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SKF Blohm + Voss Industries presents a new generation of sealing rings
2013 December 03, 11:00 CET
The new sealing ring meets the increasing demands of the marine industry as well as the requirements of the VGP 2013, thanks to new design and a new elastomer mix.
Gothenburg, Sweden, 3 December, 2013: SKF Blohm + Voss Industries introduces its SC3 ring – the new generation lip sealing ring for SIMPLEX-COMPACT stern tube seals. Thanks to its new shape the ring also functions reliably and remains stable under increasingly extreme conditions like higher variations in pressure.
The greater the difference in draft, the more the pressure
"Requirements in ship newbuilding are becoming increasingly demanding. For instance, the cargo capacity of container ships has increased threefold over the past 20 years", says Mathias Rusch, Director Shaft Components at SKF Blohm + Voss Industries. "The differences in a ship's draft associated with the increasing cargo capacity place high demands on the seal's performance. Because the greater the difference in draft, the more the pressure on the ring will vary."
Thanks to its new shape, the SC3 ring is better able to handle such differences in pressure. It has been given a shorter lip which has allowed the pressure-loaded area to be reduced. Thanks to a now self-aligning annular spring the ring is better able to adjust to the actual pressure. Both of these changes mean that the friction acting on the ring – and the associated heat generation – are reduced, without limiting the ring's efficiency. Further new features include the lubrication pockets that have been embedded into the ring. These feed a larger volume of oil to the sealing gap, which leads to a cooling effect, improved tribological performance in the sealing gap and a slow-down in the aging process. The delayed aging process of the sealing ring facilitates longer docking intervals. This is yet a further measure that eases the environmental impact – because it reduces the volume of lubricants that has to be replaced.
Fulfilling the VGP requirements is possible
In accordance with the VGP (Vessel General Permit) 2013, which takes effect on 19 December 2013, most vessels over 24 metres in length that sail in US territorial waters will have to comply among others with the requirement to use so-called environmentally acceptable liquids (EAL) at interfaces from which oil could be released into seawater. SKF Blohm + Voss Industries has developed a special elastomer mix for the SC3 ring which allows problem-free operation with most lubricants that comply with the EAL directive. Previous elastomer mixes are however still available in the new shape of the SC3 ring.
An even stronger partner for the marine industry
In early 2013, SKF has acquired Blohm + Voss Industries (BVI), the German manufacturer of ship components. With this acquisition, SKF intends to strengthen its product portfolio for the marine industry. Furthermore, SKF widens its access to the market by using BVI's world-wide leading network of Sales and Service partners. Customers will benefit from SKF's expertise as a knowledge engineering company in combination with BVI's focus on shipbuilding and ship operations. The new joint organisation will be an even stronger partner for the marine industry, supplying critical components and fast and reliable services, as well as developing new applications that address future challenges in the ever changing environment of the industry.
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Every British schoolchild knows that the bonfire night celebrations of November 5th commemorate the events of November 1605, when Guy Fawkes was arrested for his part in the Gunpowder Plot.
It's a great excuse to set off spectacular fireworks, but how much do we know about Guy Fawkes, the man whose effigy is still burned atop bonfires across the country each year?
Here are 8 facts about Guy Fawkes:
• Fawkes was born a protestant, but raised a Catholic from the age of eight following his father's death
• At the age of 21 he sold his estate and travelled to Europe to fight for Catholic Spain against the Protestant Dutch
• While in Europe, he changed his name to 'Guido' – the Italian variant of Guy
• Fawkes was drawn into the Gunpowder plot, which would prove his undoing, thanks to his expertise with gunpowder,gained during his adventures fighting abroad
• 'The Gunpowder plot' was a conspiracy by English Catholics to assassinate the Protestant king, and replace him with a Catholic head of state
• He was caught red-handed with thirty-six barrels of gunpowder, stacked directly below the chair King James I would have been sitting in at the opening of parliament
• Fawkes withstood two days of torture – including the notorious 'rack' – before confessing to his crimes
• Fawkes was sentenced to the traditional 'traitors' death' of being hung, drawn and quartered – however he jumped from the gallows and broke his own neck

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Slack time becomes very important when you are connecting an input to a system (or part of a system) that uses a different clock (including no clock at all).
Last time I talked a bit about flip flop set up and hold times and how synthesis tools compute the slack time to help route complex synchronous circuits. There is at least one other place where this becomes very important and that's when you are connecting an input to a system (or part of a system) that uses a different clock (including no clock at all).
A common example would be a D flip flop input connected to a push button switch. The switch could change state at any time, including inside the critical time around the flip flop's clock edge. This can push the flip flop into metastability — it can't decide if the output should be a one or a zero. It may oscillate, or it may take on an indeterminate illegal value and may eventually stabilize well beyond the stated output delay time for the flip flop. There are other things that can push a flip flop into a metastable state. For example, a short clock pulse can have the same effect.
Of course, you can generally control the length of the clock pulse. You can't control the timing of an external pushbutton. Well, not exactly, anyway.
What you can do is use a chain of multiple flip flops to ensure that the rest of your circuit will (probably) never see a metastable output. Of course, this also introduces a delay corresponding to the number of flip flops in the chain.
I say probably because there is always some chance that not only will the first flip flop hit the exact timing required to go metastable but that the second one will also. The more flip flops you add to the chain, the less likely you will have a problem but the higher the delay between input and the output of the synchronizer. Usually two stages are sufficient, although in critical applications you may need to do some math to prove that to your satisfaction.
Synchronous logic is fascinating and without it developing anything other than trivial logic circuits would be very difficult. However, things like metastability and set up times can lead to problems if you don't dig under the abstractions we use to make things easier to understand.
If you want to experiment with building digital logic, any of the FPGA toolsets (for example, ISE from Xilinx or Quartus from Altera) will let you build logic (using schematics or a definition language) and simulate it. There is a bit of a learning curve, though, and lots to install.
If you want something simpler in your browser, have a look at Digital Workshop or LogicSim. There are doubtlessly many others, and even more if you are willing to download and install something. Then again, if you climb the learning curve to learn FPGA tools, you'll be ready to realize your designs in hardware when you are ready.


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Hillary Clinton was snapped checking out a newspaper article about Vice President Mike Pence's use of a personal email account while he was governor of Indiana, according to multiple media accounts.
The photo of the former presidential candidate, secretary of state and first lady was taken by fellow passenger Caitlin Quigley, who posted it on Twitter, while Clinton was flying from Boston to New York Friday, media reports said.
Quigley is a communications manager with Callen-Lorde Community Health Center in Brooklyn, according to her LinkedIn account.
Clinton, who has lived in Chappaqua since the late 1990s, had been reading a paperback book and was captured glancing at a headline in USA Today that read: "Pence used personal email in office."
She was sitting in coach with Huma Abedin, who was vice chair of her failed bid for president in 2016. Abedin was Clinton's deputy chief of staff when she was U.S. secretary of state.
The photo has gone viral on Twitter and social media.
The Indianapolis Star broke the story about Pence using a personal AOL email account, which had been hacked last year, to discuss homeland security and other sensitive matters.
Bedford resident and now president Donald J. Trump and Pence had both attacked Clinton during the campaign for the White House, saying that she broke the law by using her family's private email server for official communications while she was U.S. secretary of state, rather than the State Department accounts maintained on federal servers.
Pence and the White House have maintained that the former governor broke no laws and that he had legal counsel review the account and archive emails that were directly related to state business.
On Friday, Pence's attorneys delivered 13 boxes of state related emails to the Indiana Statehouse to be archived, The Indianapolis Star reported.
Reacting to the revelations Friday, Pence said there was no comparison to the Clinton controversy, and pointed out that he had not used a private server, or handled classified information, according to abcnews.go.com.
The FBI, headed by James Comey, probed Clinton's use of a private server and decided in July not to recommend charges against her.
The agency reopened the investigation after emails found on a device that belonged to Abedin and her estranged husband, Anthony Weiner, a former congressman who was under investigation after being accused of sending sexually charged texts to a minor.
Just two days before the elections, the FBI announced it had found no evidence of criminality in Clinton's emails and was sticking to its July decision, according to time.com.
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As the world watched Holocaust survivors gathered at Auschwitz last month in memory of the 60th anniversary of its liberation, thousands of kilometers away in Taiwan, members of Taipei's small Jewish community still felt the sting of horror that has haunted their families for more than half a century.
The existence of a Jewish community in Taiwan may be little known to locals. However, it has been here since the 1950s, when US troops were stationed in Taiwan.
The current community dates as far back as the mid-1970s, when foreign corporate executives began bringing their families with them to Taiwan while on international assignments.
Dr Ephraim Einhorn, Taiwan's one and only rabbi, has dedicated himself to serving the Jewish community for decades.
Even in Taiwan, it almost seems difficult to come across a Jewish person who cannot tell of a family tragedy that is linked to the Holocaust.
The massacre ended the lives of 6 million Jews, almost one-third of the Jewish population prior to World War II.
The rabbi's granddaughter every year pays homage in Auschwitz to a great-grandparent -- Einhorn's mother -- that she never managed to meet in person.
In addition to his mother, Einhorn's father was killed in Sachsenhausen, a concentration camp outside of Berlin.
Einhorn condemned governments for turning their backs on desperate Jews.
"The world stood by and did nothing. All countries, by and large, shut their doors, [while] people were desperate to get visas to go to other countries," Einhorn said in a low tone, a marked contrast to his normally cheerful demeanor.
But the Austrian-born rabbi also tells the story of Dr Fengshan Ho (
Ho's unwavering sense of righteousness helped rescue thousands of Jews, many of who managed to flee to Shanghai.
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"Dr Ho was `the Chinese Schindler.' He was honored by Israel's Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial with the title `Righteous Among the Nations,'" Einhorn said.
Another congregation member, Don Shapiro, who is editor in chief of Topics, a magazine published by the American Chamber of Commerce in Taipei, said members of his family who had survived the Holocaust usually kept mum about the pain and sorrow of their past.
But as the number of living survivors able to recount the tragedy is decreasing as years go by, he said, passing on these memories in other ways is crucial.
"In another 10 years, maybe no one [will be] there to directly tell the stories. However, that incident is something that every generation should know," Shapiro said.
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When Einhorn started his work in Taipei it was at the US Military Chapel. Later, he moved to the President Hotel, which no longer exists.
"And then they built the Landis. Some of the people who used to stay at the President started to move into the Ritz [Landis] Hotel," Einhorn said.
So the rabbi made a proposal to the chairman of the Ritz Hotel Chain, asking if he could move the service over there.
That was some 25 years ago.
Every Friday and Saturday Einhorn performs Sabbath services at this one and only synagogue in Taiwan.
The present-day synagogue, which is complete with a Torah and a Holy Ark, is located in a small room in the Ritz Landis Hotel on Minchuan East Road.


