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2012 Toyota Camry User Reviews
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Camryman writes:
2012 Toyota Camry SE Review
Could use more steering feel
Review Title: 3rd Time Around — Recently I purchased a 2012 Toyota Camry SE. So far I am very happy with the decision. This is my 3rd Camry (previously owned a 2002, and 2005). Both LE. This time I went with the SE as I didn't care for the front end styling on the LE on the new generation (too plain IMHO, even the Chrome bars fail to add any interest), also the light colored cloth seats seemed too hard to keep clean. The SE however while admittedly not as much a stand out visually as a fusion or 6 is clean, understated but classy. I love the fog lights, 17" alloys, and spoiler. Performance is decent. My SE is the 2.5L 4 cylinder. Off the line it's peppy enough. On the highway passing and merging is not a problem. A quick down shift on the paddle shifter makes these things fun(did I just say Fun when talking about Camry). I find the paddle shifters very responsive. The brakes are firm and not mushy. Finally Toyota got the brakes right. The steering and cornering is Camry like, though much improved over past Camrys I've owned or rented. The steering is light and offers very little feedback. If you want sports car agility and feel; try Mazda 6, or Honda Accord. If you want a comfortable, quiet composed ride with reliability to boot. You'll find it here. My SE is very comfortable capable highway cruiser. Gas mileage is great. I can get the advertised 35mpg highway if I am easy on the throttle and stay off those paddle shifters. Otherwise I average around 31-33 highway. Not bad. Definitely a improvement over my 2005. The interior. I like it. Though many car reviews I read slammed it. I think while the interior materials are not as quality as they were in the past, it is certainly better than the misaligned plasticky interiors of the last generation (2007-2011). The front touch areas are soft to the touch. The faux chrome pieces on the SE aren't fooling anyone but, they are tasteful and inoffensive. There is some hard plastic to be found on lower parts of the door sides and the upper part of the dash. Overall the SE's dark interior works for me. I think it will hold up well. I especially like the seats, black Softex (faux leather with dark cloth insets). Definitely classes up the interior. Real leather seats with suede insets are available should you so desire it. The interior is quiet with minimal road noise. I haven't experienced popping noises other report. I do notice a little wind noise. The cars tech is nice. The Bluetooth and iPod, iPhone, jump drive connections are awesome. Pairing my phone was very easy to do. I like the radio and phone controls on the steering wheel. The radio(mine is the standard non-entune, no navi) has a decent interface. It wasn't too hard to figure out. iPod connected no problem. The sound of the stereo is decent. It has tire pressure monitor that will give you the psi for each tire. There is a mpg interface as well. While my car is not perfect (what car is?) overall I love my Camry and I am very happy with my purchase.
Primary Use: Family transportation
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jblurch writes:
2012 Toyota Camry Hybrid XLE Review
Outstanding gas mileage. Easy to maintain & superb acceleration. Great connectivity with cell phone and media players.
A bit crampt for larger framed humans. Will fit two large folks and three teenagers
Incredibly Well Thought Out Car For Today's Commuter. — This car is incredible. 43 mpg, Hands free connectivity with phones and media players, Voice activated navigation and low maintenance costs. The engineers got this one right. Technology updates via cell phone data plan. Very easy to drive. Extremely agile and great acelleration when you need it. Some days, I get in the high 60 mpg on a drive into work.
Primary Use: Family transportation
bbrownauditor writes:
2012 Toyota Camry SE V6 Review
Beautiful, eye catching car, with all the modern amenities, such as navigation, back up camera, blue tooth. Extremely roomy and comfortable.
A little to sporty- prefer a luxury vehicle
Exceptional Overall — Overall a top quality car for the money. Great amenities for the price. A perfect combination of sportiness and family sedan with plenty of room. Super pick up with a super fast V6 engine while maintaining excellent gas mileage of up to 29 miles per gallon on the highway.
Primary Use: Commuting to work
Robin_R writes:
2012 Toyota Camry SE V6 Review
This car never has a problem with the "get up and go"! It's a lot of fun to drive. Never any problems at all.
Sporty And Fun Family Car — I love the power this car has. Never a problem passing anyone on the highway. When you hit the pedal, it goes. That's my favorite thing about this car! I also love the sporty look of this camry. Lots of trunk space too. The only con, I wish these came in a convertible. :) Nothing else to complain about.
Primary Use: Family transportation
DasGood writes:
2012 Toyota Camry LE Review
This was not my first Camry and it held up and surpassed my expectations. more power from a big four than one could imagine. Also larger than it's predecessor; to be considered full size.
Though considered by most an attractive feature, the front bumper "air-damn" will catch a curb if your not careful, it sets low and forward. The fuel it will save may not pay for the damage - it didn't mine.
Best Buy — A lotta car for the money; in this category the over all cost when resell is taken into consideration will be hard to beat. Though not near the league of the luxury brands in comfort features, quiet ride or feel; at half the price it felt like twice my moneys worth. And the dependability in my experience was above par.
Primary Use: Commuting to work
beersbm2 writes:
2012 Toyota Camry SE Review
Great ride, sharp styling
Warranty is too short
Great For The Price — This is probably the nicest vehicle you can own for ~$330/mo. The SE version is very sporty, especially in the bright red that we have. Car rides well, is very reliable, and is good on gas. I am pretty displeased with the length of the warranty, however.
Primary Use: Family transportation
Mmkillough writes:
2012 Toyota Camry XLE V6 Review
Very fuel efficient and quick
Mushy handling
dcothern writes:
2012 Toyota Camry XLE Review
safe, reliable, airbags everywhere
4 cyl engine lacks highway pep. gotta floor it to get any action.
Safe, Relaible — I bought it as a work car to put about 200k on it before I give it to my daughter. the main reason I bought it was thinking of her safety when she gets it. this car has air bags on its airbags. It is relatively loaded, leather seats, back up camera, navigation (rather useless), and a decent stereo, satellite. I spend a lot of time driving, so it needs to be comfortable, reliable, and creature comforts. This is not my first Camry, and I do not like the location and operation of the cruise control. I had a 1990s camry, and it was in the same place and operated the same. Another thing I don't like is that the power ports do not stay hot when the car is off. at least 1 should. The
Primary Use: Commuting to work
car4Matt writes:
2012 Toyota Camry SE Review
I like the look of the car and it drives very good, low in gas.
I would like more space in the glove compartment, it's not good for when you have small kids.
Drives Great, Looks Good! — What I like about the Camry is that you feel control of the car when you are driving it, it's very stable and the brakes are awesome. Fuel costs are low. I love the touchscreen, navigation system, but most of all, is that I can give commands to call one of my contacts or I can just say the phone number and it will dial it for me without me holding the phone. You can also save some addresses on the navigation system that way you don't have to enter them over and over. There are a lot of other features that I never got to use but that are available in this car.
Primary Use: Commuting to work
lewloc5150 writes:
2012 Toyota Camry SE Review
Good gas mileage, roomy, handles well, brakes quickly, lots of bells and whistles, good interior and exterior styling and craftsmanship.
No major complaints.
