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Re: China
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February 19, 2014, 09:29:54 PM »
Jane Goodall alarmed China plundering Africa, but admits destructive habits changing
(02-18 11:30)
China is exploiting Africa's resources just like European colonizers did, with disastrous effects for the environment, acclaimed primatologist Dr Jane Goodall told AFP.
On the eve of her 80th birthday, the fiery British wildlife campaigner is traveling to world capitals lecturing on the threats to our planet.
During the past decade China has been investing heavily in African natural resources, developing mines, oil wells and running related construction companies.
Activists accuse Chinese companies of paying little attention to the environmental impact of their race for resources.
In Africa, China is merely doing what the colonialist did. They want raw materials for their economic growth, just as the colonialists were going into Africa and taking the natural resources, leaving people poorer,'' she told AFP in an interview in Johannesburg in South Africa.
The stakes for the environment may even be larger this time round, she warns.
China is bigger, and the technology has improved... It is a disaster.''
Other than massive investment in Africa's mines, China is also a big market for elephant tusks and rhino horn, which has driven poaching of these animals to alarming heights.
But Goodall, who rose to fame through her ground-breaking research on chimpanzees in Tanzania, is optimistic.
I do believe China is changing,'' she said, citing as one example Beijing's recent destruction of illegal ivory stockpiles.
I think 10 years ago, even with international pressure, we would never have had an ivory crush. But they have,'' she added.
I think 10 years ago the government would never have banned shark fin soup on official occasions. But they have.''
Her organization Roots and Shoots, founded over two decades ago to instil conservation values in children, has also become involved in China.
We work with hundreds of Chinese children, and they are not different from children we work with here. They all love nature, they love animals, they want to help, there's no difference because they're Chinese,'' she said.
Young people's enthusiasm to change the world gives her hope.
These young people will become the next parents, the next teachers, the next lawyers, the next business people and the next politicians, some of them.''
The biggest problem is that people understand but don't know what to do,'' she said.
If you have one thousand, one million or eventually several million people all making the right choice, all thinking about the consequence of their behavior, then we're going to see big change.''
Another glimmer of hope is this amazing resilience of nature,'' she continued, citing as an example the China's Loess Plateau on the Yellow River bouncing back after massive soil erosion.
It was set to be the biggest totally destroyed ecosystem in the world,'' she said.
A US$400-million project funded by the Chinese government and international donors introduced better farming methods in the area, which greatly reduced erosion and lifted 2.5 million people out of poverty, according to the World Bank.
That took a lot of money, but if you look at it now, it's all green, lush and farmland, and children have come back from the cities. It's even got a whole area for wildlife,'' said Goodall.
We still have a small window of time to change things.''
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Re: China
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February 19, 2014, 10:07:20 PM »
while speaking of Jane goodall one must watch this video and as noted anyone who watches should bring their hanky along;
It is the window video in the third picture box 3 minutes long:
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Richard Young; Marc Faber:Bankruptcies coming and it won't be pretty
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March 20, 2014, 02:43:46 PM »
SHOCK: Wave of Bankruptcies Set to Hit China
March 17, 2014 by Young Research
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In a shocking admission Chinese Premier Li Keqiang warned lenders in the country to prepare for a wave of defaults on debt in the coming year. China had so far been able to prevent embarrassing defaults among its corporations, even by presumably bailing out the worlds largest bank earlier this year (no one knows exactly what happened here but common sense would point to a hidden government bailout). But the government couldnt, or wouldnt, act fast enough to save Shanghai Chaori Solar Energy last week. Its a signal from the Communist Party that Beijing is getting out of the bailout business. Borrowers, lenders and investors should take heed. Phillip Inman reports that the Middle Kingdom is facing serious challenges.
Lis warning followed the failure of Shanghai Chaori Solar Energy to make a payment on a 1bn yuan (£118m) bond last week. The default was the first of its kind for China and widely seen as pointing to the end of 11th-hour government bailouts for troubled enterprises.
Some analysts said the decision to let some indebted firms collapse was a sign the authorities had learned from the Japanese boom and bust experience of the late 1980s and early 1990s. Tokyo was plunged into two lost decades of stagnation after it prevented zombie companies from declaring bankruptcy even blocking petitions from bondholders in the courts when a property collapse exposed debts many times the value of their businesses.
However, figures this week revealed that Beijing is copying the Japanese tactic of ramping up public infrastructure spending to replace the steep slowdown in private sector investment. Fixed asset investment, a measure of government spending on infrastructure, expanded 17.9% during the first two months of 2014, the National Bureau of Statistics said.
If Chinas economic troubles force it to reduce purchases of U.S. treasury securities, and the Fed continues to taper its own purchases, theres no telling what could happen to interest rates. There could be serious risks to Americas ability to fund itself. You can find our advice on profiting from the risks and opportunities of such shocks in our premium strategy reports, Richard C. Youngs Intelligence Report and Young Researchs Global Investment Strategy.
