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Tuesday, 21 December 2010
1st Prenatal Visit
I ran the 20 minutes to the clinic in my sweatpants, gangsteresque winter hat, sweatshirt, backpack. I own the only two pairs of sweatpants in Denmark, so I invariably get looks. But yesterday was a little different because there is now SO MUCH SNOW here that it's nearly impossible to drive and truly impossible to bike, unless you are Jill Homer riding on a bike called Pugsley. So you get cred for arriving anywhere - in any apparel.
First order of business was last menstrual period. Well, I had forgotten about that, since I had been so focused on the day I ovulated. "Well, I can tell you my due date based on the day I ovulated", I offered. She could not have cared less about the day I ovulated. I finally came up with the real first day of LMP - Oct. 22nd. This pushes my due date back 4 days to July 29 (the real due date is, of course, August 2nd). The best thing about having the wrong due date on my record is a get an extra 4 days off of work! "WHAT?" you Americans say. Yes, I get a full 8 weeks paid maternity leave BEFORE the baby is born. So my last day of work will be June 2nd!! (wrapping my arms around Denmark in a big hug) SR just about shit his pants when he heard this. "You get 8 weeks to run and workout while I have to work!" (He just pointed out to me he said "work out" and not "workout"). In all honesty, it will only be 7 weeks since women who run while pregnant tend have 39 week pregnancies instead of 40 (hey, but actually 7 weeks and 4 days!).
Then I learned my height in centimeters (but subsequently forgot it again). It is hard to convince a nurse that you are a physician when you don't know your own height. I just can't get used to metric for length! Anyway, I got weighed with clothing at 54 kg. So I have MAYBE gained a half a kg or 1 lb in the first 8 weeks - and she told me I was a little underweight. Well, I have been working on that, I ate an entire quiche from the frozen section at the grocery store last night (I didn't eat it frozen - I'm not THAT lazy). I have found the more protein and fat and the less carbs, the less likely I will puke.
Finally, she said one of the blood tests that would be drawn was to test for Down Syndrome. Well, I said no. There was a moment of confusion and she tried to regain her composure... but how could I not want it? I started thinking of all the things I don't agree with in Danish life. In my mind, they force everyone (in that "everyone does it" way) to be tested for babies with Down Syndrome so the Society doesn't have to pay for their costly lives. It's all about creating a country where everyone is equally productive. I had to repeat about 20 times for her that I didn't want it and state why almost as many. So here's why: Being 31, my chance of having a baby with Down Syndrome is about 1/900. What is the chance that the test tells me I have a risk for a baby with it, but actually don't? - probably higher. So then I have to deal with the stress of "maybe I have an abnormal baby" and deal with making the decision about what to do. The thing is, for me, the decision is simple: do nothing and just have the baby. For SR the decision is equally simple: if the test says Down syndrome, get an abortion. Well, I am no Pro-Life advocate, but I strongly believe that no non-harmful natural process should be interrupted (there is also risk in having an abortion). Anyway, SR and I had a long discussion about it - and from his point of view, I made the absolute wrong decision. And now, since I said no to the blood test, he says I won't be offered an ultrasound either - because that is simply part of the triple test for Down Syndrome. Kind of sucks to not even get to know if I am going to have twins or not! I may have to go back to the eye department and try to get better at abdominal ultrasounds with a tiny probe. Gosh, with a 1/900 chance of having a Down Syndrome baby, you'd think they could find a better test to do on young women - like "Cri du chat", or something (okay, if anyone besides SR knows what that is, I'll be impressed - NO LOOKING IT UP AND PRETENDING YOU KNEW, PEOPLE!).
Running songs of the day: I Don't Want Anybody that Wants Me by Make Out
and American Mourning by Bikini
21 comments:
- May-Britt Hansen said...
I´ve allready told you that the real date is July 30th ;-)
- 21 December 2010 at 13:45
- PiccolaPineCone said...
I can tell you that "cri du chat" is not a known expression among my french canadian and acadian colleagues. though I have never had so many people make the cat hissing sound at me in one morning... and it's only 8.15 am here.
p.s. b/c SteveQ would say, it's all about me - Oct. 22 was my date of LMP for my pregnancy and July 25 was my due date (cocotte was born Aug. 1). meaning your baby and my toddler are season-locked so I can totally set you up with season-appropriate hand-me-downs
- 21 December 2010 at 14:20
- Karen said...
Those ultrasounds in the ophthalmology department sound way more exciting than having a tech do it anyways.
- 21 December 2010 at 16:34
- SteveQ said...
I know what "cri du chat" is; I've heard it. I've seen the "simian crease" - which is a just terrible name. I've seen the "Mongoloid epicanthic folds," which insults two groups of people at once. What I've never experienced is a parent of a child with Down Syndrome not loving that child. I can't even fault Sarah Palin on that (as much as I fault her on everything else).
There's such an incredible range in affectedness in Down's kids. We just tend to think of the worst cases, which can be very trying to parents.
@PPC: because it's all about me, I was due on July 24th (my brother Tom's birthday) and came August 6, which explains why I was such a big baby then (though not why I'm such a big baby now). My mother was 39 and father 51, so there was a fair chance of my being a Down's baby.
- 21 December 2010 at 17:56
- Mapp said...
If somebody is perfectly qualified to tell you what cri du chat is, being French, that's me. Except I have no clue. But at least, I have not cheated.
Now... with an expected due date between 25/07 and 01/08, how are your plans to come to the French Alps and ideally do a trail race here around, well, July 25 and Aug 1, wasn'it, look like? In other words, should I be coming up with best trail races or best maternity wards suggestions? And yes, I do remember you emailed me and I still owe you an answer... You may even get it before the end of the year...
- 21 December 2010 at 18:41
- Mapp said...
I have just re-read what I have written and realised I constructed my sentence as if I wanted to make sure nobody would understand it. Let's hope I am doing slightly better in my own blog, but there is a fat chance I am not. God thing I am a better runner than writer.
And, looking on the bright side, that will at least serve one purpose which is to make your number of comments / number of posts ratio go even higher.
- 21 December 2010 at 18:47
- Fast Bastard said...
Oh my god, for the sake of all that's holy and pure, crazy woman...
You still get the 18-week ultra-sound. The 12 week ultrasound (the "neck fold" scan) is part of the eval for possible Down's. So if it's two Finnbjørns or Finnbjørgs, we'll still know.
And if they do find something suspicious on the blood tests and neck fold scans, they do an amniocentesis to find out if it is indeed a baby with Down's syndrome.
If we went down that road, and we learned that we did have a baby on the way with Down's, I'm NOT sure I would want the abortion. I don't know enough about Down's syndrome.
But it's like any other type of screening; people hope for a negative result to give them peace of mind and rarely consider the consequences.
Steve, Down's is indeed a spectrum, but some (maybe the majority?) of that phenomenon is explained by mosaicism, ie. only some of the cells carrying the trisomy 21. You can carry as little as a 1/16 Down's mosaic and by completely asymptomatic. I do suspect a mosaic (or a translocation) would show up as part of the amniocentesis work-up. Usual karyotyping involves 25 copies, so they wold certainly be able to demonstrate a ratio of normal chromosomes to tri(21)s.
- 21 December 2010 at 19:29
- Kate said...
The scenario you described basically happened to me. I was pregnant, due to have the baby at age 31. Got the first trimester triple screen and got abnormal results. So instead of 1/900 they were saying 1/75 or something. Which of course means 74/75 chance of no abnomalities, but at that point, all your brain hears is that the baby has Downs. Like you, I would have kept the baby either way, I just wanted to know in advance so that I could start preparing and learning more about it and not just be surprised by it at the birth. So they gave me a CVS (lower risk than amnio) and determined that the baby did not have Down's. Anyway, there is no point to all of this except to say that I totally can understand how you are feeling or thinking about it. Funny thing is that after all of that mess the first time around, I still did the triple screen with our 2nd child during the first trimester, because again, I just wanted to know. Hope you find peace of mind either way. Good luck.
- 21 December 2010 at 20:16
- The Chapples said...
My LMP was Oct 28th and was told yesterday at my nurse visit that the due date is August 4th so your July 29th due date lines right up. I am also opting not to have the quad screen, just like I did last time. No desire to know all of that. Case closed. Luckily my practice doesn't push it at all. They just asked if I wanted to schedule it around week 15 and I said no and she moved on.
