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Row-crop growers who add the correct adjuvant to their herbicide program this season can expect a $6 to $10/acre return on their investment, according to Southern Illinois University (SIU) research. The key word in this equation is "correct." By nearly anyone's standards, adjuvant selection can be a confusing challenge, especially as new products enter the marketplace.
"Penciling a return on adjuvant use is sometimes difficult, but using the right one provides good insurance and a payoff," says Bryan Young, SIU weed control specialist.
One dollar per acre is a typical investment for an adjuvant, although some of the top-end products cost up to $2.50 an acre. Newer adjuvants entering the marketplace for 2004 range from ammonium sulfate (AMS) replacement products to defoamers and herbicide/adjuvant markers.
"We used to have just a few classes of these products, but now we're breaking those classes down further to fit very specific needs. They're essentially what I refer to as designer adjuvants," says Chris Stickler, manager of technical services and product support for Loveland Products.
Glyphosate driver
In most cases, the common denominator in new adjuvant product development is growers' ever-increasing use of glyphosate-based herbicides.
"That's certainly been my observation during the past two years," Young says. "Most of the products introduced as new have been primarily modifications to products to make them more compatible with glyphosate."
Bob Herzfeld, adjuvant business manager for Agriliance, estimates that 90% of postemergence herbicides on the market, such as glyphosate, call for the use of an adjuvant. However, only 60 to 70% of growers actually use one. That includes AMS, he notes.
The reasons some growers still don't use such products are that many still doubt whether adjuvant use provides a financial payoff, despite research confirming that fact; some are put off by the sheer number of products to choose from; and others are simply not aware of them and the benefits they offer.
Young manages an online informational tool, Compendium of Herbicide Adjuvants, which can help growers cut through company hype and determine if an adjuvant will help meet their weed-control needs. The site, which is updated annually, details nearly 450 adjuvant entries from 36 companies and is located at www.herbicide-adjuvants.com. By accessing the site, growers can find product labels, adjuvant names and categories, manufacturer contact names and phone numbers, and even a glossary of terms.
Taking the first step
As with most other endeavors, education is paramount to success with adjuvants, and the information is available. "Read the label, and know what you're getting," says Kent Woodall, director of marketing for Rosen's, based in Liberty, MO. "It takes a little effort, but you can be an educated buyer."
Herzfeld advises, "Talk with your dealer about your options, look at independent research results, call suppliers and put side-by-side comparisons of at least one pass in your fields to assess results." Such effort this year, he adds, will set you up for more success the next growing season.
Other advice from Herzfeld, Stickler and Woodall involves prepay herbicide dollars. "Know where they're going to be invested," Woodall says.
Stickler says, "Retailers sometimes have a tough time relating the importance of adjuvant usage with prepay dollars. You inform the grower that he'll need to spend $15 to $20 an acre on a herbicide program. Then, oh, by the way, you'll need to add an adjuvant in there to help the product perform more effectively, which adds additional cost." The result: Some dealers focus on the herbicide only during prepay and recommend the proper adjuvant closer to the time of application.
Plus, Herzfeld says, "a lot of dealers get bought in by program dollars rather than agronomic decisions. Growers need to assume responsibility, study about the products and call suppliers if they have questions."
Replacing an old standby
Because of the extensive use of glyphosate-based herbicides, many companies are rushing to provide AMS replacement products to the market. Young says AMS historically has provided growers with two key benefits: It conditions hard water to minimize the potential negative impact from mineral deposits interacting with the herbicide, and it helps transport glyphosate across the surface membrane of the target weed, allowing for good coverage and plant uptake. Young's research, conducted on velvetleaf last year, shows that the addition of AMS in some instances is equivalent to increasing the glyphosate rate by one to four times. Although Young is not advocating that growers reduce glyphosate rates, he says the research demonstrates the one-two punch AMS delivers to help the delivery of glyphosate to weeds.
However, AMS is not without its challenges. For one, it is inconvenient to use. Stickler explains, "No one likes crawling up there [on top of a spray applicator] with a 51-lb. bag to dump into their tank. You'd much rather handle a 2.5-gal. jug." In addition, AMS is time consuming to use; sometimes it clumps or hardens in the bag; and it takes up considerable storage space if not used promptly after its purchase.
Still, Young issues a challenge to suppliers marketing AMS replacement products: "They need to be all encompassing in their approach to what they're offering growers as a replacement. Not all AMS replacements add up to AMS."
Herzfeld agrees. "You have to make sure your replacement product has enough ammonium ions in it to successfully transport the glyphosate," he says. "Not every product does."
Herzfeld says Agriliance worked diligently last year to show that its new product, Alliance, would stack up well compared with AMS. Alliance is a corn-based AMS replacement product formatted for high-load (premix) glyphosate-based herbicides. Herzfeld says that, sold in 2.5-gal. jugs, Alliance eliminates handling ammonium sulfate bags and minimizes the potential for sedimentation and nozzle plugging. He reports that Alliance was used on more than 2 million acres in its introductory year. More information on Alliance is available at www.agriliance.com.
Helena Chemical Company introduces Strike Zone MxD. Designed to reduce drift and improve coverage, the product also is touted as an AMS replacement. It offers a crystalline composition that the company says mixes readily in water. More information is available at www.helenachemical.com.
Beyond glyphosate
Some companies, such as Rosen's, see the need to address adjuvant use for non-glyphosate-based herbicides. That's the case for its new product, Zenith, a surfactant system with AMS included. Zenith is labeled for use with non-glyphosate-based herbicides, such as Distinct and Northstar, and to improve product deposition, retention and plant uptake.
A new drift-control system called Shear Guard Technology is now available in Liberate, Valid, and Weather Gard products marketed by Loveland Products. According to Stickler, this new technology offers excellent drift control with minimal concern for pump shear or mixing issues. "Many drift-reduction agents are based on polymers that, after going through the pump, tend to break down and minimize their ability to reduce drift," he says. More information about the Shear Guard Technology is available at www.uap.com.
Glyphosate is notorious for foaming in the tank and causing application delays. To address this, Agriliance is introducing Foaminator Dry for the 2004 season. The product is sold in an 8-oz. container that Herzfeld describes as looking "like a parmesan cheese shaker." He says one or two shakes of the container over the tank distributes sufficient product to result in an immediate reduction of foam. Foaminator Dry also is non-hydroscopic, meaning it does not harden but stays in its granular form.
Benchmark Foam HT is a new high-temperature-resistant foam marker from Kalo, based in Overland Park, KS (www.kalo.com). It is targeted for postemergence herbicide applications and is formulated for successful results even in hard water.
Looking to the future
Manufacturers are beginning to offer more premixes to growers. Called high-load products, the term simply means manufacturers have combined the herbicide and adjuvant in one container. This can provide a time savings to growers while helping the manufacturer potentially maintain or increase market share.
Organosilicones, as an adjuvant component, offer another untapped market for suppliers and benefits that growers can reap at harvest, Stickler says. This class of products, used extensively in fungicide and insecticide applications in the European Union, allows for greater spreading ability of the spray droplets and, therefore, better coverage. Stickler notes that soybean aphid control in the United States represents one arena where organosilicones could be useful. Because this pest is generally distributed throughout the soybean canopy, any increase in coverage should improve control. The downside is that such products would cost growers between $0.50 and $0.75 more per acre.
Even so, Stickler says, "Quality adjuvants, used correctly, can greatly enhance pesticide activity, which results in a handsome return on the additional investment."


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Lynch is having a good season. He is #3 in the NFL in rushing yards, only 7 yds off the lead. But I have noticed some interesting stats:
-- His longest run in the last 5 games is only 18 yards (at St Louis). For the season, his longest run is 36 yards (vs Dallas).
-- In our last two losses, he has eclipsed 100 yards in both (at St Louis and at SF). Kind of strange.
-- He has only scored twice this season...although for as anemic as our offense has been, I guess that's to be expected.
I sense the Beast might break out soon...perhaps a nice long TD run this Sunday is in order!