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Nottingham Forest's unbeaten start to the season was halted by Leeds who won 2-1 at Elland Road on an afternoon when the home fans were given a nod towards a possibly brighter future.
After almost seven years of supporter unrest about his involvement with their club, United's supporters were told by veteran owner Ken Bates that talks over investment from four present Bahraini businessman are at an advanced stage, prior to a 90 minutes that saw their side score through Luciano Becchio and starting debutant Dom Poleon.
The success not only ended a two-game losing run for Leeds, but allowed manager Neil Warnock to avenge the 7-3 defeat at the hands of the same opposition in March that he described as one of the worst nights of his career.
He promised to return this year campaign with a side worthy of promotion and, should Bates stay true to his word, then he may well have new money with which to pursue that ambition.
Forest are a side already feasting on the wealth of Gulf owners and a lavish summer spending spree was one of the key reasons behind their previously unbeaten start. Their riches could not spare them, though, as two failures to clear their box gave them a deficit that they could not surmount despite Dexter Blackstock's goal and a late onslaught.
With a thin squad - further depleted by the expected three-month absence of Ross McCormack - at his disposal, Warnock had hardly done his bit to raise pre-match expectations by saying he might as well go fishing as try and sign a new player.
He was true to his word with no fresh faces lining up, but with the ground seemingly energised by the pre-match activity, Leeds set about getting on top of Forest early on, with Rodolph Austin sending in a 25-yard tester in the second minute.
Forest responded through Simon Cox, with the striker working Paddy Kenny at his near post, before Tom Lees headed a pinpoint El Hadji Diouf corner wide at the other end.
Diouf was the man Warnock turned to in the summer when captain and playmaker Robert Snodgrass left for Norwich and the Senegal international has not disappointed his manager so far with a string of impressive performances.
He added to that in the 15th minute when he laid on the opening goal, cutting in and standing up a cross that hung in the air and eventually fell for Becchio who duly made it seven for the season.
Diouf was causing Forest all sorts of problems as he flipped between playing up front and on the wing but, for all of his poise on the ball, he has never been renowned as a lethal finisher and so it proved in the 23rd minute.
The former Liverpool man broke in to the box on the back of a Poleon lay-off but could only roll in a shot that was blocked easily, although it mattered little two minutes later as the roles were reversed.
Diouf pulled a long clearance out of the sky and immediately threaded a ball through that put Becchio in on goal and, although the Argentinean dallied too long, Poleon was on hand to ram in from 12 yards.
Forest's response was muted with an Andy Reid free-kick and a James Coppinger long-ranger the best they could muster, and the would have been three down at the break had Becchio not blazed over from six yards.
That miss would cause Leeds' anxiety levels to rise after the break too for, with an hour gone, Greg Halford launched a long throw which Kenny lost in the sun, allowing Blackstock to head in.
Forest had discovered Leeds' Achilles heel - the long throw - and Halford quickly deployed it again, with Kenny this time scrambling to tip over, and the goalkeeper redeemed himself further with a sprawling denial of Lewis McGugan's 75th-minute curler.
They would continue to pepper the Leeds box with crosses but, as time ticked on, including six additional minutes, their resolve weakened and United held on.
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"Century for the Millennium" exhibition features 100 treasures; tours offered through November
The most intriguing treasure in a collection of masterworks on display at the Princeton University Library may be the one that cannot be seen: 1,131 letters written by the poet T.S. Eliot to his secret muse, Emily Hale. The letters -- given to the library on the condition that they remain sealed until 2020 -- are exhibited in wrapped boxes under steel bands.
Other treasures in the Princeton University Library's "A Century for the Millennium" exhibition, however, are in full view. Chosen from collections in the Harvey S. Firestone Memorial Library, items on display begin with a ceramic cylinder bearing an inscription of Nebuchadnezzar II (604-561 B.C.), King of Babylon, and progress through the next 3,000 years.
Guided tours of the exhibition are scheduled for Sept. 10 at 4 p.m., Oct. 8 at 3 p.m., and Nov. 5 at 3 p.m.
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The very mention of Bengali cuisine brings to mind the rich desserts like sandesh, rossogulla and rajbhog or the simple and tasty fish dishes like machher jhol, yet it is the vegan fare that is as tasty and make for a good meal. Dishes like Aloo Potol, Shukto and cholar dal may not have found its way to many non-bengali households or fancy restaurant menus, but once they do, atleast in our households they gain prominence and become a repeat favorite.
Aloo Poshto is one such dish. Poshto, Short for Poshtodana which is the Bengali name for Poppy Seeds, literally translated means Potatoes with Poppy Seeds.
Aloo Poshto
Potatoes - 3 No.
Poppy Seeds - 2 Tblsp
Green Chillies - 2 No.
Turmeric powder - 1 Tsp
Mustard Oil - 2 Tblsp
Whole Dry Red Chillies - 2
Water - 1/2 cup
Salt - To Taste
1. Roast the poppy seeds and alongwith green chillies and a few tablespoons of water, grind it to a smooth paste.
2. Dice the potatoes into cubes. ( 1.5" x 1.5"x1.5" )
3. Heat Oil in a pan.
4. Shallow Fry potatoes till light brown. Drain and keep aside.
5. In the same oil, add whole dry red chillies and turmeric powder. Fry briefly.
6. Add in the poppy seed paste and fry for 4-5 minutes or till oil starts leaving sides of the pan.
7. Add the lightly fried potatoes and mix well.
8. Add water and salt. Stir well.
9. Cook till potatoes are soft and the dish turns a little dry.
10. Serve Hot.
Note: This is also my post for Sandeepa's RCI - Bengal event.
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Taste from the Bengali Household - Aloo Poshto
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 Gaurav 7 comments
7 comments:
- Srivalli said...
ehmm...nice looking aloos...just announced and entry already sent..great
- March 12, 2008 at 1:02 AM
- Mansi said...
wow, didn't know anything like that existed!:) looks great Gaurav!
- March 12, 2008 at 8:34 AM
- remya said...
lovely aloos....cool entry
- March 13, 2008 at 6:55 PM
- Bong Mom said...
Thanks for the entry. Love Alu Poshto, my all time fav
Could you please link back to the RCI Bengal post in my blog
- March 18, 2008 at 11:06 AM
- Jean@Yardworkerz said...
Nice one! MMm!
- July 28, 2009 at 7:55 AM
really you reminded me the delicious posto....bengal favourite..:-)
- October 11, 2011 at 9:50 AM
- Gaurav said...
@Arnab ..then u should cook this up on the weekend :)
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Another power-generating company is struggling to survive. According to Reuters, "Edison Mission Energy, a power company that operates in more than a dozen U.S. states, is preparing a possible bankruptcy filing as it tries to restructure about $5 billion in debt."
Edison Mission Energy produces and sells wholesale electricity in the power markets. It is distinct from its parent, the California utility Edison International (EIX). Its subsidiaries and affiliates have interest in 43 operating power plants with an aggregate capacity of 10,379 megawatts. These facilities include fossil-fuel power plants in California, Illinois, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Doga, Turkey, a biomass facility in New York and a large portfolio of wind energy projects in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah and Wyoming.
Edison's problem appears to be prices for wholesale power. Edison operates five power plants in the Midwest, where bulk power prices have occasionally passed zero. It turns out that these plants are merchant plants, which are not sold under long-term contracts. Most of these plants' output is sold into the PJM Interconnection, commonly referred to as the PJM marketplace, and they are financially unhedged.
Selling power into the markets without long-term agreements is called "going naked." It is the riskiest position any utility can undertake. If market prices remain strong, owners can make a killing. If power prices sink, it's curtains. In Edison's case, it went naked, and power prices sank.
Edison is not alone. As previously reported, Exelon (EXC) has been experiencing similar challenges with its fleet of nuclear power plants. Its fleet is expected to remain profitable, but it may not produce enough margins to maintain healthy payout ratios. As such, Exelon's management warns that the company may be forced to cut its dividends.
While some investors are focused on these companies' profitability, a new issue is emerging on their balance sheets. Independent power producers such as Edison, Exelon, Dynegy (DYN), Calpine (CPN), NRG Energy (NRG) and Atlantic Power (AT) are carrying generating assets at book value. But mark-to-market values may be something entirely different.
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Plants that cannot produce power economically are not an asset, they are a liability. Idle plants cost money. The power-generating company has to pay overhead expenses, a standby staff, insurance, taxes, interest, depreciation, property taxes, amortization, utilities and so on. Without revenue or gross margins, these expenses create losses.
If there is likelihood that expenses will exceed revenue for the foreseeable future, the present value of the facility's cash flows becomes zero or negative.
Dominion Resources (D) makes the case. The company analyzed its operations at Kewaunee Nuclear Station, concluded it was no longer economic and decided to retire the plant 20 years early. From its Securities and Exchange Commission 10-Q filing, investors learn how Dominion wrote off their asset:
"In April 2011, Dominion announced it would pursue a sale of Kewaunee. Dominion but has been unable to find a buyer for the facility. Dominion expected that it would permanently cease generation operations at Kewaunee in 2013 and commence decommissioning of the facility. The decision to decommission Kewaunee was approved by Dominion's BOD on October 2012 after consideration of the factors that made it uneconomic for Kewaunee to continue operations.
"Dominion evaluated Kewaunee for impairment since it would be retired before the end of its useful life. As Dominion was not aware of any recent market transactions for comparable assets with sufficient transparency to develop a market approach to fair value, Dominion used discounted cash flows to estimate the fair value of Kewaunee's long-lived assets.
"As a result, Dominion recorded impairment and other charges of $435 million. In addition to these charges, Dominion anticipates recording additional charges related to the exit plan of approximately $50 million."
Because Dominion's exposure to the Midwest power market is relatively small, its write-off is manageable. The same is true with the generating fleets owned by NRG Energy and Calpine. But it is a different story for Exelon.
Dominion's analysis warns that competitors' assets in the same region may be overvalued. Analysts can use Kewaunee as a mark-to-market reference or discounted cash flows to value generating assets. Of course, any change in valuation will change stockholders' equity.
Exelon's second-quarter 10-Q allocates $17.7 billion for Exelon Generation Company's Property Plant and Equipment (net), or about 41% of Exelon's enterprise value of $43.6 billion. This percentage represents substantial exposure.
Only five of Edison's plants are merchant plants exposed to the Midwest power market. Its fleet is geographically diverse, and it uses a variety of fuels. It would not be surprising if Edison's bondholders follow Dominion's lead and retire some of their Midwest plants. That decision, should it come, could be good news for Exelon's nuclear fleet.