Glad you're finding some solutions to your sickness! I am still luckily skirting that again - woooo! - but have the lovely side stitch going on all of the time on my right side where I've literally been running digging my fingers into the painful spot.
I have an ultrasound on THursday and can't wait. I don't know how you stand the waiting!!
- 22 December 2010 at 00:08
- Stefanie Schocke said...
I did not cheat- but I do know what "cri du chat" is...but that's because my Master's is in Special Ed and have a friend with a daughter with it.
I hope you can get the ultrasound. I liked giving birth in the summer. My first was born 8/7/06 (due the 8/17/06, LMP 11/10/05). It was so easy to keep a good exercise routine due to warm weather (not that you'll be lacking in that department).
And...what if a runner quits running at 33 weeks? Do they still typically deliver at 39? For some reason I think I read in Clapp's book it's only if exercise is intense up until delivery- right?
- 22 December 2010 at 03:09
- Marathon Princess said...
I'm one runner who didn't follow the 39 week pregnancy, I actually had to be induced at 41 weeks, darn baby didn't want to come out with the cold weather we had! Maybe that doesn't apply since I had to quit running at 34 weeks due to SPD even though I kept up with working out on the elliptical.
Have you tried B6 for nausea? That was the one thing that got me through the early days.
- 22 December 2010 at 03:44
- Kirsten said...
Can't you just have the ultrasound privately in one of those private hospitals that everybody loves to hate?
Agree with May-Britt, July the 30th is a nice day to give birth - I've done it......
- 22 December 2010 at 12:08
- Fast Bastard said...
As I described above, the "regular" ultrasound at 18 weeks has nothing to do with the "neck fold" or "nuchal fold" ultrasound at 11-13 weeks. While they would be able to tell if Sea Legs is carrying twins, the test is performed to look evalutate for the risk of Down's syndrome.
The "regular" ultrasound, looking for arms, legs, penises, and what have you, is unrelated to the Down's debacle.
- 22 December 2010 at 12:20
- Glaven Q. Heisenberg said...
Well, "cri" = "cry", right? And "chat" = "cat"? And I assume in French, "cat" and "pussy" are interchangeable just as in English, and so "cri du chat" means ... something so dirty that even I won't type it.
I just can't get used to metric for length!
Don't even try, sister! Metric measurement is just something European males made up so that it would make their penises seem larger than they would in inches because they know if you knew how small they (their penises, that is) are, they'd never make your "chat" "cri", as it were.
My word verification is "classuppl", which I assume is short (or "metric") for "class up the place", which I have now done.
- 22 December 2010 at 12:38
- sea legs girl said...
I can't help laughing at you Francophones. Especially Mapp, being French and thus MORE qualified than a French Canadian to discuss "cri du chat". Ha ha ha.. Poor PPC! But, seriously, Marie-Aline, I have been there. I used to get so mad when people in France asked me if I was French Canadian - because they don't speak REAL French there!
It is a good thing I have this blog so I can get some real answers out of my husband :).
There is now a lot of pressure to have our baby July 30th - I guess I'll "push" for that. wakawakawaka
Piccola - oh my, well, I had better have girl or an effeminate boy. Thanks for the offer.
Stefanie - oh, I hearken back to the days of my first pregnancy when I ran outside until mid november - when I was too big to run long anyway. It sucks being able to run but NOT being able to run in any place fun due to snow. And I know you're also suffering in Chicago!
Finally, I really want to thank everyone for the honest, heartfelt input about the tests for Down Syndrome. Really interesting to learn about different experiences.
- 22 December 2010 at 19:41
- sea legs girl said...
Glaven - what sort of miniscule unit of measurement do the men in New Jersey use?
- 22 December 2010 at 19:43
I have several friends who had the same experience as Kate- were told of an elevated risk, and had a few weeks of extreme anxiety, when in fact the baby was totally normal. Anecdotally, I don't know anyone who ended up having a baby with a serious abnormality, but MANY people who had 'abnormal' preliminary results. I also elected not to do the triple screen. I am ardently pro-choice, but decided after giving it a lot of thought that I would only be willing to terminate if the baby had a serious congenital abnormality, ie missing its brain or similar.
I know what Cri du Chat is, but like the previous commenter I am in Special Ed.
I hope your nausea diminishes; I was fortunate to not experience any pregnancy nausea, it sounds just miserable.
- 23 December 2010 at 08:53
- SteveQ said...
It's been a while since I've been completely irrelevant and wierdly crude at the same time: so, just for Glaven... there was a study that found that Danish men have, on the average, the largest testicles (Korean men the smallest). Now you can start wondering why I read such a study.
- 23 December 2010 at 17:19
- SteveQ said...
I have a new favorite song! "Famine Affair" by Of Montreal. It's not a great running song - and you might not care for it - but I absolutely love it!
- 23 December 2010 at 18:29
- sea legs girl said...
Oh my gosh - A new Of Montreal Song! Thank you. The chance that I WON'T like it is smaller than any of the disease probabilities discussed above! Even smaller than Korean testicles (now that was a weird factoid!) :)
- 24 December 2010 at 07:27
- Katie said...
That stinks that you and SR disagree on the whole blood test thing. I didn't have any tests either, but Nick was right there with me. Neither of us could imagine having an abortion and neither of us wanted to worry about it. I'm also 31. I do think there is some pressure here in the states to have all that testing done too. During my pregnancy, I managed to sneak a peak at my medical record while I was waiting for the doctor. There was one section called "known issues" that identified genetic tests that I had refused. I was a little irritated and decided to press the doctor. She was a little embarrassed actually. She told me that it wasn't an issue that I had declined the tests and I wasn't in any high risk category, they just for some reason place it under "known issues."
- 29 December 2010 at 16:07


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Defensive end: Jason Pierre-Paul, Giants. All of the familiar faces are gone from the Giants' defensive line. All that is left is JPP, JPP's expectations, JPP's injuries and JPP's disappointments, which makes for a troubling front four. OK, that's not quite true: Damontre Moore and Johnathan Hankins have upside, Cullen Jenkins is disruptive in spurts and Mathias Kiwanuka is still in the Kennedy rocker telling "how our front four single-handedly beat the undefeated Patriots" stories none of the youngsters believe. Without something close to the 2011 version of JPP, the Giants will have more trouble rushing the passer than the Cowboys.
Linebacker: Darryl Sharpton, Redskins. London Fletcher is retired. In his place is Sharpton, a former Wade Phillips mix-and-match linebacker for the Texans. Sharpton played well in relief of Brian Cushing and other injured starters, and he is a versatile puzzle piece, but replacing one of the NFL's all-time stalwarts for a team banking on a sudden turnaround will be a tough task.
Linebacker: The Broncos Middle Linebackers. Hey Broncos, you forgot something! Something big! You left the offseason process without a middle linebacker! Your depth chart currently lists Jamar Chaney as the starter, with Nate Irving, L.J. Fort and rookie Lamin Barrow as the challengers. As a Philly guy, I remember Chaney well: He was a try-hard guy who looked pretty good for the discombobulated 2011 Dream Team defense because he was one of the few guys who cared about where he lined up and was not checking his investment portfolio in the huddle. That was three years ago, so projecting him as a Super Bowl-caliber starter is nutty. Irving is a loyal super-sub. The others … I have no idea. This is a heck of a hole to leave empty while in win-now mode, which is why John Fox and Jack Del Rio must not consider it a hole. Maybe they have untold faith in Chaney and the others, or a surprise challenger for the job or an all-nickel tactic up their sleeve. Let's hope so. It would stink to ruin Peyton Manning's golden years because the Bengals slammed the ball off tackle against you in the playoffs.
Linebacker: Shea McClellin, Bears. McClellin left college as an odd fit for a cover-2 scented 4-3 defense: He was a small, quick end with a knack for dropping into coverage and ranging around the field, making him much more of a 3-4 linebacker. The Bears don't use a 3-4, so McClellin bulked up and tried to cut it as a rush end. He didn't, and by last season he was one of the guys chasing ballcarriers down after 20-yard runs, when not coping with foot and hamstring injuries. The Bears moved McClellin to linebacker, and he's dropped weight, reportedly upping his 40-time in the process. The Bears have completely overhauled their defense, but McClellin's transformation is the key to that of the Bears: He can prove that the team still knows what to do with defensive talent, and he can turn a massive 2013 minus into a big plus.