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Re: China
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March 21, 2014, 10:36:05 PM »
"If Chinas economic troubles force it to reduce purchases of U.S. treasury securities, and the Fed continues to taper its own purchases, theres no telling what could happen to interest rates. There could be serious risks to Americas ability to fund itself. "
I think they mean there could be serious risks to our continuing ability to
fund ourselves.
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China Property Collapse Has Begun
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April 14, 2014, 02:39:23 PM »
As predicted here...
China Property Collapse Has Begun
Nothing is going right for Hangzhou at this moment. Walmart will be closing its Zhaohui store in that city on April 23 as a part of its overall plan to dump marginal locationsabout 9% of the totalin China.
Thanks to the worlds largest retailer, another large block of space in Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang province, will go on the market at a time when there is generally too much supply. The problem is especially pronounced in the citys premium office market. Hangzhous Grade A office buildings at the end of 2013 had, according to Jones Lang LaSalle, an average occupancy rate of 30%.
The real weakness, however, is Hangzhous residential sector. The cause is simple: massive overbuilding. Sara Hsu of the State University of New York at New Paltz writes that Hangzhou faces burgeoning swaths of empty apartment units.
Hangzhous market has not yet collapsed. There are still secondary sales, for instance. Singapores Straits Times reports Allen Zhao, a businessman, has been looking to sell his two-bedroom flat in Hangzhou for 2 million yuan. His neighbor just let go a similar unit for 1.7 million. If Zhao also sells for that amount, he will make a profit, but he will be disappointed. That is not much more than the price I paid in 2012, Zhao told the paper. Now Im regretting not selling earliermore bad news about the property market keeps coming in every day.
New homes also face price pressure. Developers in Hangzhou are now offering deep discounts, and investors and owners are noticing. And not just in that city. It seems that the 30% price cut in Hangzhou really changed the way Chinese people think about real estate, writes Anne Stevenson-Yang of J Capital Research, and I doubt there is any turning back from here. (more at link)
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China housing bubble about to burst 2.0?
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April 15, 2014, 12:02:43 PM »
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WSJ: China's growth struggles
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April 21, 2014, 07:19:12 AM »
Addresses themes I have discussed here for years, but comes to a more optimistic sense of things. I can't this this is wrong though , , ,
China's Growth Struggles
Market reform is crucial to avoiding the middle-income trap.
Updated April 20, 2014 5:16 p.m. ET
China's first quarter growth of 7.4% beat expectations last week, but it was a six-quarter low and below Beijing's 2014 target of 7.5%. Some analysts worry the country is vulnerable to a property market collapse and explosion of bad bank loans. So is the main engine of global growth about to stall?
One thing most everyone agrees on: China is in transition from a go-go phase driven by abundant capital and labor (think of the U.S. in the late 19th century) to a more mature development track in which growth depends on productivity gains. At this point other countries such as Brazil and Malaysia fell into the "middle-income trap" and stagnated, while South Korea and Taiwan powered through to become wealthy, although not without crises along the way.
Through the 2000s, Beijing struggled to rein in growth to avoid inflation, and any time the economy looked to be slowing it simply eased restrictions on investment and was off to the races again. Now gross capital formation, which averaged 15% from 2000-10, is around 10% as costs rise and profits are squeezed. The economy is overleveraged, with total debt (government and private) exceeding 200% of GDP. Negative purchaser managers index (PMI) indicators reflect the realization that companies can't rely on high GDP growth to repay loans.
Beijing's new leaders seem to recognize that financial reform and a period of deleveraging are needed to meet this challenge. Since slower growth is a necessary part of this program, the current slowdown could be read as a positive sign that the days of growth at any cost are over. The announcement last month that deposit rates will be liberalized over the next two years signals an end to financial repression, by which interest paid on savings was kept low to make borrowing cheaper. That suppressed consumption and led to the most lopsided economy the world has ever seen, with investment accounting for about 50% of GDP.
Like many of China's past reforms, de facto deposit-rate liberalization started well before the official announcement, in the form of what's been called the shadow banking system. While dangerous risks may be hidden here, there is a considerable upside: The state banks created entities to attract deposits at market rates of interest.
This "reform" came about because banks found that profit margins were shrinking on traditional loans to state-owned companies and local governments. So they sold high-return "wealth-management products" (WMPs) to investors and used the money to lend at still higher rates to private companies. By pricing risk, WMPs make the allocation of capital more efficient.
Another piece of good news is that access by private companies to bank loans has grown dramatically, surpassing the loans to state enterprises in 2012. This would have happened even faster if Beijing's post-2008 stimulus hadn't given a big boost to state firms. Private firms now account for two-thirds of investment, up from 40% a decade ago.
