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Classic Car Insurance
Is my car a classic, and do I need specialist insurance?
If you own a heritage vehicle, no doubt it's among your most prized possessions. To you, your car is definitely a classic – but does your insurance company see it the same way?
It's hard to know, as there is no standard definition of the term 'classic car' for insurance purposes. HM Revenue Customs rules state that you can define a car as classic if it is more than 15 years old and worth at least 15,000 – but individual insurance providers may use different criteria when deciding whether to confer heritage or classic status on your car.
While a standard insurance policy may be available for your vehicle, it could be that choosing a specialist classic car insurance policy is a smarter move.
How much does classic car insurance cost?
Classic car insurance policies tend to assume that drivers use their heritage vehicles less often than they would a modern car – perhaps driving it exclusively during warmer months, and not in winter.
For this reason, as well as because classic cars are generally well maintained by their owners, it might be that a classic car insurance policy is cheaper for you than standard 12 month car cover.
However, if your classic car insurance policy specifies an annual mileage cap, you must take care not to exceed this without contacting your insurer to arrange an extension to your existing cover. It's important to stick to the terms of any insurance policy you have purchased; if you don't, you may find yourself ineligible for a pay out should you need one.
Exactly how much your individual classic car insurance costs will, of course, depend upon your personal circumstances and the heritage vehicle you drive.
Will a classic car insurance policy offer me the same protection as a standard fully comprehensive policy?
While there are many similarities between a classic car insurance policy and an ordinary 'fully comp' policy, there are some important differences you need to be aware of.
Assessing the value of a classic car can be far more difficult than working out what a modern car is worth. Therefore, it's a good idea to avoid buying an insurance policy that states it will simply pay out the 'market value' in the event that your heritage vehicle is stolen or written off.
If you can, agree a valuation for your classic car with your provider before buying an insurance policy. To help establish a fair figure, you could ask an industry expert or vintage car dealer to provide an expert opinion on the value of your heritage motor.
You might also want to consider that some vintage cars increase in value as time goes by. Be sure that your chosen insurer is willing to review and, if appropriate, increase the agreed valuation on your classic car on a regular basis.
Also, it's important to check the replacement parts policy of your insurer. No doubt you'll want to ensure that you'll be covered for the purchase of authentic replacement parts for your heritage motor, should it need to be repaired.
Finally, if you plan to take your classic car around the country – or even overseas – to shows and rallies, make sure your insurance policy covers this. If your classic car is for hire (for example, for weddings) you will also need to ensure you have appropriate insurance cover in place.
Where will I find the best deal on heritage car insurance?
It could be that buying classic car insurance from a specialist provider is your best bet – but mainstream insurers also offer cover for heritage cars, so it's a good idea to explore both options.
It's always a good idea to compare a variety of quotations, no matter what kind of insurance you're buying.
Don't forget that it's important to understand the details of the policies you're comparing, as well as to look at how much they cost. Be sure to consider the quality of cover on offer from different insurers, as well as their prices.
Finally, it's very likely that you won't build up any no-claims discount when you hold a specialist classic car insurance policy.


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Couple helps community keep every stocking stuffed
ATWATER -- Santa Claus has never read Christmas lists filled with wishes so achingly simple.
Cast aside are the video games, iPods and the other gadgets that dance in kids' heads during December. Instead, hundreds of Atwater and Winton youngsters have asked the North Pole to load Santa's sleigh with socks, jackets and other gifts their parents can't afford.
"When a kid says they want underwear for Christmas, the family is needy," Operation Santa Claus co-founder Sally Ford-Machado sighed.
For the past five years, Ford-Machado and her husband, Bill Machado, have channeled their Christmas spirit to bring holiday cheer to dozens of families and seniors in the Winton and Atwater area.
The two act as Santa's elves and match hundreds of poor residents with businesses willing to buy them gifts from their wish list.
Rather than bridling a fleet of reindeer, the husband-and-wife team load their Chevrolet Avalanche with the donated gifts and discreetly distribute them.
They don't need a glass of milk and a plate of cookies next to the fireplace. The smiles on the kids' faces, pure as freshly fallen snow, are reward enough for them.
Without Operation Santa Claus, she intoned, Dec. 25 would not be Christmas for dozens of local families.
However, as the big day draws closer, 51-year-old Ford-Machado has temporarily closed her appraisal business and is frantically trying to round up more businesses to adopt the remaining seven families, each with a handful of kids.
"I can't imagine sending a letter to a family saying that 'We regret to inform you we don't have the funds,'" she said.
Winter tough on parents
Five years ago, Ford-Machado saw news reports about a Winton family of 10 whose home burned down before Christmas. The mother had heart disease and a tumor, and the family was left with nothing, she recalled.
Rather than buy gifts for her adult children, Ford-Machado decided to use her Christmas money to help the family.
Afterward, she realized that she could make a direct impact on the Atwater community and decided to help more families the next year.
She went to the Atwater Elementary School District so teachers and counselors could select students who come from poor families most in need of help.
School officials were skeptical and wary about handing out personal information, but Ford-Machado said they eventually recognized that the project was legitimate.
Manuel Rodriguez, the district's attendance and family services coordinator, said he's familiar with many of the area's needy families.
The winter, especially this year, can be tough for the families because the husbands used to work in construction, and those jobs are now hard to find.
The wives work at sweet potato plants until they close when the weather chills, he said. "It gets pretty tight for three to four months," 48-year-old Rodriguez said.
Husband Bill Machado said they wanted to design a charity that would make sure presents were delivered to the most deserving families. "This program doesn't get abused," he noted. "It's strictly stuff they need."
Each year, blank wish lists are given to the families so the parents can write down what each child wants and needs. In a letter to the parents, Ford-Machado notes that luxury items like Xboxes and iPods probably won't make it under the tree.
Most of the time, the gifts are much more basic.
One 10-year-old kid wished for a bike and a football, and he said he needs sweaters and socks. Once, a kid's only wish was for his father to get a job.
"That was pretty heartbreaking," she noted.
The wish, however, was granted.
Slow economy
hurts charity
The program has grown from helping 10 people to 300 since its 2002 inception, and this year has been the hardest to find enough sponsors.
It typically costs about $150 to fulfill a family's Christmas dreams, she said, and businesses aren't required to buy everything on the list, which can include bikes or lawn mowers.