Safety: Michael Griffin, Titans. The Titans are never sure if they are contending or rebuilding; they always seem content to bob along at 7-9, which is why they let assets such as Alterraun Verner walk and don't bother replacing them in free agency or the draft. Jason McCourty (pretty good) and either Coty Sensabaugh or Blidi Wreh-Wilson (unproven) are now their starting corners, so the Titans better get a great performance from their free safety. Griffin is coming off knee and foot surgeries in the offseason, and he narrowly escaped cap-casualty status after another good-not-great season that did not live up to his $8 million price tag. Griffin may be the consummate Tennessee Titan: inconsistent, overpaid, too good to overlook but not good enough to really worry about. If he can be a little more, he can keep his team in the playoff picture while they struggle to find themselves.
Safety: Kenny Vaccaro, Saints. Unlike many other players on the All-Hinge Team, Vaccaro has not been abandoned to do a difficult job all by himself. On the contrary: The Saints added Jairus Byrd as a pure free safety, then beefed up the cornerback corps with supersized rookie Stanley Jean-Baptiste and living-legend Champ Bailey. Instead, Vaccaro returns from a late-2013 foot injury to become the lynchpin of a whole new defensive strategy. Rob Ryan wants to deploy a "heavy nickel" formation next season, based on the one he used to quell an injury crisis last year. Byrd will play centerfield, with Vaccaro and Rafael Bush sliding all around the chessboard. Vaccaro's ability to morph from an undersized outside linebacker, to a hard-hitting safety, to a competent slot cornerback is a key to the whole operation. In the NFC playoff canopy, the Saints will live and die by Ryan's tactics, and Ryan's tactics will live and die by Vaccaro's health and ability to develop into one of the league's most unique defenders.
Cornerback: Dee Milliner, Jets. Rex Ryan likes to leave at least one cornerback on an island and forget about him. Dexter McDougle is not going to be that cornerback in 2014. Milliner may not be, either: Rex is not foolish when it comes to developing defenders. But someone has to cover the opponent's best receiver, and Milliner inherits the job by default. He was a great prospect coming out of Alabama, and he shook off a few ugly early season performances last year. But if opponents can suddenly throw deep against the Jets with little fear, it will be another long season in the Meadowlands, though for different reasons.
Cornerback: Ike Taylor, Steelers. Him again? Sheesh. I can remember sitting around NFL Films headquarters in 2008 debating the merits of Taylor. A "Taylor is toast" meme rumbled across the web back in 2012. And here we are, coming off a nearly cornerback-free Steelers draft, preparing for year nine of the Ike Taylor experience. To summarize half a decade of arguments: Taylor is asked to play deep zone often in the Steelers' cover-3 heavy system, and he often has no choice but to allow passes to occur in front of him as the Steelers sacrifice blanket coverage for confusion and sack opportunities. So even in his best seasons, Taylor appeared to allow too many receptions. That said, 2013 was not one of Taylor's best seasons -- opponents targeted him 109 times, a high total, and he allowed 8.9 per pass attempt, well above league average -- and he is not likely to have any more "best seasons" at age 34. Maybe Taylor can provide baseline capability for one more year. Maybe Cortez Allen or some other semi-prospect will replace him. Or maybe cornerback is just another one of those places where the Steelers have grown so used to diminishing returns that they no longer notice.
Kicker: Jay Feely, Cardinals. Steady and reliable for decades. Feely may be fading fast as his 38th birthday looms. Feely missed two field goals (including a 25-yarder) in a December victory over the Rams, then missed two more makeable attempts in the season finale against the 49ers. When you've locked the Niners into a 23-20 battle, you simply cannot afford 37- and 43-yard misses, and Feely's touchback rates aren't pinning opponents on their own 20-yard line, either. The Cardinals have signed some camp legs, including Clemson's Chandler Catanzaro, but it will be tough to supplant a veteran like Feely in camp. Was December a sign of age or random field-goal fluctuation? The Cardinals hope it's the latter, because it would stink to lose a playoff berth in the NFC West because of some lousy chip-shot field goals.


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The knives are already out. Samantha Power, it is alleged, is an enemy of Israel — this based on comments she made in response to a "thought experiment," comments she subsequently disavowed. She was asked, back in 2002, how her support for liberal interventionism to defend human rights abroad might be applied to a situation like the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Her reply? "What we need is a willingness to actually put something on the line in the service of helping the situation." And, she added, "The U.S. might also have to consider imposing a solution on the parties and deploy soldiers to take part in a peace-enforcement mission."
Let's be clear here: We are talking about the world's leading expert on genocide. Her Pulitzer Prize winning book, "A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide," is depressingly specific, laying out the essential indifference of the United States to the diverse genocides that have pocked out nation — indifference bordering on complicity. That a person of her accomplishment, of her expertise, of her passion, should be our nation's representative at the United Nations is a remarkable credit to the Obama administration.
Take, for just one example, the following from her magnum opus: "Before I began exploring American's relationship with genocide, I used to refer to U.S. policy toward Bosnia as a 'failure.' I have changed my mind. It is daunting to acknowledge, but this country's consistent policy of nonintervention in the face of genocide offers sad testimony not to a broken American political system but to one that is ruthlessly effective. The system, as it stands now, is working."
Now, one can be a stout enemy of genocide and a deprecator of Israel. The two are not mutually exclusive. But Ms. Power knows full well that a major chunk of her responsibility at the UN will be the protection of Israel — and, given her outspokenness, I would expect her to be as firm in Israel's defense as Pat Moynihan was in his day. The fact that she once called both Yasser Arafat and Ariel Sharon "dreadfully irresponsible" comes as no surprise, nor is it, in my view, an indication of a rush to judgment. It may have been impolitic to lump them together in one dismissive phrase, but that which is impolitic is not necessarily wrong. In the case at hand, it was, sadly, quite correct.
So what's the problem? The problem, evidently, is exactly as she put it in her book "No U.S. president has ever made genocide prevention a priority, and no U.S. president has ever suffered politically for his indifference to its occurrence. It is thus no coincidence that genocide rages on." The passing of the Genocide Convention by Congress owes not to a sudden interest by an incumbent president but principally to the astonishing record of then-senator William Proxmire (D: Wisconsin), who made it his preeminent cause. (Between 1967 and 1986, Proxmire gave no less than 3,211 speeches arguing that the United States should sign the UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. Finally, it did, and the bill was signed into law by President Ronald Reagan.)
I have met Ms. Power only once, a casual encounter at a Cambridge cocktail party where we engaged in a longish exchange on her then newish book, of which I was an early reader. She was, as near as I can recall, not yet 30. I wish I could say that I knew even then that she was destined for high office, but the truth is that no such thought crossed my mind. She was "just" another super-bright Cantabridgian who'd written a remarkable book.
Because of her work on genocide, Ms. Power is thought to be an "interventionist," a person whose readiness to call for American involvement in defense of human rights world-wide is her hallmark. And it is true that she was among the relatively few early champions of American intervention in Libya. But she turns out to be considerably more nuanced in her appraisal of where and how this country should move from verbal condemnation to active intervention. With regard to Syria, for example, she has been — for better or for worse — quite restrained.
Both as a foreign policy advisor to Obama back in his days as a senator and then as a candidate, and as a member of the National Security Council, she has amply demonstrated her bona fides as a team player well within the mainstream. I am not entirely happy about that; I cannot help wondering whether we would benefit more were she to have remained the outlier her book suggested she would be. But I can, and on the whole happily do, believe her nomination — yet to be confirmed by the Senate — is a splendid choice. It seems as if President Obama, unfettered by concerns about re-election, is determined to surround himself with this nation's best and brightest.


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2005 Mazda Mazda3 Reviews and Ratings
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The Mazda 3 is sporty, roomy and fun. It's available as a neatly styled four-door sedan or as a more adventurous looking five-door hatchback. The sedan has a sweet, rounded shape and smooth, cohesive design. The five-door looks more aggressive, but a lot of utility with its hatchback design and folding rear seats.
Quick, nimble handling makes the Mazda 3 (or Mazda3 as the company renders it) fun to drive on twisty country roads. The free-revving 2.3-liter engine delivers spirited performance. The five-speed manual transmission shifts beautifully, and there's an interesting automatic available with a manual-shift feature.