Over the last decade, demographic trends have pushed wages up faster than productivity growth. You wouldn't know it with all the angst about high inequality, but this trend has put pressure on managers to find efficiency gains. And it will help force Beijing to sell off state-owned enterprises that can't keep up. All of this suggests that China may follow South Korea and Taiwan and avoid the middle-income trap.
But it doesn't say whether a crisis is brewing in the next few years. Most crisis scenarios concern the property market, which accounts for almost a quarter of the economy. The problem is not so much high prices, since the average cost of an apartment has tracked rising urban incomes. Nor is it leverage, since regulations restrict mortgages and many buyers pay with cash. It is simply volume.
A side-effect of China's low bank-deposit rates and dysfunctional stock market is that many households have put their savings into empty apartments, which are so numerous they have spawned "ghost cities." When prices begin to fall, most owners will likely hold on and wait for a rebound. That means a long period of stagnation as the excess supply gradually comes onto the market.
The loss of such a big driver of growth will be painful, but by itself it shouldn't trigger the kind of financial crisis the U.S. saw in 2008. Chinese firms, ever flexible, will seek out new opportunities, and that could pay some surprising dividends. One reason China has been slow to produce innovative firms or global brands is that much of the country's talent and capital have been sucked into the production of empty buildings.
China's economic slowdown recalls Adam Smith's remark, often quoted by Milton Friedman : "There is much ruin in a nation." It is a reminder that even though many things go wrong, market forces, if allowed to operate, generally bring about a positive outcome. We can't rule out that there is so much malinvestment on balance sheets that a crisis is coming. But the fact that China's leaders still have the courage to expand the market's role gives hope that this slowdown doesn't herald the end of its growth story.
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WSJ: China RE buble bursting
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PoTH: Chinese economy looking shaky
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Gertz: China making intercontinental hypersonic missles.
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July 20, 2014, 12:32:02 AM »
"A line drawing of the scramjet-powered vehicle shows that the concept being studied for eventual construction is nearly identical to an experimental National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) scramjet vehicle called the X-43."
Duh how'd that happen?
Anyway the article:
****Report Reveals Chinese Military Developing New Scramjet-Powered Hypersonic Missile
BY: Bill Gertz
July 9, 2014 5:00 am
Chinas military is working on a jet-powered hypersonic cruise missile in addition to an advanced high-speed glide warhead that was tested earlier this year.
A Chinese technical journal disclosed new details of research on what Chinas defense researchers are calling a hypersonic cruise vehicle.
A line drawing of the scramjet-powered vehicle shows that the concept being studied for eventual construction is nearly identical to an experimental National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) scramjet vehicle called the X-43.
Publication of details of work on the powered hypersonic cruise vehicle indicates China is pursuing a second type of ultra-fast maneuvering missile capable of traveling at speeds of up to Mach 10nearly 8,000 miles per hour. Such speeds create huge technical challenges for weapons designers because of the strain on materials and the difficulty of control at high velocities.
Large numbers of Chinese military writings in recent years have focused on hypersonic flight. However, few have addressed scramjet powered hypersonic flight.
The Washington Free Beacon first disclosed Jan. 13 that China has conducted the first test of an unpowered hypersonic glide vehicle that U.S. intelligence agencies believe will be used to deliver strategic nuclear warheads through U.S. missile defenses.
The January test of the Wu-14 hypersonic vehicle signaled the beginning of what analysts say is the start of a new high-technology arms race to build high speed maneuvering strike vehicles.
The United States is developing both scramjet-powered and glide-hypersonic missiles. Russias government has made development of hypersonic missiles a priority.
The Chinese report outlines in technical detail how a scramjet-powered cruise vehicle operates at speeds greater than Mach 5 and discusses how to integrate airframe design with scramjet propulsion.
A scramjet is an engine that uses supersonic airflow to compress and combust fuel, creating a highly efficient propulsion system with few parts.
The report analyzed preliminary design methods for airframe/engine integrative configuration.
The analysis may serve as a basis for quick preliminary design and performance evaluation of airframe/engine integrative configuration for a future Chinese hypersonic cruise vehicle, the report said.
The scramjet cruise vehicle was described in a technical military journal called Command Control & Simulation. The article was published by the 716 Research Institute of the state-run China Shipbuilding Industry Corp., Chinas largest maker of warships, submarines, and torpedoes.
Chinese drawing of hypersonic cruise missile Command Control & Simulation
Chinese drawing of hypersonic cruise missile / Command Control & Simulation
The study by Chinas major naval weapons builder is a sign the PLA may be considering the strike vehicle for use against U.S. aircraft carriers and warships as part of what the Pentagon calls anti-access, area denial weapons.
Chinas hypersonic weapons are among the most secret programs within the Chinese military, along with anti-satellite weapons and cyber warfare tools. However, Chinas Defense Ministry confirmed the test asserting that it was normal scientific experiment and not aimed at any foreign state.