The businesses never know the identities of those they're helping because the families remain anonymous to keep them from feeling embarrassed or exploited for needing the help, Ford-Machado explained.
Jim Williamson, who runs a counseling practice with his wife, has donated to Operation Santa Claus since it began years ago.
"If you have enough for yourself then give some back," he suggested. "(It) is a way of saying, 'Thanks for being part of our community,' even if at the moment they're having difficulties."
Besides the generally slow economy, many of the past donors were real estate agents, who are now pinching pennies and careful with their charity because of the area's housing market slowdown, Ford-Machado said.
"My businesses are really hurting," she said. "Some of them aren't even around."
Another big blow came when Save Mart closed its product recovery center on Olive Avenue earlier this year. Each year, Operation Santa Claus would get about $2,000 worth of diapers and personal hygiene products that were damaged, yet still usable.
Now those products, not covered by food stamps, are sold at discount stores and not passed along to the charity.
However, the Atwater-Winton Lions Club gave them $800 from a poinsettia sale to buy presents for families.
This year the Winton Cherish found 38 senior citizens who need help either paying their power bills, buying space heaters and blankets or repairing their home. "Their needs are smaller," she said. "They just ask for things they can't afford."
They've all been adopted, though Ford-Machado is still trying to find more businesses to join the program.
The number of people helped typically doubles each year, though Machado shudders at the thought of trying to manage gifts for 400 people next year. Ideally, she'd like to see a local service group take over the project now that the framework is in place.
"It's draining," she admitted. "It's a good thing, but it's a sad thing."
Reporter Scott Jason can be reached at 209 385-2453 or email@example.com.

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MomDot Party Day #1
Today is the first day of the MomDot Christmas of Dreams Blog Party, which will be running through November 27th, 2008.
Question of the day:
Introduce us to your family and share Holiday pics or videos of past years (Christmas, Hanukkah, Thanksgiving) .
This is my family, Christmas 2006 5 days before Bryce was born.
Bryce was born on Dec. 30, 2006, we came home from the hospital on New Years Day.
* Christmas 2007
Jacob, Bryce & Tyler


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[Epicurean challenge] Step above steak tartare, yuksashimi
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[Epicurean challenge] Eating ox from head to tail, someori gukbap
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[Epicurean challenge] Another Korean obsession with fermentation: hongeo
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[Epicurean challenge] Going toe-to-toe with fiery dakbal
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More and more vegan and vegetarian visitors have headed for Korea in recent years, but the concept being relatively new here, some foreign visitors have struggled to find eateries that assure their f...
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[Epicurean challenge]Sliced octopus that keeps on moving, sannakji
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"Speed Feeder". Haha, that's seriously what the race is called. I have no idea what that even means. But that's okay. THIS RACE WAS GREAT!
This was Race 5 of the 7 races that MEC offered in the Vancouver area for a grand total of $84. That's EIGHTY FOUR BUCKS for those of you who dislike digits. And not for one race but for all 7. What a bargain! Basically everyone should sign up for this race series. Here's the link: MEC Race Series It's expired now, on account of 5 of the 7 races having happened already, but they'll have a new one for 2017 probably. So google that.
Anyways what is this a coupon website? No, it's an Endurance Sports Amazing Feats and Glory type website. So less bargains and more race reporting.
Race 5 was the same route as Race 1 held waaaaay back in February. How far back? Like we didn't-even-have-a-blog-that-far-back-yet back. That's far back.
Race 1 was good. It was cold and wet, just how I like it. Race 5? Not as cold, or wet, but still in that "I'm fly for a white guy" preferred temperature range. So I was happy, and not too hot, and just enough wet.
I was also happy because, by all accounts, every metric that my Garmin recorded for Race 5 had improved over Race 1. I was less bouncy, more efficient, more balanced, and better paced. I attribute a lot of that to my butt-running revamp, and to general conditioning, and to some race experience. For example you'll notice from my splits that I ran 90m less in this Race 5 than Race 1. I attribute that to "course management" which is a fancy way of saying why run on the outside of a corner when you can run on the inside of a corner. I also attribute it to sh*t Garmin GPS. But I digress.
Unfortunately my Garmin did not record my HR data this go around (that's a lie, it did, but it say my HR was 248, and then dropped to 80 which it did not do...), despite me wearing that dreadful monitor, so I can't compare my fitness from February using that metric. But if I go on the highly subjective measure of "feel", well this race "felt" a lot better. So that's a Bingo!
Now for the digression. Garmin products suck. Suffice to say I think all of Team Unicorn Sparkle Adventure agrees that Garmin is total sh*t, but they've somehow cornered the market so we'll just keep eating it. It's too bad. I hope someone figures out a better solution one day. I'd say it'd be me, but I don't really care all that much. If I was a serious Triathlete though I would definitely have some sort of blog writing about my triathlon exploits that had a section dedicated to Garmin shaming....
Now this race was a "race" but I didn't prepare for it like a race, more like a Sunday run. So the night before which was M. Ashley M's and the magnificent Ryan's very happy birthday party had me indulging in libations that were perhaps not straight out of the No Meat Athlete's preferred marathon training program; aka I ate falafel and drank beer.
That was great for the party.
That was not great for kilometre 3 of the race. Where you can see my lap time mysteriously drop to sub-standard pace. I'll let you in on a secret, I didn't stop for ~1:30 to tie my shoe..... Although what I did do rhymes with shoe.... (ps. 1:30 should get its own award).
Anyways, other things about this race:
- Butt-running rules. I had been really concerned about my pace these last few runs given that my butt-run easy runs have been considerably off the old pace I would set at the same heart rate. At my faster "race" pace, however, my suffering was about the same as it would have been running my old way, but my body felt significantly better. I was faster, and had more to give if I needed it, and way more left in the tank at the finish. So that means more long, slow, steady butt-running miles at pedestrian like paces for me! Boring yes, but they're working, and that's great.
- MEC Race Series rules. Apparently they're doing triathlons now. That should be amazing(ly inexpensive).
- Stanley Park bathrooms do not rule.
- Totally weird discount Asian massages after races rule (but that's another story).
So there you go. Another 10k done, feeling strong, lookin' pro while going slow. What more could I ask for?