Reliable And Cheap To Maintain And Operate — This car has been extremely dependable. No problems in snow, sleet, or rain. Enough power to get up and go whenever needed. Quiet ride, lots of storage space, comfortable for longer rides with multiple adults, stereo sounds great, never had any issues with navigation. Push button start and the stitching in the interior were nice touches that added class to the car.
Primary Use: Commuting to work
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Reviews From Other Years
2014 Toyota Camry Reviews
Reliable And Fuel Efficient Family Car
Nice Family car with enough leg room. Reliable and Fuel efficient. Smooth and stylish. Spacious Cargo and very comfortable. Information system is not classy (works but not classy when compared to Niss... Read More
Nice Camry.
handles well, does great on gas, nice leather interior, touch screen, bluetooth, power seat for driver, quiet engine. Nice vehicle for families that are large or small. I enjoy the comfort and feel of... Read More
2013 Toyota Camry Reviews
Used Cars Don't Look This Good. Rides Like New!
Full sized sedan. Good for riding on the highway because it holds it's own. Outstanding on gas. Was able to drive all week to work on 1 tank of gas. Bluetooth is touch screen. Syncs up automatica... Read More
2013 Camry
wish wuz more sporty, and with rims, but for a high mpg, most affordable, can drive to california and back 100 times at spur of moment, and for a grocery getter/family car, it is great and looks good ... Read More
2011 Toyota Camry Reviews
As Dependable As They Come.
This car does what I need it to. Gets me from point A to point B. Haven't had any issues and is always reliable. Will own this car till it can't go anymore. I have always liked the Toyota brand an... Read More
Great Car!
Very comfortable and good looking car. Runs great, never had any issues with it. The gas mileage was incredible. Definitely a family friendly car and convenient for everyday use. Good traction, even i... Read More
2010 Toyota Camry Reviews
Its An Awesome Car
i like everything on this car. its a toyota, last forever. maintenance is cheep. really big sedan, 40 mpg, it has brake mode next to drive mode really helpful in winter time. over all its a big family... Read More
Excellent Family Car.
Good features, great gas mileage, very reliable, good looking car. Got the car undercoated and it hasn't had any rust whatsoever. Does very good in snow with all kinds of antiskid and traction contro... Read More
2009 Toyota Camry Reviews
Excellent Family Car
I like the solid reputation of this car, it has a history of safety and reliability and continues to be the number one selling automobile in America. The ride is very comfortable and quiet. It is also... Read More
A Nice Car To Own And Drive
Toyota delivered the goods when they made this model of Camry. Rides smooth, quick brakes, No worries, when you travel in this car. Fuel saver. Good value for the money spent to purchase this auto. I... Read More


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Tamil Nadu
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பயனடைந்தோர் கருத்துக்களில்
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Some of the feedback (as on
12 Aug 2014)
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the excellent work done by School Education Department & Tamil
Nadu Text Book Corporation to make the text books online. Change
in the pattern for elementary classes is another one that we
should really appreciate. Keep it up.....expecting more like
this in our school education.
It's really
a nice initiative. The web page looks user friendly. It will
make the current generation students life easy.
It's a very
good initiative. This will help all tamilians/Indians living
outside the country to teach their children Indian education.
Also with so many NRI's returning back to India this gives them
a chance to prepare their kids to Indian education , so that its
easy for them for the transition.
I live in
USA and have seen your web based school study materials. I would
like to say it's a wonderful initiative. I am a mechanical
engineer, sometimes I use to get doubt about my basic maths and
not able to get answer but based on this website I can clarify
very easily because I can see both language in my mother tongue
Tamil as well in English. Thanks and Great Work..!
Shanmuga, USA
Krishnan, New York, USA
Muthukumaran R
Very good
approach and my kids are able to learn TN Govt. text books even
though from U.S. It is nice for them in learning TAMIL language.
Balakrishnan Andavar, USA
I am so
grateful to all the whole team, the education board and the
Government who have worked harder to make this dream a reality.
This is such a great service to the people of our state Tamil
Nadu. Kudos to all of them who is behind this service. Keep this
Raghavendran D
S. Jagadeesan, Nigeria
This is really a big step on the education. This is
in fact an another feather on the cap for the
Government of Tamil Nadu, particularly the School
Education Department. I have gone through this
website and proves to be of immense use to the
School children. This indeed proves how the
technology impacts our day to day life and I most
welcome this initiative. We the people of Tamil Nadu
expect more technology based governance on all other
department as like this School Education Department.
Keep it up!!
Kesava Moorthi Gopalakrishnan,
M Ezhilan
தமிழக அரசுக்கு நன்றி..!
மிகவும் பயனுள்ளதாக இருந்தது.
வேலை பார்த்துக்கொண்டு படிப்பவர்களுக்கு இது மிகவும்
கனினியில் வேலை செய்து கொண்டே பாடங்களை
Dara Ravi Babu, Bangalore
AMAZING… that is the only word which came to my mind
when my colleague passed on the URL to have a look !
During my schooling days, we used to spend lots of time
searching for books in various shops – it was real
tough. TN Government keeping astride with the
technological advancement is sure a boon to many.
Congratulations to the team, for the excellent efforts
in bringing out such a wonderful creation.
இவ்வலைத் தளத்தின் பயன் இந்திய நாட்டில் உள்ளவரைக்கால்
வெளி நாட்டில் வாழும் எங்களைப் போன்ற தமிழ் நெஞ்சங்களுக்கு
இன்றியமையாதது எனில் மிகையில்லை.
அற்புதமான பணியிது. வலையில் அனைவருக்குமாய் வேண்டி
வெளிக்கொணர்ந்த அத்துணை தமிழ் நெஞ்சங்களுக்கும் எமது சிரம்
தாழ்த்திய நன்றிகள்.
வாழ்க தமிழ்,
வெல்க அதன்
is very helpful to me for studying the first year
B.Tech course in Abroad.
Ram Laksh
Congrats to the IT team for making this happen. I am
happy to see our govt taking steps to make content
publicly available. Am a part of NGO teaching kids in
remote areas and find this site extremely useful. Thanks
to everyone involved, your efforts are certainly making
things better for lot of people.
department of education has done such a wonderful task
of sharing these subjects not only in Tamil, in all
neighboring languages which shows TN Govt's magnanimity
in respecting the other languages. Even, I know many of
non-Tamils use this site to teach their children in
their mother tongue.
is excellent work. Very very helpful to the
students. Even if they couldn't get the books in the
right time of the school opening, they could use
this facility. Really I appreciate this work.
Balamurugan, Portugal.
It's a very very wonderful and useful website which
you made for Tamil Nadu public. I am very much happy
to see these textbooks in online and it's took back
my olden school life as well as I updated my basic
knowledge again successfully. I would have to
thankful to our Tamil Nadu Government,
School Education Department, Tamil Nadu Text Book
Corporation & National Informatics Centre, Chennai.
Uthayasingh K, Saudi Arabia
Tamil Nadu makes one more achievement ahead of others in
putting online all the text books. It is because of hard
work and understanding the importance of internet by
Tamil teaching community. It is very useful for one and
all including American living Indians.