Military experts said the disclosure of the scramjet cruise missile is unusual and part of Chinas large-scale high-technology arms buildup.
China long ago identified hypersonics as a critical future military technology and has invested heavily in its development for future weapons, said Rick Fisher, with the International Assessment and Strategy Center. The old Bush administration concept of Prompt Global Strike using hypersonic non-nuclear warheads may be dormant in Washington, but it is very much alive and flourishing in Beijing.
Fisher said a scramjet vehicle would have advantages over the Wu-14 glide vehicle, including better-sustained speeds, some maneuvering, and a depressed trajectory that would complicate efforts by U.S. missile defenses to intercept the ultra-fast maneuvering strike missile.
Chinas Chengdu Aircraft Corporation has been leading the development of a hypersonic scramjet engine test platform similar to the decade-old Pentagon-NASA X-43, Fisher said.
Pentagon-NASA X-43 hypersonic scramjet powered vehicle NASA
Pentagon-NASA X-43 hypersonic scramjet powered vehicle / NASA
Fisher said the Chinese report does not make clear whether China is concentrating on scramjet power for future weapons. However, it could signal that researchers have made advances in such engines and materials.
Larry Wortzel, a former China-based military intelligence officer, said Chinese hypersonic arms are what Beijing calls assassins mace weapons that will give China a strategic edge in any future conflict with the United States.
China is continuing with a number of programs to develop what Beijing considers to be assassins mace weapons that defeat conventional defenses, including these hypersonic strike vehicles, Wortzel said in an email. The United States must move forward with its airborne and ship-borne laser programs and electromagnetic guns if we are to be able to counter Chinas new weapons.
U.S. hypersonic missile programs have been limited by the federal defense spending crisis that has constrained advanced weapons research.
Congress approved $70.7 million for an Army hypersonic missile programan amount that is considered far less than what both China and Russia are investing in hypersonic arms.
Alan R. Shaffer, principal deputy assistant defense secretary for research and engineering, told a defense industry conference that a U.S. scramjet-powered hypersonic prototype, the X-51, is a leading choice for a military system of conventional rapid precision strike.
We, the U.S., do not want to be the second country to understand how to have controlled scramjet hypersonics, Shaffer said.
The Air Force Research Laboratory announced July 3 it will set up a new High Speed Experimentation Branch to study hypersonics at Arnold Air Force Base.
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said July 3 that Russian missile manufacturers must master the technology for both precision-guided and hypersonic weapons. Moscow has set a goal of 2020 to build its first hypersonic missile prototype.
The Peoples Liberation Army (PLA), in a strategic review published last year, stated that new U.S. hypersonic weapons and other nations development of hypersonic arms pose a major threat to Chinas national security.
The review said new weapons capable of striking land from space will have a serious impact on national security.
Among the weapons being developed by foreign powers, the Chinese military said, are near space craft, spacecraft, and transatmospheric vehicles.
It was the first time China mentioned the threat posed by the new generation of hypersonic threats in a public document. The report, Strategic Review 2013, was published by the PLA think tank Center for National Defense Policy.
It warned that the role of space power is changing from information support, to space command operations and space-to-ground attacks.
The United States is intensifying the construction of its space confrontation capabilities and building a rapid responsive space system, the report said, adding that the shift has begun from using space for support to ground attacks.
The report noted the U.S. development of near-space strike vehicles, including the X-51, a scramjet powered hypersonic vehicle developed by Boeing, the HTV-2, a glide strike vehicle, and the X-37 space plane launched atop a rocket. The PLA review called these weapons new measures of power and stated that they were a bid to eliminate the boundary between air and space.
Lee Fuell, a technical intelligence specialist at the Air Force National Air and Space Intelligence Center, told a congressional hearing in January that Chinas hypersonic glide vehicle was a ballistic missile-launched system that glides and maneuvers to its target at speeds up to Mach 10 (about 7,611 mph).
Fuell said U.S. intelligence agencies believe that the glide vehicle is associated with [Chinas] nuclear deterrent forces. Hypersonic strike vehicles also could be used for conventional precision-guided strikes, he said.
A Chinese-language version of article is available from the Canada-based Oriprobe information services.
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Please post in the Military Science thread as well.
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Did board presses for the first time today and they felt pretty good. Aside from some form problems, bad spotting, and getting used to the increased weight the day went fairly well.
I no longer post in my journal, so decided to post this here
Here is how today went
3 board press
265x1 very easy
300x1 still very easy
315x1 easy
325x1 easy
335x1 little heavy going down, but went up easy
345xmiss damn spotter toughed the bar as I was going up, would have probably got it.
345xmiss felt shakey right from the lift off, felt very heavy, brought the bar way to high on the board and couldn't even move the bar a little.