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The self-proclaimed "Ambassador of Rap for the Capital," Wale (pronounced "wah-lay") was able to transcend his status as local sensation and become a national rap contender using go-go-inspired hip-hop as the vehicle for his clever wordplay and music. Most of the major singles that ensued for him, however, were melodic slow jams spread across the tail end of the 2000s and well into the late 2010s. These hits, such as "Lotus Flower Bomb" and "Bad," supported albums that regularly landed near or at the top of the Billboard 200. The proper full-length studio releases were supplem... Read more


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Teen wakes up from 3-day coma speaking fluent Spanish
Soccer concussion causes boy to temporarily forget English
MIAMI – When Reuben Nsemoh woke up from a three-day coma in Georgia, he was speaking Spanish instead of English. He had never spoken the language before.
A player kicked the 16-year-old goalie in the head when he dived for the ball. And Reuben was having seizures before paramedics put him in a helicopter to rush him to the hospital.
His parents said it was his third concussion. Traumatic brain injuries can cause short and long term changes in language, according to TBI researchers with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Reuben said he has a lot of Spanish-speaking friends, who speak the language when he is around. He believes this might have had something to do with the strange episode that shocked and confused his parents.
As he recovered, Reuben started to speak English again, and he later talked to reporters while recovering at home.
"Sometimes I daze out," Reuben told a WSBTV reporter. "Sometimes I feel like I am not there, but I am."
A family friend set up a GoFundMe account to help Reuben's parents.
Tips to reduce your child's risk of TBI
1. Buckle your child in the car
2. Get your child to wear a helmet. Safety experts suggest the use of helmets for bike riding, skateboarding and playing contact sports such as football, soccer or boxing.
3. Install window guards to keep children from falling out of open windows and use safety gates at the top and bottom of the stairs.
7. Install shock-absorbing material such as hardwood mulch or sand at the playground.
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ANABTA, West Bank (Reuters) - Thousands of mourners turned out on Thursday for the funerals of three Palestinians, including two teenagers killed by Israeli army gunfire in some of the worst violence in the occupied West Bank in years.
The upsurge in unrest was triggered on Tuesday by the death of Maysara Abu Hamdeya, a 64-year-old prisoner serving a life term in an Israeli jail and suffering from cancer.
Palestinian officials accused Israel of delaying treatment for Abu Hamdeya and gave him full military honors at a funeral on Thursday in Hebron, where masked gunmen fired into the air as his body arrived at a mosque in the divided West Bank city.
In disturbances that followed his death, four Palestinian youths threw firebombs at an Israeli checkpoint near Tulkarm in the northern West Bank on Wednesday, the army said.
Soldiers returned fire and killed two teenagers from the nearby town of Anabta - Amer Nassar, 17, and Naji Belbisi, 18.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Israel's use of lethal force showed that it wanted to "provoke chaos" in the Palestinian Territories and avoid any moves toward a peace deal.
The wave of violence erupted two weeks after U.S. President Barack Obama paid his first official visit to the region, urging the Israelis and the Palestinians to resume long-stalled peace talks but offering no initiative to break the deadlock.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is scheduled to travel to Jerusalem again next week to review the stalemate.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said Israeli forces had killed nine Palestinians, most of them in clashes in the West Bank, so far this year, compared with three in the same period in 2012.
The bodies of Nassar and Belbisi, their blood-stained faces clearly visible, were carried on stretchers through the packed streets of Anabta, held aloft by uniformed members of the Palestinian security forces.
"O martyrs rest, rest. We will continue the struggle," the crowds chanted as the lifeless teenagers passed by.
After their funeral, dozens of Palestinian riot police prevented youths with rocks and petrol bombs from reaching the Israeli watchtower near where Nassar and Belbisi were killed.
Masked protesters blocked a main road into the nearby city of Nablus and threw stones at an Israeli checkpoint. After Abu Hamdeya's funeral in Hebron, scores of youths clashed with Israeli forces, causing several light injuries.
Israeli officials urged Palestinian leaders to push for calm, and dismissed suggestions that a third uprising, or Intifada, was brewing in the West Bank - territory Israel captured in the 1967 Middle East war and which is now home to more than 340,000 Jewish settlers.
"There are no powers there pushing for a third Intifada or general uprising," senior defense official Amos Gilad told Israel Radio.
Underscoring the potential for more violence, the Israeli army said that for a third straight day, a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip struck southern Israel on Thursday. No casualties or damage were reported.
Following initial rocket fire on Tuesday, Israeli jets carried out their first air strike on Gaza since a truce ended several days of fighting in November.
An al Qaeda-linked group, Magles Shoura al-Mujahadeen, claimed responsibility for rocket attacks on Tuesday and Wednesday, saying it was responding to the death of Hamdeya.
Israel says Gaza's Hamas rulers bear overall responsibility for any rocket fire and has urged Egypt, which helped broker the November truce, to use its influence with the Islamist group.
"The Egyptians are very active. Dialogue with them is constant and their interest is in keeping stability and preventing firing, violence and terrorism," Gilad said.
For the second time this year, the death of a Palestinian prisoner has sparked widespread anti-Israeli disturbances.
In February, Arafat Jaradat, 30, died after an interrogation session. Palestinian officials said he had been tortured, an allegation Israel denied.
Palestinians say Abu Hamdeya complained of feeling sick in August, but was only discovered to be suffering from cancer in January. They say he did not receive adequate treatment and should have been released because of the gravity of the illness.
Israelis said Abu Hamdeya, serving a life term for attempted murder after sending a suicide bomber to a Jerusalem cafe, was a heavy smoker and had received adequate care.
Additional reporting by Ali Sawafta in Ramallah, Nidal al-Mughrabi in Gaza and Maayan Lubell in Jerusalem; Writing by Crispian Balmer; Editing by Alistair Lyon