Jayakumar Balusamy, Seattle, USA
Hats off to Government of Tamil nadu, hope this
system will be provided by other State Governments
of India in future soon. It's not only good for
students from 1 to 12 th but also helpful for
Engineers, Teachers and Other Professionals who can
clear their own fundamental doubts with couple of
mouse strokes.And we are eagerly waiting for brand
new systems from Tamil nadu Government to make a new
Renaissance. Jai Ho.
would like to congratulate all the members who work on
this project. This make life easy for TN school
students. Especially that audio option would be helpful
to hearing impair and blind students. Keep up your good
are extremely thankful to Tamil Nadu Government for
introducing online Text Books. This is very useful for
blind students in taking Braille printouts using the
text and especially the audio option available in
English helps my visually disabled child to listen &
learn his lessons effortlessly.
It's a very good initiative by the Education Department.
All these books, with elaborate content, yet in simple
text, will be of great help to the online community.
Much delighted to go through the books... Kudos..!
We are really very happy to get the good quality of
softcopy (e-Learning) books (children's educational
syllabus for all grades) provided by the TN
education department in the web in multi language
with audio options. Thanks to our TN government for
their good steps to make content publicly available.
Thanks and regards,
P.Thyagaraju, Doha, Qatar
This is really exemplary work done by Tamil Nadu
Education department. Every state of India should
display such types of materials for the benefit of
the people of the state. I liked the composition of
books of all the subjects. Congratulation for this
work and I really appreciate your endeavours.
Dr. Y.C. Zala, Anand, Gujarat
Excellent work… Great initiative. Very organized and
simple layouts. Way to go forward!!
Karthi, Singapore
I am really thankful for your sincere effort for
maintaining this website. It will be useful not just for
current students (who can access their books) but also
for everyone who want to brush up their basics. I
studied in Tamil medium and still some basics will come
to my mind in Tamil only, so I can refer here and think
more about the concepts deeply then. Thank you so much!
Ananda Ayyappan J V, Ph D Student,
Ananda Ayyappan J V, Ph D Student,
I thought, Private
Enterprises are in the fore front and better in all ways
and means of equipping themselves in their respective
software technology; but, it proves that, now a days,
Govt. agencies are pioneer in this field competing the
rivals of any body for that matter. I wish, this
enthusiasm is getting continued unabated.
K Rajendiran,

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- 2 cups plain whole-milk yogurt
- 1 7-inch-long piece English hothouse cucumber, peeled, coarsely grated
- 1 teaspoon coarse kosher salt
- 2 tablespoons (packed) finely chopped fresh cilantro
- 4 teaspoons finely chopped fresh mint
Line strainer with cheesecloth and place over bowl. Add yogurt; cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours and up to 1 day.
Combine drained yogurt and grated cucumber in small bowl. Add coarse salt, chopped cilantro, and chopped mint; mix well. Cover cucumber raita and chill at least 30 minutes and up to 2 hours.
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Nutrition Informationper serving (6 servings) POWERED BY Edamam
- Calories58
- Carbohydrates6 g (2%)
- Fat3 g (4%)
- Protein3 g (6%)
- Saturated Fat2 g (9%)
- Sodium427 mg (18%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat0 g
- Fiber0 g (1%)
- Monounsaturated Fat1 g
- Cholesterol11 mg (4%)
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Re: Fin tube heat absorbtion22 February 2007 at 1:29pmThe amount of heat which can be removed in a finned tube is dependent upon the summation of resistances to heat transfer and the temperature difference between hot and cold fluids. Typically for a finned tube in this application, there is some fluid (refrigerant perhaps) that flows through the inside of the tube and a gas that is either forced to circulate across the tubes or flows across the tubes due to natural convection. Most of the time, it is the heat transfer on the outside of the tubes that represents the greatest resistance and is controlling the dissipation or absorption of heat.
In your application, it appears that there is no forced flow of gas across the finned tubes, thus, resulting in a natural convection flow of gas across the finned bundle. The rate at which heat is absorbed by the coolant is measured in Btu per hour and would be calculated by using the following equation:
Q (Btu/hr) = U x (Tb-Tc) x A
Where U is the heat transfer coefficient in Btu/hrft2°F; Tb is the enclosure temperature; Tc is the coolant temperature (flowing through the tubes) and A is the surface area of the finned tube. For natural convection cases, the heat transfer coefficient is usually quite low and may fall in the range of 0.5 5.0 Btu/hrft2°F. As an example, consider a 5/8 in o.d. tube with 1/4-in high fins spaced at 8 fins per inch. This style of tube would have 6.7 ft2 of finned surface per feet-square of bare tube, resulting in a total of about 1 ft2 of surface area per foot of tube length. The amount of heat absorbed per foot of tube could therefore be estimated as follows assuming a mid-range value of U (2.5 Btu/hrft2°F):
2.5 Btu/hrft2°F x (Tb-Tc) x 1 ft2 = 2.5 (Tb-Tc) Btu/hr
If the coolant is at 40°F and the enclosure is at 140°F then the heat removal rate would be on the order of 250 Btu/hr. Significantly higher heat transfer rates can be accomplished by reducing the temperature of the coolant or blowing the air in the enclosure across the finned bundle. The design of many types of heat exchangers is covered by Hewitt, Shires & Bott in Process Heat Transfer.


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So what are you going to do over the break? Try some of these great "cold" books! . . . And if you're at Nosehill Library, ask for Barbara Longair, the magnificent librarian who created this list.
Graceling, by Kristin Cashore
Bonechiller, by Graham McNamee
Life As We Knew It, by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Once Upon a Time in the North, by Philip Pullman
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The quality and variety of Red Earth Farm's weekly harvest is similar to what other farms provide. What sets the operation apart are its delivery points and choice services, basically customized CSA offerings.
Family-owned and operated in Schuylkill County, Pa., near Hawk Mountain, the farm offers what it calls a "Choice CSA," allowing members the opportunity to choose from a list of seasonal fresh produce each week. Everything is coordinated online, and deliveries of the custom-packed boxes are made to a number of neighborhood drop-off sites, mostly in Philadelphia and the surrounding counties.
Owner-operator Michael Ahlert says, "Offering choices is unique, and customers appreciate quality food along with the service. As such, we're really serving more than just one need."
The advent of the CSA movement was a unique opportunity for growers to migrate away from traditional types of farming, but Ahlert and wife Charis Lindrooth's spin on the movement provides what they figure is long-term sustainability. He says no one knows what the status of CSAs will be in 10 years.
"They may not be as hot as they are now," Ahlert says. "I know more and more young farmers are getting into it. There are lots of growers growing crops in the Philly area, so I always thought we had to do something that others don't do. I've always thought [customization] is a bit of an insurance policy for us."
Red Earth Farm (http://www.redearthfarm.org) is one of the largest CSAs in Pennsylvania. This year, the farm has three delivery routes that are saturating Philadelphia neighborhoods and nearby suburbs. Three times a week, drivers make seven to nine stops for a total of 20 pickup sites each week. Members get a delivery 22 weeks a year, from the beginning of June to the end of October. A partial share gets a member six items, and a full share is 10 items every week.
The couple owns 100 acres and farms 25 acres, enough to support 700 CSA members and two weekend markets. There are a dozen employees, both full and part-time. This past spring, the couple added three greenhouses, including a nursery greenhouse that doubled the size of their nursery space. They now have a total of seven greenhouses. The farm has one refrigerated truck and is looking to add another.