295x3 all three reps went up easy
i really liked these, especially since i have strong triceps, and short arms. I feel I could do alot more once i get used to the weight and get them form down right.
Yeah, they're great, aren't they? I like the fact that they allow your body to become accustomed to handling the heavies. I started with the 3 board but have since started doing a lot more work off of 4 ... but I'm rotating every other week or so. What kind of grip did you use?
That is very impressive nate. Good numbers. Make sure to do some other sort of M.E. exercise next week, then rotate back to the boards. I do boards every other week, rotating between 2 and 3 boards, going up to 400ish before putting on a shirt, then keep going till I miss.
I went a long time going full range bench (incline, decline, floor, flat bench) one week, and partial (rack lockouts, board press) the next week. I basically still do this now. Going boards every other week.
Make sure and hammer the tris and get in a lot of upper back work as well. Sounds like you are a very strong guy.
Thanks, But I don't consider myself strong at all. There are guys here who could easily outlift me.Originally posted by benchmonster
That is very impressive nate. Good numbers. Make sure to do some other sort of M.E. exercise next week, then rotate back to the boards. I do boards every other week, rotating between 2 and 3 boards, going up to 400ish before putting on a shirt, then keep going till I miss.
I went a long time going full range bench (incline, decline, floor, flat bench) one week, and partial (rack lockouts, board press) the next week. I basically still do this now. Going boards every other week.
Make sure and hammer the tris and get in a lot of upper back work as well. Sounds like you are a very strong guy.
my lifts are
310 bench raw
305 squat
440 deadlift
I plan on buying a bench shirt in the near future, I would like to bench 350 raw first, which is a personal goal of mine.
My biggest weakness seems to be speed, even though I due speed bench. I also seem to have trouble recovering from my ME day to my speed day, the speed suffers from lack of recovery and some elbow pain when doing dynamic work. I am thinking about doing speed only every other week.
Last edited by nate allan; 08-06-2002 at 08:49 AM.
If you are natural, you may have trouble getting in 4 workouts per week. Try lifting every other day rather than the prescribed 4 per week. See if that helps.
Also make sure you are doing feeder workouts. Very important for recovery. I could not train the way I do without the feeder workouts.
And go ahead and get the shirt. You will get to a raw 350 much faster if you are doing shirt work than you will without it. BTW, I never ever go over 350 raw. It is simply too dangerous and injuries are very counterproductive.
Just a thought on that last one. Some can do a ton raw, but I cannot, and have no interest in getting injured.
eh, 4 workouts a week is possible, I'm natural, I don't even supplement, and I ain't had any problems with it
I never said it was not possible. Read my post again. I said you may have trouble with it. That is a far cry from saying it is impossible.
Accipiter, you are also not lifting the insane amounts of weight that you will be doing in a few years, and the more weight you lift, the harder it is to recover.
yeah, good point...
Somebody want to show me how you do a board press, what muscles does it work? Or is there another name for it that i might know it by.
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lie down on a bench, put some 2x6 or 2x4 boards (wood) stacked up on your chest (i hold mine together with a strap) with the length of the boards running top to bottom of your torso (not across your body that is).
now using your triceps as your primary movers, do a barbell press while keeping your elbows in and bringing the bar down to your lower chest (mid torso)... pause for 1-2 seconds (release your tension and let the boards mostly hold the bar) and then press it back up while keeping your elbows as close to your sides as possible and keeping your forearms perpendicular to the floor.
Hard to get used to but the somewhat different form that most ppl are used to (i.e. the regular elbows out "pec" bench press) is not near as potentially efficient or potentially strong as this method (elbows in "tricep" bench press).
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nightop, do I know you? under a different handle maybe?
Or are you a friend of Tommy?
Oh, and sense nithtop linked to growordie.com if anyone here is real interested in seeing some board presses, there are examples of Irishpower doing board presses on that site.
Also if you dig around, you can find some video clips of me and my crew doing reverse band board presses. I have a clip, I think it is number 9 of a 600 lbs reverse band board press. Number 10 was with 650, which was locked out, but I could not rack it without help, so it was not as pretty.
Go to training, then hit parent directory, then others then benchmonster.
sorry bench, this is my only handle and I don't know yall but I've been referred to growordie by a PL buddy of mine on another board.... keep up the good work bro.
OK. I thought maybe Tommy had changed his handle. I thought you were saying the growordie site was "your" archive. The guy who runs that site is a buddy of mine named Tommy.
Well, nice to meet you.
Bench -- did he actually spot for Kennelly's 800 or was he just at the meet?
He lifted at that meet, so I doubt he spotted for him, but it is possible, I suppose. I also know Kennely's training partner, who was not able to make the trip for the 800, I beleive.
He goes by Musclehead275 and he is a freak of nature.