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Teazaar Porcelain
Handmade porcelain Gaiwan Mountain Water Tea Set, underglaze Blue and White (Qinghua) style. Wonderful painting of a mountain water landscape.
1 x handmade porcelain gaiwan
4 x handmade teacups
Free: 1 x Tianbai #2 tea server
Dimensions: 9cm X 10cm (diameter)
Capacity: 200ml
Dimensions: 4,5cm X 6,5cm (diameter)
Capacity: 80ml
Material: Yuni (Jade White Clay Mixture)
Harvest time:
Order your tea when it's fresh. Green tea, white tea, black tea and yellow tea re picked in spring, when you order in April/May you'll have the fresh tea. We'll write down in the details in which year and at what time the tea was harvested. Light oolongs and Dancong oolongs will be available at the start of May and Wuyi Oolongs around July. If you buy Puehr tea, then buy aged puerh teas or fresh puerh with suitable for drinking directly.
If you're not familiar with natural teas, then we suggest you to order a number of varieties first. However, when you have some favorites, then we suggest you to buy the amount for a whole year. If you're not a very heavy tea drinker, then around 250gram of tea of 2 or 3 teas will be enough for a whole year. If you order for at least 100usd, we can ship by express, which will be fast. Fresh tea is the best, therefore we recommend to order at least 100usd per time.
When you make a purchase on Teazaar, the tea will be shipped from the tea farm. Most of the tea shipments will go through our Xiamen or Hong Kong office, but big shipments will go directly to you. Wherever you are in the world.
Our shipping costs are 20usd (or equivalent in other currencies) per order. All flat rate. All products are shipped from tea growers in Asia, therefore we suggest you buy a number of teas or a slightly bigger volume per time.
Shipments can be traced and take between 5 to 15 days till they arrive. We will send you an invoice and the price will also be written on the package. If your country requires import fees or other taxes, then you're responsible for this.
Once shipped, we will send you an email or sms with the tracking code.
All handmade porcelain is produced by local artists in Jingdezhen. When you order this handmade teaware, we will ship by express and will buy the insurance. We will take care that the porcelain is packed well. Please open the package upon arrival. In the case the teaware arrives damaged, please send us a picture of the damaged goods and we will refund the complete amount.
Note that we ship porcelain and natural tea sometimes with different shipping companies, they could be delivered at different dates.
This porcelain is a product you will keep forever, the colors of the underglaze products will never fade. However, it could happen that you'll damage the products when you use them. If this happens, please send us a picture of the damaged goods and we'll give you a big discount and try to replace it with the exact same items.
The various kinds of porcelain which Jingdezhen´s local artists produce are simply wonderful and very special. However, many tea drinkers face difficulties to find this high-quality teaware. Just holding and looking at this finest porcelain makes you realize how special this product is. Then, when you start using it for steeping your tea, you realize that the cover of the Gaiwan fits just perfect, that no leaves get out, only the tea you like to drink, there is no need for a sieve! If you often burn your fingers while steeping your tea, it is because the quality of the porcelain you're using is not good enough. With handmade porcelain, you won't burn your fingers.
The craftsmanship of a very experienced porcelain artist will take care of this. A machine can't do this, the same logic as a good tea needing an experienced tea master.
On the picture left you see an old harbor town called Dongbu, located just down the Gaoling mountain, around 40 kilometers away from Jingdezhen. This is the place where the first Kaolin was found, carried down the mountain and shipped in small boats to Jingdezhen.
We are familiar with the porcelain capital and slightly sad about recent developments. Unfortunately, machines replace human skills and therefore generations of experience get lost, just overnight. Porcelain is made in factories and these factories compete on price since it's too hard for them to produce unique products.
Thus, we find the last artists in town, ask them to make porcelain according to their ideas and skills and we help them sell it. Just to create a situation where artists can focus on making art again, making the products they like the most. We, Teazaar, will do what we can to sell these unique pieces of artistic teaware.
We don't sell goods, we promote the culture and the history of this city. To protect the traditional methods in producing porcelain and skills.
Tea wares from the local craftsmen and artists in Jingdezhen, sold by Teazaar, are considered the best you can find in the world. For us, any teaware worth appreciation shows the following properties: beautiful, unique designs; the design and quality protects you from burning your fingers when you use boiling hot water; when steeping tea, you won't need a sieve, the cover and bowl fit perfectly into each other; the porcelain won't stain, you can always wash it clean again; the design and used colors enhance the tea tasting experience (e.g. tea should be enhanced by white color inside of the cup.
Not only will the tea taste better, moreover, you will also fall in love with the procedure to prepare a cup of natural tea. At the same time, you'll appreciate the beauty of every single piece of art you're using. The more you appreciate all this, the better the tea you prepare becomes. This is what Kungfu is about.
If you need advice about the perfect teaware style for your favorite tea, don't hesitate to send us a message.
Please enjoy, help nature, tea masters and porcelain artists. Warm regards, Renco
Order Teazaar tea and contribute to changing the world of tea. Drink natural tea while changing the world. Good tea is a combination of a natural, biodiverse environment and experienced tea masters.
A tea tree cannot survive alone and needs other trees, flowers, even animals to survive. Biodiversity makes an ecosystem resilient.
Any tea farm on teazaar is selected based on our standard for sustainable tea. Only when all tea drinkers drink natural tea, the tea world will be sustainable.
When we buy natural tea, directly from biodiverse tea farms, the tea world will be fair. At that time we don't need licenses anymore. Money will be paid for quality only.


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Diseñadores de todas las partes del mundo están proponiendo diseños creativos a greenlinemedia en la categoría de diseño logotipo - custom.
We are looking for some modernization of an existing logo. We already have colors, and an icon/image that we want to stick with, but we want to "slick-up" our existing logo with some different fonts, and just get some different and newer takes on our existing look.
Pangea Media
Desired Color Scheme:
white (#FFFFFF), black (#000000), blue (#1F66B1). Some light variants of the blue as accent colors are acceptable.
Desired Style:
Modern, slick, new media look. Soft but strong, with some depth to the graphics and the overall look. For more inspiration, take a look at this page, which shows logos for many of the companies in our space.
Accepted File Formats:
winner should provide vector (.eps, .ai) versions of final logo, and .ttf files for any fonts used.
The company is called Pangea Media and we do online marketing, and also run some destination sites (such as quibblo.com). Our current logo, can be seen here:
What we are looking to do, is keep that earth graphic (which you can grab below), and the color scheme, but swap in some different fonts, give that earth graphic some more depth perhaps, and end up with something more modern, web 2.0 ish, slicker, and more polished. Gradients, shadows, reflections, etc are all ok, but try and steer clear of the cliched web 2.0 look and try not to overdo those types of elements. I will give frequent and descriptive feedback as frequently as I can to move things in the right direction, and to avoid wasted work and time on your part.
- Logo should be on a white background
- Logo should use existing colors (white, black, and blue #1F66B1). Additional light accent colors, such as slight variants of the blue (as accent only) are acceptable as well.
- Winner should produce vector versions of winning entry, along with .ttf files for any fonts used in the design.
- Correct spelling is Pangea Media, and it is two separate words. No ".com"
This contest will end on Friday 4/20/07, so get your entries in now!
Entrants can grab the existing vector versions of the earth/globe graphic here:
Good luck, and thanks in advance for your entries!
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Arc Sports Hall (map )
Where: Arc Sports Hall
When: Sun 17th June 2018, 10:30am – 1:00pm
Difficulty Level: Suitable for all
Status: Drop in session
The date and time of this event has passed
New Skaters always Welcome. Open Skating 10.30am to 12noon. Rollerhoc 12noon to 1pm.
To-day's Skate Session Charges:
- Adults £7
- Juniors £5 (FREE with a skating adult.)
- A full pad set & helmet are compulsory for Juniors, all skate lessons & Rollerhoc.
- Over 70's £5
To book skate hire contact email@example.com or text 07733 276 902
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The Energy [R]evolution Scenario has become a well known and well respected energy analysis since it was first published for Europe in 2005. This is the fourth Global Energy [R]evolution scenario; earlier editions were published in 2007, 2008 and 2010.
The evolution of the scenarios has included a detailed employment analysis in 2010, and now this edition expands the research further to incorporate new demand and transport projections, new constraints for the oil and gas pathways and techno-economic aspects of renewable heating systems. While the 2010 edition had two scenarios – a basic and an advanced Energy [R]evolution, this edition puts forward only one; based on the previous 'advanced' case.
Energy Revolution 2012 [Revised edition of 9 August 2012, now including foreword.]
Energy Revolution 2012 Summary
Energy Revolution 2012 Briefing


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The one thing we admire most about Diane Kruger is that her style is all her own.
She never fails to deliver each time she hits the red carpet.
The German actress is rarely on any 'Who Wore It Better?' poll because she makes an effort to stand out from the Hollywood clones.
She continues to be experimental by bringing new designers to the red carpet like Alessandra Rich and No.21, whilst staying true to her favourites, Chanel and Jason Wu.
My personal Diane Kruger highlights this year were her Jason Wu Met Gala dress and short suit.
Runner up: Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
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Since 1997 Freedom People has established itself as the leading recruitment agency within the retail and fashion industry.
Our ever expanding portfolio of clients, hand-selected candidates and highly esteemed consultants are the ultimate champions to our longevity which has seen us deliver unparalleled recruitment expertise to the digital, retail and creative sectors for 22 years.
Located in the heart of London, our teams recruit on a national and international scale producing a fast, innovative and bespoke service to our network of clients and candidates.