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Focal Flame photographer Clint Thayer is gifted in capturing movement. His photos ofcyclocross athletes in action were featured in the January 11th Isthmus insert for the 2013 Cyclo-Cross National Championships, which were held in the Madison area the following weekend. But the fact remains that every moving bike becomes a still life with the click of the shutter. To leave a lasting impression, each photograph needs to be a work of art. Peter Oyen, owner of Rocket Bicycle Studio, recently tapped into Thayer's knowledge and experience with bikes for his product photography needs.
Since its founding in October 2010, Rocket Bicycle Studio (RBS) has held a core value of "Fit First" - meaning that no matter what level of cycling an individual pursues, from triathlon, cyclocross or even commuting, a proper pre-bike fit is very crucial. Towards this endeavor, Rocket Bicycle Studio has partnered with SBR Coaching, which holds exclusive license to the GURU Dynamic Fit Unit in south-central Wisconsin.
Darla Hofmann, a recent Guru bicycle purchaser through Rocket Studio said, "I had heard a lot of great things and how happy peer athletes were that had the Dynamic Fit with Rocket Studio Bicycles. I have a lot of confidence in Jessica Laufenburg (SBR Coaching) and Peter Oyen, (Rocket Bicycle Studios) so I scheduled my appointment."
Hofmann's order of the custom Guru started with finding the proper frame size and adding the parts and components she'll need for her upcoming challenge, IronMan Wisconsin 2013. Personalizing the purchase experience involved choosing paint schemes and colors, colored bar tape, and wheels. Oyen said, "This makes Darla Hofmann's bike all that more unique, different, and creative. The bike is an extension of her, and each customer's, personality."
Small business photography plays a critical role in illustrating this process. Capturing the unique personality of each customer as expressed through the creation of their new bike is where Focal Flame Photography comes in. Every custom bike takes roughly six weeks production time. Toward the end, RBS schedules a photo shoot with Focal Flame owner and professional photographer, Clint Thayer.
Thayer shared that his goal is to highlight the bike's story and singular nature. The gears. The paint job. That specially chosen handlebar tape. And because Thayer can concentrate on both the scale of both the bike as a whole and the detail of every component, commercial product photography shoots for Rocket Bicycle Studio allow the ability to focus on both small product photography (gears, brakes, drivetrain) and large product photography (the bike in its entirety). This is in addition to mindful treatment of product photography lighting.
Thayer's eye for composition and abstract art makes Focal Flame the logical choice for Oyen's product photography needs. Oyen stated, "The bikes are works of art. Not 'just a bike,' but more than that." Thayer's experience with Miksang photography gives him insight into how an image can represent something bigger and create a strong positive emotion or feeling.
Each new owner is presented with three professional 8x10 photographs of their bike on the day of pick up. One might call these "birth photos" for the new proud parent commemorating the bike's homecoming. Like photos of a boat hanging in the executive's office reminding him or her of good times to come, RBS customers are delighted with the photos of their bike and what they represent. Darla shared, "The photos from Focal Flame were such a great surprise!! I can't wait to get a couple of them matted and framed....they are a piece of art that I will be proud to display. They were definitely the icing on the cake!"
Focal Flame Photography is proud to assist Rocket Bicycle Studio in honoring the creation of each custom bike. And we commend RBS's ingenuity in using product photography to enhance their customers' experiences.
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Born in the north of England, Tensheds broke rank and trained as a classical pianist at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music. Spending his life at the piano, it is this training forged with his love of the Blues and Rock n Roll that makes his music so unique. Couple this with his individual looks and you can see why MOJO labelled him "A chameleon with an ear for the unexpected".
As a live performer Tensheds has honed his craft through years of excessive touring. Oozing confidence with his formidable keyboard skills and a voice that seems to have lived twice as long as he has, it's no wonder that the likes of John Mayall, Mick Taylor, Manfred Mann, Paul Kelly, Roger Chapman, Paul Young and James Burton have all asked him to support them. In fact Hazel O'Connor was so taken with Tensheds that she personally invited him as support on her last 4 UK Tours.
In an era when artists tend to shy away from being individual and are full of blame towards the record industry, Tensheds has proved that hard work and self-belief still pays off. Whether you choose to see this in the numerous awards he has won, the music press he has received, the stages he has performed on - he even played alongside Bruce Springsteen, Noel Gallagher, The Darkness, Tom Petty at the 2012 Isle Of Wight Festival. Remember, this is an unsigned artist!
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Mono System.Windows.Forms apps cannot start without libgdiplus-devel installed -
they give exceptions that /usr/lib/libgdiplus.so is not found.
The application I was using is MoMA - http://www.mono-project.com/MoMA
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How reproducible:
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to MoMA directory
2. mono MoMA.exe
3. Exception !
Actual results:
The program fails to run, with an exception. I'm attaching the detailed
exception, though it is always reproducible on any system.
Expected results:
With "libgdiplus" package installed, this should just work.
After installing "libgdiplus-devel" it works, because that package provides
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This is not happening because (I think) fedora is splitting out the .so from the
.so.0 file, but not updating the assemblies to use the non-.so file.
Correct solution is for Fedora to either ship the .so in the libgdiplus package,
OR update the assembly.dll.config files to reference libgdiplus.so.0
Thanks to jonp on ##csharp on freenode for help in figuring out this problem.
Created attachment 289939 [details]
Exception while running MoMA
In this case, assembly.dll.config file should be
with contents something like
<configuration><dllmap dll="gdiplus.dll" target="libgdiplus.so.0" /></configuration>
(Thanks again, jonp)
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My favourite stall is in the indoor rag market and has every kind of material you need but especially the cotton section, tons of different designs and patterns for £2 a metre. Perfect for most of the patterns in my collection so far.
So I went with a shopping list, I have a beginners quilt that I want to start making soon and I needed some more material to make another ESP dress, since the first one was a bit of a fail and a few little notions. Here comes the haul:
So these are the fabrics for my quilt, they are 100% cotton, 45" wide and all £2 per metre. This was such a good deal because I needed 9m in total, as this is my first attempt at a quilt, I didn't want to pay £8-12 per metre for the quilting fabrics I see online. Not until I know what i'm doing! Haha!
The floral is a navy background with pink and red roses, this is my theme fabric and also the backing fabric. I used this fabric to match and contrast the other fabrics for the quilt.