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Lentil and Barley Greek-Style Salad with Tomatoes, Feta, and Capers
There are so many food bloggers writing cookbooks these days that I realized long ago I could not talk about most of them, but Julie's book is so well aligned with my personal way of eating that I've now got post-its marking page after page in the book, and this book is one I am happy to recommend. (Blogger disclosure: If you can't find the book at Costco, you can follow the link above and buy it from Amazon.com, in which case Kalyn's Kitchen does earn a few cents on the dollar, so thanks!)
While the lentils and barley are cooking, dice enough tomatoes or cherry tomatoes to make one cup.
Also slice the green onions, crumble the feta, and measure out 2 tablespoons of capers.
The barley cooked in 45 minutes, and I drained it while the lentils finished cooking.
Lentil and Barley Greek-Style Salad with Tomatoes, Feta, and Capers
(Makes about 6 servings; recipe adapted from Lentil and Barley Salad in Spilling the Beans: Cooking and Baking with Beans and Grains Everyday.)
Salad Ingredients:
1/2 cup small green or brown lentils (I used French lentils du puy, but any green or brown lentil will work.)
1/2 cup pearl barley
(You might want to cook twice the amount of lentils and barley and freeze the extra so you can make the salad again.)
2 large garlic cloves, sliced
1 cup diced tomatoes or cherry tomatoes cut in half
1/2 cup crumbled Feta
1/4 cup thinly sliced green onion
2 T capers (or less if you are not a fan of capers; could also use Kalamata olives sliced in half.)
Dressing Ingredients:
3 T fresh-squeezed lemon juice
1 T red wine vinegar
1 tsp. Greek seasoning (I used The Spice House Greektown Seasoning; Greek seasoning has garlic, dried lemon, oregano, salt and pepper.)
1/2 tsp. minced fresh garlic
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
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Found another neat little truck. Didn't realize there was anything like this around. He wants $3950, located in Mandan, ND, USA... Outta my budget yet still interesting. 1989 Suzuki Mini Truck.
3 cylinder liquid cooled engine, 5 speed transmission. Hi-Lo range, lights(hi&low beam), blinkers, horn, reverse light,Cab HEATER with defrost, windshield wipers, radio, right hand drive. Excellent for farming, ranching, contracting, hunting, grounds keeping, many uses. This is a high quality used japanese mini truck. Similar to the Kawasaki Mule, Polaris Ranger, Kubota RTV, Yamaha Rhino, John Deere Gator. But this has a real CAB with heater! Stay warm in the cold weather, dry in the wet weather, and roll down the windows in the summer. The sides fold down on the bed and it has a 1500 lb payload. Price the Kubota, Polaris, Kaw, Yamaha, JD, with all the options this unit has and check their payload. This is a fantastic alternative!


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Update (what Patchy-chan was talking about )
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It's ok ^.^ Good luck on your quest to enhance your skills
Thank you
And thank you for describing that in so much detail O_O I am going to try it ASAP! Thanks a lot <3 And I hope it comes as great as yours And if it doesn't....I'll have to rely on your psd Thanks for that too ^-^ That's nice of you. I'll let you know how my sig turns out.
Btw, wow, so many steps No wonder the sig is so amazing :3 I still can't give you cookies >_>
Do you have topaz vivacity?
And your Iron Man sig looks great *.* The font looks amazing (which, may I ask ) and I like its placement. Plus the size is nice too, and yea, if you like making bigger sigs, then go for it ^.^ This one looks really good Even the c4ds placement is good and the lighting goes well with it....I just feel that the lightning on the extreme top right should be a bit towards his head...it just seem like that to me ^^;
Oh btw, is there a colored version of this...I am just curious, I want to see how it looks.
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The font is called Planet Kosmos. It's pretty cool, the only drawback is that when you try to add a stroke, it's really jagged -_- And thanks for the tip! I moved it a bit
There isn't a colored version. The colors were too hard to blend together so I just did a B/W adjustment layer and voila, everything blended well! That's pretty much the only reason I use black and white, because I usually like color more. I'd show you the psds, but I can't upload anything from my computer atm or else Chrome crashes
Two new ones:
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I knew it... you're everyday on gfxresource right? always seeing your username there lol...
That's why you're improving drastically >_<... I'm kinda intimidated there that's why I'm rarely visiting that thread...
The left Irobot have better composition when it comes to text... and the perspective on how you are viewing it is better too..
The Halo one have really good lighting as usual....
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I'm actually considering becoming elite so I can improve even more quickly, but I need to focus more on school...*sigh*
Thanks for the tip about the iRobot vert I never even considered the perspective so nice catch there Patchy-chan
Heh heh yeah I had to do some adjustments to make it look like night...
Have you seen my Crysis tag yet?
The progressive blur kind of dulled some of my smudging layers, but the result still turned out pretty well IMO.
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Rennir, that Crysis work is really impressive, the only thing than is bothering me are thoses black lines, may I suggest to either remove it or at least to reduce their opacity.
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I promise to make your gift even better
EDIT: Newest piece, photo manip
I was going to shrink the canvas size and get rid of the top orb, but bsotw deadline was earlier than I thought and I'm too lazy to go back to this piece
Original Stock for comparison
Spoiler for Original:
Now that I look at it, I might've burned the render a bit too much in some parts...
And don't ask why I named it "Until the world ends" because it was sort of arbitrary If it weren't for BSOTW rules, I wouldn't have added any text...
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The heck... that crysis tag.... was really really... look great...
On your new sig... I loved the v2 there maybe since I loved lighting special effects like that... (I don't know what is really good/better... since I don't know how pro thinks )
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...*falls over dead inn amazement* D: how amazing, Rennir! You've improved so so so much....smudging, C4D, lighting and flow are great, text is really cool...what more is there to say? Gee...XD I feel intimidated too, Patchama!
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Oh thank you I won BSOTW 113 with that
Yeah I liked the light balls too, I just needed to improve placement a bit. Yeah you do Patchy! You are a pro
Some new ones:
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Two new ones:
Haven't been happy at all with the last three tags I created. The pegasus one was just boring and the colors weren't very interesting; the Warcraft one was really bad too because I seemed to have forgotten all the fundamentals when making it; and the first one above didn't turn out anywhere near how I pictured it in my head. But I'm glad I created at least one I liked, which is the Dead Space one
EDIT: Waaahhhhh!!! Tuni decided to do a collab with me!!!! It's a dream come true!!
Anyways, here we go!
My start
His finish
Oh and CnC is welcome!
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ur work's lookin pretty good man. i can see ur style starting to develop.
if ur looking for cc, i'd say keep up what u've been doing recently and break away from the same formulas and patterns for making tags u used in the past.
u've already done the generic styles everyone teaches in tutorials enough and u have it down, now it's time for u to break down everything u learned doing that, and focus in on ur own style.
the last two tags, the crysis one, and the irobot and orc ones are what i mean.
check out my stuff, u can see how i developed a more personal style coming from the same steps ur taking right now.
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I don't know that you're going to find what you're looking for here. You intentionally put this dog in danger-if I'm understanding you correctly. Your dog is illegal where you live, yet you brought him in anyway?
Can you show us what exactly an American Red Nose looks like? Because "red nose" is just that-a red nose. It isn't a specific breed of dog or any sort of lineage/blood line that falls under one of the breeds that fall under the umbrella term "Pit Bull".
Additionally, the "alpha" theory is mostly frowned upon here. I'm sure you believe in being the pack leader, dominance and all of that Cesar Millan crap too, huh?
What is the advice you're looking for? Perhaps someone in your area can point you in the right direction. We have a couple members here who live in Canada-some in Ontario. They're good people so even though they'd likely be mad at you for the situation you've put your dog in, they'll probably help you as best they can.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Traveling to Brown University for the third time since the start of the season less than a month ago, the MIT men's water polo team returned to campus with a record of 2-0 after winning against host Brown in a close game by a score of 15-13 and taking a 14-6 win over Connecticut College on Saturday. This is the first time since 2004 that the Engineers have defeated the Bears. Tech is now 6-9 for the season.
Junior Jack Clark (Laguna Beach, Calif.) got things started against Brown, scoring the first goal of the day three minutes into the first quarter. Less than a minute later, sophomore Ory Tasman (Orlando, Fla.) scored once and senior Craig Cheney (Sherwood, Ore.) scored two goals. After allowing only two goals, the Engineers went into the second period with a 4-2 lead.
With just two goals in the second period scored by Cheney and Tasman and four Brown goals, the game went into the third quarter with a tied score of 6-6. Following three goals by Cheney and two by Tasman in the third period, Tech took an 11-10 lead going into the final quarter.
With five minutes remaining in the fourth period, Brown scored another goal to tie the game at 12-12. Senior Andrew Dorne (Irvine, Calif.) scored twice in one minute to, once again, give the Engineers a lead, the first being a counterattack goal following a direct pass from freshman goalkeeper Nolan Kruse (Orcutt, Calif.) from across the pool and the second after a foul from five meters out. With one more goal by Cheney and one by sophomore Kale Rogers (Newberg, Ore.) with just 50 seconds remaining on the clock, the game ended with an Engineers victory.
Apart from being tied with Brown a handful of times throughout the game, MIT held onto the lead the entire time. Cheney led the Engineers with his seven goals, one of which was a six versus five goal in the second quarter, and two steals. Tasman had four goals, three steals, one assist and won two sprints. Kruse was in the cage for the entire game, allowing 13 goals and notching nine blocks, one steal and one assist.
Every MIT player saw at least a full quarter of action in the game against Conn. College, with nine different Engineers playing a hand in the 14 goals. Tasman led MIT with three goals, bringing his total for the day to seven. He was followed by Clark, and juniors Dylan Hallman (La Jolla, Calif.) and Kyle Bowman (Millbrae, Calif.), who all scored two goals apiece.
Once again, Clark scored the first goal of the game, pocketing the ball in the back of the net less than two minutes into the first quarter. The Engineers went into the second quarter with a 5-1 lead following goals by Hallman, Bowman and Tasman. MIT was held to two goals in the second quarter, scored by Tasman and Cheney, and went into the third period with a score of 7-3.
MIT came alive in the third quarter, scoring five goals within a span of six minutes. Tasman started things off with his third and final goal of the game and was followed by Bowman, Clark, Hallman and freshman Zach Churukian (Menlo Park, Calif.), all scoring one goal each. In the final period, Dorne and fellow senior Michael Farid (Dubai, United Arab Emirates) scored the lone goals, leading the Engineers to a 14-6 win over the Camels.
Tech will host its second home game of the season next Saturday, Oct. 16 when it faces fellow Cambridge rival Harvard University at 7:30 p.m.


