extremely flexible," Roerink said. "Rather than going to the store with a list that says, I'm going to buy pork chops and chicken breasts,' they're very willing to browse around and pick through packages to find what meets their budget."
Roerink, as part of an annual study commissioned by the American Meat Institute called "The Power of Meat," found that many shoppers in 2012 go out of their way to score a low grocery bill.
"Price per pound has always been the most important factor in that process, but it went up in importance," Roerink said. "The second most important factor has always been appearance, quality if you will. Well, that one actually dropped to third place for the first time in three years."
She found middle-class shoppers care less about luxury products and how a product looks, and more about how much it will cost. Now, they're adopting habits generally followed by low-income households: buy in bulk, buy more generic brands, buy more discounted food and opt for the less fresh and tasty product.
"I think we're going to see a lot more interaction between the retail environment and the shopper," Roerink said.
Her prediction: consumers will keep eating beef despite the high cost, but that they'll go about it differently. Price-fatigued shoppers might turn to the butcher who provides custom meat orders, which often leads to less waste and more consumer control.
The meat industry, too, has listened to consumers who want the same taste at a lower price - they call them "value cuts."
For many consumers that means a more austere steak taken from the modest hamburger zone of the cow rather than expensive, tender, pre-recession protein.


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From our "New York Now" colleague Matt Ryan, here's footage of Assemblyman Joel Miller, R-Poughkeepsie, speaking at today's NARAL Pro-Choice lobby day. You might say that he's speaking as only a politician who's not up for re-election can — except for the fact that Miller always speaks his mind in this way.
"Someone once said of the church if men gave birth, abortion would be a sacrament," Miller tells the audience as part of his peroration on a mother's absolute right to make decisions about her pregnancy. (That's apparently one of many pithy one-liners from the activist, advocate and actress Florynce Kennedy.)
Watch this week's "New York Now" for coverage of this and other events this week at the Capitol.


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Warner Bros. Japan has released the first trailer of upcoming live-action Fullmetal Alchemist movie.
Fullmetal Alchemist is based on the popular manga series by Arakawa Hiroshi and it is slated to release for winter 2017. The movie will star Hey!Say!JUMP member Yamada Ryosuke as protagonist Edward Elric.
Official website and Twitter for the movie were also launched.
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5225. Persons Who May File an Application for Administrative Hearing; Manner of Filing; and Consolidation with Petition.
(a) The person against whom a jeopardy determination is made may file an application for an administrative hearing for one or more of the following purposes:
(1) To establish that the jeopardy determination is excessive.
(2) To establish that the sale of the property that may be seized after issuance of the jeopardy determination, or any part thereof, should be delayed pending the administrative hearing because the sale would result in irreparable injury to the person.
(3) To request the release of all or part of the property to the person.
(4) To request a stay of collection activities.
(5) To request administrative review of any other issue raised by the jeopardy determination.
(b) An application for an administrative hearing or related document may be filed in the manner specified in section 5222 for the filing of a petition for redetermination of a jeopardy determination.
(c) If an application is filed under this section and a petition is filed under section 5222, the application and petition will be consolidated into one administrative hearing.
Note: Authority cited: Government Code section 15606; Revenue and Taxation Code sections 6538.5, 7051, 7700.5, 8251, 8828.5, 9251, 13170, 30243.5, 30451, 32313, 32451, 38435, 38701, 40171, 41128, 43352, 45353, 43501, 45851, 46601, 50120.3, 50152, 55103, 55301, 60333, 60601.
Reference: Revenue and Taxation Code sections 6538.5, 7700.5, 8828.5, 30243.5, 32313, 38435, 43352, 45353, 50120.3, 55103, 60333.
History: 1. New section adopted 9-12-2007; effective 2-6-2008.
2. Amendments adopted November 19, 2013, effective April 1, 2014. The amendments deleted the first sentence in subdivision (b), which encouraged the use of electronic means for the filing of applications; replaced all of the text after "filed" in the second sentence in subdivision (b); deleted the third and fourth sentences in subdivision (b); and deleted subdivision (d).


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All candidates should have at least three years of high school mathematics, with algebra taken at the highest level possible. Transfer students must complete their last 48 credits and at least 50 percent of the coursework in the business administration or accounting major at Ithaca College. Further details regarding transfer credit eligibility may be found in the Ithaca College undergraduate catalog.
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The following departments have certain special requirements or procedures.