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Color: white, black
Sizes : S, M, L
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S: Bust 70 cm-80 , Length 35cm
M: Bust 75 cm-84, Length 36 cm
L: Bust 80 cm-90, Length 37cm
This is a quality project.It will be packaged, send you a safe and fast.
For urgent orders such as needed the item to reach you at a certain date we also ship by DHL which takes 4 to 5 days world wide and EMS which takes 8 to 10 days to reach world wide. Both shipping by DHL and EMS are at an additional cost. Please inform me if you want to upgrade to express shipping.
Buying 2 or more items automatically saves you money on shipping fees. We provide fast and safe shipping world wide!
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(2) if the seller cause the returning, the seller return the full cost of the customer , and at the same time the buyer should ensure that they can return the complete and tidy goods to the seller on time.
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What is möbius? Penn State bolsters efforts to reduce waste
What is möbius? Penn State bolsters efforts to reduce waste
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Penn State has committed to "closing the loop" on its solid waste through a new program called möbius. University Park currently diverts 65 percent of its solid waste from landfill. With a new and unprecedented program, which includes campus-wide composting of organic waste, the University will reach 75 percent.
This is a University-wide commitment. Along with the paper, plastic and metal recycling bins already in most buildings at University Park, new "möbius stations" will include organic waste bins. "For the first time, all incoming freshmen have a suite of options, including composting, to divert waste in their residence halls," said Ryan Steinberg, assistant director for Residence Life and chairperson for the Residence Life Sustainability Committee. "The same möbius stations are being installed in many Student Affairs buildings on campus, including the HUB-Robeson Center."
Faculty and staff are also seeing new stations across University Park as part of the office composting initiative. "This is a huge step for us," said Al Matyasovsky, supervisor of Central Support Services in Penn State's Office of Physical Plant. "Before 1990, Penn State recycled less than a ton of its waste. Now, more than 100 types of waste are recycled and almost 10,000 tons are diverted from the landfill." Every building at University Park will have a möbius station in 2014, and a full roll-out schedule for office composting is available at sustainability.psu.edu.
Intercollegiate Athletics is part of the initiative as well. The new Pegula Ice Arena has möbius stations. At Beaver Stadium, the President's Suite and Legislative Suite will be showcases for möbius, with 100 percent compostable bio-products for their food service and customized collection stations. What can be composted? The list includes food waste, paper towels, coffee filters and pizza boxes. Office and residence hall food waste is collected and turned into nutrient-rich compost. Everyone at Penn State can download the recycling guidelines for a complete list of what and how to recycle and compost.
The möbius initiative is also about more than simply recycling. Penn State certainly wants everyone to recycle (and compost) — but as a last resort. The first steps to closing the loop on waste are reducing and reusing. Reducing can be the most difficult part of waste management. Hydration stations, "green" purchasing and reduced plate sizes in the dining halls are just a few initiatives that are already under way at Penn State. A signature effort of reuse is the annual Trash to Treasure sale, which diverts 42 percent of student move-out waste. Not only does the yearly sale help reuse items left behind, it benefits the United Way. Almost 75 tons of what would typically be sent to landfill were diverted in 2013.
For additional information, visit möbius online or email firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Dom-Fenofibrate Micro
(fenofibrate (micronized))
How does this medication work? What will it do for me?
Fenofibrate belongs to the class of medications known as fibrates. It is used in addition to diet and exercise to treat people with abnormal cholesterol levels.
Fenofibrate (micronized) reduces bad cholesterol (low density lipoproteins [LDL] and very low density lipoproteins [VLDL]) and triglycerides in your blood. It also increases good cholesterol (high density lipoprotein [HDL]) levels. Bringing cholesterol levels in the blood into the desired range has been shown to reduce the risks associated with heart disease, such as heart attack.
This medication may be available under multiple brand names and/or in several different forms. Any specific brand name of this medication may not be available in all of the forms or approved for all of the conditions discussed here. As well, some forms of this medication may not be used for all of the conditions discussed here.
Your doctor may have suggested this medication for conditions other than those listed in these drug information articles. If you have not discussed this with your doctor or are not sure why you are taking this medication, speak to your doctor. Do not stop taking this medication without consulting your doctor.
Do not give this medication to anyone else, even if they have the same symptoms as you do. It can be harmful for people to take this medication if their doctor has not prescribed it.
How should I use this medication?
The usual daily adult dose of micronized fenofibrate is 200 mg. This may be taken as a single 200 mg capsule once daily with or after the main meal. Alternatively, three 67 mg capsules can be taken daily in 2 or 3 divided doses with or after meals. The maximum recommended total daily dose is 200 mg.
Many things can affect the dose of a medication that a person needs, such as body weight, other medical conditions, and other medications. If your doctor has recommended a dose different from the ones listed here, do not change the way that you are taking the medication without consulting your doctor.
It is important to take this medication exactly as prescribed by your doctor. If you miss a dose, take it as soon as possible and continue with your regular schedule. If it is almost time for your next dose, skip the missed dose and continue with your regular dosing schedule. Do not take a double dose to make up for a missed one. If you are not sure what to do after missing a dose, contact your doctor or pharmacist for advice.
Do not dispose of medications in wastewater (e.g. down the sink or in the toilet) or in household garbage. Ask your pharmacist how to dispose of medications that are no longer needed or have expired.
What form(s) does this medication come in?
This medication is available as a 200 mg capsule.
Who should NOT take this medication?
Fenofibrate (micronized) should not be taken by anyone who:
- is allergic to fenofibrate or to any of the ingredients of the medication
- is allergic to other medications of the fibrate class (e.g., gemfibrozil, bezafibrate, clofibrate)
- is allergic to peanuts or arachis oil or soya lecithin
- is pregnant or breast-feeding
- has a disorder known as type 1 hyperlipoproteinemia
- has had a severe skin reaction to other fibrates or ketoprofen
- has liver disease, kidney disease, or gallbladder disease
- has acute or chronic pancreatitis
What side effects are possible with this medication?
Many medications can cause side effects. A side effect is an unwanted response to a medication when it is taken in normal doses. Side effects can be mild or severe, temporary or permanent. The side effects listed below are not experienced by everyone who takes this medication. If you are concerned about side effects, discuss the risks and benefits of this medication with your doctor.
The following side effects have been reported by at least 1% of people taking this medication. Many of these side effects can be managed, and some may go away on their own over time.Contact your doctor if you experience these side effects and they are severe or bothersome. Your pharmacist may be able to advise you on managing side effects.
- constipation
- headache
- nausea
- red, itchy skin
- runny nose
- stomach pain
Although most of these side effects listed below don't happen very often, they could lead to serious problems if you do not check with your doctor or seek medical attention.
Check with your doctor as soon as possible if any of the following side effects occur:
- severe stomach pain, nausea, or vomiting
- signs of a serious allergic reaction (e.g., hives, swelling of the face or throat, difficulty breathing)
- signs of liver problems (e.g., dark urine, general feeling of being unwell, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, or yellowing of the eyes or skin)
- unexplained muscle pain, tenderness, weakness, chills, or fever
Some people may experience side effects other than those listed. Check with your doctor if you notice any symptom that worries you while you are taking this medication.
Are there any other precautions or warnings for this medication?
Before you begin using a medication, be sure to inform your doctor of any medical conditions or allergies you may have, any medications you are taking, whether you are pregnant or breast-feeding, and any other significant facts about your health. These factors may affect how you should use this medication.
Combination therapy: The use of fenofibrate and "statin" medications (e.g., atorvastatin, lovastatin, simvastatin) at the same time may increase the risk of side effects. Talk to your doctor about the risks and benefits of taking the two types of medications together.
Gallbladder disease: For some people, fenofibrate may cause the formation of gallstones.
Kidney function: If you have reduced kidney function, discuss with your doctor how this medication may affect your medical condition, how your medical condition may affect the dosing and effectiveness of this medication, and whether any special monitoring is needed.
Liver function: If you have reduced liver function or liver disease, discuss with your doctor how this medication may affect your medical condition, how your medical condition may affect the dosing and effectiveness of this medication, and whether any special monitoring is needed.
Skeletal muscle: Treatment with this type of medication has been associated on rare occasions with muscle pain, usually in people with reduced kidney function. Contact your doctor as soon as possible if you notice unexplained muscle pain, tenderness, or weakness, particularly if you also have malaise (a general feeling of illness) or fever.
Pregnancy: The safety of this medication has not been established for pregnant women. This medication should not be used by pregnant women.
Breast-feeding: It is not known if fenofibrate passes into breast milk. If you are a breast-feeding mother and are taking fenofibrate, it may affect your baby. Talk to your doctor about whether you should continue breast-feeding.
Children: The safety and effectiveness of the medication have not been established for use by children under the age of 18.
Seniors: Seniors are more likely to have reduced kidney function and may need lower doses of this medication.
What other drugs could interact with this medication?
There may be an interaction between fenofibrate (micronized) and any of the following:
- cholestyramine resin
- colchicine
- colestipol
- cyclosporine
- "statin" medications (e.g., atorvastatin, lovastatin, simvastatin)
- sulfonylureas (e.g. glyburide, chlorpropamide)
- tacrolimus
- warfarin
If you are taking any of these medications, speak with your doctor or pharmacist. Depending on your specific circumstances, your doctor may want you to:
- stop taking one of the medications,
- change one of the medications to another,
- change how you are taking one or both of the medications, or
- leave everything as is.
An interaction between two medications does not always mean that you must stop taking one of them. Speak to your doctor about how any drug interactions are being managed or should be managed.
Medications other than those listed above may interact with this medication. Tell your doctor or prescriber about all prescription, over-the-counter (non-prescription), and herbal medications you are taking. Also tell them about any supplements you take. Since caffeine, alcohol, the nicotine from cigarettes, or street drugs can affect the action of many medications, you should let your prescriber know if you use them.
All material copyright MediResource Inc. 1996 – 2017. Terms and conditions of use. The contents herein are for informational purposes only. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Source: www.medbroadcast.com/drug/getdrug/Dom-Fenofibrate-Micro