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The free workshops are sponsored by Mississippi State University. One topic is the use of partial budgeting techniques. These techniques will be demonstrated with relevant examples. Producers also will learn how to evaluate the financial health of their operations through the use of balance sheets and income statements. Using financial ratios as a guide, operators will learn how to make financial decisions that can improve the long-term viability of their farms.
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OMG its so awesome gosh !!!
seem pretty cool.. but i won't go watch it in theaters
I have resoultions!
I'm up for a NAFTA
looks great but i agree with bashment it wont top kickass
Iron Man was amazing !!
It's mainly cause Robert Downey Jr. was very fit for the part. And I personally think it's by far one of the best super hero movies EVER.
I excited. A lot. The previews make me happy... lmao.
It was alright. I thought the first one was better though.
Vitamin String Quartet is the epitome of amazing.
It was cool. Way better than the first movie.
You are the only exception. <3
"I wouldn't say that its the best super hero movie ever" But it is very entertaining! Its mainly FUNNY!!! Really! (and since I am in the United States Air Force! "and yes i watch anime...." it helps get your mind off of things!) It just amazes me, like it does every body else, how different it would feel to fly in a suit, and the possibilities, rather then in a airplane...
It was okay, but it wasn't anything special.
For random entertainment, it was pretty good.
For those who are die-hard comic book fans, well, they could have done A LOT better.
They didn't stick to the original comic storyline (which is a bit of a given since all comic book based movies don't follow the original storyline arcs, but I'd at least wish they'd try for 90-95% of it. This is where the Dark Knight shines, where as many other comic book based movies failed).
There were also some plot-holes that weren't ever addressed like
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how did Vanko know Stark was going to be a driver in the race (when it was never scheduled for Stark to race. It was an impulsive move and he just told the original driver to gtfo).
Even though it was already stated in past interviews that Favreau wasn't going to touch upon Stark's alcoholism, he still sort've played on it with the whole "Oh shit I'm dying, so let's party like I'm drunk off my ass since I don't have much longer to live" thing. And if he decided to do that, then WHY NOT touch upon his alcoholism. I almost thought they were when Pepper asks Stark if he's been drinking again. What a let down.
And then the whole fight between Rhodey and Stark was pretty badass. But I was expecting the comic book version of how War Machine would be introduced; not by some Air Force. I prefer the original lore, where Stark's suit goes berserk and on a rampage with a mind of it's own, as well as Rhodey becoming Iron Man for awhile, while Stark dealt with his alcoholism. Then bring in the actual introduction of War Machine created by Stark.
Also, I think what irked me the most was that they had a Transformer 2 type ending. Some huge epic build up battle scene which lasts like 10 minutes long, only to have the main villain show up the last second and be obliterated in less than a fraction of what the previous scene took. And I think Iron Man 2 did it a lot worse than what Transformer 2 did; At least in Transformer 2 the fight lasted roughly a minute or so long and it got me kinda excited... this, well it was like "Oh shit, Whiplash/Crimson Dynamo electric wires! Yo War Machine, repulsor beam Hi-five! Yeahh!"... Lame.
And seriously, the main villain is Vanko, yet it felt like there was no true purpose for him in the film except for just the name sake of having a main villain for Iron Man to fight. The whole, "your father used my father and stole all the fame and glory" vengeance thing just doesn't really fly with me. If they would have just taken out 5 minutes from one of Stark's scenes and gave Vanko another Stark/Vanko chemistry scene then he would have at least felt somewhat significant to the movie. That short scene where they only meet once face-to-face and talking wasn't really anything which impacted the movie greatly (as I've already said, the aforementioned dialogue just doesn't fly).
There were some more poorly thought out scenes and tiny quirks that I don't like, but the ones I briefly elaborated on were the ones that made me go .
I don't mean to bash on it. These flaws don't take anything away from the movie since it was still a good movie that can hold its own, but I just wish Hollywood wouldn't be suck a dick and go around changing our iconic comic book superheroes and stories they way they want it to be.
yep that movie was cool it had me
heros are remembered, legends are never forgotten so meet me
it was so good!! I thought it was really funny XD And the silver Iron Man, who was the copy and was edited in the army, i saw him !!
Like no joke, i saw him in real life like 10 times in 2 places!!!!! (anime conventions ahah)
wow, fantastic baby
I paid to go watch a movie about Tony Stark/Iron Man. Not about his failing marriage. =/
Forget it, that's not my problem.
Im Back Crunchyroll!!!


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Oct 5 (Reuters) - The Oakland Athletics beat the Detroit Tigers with a walk-off single for a 1-0 win in Game Two of their American League Division Series on Saturday.
Oakland evened the best-of-five series at one game each, but they left it late in a game dominated by both starting pitchers at the Coliseum in Oakland.
With the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth inning and nobody out, Stephen Vogt connected with a 1-1 fastball to left field to bring home Yoenis Cespedes.
Both starting pitchers had excellent games, with Oakland's Sonny Gray going eight innings for four hits and nine strikeouts.
Detroit's Justin Verlander went seven innings for four hits and 11 strikeouts, but the bullpen couldn't finish the job.
Cespedes led off the ninth with a single to left field and then Seth Smith hit a single, before Al Albuquerque intentionally walked Josh Reddick to load the bases.
Detroit manager Jim Leyland then brought in Rick Porcello to pitch to Vogt, who connected to end the game.
The series now moves to Detroit for Game Three on Monday. (Reporting by Andrew Both in Cary, North Carolina; editing by Amlan Chakraborty)