A personal interview with a member of the department is recommended. A portfolio of the applicant's work may be presented at the interview. Photographs or 35 mm slides may be included if a work is too large to include conveniently in the portfolio. Applicants unable to visit the campus may send their portfolios to the Department of Art, 101 Ceracche Center, Ithaca College, 953 Danby Road, Ithaca, NY 14850. All materials will be returned. Applicants should send sufficient return postage and insurance fees with their portfolios and indicate the amount for which the portfolio should be insured. The College is not responsible for portfolios lost in the mail.
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At least three and one-half years of mathematics, including advanced algebra and trigonometry, are required.
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For physical therapy and occupational therapy majors, a minimum of three years of high school mathematics and one year each of biology and chemistry are required. In addition, one year of physics is strongly recommended. Students should have some knowledge of the profession, such as volunteer experience or employment. Applicants to the physical therapy program must be able to perform the functions described in the document titled, Department of Physical Therapy Essential Functions for Physical Therapy Practice, available at the department website.
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New Juventus signing Andrea Pirlo has congratulated Barcelona after their Champions League win.
The Spanish giants underlined their ability with a 3-1 triumph over Manchester United at Wembley on Saturday evening.
"Barcelona are the strongest side of the last 50 years," Pirlo told La Gazzetta dello Sport on Monday. "Nobody plays football like Barca."
The Italian international was linked with a switch to the Nou Camp a few years ago, but he only left Milan this summer for Juventus.
"The air in Turin is full of a desire to get back to winning ways," continued the Bosman arrival.
"The impression of the club was a good one from the very first minute that I met President Andrea Agnelli.
"The club wants to get back to the top."
Pirlo signed a three-year deal with the Turin giants, but he has revealed that they won't be the last team of his career.
"The idea of ending my playing days at Brescia is still there," he said when asked to comment on his hometown club.
"I'd like to contribute to a club who launched me in this game and that are in my heart. We'll talk about it again in a few years.
"I'm saddened by their relegation, but there are not a shortage of industrialists in Brescia. I hope that one of them helps President Gino Corioni."
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ORNL's Zacharia Aids the Efforts of Open Science
Thomas Zacharia, Oak Ridge National Laboratory's associate laboratory director for Computing and Computational Sciences, is leading ORNL's multi-year initiative, on behalf of the Department of Energy, to develop the world's most powerful computing resource for open science. In this exclusive interview with HPCwire, Zacharia provides updates on the lab's Leadership Computing Facility and strong involvement in the field of climate science.
HPCwire: You're giving a keynote speech at the Computing in Atmospheric Sciences workshop in Annecy, France next week. What will you talk about?
Zacharia: I'll be talking about the DOE's Leadership Computing Facility at Oak Ridge, especially our high-level goals and expectations for contributing to the field of climate science, and about leadership computing in general as a necessary enabling technology for advances in climate science. I'll also talk about ORNL's contributions to this field. For quite some time, we've had people doing breakthrough work on the computational side and the experimental side, including things like the economic impact of global warming and other climate change. We have a long-standing relationship with Warren Washington and his group in NCAR's Climate Change Research Section, and ORNL has made significant contributions to the runs for the IPCC [International Panel on Climate Change] Fourth Assessment on global warming that is due out in 2007. About one-third of the simulation work for the international initiative has been done at ORNL. We're involved in a lot of collaborative activities in climate science, in the U.S. and around the world.
HPCwire: How did Oak Ridge and other DOE labs get involved in climate modeling? Where does that intersect with energy?
Zacharia: DOE has a long history of involvement in important climate science issues, such as evaluating the carbon management problem. Most scientists now agree that current sources of mass energy production and usage have a significant impact on the environment and on climate. We have recently initiated a line of research that takes predictions of global warming, in terms of heating and cooling days, and predicts energy usage and energy technology development. Oak Ridge has had a strong institutional emphasis on climate science for a long time.
HPCwire: Which areas of climate modeling and other atmospheric science is Oak Ridge involved in?
Zacharia: As I mentioned earlier, we did about one-third of the runs for the most recent IPCC simulation of global warming. ORNL has a very strong Computational Climate Dynamics group that is doing breakthrough work in coupled climate-carbon simulations. John Drake, David Erickson and others have looked closely at this. John directs the Computational Climate Dynamics group and David heads our Climate and Carbon Research Institute, which uses computational methods to evaluate how the global climate and carbon systems interact with natural and anthropogenic processes. They're trying to get a better understanding of how the Earth's climate responds to physical, chemical, and biological changes produced by global alterations of the atmosphere, the ocean and the land.