The focus of all the recent growth is based at a second farm property they purchased in 2009. The new greenhouses are located there, and they added a packinghouse last year. It represents the fruits of their labor and is part of their success story.
Between 2003 and 2005, Ahlert and Lindrooth were nomadic farmers. They were renting land, operating their unique CSA on a shoestring, and quickly running out of space.
By 2006, they were able to buy what they call the home farm, located in Orwigsburg, Pa. The home farm has 14 acres, but less than half of it is tillable. In 2009, they purchased a 90-acre parcel of south-facing land in Kempton, Pa., 17 miles from the home farm. Fifty of the farm's acres are tillable. Now the move is on to gradually shift all operations there. The drive between the two farms is taxing. Those 17 miles are up, through and around Hawk Mountain.
"We just went for it," Ahlert says. "We knew there would be inefficiencies in running back and forth."
Ahlert started farming as an employee and manager for another vegetable grower, Covered Bridge Produce in Oley, Pa. Owner-operator Joe Griffin said he never understood the CSA concept.
"He didn't like the idea that there wasn't a choice, so I said, 'Why don't we give them a choice?'" Ahlert says.
They developed a list of options in advance, allowing subscribers - about 50 of them initially in 2000 - to make selections. When the box was delivered, inside was a list of options for the following week, and customers would call the farm with their selections.
For three of the four years Ahlert worked at Covered Bridge Produce, that's how they ran the CSA. It worked. When he left to start his own farm, he took the idea with him. "Essentially, we're still doing it the same way," he says.
In 2005, Ahlert began expanding his Red Earth Farm, in part because of a connection with Bob Pierson and his Farm to City initiative in Philadelphia. Farm to City works to facilitate the influx of fresh, local produce into Philadelphia neighborhoods. "It helped grow our CSA," Ahlert notes.
Initially, Red Earth's online order form was on Farm to City's website (http://www.farmtocity.org), and CSA membership grew from 200 members to 300. By 2008, Red Earth launched its own website, and since then its CSA membership has increased to 650 to 700 members in a 10-year span, growing steadily at a pace of 50 to 75 shares a year.
Red Earth grows all of the vegetable shares, but outsources to local farms for eggs, cheese, yogurt and other products.
A special buying club, again started with Farm to City, allows members an opportunity to order extra shares a la carte.
Ahlert figures the online ordering system has helped grow his bottom line, but he also acknowledges that it costs money to operate the site, and that there are labor costs associated with packing the custom orders.
"It all has its expense," he says. "If we didn't have it or do it this way, I'm not sure if our business would be smaller. We do it because our customers are so positive about it. They like the service. They tell us that they have come to us because of the service. So if it has brought customers to us, then it's safe to say it's been an advantage."
Until last year, Red Earth was packing in a bank barn that was too small and was hard to keep clean and up to codes and standards. Also, there wasn't enough cooler space.
The new 40-by-60-foot pole building was a $75,000 investment, but it offers four times the cooler space and includes a wash line area. Ahlert says the wash line was long overdue and has sped up efficiency.
The farm's labor force is split into two crews, with about seven employees in the field and five workers in the packinghouse.
Orders are printed from the online orders, and labels are premade for every customer, noting the pickup site. Once the box is packed, the printed order goes inside the box so customers can easily check their order at the pickup site.
This year in the packinghouse they're experimenting with an assembly line system to hopefully streamline the packing process.
"By the nature of the way we pack boxes, we need to try and improve," Ahlert says. "We're implementing [the assembly line], and I have a strong feeling that it will work better."
At the end of the line, the boxes are double-checked, but the goal with the new system is to eliminate that step.
Lindrooth is a chiropractor and herbalist, but she handles much of the growing operation's communication, fielding questions and making changes to keep customers satisfied. She also handles the office, bookkeeping and a growing cut flower initiative. There are plans to hire someone to lessen her workload.
"It's a busy life, but it's rewarding and it has taken care of us," Ahlert says. "We should have another five to 10 years of growth ahead of us. That's the vision, then it levels out thereafter. We'll probably get to 1,000 [CSA shares] within the next five years, ring the bell, then relax."
The author, a gentleman farmer in Quakertown, Pa., writes about people, social trends, historic preservation and 18th-century America, agrarian culture, land use, and sports and recreation topics.


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Horse descended from Secretariat is rescued by Huntington Beach girl. King finds a queen?
Horses saved so far
Horses adopted out so far
Person (the horse trainer) on Red Bucket's payroll
Cost to feed a horse for a month
Red Bucket's monthly hay bill
Cost to sponsor a horse for a month
Red Bucket operates on donations. If you want to donate or volunteer, go to redbucketrescue.org or 310-466-6223.
He was the last one they freed.
When rescuers looked into his stall, they found him standing there, alone.
Ribs sticking out; hip bone nearly piercing his hide; manure stuck to his legs.
So when he walked out, they began to cry.
They cried because he wasn't defeated, head hanging. This horse walked out regally, head held high.
Like a king, they said.
And that's how Kingston got his name.
The question was: Would he ever find his queen?
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Brianna Hallman was 12 when she glanced at the Orange County Register spread out on her breakfast table one day in 2011.
A photo on the front page jumped out at her – an emaciated horse. Brianna read the story. It told the tale of 42 Irish thoroughbreds left for dead in a San Bernardino stable in 2009.
The horses were siblings; all sired by the race stallion Desert Secret, descended from none other than Triple Crown rags-to-riches legend Secretariat.
But a champion doesn't always beget a champion. And Desert Secret's offspring didn't live up to the expectations of the breeder, who had paid $800,000 for the stallion. So they were abandoned, the story said.
At about this time, Susan Peirce, founder of Red Bucket Equine Rescue in Huntington Beach, got a phone tip. Forty-two horses had been found locked in wire pens, literally starving to death. A slaughter truck was on the way.
Within an hour, Peirce and two friends had stuffed her pickup with hay and were speeding toward the desert. They arrived at night.
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Christmas is the Christian holiday that celebrates the day when Christ was born. Today, December 25th has taken on a bit of a different spin, with Jolly Ol' St. Nick bringing toys to kids everywhere. Back to Article
who does not like Christmas u get free things which is awesome
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i already got my christmas present jeans + an outfit from justice and shoes from journeys
Tomorrow , Tomorrow ♥
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CookieDevil: Every year something bad happens to me and I remember how much I hate it.
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I can't wait until tomorrow my whole family coming over to my crib and we gonna have a blast and ima get sum more money!
Just open my christmas eve present i got Reb'l fleur by Rihanna
santa checks his list twice to make sure who is naghty are nice.
I don't believein Santa your father. Is Santa that'what my mom said but I am 14 so my mom said do'nt tell your counsin. They till believe Santa
they do not know the story about Santa does
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I'm getting an iPod touch for my birthday. For Christmas I'm getting
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The Calgary Public Library was recently named a 2013 Top Innovator (Customer Experience) by the Urban Libraries Council for our Grow A Reader early literacy app.
The app takes the fun, interactive songs, rhymes and finger plays from our popular early literacy programs and makes them available in video format to mobile users. In the first two months the app was downloaded 1,200 times.