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Canadian producer's invention makes moving pigs a one-person job.
Mary Haugh was desperate. Her husband had just suffered two heart attacks in three days, and she had to find a way to move the three groups of 3,000 pigs they finished in their barns each year.
One day Haugh noticed that the pigs hesitated whenever they passed by the red chase boards used in the barns. She paused and wondered if a length of red fabric could serve as a long, flexible chase board to turn the pigs toward the exit gate. When she tested the idea, the pigs turned every time.
Two weeks after her first experiment, the first prototype was well underway. Her brother, Peter Jones, a mechanical engineering technologist and licensed millwright, designed the hardware so the fabric could retract.
Early designs used a broom handle to hold the far end of the fabric, but that feature was quickly revised because the broom handle kept dropping through the slats and into the manure pit.
After further trial and error, Haugh trademarked her invention as the "Longarm." It's a portable, retractable gate made of fabric that enables a single handler to clear any number of hogs from a pen or truck quickly and easily, she says. The use of crowding boards, electric prods and moving sticks has been eliminated.
The moving red fabric wall creates an optical illusion that makes hogs want to move away from it, says Haugh. The Longarm is long enough to sweep up to a 50-linear foot swath of hogs at a time and only weighs approximately 30 lb.
The handle is made of stainless steel and attaches to existing gating by dropping a rod through the loops in the handle and the loopholes of a gate post.
The fabric is attached to a roller with a tension equivalent to 14 lb. of pressure. When finished, the Longarm rolls up neatly on its plastic spool, just like a window blind that doesn't have a stop factor.
The system was designed and tested to withstand the conditions of a hog barn. It can be cleaned with a 3,000 psi pressure washer with a wide angle tip used to clean equipment. It also meets Canadian Assurance Standards for biosecurity.
Handling Pigs with Care
The Longarm is simple to use — just unroll the red nylon sheeting to encircle the animals, sweeping them in the direction you want them to go, Haugh explains. It can be used wherever hogs need to be moved.
She says animal welfare groups in Canada are pressuring packing plants to treat animals as humanely as possible. One Maple Leaf Foods plant in Ontario, Canada, has already banned the use of electric prods when unloading pigs.
One packing plant decided Haugh's device had excellent potential when they visited their booth at a recent pork exposition. "The owner was convinced it would keep the animals calmer and save on the drip loss factor in the meat," says Haugh. "We're working on a handle adapter so they'll be able to hook it on the side of the truck and just swoosh it around in the truck and bring the pigs forward."
Time Saver
In an informal trial, five participants were challenged to clear the same number of hogs in five different pens, first using a chase board, then using a Longarm.
On average, use of the Longarm cut the time required to move the hogs by 70%. Haugh figures if someone earns $10/hour to sort and move pigs, and they could save two hours per week using the device, it would pay for itself in about one year.
The invention received the prestigious Premier's Regional Award for Agri-Food Excellence in recognition of innovation in Ontario's agricultural sector in 2007. It also won first place in the Industry Innovation Competition at the 2006 Ontario Pork Congress.
The Longarm is patented in Canada, the United States and Europe. It retails for US $950, plus shipping, and is currently available only through the Website (www.thelongarm.ca). Haugh says they are willing to work with distributors.


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Besides its billing as "The Ultimate Driving Machine," BMW also says "luxury," and the 2013 750i xDrive sedan is the pinnacle of that.
"Luxury" doesn't always mean "fancy," although my 750i was very nice to look at as well as comfortable and well-equipped.
The 7 Series, which has been redesigned for 2013, now consists of eight models ranging from the 740i for $73,600 to the 760Li for $140,700.
Engines range from six to 12 cylinders. With the 740i, you get 315 horsepower from an inline 3.0-liter six-cylinder engine, with highway mileage of up to 28 mpg. The 760Li produces 535 horsepower from a 6.0-liter V-12.
My tester, the 750i xDrive sedan with intelligent all-wheel drive, started at $89,800. Under the hood was a turbocharged 4.4-liter V-8 with 445 horsepower and 480 foot-pounds of torque.
With the standard eight-speed automatic transmission, the 750i is EPA rated at 16 mpg city/24 highway/19 combined. For this report, I drove more than 1,000 miles, mostly on the highway using cruise control, and averaged 21.5 mpg.
The eight-speed transmission comes with a manual-shift mode for a more-sporty driving experience, if you want it. Incredible stopping power comes from the antilock disc brakes with stability control, brake-fade compensation, start-off assist, brake drying and brake stand-by features.
Driving Dynamics Control with ECO PRO mode is standard. Dynamic drive means that the vehicle hugs the road, and under- or oversteer are reduced. These are attributes that most of us would expect in a car such as this.
My 750i felt very secure on even the sharpest turns. The overall ride was very smooth, comfortable and quiet. The Eco Pro mode helps reduce fuel consumption by up to 20 percent, depending on driving style.
Standard equipment also includes LED fog lights, xenon adaptive headlights with dynamic auto-leveling, corona headlight rings, cornering lights, and 20-way heated/power multi-contour seats with four-way lumbar support.
The 750i offers a choice of 13 standard elegant exterior colors (11 metallic and two non-metallic), along with four special-order colors. Interiors are leather, with five combinations and four trim choices. Six individual special combinations are available with three individual trims.
My tester was carbon black metallic with ivory and black nappa leather upholstery and burled walnut interior trim with inlay.
The wood trim wrapped around from the back door across the middle dash to the other back door and to the top of the front center console. The door-pull handles were integrated into the wood trim on the doors, and the door-open handles were integrated into the satin-finish metallic trim on the lower edge of the wood trim. All the metallic trim in the cabin was satin-finished — more elegant, in my opinion.
Also included were a two-way power moon roof; a power trunk lid with pushbutton close and door lock on the lip of the lid; power soft-close automatic doors; a tilt/telescopic leather-wrapped multi-function sport steering wheel; the iDrive system, with on-board computer, navigation system with voice command and real-time traffic information, and rearview camera; and an advanced safety system, including front knee and side head/thorax air bags.
We also had BMW Assist with enhanced Bluetooth and USB, along with a premium 16-speaker sound system with HD radio.
The power trunk lid opens using a button under the dash, a button on the remote, or a soft-touch button under the lip of the trunk lid. Doors close completely without slamming, with just a soft whisper.
IDrive gives the driver control of multiple vehicle functions such as entertainment, information, communication and navigation using a mouse-like controller on the center console between the front seats.
With four main buttons above the toggle-style controller, the drive can access the CD player, radio, telephone and navigation system. The eight buttons under the CD/DVD may be programmed as desired with favorite radio stations, CD titles, telephone numbers or destinations. Voice control makes input more comfortable, especially while driving.
The menu options are arranged into folders containing multiple pages with special animations and other visual aids to assist in making selections. I found the system intimidating at first, with so many folders and pages. But I finally managed to program my destination, and the directions were then displayed on the split screen and the driver information section of the instrument panel. They were also announced in a pleasant easy-to-understand female voice. Given more time to practice, the system could be very helpful and easier to use.
My tester came with several options packages. The cold weather package had a heated steering wheel, heated rear seats and a ski bag that could hold up to four pairs of skis by opening the pass-thru behind the middle rear seat.
A driver-assist package provided the blind-spot detector and side- and top-view cameras. For $4,600 more, the executive package brought power rear and side sunshades, cooled front seats, leather instrument panel/dash, head-up display, smartphone integration and BMW apps.
BMW apps connect the driver/passengers to social networks — reading aloud Facebook and Twitter feeds and sending prewritten tweets, as well as music and videos via iPhone.
The M Sport package added the aerodynamic kit on the front of the vehicle, special M steering wheel, and soft anthracite headliner. Twenty-inch alloy double-spoke wheels with run-flat tires added $1,300.
Also included at extra cost: active roll stabilization, a lighting package with simulated daylight LED lights, and night vision with pedestrian detection.
The 750i has lots of trunk space (17.7 cubic feet), with four tie-downs, a netted-cubby on one side behind the wheel well, and a small covered cubby under a removable tray on the other side. We packed enough stuff for two teenagers to spend the summer with us, plus weekend supplies for two adults and one small dog.
My tester had small cupholders at the front of the center console, directly behind the climate controls and the lighter/power outlet — a little unhandy for changing the settings or using the outlet.
The rear seat was as comfortable and roomy as the front, with the exception of the middle position, which was high and hard with a hump. The pull-down rear middle armrest had a very nice felt-lined storage tray under the padded lid, as well as two substantial pop-out cupholders at the front. The rear seats were also heated — we didn't need that this time — and there were four air vents with two separate temperature and fan controls.