HPCwire: How does HPC support ORNL's climate work?
Zacharia: Climate science was one of the earliest and most insatiable consumers of high-performance computing resources. HPC today is a key component in simulating climate change and in performing diagnostics based on climate simulations. Beyond computing resources, there's also a tremendous, growing need for storage of historical, contemporary and forward-looking climate data. ORNL has vast amounts of atmospheric and other climate data in storage.
HPCwire: You mentioned Oak Ridge's Climate and Carbon Research Institute is heavily involved in research related to global warming. Can you say more about that?
Zacharia: ORNL is a $1 billion-per-year research organization, and climate research is an important component of our research activities. Our Climate and Carbon Research Institute takes multiple approaches, including not just computing but also taking atmospheric radiation measurements and doing a lot of work on the economics of climate and carbon management. CCRI was formed as an integrating principle for people approaching this problem from various perspectives and disciplines. It's akin to people touching different parts of the elephant and then communicating with each other to assemble the big picture.
A lot of interdisciplinary collaboration is needed for good progress in climate science. Because this collaboration at CCRI includes economic projections and forecasts, for example, we've made better progress in predicting energy changes and demand over a 100-year cycle. Climate prediction is a classic example of an experiment you can't run in nature. You need to simulate it. It helps a lot to have many decades of hard experimental data in storage, as we do at ORNL. This is important because it allows you to run the simulation backwards in time for validation before you project to the future. These huge simulations require a lot of computational power. Our NCCS Leadership Computing Facility is an extremely powerful tool to place at the disposal of some of the world's most creative scientific minds in the field of climate science.
HPCwire: The International Panel on Climate Change's so-called Fourth Assessment is due out in 2007. I gather the main purpose is to take a more detailed look at global warming. Can you give us an update?
Zacharia: Sure. The IPCC runs were completed earlier this year. A significant portion of the runs, which in total simulated 1,100 years, were calculated at ORNL's Leadership Computing Facility using the CCSM2 climate model in a high-resolution atmospheric configuration. A couple of hundred papers have already been published on the IPCC runs, which look at climate as a function of atmospheric carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. Among other things, the runs confirmed that smaller concentrations of these gases result in less warming.
HPCwire: Oak Ridge is heading toward petaflop computing capability by 2010. What will that make possible in climate science that can't be done on today's best HPC systems?
Zacharia: We plan to have petascale capability sometime in the 2008-2010 timeframe. Our experience, not only in climate science but other fields, is that as computing ability increases, two things improve. First, you can go to more accurate models with finer grid resolution. In climate science, people are talking about moving from today's 100-kilometer global models to 30-kilometers and eventually five-kilometer models. Second, you can add many variables that researchers don't include today because they don't have enough compute power. There are about 100 non-linear variables we'd like to see included in climate simulations. In particular, we envision a strong need to include a fully active carbon cycle inside the more traditional physically-based climate simulations. In climate science today, as in many other compute-intensive disciplines, we have to practice deliberate reductionism in order to complete simulations in reasonable periods of time.
HPCwire: You're also working on how to create and control plasma energy, which is the same energy the sun produces through an atomic fusion reaction. What can you tell us about this?
Zacharia: ORNL is one of the leading participants in the multibillion-dollar ITER project, which is a major collaboration involving the U.S. and various nations in Europe and Asia. ITER stands for International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor. Starting in 2006, the goal is to develop, by 2016, a working plasma energy reactor based on the same atomic fusion process that occurs in the sun. The ultimate goal is for this to lead to fusion power plants to produce electricity. This form of energy is almost limitless and it's very clean. Using our new Cray X1E machine, ORNL has been able to do the fastest and most-detailed simulations to date of the waves that will be used to control the plasma in the ITER reactor.
The U.S. is making a significant contribution to the ITER project, and the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory and ORNL are leading the U.S. effort. PPPL and ORNL won the competition to manage the U.S. ITER project office. In addition, ORNL was just awarded the contract to carry out the Fusion Simulation Project that will evaluate the impact of the ITER reactor.
HPCwire: How are things going with the installation and ramp-up of your big Cray systems?
Zacharia: Things are going very well. The Cray X1E has been terrific. Our experience with the predecessor Cray X1 computer was extremely good, so we decided to upgrade to an 18.5-teraflop X1E. We subjected the X1E to rigorous acceptance tests, and it passed with flying colors. We already have five grand challenge projects running on it and are seeing a lot of breakthrough science that has not been possible on other contemporary HPC systems.