Grow A Reader provides parents and caregivers another tool to foster kids' language skills and get them ready for reading. It also includes lists of recommended books and tips for developing the five key early literacy skill sets.
"This initiative is a great example of how the Calgary Public Library strives to innovate and adapt to expand opportunities for people of all ages," says Cathy Freer-Leszcynski, Director of Customer Services for the Calgary Public Library. "This prestigious award recognizes this, and our continued commitment to our customers."
The awards were announced during the ULC Annual Forum in Chicago. The winning libraries were chosen by a panel of expert judges who considered more than 140 applications.
"These innovations continue to represent the leadership and value of high-performing public libraries," said ULC President and CEO Susan Benton. "From helping parents access information about early childhood literacy skills through a mobile App to creating a library presence at an international airport to helping their community after a natural disaster, public libraries are continuing to broaden and deepen their roles as vital community resources."
Grow A Reader was produced with videography by Crescendo Productions and app devleopment by local start-up Decoder. Thank you both!
Imagine you've packed the car and are just about ready to take the family to your favourite summer vacation spot. You suddenly realize that you've forgotten to borrow Book CD's to keep the kids entertained on the long drive. What are you going to do?
Here's an easy solution. Take a couple of minutes to download some of Calgary Public Library's children's e-audiobooks to your portable device. From Clifford stories to well loved tales by Beverly Clearly, the Library has downloadable audiobooks for children of all ages.
If dragons are popular with your children, then discover classic dragon stories in the audio collection " Dragon Tales". Delightfully fun, this collection contains the "Reluctant Dragon" by Kenneth Grahame and "The Island of the Nine Whirpools", "The Fiery Dragon" and "The Last Dragon" by Edith Nesbit.
Young girls will want to listen to "Pinkalicious: The Pinkamazing Storybook Collection" by Victoria Kahn. They'll discover all the great fun that Pinkalicious has in the four "I Can Read" books — "The Pinkerrific Playdate". "Pinkalicious:the Princess of Pink Slumber Party", and "Pinkalicious : Soccer Star". In addition, this audio collection contains two extra storybooks - "Pinkalicious and the Pink Hat Parade" and "Pinkalicious: Flower Girl". Wow! That's a lot of pink!
These are just a few of the great audiobook titles for children to listen to that Calgary Public Library carries in its OverDrive audiobook collection. Whether your children are fans of Harry Potter or Fancy Nancy, you're bound to find something that will entertain them this summer.
You can find audiobooks through the OverDrive link on Calgary Public Library's website. Did you know that you can filter your search to your device by clicking on Device Type and selecting what you use. The results will bring up the audiobooks that are compatible with that device. Remember that to use audiobooks you have to download OverDrive Media Console first. You'll find lots of excellent help available in downloading audiobooks at OverdDrive Help.
I hope your family has fun listening to some great children's stories this summer. No kids in the car? Enjoy listening to our e-audiobooks for adults. There's lots to choose from.
Find even more National Geographic in our E-Library! The National Geographic Virtual Library features all the issues of the National Geographic Magazine Archive, from 1888 to1994, the current issues of National Geographic Magazine from 1995 to the present, issues of National Geographic Traveller magazine from 2010 to the present and full-text books to read online and available 24/7 with your library card. More downloadable images and full-colour maps have also been added. Travel and explore the culture and geography of the world without ever leaving your armchair, with streaming book titles like the National Geographic Guide to the National Parks of Canada or The Golden King: The World of Tutankhamun or Drives of a Lifetime: 500 of the World's Most Spectacular Trips.
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MDT or HDT tow vehicle?
Medium duty truck or heavy duty truck: steps to owning a converted tractor
Jack and Danielle Mayer
Our route to ownership of a converted tractor, like many people, was long and involved unnecessary expense. When we decided that it was time to full-time, we started looking for a 5th wheel and a truck to pull it. We had been RVers for many years, having owned both motorhomes, and trailers (tag-alongs). We knew we wanted a 5th wheel, so at least that decision was made. Our choice of a 5th wheel over a motorhome was based on our travel style. We usually go someplace we are interested in, and stay there exploring the area for anywhere from 3 days to weeks/months. Since we would not be moving as often as others do, a 5th wheel offered: better livability, better storage than a comparable motorhome, easier maintenance (no engine /drive train), and better value for the dollar spent.
Our strategy was to find the 5er we wanted, and to then buy a truck that was capable of pulling it. We were familiar with trucks, and with weight issues, since we have owned horses and a hobby farm most of our lives. Plus, Danielle's career was in the heavy trucking industry, in the safety area - accident prevention and mitigation. So we were acutely aware that people pull trailers with trucks that are overloaded. We were determined not to be one of them.
First truck
Jack's original intent was to restrict our trailer length to 30 feet - with a trailer this size we could fit into most parks, we could use an F350-class truck, and a trailer that size seemed gigantic compared to our 25 foot vacation unit. After looking for a while, reality hit. This was going to be our home, and trailers in this category did not have the amenities, storage and net cargo-carrying capacity we needed for our toys. To make a long story short(er) we finally settled on our initial rig - a Newmar Kountry Star. Its Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) was 16,250 pounds with about 3700 pounds NCC, as delivered to us. It was fully loaded, so we were really pulling the full 16,250 lbs. Once we selected this trailer, we knew we would not be able to safely pull it with an F-350. Research led us to the new (at the time) F450/550, which was rated at 26,000 pounds GCWR. We thought this was enough truck for all our future needs. We were wrong.
We were very satisfied with the way the F550 XLT 4x4 crew cab handled the Kountry Star's weight. It stopped well with its large, four-wheel disc brakes, and pulled the big hills about like you would expect - slowly. The biggest problem was that the truck was not really designed to be a high performance tow vehicle. Thus we added, as most people do, thousands of dollars of upgrades to make it a more competent and comfortable tow vehicle. This truck served us well for over 3 years of full-time RVing. But by then we realized that our next trailer would definitely be heavier (although not necessarily longer) than the Kountry Star - probably 19,000+ pounds. after loading all our toys. We knew we needed a different tow vehicle for this kind of weight, and to competently handle the hills of the West.
Medium duty trucks
We started looking at medium duty trucks in late 2001. We looked, and looked and drove. We searched for the best bed, searched for the best deal. We evaluated all the technical specs and finally settled on an International, with 275 hp (or 300) and a Stalick bed. This is a very nice truck, with lots of storage. It drives pretty well too. But it costs a lot! Even used trucks, with the items we wanted on them, ran around $60K. It turns out they really did not perform much better than our F550, although the exhaust brakes do work better than what we had on the 550. For additional information on MDT's Google? Medium Duty Trucks and look at Mark and Dale Bruss?s page about their Red Rover the Truck.
A step up to a HDT tractor
While we were full-time RVing, Danielle took on a temporary consulting engagement for a very large trucking company in Lakeland, FL. I would drive her to work and pick her up. While waiting for her at the Lakeland headquarters/terminal I would watch the Volvo tractors come and go. Why not use one of these tractors to tow with? We had not really seen many converted tractors towing RVs at that time, and most of the ones we did see were real old and rather disreputable looking. But these Volvos were real nice 610s with aero sleepers. So the research and search for a tractor started, slowly, and that eventually brought us to Larry Zeigler, back in his early days of selling conversions. By that time we pretty much knew what we wanted in a tractor, but were not at all confident that we could find a good one on our own. We really did not know enough about them and buying a used tractor requires at least basic knowledge of the heavy truck market.