The four-door sedan is available with a choice of 2.0-liter or 2.3-liter four-cylinder engine. The five-door hatchback comes only with the 2.3-liter engine.
The Mazda3i four-door sedan comes with the 2.0-liter engine ($13,680). Standard equipment includes AM/FM/CD, tilt and telescope steering wheel with audio controls, 15-inch steel wheels, halogen headlights, a stainless steel exhaust system, wind-up windows and manual door locks. A five-speed manual gearbox is standard, an automatic transmission ($900) is optional. Air conditioning is optional ($850). Also optional: power windows, mirrors and door locks, cruise control, remote entry, an upgraded driver's seat, upgraded audio with six speakers, and 16-inch alloy wheels, available as a package ($1,400).
Two-stage frontal airbags are standard. We strongly recommend the safety package ($800), which includes side-impact airbags for the front seats, side air curtains for head protection for front and rear-seat passengers, and anti-lock brakes (ABS) with electronic brake-force distribution (EBD). That would make a well-equipped (and commonly equipped) Mazda3i more like $17,275 (with the $545 destination charge), or $18,175 with the automatic.
The Mazda3s is more powerful and better equipped. Available in the four-door ($16,615) and five-door ($17,105) styles, the 3s comes standard with all the power conveniences plus air conditioning, cruise control, an upgraded stereo and foglights. The five-door hatchback gets sporty 205/50 all-season radials on 17-inch steel wheels.
Options for the 3s include the automatic transmission ($900), the safety package with side-impact airbags, curtain airbags, ABS and EBD ($800); leather upholstery ($590); xenon high-intensity discharge headlights with a tire-pressure monitoring system ($700); and a navigation system ($1,750). A Sport Package ($490) combining 17-inch wheels with sill extensions is available for the 3s sedan.
A package combining a moonroof with a six-disc CD changer ($890) is available on all Mazda3 models. Sirius Satellite Radio ($399) can be dealer-installed in any Mazda3, though there's also a labor charge.
The Mazda3i is available at no charge as a Partial Zero Emissions Vehicle (PZEV) that trades four horsepower (down to 144 horsepower) for significant reductions in emissions.
Whether four-door sedan or five-door hatchback, the Mazda3 is a wonderful car to walk around. The four-door and the five-door share no body panels. This represents what Mazda is known for: innovation and the risk that comes with it. When you look at the two cars, you can see that the styling of each nose would only work with its own tail. Grafting a hatchback onto the nubile nose of the four-door would never do. The five-door needed an edgy proboscis, which it got. It's uncommon for a manufacturer to go to the extra expense of tooling more panels than absolutely necessary for a second body style, but Mazda had a high styling standard for this car.
The four-door sedan has a sweet rounded shape forward of the A-pillar. Mazda's trademark wedge grille has horizontal bars on the 3s, plain black mesh on the 3i. The headlamps have a smooth and sexy shape, swept back like cat's eyes and sparkling with three beams inside. The whole front bumper, including the air dam at the bottom with foglights in the corners, is impressively integrated. There's a small seam on each fender between the headlights and the wheel opening, and between the headlights there's only the hood crack. Everything south of that is one smooth and effective piece.
The rear of the sedan is another smooth cohesive design with an integrated bumper, and again only small seams at the edges. The deck is short and high and nicely softened at the top. At all four corners, the wheelwells fit tightly around the tires; there used to be a rule at Mazda that there had to be enough of a wheelwell gap to install tire chains without removing the tire, which the stylists hated and finally defeated with the Mazda3.
The five-door hatchback is no wider, but it appears wide-shouldered because of the aggressive nose; the fenders are dropped and sculpted to rise to the hood and flow into the front doors. The boxy top half makes the whole car look wider. There's less rake from the tops of the doors to the roof (affording more shoulder room), but the rear of the roof is gently rounded to the liftgate window, to soften the profile. There's a tidy spoiler above the rear window.
The rear fenders are aggressively defined over the wheels. There's a big notch in the rear bumper, under the hatchback's liftgate, to clear the back of your hand when you grab the latch. We thought the design was a bit exaggerated until we used it the first time and appreciated its excellent function.
The taillights chase after the twentysomething sport-compact set. The glass is clear, and inside there are three bulbs: amber turn signal, white backup, and red brake. It's a style that has gone more or less mainstream, with manufacturers trying to appeal to trends that began with aftermarket and the young.
It's especially nice that there's no chrome trim. Black around the windows, body colored everywhere else.
Mazda3 is a global car, sharing technology and components with the Volvo S40 (and the European-market Ford Focus). It's like a talent co-op. People say component sharing makes cars all the same but it's not so. Mazda developed the engines and transmissions, Volvo did the chassis and safety, and Ford of Europe did the basic suspension design. The tuning of the suspension was in Mazda's hands, worked out at its Hiroshima test track. Each manufacturer did what it does best, and the result is the best of three worlds.
A lot of work went into the rigid unibody chassis. In a head-on collision the front of the chassis is designed to redirect energy to the outside rails, and not down the center toward the front seats. The steering column is crushable and the pedals are designed to retract away from the driver's feet.
The Mazda3s interior is sturdy blue or red-check cloth. The optional leather seating surfaces are smooth and black and priced well compared to other cars.
The seats are great, with adequate bolstering. The 3s has adjustable lumbar support, and the hip position is elevated, reducing front legroom a touch, but providing excellent forward visibility as well as a very tidy relationship with the pedals and especially the short shift lever. There's no dead pedal, but the outside of the driver's right shin rests comfortably on the edge of the center stack.
The three-spoke steering wheel, leather-wrapped in the 3s, feels great in the hands, and the control buttons (cruise control, sound system) have a positive feel. There's an attractive faux carbon-fiber strip on the instrument panel, while the dashboard shelf is golf-ball grainy, not unlike the new Cadillacs though Mazda says it was the Porsche Boxster they were trying to copy.
Three big gauges are dead ahead for the driver, but they're down in tunnels where they effectively hide from the glare of the sun. They are electroluminescent, which means day or night the numbers are lit in reddish-orange. Even without the color, the 140-mph speedometer would be awfully busy, with hash marks for miles and a smaller kilometer measure with more hash marks inside the mph numbers. The dash panel looks better at night than during the day, with the reddish-orange lighting having its chance to be seen. There are glowing rings around most of the dials including the cigarette lighter, in kind of a dull maroon.
The glovebox is not only huge (9 quarts), but the door is dampened and the compartment has its own light. There's a deep but not long console under the driver's right elbow, and between the seats are two built-in cupholders with a neatly hinged cover in black plastic. The cupholders have a canal between them so other things such as a cellphone can be stored and easily reached there. The window switch for the driver is illuminated at night, a very useful feature.
The back seats in the five-door hatchback are surprisingly roomy and supportive, even when relatively tall people are sitting in front. There's acres of rear headroom and decent legroom with room for big feet to slide under the front seats. The rear door opening is a bit narrow, though.
Cargo space in the five-door with the seats folded flat in is 31.2 cubic feet. We came out of an Ikea store with an unassembled table in a flat box measuring 48 inches long and 30 inches wide, and it slid neatly into the back. Flipping the seats down is easy. We reached in from behind, pressed down on one small square button on each side, and an easy shove forward dropped each seat flat. A separate compartment is hidden under the floor. Fold the seats back up into their passenger-friendly position, and there's still 17.1 cubic feet of cargo room, a fair amount for a compact car. The Mazda3 can't carry as much cargo as a Toyota Matrix, but it's a lot more fun to drive.
The sedan has a more average-size 11.4 cubic-foot trunk, but its rear seats still fold 60/40 for carrying long objects.
Visibility is limited in the rearview mirror of the five-door by the two rear headrests and the center brake light, which intrude a little into window space.
The larger, more powerful 2.3-liter engine that comes with the Mazda3s has plenty of spirit. It makes 160 horsepower, but it is, after all, an atmospherically aspirated (not turbocharged) four-cylinder, so there's not a ton of torque at low rpm. At 1000 rpm it generates only 120 pound-feet, which climbs to 140 at 3000 and peaks at 150 at a relatively high 4500 rpm. Be prepared to downshift to accelerate suddenly, either with the manual five-speed gearbox or the four-speed automatic.