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Flower garden struts its stuff at annual CSU evaluation day
It's like the Miss America pageant, only sweaty and with bees.
At this beauty contest, the height of sartorial splendor is a wide-brimmed hat to keep off the sun. Monday saw the 2012 Evaluation Day at the Colorado State University Annual Flower Trial Garden. A crowd of more than 100 flower-industry folk, volunteer evaluators and staff from the department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, most of them toting clipboards or cameras, descended on the flower garden at 1401 Remington St., just west of the CSU Center for the Arts.
The flowers were ready for their close-up. Salvias, petunias, mandevillas, geraniums, marigolds, impatiens, new sun-loving impatiens, portulacas – 1,013 total varieties, all lined up in flower-packed beds to be scrutinized and compared on this one hot, sunny day (the last merciful cloud had vamoosed by 10:30 a.m.).
Trial gardens work like this: Flower companies have new plants they want tested. Colorado growing conditions – fierce sun, hail, wide temperature swings, drought, clay soil – step up for the job. The companies send baby plants to CSU's greenhouses or seeds to Welby Gardens, one of the program participants. Horticulture students and CSU Extension Master Gardener volunteers nurture them and plant them out in beds or containers once the weather warms. In August, the "judges" convene.
Allen Hammer was there from Dummen, a German flower company with offices in the U.S., checking up on the "Cupcake" series of portulacas. That's "Cupcake Cherry Baby" in the top photo, with its fiery red blooms and yellow centers. It was surrounded by other portulacas of widely differing heights, colors and growth habits.
"Trial gardens are very hard to do," Hammer said. "You don't just stick the plants out here and leave them alone. They do a good job here of presenting the plant to the consumer with really good horticulture."
The job of shepherding the trial garden to this moment in the sun goes to a horticulture student who has help from other students staffers. This year's coordinator Paul Freebury, a former accountant from Mt. Pleasant, Mich., who, after 20 years in Dow Chemical's finance department, took a career turn to come and study plants. "Within two weeks, I quit my job, moved, and started classes," he said. What was catching his eye at the evaluations? New vining varieties of mandevilla and thumbergias.
But stroll in the garden on evaluation day, and you'll come across a lot of opinions. Master gardener volunteer Nancy Hilbrecht was giving a high score to a radiant black-purple petunia named "Debonair Black Cherry" from Ball Ingenuity. "I like the height that it gets to and I like the color," she said. "After you've gardened for so many years, you do look for something different."
Personally, I liked the giant salvia ("Brazilian Purple" from Grolink) in the second photo here. It was the size of a lilac, and I envisioned it casting welcome shade across my blistering back porch. But an ace evaluator thought it looked leggy, and disliked how the spent, naked flower spikes looked. What other flaws do evaluators dislike? Hilbrecht said she hates "muddy colors … The sun is so bright here. You want something that won't get washed out."
Speaking of colors that pop, holding court on the front lawn of the CSU Center for the Arts were perennial beds, whose evaluations take place monthly on plants that are grown across at least two winters and three growing seasons.
Everyone there was captivated by an eye-popping display of echinaceas in scarlet ("Sombrero Salsa Red") dusky magenta ("Double Scoop Raspberry") bright white ("Amado") and a sweet, low-growing traditional pink variety called "Sweet Annie."
It was enough to make me forget my weeding blisters.


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Future Classroom Tookit: Glossary
The glossary defines the key terminology used in the Future Classroom Toolkit. The place the term is introduced in the toolkit is also indicated.
- 21st century skills (transversal skills)
- Core Group
- Future Classroom Maturity Model
- Future Classroom Scenario (FCS)
- Future Classroom Scenario Facilitator
- Innovation
- Learning Activity
- Learning Story
- School Pilots
- Self-Review
- Trends
- Wider Community Stakeholders
21st Century Skills (Transversal Skills)
These are skills internationally recognised as important for young people living and working in the 21st century. They include creativity, communication, collaboration, self-reflection and self-direction. Such skills, though critically important for the 21st century economy, are not commonly assessed in many European subject-based curricula or assessment regimes. Future Classroom Scenarios should be designed to include new modes of learning and assessment, incorporating opportunities for 21st century skill development.
The skills are derived from several sources, notably: ATC21S (Assessment and Teaching of 21st Century Skills) and EU Key competences.
The 21st century skills are covered in Toolset 3 – Creating a Future Classroom Scenario
Core Group
The creation of a Future Classroom Scenario requires the input of ideas and information from a range of people. Together these people form the Core Group. The core group should be comprised of 6 to 8 forward-thinking and well-informed individuals from different backgrounds. For example, a secondary school using the toolkit as part of its work on future curriculum development could have a Core Group composed of:
- Curriculum experts – members of staff from different departments, including teaching and support staff;
- Policy and strategy stakeholders – a national or regional education/ICT coordinator, a school governor, parent and/or representative of local industry;
- Technology experts – technology suppliers, or school ICT managers.
- All members of the Core Group should have a strong interest in supporting innovation in education.
The Core Group is introduced in Toolset 1 – Identifying Stakeholders and Trends
Future Classroom Maturity Model
The Future Classroom Maturity Model is based on the Innovation Maturity Model used within the iTEC Project. In the final year of the project it was renamed and created as an online self-assessment and benchmarking tool.
The Future Classroom Maturity Model shows a number of progressive stages of maturity in the adoption of learning technology to support advanced pedagogical practices. As educational institutions move from one stage to the next, the maturity of the institution increases. Future Classroom Scenarios are used to create a vision of learning and teaching that will move a school from lower to higher levels of maturity.
A key feature of the development process is the Future Classroom maturity-modelling tool. It draws on work undertaken in the UK by BECTA, the former government agency for education technology. This tool was developed to enable judgments to be made about the relative levels of innovation in scenarios developed within the project and to stimulate self-review. The tool has five levels or stages of innovation and five dimensions. It can be used prior to scenario creation to enable stakeholders to review current technology integration within their specific context and to inspire areas for scenarios that can be incrementally innovative. It can also be used as a means of evaluating existing scenarios.
The Future Classroom Maturity model is introduced in Toolset 2 – Future Classroom Maturity Modelling.
Future Classroom Scenario
A Future Classroom Scenario (FCS) is a narrative description of learning and teaching that provides a vision for innovation and advanced pedagogical practice, making effective use of ICT.
A Future Classroom Scenario:
- Takes into account issues, trends and challenges relating to the current school or educational system.
- Provides a high level description of Learning Activities and resource functionalities.
- Describes the roles of learners, teachers and other participants.
- Is not limited to the 'classroom' and can take place in any context, environment or place where learning is possible.
The Future Classroom Scenario is discussed throughout the toolkit, and introduced as a concept in "How to Use This Toolkit"
Future Classroom Scenario Facilitator (FCS Facilitator)
The Facilitator is the person who drives the whole scenario development process. The Facilitator will start by identifying and contacting the other stakeholders, and then work with them (using other tools in the FCS Toolkit) leading up to a face-to-face workshop where a Future Classroom Scenario is written or an existing one is adapted. If the Future Classroom Scenario is being created for an individual school, then a school leader, or advanced teacher with responsibility for curriculum or school development would be the most suitable person. If Scenarios are being produced to guide or inform national or regional strategy, then an ICT coordinator or curriculum/ICT expert may be most suitable.
The Future Classroom Scenario Facilitator is introduced in Toolset 1 – Identifying Stakeholders and Trends.
An innovation is a change that brings about a positive result in learning and teaching. These positive outcomes ultimately result in improved learning achievement, and include better student engagement, greater inclusion of 21st century skills through advanced pedagogical practices, more effective use of ICT, etc. Innovation is a crucial element of the FCS Toolkit and is understood as being context specific, i.e. a learning scenario that is considered an innovation in one country or school is not necessarily considered to be so in another.
Innovation is a key theme throughout the Future Classroom Toolkit.
Learning Activities
Learning Activities are created using Future Classroom Scenarios as inspiration. They add practical detail to the Future Classroom Scenarios and provide concrete guidance for teachers in how to deliver the approaches described in the scenarios in practice. The Learning Activities provide details of the role of the teacher and learner, and include ideas for using ICT resources effectively. These Learning Activities are non-curriculum specific, but do provide opportunities for the development of 21st century skills. They describe, in more concrete terms, discrete sessions of learner interactions.
Learning Activities are introduced in Toolset 4 – Designing Innovative Learning Activities
Learning Story
In school pilots a selection of Learning Activities are used by the teacher in a defined sequence. A Learning Story can be provided to describe the sequence in which the Learning Activities could be delivered, how the Activities inter-relate and some example contextual information such as curriculum or subject area and learners involved. Learning Stories are useful in helping teachers think about how they could use Learning Activities in their own classrooms but should not be consider lesson plans for adoption, just examples for guidance. Innovation will only be achieved when the teacher is free to develop their own lesson plans based on the ideas provided in Learning Activities and Learning stories, and not if they are constrained by them. A typical Learning Story will include 3-8 Learning Activities which refer to the resources that are needed to successfully complete each activity.
Learning Stories are introduced in Toolset 5 – Evaluating Innovation in the Classroom.
School Pilots
School pilots involve testing Learning Activities in practice, in one or more schools. The time that young people spend in school is a finite resource, and should be used as judiciously as possible. Changes expected to impact on learning and teaching should be therefore be piloted first, particularly if they involve significant investment in continuing professional development and resources. Future Classroom Scenarios can be used to set out how a policy change might impact on schools.
School pilots are introduced in Toolset 5 – Evaluating Innovation in the Classroom.
To self-assess (or self-review) the maturity in the adoption of learning technology to support advanced pedagogical practices. An organisation's stakeholders must identify their organisation's current position on a maturity model. This is a key starting point for the scenario development process.
Self-review is introduced in Toolset 2 – Future Classroom Maturity Modelling
A trend is a shift which can be documented and observed currently, and can be expected to continue. Examples include economic developments, changes in society or in employment, or in attitudes and behaviour. A trend can also be related to the emergence of technologies that potentially change education institutions and the organisation of learning; for example, the impact of 1:1 computing (using tablets), or improving internet access (e.g. in every classroom and not just a computer lab). Such trends form key building blocks on which scenarios are built. The toolkit includes activities that support educators to identify and consider the impact of trends in their local context.
Trends are explained fully in Toolset 1 – Identifying Stakeholders and Trends
Wider Community Stakeholders
Wider Community Stakeholders help provide a broad and well-informed understanding of trends and the current educational context for which a Future Classroom Scenario is being developed. They might include students, other education practitioners, local employers, members of other institutions (e.g. the local university), representatives of associations (e.g. parents' associations, faith groups, etc.).
Each member of the Core Group should identify their own group of Wider Community Stakeholders. Teachers may involve a network of other teachers, and/or their students. ICT suppliers may involve colleagues form various departments within their organisation, local distributors, etc. The role of the wider community stakeholders is to provide ideas, opinions and further information to inform the Core Group. The Wider Community Stakeholders do not need to physically meet, but can share ideas and information online.
Wider Community Stakeholders are introduced in Toolset 1 – Identifying Stakeholders and Trends.