Kennely has one of the most impressive, imposing physiques I have ever seen, BTW. And obviously is pretty strong too.
no.. sorry if i made it sound like that was my archive, but conincedentally (sp?) my name is Tom and yes its nice to meet ya.


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- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter a 9x13 inch baking dish.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together condensed cream of mushroom soup, mayonnaise, egg and onion.
- Place frozen broccoli into a very large mixing bowl. (I like to use my large stainless steel bowl to mix this recipe thoroughly.) Break up the frozen broccoli. Using a rubber spatula, scrape soup-mayonnaise mixture on top of broccoli, and mix well. Sprinkle on cheese and mix well. Spread mixture into prepared baking dish, and smooth top of casserole. Season to taste with salt, pepper and paprika.
- Bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour in the preheated oven.
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I've made this several times and we all love it. I make a few changes though. Instead of 1 cup mayonnaise, I add 1/2 cup mayo and 1/2 cup sour cream. I also bump up the cheese to 12 oz., instead of only 8 oz. I also add a butter cracker topping using crushed ritz or other butter crackers, about 20 of them, and 2 Tbsp of melted butter. We like a crunchy topping.
I have been making this same recipe for years but I add a small bag of Pepperidge Farm seasoned bread stuffing to the top of the casserole before baking. Delicious! I always get requests for this recipe.
I made this at least 3 times over the holidays! Everyone raved over it! I added fresh mushrooms to mine...
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Amount Per Serving (8 total)
- Calories
- 387 cal
- 19%
- Fat
- 34.1 g
- 53%
- Carbs
- 9.5 g
- 3%
- Protein
- 11.3 g
- 23%
- Cholesterol
- 67 mg
- 22%
- Sodium
- 619 mg
- 25%
Based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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Kepner & Curry on Jorge PosadaBy
As expected, the Jorge Posada reflection articles are pouring in after we learned that he is planning to announce his retirement in the coming weeks. The two best I've read so far come from Tyler Kepner and Jack Curry, who wrote more about Jorge the person rather than Jorge the baseball player. Both pieces get RAB's highest level of recommendation, so check 'em out.
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Maybe because its the hot story this week, but it really seems like Jorge is getting much more praise and fanfare than Pettitte got last year. It's probably due partly to a combination of people believing Andy would return and his PED confession.
But I think the biggest reason Posada will elicit more recollections is because he was a much more interesting "character." Kepner compared him to Sonny Corleone, Curry wrote about Jorge's father and upbringing. More than anything, I think Posada's brutal honesty probably left a bigger impression with those who will write about him.
This looks to be a more cut-and-dry retirement than Andy's. I think that has more to do with it than anything else.
Well, Posada is clearly done, and the team is ready to move on from him. I think we were all afraid that he was the only person not to realize it. We were a little worried he would sign on somewhere else only to have his career end being released. It's better that he realized on his own that it was time to go, and went out as a Yankee.
Pettitte looked like he could've kept playing longer if he wanted to, and the team could have used him. Most of us were disappointed he didn't come back.
Jorgie's irreplaceable. I know some say that Montero will come in and destroy Jorgie's records but we must not forget who set the stage for the young phenom. When everyone wrote off Jorgie this season he had the best hitting ALDS of any Yankee on the club. He was clutch and he was a true Yankee. #20 should be retired on opening day in Yankee Stadium next season. And 5 years from this date he should be elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
It's sad to watch…Andy retired last winter, Posada retired this winter, Mo will retire next year, and Jetah the year after. An era is coming to a close-fast
Mo will retire after two more years (2013) and Jeter will retire after three more years (2014). The Mo one is a pure guess that he'll play at least one more year after this contract ends. Jeter has a player option for 2014. It's "only" for eight million, but I can think of no reason he won't trip it.
But, yeah, there are only a few years left before all the core players have retired. (Bernie was one of them, so I resist the Core Four designation.)
Andy Pettitte will be the last of the core to retire. At age 40, he'll return for the 2013 season to play another season with Mo and Jeter, pitching three more years, surpassing 280 career wins, which coupled with his postseason wins will take him to 300+ and the HOF. If Morris is going in next year, then I'm starting a campaign for Andy!
Obviously the last part is a joke, although stranger things have happened, and I do think Pettitte is the type of pitcher who could be effective in his early 40s. Not gonna happen.
Jorge was a tough throwback player. He peed on his hands so he didn't wear batting gloves, classic. When catchers were switching to painted hockey style masks, you knew Jorge wouldnt be caught dead wearing one. Even kept the flapless batting helmet for catching. Classic. I'm glad we didn't have to see him wear anything other than pinstripes.
That last sentence is the most important. Would have made me barf, nightly, to see him in blue and orange or some other team's colors.
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When I had started on the Yankees beat, I had been told that Posada was one of the few players I could count on for unvarnished honesty.