Redline is 6500 rpm, but the engine is happy zooming to 7000. The 16-valve head is quite sophisticated, with variable valve timing and a variable induction system that optimizes intake efficiency and torque. The block is aluminum, there's a cam chain rather than a belt, and the exhaust manifold is stainless steel. The engine is very smooth and quiet at consistent freeway speeds, and has a nice sporty sound when it's revving under acceleration. The 2.3-liter Mazda3 with the manual transmission rates 25/32 miles per gallon EPA City/Highway, while the 148-horsepower 2.0-liter gets 28/35.
The standard five-speed manual shifts beautifully, especially the upshifts, which were almost as smooth as an automatic, with no real driver effort. Mazda worked hard on designing new synchronizers and cable linkage for reduced friction.
Mazda calls the optional automatic transmission Activematic. That's a fancy name, but it is a fancy transmission. You can just put it in Drive and go, but it also features a manual mode programmed for quick shifting. Put it in Drive and it's smart, maintaining its gear going downhill for engine braking or uphill to reduce hunting.
Handling is quick and nimble, making the Mazda3 fun to drive. It's a blast on winding country roads. It's also sharp, true and steady in emergency lane-change maneuvers. The Ford group in England designed the suspension, but it was tuned by Mazda at its long, rolling test track at Hiroshima.
Mazda3s models with the 2.3-liter engine come with slighter larger brakes than those on the 2.0-liter 3i. We found the brakes to be quite effective and sensitive; a mere light touch on the brake pedal around town is nice.
The Mazda3 is sporty, practical and affordable. It's fun to drive and fun to look at. The Mazda3 is solidly executed, with no flaws, but a strong engine, transmission, handling, brakes, comfort, packaging and looks. We like the versatile five-door.
New Car Test Drive correspondent Sam Moses reports from the Columbia River Gorge, with Mitch McCullough in Los Angeles.


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- Premier League
Dembele calls for Spurs improvement
Tottenham midfielder Mousa Dembele has cited his side's poor record against the Premier League's smaller teams as the reason they missed out on Champions League football.
Despite finishing the season with 72 points - their highest points total in the Premier League - Spurs were pipped to fourth place by local rivals Arsenal on the final day of the campaign, consigning them to another season of Europa League football.
Tottenham picked up 11 points from their fixtures against the sides that finished in the top four this term, including a first league win at Old Trafford since 1989. However, defeats in matches they would normally be expected to win, such as 1-0 home losses against Wigan and Fulham, saw Andre Villas-Boas's side ultimately fall short.
"Against the top teams we are good," Dembele said. "But against the small teams it's like, 'OK, the top teams would have finished these off by now'.
"We've dropped a lot of points against the bottom teams. We have to be aware next year. We haven't had a bad season. We have the points record, that's something positive. But at the end we are still a bit disappointed."
The Belgium international had his injury problems towards the end of his first season at White Hart Lane, but he believes he will not need surgery this summer on either his hamstring or his neck.
"I need to do things in the summer and then I will be fitter for the start of next season," Dembele said. "I hope next year, without injuries, I will have a much better season."


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Ilya and Doubles Partner John Lamble after the NCAA Tournament Victory Over Then-No. 19 Texas
Ilya on Post Season Awards
AS A JUNIOR IN 2013-2014: SINGLES: Finished with an 18-3 record overall on the season and 14-1 record in dual matches ... ranked No. 13 in Northwest Region ... WCC Championships All-Tournament team member … received All-WCC Second Team honors … tallied a seven match winning streak between April and May … named WCC Player of the Week three times ... played at the No. 2 singles position throughout the season ... won a decisive match in the WCC Championships Quarterfinals, beating USF's Nils Skajaa 6-3, 6-2 on April 24 ... up against elimination in the first round of the WCC Championships, Osintsev kept Santa Clara alive with a 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 victory over Saint Mary's competitor Tuomas Manner on April 23 ... overwhelmed Portland's Reid Delaubenfels 6-4, 7-5 on April 13 ... defeated No. 59 Robin Cambier of Oregon in straight sets, 7-5, 7-6 on April 9 ... crushed New Mexico State's Germain Degardin 6-1, 6-0 on March 16 ... came back to defeat USF's Nils Skajaa 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 on March 7 ... fended off Gonzaga's Vladimir Mijatovic 7-6, 6-3 on March 2 … named the WCC Singles Player of the Week on Feburary 26th ... defated No. 69 New Mexico's Hayden Sabatka 6-3, 6-3 on February 23 ... prevailed over Hunter Nicholar from No. 57 San Diego State 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 on February 20 ... straight set victory, 6-5, 6-1 over Fresno State's John Darmstaedter on February 16 ... dropped only three games in a 6-2, 6-1 final over Felipe Jaworski from No. 64 Georgia State on January 26 ... reached the quarterfinals of the Battle of the Bay Classic by deafeating foes from Cal, Boise State, USC and San Diego in October. DOUBLES: With partner John Lamble, the duo posted a 17-4 record for the season, including a 16-3 mark in dual matches ... No. 4 pairing in the Northwest Region ... awarded WCC All-Tournament No. 1 team … named to All-WCC Doubles First Team list … defeated USF's doubles team of Bernardo Saraiva and Nils Skajaa 8-3 in quarterfinal round of the WCC Championships on April 24 ... opened up WCC Championship play with an 8-4 win against Saint Mary's Joakim Norstrom and Thomas Hunt on April 23 ... finished regular season with a highly contested 8-7 win over Pacific's Marlon Brand and Daniel Alemah on Senior Day ... cruised to an 8-2 victory over No. 39 Oregon's Kevin Farin and Robin Cambier on April 9 ... captured an 8-5 victory over New Mexico State's doubles squad of Naveen Manivannan and Marc Westgate on March 16 ... continued success with an 8-1 rout over No. 70 St. John's, defeating Lucas Hehjal and Vaidik Munshaw on March 9 ... remained hot with an 8-6 win over Gonzaga's Jack Schoebel and Muzeen Ismath on March 2 ... bested No. 69 New Mexico 8-2 on February 23 ... won a thriller over No. 57 San Diego State pairing of Thorsten Bertsch and Hunter Nicholas by a score of 8-7(5) ... convincing 6-1 win over Fresno State's Sai Kartik Nakireddi and Eric Komati on February 16 ... defeated opponents from UC Santa Cruz and Sonoma State for a doubleheader sweep on February 1 ... topped No. 64 Georgia State duo of Thomas Cook and Felipe Jaworski, 6-5, on January 26 ... advanced to the quarterfinals at the Battle of the Bay in October.
AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2012-13: SINGLES: Finished his sophomore season with a 12-14 record … played all but two matches in the No. 2 spot … came through with a clutch 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 win against LMU which helped Santa Clara win 4-3 … rallied from an early deficit to win 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 against No. 55 Tulane, securing the 4-3 Bronco win … battered his No. 70 UC Santa Barbara opponent 6-2, 6-1 in the team's 6-1 win, giving him a season-best six consecutive victories … picked up a strong 6-7, 6-3, 6-4 win over BYU in Utah, battling back despite dropping the first set tiebreaker … recorded a 6-3, 7-6 final in the rematch against No. 38 Boise State helping Santa Clara come out on top in a 4-3 battle … went 3-2 during the fall season including a 7-6 (4), 6-4 victory over No. 62 Campbell Johnson … DOUBLES: All-WCC honorable mention with John Lamble … the duo went 10-6 playing No. 1 for the Broncos … the pair finished the season with five straight wins and seven in eight matches … Osintsev and Lamble played a huge part in helping Santa Clara win five consecutive doubles points to conclude the season … the tandem topped USF's No. 1 doubles team that received First-Team All-WCC Doubles honors twice on the season … teamed with Matt Kecki for an 8-7 win in the top spot, defeating a BYU duo ranked No. 80 nationally by the ITA.