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What: Steelers @ Browns Preview (The rivalry)
When: 1:00 pm EST
Where: Cleveland Browns Stadium, Cleveland, OH
One of the most storied rivalries in the history of the NFL. Every time these two teams take the field you can expect a dogfight, no pun intended. This is all of our favorite time of year getting to make the 2 hour trip to Lake Erie to surround ourselves with fat guys in rubber dog masks eating chicken wings by the dozen in mini lots screaming to every thing in black and gold that this is their year. These two cities are so close fans cant help but jaw at each other and for the past 30 years Steelers fans have made no secret as to the success we've had. The series is currently tied at 55-55 after last seasons sweep of the Brownies and the Steelers look to take their first ever series lead. The series is also tied at 2-2 in season openers with such lopsided victories as a 51-0 thrashing by Cleveland in 1989 to a 43-0 returned favor by the Steelers in 1999. Through the years there has been no love loss between these teams as evidenced by the grudge matches when Joe "Turkey" Jones slammed Bradshaw on his head in the '70's
to James Harrison returning the favor to a drunken Cleveland fan who ran onto the field.
From Joey Porter and William Green being ejected for a pre game fight
to the revered story of Jack Lambert coming to the rescue of "Mean" Joe Greene after being pinned on his back on the Cleveland sideline while Browns players lined up to kick him while on the ground.
But make no mistake about it, these are not the Cleveland Browns of old led by Jim Brown and Marion Motley that dominated the Steelers early on in the series. The Browns, where head coach Paul Brown was the first to take football into the classroom surgically dissecting opponents with the original West Coast Offense. These are the modern day Browns, The team that after a 3 year hiatus from the NFL in the late '90's has been entrenched in rebuilding mode trying to find the combination of personnel to get them back to the prominence they once knew. On the other hand, these are still same old Steelers your father remembers taking on the personality of the cigar chewing Art Rooney, the "Chief". Since the early '70's, the Steelers have brought a physical brand of football to the league unmatched by anyone that relies on a dominating ground attack and a suffocating brand of defense designed to pound opponents into submission. While we are still awaiting what identity this years version of the Pittsburgh Steelers will take on, you can bet they will take the field to punch somebody in the mouth on every play. The modern day version has these teams with big changes coming into the season. Cleveland Browns coach Romeo Crennel knows he need to win now to keep his job and an off-season free agent spending frenzy over the last two seasons should help. The biggest addition of the Steelers is rookie head coach Mike Tomlin about to make his debut in the National Football League. Tomlin knows he has big shoes to fill following the likes of Chuck Noll and Bill Cowher, who both won their respective inaugural games.
The Matchup
The Browns enter the season trying to improve on an abysmal showing last year that netted them in the bottom of the league in nearly every statistical category that counts. Some Browns insiders such as Bernie Kosar have gone on record as saying the Browns chances to win this year have increased due to the Steelers searching for an identity on both sides of the ball and showing too much of the playbook in preseason giving the Browns plenty of game tape to study for the opener. On offense, they have a revamped offensive line that includes pricey free agent acquisition Eric Steinbach and #3 overall pick in this years draft Joe Thomas out of Wisconsin. Expensive disappointment Kevin Schaffer moves to right tackle to a position he's probably better suited for. GM Phil Savage also signed an ex fellow Raven in Jamal Lewis to take the bulk of the carries in the run game and '06 incumbent Charlie Frye has been named the starting QB. TE Kellen Winslow, who proclaimed he will never be back to 100% after a motorcycle accident, led all TE's in catches last year with 89. They will look to improve from a 31st ranked run game from a year ago that hasn't looked much better in preseason. The Browns have kept quiet on the status of preseason injuries to projected starting OL Eric Steinbach (knee) and Kevin Schaffer (concussion). Offensive Coordianator Rob Chudzinski, acquired from San Diego, will attempt to pound Jamal Lewis early and often behind his mammoth offensive line. He will be patient in the run game attempting to draw the safeties up trying to control the time of possession. Expect a lot of high % passes to TE Kellen Winslow with an occasional shot deep to Braylon Edwards trying to catch the Steelers in the wrong coverage. I expect to see a lot max protect formations against the Steeler defense with a TE and back staying in to counter the famed Steeler blitz. This idea led to a solid performance last year by Browns fill in QB Derek Anderson.
The Steelers will need to counter this by doing what they do. Stop the run with the front 7 and get pressure from the outside forcing QB Charlie Frye to step up and get out of his comfort zone forcing bad throws. Steelers safety Troy Polamalu will help with all the pre snap looks and confusion he'll give. More consistent secondary play in the preseason has shown Mike Tomlin has begun to put his stamp on this team.
Edge: Steelers
Defensively, Cleveland looks to improve upon the 27th ranked defense from a year ago where they had the 29th ranked rush defense in the league virtually giving them no chance to stay in football games. I've seen nothing as far as upgrading this unit from a run standpoint. Nose tackle Ted Washington is pushing 20 years in the league and is only good for 15-20 plays a game and Defensive end acquisition Robaire Smith wasn't very successful in the 34 defense under current Browns defensive coordinator Todd Grantham in Houston. But for some reason, Cleveland insiders feel Grantham has a great football mind and could possibly be their next head coach. Another key acquisition was 2nd round CB Eric Wright (UNLV) looks to help out what seems to be on paper a solid Browns secondary anchored by CB Leigh Bodden and SS Sean Jones. Savage and Crennell have also brought the LB corps a long way to what seems to almost be a team strength with the speed this corps has led by 2nd year LB's D'Qwell Jackson and Kamerion Wimbley, their top 2 draft picks form 2006, along with ILB Andre Davis. But unless Grantham can get blood from a turnip and get production out of his D line, then entire defense will struggle to produce.
I fully expect Crennell and Grantham to have this defense blitzing early and often in attempts to challenge this revamped Steeler offensive line and test to see if they can withstand the exotic blitz packages the Browns have had 9 months to put together. It will be led by rookie phenom Kam Wimbley who registered 11 sacks alone as a rookie. Marvel Smith will have his hands full and expect to see a TE lined up to that side in certain situation as well as back to stay in and chip at times. I doubt they blitz much from up the middle because Steeler QB Ben Roethlisberger has made a living outside the pocket against the Browns.
The Steelers will come out and attempt to test the Browns DL early trying to establish who owns the line of scrimmage by running Willie Parker between the tackles. They will use 3 and 4 WR sets in order to mix it up but stay focused on the run game forcing the Browns to commit extra men in the box in hopes of getting man coverage on the perimeter allowing offensive coordinator Bruce Arians to unleash his new playbook on his former team. Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger will look to rebound from a disappointing 23 interception season last year by making better decisions and spreading the ball around.
Edge: Steelers
Special teams is a different story for the Browns. Kick returner Joshua Cribbs, a former collegiate QB, was very impressive on returns last year and attempts to expand that role by taking on punt return duties as well. The Browns coverage units didn't disappoint either along with hometown product Dave Zastudil handling the punts. Kicker Phil Dawson was less than impressive last year with a 21 of 29 performance in field goals not showing much leg from a distance.
The Steelers enter the game with an added emphasis in special teams after ranking near the bottom in every major statistical ST's category. Fourth round draft pick Dan Sepulveda (Baylor) has done nicely showing nice distance and hang time on his punts and is also a former linebacker who effectively makes the coverage team an 11 man unit whereas former punter Chris Gardocki was frail and unable to make a tackle. The recent trade to acquire KR/PR Allen Rossum from Atlanta should also help boost field position for a team that ranked almost dead last in the NFL in average field position on both sides of the ball. Steeler kicker Jeff Reed looks to improve on a 20-27 showing last year and he needs to show better depth on kickoffs.
Edge: Browns
Keys To Success
1. Control the line of scrimmage...With 2 new starters along the offensive line, the Steelers will still be a run oriented offense that will attempt to pound the ball down your throat. Early success in the run game will allow for effective play action in the second half ensuring a victory for the Steelers. Look for some early 2 TE sets to establish the line of scrimmage and help counter the fleet footed Browns LB corps.
2. Protect the QB: with more emphasis on passing game this year, the OL will need to improve on the 46 sacks allowed performance of last year.
3. Get pressure from the edges: Charlie Frye can scramble once out of the pocket but doesn't have the arm strength to make every NFL throw under fire. He completed nearly 55% of his passes in this rivalry last year so the OLB's will need to finish the job.
1. Establish the run: RB Jamal Lewis will see plenty of carries in hopes of controlling the clock and keep QB Charlie Frye out of 3rd and long situations and the dreaded Steeler blitz.
2 Get Winslow involved: expect Frye to be under pressure most of the day and he'll need to have a plan to get rid of the ball in hurry. Playmaker Kellen Winslow will be his first read on most plays.
3. Stop the run: Keep Willie Parker from breaking free at all costs. Even if it means keeping a safety in the box for the majority of the game and force Ben Roethlisberger to beat you with his arm.