Our "non-negotiable" requirements for our tractor were: At least 400 horse power, autoshift, not a dark color - white preferred, full fairings (tank, vertical). Other than that, we were open. It took about a year to find our tractor, but we were not in a hurry.
Pros and Cons of an HDT
I want to stress that a Class 8 converted tractor is not a tow vehicle for everyone. We love ours, but we do understand why others would prefer a MDT. Here is our view of the pros and cons (read tradeoffs) of each, in no particular order. These are things to consider in your own decision-making.
Size: The MDT does feel more like a pickup. While the tractor looks huge, most of them are not substantially bigger than a MDT - it is just a lot taller. Neither a MDT nor a tractor is going to fit in the compact car slot. I park in the same areas I did with my F-550 which also did not fit in normal parking spots. The major disadvantage of a tractor is the height. We are 10'10" and that CAN limit where you go, although it has not affected us. You do watch the trees along the road, though. If you get a full height tractor, like a Volvo 770 you will have to be even more careful - they are 13 feet plus. Our Volvo is our daily driver and it truly is not a problem.
Our Volvo 610 is 11 inches higher at the cab floor than an International MDT. You really do have to climb into them. If you have bad hips, knees, or other problems, this is not a truck for you. You will be far better off with an MDT. There isn't really a way around this - it is just a big truck. On the plus side, you are sitting higher than a MDT and visibility forward is better.
Usability: There is no 4-door option on a tractor, and no seats in the back. You can add two or three air suspension seats, if you rip out the bed and storage compartments. Or you can add a jackknife couch on top of the storage compartments. A jackknife couch can enable carrying up to four additional people, with their own seatbelts. If you want to carry lots of people around (in their own seats), you will have to modify the tractor. So what do you do with groceries? Dedicate one of the side storage compartments in the tractor to them. There is lots of space and easier access than on our F550.
Personally, we like the sleeper. It is very comfortable and it is easy to add pillows or a bolster to the bed so you can use it like a couch. When out for the day the sleeper is easy to take a nap in, or sit and read for a while. The condo has its own separate heating and air conditioning, so as long as you are high-idling the truck, you have climate control. It is easy to set these trucks up so you can overnight in them. Our truck has shore power, refrigerator, microwave, porta-pottie, two beds and an inverter in it. It is quite comfortable for several days, as long as the temperature is reasonable outside.
Another usability consideration is the transmission. You can easily put a full automatic in an MDT. The Allison 3060/3066 automatic transmissions typically found in an MDT are really nice and work well. There are two types of automated transmissions you can find in a used tractor. Both of them use computer controlled servos to automatically shift the manual transmission.
With an Autoshift you have a clutch that you only use when starting out or coming to a full stop. After that it shifts like an automatic. An autoshift is a nice transmission, but it is NOT fully automated. There are also fully automated transmissions starting to appear on the used market. The ArvinMeritor Freedomline transmission and the Eaton Ultrashift transmission both eliminate the clutch pedal. They are fully automated transmissions, under control of the trucks transmission and ECM computers. Like the autoshift, they use servos to shift ? there is no torque converter.
If your tractor has a manual transmission you need to learn to double clutch, and/or to float shift. Floating a shift (shifting by matching rpm and not using the clutch at all) is not that difficult to learn for most people, but it does take practice and is TOTALLY different than driving a standard transmission in a car.
Visibility: the tractor has limited rearward visibility, and limited side visibility - there are definitely more blind spots than with a MDT. You have a sleeper without windows back there. A MDT has glass all around like a pickup. Visibility is unarguably better in a MDT. You can add side windows to the tractor and this would help. For rearward visibility we added a backup camera. This totally resolves the rear blind spot issue. Trailer hookup turns out not to be a problem. We can easily hook up without the camera, but the camera makes it easier.
Price: The tractor is considerably cheaper (at anywhere from $26K-$45K), even if you pay someone to convert it for you. You should probably plan on adding $4-5000 of goodies (including the hitch) to the tractor. If you want to add a hauler bed, figure on $8-12,000 for a nice bed with at least 4 side compartments. A more basic bed would be less. A comparable MDT will be in the $60,000 range. Yes, I know you can find them cheaper, but I'm talking comparable. I've heard the arguments that you can find a nice MDT for $15-20K. I'm not talking about those trucks, just like I'm not talking about a class 8 that you can find for $8-12K.
Comfort: There is just no comparison. A tractor is designed for a driver to live in for weeks, if not months, at a time. A MDT is designed to be a city or regional delivery truck. The driver goes home at night. The MDT up fitters do a very good job fixing them up for RV use, but it is still not the same. The tractor ride is superior to a MDT. It is quieter - much quieter. There are less wind noises and less engine noise. In my opinion, it is easier to drive - it tracks on the road better than the MDTs I have driven (Int. 4700, FL60, FL70, Ford Supercruiser/F650 - I have not driven the M2 FL's). And it has at least as many, if not more, creature comforts than all but the most exotic MDT.
Performance: The MDT accelerates much better than a tractor. It is quicker off the line, so it is much more pickup-like than a tractor. Any MDT with an automatic will leave even a 500hp tractor in its dust. Other than that, a tractor will outperform a MDT in all categories - it brakes better, it has more power, and it will climb hills so much better it is not even in the same category. A MDT will not climb hills any better than our F-550 did. Now, I'm not a speed demon, but it is nice to be able to cruise hills at the speed limit, if you choose to. Basically, even the heaviest 5er can be pulled up even the biggest hills in the west on cruise at 60-65 (assuming no traffic slows you down).
Most MDTs have as much or more wheel-cut than most tractors, so they will usually turn a little tighter, depending on wheelbase. But the Volvos do turn real well; so much better than my F-550 that I am real happy with its maneuverability. Other tractors may not turn as well. The Volvo has a 50 degree wheel cut, for example, while a T2000 only has 45 degrees. It is something you have to watch out for.
Economy: Fuel mileage will be dependent on how much weight is being hauled. In general, it will be in the same range as an MDT hauling the same weight. Our Volvo 610 with 400hp/1450 torque averaged 10.3 mpg at the 34K lb. weight, and now averages 9.2 mpg at the 44K pound. weight (double towing a Jeep, and with a heavier trailer). The best mpg bobtail I ever obtained was 13.6 mpg for a 1650-mile trip. Normally, I get in the low 12?s running around town. Interestingly, the higher hp/torque tractors hauling the same weights as we do get about the same mpg.
Our decision
All these factors need to be considered in your comparisons between the two types of trucks. In our case we decided that the tractor was the way to go - we did not need the back seat and 4-doors, which to us was the major benefit of the MDT. The comfort, safety and power of the tractor - along with the price - were the factors that led us to settle on the class 8 conversion. Consider the tradeoffs carefully. The MDTs make nice haulers and they may be a better choice for your situation.