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2011-12: WCC Freshman of the Year, All-WCC Honorable Mention Singles and Second Team All-WCC Doubles ... SINGLES: Surged through his freshman campaign with a 20-3 singles record … appeared as the Broncos No. 6 singles player … won 14-straight matches after dropping his second match of the year against then-No. 48 Boise State … undefeated in the months of Feb. and Mar. … lost just one WCC match during his freshman campaign … won arguably the biggest singles match of the season tiebreaks in the first two sets against Ben Chen of then-No. 19 Texas in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, which clinched Santa Clara's first-ever NCAA victory. DOUBLES: Played in Santa Clara's No. 1 Tandem with sophomore John Lamble … earned WCC Doubles Team of the Month honors during March for their stellar play, including a victory over the nation's then-No. 2 doubles team, Finn Tearney and Alex Lompart of Pepperdine … finished the season at No. 68 with Lamble … won totaled six WCC doubles wins including wins against: then-No. 38 BYU, LMU, then-No. 7 Pepperdine, Saint Mary's and Gonzaga … teamed up with Lamble to pick up two NCAA Tournament wins, defeating the nation's No. 39 ranked team of Chris Camillone and David Holiner of then-No. 19 Texas and a 8-6 victory over Denis Lin and Ryan Thacher of then-No. 11 Stanford … finished the 2011-12 season at No. 68 with Lamble … the tandem finish ranked No. 8 regionally.
PREP: Highest-ranked ITF player in the world at No. 221 ... earned an ATP doubles ranking of No. 1,187.
PERSONAL: From Novosibirsk, Russia ... graduated from Gymnasium N1 in 2010 ... son of Vadim and Svetlana Osintsev ... has an older sister Liliya Volnaya. He will be majoring in Economics.
Why he chose Santa Clara?: "I chose Santa Clara because it is in a great location that gives me the chance to receive a good education while being able to compete on a high level of tennis."


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'Take Your Dog To Work' Day: When Dogs Are Co-Workers
When Bob Page walks through the warehouse of his North Carolina-based dinnerware company, he wears a fanny pack full of pet snacks. He hands them out to 20 or 30 dogs that come to work every day.
Replacements Ltd.'s founder has been doing this ritual since 1997, when Page first began allowing his 450 employees to bring their dogs to work. "I thought if I am going to have a dog, I am going to bring him to work," he says. "So I said, 'Why not let others bring them in too?' "
The practice is not unheard of -- nearly 1 in 5 companies allows pets in the office, if you believe a survey conducted by the American Pet Products Manufacturers Association revealed in 2006. (Experts believe the wide majority are small outfits.)
Years after implementing the policy at Replacements, Page is convinced the practice has helped to boost morale and office relationships. For his part, he brings his own miniature dachsund, Toby, to work every day. And he says he's much more comfortable asking his employees about inventory reports when Toby is playing alongside his workers' dogs.
And new research is bearing him out. A new study by Virginia Commonwealth Universitytracked 76 employees of Page's company and found that a dog in the workplace helped lower stress levels and made jobs more satisfying. According to the VCU study, on days when dogs were not in the warehouse, the average stress level reported by the the workers was 10 points higher on a 40-point scale. The results were based on how the workers ranked their reaction to unpleasant images in a standard stress test.
Because the study had just 76 subjects, researchers cautioned that the results were preliminary but stressed that the differences in "perceived stress" was significant. "Dogs in the workplace can make a positive difference," said lead investigator Randolph T. Barker, a professor of management with the VCU School of Business, in a release put out by university. (Barker and the study's authors did not respond to an interview request from AOL Jobs.)
In fact, other employers with pet-friendly policies report similar findings.
"If you have one hand on an animal, it really takes down the stress level during meetings," said Meredith Leslie, who works in human resources in the Pet Care department at Procter & Gamble. The division, which counts Iams among its eight brands, has been allowing dogs in the workplace since 2009. It cordons off sections of the office where employees can keep their pets; images of paw prints are placed by the company on desks in areas where pets are welcome.
Have dogs in the corporate offices caused any problems? Leslie says no, though P&G keeps an animal behaviorist on staff to conduct screenings with the pets to see if they can handle life in the office. This involves running the pet through everyday office situations to see if the pet can keep calm. Few pets have been banned by the behaviorists, Leslie adds.
Occasionally, though, there have been some hijinks. "I was so many shades of red when I
brought in my beagle for the first time, and its howling went through half of Procter & Gamble." But, she adds, people were more amused than miffed. "Nobody was unhappy, even outside the pet division, and everyone was tickled pink for the day."
While it's unlikely that the pets division at P&G would ever have a job applicant who didn't want to be around pets, all the employers interviewed for this article had a policy of telling job applicants about their policies to avoid any potential problems.
"A lot of offices talk about diversity," says Jeanine Falcon, who works in human resources at Replacements. "Well, we walk that talk."
Falcon, who has been working at Replacements for 14 years, has brought all three of her dogs over that time to work. And she says that when one of her dogs, a Bernese mountain dog named Bella, contracted lymphoma, it was much easier for her to go back and forth to appointments at the vet's office.
But Falcon said the benefits extend beyond emergencies. "If you work long days, you worry about letting your dog out. But if your pet is with you, you don't feel that angst, staying after 5 or 7 or later. It lets you get out of your office and go outside, and take your pet for a walk. It makes you happier."
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Brussels, 15 December 2010
Digital Agenda: eGovernment Action Plan to smooth access to public services across the EU
The European Commission has outlined an ambitious programme to work with Member States' public authorities to expand and improve the services which they offer via the Internet. The new eGovernment Action Plan foresees forty specific measures over the next five years to enable citizens and businesses to use online facilities to, for example, register a business, apply for and access social security and health benefits, enrol in a university or bid to provide goods and services for public administrations. Promoting eGovernment can help boost Europe's competitiveness and allow public authorities to offer improved services more cost-effectively at a time of budget constraints. This is why it is a fundamental part of the Digital Agenda for Europe, which aims to increase the use of eGovernment services by citizens to 50%, and by businesses to 80% by 2015 (see IP/10/581, MEMO/10/199 and MEMO/10/200). The new Action Plan builds on experience gained with the 2006 European eGovernment Action Plan (see IP/06/523).
Neelie Kroes, Commission Vice President for the Digital Agenda, said "This eGovernment Action Plan will help public authorities to use information & communication technologies to offer better services at lower cost, while making life easier and better for individual citizens and businesses in terms of improved access to public services."
Specific Digital Agenda goals include:
The European eGovernment Action Plan aims to support the transition to a new generation of open, flexible and seamless eGovernment services at local, regional, national and EU levels. More specifically, the Plan aims to make services work as well in other EU Member States as they do at home and to open the way to allowing users actively to shape the online public services which suit their needs best.
National governments will play a central role in the implementation of the Action Plan whilst the Commission's main responsibility is to improve the conditions for development of cross-border eGovernment services. This includes establishing pre-conditions, such as interoperability, eSignatures and eIdentification.
The Action Plan measures fall into four categories:
Concrete examples of Action Plan measures include:
The Action Plan builds on the success of EU-funded large scale pilot projects in cross-border services piloted by the ongoing EU projects STORK, PEPPOL, SPOCS and epSOS (see MEMO/10/680), with the aim of making it easier for citizens and businesses to access online services across the EU.
The European eGovernment Action Plan is the Commission's response to Member States' call for a shared eGovernment policy in the EU, as outlined in the 2009 Malmö Ministerial Declaration on eGovernment (IP/09/1738).
For more information:
The European eGovernment Action Plan for 2011-2015
Malmö Ministerial Declaration on eGovernment press release
eGovernment Conference 'Lift Off Towards Open Government'
The European eGovernment Action Plan for 2006-2010
STORK – (Secure Identity Across Borders Linked)
PEPPOL – (Pan-European Public Procurement Online)
SPOCS (Simple Procedures Online for Cross-border Services)
epSOS (Smart Open Services for European Patients)
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Stock Car Racing Manager - an Online racing game with a Stock Car and NASCAR theme is looking for a logo as the first step in the development of its overall brand identity. If you like NASCAR racing and have a feel for its culture and imagery - then this might be the project for you.
Stock Car Racing Manager
Tagline: Build it Up... Set it Up... Run for the Cup...
Stock Car Racing Manager - http://www.scracingmanager.com is an online strategy game based around stock car racing. Players manage a race car team as they attempt to progress from entry level races at regional short tracks up to the pinnacle of stock car racing - the Cup Challenge (equivilent to NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series).
We are a new company and looking for an image which can serve as the cornerstone for designing our web user experience and look and feel.
We are appealing to online strategy game players and those interested in racing and motorsport - particularly NASCAR. Our design should reflect that and have a feel that would fit in with the motorsport community without being overt - e.g., Pseudo-Race Number font.
As this is a wholly online business we need our design to be primarily suited to use in web applications - including advertising, header and email.
Other than that we are open to all ideas, colors, and formats.
- Innovative Design that is slick, corporate and would fit in at a NASCAR event but at the same time has web 2.0 feel.