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Thinking along the lines of Tom Leinster's fascinating recent question, I'm wondering more generally about how to extend questions about natural numbers to groups, with the cyclic groups representing the natural numbers, and normal subgroups representing divisors. For example, let $\mathbb{G}$ be the set of all isomorphism classes of finite groups. Then an "arithmetic function" could be defined to be simply a function $f:\mathbb{G}\rightarrow\mathbb{C}$. Here are a few analogs I wrote down rather quickly (so perhaps there are better proposals for generalizations than these): $$\text{id}(G)=|G|\quad\quad\quad \epsilon(G)=\begin{cases}1\text{ if $G$ is trivial}\\ 0\text{ otherwise}\end{cases}\quad\quad\quad z(G)=0$$ $$\sigma_k(G)=\sum_{N\,\triangleleft \,G} |N|^k \quad\quad\quad\quad\phi(G)=|G|\prod_{\substack{N\,\triangleleft \,G \\ |N|\text{ prime}}}\left(1-\frac{1}{|N|}\right)$$ Tom Leinster's question is whether there is a solution to $\sigma_1(G)=2|G|$.
Question 1: What is known, if anything, about these functions? What is a good proposal for an analog of the Mobius function (I couldn't think of one offhand)? Can anyone demonstrate that they satisfy formulas that are analogs of their natural-number counterparts, or perhaps instead give examples that would indicate that these functions act weird and aren't nice generalizations to make?
I suspect that if these functions act badly, the most likely fix would be to redefine $\mathbb{G}$ to be isomorphism classes of finite abelian groups. All subgroups are normal, and the structure theorem makes things much more controlled. I would guess that defining (for example) what it means for two groups to be "coprime", and hence what it means for an "arithmetic function" to be "multiplicative", would go over much more smoothly with abelian groups.
Going further: given two "arithmetic functions" $f,g:\mathbb{G}\rightarrow\mathbb{C}$, we can define a "Dirichlet convolution" by $$(f\ast g)(G)=\sum_{N\,\triangleleft \,G}f(N)g(G/N)$$ I've got to say, my jaw dropped a bit when I wrote that down. But one immediate difference I can see, somewhat discouraging, is that $\ast$ would not be abelian, since we aren't guaranteed that there are any normal subgroups $M\triangleleft G$ isomorphic to $G/N$ (see this MO question), much less that if $M\cong G/N$ then $G/M\cong N$. However, the function $\epsilon$ is still a left and right identity for $\ast$, and $z$ is still a zero.
Question 2: Can anyone prove or disprove that $\ast$ is associative? If it is, we at least get a non-commutative ring under $\ast$ and pointwise addition (that $\ast$ distributes over pointwise sums is obvious).
Now I suspect I am really getting "greedy" with my generalizing. We could further define "Dirichlet series", such as the zeta function (note that this is not the same thing as the zeta function of a group): $$\zeta_{\mathbb{G}}(s)=\sum_{G\in\mathbb{G}}\frac{1}{|G|^s}=\lim_{n\rightarrow\infty}\sum_{\substack{G\in\mathbb{G}\\ |G|\leq n}}\frac{1}{|G|^s}$$ I seriously doubt there is any hope for an Euler product-like expression. But perhaps, if we restricted ourselves to finite abelian groups...
Also, I'm familiar with the result that the number of isomorphism classes of groups of order $p^n$ grows as $p^{\frac{2}{27}n^3+O(n^{8/3})}$, and I imagine the growth rate is at least as bad for not-necessarily $p$-groups.
Question 3: Is there any $s>0$ for which $\zeta_{\mathbb{G}}(s)$ converges?
I wrote this question rather fast, and I welcome any feedback on how to improve it, or make it more appropriate for MO. Should I break this up into multiple questions? Is it too open-ended?


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An Iowa City man has been charged with stealing his own cat from an animal shelter after it was impounded for running at large, the Press-Citizen reported.
"I'm going to fight it," Justin Kaufman, 31, said Monday, calling the incident "extremely ridiculous."
Kaufman said his cat, Smokie, has gotten out a few times before and been picked up by animal services in the past. Kaufman had the cat, which he adopted from the shelter in June 2011, fitted with a tracking device.
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According to an Iowa City Police criminal complaint, when Kaufman went to pick up his cat Saturday afternoon at the Iowa City Animal Care and Adoption Center, an employee charged him a $35 reclamation fee because Smokie did not have a license.
Kaufman said he told the employee that he was not charged a fee the last time he retrieved Smokie from the shelter.
According to Misha Goodman, director of the shelter, that's because animal services had twice waived fees for the Kaufman family when they were unable to pay for a new license.
"We were trying to be nice and get this cat back home," she said.
After Kaufman protested the fee Saturday, a shelter employee went to speak to the manager about it. According to the criminal complaint, Kaufman then entered a restricted area to retreive Smokie from a cage, put him in a carrier and returned home.
Iowa City police came to Kaufman's home later that day and threatened to charge him with burglary from a government institution and take him to jail, Kaufman told the Press-Citizen.
He was fined $95 for having a cat at large, in addition to the orginal $35 fee from the animal shelter. Police also charged Kaufman with fifth-degree theft.
Kaufman said he will plead not guilty to the charge. He sent Smokie to live with a his sister in Dubuque to avoid future problems.
"I can't be getting charged with bogus, trumped-up charges every time he gets out," he said.


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Reds vs. the Rays, 1:05 p.m.
Ryan Freel CF
Norris Hopper LF
Jay Bruce RF
Joey Votto 1B
Jolbert Cabrera 3B
Jeff Keppinger SS
Chris Kroski C
Juan Castro 2B
Ryan Hannigan DH
Matt Belisle P
It's 52 degrees here at Progress Energy Park. The Rays PR apologized to me because I'm in the outdoor press box. "I know it's really chilly out there." If he only knew. I'm sure a lot of you are still digging out back in the Tristate. Marty and Thom on the radio ought to warm things up a bit.
This is a beautiful site for a ballpark. Nice view of the bay. The Rays new park is supposed to be built here.
This is a big start for Belisle. I'm not sure if he's on bubble as far as the rotation. But with the young guys pitching well, you'd think the Reds would be looking at all alternatives