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Tuberculosis in a Multiethnic Inner City Population
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00005379
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : May 26, 2000
Last Update Posted : December 29, 2015
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|Condition or disease
|Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome HIV Infections Lung Diseases Tuberculosis Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
The research provided urgently needed information regarding incidence, risk factors, natural history, molecular epidemiology, treatment, and prevention of tuberculosis in an especially vulnerable multi-ethnic inner-city population with a high HIV seropositivity rate.
The study was part of a collaborative project on minority health, The Epidemiology, Drug Resistance, and Therapy of Tuberculosis in a Multi-Ethnic Inner City Population with a High HIV Seropositivity Rate. The 1993 Report of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, encouraged the NHLBI to establish minority centers to facilitate the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases. The concept for the initiative was developed by the NHLBI staff and approved by the September 1992 National Heart, Lung, and Blood Advisory Council. The Request for Applications was released in October 1992.
The study was conducted prospectively and retrospectively in three groups of patients: intravenous drug users and their sexual contacts in an already-recruited cohort; children who received their primary care at Bellevue Hospital Medical Center; and Bellevue Hospital Center inpatients with TB and outpatients who underwent prophylactic treatment. In addition to environmental risk factors (e.g., hopelessness, cohabitation with tuberculosis patients and injected drug use), host factors were investigated, including: HIV infection; immune status among HIV- seropositive persons, as indicated by quantitative p24 antibodies; CD4, CD8, and gammadelta T cell counts; and race, age, and nutritional status. Incidence and risk-factors in the cohort were assessed by interview, blood draw, PPD screening, medical record review, and anergy panel. Natural history and impact on HIV disease in adult and pediatric populations were assessed by interviews, clinical screening and laboratory measures. Drug sensitivity testing and RFLP typing of specimens from the two populations were conducted, respectively, at the Bellevue Mycobacteriology Lab and the Public Health Research Institute. Factors affecting treatment compliance were assessed by self-administered questionnaire.
|Study Type :
|Observational Model:
|Case Control
|Official Title:
|Tuberculosis in a Multiethnic Inner City Population
|Study Start Date :
|August 1994
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|July 1999
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|July 1999
IV drug users and their sexual contacts
This group will be made up of an already-recruited cohort
|Children who receive primary care at Bellevue Hospital
Bellevue Hospital inpatients/outpatients
Inpatients being treated for TB and outpatients receiving prophylactic treatment
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|up to 100 Years (Child, Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00005379
|Principal Investigator:
|Michael Marmor
|NYU Langone Medical Center
|Responsible Party:
|New York University School of Medicine
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00005379 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
R01HL051517 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|First Posted:
|May 26, 2000 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|December 29, 2015
|Last Verified:
|December 2015
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Lung Diseases
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Mycobacterium Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immune System Diseases
Actinomycetales Infections
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections
Bacterial Infections
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Slow Virus Diseases


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City draw Real Madrid
- 30 August 2012 17:42
- Posted by David Clayton
City have been paired with Real Madrid in the Champions League group stage draw.
The Blues will also face Dutch giants Ajax and Borussia Dortmund in Group D in their bid to make the Round of 16 – something Roberto Mancini's side narrowly failed to last season.
Reaction has been flooding in from City players and Real Madrid's' Cristiano Ronaldo has also a tweeted his thoughts.
City skipper Vincent Kompany (@VincentKompany) said: "Looks like we're not going to get any easy games again this year but it is certainly a good group for the fans. I'm looking forward already!"
Team-mate Joleon Lescott (@JoleonLescott) added: "Group D highlights the fact why it's called Champions League. #TitleWinnersOnly."
Ronaldo believes his club couldn't have faced tougher opposition in Group D. He said: "'In my opinion, it is the most difficult group and the most competitive. But we are champions of Spain. We are ready."
Patrick Vieira believes City can progress, despite the difficulty of the group. "It is a very difficult draw but it should be fascinating as well. It is a really open group with four domestic champions. I think we'll do much better than last year and playing Real Madrid twice will be a great occasion for the Club."
The window for Gold and Platinum members to join all three of the City cup schemes closes at 5pm today (Friday, 31 August). Further information is available here or call 0115 905 1201 now.


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The two-year contract extension that defensive end Justin Smith signed with the 49ers is likely to be the final contract that the 33-year-old signs in the NFL.
"Justin's All-Pro contributions on the field, as well as his leadership on and off the field, are integral to our success as a team," 49ers General Manager Trent Baalke said in a statement from the team. "Justin consistently sets a standard of excellence, serving as an example for everyone within our organization. This contract allows Justin to finish his career as a 49er!"
Smith said Wednesday that the fact that the 49ers shared his desire to continue their relationship made negotiations on the extension easy. Smith, who served as his own agent during talks with the team, is excited that things have worked out so that he'll be able to finish his career with San Francisco.
"A chance to go out on your own terms," Smith said, via Taylor Price of the team's website. "I never dreamed that would happen, so I'm pumped about that."
Smith went further on the topic of going out on his own terms, saying that he wasn't going to be the kind of player who hangs around to play something less than a lead role on the defensive line.
"That's not going to happen," Smith said, via Matt Barrows of the Sacramento Bee. "I've said that, I meant that — I won't be the guy that's around for 10 snaps, 20 snaps. It's either,I'm going or I'm not going. If I get my ass out here, I'm going."


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New Car Review
2013 Chevrolet Express 1500: New Car Review
Pros: Big capability; proven reliability for carrying family or cargo
Cons: Current-generation Express dates all the way back to 1996
What's New: A backup camera, parking sensors and navigation radio are now available.
If the 2013 Chevrolet Express 1500 had only the Ford E-150 to compete with in the full-size cargo and passenger van segment, its task would be simpler. The current-generation Express dates to 1996, but Ford's E-Series model is even older. And that's exactly why Ford has replaced the Econoline with the new Ford Transit full-size cargo van.
So full-size van shoppers are no longer limited to the Express and E-150, Mercedes-Benz offers the Sprinter, a far more refined van with a price to match. The Nissan NV is also more modern than the Express. The Nissan is available as a 1500, although only in cargo van form. On the horizon, Chrysler's new full-size Ram ProMaster arrives this year.
Still, the Chevrolet Express 1500 deserves a look, whether for work or play. The choices are many. The Express 1500 is available in both passenger and cargo trim, with a standard V8 in the 8-passenger version and a base V6 or optional V8 in the cargo van. The Express 1500 has a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of 7,300 pounds, while the Express 2500 and 3500 offer more hauling capability, more engine choices (including a diesel option) and longer, extended wheelbase models. All-wheel drive is optional on both the Express 1500 cargo and passenger vans. There's also a compressed natural gas package for the cargo model.
Comfort & Utility
With available room for 8 people or a ton of cargo, the Express can be the ideal vehicle for your duties, whether work or play. In base form (as marketed to many fleets) the Express can serve roles as diverse as plumbing, carpentry or flower delivery. As a passenger van, the Express is frequently used in shuttle or limousine service. But it can also be a oversized family hauler, tow vehicle or road trip cruiser.
If space can be construed as a luxury, the Express would rival a Lexus. Its seating comfort, however, won't; the factory seating supports you but does little else. Air conditioning is standard, and a rear unit is also available. You can equip your Express with enhanced interior lighting, remote keyless entry and a remote vehicle starter.
In this market segment, the addition of any technology comes as a surprise. To GM's credit, the Express van enjoys numerous technology-driven features including newly available navigation radio, backup camera and rear parking sensors. Among the audio systems is one with CD/MP3 capability and a USB port, along with Sirius XM satellite radio. Bluetooth is an option, as is dealer-installed Wi-Fi capability. Two interior 12-volt power outlets can power a laptop, while a remote vehicle starter system allows advance warm up in cold temperatures and cool-down when it's hot out. Finally, all Chevrolet vans come equipped with OnStar, which provides both emergency response and turn-by-turn navigation.
Performance & Fuel Economy
Within the Express family (1500, 2500 and 3500), there are five available gasoline powertrains plus the DuraMax diesel. If you stick with the light-duty 1500 cargo van, however, you're limited to two: the 4.3-liter V6 with 195 horsepower and 260 lb-ft of torque is standard, and a 5.3-liter V8 is optional. We'd find the 4.3-liter V6 fine for in town stop-and-go delivery, but any trips subjecting you and your cargo to a freeway or interstate really call for more capability. And that additional capability comes in the guise of the 5.3-liter V8, delivering 310 hp and 334 lb-ft of torque. The V8 comes standard on the Express 1500 passenger van, and that engine is also available in a flex-fuel version that delivers the same horsepower and torque while operating on E85.
The best fuel economy comes with the V6. So equipped, the Express 1500 is rated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at 15 miles per gallon city and 20 mpg highway. With the V8 and all-wheel drive, economy dips to 13 mpg city/17 mpg hwy.
If a collision zone provides a barrier of safety, an almost empty Express van should be the safest vehicle on the road. Thankfully, GM has also given consideration to elements of both active safety (your ability to avoid the accident) and passive safety (the ability to survive an accident). Power-assisted rack-and-pinion steering can assist in guiding you around a collision, while 4-wheel disc braking with ABS and dynamic rear proportioning can reduce the drama inherent in stopping a loaded truck. Also standard on all Express vans is StabiliTrak (GM's electronic stability control), and the newly available backup camera and parking sensors can help with low-speed maneuvering. Available head curtain side airbags and lap and shoulder belts for center seat passengers bolster safety in the event of an accident.
Driving Impressions
Piloting an Express, or anything else within this full-size genre, is a bit like steering a boat. Ponderous proportions typically make for ponderous handling, and in this regard the Express delivers as expected. To their credit, GM engineers have done an admirable job of providing the aging platform with a powerful optional V8. With the larger motor, the Express 1500 goes about its business with a surprising degree of eagerness.
Other Trucks to Consider
Ford Transit Connect: If your duties don't demand the capabilities of a full-size van, the smaller and more efficient Ford Transit Connect may get the job done. It's also available in passenger and cargo configurations, although the passenger version seats only five. The full-size 2014 Transit arrives later in 2013.
Ford Transit: The Econoline is esentially dead and the Ford Transit takes it's place. The new full-size transit is thoroughly modern van with tons of engine and cargo configuration options. It's introduction signals a new era of full-size cargo van. Because of the Transit, we can't help but think the Express will get a serious update in the near future.
Mercedes-Benz Sprinter: The Sprinter offers impressive capability and efficiency in a considerably more modern package than the Express 1500. With a standard diesel engine, it also comes in passenger and cargo versions. But it's considerably more expensive than the Express.
Nissan NV: Only the NV3500 is offered as a passenger van, but Nissan's NV1500 cargo van is a close competitor to the Express 1500 cargo van. The Nissan also uses a standard V6, but all-wheel drive is not offered. The NV has a unique, more SUV-like body style than most full-size vans.
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We'd equip an 8-passenger 2013 Chevrolet Express 1500 with the optional 5.3-liter V8, LT trim and just enough comfort and convenience accessories to make it livable for a three week grand tour. With room for everything a family of four could possibly carry, along with bike storage inside (rather than on top of) the van, the Express would make a great base camp for any weekend or weeks-long adventure. And even with extras like navigation, Bluetooth and a backup camera, the price comes in under $35,000.