This one I got from the outside market, next to all the fruit and vegetable stalls. It's a cream background with a tulip pattern and is the most gorgeous, soft fabric. I think it must be some kind of cotton blend. Its 60" wide, £2 per metre and I have 3m here. This is for my second attempt at the ESP dress. I've got another dress on the go at the minute, but the ESP No.2 is next.
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In this post, I will give a brief summary of the plot of the ballad, then present some traditional melodies as reproduced in 19th century Scandinavian songbooks, and finally link to some contemporary interpretations.
|Älvalek (Elf Dance) by August Malmström
The ballad tells the story of a young man by the name of Olof. It is the day before he is to be married, and while he is out riding, he comes across a group of elves. Several of the elves then ask him to dance. This is bad news for Olof. He telles the elves that he cannot dance with them as he will be married in the morning, but when he refuses to dance, the elves place a curse on him.
Olof returns home, and his mother immediately sees that he is unwell. Olof tells his family that he is about to die as a result of his having met the elves, and so he goes to bed.
When Olof's bride-to-be arrives at the house asking after him, his mother tries to tell her that Olof is out hunting. But the girl is not convinced, and she goes up to discover Olof's body. At this, she kills herself, and Olof's mother also dies of sorrow, bringing the body count up to the traditional number (for Swedish ballads) of three.
Of course as always, different versions of the ballad may have variations in the plot. Here is a Swedish text (from Arwidsson).
|Ängsälvor (Meadow Elves) by Nils Blommér ...
with an unfortunate early morning horserider approaching
in the background who could be Sir Olof.
Here are two Swedish melodies, both taken from Ahlström's book, and both with the same chorus (omkväde) line:
(1) Elfqvinnan och Herr Olof (No. 129), melody from Östergötland
(2) Herr Olof i Elfvornas Dans (No. 133), melody from Uppland
Note that the ballad texts published in Arwidsson's book have a different omkväde pattern: (Driving dew and falling frost (or rain) / Sir Olof will return in the evening (or when the forest turns leaf-green)). But I don't know of a melody that fits with this omkväde.
There are several Danish melodies printed in Berggreen's book, and all of these also have basically the same omkväde line as that seen for the two Swedish melodies. Here is one of the Danish melodies:
(3) Elveskud (No. 20a)
What do these three melodies sound like? Well I have made a demonstration video that you can see on YouTube here ... note though that I am not necessarily singing in the key as written (C, A, D not D, F, G).
There are not too many modern recordings of this ballad to be found on YouTube. But there are some.
Korp are a duo, Karen Petersen och Gunnar Nordlinder, specialising in medieval music performance ... korpmusik.se. (The name korp means raven in Swedish, the same as the archaic ramn/ravn that might appear in ballad texts.) Here, they are singing a lovely arrangement of Herr Olof as a duet with an accompaniment that is so light that the performance is almost a capella. The notes of the melody are the same as in (1) above, but the rhythm is changed from 3/4 to 4/4, so the song drives forward, just right for dancing ...
Korp (Herr Olof och Älvorna):
Ulv are a three-piece again going for a medieval sound, but theirs is quite a different sound ... Link (This name means wolf in Swedish, but it is an archaic word – the standard Swedish is varg.)
Ulv (Herr Olof och Älvorna):
In Norwegian: Beginning in the 1970's, Norwegian band Folque were influential in creating folk rock and electric folk takes on ballads with wide public visibility in the same manner as, say, Fairport Convention and Steeleye Span in England. Many bands have gone on to play Folque's arrangements of the ballads. In Norwegian tradition, the ballad of Sir Olof and the Elves is usually called Olav Liljekrans (Olav Lily-wreath). Folque's version of the ballad, called Dans Dans Olav Liljekrans, tells this story, but with a take that is all their own. Links to Folque's own site and Folque on Amazon.
Folque (Dans Dans Olav Liljekrans):
mp3 file on Folque's site
In Danish the ballad is known as Elveskud (or Elverskud). Here, the band Himmerland are playing Elverskud live at Bath folkfest.
Himmerland (Elverskud):
I have made a recording of my English translation of this ballad, see here.
–J. N. Ahlström, 300 Nordiska Folkvisor, Stockholm, 1878
A. P. Berggreen, Folke-Sanger og Melodier, Copenhagen, 1860
A. I. Arwidsson, Svenska Fornsånger, Vol 2, Stockholm, 1887
My own translation of Sir Olof and the Elves is included in Lord Peter and Little Kerstin.


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|Brackish Water Aquariums. Understanding is the key.
The world of Brackish Water aquariums is one I have recently begun to explore. I was motivated by the selection of interesting fish I saw at my local fish store and a desire to learn more about the magnificent aquatic ecosystems where streams and rivers meet the sea. It seemed a bit daunting at first with so much conflicting information on the Internet, and I began to get discouraged. "Yes you can keep plants" vs "No you cant have plants". "1 tablespoon of salt does 10 gallons" vs "10 tbs per gallon"! But then I came across an article that outlined three distinct zones within a typical natural Brackish Water ecosystem. The Polyhaline Zone being closest to the open ocean, Mesohaline Zone where the two waters mixed in more even concentrations, and the Oligohaline Zone where Saltwater penetrated upstream into a Freshwater ecosystem through tidal actions. The definition of these three zones allowed me to get an understanding of why there were varying salinities suggested for Brackish fish and why some people can keep plants in Brackish water.
The Polyhaline Zone:
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The second concept I find helpful in understanding Brackish Water Aquariums is Eurohaline. This applies to the livestock suitable for Brackish water. Fish that have evolved to become Eruohaline have an ability to survive in changing salinity levels. Many fish and Invertebrates have this biological skill and it allows them to live in Estuaries, Mangrove Swamps and Salt Marshes around the world. The salinity of such places can change due to ocean tides, rain patterns and changes in seasonal water levels. Many aquatic creatures have adapted to compensate for those changes.
Understanding where the fish you want to keep come from, and what type of ecosystem that represents are crucial in successfully keeping a brackish tank. You will also want to learn about how some of these fish make use of the different zones as they mature and what changes they will require as they get older. Think of the common Salmon that we are all so familiar with. Salmon are Eurohaline and breed in Freshwater streams, migrating out the ocean to mature. Some of the Brackish Water fish available to as hobbyists also have similar requirements.