Sometimes we are asked that if money was not a factor, and we could have anything we wanted, what we would do. We both agree that we would buy a new class 8 tractor, with everything in it, and convert it for RV use. The only disagreement is what tractor - Danielle would choose a new Volvo 630 (the 610 replacement). I would choose a Volvo 730, which has the condo length of the Volvo 770 (77?) but the height of a 630 (10? 10?) ? the best of both, in my opinion. Both of us would put one of the new fully automated transmissions (no clutch at all) in our trucks.
Guest contributors Jack and Danielle Mayer have been full-time RVers since 2000. They host Living the Fulltime RV Lifestyle where they go into detail about heavy duty trucks and other technical issues. If you are even thinking about purchasing a heavy duty truck, go to their website for more technical articles on what to look for, registering it and more. Photos also by the Mayers. They also recommend the Escapees forum on heavy duty trucks for more information.


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Olympic Urban Legends Revealed #1
This is the first in a series of examinations of legends related to the Olympics and whether they are true or false.
Let's begin!
OLYMPIC LEGEND: The International Olympics Committee created a new rule just to make a certain participant ineligible for future Olympics.
STATUS: Basically True
Eddie Edwards burst onto the international scene when he competed in the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary as the lone British representative in the ski jumping competition.
A plasterer by trade, Edwards had a number of obstacles to overcome in his attempt for Olympic Gold.
For one, he was a lot heavier than the other competitors. For two, he needed to wear glasses at all times, and as a result, they would often fog up in the cold. For three, since he was entirely self-financed, his training and equipment lagged behind all the other ski jumpers.
Therefore, Edwards, who was nicknamed "Eddie the Eagle," really did not have much of a chance at actually winning a medal, and in fact, he came in dead last in both of the ski jumping competitions he entered.
However, he also ended up capturing the imaginations of the international community – this comical looking fellow (some called him "Mr. Magoo because of his glasses) who didn't mind the odds, he just wanted to compete. In many ways, people looked to him as a throwback to the original days of the Olympics, when athletes did not devote their entire lives to to games, but when a plasterer from Great Britain could take time off and compete for an Olympic Gold Medal every four years.
Juan Antonio Samaranch, the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), made reference to Eddie in his closing statements about the ceremony, which is extremely rare, as the president almost never spotlights particular athletes (as you could only imagine the hard feelings that might cause in some cases). He said:
[At Calgary] people set new goals, created new world records, and some even flew like an eagle.
The crowd, naturally, went wild at the comment.
While the public as a whole were fans of Eddie (he got a book deal after the Games ended, and there was even a hit song in Finland about him!), the IOC and especially the ski-jumping community, were less enthused.
So the IOC instituted what is now known as the Eddie the Eagle Rule. All competitors for the Olympics must finish in the top half of an international competition if they want to compete in the Olympics.
And thus, Eddie the Eagle's career as an Olympic ski jumper drew to a close (although he DID try to qualify – he just couldn't make it).
While he was a bit goofy, it's still a bit sad that the Olympics feel that there is no place for people like Eddie at the Games.
OLYMPIC LEGEND: The Jamaican bobsled team carried their sled to the finish line after a crash.
STATUS: False
The 1993 film, Cool Runnings, brought a lot of attention to the bobsled team from the tiny island nation of Jamaica.
However much attention and popularity it might have brought the team, it also brought with it a lot of inaccuracies surrounding the Jamaican bobsled team and what happened to them during the 1988 Winter Olympics (huh, that's funny – two 1988 Winter Olympics legends in the same piece – totally not on purpose, too!).
First off, a minor misconception that the film perpetuates is that the international bobsled community had a problem with the Jamaican team at the 1988 Winter Olympics (sort of like how the ski jumping community DID have a problem with Eddie Edwards).
While it is true that the Fédération International de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing (FIBT) did greet them a bit coldly when they first announced the idea of competing in 1987, by the actual Winter Olympics themselves, the response was much warmer. You could argue that it is perhaps because there was a bit of a big media push, so that they were treated as a bit of a novelty and that the good will extended towards them might be considered a tad disingenuous. But whatever the motivation, the team was welcomed to the community with open arms at the 1988 Winter Olympics. Other countries helped with their training and their equipment (most notably the United States and Austria).
Secondly, the film showed the team getting a lot father than they did in actuality. In the film, they make it all the way to the finals, challenging a world record, even! In reality, while they did improve throughout the games and did impress many folks with their fast starts (which were balanced out by their inexperience in actually driving the sled once they got started), they were not really in any medal contention.
And perhaps the most notable scene in the movie was not true to life, which is a shame, because the real life event was pretty darn notable itself!
In the film, the team crashed during the finals and then picked up their sled and carried it across the finish line.
In reality, the team crashed during one of their four runs (thus disqualifying them) and then walked alongside the sled as it was pushed to the finish line. It was still a pretty cool moment, just not the drama shown in the film.
Here's a YouTube clip of the crash…
Thanks to twallyg for the clip!
The Jamaican bobsled team competed at the next two Winter Olympics, with some success (no medals, though), but failed to qualify for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Italy.
They are trying for 2010, though!!
OLYMPIC LEGEND: An Olympic rower paused during a race to let a family of ducks pass in front of his scull.
STATUS: True
For such a true gentleman, it's a shame that Henry "Bobby" Pearce had to wait as long as he did to be let into a Gentleman's Club.
The Australian sculler (a scull is a boat used in competitive rowing) was the lone representative for Australia when he competed in single sculling at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Pearce easily advanced in the first two rounds of competition before an odd occurrence in the quarterfinals allowed Pearce to show what a nice guy he was.
While competing against a French opponent, a family of ducks passed in front of Pearce in the middle of his lane!!!
Pearce actually just sat there and LET the ducks pass!!!
Once they passed him completely, he took off and still easily won his race.
He went on to win the Gold Medal in the competition.
This was a gentlemanly act by Pearce, which made the events leading up to the 1928 Olympics even more shameful.
To prepare for the 1928 Olympics, Pearce wished to compete in the famous Diamond Challenge Sculls amateur rowing competition (which has been competed yearly since 1844).
However, Pearce was barred from competing since he was a carpenter, and the rules said that competitors are barred "Who is or has been by trade or employment for wages a mechanic, artisan or labourer."
Ridiculous, right?
After a stretch of bad luck during the Great Depression, Pearce's luck turned when he found himself a patron, whisky magnate Lord Dewar, who gave him a job as a salesman. Now qualified for entry (as he wasn't a lowly labourer anymore), Pearce competed in, and won, the 1931 Diamond Challenge Sculls.
In 1937, the competition dropped the ridiculous mechanics/artisan/labourer ban.
Pearce then went to Los Angeles and won the Gold Medal in the 1932 Olympics, becoming the first single sculler to win back-to-back Gold Medals.
Pearce became a professional sculler for the rest of the 1930s, and actually was a professional wrestler in Canada for a time in the late 1930s (Pearce had moved to Canada and become a Canadian citizen during the 1930s)!
During World War II, he was in the Canadian Army, where he would remain until he retired in 1956 (he died in 1976).
He was a lieutenant commander when he retired, so he was an officer AND a gentleman!
Okay, that's it for this week!
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Judith A. Ainsworth, 73, of Decatur died on Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at Adams Memorial Hospital in Decatur. She was born on January 5, 1940 in Fort Wayne to Robert E. and Bertha I. (Gibson) Lane. She was married on September 5, 1959 to Gayle E. Ainsworth.