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Greening Your Home: The Site
A version of this article appears in the September/October 2005 issue of Home Energy Magazine.
September 01, 2005
Whether they have come to the residential housing field from building new homes, remodeling old ones, weatherizing them, supplying building materials for them, or greening them, more and more practitioners are recognizing the need to see a house as a system and are seeking to improve building performance. But each discipline has a slightly different take on what these goals mean. Having participated in all five of these approaches to creating better residential living spaces over the years, I believe it is imperative that we see how we all complement one another. Through recognizing this,we can help each other find the most comprehensive overview of the creation, maintenance, repair, and improvement of our living spaces. Persons dedicated to green or sustainable building need to learn that an energy-efficient building envelope is the first step to energy efficiency. By the same token, those creating living spaces that perform much more efficiently need to be constantly reminded that this must be done with materials and systems that do minimal harm to the environment or to the persons living in them. There are many ...
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Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) will pay Mondelez International (NASDAQ:MDLZ) more than $2.7 billion to resolve a dispute over distribution of the restaurant chain's packaged coffee, ending an arbitration case.
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In 2010, Starbucks took over distribution of its bagged coffee from the former Kraft, which started the business about 13 years earlier under a licensing deal.
Kraft split itself up last year, spinning off Kraft Foods (NASDAQ:KRFT) and changing its name to Mondelez.
Kraft unsuccessfully sued to keep Starbucks from taking back the distribution business. An arbitration firm held hearings starting in July to determine if Starbucks owed Mondelez a termination fee.
The arbitrator ruled that Mondelez is entitled to $2.23 billion in damages, plus $527 million in prejudgment interest and legal fees.
The Seattle-based company had argued that Kraft didn't adequately market the coffee. According to Kraft, it increased sales from $50 million to roughly $500 million a year.
Kraft lawyers were looking for $2.9 billion, plus attorney fees, while Starbucks claimed damages of just $62.9 million.
Mondelez shares rallied 1.7% to $32.99 in after-hours trading. Starbucks was down 1.7% at $79.25.


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The Betrayal of Trust by Susan Hill
One of the things about crime fiction is there is always a new detective series to get caught up with. When I was younger, I worked my way through golden era detectives (courtesy of the now refurbished Exeter Central Library). My most recent series was Rebus, but I'm all caught up there. So I've been casting about for a new detective to follow*.
My latest investigation was into Susan Hills Simon Serrailler series, with The Betrayal of Trust.
Serrailler is in classic "middle class, middle aged" detective model. He has a complex family: in this case a widowed sister with three children, and an emotionally frozen father. He's rebelled by going into detective work: the. Rest of the family are medical doctors. He has to deal with chippy colleagues. He has an artistic hobby: he paints.
This "posh DI" model is a procedural offshoot of the golden era's "gentleman detective". It essentially wonders what would happen if Wimsey or Campion had joined the police. There is something classist about it: the posh DI is always going against the family wishes, and is mildly distrusted by their colleagues.
None of that makes them bad – in this case, it was a really enjoyable read – but they never become series I become addicted to.
I enjoyed this for its interweaving of social justice and welfare with a cold case, but I mostly wanted to follow Cat Dearbon – the widowed sister – rather than Simon. I felt the constraints of the "posh DI procedural" genre kept pulling me away from a potentially more interesting story.
*I am obviously excluding Endeavour, as a) it's a TV. Series and b) he's not technically a new detective – just a younger version.


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Last Friday, I opened our first bank and store of the 2011-2012 school year! Students had filled out their "payforms" the day before, so everyone knew how much they were getting paid for the month (they are paid once a month - the last Thursday of the month - store is on the last Friday of the month). I will have to take a photo of one of their completed payforms and post it here so you get a visual. Each student has the potential to earn $25/week: $5 for excellent behavior, $5 for all HW completed, $10 for doing their classroom job, and a bonus $5 if all of the above. That means that every student has the potential to earn $100/month. However, only one did this month (Yay Jaedon!!!)! I would definitely like to see more than one student earn $100 this month. : )
In order to minimize disruption to academic instructional time, I decided to do our store during lunchtime.It actually worked out beautifully. Most of my students bring their lunches from home, so at our regular lunchtime, they took out their lunchboxes, while the few kids who buy their lunch went down to the cafeteria (and came right back up to class). I put on a movie (okay, it was Spongebob!) to keep them relatively quiet while I called three kids to the back table at a time to make their purchases. We were pretty much all done within 30 minutes, which was just perfect.
Some of the items purchased include (from least expensive to most expensive):
mini notepads
tiny bowling set
lunch in the classroom with up to three friends
be a Mystery Reader
I reminded my kids that the first store usually has "lower end items" because they've only had one month to accumulate their money so only the cheap stuff is out! If they save, then they'll be able to purchase bigger and better items at the end of October! Of course, everyone bought something (I understand the idea of money burning a hole in your pocket), but most saved at least some of their money for next store opening.
I have been doing a Classroom Economy of some form for the last four or five years now, and I think I have finally worked out most of the kinks, and the current incarnation is pretty good! I hope the kids are enjoying it!
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Open for Business!
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I bet they had fun, I know when I was in grade school, I would have LOVED a classroom economy like this!ReplyDelete
What did you price the notepads at? What will the bigger items be?
Last year I had 100 students so it was a bit hard to have a classstore..too much $$, but this year, can't wait to! I am a new follower :) Check out my TPT and Blog!ReplyDelete
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Michelle Obama invites Biggest Loser contestants to the White House
Two of my favorite obsessions — politics and reality TV — collided last night when contestants on the Biggest Loser were invited to the White House by First Lady Michelle Obama.
She has made fitness a priority since her husband became president in 2009, and the contestants couldn't believe it when she issued her invitation via video.
"You are showing millions of Americans that each of us can make positive changes in our lives and these changes won't just make a difference for ourselves, they can make an impact on our families and children as well," Obama said. "I'd love to hear about it in person. So would you all come here to Washington so I can see just how far you've come?"
The contestants showed up at the White House with new 'dos and new threads as it also was makeover week. It was a to-be-continued episode and a preview of next week shows the first lady working out with the gang. Contestants are famous for puking or crying during workouts, but judging by the first lady's arms she'll be up to the challenge.