Our experience on the Cray XT3 has been really good so far. Cray was able to deliver it on time and we have been putting it through its paces. We also have very rigorous acceptance tests for the XT3, and we expect to accept the system soon. It's different from the situation with the X1E. We knew a lot about the X1E because of our experience with the X1. We didn't have prior experience with the XT3. We have 56 cabinets of the new XT3 installed and running, and it's already delivering new science for us. We're very excited about this system. As we get more experience with it, it will continue to improve as a production resource for our Leadership Computing Facility.
HPCwire: Will the U.S. and international climate communities have any access to ORNL's computing resources?
Zacharia: I'll be surprised and disappointed if we don't get proposals from the broader climate science community to use our new HPC resources. ORNL has provided substantial support to the climate community in recent years and I expect this to continue. DOE has set aside 10 percent of our Leadership Computing Facility resources for the INCITE program, which seeks computationally intensive research projects of large scale that can make high-impact scientific advances through the use of a large allocation of computer time and data storage. The INCITE program is open to proposals from anyone and everyone, including industry.
HPCwire: Is there anything else to add?
Zacharia: Just that we're really excited about the prospect of taking
computational science to substantially new levels. It's a great opportunity
for science. We are on the cusp of an era where tremendous new discoveries
will be realized using computing. We in the HPC community are facing some
real challenges in terms of effective software, effective hardware and
effective facilities at this scale. My sense is that at the petascale level
and beyond, these challenges will have to be addressed much more interdependently.
It is a great opportunity and a responsibility to do it right.
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Yes, I need to get out those more recent photos myself & label them before its too late! lol So I don't have much room to talk, do I?

Later, DebJoDebhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3593186135478542768.post-25847779507337056462009-02-04T18:45:00.000-06:002009-02-04T18:45:00.000-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Debhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3593186135478542768.post-86671116953954522752009-02-04T18:17:00.000-06:002009-02-04T18:17:00.000-06:00Great advice, Deb! I've got so many old--very old...Great advice, Deb! I've got so many old--very old--photos and no idea who any of them are. There are several that are obviously the same people, so I'm thinking that they are probably related to me, but who knows?

You know, I hadn't thought about the fact that I might not recognize photos in my own album in the future, but you're right, times change and people fade out of our lives--guess I'd better get to labeling them before I get any older:)Rose Maryhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com


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Most infected contact wearers used Bausch product
CHICAGO (Reuters) - New data from U.S. health authorities
released on Tuesday found that two-thirds of patients with a
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The CDC said it is still too soon to blame a particular
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result in blindness and eye loss.
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- Artist: Ricardo Greenaway
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- Release Date: 4/24/2007
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A native of Trinidad & Tobago, Ricardo Greenaway comes from a family of musicians. Because of this influence, it was only natural that Ricardo would become a steel pan player, following in the footsteps of his mentor Venice 'Snags' Villaruel. Ricardo started his formal steel pan education at Malick Senior Comprehensive School in Trinidad and went on to become a member of the Solo Harmonites steel band at the age of sixteen. In 1983, he made his debut in the School Music Festival (Trinidad & Tobago) and won his first competition with Exodus, in the East Zone Panorama championship. In 1990, he followed up with his first national championship while playing with Amoco Renegades. Throughout his career Ricardo has won various awards for his talent and musicianship. He has performed at several competitions with many bands including, Solo Harmonites, Exodus, Cordettes, Amoco Renegades, T&T Police Ensemble, Brooklyn Pan Rebels, Silhouettes, Sonatas and Miami Island Boys. He also has performed at the Trinidad Hilton, Piarco International Airport, Naparima Bowl and several Trinidad & Tobago Panorama competitions. In addition, Ricardo has performed at the 2003 U.S. Open (Queens, NY) and the World Music Series (Bronx, NY). He also adds several solo performances to his credits and appearances on NBC's Third Watch and ABC's World News Tonight. Ricardo's goal is to continue to promote the rich cultural heritage of the steel pan through his music. He hopes it will be a source of inspiration for generations to come.


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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15559257.post6295174762142750398..comments2016-02-16T04:25:48.568-08:00Comments on Books are my only friends: An odd readTripphttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-15559257.post-35556636851942661852009-05-13T15:08:00.000-07:002009-05-13T15:08:00.000-07:00I skipped ahead a bit and it looks like it going t...I skipped ahead a bit and it looks like it going to end in the Sierra Madre, which I suspect will be cool. It doesn't kill the book, but it makes for a peculiar read at times.Tripphttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-15559257.post-44629049066165970812009-05-13T14:03:00.000-07:002009-05-13T14:03:00.000-07:00Sounds like John Man's book about Genghis Khan. J...Sounds like John Man's book about Genghis Khan. Just about the time you started to enjoy the book, he'd hit you with about 10 pages describing the facial features of some Mongolian goatherd who showed him his rock collection.