- Modern, Dynamic and Fun in Presentation
- Artwork in Vector format
- Transparent Background - Color Options for potential Use in Both Light and Dark designs.
- Scales Well for Various Web Uses
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This vase was designed by Martí Guixé. A simple tube in stainless steel contains several flower stalk emanating harmony in the room. His collection is based on new typologies revolving around the concept that objects have become tools for perceiving reality of every day, and also for communicating not only with objects, but also with other people through the objects.This object is part of Alessi home accessories series.
Born in 1964. Formed in Barcelona and Milan as an interior and industrial designer. In 1994, periodically working as a design advisor in Seoul and living in Berlin, he formulated a new way to understand the culture of products. Guixé started to exhibit his work in 1997, work that characterizes on the search for new product systems, the introduction of design in food ambits and presentation through performance. His non-conventional gaze provides brilliant and simple ideas of a curious seriousness. He is based in Barcelona and Berlin and work as designer for companies such Authentics, B-sign, Camper, Cha-cha, Chupa-Chups, Desigual, Droog Design, Essencial mediterraneo, Imaginarium, Isee2, Magis, Nani Marquina, Saporiti, Very Lustre. Recent publications: Marti Guixé 1:1, and Martí Guixé Cook book. Exhibitions at MoMA (New York), MuDAC (Lausanne), MACBA (Barcelona) and Centre Pompidou (Paris). www.guixe.com


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Today, we released a new version of the ESPN App for iOS (download here). Several enhancements and new features to play with (noted below). This of course comes on the heels of last month's integration with WatchESPN - so you can now live stream all of ESPN directly within the ESPN App... if it's live on ESPN, its in the ESPN App:
- Headlines from your favorite teams arrive right on the app home screen. Tap in and jump inside the team clubhouse. Never miss news or highlights again.
- Within the Audio tab, you can now customize and subscribe to your favorite podcasts. We'll send you alerts when new podcasts arrive and save your listening spot so you can finish next time. Tap the headphones icon to get started.
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The cuisine of Castile-León
Typical products from the province of León
- Autonomous region: Castilla y Leon
Castilla-Leon, modern cuisine, roasts and much more
Castilla-Leon is the largest of the Spanish Autonomous Regions. It is comprised of nine provinces which share flavours and tastes but conserve their own traditions. Traditions of huge historical and artistic richness which are gastronomically reflected, together with Extremadura and Castilla la Mancha, in its nickname "España del Asado" (Spain of the Roast). Without a doubt, Castilla-Leon is best known for its roast suckling pig and lamb. Without a doubt, Castilla-Leon is best known for its roast suckling pig and lamb.
These may be the main dishes of the local cuisine, but they are by no means the only ones. There are many others well worth trying which are prepared with all sorts of different ingredients. For Castilla-Leon, cooking is almost a cult. The visitor only has to witness one of the many food conferences which can be dedicated to lamb, to pork, to game, to wild mushrooms etc. or take part in the age-old ritual called the "matanza" (home butchering), or visit the international trout week, to see just how important quality cooking is to the locals. There are numerous books and novels which make reference to the local cooking, including Cantar de Mío Cid, which raves about its culinary delights. In Castilla, the chef prepares his dishes with great care: lamb, hare, rabbit, partridge, pork, fried breadcrumbs, trout and pickles. This care is also reflected in the sweets, some of which are traditional recipes from old monasteries and convents, as can be seen in the name: "lazos de San Guillermo" (bow-shaped pastries), "yemas de Santa Teresa" (egg yolk confection), "toscas de la Virgen", "bizcochos de San Lorenzo" (sponge cakes), "virutas de San José" (fritters)… which have often satisfied the hunger the pilgrims on the Camino de Santiago.
Hot food for a cold climate Soups, which can be light, thick or substantial, such as garlic soup, which tastes even better when an egg is poached in it, trout soup, typical from Órbigo de Leon, and Zamora soup, which is basically garlic soup with ripe tomatoes and hot chilli peppers - excellent for keeping away the cold. No other region of Spain produces such quantity and variety of pulses: white, red and black beans, Castilian and "Pedrosillano" chickpeas, various types of lentils, including the Armuña, which is protected by the Denomination of Origin. All these pulses are used to make excellent dishes, generally accompanied by poultry and pork products. Worth special mention is "Maragato cocido", which is prepared with great care and served in a different order than usual. Trout from Leon and Zamora are famous for being the best in Spain. Although they are not very large, due to the cold water in which they reside, their muscles have been developed by the choppy and sometimes quite rough waters, giving this fish an excellent taste.
Cured hams and sausages "Botillo" is a regional emblem of Leon. The pig's stomach is stuffed with abundant meat from the spine, ribcage and tail and boiled. For the locals, this meal is a kind of ritual and they eat it accompanied by potatoes. Hot spicy chorizo and cecina (cured meat) are the starters served at this feast and those who have been lucky enough to participate describe it as nectar. Sausages and cured ham from Guijuelo (Salamanca) and Ledrada, black pudding from Burgos, "farinato" from Ciudad Rodrigo (sausages stuffed with bread and pork fat), sausages from Zaratán (Valladolid) and chorizo from Villar Cayo (Burgos) and Cantimpalos (Segovia) are just few examples of the very wide variety of pork products which were traditionally the main source of protein. Cured ham and sausages from Guijuelo (Iberian pork exclusively fed on acorns) can be compared with the better Jabugo ham from Huelva or Extremadura. The Castilian countryside is a land of doves, pigeons and other game. Logically this is reflected in its gastronomy by such dishes as pigeon stuffed with the boletus wild mushroom and roasted or doused in wine, the excellent partridges cooked Segovian style, the quails in breadcrumbs or the rabbit in garlic sauce. "Empanadas" (meat or fish pastries), similar to those from Galicia are found in El Bierzo, hearty "hornazos" (sausage and egg tarts) at Avila, Segovia and Salamanca. These are just a few examples of simple country fare which has been converted into festive dishes and recognised for their culinary quality.
Wines The wines from Castille-Leon with Denomination of Origin are Cigales, Bierzo, Ribera del Duero, Rueda and Toro. The rosé wine is the most appreciated wine of the Cigales variety, whereas wines with the Bierzo or Ribera del Duero D.O. are mainly intensely red. Rueda wines are white, with a pallid yellow colour and generally young. The wines of the D.O. Toro tend to be very fruity. Ribera del Duero is one of the best wine-producing regions in the world, with the legendary Vega Sicilia at the head.
Restaurants A restaurant where the traveller can taste some good local wines is the Landa Palace, in the outskirts of Burgos, which also serves local dishes. Landa has been awarded one sun by the CAMPSA Guide. Other restaurants which have also been awarded one sun are the Mesón de Cándido, in Segovia, famous for its suckling pig which is roasted and served in the traditional way, the Mesón de la Villa in Aranda del Duero, Chez Víctor in Salamanca, and many other establishments where Castilian food will charm all who decide to taste it. Castilla-Leon, modern cuisine, roasts and much more
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With the modern-day Internet, one can turn to Google for just about everything: Web searches, maps, news, e-mail or lucrative advertising, to name a few.
But who knew Google was making orchestras, too?
Turns out one young musician from Irvine did — and it's getting him a free trip to Sydney, Australia.
Andrew Chilcote is a 22-year-old double bass player finishing up his senior year at the New England Conservatory in Boston, one of the nation's top music schools. He was among the many musicians wanting to play in the YouTube Symphony Orchestra, a worldwide affair that had folks from all over uploading videos onto YouTube — the popular Google-owned video-sharing website — of themselves playing their respective instruments.
Those videos were their audition. A panel of experts from nine orchestras whittled down the applicants to 336 finalists from 46 countries. Chilcote was one of them.
Then the Internet world voted. Those votes were tallied and "taken into consideration" before the finalists became the chosen ones.
Turns out everybody thought Chilcote and his bass had the right stuff.
He'll soon be bowing in the eight-person bass section within the 97-member YouTube Symphony Orchestra that's under the direction of Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor of the San Francisco Symphony. The concert is March 20 at the Sydney Opera House and will be available online for live streaming.
This is the orchestra's second appearance. Its first was in 2009 when the much-hyped group, conceived under the same format of chosen musicians who submitted online videos, performed in New York City's Carnegie Hall.