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RIT men's hockey player Chris Saracino has come full circle. As a child growing up in St. Louis, Saracino valued opportunities where he could learn from more experienced players. Now as a hockey camp counselor, he is a role model for local youth.
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RIT's hockey program found more leverage from using shovels than sticks in launching the 2012–2013 season. Members of the campus community gathered this fall to celebrate the formal groundbreaking of the Gene Polisseni Center during Brick City Homecoming & Family Weekend.
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Trains deliver huge quantities of tomatoes and tomato paste to LiDestri Food & Beverage, a Rochester-based company that produces 2 million jars of sauces, dips and beverages daily.
The tomatoes arrive packed in enormous wooden "totes" lined with plastic. The company recycles the wood, but recycling the plastic has been impractical. The ... more »
The original Shop One craft store in downtown Rochester, which closed in 1975, has been reborn as Shop One2 at RIT's Global Village. more »
David Kelbe and Mirana Razafindramboa come from very different backgrounds. Kelbe grew up in an affluent Rochester, N.Y., suburb and Razafindramboa hails from Madagascar, an island off the southeastern coast of Africa recovering from political and economic turmoil.
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Germain Fenger says learning is a humbling experience. He has studied at RIT for 10 years in the microsystems engineering department.
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The mantra that Jennifer "JD" Harper says out loud quite frequently is, "I repeat: I've handed myself over to you."
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Growing up on a family farm in Greene, Maine, Wil Sideman used his hands a lot to pick the produce, mainly strawberries.
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The names of people that Ralph Amdursky has photographed read like a list of "who's who" throughout American history in the 20th century.
He has snapped pictures of Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Walt Disney and Benny Goodman, to name a few. His career behind the camera has included taking pictures ... more »
The men who gathered in the Eastman Building cafeteria on Spring Street in the early 1960s talked until closing time about their days as Boy Scouts.
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In June 1983, "Flashdance… What a Feeling" was the top song in the United States. The average price for a gallon of gasoline was $1.24. Michael Jordan was entering his junior season of college basketball at the University of North Carolina. And a new era in college basketball at RIT was ... more »
More than 17,000 people attended Brick City Homecoming & Family Weekend events this year.
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9 November 2014
Miami, FL - With its diverse and sometimes scantily clad population, there are worse places to have an onshore postponement than South Beach, Miami. Throw in the Melges 32 fleet full of characters and it was difficult to discern who was enjoying themselves more; the sailors watching the passersby on the strip, or the people watching the sailors. A bleak forecast had come to fruition when teams began to arrive at the boats on Saturday morning, and PRO Anderson Reggio was proactive in delaying the start by two hours to allow teams to mingle, relax and most importantly take in the scenery that was buzzing on a hot morning at that Miami Beach Marina.
In an all or nothing moment, around 11:30 am Reggio decided to send the fleet to the racing area despite there being no breeze on the water; the only movement were the massive container ships moving in and out of the harbor. Once to the racing area however, the decision paid off as the breeze slowly began to fill, mainsails hoisted, and racing got underway.
It was yet another light-air day of racing that could be labeled as taxing for most, however two teams managed to make sense of the light southerly conditions and climb the standings. Alessandro Rombelli and his STIG team took home bullets in the final two races to move into second overall. Plugging away with two thirds and an eighth, the young Dalton DeVos on Delta moved up to fourth. An always positive DeVos summed up the racing, "Despite the tough conditions, we still had a lot of fun on the water. Racing in this fleet, against these teams and preparing for the worlds is an awesome experience. We are looking forward to finishing the Gold Cup off strong tomorrow."
The low pressure system that was expected to bring solid breeze for Sunday has tapered considerably and there is another chance the fleet may see a 3rd day in a row of light conditions. While Pierre Casiraghi and his team on Robertissima have the fleet in a sleeper hold, there is the potential of three final races on Sunday, and with the addition of a throwout there is still plenty of uncertainty in the standings.
The first warning signal is at 11 a.m. on Sunday, November 9. It is the final day of competition. Be in the complete know and follow the fun on the official class Facebook and Instagram channels.
TOP FIVE RESULTS (After Five Races)
1.) Pierre Casiraghi/Vasco Vascotto, Robertissima; 2-3-1-2-7 = 15
2.) Alessandro Rombelli/Terry Hutchinson, STIG; 6-14-4-1-1 = 26
3.) Keisuke Suzuki/Bill Hardesty, Swing; 5-1-10-5-6 = 27
4.) Dalton DeVos/Jonathan McKee, Delta; 11-4-3-3-8 = 29
5.) John Kilroy/Paul Goodison, Samba Pa Ti; 12-6-7-4-2 = 31
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After 14 years -- and multiple box office hits and flops -- the 29-year-old Keanu of yore (left) and the 43-year-old version (right) that turned up in L.A. on Thursday -- look virtually unchanged. That's what happens when you never use facial expressions.
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Michigan Tech Students Bring Gifts of Mobility to Indian Kids
By Marcia Goodrich | Published
It's one thing to build a set of braces to help disabled children walk. It's something else again to design devices that can be made in India, with local parts and materials, for a fraction of the going rate.
But that is what two Michigan Tech Senior Design teams did this year. With faculty advisors Tammy Haut Donahue and Sheryl Sorby, mechanical engineering undergraduates took on projects to help children half a world away. Then they traveled to New Delhi to deliver their gifts of mobility.
One team built a custom device for a 16-year-old boy with cerebral palsy. Called a reciprocating gait orthosis, or walking calipers, it includes leg braces that extend from the feet to the waist, where they are connected to a waistband and arm pieces that the boy can grasp to walk in a near-natural gait.
After working on the project all year, the Senior Design teams traveled to India. There, they brought their calipers to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), where they were surprised to see a reporter from one of the largest English-language newspapers in India. She watched as the young man, who has used a wheelchair most of his life, rose up and began walking with minimal assistance. "He should be able to stand on his own in about six months," Haut Donahue predicted. "This should let him be more independent of his parents."
As for the newspaper reporter, the project was featured in the May 10 Hindustan Times article, "Look Mom, with These I Can Walk on My Own."
The walking calipers were built at the behest of AIIMS, which had tried out a similar device that cost $5,500 and was much more difficult to use. The Michigan Tech students' version will cost about one-tenth of that and can be custom-made by Ortho Prosthetics Care and Rehabilitation in India, which plans to provide the calipers free to New Delhi's poor.
The other Senior Design team built a set of leg braces that extends from the bottom of the foot to the thigh, called a knee-ankle-foot orthosis. Their client was the Delhi Council for Child Welfare, which was acting on behalf of children in a New Delhi orphanage and child development facility, many of whom had contracted polio and were unable to walk.
"We had to redesign their current brace," said team member Eric Sturos. "It was too expensive, and it didn't allow people to sit cross-legged or to squat, and sitting and squatting is huge in their culture. They have to squat to go to the bathroom."
"At the beginning it was tough," said team member Bryan Plunger. "There was a communication barrier, dealing with people in a different culture on the other side of the world. There were a number of things we took for granted that we shouldn't have," particularly the availability of parts. "They liked our design, but they couldn't reproduce it."
That could have been the end of the project, but it wasn't. "They told us, 'Don't worry, we'll make it happen,'" Plunger said.
And to the students' surprise, they did. "They are extremely skilled craftsmen," he said.
"What our students did in six hours in our machine shop, the Indian machinists did in three minutes using a hammer and a file," said Haut Donahue, an associate professor of mechanical engineering–engineering mechanics. "They were phenomenal."
The team left their prototype with the Delhi Council for Child Welfare, which will continue to refine the design and provide custom-made braces for the local children.
The concept for this International Senior Design program was the brainchild of Sorby, a professor of mechanical engineering–engineering mechanics. "We were trying to make mechanical engineering more appealing to women," she said. "So many projects revolve around building a better race car, and we thought if we had project that helped society, more women might consider mechanical engineering as a major."
In the meantime, there's no shortage of men interested in projects that help society.
"It was easily the most incredible experience I had at Michigan Tech," said Sturos, who plans to go to medical school. "India is amazing. I'd recommend it to any student."
Plunger echoed his sentiments. "It was an incredible experience," he said. "And it was wonderful using our engineering knowledge for the good of the people of India."
The projects were made possible by the enthusiastic backing of William Predebon, chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering–Engineering Mechanics, who allocated startup funds.
"It worked out extremely well," he said. "It's our first effort to have a global experience for our students. We've been wanting to do that for years, and now we're looking for external funding to sustain it."
What's next? Sorby and Haut Donahue are already planning International Senior Design projects for next year. One will involve the Jaipur Foot. The simple prosthesis, which was developed in India, has allowed over 1 million people worldwide who have lost a foot to walk and even run normally. But it only lasts two or three years.
"We'd like to improve it, to make it last longer," Haut Donahue said. If all goes as hoped, a new class of mechanical engineering seniors will enjoy the "incredible experience" of applying their knowledge for the good.
Michigan Technological University is a public research university, home to more than 7,000 students from 54 countries. Founded in 1885, the University offers more than 120 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in science and technology, engineering, forestry, business and economics, health professions, humanities, mathematics, and social sciences. Our campus in Michigan's Upper Peninsula overlooks the Keweenaw Waterway and is just a few miles from Lake Superior.