On a more serious note – I know his production was down, and I'm selfishly happy he's retiring instead of signing with another team, but he will be missed.
I will always remember his triple in the playoffs this year. There were hardly anyone left in our section because of the cold rain but we were all going nuts.
It's tough to see these guys age out and retire because, for some of us, it means that we are getting old, washed up, over-the-hill, nearing Social Security and free coffee refill time at McDonalds, too.


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Monday, February 27, 2012
Our World Tuesday - Wet Stones
What I like about rain is the way that it brings out the colour in the stone work in you back garden – it's worth getting a little bit damp just to go and have a look.
These may not be the most spectacular shots I'll ever take – but it would be hard to get anything closer to being just my world!
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8 comments:
- darlin said...
Hi Stewart, the stone and rock is one thing I absolutely love. I'm with you, I totally agree that it looks amazing after a rain.
Well I'm off tomorrow to Alice Springs, I'll see if I can still post, I sure hope so... if not I shall see you in a while. Take care and have tons of fun!
- February 28, 2012 at 12:34 AM
- Sylvia K said...
They are indeed beautiful and what a great shot for the day, Stewart! Hope your week goes well!
- February 28, 2012 at 1:02 AM
- TexWisGirl said...
i like the detail in stones, too, brought forth by wet weather!
- February 28, 2012 at 1:45 AM
- hannah said...
Tuesday -- Wednesday, what's in a day.
Stones that glisten are always nice. My contribution is here
- February 28, 2012 at 5:35 AM
- Gary said...
Great shot, Stewart. Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.
- February 28, 2012 at 7:42 AM
- Jonah said...
In Kenya where it gets so dry we love the rain too.
- February 28, 2012 at 8:04 AM
- eileeninmd said...
Lovely stones and the rain is good too right? Have a great week!
- February 28, 2012 at 9:18 AM
- SandyCarlson said...
I feel the warmth and humidity in this image!
- February 29, 2012 at 1:02 PM


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1983 Show No Mercy (Metal Blade)
1984 Haunting The Chapel EP (Metal Blade)
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- In a glass bowl, stir together the water and salt until the salt has dissolved. Add the watermelon rinds and any additional water needed to cover them. Cover the bowl and refrigerate overnight.
- Drain the watermelon rinds from the salted water, and place into a large saucepan or Dutch oven. Cover with fresh water, then place over high heat and bring to a boil. Boil rinds for 30 minutes, then drain and set aside.
- Meanwhile, tie the cloves, mustard seed, and cinnamon sticks in a piece of cheesecloth. Place into a large saucepan or Dutch oven along with the vinegar and sugar. Bring to a boil over high heat, then remove from the heat and let stand for 15 minutes. Stir in the drained watermelon rind, then return to the stove over high heat. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium and simmer until the rind is transparent and the syrup is slightly thickened, 45 to 50 minutes. Remove and discard the spices after 40 minutes. Stir in the food coloring if desired.
- Ladle into hot sterilized 1 pint jars, leaving 1/2 inch head space. Seal jars with new lids and rings, making sure you have cleaned the jar's rims of any residue. Process jars under 1 inch of water in a boiling water bath for 10 minutes. Let cool overnight, then press down on the lids to make sure they are sealed before storing. Store any unsealed jars in the refrigerator and enjoy those first.
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This recipe is a very very OLD one... it's from the days of the depression and before. My family is Polish though I'd never be able to accurately say this is a Polish recipe. I could comfortably refer to it as an Old World recipe. *** People certainly saved most everything and pickled many things the average person wouldn't understand or even think appetizing. *** My Grandmother made these every Summer and they were a big hit and a standard item on the dinner table. It's certainly an acquired taste and you NEED to let them pickle for a duration of time to get the full taste. Most people try them and are surprised to learn they are watermelon rinds. They are flavorful, sweet and tangy. *** This recipe is rather close to our family's recipe. *** I am pretty sure, my Grandma stuffed the jars with the rinds, cinnamon sticks and the other spices then poured the brine into the jars, then properly followed her typical canning procedure. As a child, I seem to remember the rinds being raw or blanched (they were firm) when they went into the jars. I would have to confirm with other family members about this.. but can assure you these rinds were cut in longer 3-4 inch lengths. I don't believe she colored her brine too often, but seem to remember seeing a few green Watermelon Pickles on extended family member's tables. *** This recipe isn't for everybody.. but for those who enjoy Watermelon Pickles, this would be a great recipe to try! Just don't limit the spices when boi
I grew up canning and eating watermelon pickles at my grandmother's and great-grandmother's. They have always been my favorite pickles. When we make them though, we never brine them overnight or pre-boil them in water. Just put the vinegar, spices and rind in a stock pot and boil until translucent, about 1 1/2 to 2 hours. Then put in about six pint jars and seal. This a lot faster and easier.
Barb T.