If you provide the right conditions, a brackish tank will provide you with an interesting and diverse home aquarium. I hope these few bits of terminology can help you to more fully understanding the world of Brackish Aquariums and enhance your chances of success with the beautiful creatures that live in them.
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LOS ANGELES - THERE is no question that Dov Charney is an unconventional chief executive.
As the founder of American Apparel, the T-shirt and casual wear chain sometimes called an alternative Gap, Mr. Charney decorates stores with covers of Penthouse and Oui magazines from the 70's, admits in interviews to engaging in sexual relationships with women who work for him, and once exposed himself for an ad in a gay magazine, all in the name of personal freedom.
American Apparel promotes itself as "sweatshop free" and stresses that its products are "made in downtown L.A.," anomalies in an industry often criticized for outsourcing jobs and paying poverty wages. And consumers are attracted to the company's reasonably priced T-shirts and underwear, along with its hipster aesthetic of soft-core pornography, which have made Mr. Charney's business hugely profitable.
According to some former employees, however, sex is used for more than selling clothes at American Apparel. In two separate sexual harassment lawsuits, three plaintiffs who worked on American Apparel's administrative and sales staffs charge that they endured sexual misconduct and innuendo and an environment in which women did not feel safe.
The culprit, they say, is Mr. Charney, 36, a retailing maverick from Montreal, who founded the company in 1997 and now has 4,500 employees, more than 50 stores in five countries and annual sales of $250 million.
The suits, filed in the last six weeks in Los Angeles Superior Court by a sales manager, a recruiter and a trade show coordinator, accuse Mr. Charney of behavior that ranges from inappropriate to bizarre.
Among the allegations: using crude language and gestures, conducting job interviews in his underwear, ordering the hiring of women in whom he had a sexual interest and giving one of the plaintiffs a vibrator.
In court papers Mr. Charney denied all the allegations. And in an e-mailed statement he said, "In my opinion their lawsuits are a false attempt to extort money from my company and exploit my transparent persona."
His lawyer, Andrew B. Kaplan, said Mr. Charney "will vigorously defend these lawsuits" and that the evidence will show that no sexual harassment occurred. "What they're trying to do," Mr. Kaplan said of the plaintiffs, "is use Mr. Charney's openness about his sexuality as a weapon against him."
Even under the murkiest of he-said, she-said circumstances, Mr. Charney's management style runs counter to American cultural and business norms and has left him vulnerable to the kind of claims he faces now, workplace experts and some of Mr. Charney's supporters said.
For instance, he takes many of the suggestive pictures and body-part close-ups of women, some of them also employees, that decorate his stores.
And in an article in Jane magazine last summer, Mr. Charney was described as engaging in oral sex with a female employee and masturbating in front of the writer several times with the writer's acquiescence.
Mr. Charney, in a telephone interview, said that citing the article, as well as referring to his nudity in ads and his provocative photo displays in stores are "not journalism but sensationalism" when used in the context of the lawsuits. He said that he has the right to be his company's model and to pose nude, which he said is a "salute" to contemporary adult and sexual freedom.
He said his ads are regarded as trend-setting and appreciated by American Apparel's young customers. Mr. Charney added that "any sexual activities described in the Jane article were, A, consensual; B, enjoyable for both parties; and C, occurred in a private setting and therefore are not relevant to the sexual harassment charges."
Finally, he said, he does not believe consensual relationships between adults should be restrained in the workplace.
The women suing Mr. Charney and American Apparel are not alleging that he pressured them for sex. What they say in their lawsuits is that they faced a "wholly intolerable" and "intimidating" work atmosphere that subjected them to "egregious" sexual comments and behavior.
One of the women, Heather Pithie, who worked at American Apparel as a recruiter between June 2004 and last March, charges that Mr. Charney referred to women in vulgar derogatory and sexual terms. She says in her suit that she was "terrified" of being alone with him.
She said he once called her into his office with a co-worker and gave them both vibrators, saying, "It's great during sex." At another time, the lawsuit says, Ms. Pithie was recruiting in Los Angeles when Mr. Charney instructed her to talk to a young woman because she was "hot." He offered the woman a job on the spot, she said.
Another plaintiff, Rebecca Brinegar, who coordinated trade shows and worked in customer service between December 2002 and last January, charges that Mr. Charney exposed himself "in the nude in front of her." The third woman, Mary Nelson, 33, a sales manager from November 2003 to January, said in her lawsuit that he invited her to masturbate with him.
Ms. Pithie and Ms. Brinegar, who filed a joint lawsuit and are represented by Gloria Allred, the well-known women's rights lawyer, said they quit their jobs. Ms. Nelson, who is represented by Keith A. Fink, said she was fired after Mr. Charney learned she intended to see a lawyer.
Mr. Charney directed a reporter to staff members who in interviews said Ms. Nelson was a poor sales performer and that neither she nor the other women had complained of harassment before they left. (Their lawsuits refute this.) The employees said that some of the women's allegations seem to misconstrue or take out of context things that are done in jest or have a valid explanation.
Pat Honda, a customer service manager, said it is not unusual for Mr. Charney to be seen in his underwear in his office because he tries out products before they are introduced. "We're a manufacturer," she said. "We make underwear."
Alexandra Spunt, a writer in the company's art department, said crude language comes from all quarters. "We all use it," she said. "We're working in a creative department in the fashion business."
Employment lawyers not connected to the suits said companies risk not only litigation but fines by state and federal agencies for sexual harassment when they subject staff to unwanted verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature that a reasonable person would find offensive. Allison Michael, a lawyer with Jones Day in Los Angeles who defends companies against sexual harassment cases, called the acts attributed to Mr. Charney in the lawsuits "pretty extreme."
Richard H. Koppes, also a Jones Day lawyer and a corporate governance expert, said laws governing the workplace have become more restrictive over the years, and that many companies spend a good deal of time making sure that "the tone at the top" is appropriate, ethical and legal. "It sounds like there's no adult presence at that company," he said of American Apparel. "The workplace is not a playground."
But there is little sympathy for the plaintiffs among at least some in the apparel industry. "If you're seasick, don't join the Navy," said Ilse Metchek, the executive director of the California Fashion Association, a trade group Mr. Charney belongs to. "Yes, he's a bizarre person, but that's no secret," she said. "It's there for you to see when you sign on for this opportunity."