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A few months ago, my boss asked our eLearning team what our dream job would be if we could have it. He wanted us to think about it because he was setting up appointments to meet with each one of us and this was going to be part of the discussion. During my meeting, I told him that I love my job. It is by far the best job I have ever had and what I am doing now is what I was born to do. I love to make people happy. I get to do that every day as I show teachers how to do something they can use, or show them a tool that will make their life easier. I love to be able to answer questions quickly, find solutions, and make people smile.
I remember what it was like to be in the classroom with a need or a question. Sometimes it was like pulling teeth to get help or find someone that could answer a question for me. Occasionally I felt like people just didn't care, they were too busy, or that I was not a priority. I don't want anyone that I work with to ever have that feeling. I strive to make a difference for my school corporation and the eLearning department. I remember sitting in class during my 8th grade year listening to my industrial arts teacher. It was the first week of school and his room was short about ten stools for the students to sit on. He made the following statement: "If everything runs like it normally does in our corporation, then we should have those stools by Christmas time." I have never forgotten what he said and I don't want to have that type of reputation.
When you enjoy what you are doing so much that it doesn't feel like work, then you are doing the right thing. But if you hate going to work everyday, then you need to find something else to do. Life is too short to wake up every morning and dread where you are headed. That doesn't mean you won't ever have a bad day, but the bad days should be few and far between. How do you feel each morning about your day ahead? Do you love it? Do you have anxiety about it? Could you keep doing it forever? Do you need to make a change?
So, what is your dream job? Is it one that pays more money? We all would love to make more money. I am not going to lie, I would love to earn more money, but it is not the most important thing. My job meets my family's needs of food, shelter, clothes, and transportation. It also pays for many of my family's wants. If your salary is meeting your needs, and you love what you do, then keep doing what you are doing. There are plenty of people that are making six figures, but dislike what they do, never have time for family, or experience a crazy amount of stress. My mother always said, "Money will NOT buy you happiness."
For the year 2013, I would like to challenge you. Write down five to ten things that would be necessities for your dream job. Set goals on how you can make those five to ten things happen. You cannot just say you want them, your really have to set goals and decide how you are going to achieve them. Now go and start working toward those goals. What is stopping you? Start working today for what you have always wanted to do. If you wait for it to happen, it never will. Make some contacts. Talk to people. Lets make this thing happen! Lets make 2013 the year things started happening for you! Lastly, I would like to recommend the book 48 Days to the Work You Love by Dan Miller. It is available at Amazon and you can get it in audio format as well. Check it out and make it a Happy New Year!


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URQUHARTs of Dalkeith, Midlothian, and Dundee, Angus
I thought it was about time I posted my most recent findings in my URQUHART hunt!
So far I've traced my line back to my 6G Grandparents:
William URQUHART, born circa 1740, probably in Midlothian. He married Mary ROBERTSON (born circa 1740, also probably in Midlothian) (marriage date & location unknown; presumed circa 1762) and they had at least five children:
1. William URQUHART, born 16 Dec 1763, Dalkeith, Midlothian; bap 18 Dec 1763, Dalkeith, Midlothian.
2. John URQUHART, born 7 Feb 1766, Dalkeith, Midlothian.
3. Anne URQUHART, born 7 Aug 1767, Dalkeith, Midlothian; bap 9 Aug 1767, Dalkeith, Midlothian.
4. Alexander URQUHART, born 31 Mar 1770, Dalkeith, Midlothian; bap 8 Apr 1770, Dalkeith, Midlothian (see below).
5. Thomas URQUHART, born 22 Sep 1773, Dalkeith, Midlothian; bap 27 Sep 1773, Dalkeith, Midlothian.
Alexander URQUHART (above) was born on 31 Mar 1770, Dalkeith, Midlothian and bap 8 Apr 1770, Dalkeith, Midlothian. He died on 20 Feb 1821 at Dundee, Angus and was buried at the Dundee Howff Cemetery. Alexander URQUHART worked as a Cork-cutter. He married Margaret KERR (possibly born 8 Mar 1765, Newton, Midlothian; bap 5 Dec 1771, South Leith, Midlothian; died 5 Sep 1830, Dundee; possibly daughter of William KERR and Isabel AUCHINLECK) on 4 Jan 1788 at South Leith, Midlothian. Alexander URQUHART and Margaret KERR had at least eight children:
1. Margaret URQUHART, born 31 May 1793, Dundee, Angus; died 8.30pm, 23 Jun 1864, Briar Cottage, Lochee, Angus; death reported by James McGregor TOSH [grandson] [present]; cause of death: Gastritis. Her will was signed 9 Jun 1860 at Lochee, Angus. Probate was granted on 18 Mar 1865, and she left £256 - 6s - 3d plus property in her will. Margaret URQUHART married John MCGREGOR, Coppersmith (born circa 1789, Montrose, Angus) on 9 Jul 1810 at Dundee, Angus.
2. Alexander URQUHART, born 25 Jul 1795, Dundee, Angus.
3. Charles URQUHART, born 4 Sep 1796, Dundee, Angus
4. Thomas URQUHART, born 9 Jul 1798, Dundee, Angus; died circa 1798, Dundee, Angus.
5. Robertson URQUHART, born 6 Sep 1800, Dundee, Angus; died 5 May, 1830, Dundee, Angus.
6. Struther UQUHART (aka "Stother" and "Stretter"), born 4 May 1802, Dundee, Angus; died 1803, Dundee, Angus; buried 15 Aug 1803, Dundee Howff Cemetery.
7. William URQUHART, born circa 1804, Dundee, Angus; died circa 1804, Dundee, Angus.
8. Thomas URQUHART, born after 1798, Dundee, Angus. (From his sister, Margaret Urquhart McGregor's will (dated 1860):Second. Promissory note to the deceased by Thomas Urquhart, Liverpool and payable one day after date, dated the seventeenth day of December Eighteen hundred and sixty Interest paid thereon half yearly in advance.......................... £100)
Does anyone link to, or know anything about, the above family? I'm always happy to share data, and would welcome new information about this branch of the URQUHARTs.
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I came across this site strictly by accident, and really know nothing about Genealogy. However, on behalf of my children and grandchildren, I would like any ancestry information I can get...My husband, Bobby,has very little information on his father's family..Percy Leroy Letchworth born around 1913, I believe, in Mississippi, possibly Monticello.Percy was married to Daphne Audele Hilton, and had four children, Kenneth, Bobby, Sharon (deceased) and Ronny.
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Even in a world where nothing should be taken for granted — banks, climate, Miley Cyrus — one may persuasively argue that most people are pleased to receive a New Year's Eve party invitation.
The old joke still holds: What are the two saddest words in the English language? "What party?"
But while most people may enjoy festivities, a party invitation can turn a mood ring to black with the inclusion of just one little modern-day directive: festive dress.
What, exactly, does festive dress mean?
"I agree, it's pretty confusing," said Zachary Sacks, an investment analyst in New York. "I've read that it could mean black tie, or it could mean a tweed sport coat."
Designer Michael Bastian is more acerbic. "You need new friends, that's what it means," he said. "It's so vague and confusing."
Keep one thing in mind: Your potential host is not trying to torture you. A mood killer for any party is bad decor, and like it or not, you are part of it.
Nothing kills the fun faster than a bunch of guys who look as if they had just finished moving stuff into storage. There isn't enough bourbon in the world to cut that ice.
A good party requires a festive atmosphere, which requires guests who appear to have made an effort to look it.
One of the merits of a black-tie affair is that it offers a simple set of instructions — all you need worry about is whether your tux shirt is clean and pressed and the pants still fit.
Festive dress, on the other hand, incites its own brand of fashion panic, its innocent-sounding premise being simply that you wear something special.
The advanced calculus required to gauge the appropriate degree of inappropriateness vexes even style veterans, although most have developed workarounds.
"I kind of have a uniform for office parties and holiday parties," Bastian said. "What I do is put on a basic tuxedo shirt with a solid navy or black tie, a tweed jacket, a red pocket square and some sort of fancy shoe or velvet slipper.
"I think a tuxedo shirt worn without a tuxedo is a great way to do it. It says, 'I got the assignment, I made a little effort, but I'm still cool.'
"There's still an expectation that you don't abandon every shred of your regular style just because it's a holiday. It's not Halloween."
Indeed, according to experts in such matters, part of what festive dress suggests is that you steer away from anything that smacks of costume. In other words, leave the tinsel for the tree.