I got a chance to speak with Chilcote over the phone. I called in from the warm coast to the cold one and asked if he felt stunned that he made the group. He said he was.
"I was actually surprised," he admitted. "Initially I entered it thinking I'd be happy if I got past the first round."
I wasn't surprised, considering the impressive musicality that emanates from his audition video shot last November in the conservatory's Keller Room, a 100-seat recital hall.
The video has about 4,300 views and includes some Bach, some Beethoven and a "nice job" comment.
At his school, dubbed NEC, Chilcote keeps busy playing in various ensembles and even in ones for other schools nearby, like Harvard, MIT and Tufts.
"All the other colleges need bass players because there is a shortage," he said.
Such opportunities are why he chose NEC over USC, where he was also accepted.
"I wanted to try something different after living in California for 18 years," Chilcote said. "I also felt that there was a very supportive environment in Boston for college students, and especially musicians."
Luckily for Chilcote, growing up in Irvine gave him a supportive environment as well. He had some familial influences, considering his mom was a singer and his grandmother played mandolin. He started music at age 6 playing piano. But eventually that whole "two hands" thing wasn't working out.
"I didn't like it that much," he said. "It just wasn't my thing. But in fourth grade they had the string program at my elementary school, so that's when I started playing cello."
But why the cello?
"I think I just liked the size," he said with a laugh. "It was either that or violin, and violin seemed so dinky."
Eventually even the cello was too dinky, and at age 13 he made the last stop up the string size ladder: double bass.
Chilcote was later accepted into the Orange County High School of the Arts, the prestigious public school in Santa Ana, where he further honed his skills.
Christopher Russell, an OCHSA instructor of 17 years and the string and orchestra program coordinator, attested to Chilcote's burgeoning talent as a young man.
"He always was, and is, a very talented student," Russell said. "He is someone who loves his instrument. It may sound strange to say that, but he loves the bass, he loves playing the bass, and he loves everything about the bass."
Russell said Chilcote, who eventually took the helm as OCHSA's principal bass player, took advantage of the school's diverse musical offerings.
"Whatever opportunity he had to play his bass, he did it," Russell said. "I give him a lot of credit for that."
Russell mentioned that OCSHA toured Sydney not long after Chilcote graduated, and he just missed it.
I gathered from this that, somehow, the Irvine bassist was always destined to play Down Under.
"I'm really proud of him," Russell said. "I know he'll have a great time in Sydney."
Chilcote is also an alumnus of the Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra, the Irvine-based educational ensemble under the auspices of the Pacific Symphony.
All that training helped him get a chair in the Atlantic Symphony Orchestra, of Hingham, Mass., and a spot in a 2008 Italy tour with the Youth Orchestra of the Americas.
When not playing bass, Chilcote likes exploring Beantown and hitting the YMCA racquetball courts.
Nowadays, Chilcote's thinking grad school at NEC, USC, the Colburn School (in Los Angeles) or playing with the New World Symphony, the Miami Beach, Fla.-based advanced prep orchestra for music graduates.
As far as future goals, "Ideally I'd like to play in one of the top orchestras, but I'd just be happy making a living in music, honestly," he said.
It's clear he's off to a great start.
BRADLEY ZINT is a copy editor for the Daily Pilot and a classically trained musician. E-mail him story ideas at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Alchemy Solutions is in the mainframe migration and modernization business. We provide a suite of tools to help mainframe users move their boring old applications out of the stone age. We'd love your help designing a web 2.0 look and feel around this sample site that currently looks just like it would on an IBM 3270 green screen terminal.
We've received a couple of requests to make the contest blind, so we will be doing so momentarily. Thanks in advance for your participation!
Our target audience consists of larger and older companies, as those are the most common owners of mainframes. Banks, insurance companies, and publishing companies are good examples.
We have seven very simple (yes, boring) web pages that are basically vanilla HTML. These pages show simple functionality for a fictional video rental store. They are created as one of our sample applications. We would like to expand the demo to show how someone might beautify these ASP.NET pages so that they are much more compelling than the plain converted versions.
The flow of the web site can be seen in the attached .jpg images, in alphabetical order. Start with vs1x.jpg. If the user presses "1" from that screen, they would see vs2x_1.jpg and vs2x_2.jpg. etc...
* Avoid using flash/silverlight animations
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Breakfast Quest I
Breakfast Quest I (Trivium, Devildriver, After The Burial, Sylosis Leg 1 North American Tour, 3rd/4th Quarter 2013)
When I think back in the years, I don't ever recall being a huge American breakfast fan. Since I always had the option of Japanese breakfast growing up, I don't think I appreciated the greatness that is the American breakfast. Lately, Paolo and I's thing has been nabbing up as much amazing breakfast in the USA as possible. America does several things very well in food, and breakfast (now that I am of the converted) in America is pretty damn amazing sometimes.
When it comes to narrowing specifics, anything in the range of the diner realm is something I gravitate towards. Whether it's a greasy spoon, old school diner; or something like a New American diner doing familiar dishes with impeccably sourced local ingredients, having fun and taking liberties with adding in the unexpected - America has something darn fine going on (Canada does a good diner sometimes too).
This best-of-the-best list takes you to the spots I stuffed my face at first thing in the (touring band dudes') morning (typically 11:45am/noon).
1. Albuquerque, NM. The Grove.
This is the cafe that Walter White in Breaking Bad frequented. This is where the Stevia packet was poured. This New American-style diner does modern and classic favorites alike; it has cookbooks and kitchen utensils and such for safe; the orders are done at the counters, and man is everything fantastic here. Paolo and I shared breakfast with Chris and John from Devildriver, I had: coffee, croque madame (toast with ham, cheese, and an egg on top), a side of thick back bacon, and macaroons. I am a sucker for French food, and The Grove nailed it. Best breakfast of the tour in a sacred location of television.
2. Asheville, NC. Early Girl Eatery.
Asheville's Early Girl Eatery has the charm of an old diner, mixed in with being something run by cool local kids. We had lots of the Trivium band and crew in tow here for our feast. The meal included: Local sausage and sweet potato scramble, multigrain pancakes, and fried green tomatoes. The fried green tomatoes here are a show-stopper.
3. Chicago, IL. Little Goat.
Little Goat is in my mental notes of the sort of place I would open if I ever owned a restaurant. A modern, sleekly, yet warmly designed spot with the traditional diner as the backbone and inspiration upon what is built up here. Little Goat in Chicago and Skillet in Seattle are my favorite vibes of the "modern" diner as I call 'em. Chicago is a beast when it comes to having an endless supply of mind-blowing food, and Little Goat follows suit. I went for their corned beef hash and a coffee. It was familiar, but done in that New American way that I love so much in the USA.
4. Minneapolis, MN. Moose And Sadie's.
Moose And Sadie's like everything previously mentioned has become our tradition every time we hit the city. Moose And Sadie's is setup like a local coffee shop with a counter you order at which slings out some really delicious stuff. I went for the huevos rancheros and a side of potatoes. Really impeccably done in it's simplicity and freshness of ingredients.
5. Boise, ID. Goldy' Breakfast Bistro.
Great local diner run by younger folks. Beautifully done diner classics. I went for the omelette with spinach and gruyere, Goldy's peps potatoes, maple house-made sausage, and wheat toast.
6. Spokane, WA. Frank's Diner.
Of the list, this is the first truly old school diner that is still hanging around sending out fantastically done breakfast and diner classics. I went for the hobo scramble here. I am a big fan of eggs, potatoes, cheese, and a meat all being paired up. As a kid, my dad would always mash all those components up in his breakfast and him and my sister would call it "mush". It took me a few decade - but now all I want is "mush".
7. Charlotte, NC. Mattie's Diner.
P90 Omelette.
8. Boston, MA. Eastern Standard.
Scrambled Eggs, French Toast.
9. Thunder Bay, Ontario. Niva's.
The Big Finn
10. Denver, CO. Syrup.
The Remedy.
11. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The Poached Egg.
Breakfast Plate.
Dishonorable Mention:
Toronto, Ontario. The Senator.
I had the senator omelette. It was vastly overpriced, the potatoes were sad and obviously from a frozen bag, the eggs were burnt, the waitress very rude to Paolo, Chris (Devildriver), and myself. I don't normally pick out spots to call out - but we walked far as heck to get there, were treated badly, fed badly, and ripped off as far as I'm concerned. Don't go there.