"I couldn't work there, but I wouldn't even apply," she added. "Why would I presume to change the work habits of the owner of a private company. Does the name 'Hooters' say anything to you?"
Ms. Metchek said that publicity about the cases is unlikely to hurt American Apparel because of its young customer base. "Frankly, many customers want to be one of those models," she said, referring to the photographs in stores.
Until recently, about the worst criticisms hurled at Mr. Charney were accusations that he had resisted a unionization drive at his Los Angeles factory. He is often held up as a model for other manufacturers, winning entrepreneurial awards and government commendations for keeping all operations in the United States. He also offers above-minimum wages, health benefits, subsidized lunches and English classes for his workforce, which is mostly Hispanic.
Julie Su, the litigation director of the Asian Pacific American Legal Center of Southern California, which represents garment workers, said Mr. Charney and American Apparel stand as an example that challenges the status quo.
"The point his business plan makes," Ms. Su said, "is that you can produce goods in the United States, pay workers well and still make a profit."
She said that if the sexual harassment allegations were true, Mr. Charney should be held accountable, but added, "It's a shame because it would take away from the positive he's done."
Employees like Ms. Honda and Ms. Spunt say they work in an environment that is "exciting" and "high-energy," fostering creativity and the feeling of being part of a unique and rapidly growing company. But some former employees say that they were also made to feel like sex objects.
Hannah Rappleye, an 18-year-old sophomore at New School University who worked as a sales associate in an American Apparel store in New York for about three months this year, said she had no complaints and left her job on her own volition last May. But she said she would never seek to work at American Apparel again.
Mr. Charney's first words to her during one of his visits, she said, were "You look hot today." And when she expressed her objections to a sexually explicit picture on a store wall, her colleagues laughed it off, she said.
"At first they make you feel special," Ms. Rappleye said. "If you were chosen to work for the company, that meant that you were attractive enough to sell sex successfully."
"But after a while," she said, "it feels disgusting."


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Neuroendocrinology involves studying the way the nervous system interacts with the hormone, or endocrine system. One goal is to find ways of treating diseases related to this interaction. Another goal is to find ways to better regulate this interaction in humans and other animals.
Before neuroendocrinology developed, the nervous and endocrine systems were seen as totally separate. The nervous system uses nerves to carry information around the body and most notably carries instructions from the brain to muscles. The endocrine system carries information mainly through the blood system. It uses hormones to control activity such as growth, puberty and metabolism.
With the nervous system transmitting instructions almost instantaneously, and the endocrine system working through slow, gradual release of hormones, the two systems were historically seen as unrelated. The catalyst to neuroendocrinology becoming an established subject was the realization that the way the pituitary gland releases hormones is controlled by the hypothalamus. This meant there had to be a link between the nervous system and the endocrine system.
The physical link between the two systems lies between the hypothalamus and the anterior pituitary. The former is a small part of the brain which is part of the nervous system. The latter is a gland housed at the bottom of the brain and is part of the endocrine system. The two are connected through a system of blood vessels known as the hypophyseal portal system.
The most significant discovery of neuroendocrinology is that some hormones are produced by the hypothalamus itself rather than originating in glands such as the pituitary. This discovery allowed scientists to explore different explanations for how the brain regulates activity such as growth. It also meant they could develop drugs which were better targeted to restore or stimulate the production of these hormones.
There are numerous areas in which neuroendocrinology has helped medical research. For example, some scientists believe that fatty tissue behavior may not be controlled solely through the hormones of the endocrine system. They believe it may be affected by signals sent through the hypothalamus as well. As they believe that people eating and exercising at increasingly irregular or unconventional times affects the brain's sense of rhythm, the hypothalamus may also be producing hormones which affect fat tissue. While this is only a theory, it does demonstrate how neuroendocrinology can throw up different explanations for the way the interaction between the nervous system and hormones affects the body.
Neuroendocrinology has also helped better diagnose variations on diseases. For example, a disease known as Hashimoto's Thyroiditis involves antibodies attacking the thyroid gland. A variant known as Hashimoto's Encephalopathy involves antibodies which also attack neurons in the brain. The study of neuroendocrinology has made it easier for scientists to distinguish between these two diseases, as well as between Hashimoto's Encephalopathy and other neuron-related diseases.
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Chicago -- Interestingly, John McCain was on the campaign trail yesterday and an attendee asked a question regarding the draft, and how we need to reinstate it to continue fighting war on terror.
WOMAN: If we don't reenact the draft, I don't think we'll have anyone to chase Bin Laden to the gates of hell.
MCCAIN: Ma'am, let me say that I don't disagree with anything you said, and thank you.
Take a look back when McCain was known as a maverick -- seems he had a different story about the rich, and how unfair today's draft would become.
The United States discontinued the draft in 1973 and instituted an all-volunteer military -- and only uses the Selective Service System for young men who are required to register between the ages of 19 to 25, so the government can have you readily available if the draft was enacted.
Now the question is, if John McCain is in fact keen on enacting the draft -- will he keep the law for only men? We live in 2008, Hilary Clinton was close to becoming the democratic nominee and possibly the President of the United States. Women serve in the military now, so why not change the mandatory system to included men and women?
Well, because every parent across America would be up in arms to protest this very act. What parent wants their child and, for that matter, their baby girl being forced to live a life they had no voice in choosing? In fact, why hasn't the media (except for Keith Obermann from MSNBC Countdown) been all over this latest news story about John McCain from the past video to the video below? Hopefully, this will get more airplay in the days ahead.


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What you think will be night to remember can turn south in a hurry. Here are 5 brands of shitty nights and the steps you can take to prevent them. (Not mentioned: Night spent reading 25+ CollegeHumor articles instead of socializing.)
Your one friend with a taste for house music somehow got the wheel tonight and you are all headed to a hell hole of e-cigarettes and bottle service. You are in especially deep trouble if the club name is some sort of force of nature. Without even researching, I can tell you with confidence that "Fire", "Ice", and "Storm" probably exist and definitely suck. Wouldn't even be surprised if there's a spot called "Seafloor Spreading" and am sure there's one called "Fjord". Stretch out your texting muscles because that's all you'll be doing while the rest of your friends have rhythmic seizures to the new track by some Icelandic 12-year-old.
How To Avoid It: Falsify that there are rampant staph infections reported in both "Aurora Borealis" and "Algal Bloom". There's a good chance you're right.