"I see guys with gold vests and funky bow ties," said Ralph Auriemma, design director for Paul Stuart's Phineas Cole line. "I'm still an old-school advocate of elegant men's wear, something with a point of view from another period of time. I'm not talking about Sherlock Holmes, though that would be festive."
Men who overdo it are easy to wince at, but there is no excuse for the many more who err on the side of safe.
There are plenty of easy options, like a casually dressy sport coat or an elegant cardigan or pullover that's a little too la-di-da for walking the dog.
The velvet sport jacket that has come into fashion of late is perhaps the simplest and best example.
"Provided it's well-tailored," said Madeline Weeks, fashion director for GQ.
All a man really needs, she said, is one item that shows you tried: a sharply cut silk sport coat with a dull sheen, silver leather tie or black-and-white spectator wingtips.
But make a plan: "Sometimes, guys don't think about it till it's too late and then run out the door in a T-shirt and a leather jacket.
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Friday, February 13, 2009
I'd say people just don't believe President Hopeychangeypants
So I went off to take care of some other things, then went back by a couple of hours later and was able to shoot. Aside from general practice(I need more) I'd wanted to try something. While back I'd gotten an extra-power Wolff recoil spring for the compact .45, and with Gold Dots it worked perfectly, but with lighter practice loads I kept getting something I'd NEVER had before: double-feeds. I'd wind up with a round in the chamber and the next round from the magazine trying to feed. The combination of the stronger recoil spring and lighter loads managed the combination of ejecting the empty, jarring the next round out of the mag and into the chamber, and then trying to feed the round after that as the slide tried to close. Downright strange. So before I left I'd put the standard spring back in, and no double-feeds.
Amazing what you run across.
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Double feeds also can result from heavy bullets, and weak magazine springs. Usually happens at the last few rounds in the mag. I can't see how a heavier spring would cause that, but it's hard to argue with a bound up pistol. To check mag springs, put 1 round in each mag, and press them together round-to-round.
- Dan said...
Got the same sort of double feed issues with my Desert Eagle Mk VII when I first brought it home. I didn't think to purchase ammo with it... already had .44 at the house, but didn't realize that it was ALL 180 gr. Winchester white box stuff that I keep around for target plinking with my Super Blackhawk.
Anyway, long story short... went back out, bought the 240 gr that the manual... hate it when I have to read that... clearly states is the minimum that will cycle the firearm properly. Needless to say, everything from 240 gr up to 305 gr has cycled it perfectly. Oddly, the Hornady rounds (all that I have tried) will not fit the magazine. And, I am still a bit confused about the action required to double feed.
I mean, the slide is forced back, it ejects the spent casing and chambers a round on return. How does the second round get involved?
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Beats hell out of me. I researched it and came across the same thing everywhere: if you have a live round in the chamber and a second trying to feed, it's the mag spring losing tension. Except I tried new springs in a couple of mags, and different mags: no change. And it would happen at any point in the load: after first round, or second, or sixth, at random. Original power recoil spring installed: problem gone.
Dan, my understanding(if you can call it that) is that in the right combination of things, during the slide back/ejection stroke, if the mag spring is light it can allow inertia to cause the top round in the mag to 'stay in place' and the mag & frame move out from under it, and it then winds up going at least partially into the chamber; then as the slide comes forward and strips the next round out of the mag, it either drives the first into the chamber or just runs into it, giving the double-feed jam.
- Dan said...
Appreciate the enlightenment... it never occurred to me that the double feed could be caused by the magazine moving relative to the round. Still, the double feed phenomenon happened with the magazines that came with the handgun (all purchased used about 5 months ago) and with all four of the magazines that I purchased afterward. Yes, after resolving the issue, I had to see if I could recreate the problem with new magazines.
And yes, somewhere between round 4 and round 7 it would either double feed or not clear the spent casing correctly... the spent casing would get caught by the returning slide, thereby getting mashed against the breech sideways with an unfired round under it. All problems were once again resolved when I increased the "weight" going from 180 gr to 240 gr. Do appreciate the insight.


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This is a talk about winning the nerd lottery: The luckiest fanboy in fandom gets a shot to spend three months with unfettered access to mission control--that's a journalistic first and potential NASA no-no. It's just your average summer trying to capture the story of 130 of the world's best planetary scientists exploring the north pole of Mars. It's a warts-and-all look at the Phoenix Mars mission and NASA's space narrative from a regular guy who once dreamed of leaving the planet. We'll focus our space story on a Martian photographer. "Don't call me that," Peter Smith, the world's greatest Martian Photographer says. "And don't make me look like some wacko mad scientist." Peter has a hard enough time with the mission's image as it is. Peter is particular about image because he knows how getting it right has the potential to inspire the next generation of adventurers. More than half his team is here because they grew up watching Apollo and Viking missions. "What's going to inspire the next generation?" He wants to know. We all want to know.