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Maple Leafs Unveil New Uniforms!/
UPDATE (6:37 PM): Normally I wouldn't put an update at the top of a post, but this one is the exception. Just got a hold of an excellent photo of the new jerseys that should leave no doubts.
Darcy Tucker, Tomas Kaberle and Jason Blake model the brand new Rbk EDGE jerseys for the Toronto Maple Leafs. You can read the original post below. Thanks to Jimmy who also linked to this image in the comments!
Today the Toronto Maple Leafs unveiled their new Rbk EDGE jerseys. We're getting our first look via screen grabs of the Leafs TV broadcast. Not impressive quality but it'll do until photos are out there.
Plain is the word here. I expect many of you will have that to say. And could there be more blue? You can't really see the socks in this image, but here's hoping they aren't solid blue too. More to come when I get it.
UPDATE (5:11 PM): I mentioned that I hoped the socks wouldn't be solid blue. Thankfully, as you can see in this video still, they are not. The traditional three stripes can be found down there.
You can click on the picture to the left to enlarge it for a better look. (I think it's funny Kaberle and Blake are wearing tennis shoes with their uniforms. But the little things make me laugh.)
I'm still waiting for additional photos, but I'm adding more video stills to the Rbk EDGE photo gallery right now.


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Move over Mel lol
i'd like to say Thanks from Canada to Steve & Terri Irwin..
Crocodile Hunter - Risk-taking Australian wildlife expert seen on the syndicated nature series CROCODILE HUNTER (1996), THE TEN DEADLIEST SNAKES IN THE WORLD (1998) and CROC FILES a.k.a. "The Crocodile Hunter's Croc Files" (1999).
Born February 22nd, 1962 in Victoria's Dandenong Ranges, Queensland, Australia, Steve Irwin spends his life rescuing and relocating endangered animals. He loves to jump on top of them and wrestle them into submission with the aide of ropes and a good grip. Steve got his inspiration for working with animals as a child at the Queensland Reptile and Fauna Park at Beerwah on the Sunshine Coast (once owned by his parents Lyn Irwin, a nurse and wildlife rehabilitator and Bob Irwin, a plumber turned herpetologist).
Steve later expanded his parent's property and renamed it The Australia Zoo which has become a thriving international tourist attraction and "the home of the Crocodile Hunter." A herpetologist by trade, Steve likes to wear khaki shorts and boots. When he comes upon snakes or crocodiles, Steve stands frozen into his famous "action crouch" and shouts the catchphrase "Crikey!" The success of Steve and his wife, Terri (Steve's co-host on the "Crocodile Hunter" TV show) spawned a line of action figures, a Steve Irwin doll that cries, "Danger! Danger! Danger!", and a line of surf-wear called 'Steve Lives Surfwear' ("Lives" because Steve takes so many chances with wild animals, many people believe he had been killed by now, but he's still alive and kicking).
In 2002 Steve and his wife, Terri starred in the theatrical release The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course. Steve Irwin has also appeared in Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001) and its sequel, as well as in wildlife documentaries for cable's Animal Planet, in a Federal Express commercial and as a parody of himself named Irwin on the cartoon series SOUTH PARK (episode No. 31. Prehistoric Ice Man) who says things like, "I'm going to sneak up on that croc and jam my thumb in its butthole!". Steve's wife, Terri (née Baines) Irwin first met Steve while on a trip to Australia in 1991 as Steve was doing a demonstration at Australia Zoo.
It was love at first sight. Steve and Terri got engaged four months later and married on the 4th June 1992. Their daughter Bindi Sue Irwin was born July 24, 1998. She was named after a crocodile named Bindi and Steve's favorite croc hunting dog, Sui. Terri, a.k.a. the Crocodile Huntress, was born in Eugene, Oregon. In 1986 she started a rehab facility called Cougar Country to re-educate and release predatory mammals such as fox, possum, raccoon, bears, bob-cats, and cougars back into the wild. When not hunting crocodiles and other critters, Steve and Terri run the Australia Zoo and continue to rescue many species of animals, including; amphibians, birds, mammals, and reptiles. Reportedly, everything, that Steve Irwin earns is reinvested into conservation causes.
My imaginary friend thinks you have serious problems.
hey i was gunna do that
hey you beat me, i couldnt fit them in my last thanks post.
the Urwin family have been a saving grace for many years in australia. steves wonderful father first began this work many years ago, steve has learnt all his moral and love of animal from his dear farther who with his wife raised a top bloke, his father is someone i would say was one of the founders of modern day australian conservation.
he was a man who laid the foundation for what was to become a very successful conservation project that is stronger and bigger than ever before. not only have they saved many species esp reptile, but they have raised awareness and understanding of many species including the croc, which was once considered nothing but a problem to be shot or made into shoes.
their desires to include conservation with tourism and environmental education has had such success and is part of a new begining for tourism development in australia, the continuaiton of their wonderful work will not only raise awareness but go a long way to establishing a 'sustainable' (for want of better word) future for tourism, the conservation of australia and its inhabitants.
australias environment is a huge mess totally stuffed, in the past 200yrs since white invasion we have lost over 1000 known animal species and gosh knows how many unknown speices of animal, insect, reptile, bird etc.and plant, and getting worse daily, with the efforts of these amazing ppl who knows, maybe all is not lost. there is hope on the horizon of my heart. australia may just be savable due to the efforts of these ppl and many more unamed hardworking conservationists.
thank you terri and steve and the Urwin family past and present
REDUCE, RETHINK, REUSE, RECYCLE.. "We only Conserve what we love, We love only what we understand, we understand only what were taught"- David Suzuki....NO WAR.
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Domain Shakedown: Companies Warned About The Dangers Of Unprotected .SX
from the ugh dept
Dear *******If this feels mighty close to the traditional "nice business you've got there... wouldn't want anything to happen to it, now would you?" approach, that's because it's pretty clearly the idea behind this line of marketing. Pay up or something un-family-like might show up near your brand.
We would like to inform you that the Landrush Phase of the new .SX extension of Sint Maarten has now closed and will be available next Thursday, on November 15th, 2012 in the final phase called
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> From that date, you will be able to register .SX domain names on a first-come-first served basis.
We would like to emphasize the importance of the .SX extension that can be confused with or misspelled from the word
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Deleting .svn folders recursively on OS X and Linux
Here is a handy tidbit that I came across while I was switching some of my projects from SVN to Git.
find ./ -name .svn -exec rm -rf '{}' ';'
While in the project's root folder, when you run this it will delete any .svn folders that it finds in the project folder and any of its subfolders. This made removing the SVN version control quite simple without having to run an SVN export on every project and make copies of all of them.
Mostly I am blogging this so that I have it for my own reference, but I thought others might find it useful too.
I am no expert on bash command line scripts, so I won't pretend to understand exactly what is going on here, but it seems obvious that this script will do a find on the current folder and its subfolders for any folder/file named '.svn' and run 'rm -rf' on if. The -rf attributes tell the rm command to recursively force-delete any folders and its children. This is needed since .svn matches we'll be finding are directories.
Be careful when running this, it will NOT ask you if you are sure. Of course, this will work with other files and folders as well. Like if you want to delete all of those .DS_Store files that OS X likes to stick everywhere.
find ./ -name .DS_Store -exec rm '{}' ';'
Since .DS_Store files are not directories, the -rf options are not needed.
rm -rf `find -type d -name .svn` .
It does the same thing, it's just a bit shorter :)
This has the advantage of allowing you to run the `find` command by itself, and then tack on the `rm` when you're satisfied it's returning the right list of files. It also allows you to post-process the find result, which isn't necessary in this case, but is useful in many others (e.g., `find -name .svn | grep -v '/external-subproject-to-keep-svn/` | xargs rm -rf`).
Great tip though.
find ./ mixed with rm -rf is a pretty dangerous proposition ... ;-)
I use this style alot ...
find . -type d -name \*.svn -print0 | xargs -0 -exec rm -f {} \;
Here's a really good way to find stuff recursively too ... Gives you the file name and line number ...
find . -name 'thefile' | xargs grep -n {} \;