Midnight came way too fast and the group is doing a cost-benefit analysis on whether or not it still makes sense to go out. They are throwing out figures on cab costs, cover charges, potential bar tab totals and weighing them against how little time is left in the night. But this is your night! It's the bar you've been wanting to go back to forever and you have a feeling that girl with the boobs will be bar tending again. In a last ditch effort you lie about the closing time, telling them that "it doesn't close til like 2!" But in the end, the calculations have shown that drinking around the fire pit and falling asleep halfway through MacGruber is the most pragmatic course of action.
How To Avoid It: Play the guilt trip. Reach back into the history of your friendship and cite instances where you didn't bail on them. Either that or play The Guilt Trip (2012) which will get them out of the house even faster.
You already dropped $20 on pre-game booze and another $20 on the cab, only to find that there's a $20 cover at the door. It only gets worse when you look at the drink list and assume they must be running their "Unhappy Hour". Every beer is from some Belgian monastery that is apparently pretty expensive to ship from. If your not embarrassed by how much you just spent on a beer, you sure as hell will be when they serve it to you in a goblet. Make the most of that Doublebockenweissensteiner because you can't afford another one.
How To Avoid It: Stick it to the man with 50 milliliters of payback. Step out to the liquor store for a fistful of nips and smuggle them back into the bar. Savor your victory with a Popov & Sprite you mixed up in the bathroom stall.
If you're like me, you don't like clubs, but you do need to spank the planks every once in a while (dance, not masturbate). You've been to this bar before and you know they play hot wedding jams, serve cheap beer, and best of all - they never have a line. Unfortunately for you, tonight is the night that the secret got out and the queue is stretched around the block. Get ready for an hour of your friends making heavy sighs and glaring at you with their arms crossed.
How To Avoid It: Most back pockets allow enough space for a Poland Spring bottle full of vodka-cranberry. Pass the body-temp cocktail around your circle and start a party of your own. Who knows? A whole new line might just form next to you and your friends of equally frustrated 20-somethings.
You found her. The one. She's beautiful, funny, and shares your distaste for the Dexter finale. Since you're certain you've met your future wife, you don't think twice about completely ignoring your friends for the next hour - right up until the point that you need them to accompany you to every single bar she wants to visit. You insist to your reluctant friends that you'd do the same for them, knowing full well that you absolutely wouldn't. If you don't feel guilty over that, you certainly will the second you find your new soul mate's inevitable defect. Maybe she has a boyfriend. Maybe she's moving to France tomorrow. Maybe she's a KGB Agent imbedded in the Williamsburg hipster scene. Regardless of the reason, you go from internally picking out wedding invitations to finding your exit strategy.
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Celebrate tonight, fill the sky with light, that is our DESIIIIIIREEEEEE…
Okay. Dang it. missing that one again this year. Only a little piece of my heart is ripped to SHREDS AND CRYING OUT IN AGONY HERE! Okay. I'm being dramatic. But I definitely just love the Stadium of Fire. And all that is 4th of July celebrations in Provo. 🙂 Sounds like the celebrations this year are definitely not all that they normally are so I guess that's good. I'm not missing out on much. And unlike last year, this year's celebrations are like.. non existant. No participating in a parade in State College. No yummy dinner at the Leavitt's. We pretty much don't have a dinner appointment and we probably have to be in early because it's a holiday and… Yeah.
What was that? Was that a whiney missionary? Nahhh..
Anyway, for whatever reason I'm super short on time… Probably because I just sent our new mission president, President Johnson, a recap of my ENTIRE MISSION. Yes. I forwarded him every single email I've ever sent home. Just kidding. But I did go through all my areas so he has an idea of where I've been, etc. So it took a while. Because I'm old. "Someone get you dentures and a cane!" as Elder Martin so kindly says to me anytime he sees me now.
This week has been a week of miracles though. I can't even begin to describe them all. But I'm going to try!
The Lititz Sisters have officially moved out and now I'm just MEGABEDding it all my by myself. haha. Except I don't even sleep on both the beds because it was seriously killing my back. Haha.
We have two new elders in our district! Elder Baggett is serving in my ward and he's from Bountiful, UT. And then Elder Boren is from Thatcher, AZ and he's serving with Elder Gibson in Lititz. Yes, Thatcher, AZ like the place the two football guys are from in the Mormon Message… Come on, fellow missionaries, be in shock and jealousy because I know that you're the only ones who even know what I'm talking about! Anyway.. Yeah, "Boren" is mostly said like "Bourne" and his first name is definitely Jason. Not kidding. Serving with Jason Bourne. Holla!
Okay so I don't know if I told everyone about Heather, Robert and June last week but if not you'll just have to believe that it was really awesome to find them and set an appointment with them. But here's what happened this week. Typed straight out of my journal (how embarrassing):
We had a lesson that we set with heather, Robert, and June from last week. We went… NOT home! Ah! I was so sad! But I didn't give up. Sis. J and I decided to keep trying to find the 3 new investigators we set a goal for. We decided to tract a sketchy apartment building and knocked this door and the girl that answered acted really weird. Then, we heard someone near the door say, "I don't care what they are coming for, if they knock on my door again…" so we quickly walked out of the building.
We decided to go work and then try back to H, R, & J's later. We walked to Etown Square and didn't find anyone and started to go try to tract a building but decided against it. Then , we were walking and randomly (or not so randomly) decided to walk down this street/back alley. Walking. Both decide one specific door to tract. Two little girls yell out from another house and say they're not home. Talked to girls. Older girl walks up and sits on porch of tracted house. Go back, talk to girl. She just moved here. Wants to learn more. Return appointment set for Tuesday.
… Not even kidding. Everything had to work out perfectly for us to meet that girl, Samantha! It was just one of those days where I came home and felt like, "YES! I DID find everyone the Lord prepared for me to find today!" It was awesome.
We had a lesson with Ciara and she is still progressing swimmingly. It's so great. She's still set for her baptismal date of August 16th and I couldn't be more thrilled. She's awesome. Hopefully we're teaching her at the Ward Mission Leader's house on Wednesday after dinner. That will be great.
Last week we met this awesome Samoan family, right? Well, they said they were going to come to church this week. On Friday, I decided we should fast for them. So we did. And then they didn't come to church. BUT, the bishop told us that day that he is planning on asking Kalili to speak in church and I think that will definitely get them to church. So in the Lord's time, our prayers are definitely answered. I love it.