Tried this recipe because my Husband had eaten it as a child, tho I'd never heard of it. What a pleasant surprise!! If you enjoy Sweet Pickles, you'll like this, as did all my family & co-workers!! My first batch was with 1 rind as per the recipe, but after increased demand, my next batch I used 2 rinds. I increased the cider vinger to 2 quarts & the suger to 3 cups, also over mesured the spices slighty. Tasted just like the first batch!!! Note: My Husband used the discarded spice bag in his garage for a week! What a wonderful smell!
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UCLA stayed above the muddle because Kyle Anderson conducted and the Bruins played.
When they had wrapped up a second-half push for a 92-74 victory over Colorado at Pauley Pavilion on Thursday night, there was nothing to do but look ahead.
UCLA stayed above the muddle because Kyle Anderson conducted and the Bruins played.
When they had wrapped up a second-half push for a 92-74 victory over Colorado at Pauley Pavilion on Thursday night, there was nothing to do but look ahead.
February sets up March. That has been Coach Steve Alford's refrain the past week.
"How you play in February dictates what happens in March," Alford said. "It's hard if you're not playing well in February to set up a big kind of March run."
The Bruins (19-5 overall, 8-3 in Pac-12 Conference play) may not be ready to run just yet, but they did take a step toward spring.
Anderson had a standard night — 22 points, 11 assists, seven rebounds. He had eight points and two assists in the final six minutes to make sure the Bruins didn't squander a 78-71 lead.
Yet, it was also hard to pick him out of the crowd in the second half. Five Bruins scored in double figures.
Bryce Alford had 14 points, 12 on four three-pointers that helped the Bruins turn a 55-53 lead into a 76-66 advantage.
"We had a heat check on Bryce," Anderson said. "When he knocks it down, we look good on offense.
The Bruins looked good on offense, shooting 57%. They made 11 of 22 three-point shots.
Jordan Adams had 17 points. Travis Wear had 13 points, as well as seven rebounds and three blocked shots. Norman Powell scored 10 points.
But what set Anderson apart was his play in the first half, when the Bruins labored. His nine points and six assists were vital in keeping UCLA from collapse. Colorado led by as many as 12 points before the Bruins closed to within 40-36 at halftime.
"It was about me relaxing tonight," said Anderson, who had only one turnover. "When I do that, I do a lot better job of not turning the ball over."
The last 20 minutes quickly became a bucket-fest for the Bruins, who shot 63% in the second half.
With the victory in hand, UCLA was assured of staying in second place for at least one more day. The Bruins entered the game a half-game ahead of Colorado (18-7, 7-5) and Arizona State and were one game ahead of Stanford and California.
The Bruins haven't given up hopes of catching first-place Arizona — "we're going to need some help," Steve Alford said. But being one of the top four teams in the conference tournament is also high on the agenda.
"We want that first-round bye," Wear said. "That's why this was a big win for us. We're holding down the home court. Now we've got to do it on the road."
The Bruins will get their chance for that, but only after an afternoon game against Utah on Saturday. UCLA plays at California and at Stanford next week with an eye on the conference tournament in Las Vegas.
"In November, you can lose some tough games, and that may or may not affect you, because it's three more months until you get to March," Alford said.
This month is different. The calendar says so.
"If we win in February, we'll have a pretty good seed in Las Vegas," Alford said. "We have been talking about it with the team. Have fun in February. Everybody looks forward to March. It's the tournament. So make sure you take care of February."
The Bruins might want to take care of the first half a little better as well. This was the second consecutive game that they had a flat-line moment during the first 20 minutes.
Part of that was Colorado, which shot 55% in the first half. Part of that was the Bruins.
"We played well for the first six or seven minutes, then fell in love with jump shots," Alford said. "We stopped attacking."
That wasn't a problem in the second half.
"Coach wasn't too happy," Anderson said. "We brought some intensity in the second half."
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An 18-year-old Foster City man late at night and attempting to assault them has pleaded not guilty in San Mateo County Superior Court.
Justin Shing was arrested on Saturday, Aug. 25 at about 3:10 a.m., on suspicion of residential burglary, according to the Foster City Police Department.
Prosecutors say Shing is responsible for at least two other incidents involving breaking in or peeping into a victim's bedroom.
He pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges of residential burglary, peeping, sexual battery and possession of burglary tools, according to the San Mateo County District Attorney's Office.
In the first incident, Shing is accused of looking in the window of a 17-year-old female neighbor at 2 a.m.; in the second case, he allegedly entered the same girl's bedroom past midnight while she was sleeping, pulled back her comforter and masturbated over her.
According to prosecutors, the third incident -- which led to Shing's arrest -- involved Shing being found in the room of a 9-year-old girl at about 3 a.m.
The girl's father found Shing in his daughter's room, staring at her bed, prosecutors said. The father grabbed Shing and called police.
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