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From February till March horse & cattle shows are held in different agricultural centers of Pakistan. The famous ones being at remount stadium Sahiwal horse show , Dera Ismail Khan horse and cattle show, Sibi mela and Lahore. Such shows are held to provide an opportunity to breeders to exhibit their stock and ex- change views and learn about cattle and horse breeding.
The National horse and cattle show in Lahore is held at the Fortress Stadium usually in end feburary early march. The festival features livestock from all over Pakistan, as well as folk dancing , camels and horse dancing displays, traditional music, Military pipe bands give a colourfull display,. There is tent-pegging competitions between different regions, games and handicraft exhibitions are held.
Dates of these festivals are not fixed and need to be coordinated with us.
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Women's Soccer Defeats Madonna 3-0 Wednesday Afternoon
Wednesday, September 09, 2009
In a rain-interrupted contest at Calvins Zuidema soccer field, the Calvin women's soccer team continued its unbeaten streak and prevailed in a 3-0 shut-out over the Madonna Crusaders.
After trading opportunities in the early stages of the game, Carly Prins knocked a header into the top shelf of the goal to put Calvin up a score over the Crusaders of the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference. Prins header came in the 17th minute on the receiving end of a driven Lauren Heyboer corner kick from the right wing. That goal was all the Knights would have needed, but they didnt stop there.
Perhaps the most effective weapon in slowing down the Knights was the weather. With just under 14 minutes remaining in the first half, the game was postponed for a half hour due to thunder.
Sophomore striker Kara Zondervan added to the Knights total with the first goal of her collegiate career, assisted by freshman Jillian Honderd and Elaine Schnabel. Early in the second half, Schnabel delivered a cross from the right flank, Honderd contributed a touch inside the box, and Zondervan redirected the ball into the side panel of the goal to score the second goal of the game.
Schnabel completed the trio of scores with an unassisted strike from just inside the box in the 78th minute.
Defensively, the Knights conceded a few threatening chances to the Crusaders, but goalkeeper Kayla Sulzer came off her line with a diving save twice to preserve a clean score-sheet.
Despite the convincing final score, Coach Mark Recker saw plenty of opportunity for improvement.
I didnt think we were sharp. There were periods when we gave good effort and we capitalized on some chances, said Recker. He did see some energy from his team. When energy is there, good things happen, he added.
Zondervan echoed her coachs sentiments, We were a little sloppy, but this year our team is pretty good at finishing, so it should be a good year, she said.
Calvin will have a day to prepare before an action-packed weekend of play. On Friday, the 24th ranked Knights host sixth-ranked Denison. And on Saturday, both the mens and womens teams play Kenyon, Ohio. A contest with fifth-ranked Wheaton also looms on the Knights nonconference schedule.
Coach Recker said of this difficult stretch of games, We arrange the schedule so the team has measuring sticks in competition. Each game shows some limitations that you adjust to accordingly. It allows the players to play against the best.
The victory over Madonna propelled the Knights to 4-0 and dropped the Crusaders to 1-4. The Knights also furthered their 19 game unbeaten streak at their home which dates back to September of last year.


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Fredy Guarin has insisted that he hasn't joined Inter with the intention of returning to Porto in the summer.
The Colombian moved to Italy in January on loan with an option to buy outright at the end of the season for €13.5m [12].
"I know that there is a deadline for Inter to take up their option on me," noted the midfielder on Thursday.
"But I've already made up my mind. I didn't come here to stay for six months, I made the move to stay here for years.
"The fact that the club chose me during a delicate time of the season motivates me and I hope to pay them back for their faith in me.
"I've wanted to join Inter for two years. I had spoken to Ivan Cordoba about it…"
Guarin arrived at the club with an injury, but he did impress during his debut in Sunday's 5-4 win over Genoa.
"I'm at the disposal of the Coach," added the South American. "I give my best during the week and then it is up to the Coach to decide.
"Inter are used to winning and fighting for the title – I just want to give my contribution in order for us to take off again."
The Nerazzurri have had a tough season so far and are currently seventh in Serie A, seven points shy of the last Champions League spot.
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