We had a less active girl named Amber come to church for the first time. She was well fellowshipped by one of the members and she came to church and sat with us! She's like 11. And I love her. And that was awesome. We also stopped by to visit our investigator, Ann, who we haven't seen in a while after church on Sunday. It seemed like she wasn't really interested in talking at first. But she let us in and we started just talking about her and what was going on in her life and then all of a sudden her son, Alex, started asking us questions. Like TONS of questions. Turns out he went to ASU and knew tons of Mormons and really loved them. He said that if there was ever a religion he would settle down with and stick to, it would definitely be ours. So… new investigator found!
It's so awesome. I just feel like everything is slowly picking up as we're doing all we can to be more and more diligent and obedient and humble. It's great. And I'm so excited to have a new mission president (so so so sad to see the Topham's leave, don't get me wrong), but I'm excited that he and his wife have gotten the latest in training about missionary work that the church has to offer and we get to be a part of that! What an honor. I'm so excited to keep working hard and truly doing all I can to reap the harvest of souls.
One thing that we've been focusing on with the elders in our ward is how to help members do missionary work and understand why they're supposed to.
Missionary work is not necessarily about the obligation we have to save everyone else. It is about OUR salvation. When we do missionary work, our sins are washed away, too. We get to help in sharing salvation and eternal life, and in doing so, we learn how to obtain our own.
So member missionary work is not just about finding people for the missionaries. It's about.. When we really understand the Atonement and the Gospel and it makes a change in our lives, we can't HELP but share it. When we truly love those around us, our natural instinct is to share with them what makes us happy. That is the Gospel. That is the bread of life. That is Jesus Christ.
Anyway, just a little rant there. This week is going to be great. There's a lot to look forward to! Enjoy the holiday festivities for me and then realize that unless you count Halloween as a real holiday (which it is but it's not like one of my favorites really) then I'm going to be joining you for the next one. That's a little freaky.
Love you all!
p.s. My current worldly concern is where I should work when I get home. It's definitely something I'm not trying to worry to much about, but it's a reality. So any and all advice or suggestion on that end of things would be appreciated!
We peer-pressured Sister Johnson into cutting her hair last week. There were lots of tears. And I think she hated us at first. But she likes it now and is glad she did it. 🙂
And here's just a little flashback of the results of too much fun last year on the 4th of July.. :)


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About Six:5 iSix:5 is a collective of young urban men who share a passion for the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Their love for the Gospel message, and their desire to see it advanced, has united them in a unique way. Seeking to convey the truths of Scripture thru hip hop, iSix:5 was formed. With that being said, Hip Hop is used as a tool in that effort. Their desire is to proclaim the Gospel in a culturally relevent form, & to contextualize the truths of the Bible to the urban culture without compromising Scripture. They are Christ-centered & Cross-centered, & organically connected to, & serving in, their local Bodies, & their prayer is that their music is just a reflection of these things, that would ultimately point to the Glory of our Savior. The name iSix:5 stems from Isaiah 6:5.
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She looked at me like I had 10 heads (one would think I would be used to such a thing by now).
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New York Red Bulls 4, Chicago Fire 5 | MLS Match Recap
HARRISON, N.J. – Nine goals, two hat tricks, one crazy game for the ages.
The Chicago Fire and New York Red Bulls played to an entertaining and wild match in front of a packed Red Bull Arena on Saturday night, and the visitors were the ones who claimed three points with a 5-4 victory that saw both sides go through a roller coaster of emotions.
Rookie Harry Shipp led the way for the Fire with a three-goal, one-assist performance, but red-hot Red Bulls striker Bradley Wright-Phillips kept his club in it with his second hat trick of the season. That marked the first time in MLS history that two players recorded a hat trick in the same game.
The win was Chicago's first of the season and improved them to 1-2-6. New York, meanwhile, fell to 3-3-5 and saw their 13-game regular season home unbeaten streak come to an end.
The Red Bulls erased an early 1-0 deficit that came via a somewhat controversial play. A cross from Shipp found the back of the net in the fourth minute, but only after Mike Magee – who appeared to be tripped up in the penalty area moments earlier – made a play on the ball from an active offside position that distracted goalkeeper Luis Robles.
New York wasted no time in bringing the game back to square one, as Tim Cahill found the equalizer two minutes later. Cahill hit home a thunderous trademark header off a cross from Eric Alexander, giving the Designated Player his first goal of the season in what was his final match before joining Australia for their World Cup preparations.
The Fire struggled to win the possession battle from there, but had a glorious chance in the 38th minute to reclaim the lead. Unfortunately for Chicago, Magee pushed his shot wide of the far post despite breaking in on goal all alone.
That miss haunted the visiting side a minute later. Thierry Henry showed some individual brilliance by pushing the ball deep into the Fire's final third, and unleashing a cross that Wright-Phillips one-timed into the back of the net for the 2-1 halftime lead.
Chicago looked a much different side in the second half and they turned the one-goal deficit into a 3-2 lead after Quincy Amarikwa and Shipp scored in the 49th and 54th minutes, respectively.
Amarikwa beat Robles with a header off a feed from Jeff Larentowicz and Shipp scored his second of the day with a low shot.
Shipp then added to his banner day by scoring a third in the 58th minute, pickpocketing Kosuke Kimura before slotting a ball into the back of the net.
Down 5-2, the Red Bulls found newfound life after two more tallies from Wright-Phillips. The Englishman finished off a chested pass from Lloyd Sam in the 66th minute, and then converted a penalty kick in the 78th minute that Henry drew.
New York, which switched to a three-man backline in order to push more men forward, had several chances to equalize. Henry saw a qualty look saved in the 81st minute and Wright-Phillips had a bicycle attempt go right at Fire goalkeeper Sean Johnson just before the death.
Up next for the Red Bulls is their first meeting against the new-look Toronto FC at BMO Field on May 17. The Fire return to action a day later, hosting Eastern Conference leaders and defending MLS Cup champions Sporting Kansas City.
Franco Panizo covers the New York Red Bulls for MLSsoccer.com. He can be reached by email at email@example.com.
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|Not only scored for the fourth game running, but also notched a hat trick, his second of 2014
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