Visitation will be from 2:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Friday, February 22 at Haggard-Sefton & Hirschy Funeral Home in Decatur and one hour prior to the 11:00 a.m. funeral service on Saturday, February 23 at St. Mark's United Methodist Church. Officiating will be Pastor Michael Heinbaugh. Burial will be at Decatur Cemetery.
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- Apr 15, 2008
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With his win at Phoenix International Raceway, Jimmie Johnson did more than give Hendrick Motorsports its first points-paying win of the season and improve to fourth in the driver standings. He also helped the organization continue a streak that started when he was still in elementary school.
Johnson, now 32, guaranteed Hendrick Motorsports its 23rd straight season with a Cup-level victory when he took the checkered flag last Saturday. Hendrick Motorsports, created in 1984, has posted at least one victory in NASCAR's highest level since Feb. 16, 1986 when Geoff Bodine won Hendrick's first Daytona 500.
That isn't the only streak the team has maintained this season.
The team has earned four pole positions in eight races this season, and that means the organization can check off its 25th straight Cup season in which it won a pole. The team's all-time season record was set in 1986 when Bodine and Tim Richmond combined for 16 pole positions.
Finishing in the top-10 has been a strong point, too. Johnson, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jeff Gordon and Casey Mears have combined to record 14 top-10 finishes this season. With at least one top-10 finish per race, that improves Hendrick's streak to 73 straight races. Last weekend, Johnson took first and Earnhardt came in seventh to keep the streak alive. In fact, Earnhardt leads all other drivers with six top-10 finishes.
The last time a Hendrick driver wasn't in the top 10 was April 9, 2006 at Texas Motor Speedway. Johnson, the team's top performer, finished 11th that day.
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Plantar fasciitis is gone and my running is pain free, (well sort of, running a long time at a fast pace still hurts)
I have just finalized my race season and will be doing less triathlons this year, as much as I enjoy them they are hard to do 3 or 4 in a month, so I am doing 3 sprints and 1 full. As for running I am doing 1 50k, 3 half marathons and 1 full marathon along with a handful of 5k's. It will be less training then normal but I think I will be the better for it and still having fun.
That being said I still need to drop some weight and this is proving to be much harder then I thought, I am cutting my carbs slowly and so the weight is coming off slowly, but I am going to stay patient and maintain a discipline that will produce a leaner and stronger me in 3 months time and not a fast weight loss that proves to be unhealthy and short lived. I am eating 50% of my calories from carbs (more complex carbs and less simple)and 30% from protein and 20% from fat. It is work in progress and I am moving my intake to follow my work outs more closely then in the past. So as my mileage creeps up and the fuel demand follows it, my body should have what it needs and less junk to process.
I am finishing week 5 of P90X2 and recovery week next so yeah for that.
next week should be interesting as my mileage will climb to a 40 mile week.
I just have to blog this,It is the simple things that make life so rewarding. the smell of freshly baked bread in the morning made me think of this. I can only say that if you take the time and just look around you, at different times of the day you will be amazed at what you are missing. The feeling of your heart beating before you get out of bed, the look on your pets face when you get ready to leave and when you get home The look on a childs face when the are playing. The sights and sounds that we never hear or see because we never stop and listen or look. It takes less then 15 seconds and we have lots of moments that we can. so take a few minutes out of each day and just stop and be aware of everything around you, sometimes it can make you smile and that makes the day a little better.
I just realized how long it has been since my last blog. ( That word just sounds so weird for writing a entry into a journal) So I decided to sit down and do one right now, It helps that I am at work, it is Friday and I am waiting for the county inspector so show up and so his thing at the shop. I could recap everything that has taken place since the last Blog, but will start with the here and now and cover the old stuff as time goes by. First off my weight loss is going great, down a solid 5 lbs since the 1st and I owe that to the SP food tracker, once you get going on it , it will save you from going over. It shows you where you are failing and also reinforces where you are doing great. I just finish the P90x/Insanity Hybrid 90 program and after this week on R&R I will start the P90X2 90 day work out on Monday. Combine that with my slow progress back to running and a ultra- marathon in May and you have a recipe for big gains in all areas of my overall health. So I will leave it at that and continue on with a new Blog weekly.
Ok, so I was injured this last June, just before the July 4 and a Half Marathon. I hurt my left foot and found out I have plantar fasciitis, soooo, I go into prevent mode and was able to continue my running and racing with some pain, but mostly after the race ( unable to walk right for a day or two). But I was getting better. But the training for the Medtonic Twin Cities Marathon, it proved to be to much. So I will be watching and cheering instead of running, although I kept think I would just push through it, my logical side spoke up and I soon realized that pushing through a marathon is hard enough starting out healthy, only a idiot (I know I fit into this category some times) would think of starting out hurt!
So after letting myself wrap my head around the fact that I would miss this years race, I am OK with it now, all the training is not wasted and the fun of the training and racing will be even sweeter next year, so for now it is take care of myself and be ready to race another day. I will still be working out, just biking and swimming more and use the no impact cardio equipment until my feet no longer are so angry. Life is full of ups and downs, I just am not going to let the downs last long and keep think positive and make the challenge work to make me a little better for it.
I just finished my 4 HI and I can honestly say, they do not get easier, you just get your mind right and know that you can keep going long after the mind tells you to stop. Through all of my races one thing stands out, you can never give up, you can do much more then you know, and you must train your body and your mind.
The start of the race was typical,I arrived and checked in, went to my assigned bike rack and found I had enough room for my bike and had to put my towel under the front wheel, ( this tri has the least amount of space) and put my bike stuff on one side and my run stuff on the other.
The start of the race was normal, started wave 7 and the weather was perfect. my swim went good, a little slow, but no worries. A first for me was getting out of the water they had wet suit strippers, and I was out of my wet suit in record time, makes T1 some much faster.
The bike was good, I told my self to hold back and save some for the run. I lost some time due to some very rough 8 miles of road, at on point one of my rear water bottles was ejected from the bike, never to be seen again. so I lost time having to slow down so as not to break something or blow a tire. I worked on eating and drinking something every 15 minutes to help keep energy level high for the run. Did I mention, the road was close to cobblestones, very rough.
And then comes the best part, the run. T2 goes ok but my transition area is in bad shape( my fellow competors seem to have help me in this) and I leave with out my electrolyte pills, they have them on the course but I was going to need them soon. It was around 11:00 and I had 2 hours of fun in the sun and the temps were in the 78 to 82 range. Full sun and no clouds. Everything is a struggle after mile 6, I had brought a bandanna so I could wrap it around my neck and pour water on it to help keep me cool. At one station they had ice, so I wrap it up in the bandanna and put it around my neck and it really helps, a lot. I will use this trick again. But the labors of the day started to wear on me and the run starts to get hard. I had to find something to get my mind off the subject, (that subject being Pain), and I find that slowing down just a little and chatting with some of the other runners proves to be the answer, and the next few miles melt by, and I am at mile 10 before you know it, so I get some fuel at the water station and get my electrolyte pills and I hammer down as best I can I make it to the end. but with out the help of the other runners and joking back and forth to each other, and offering encouragement to the runners we passed and to the runners that passed us, it would have been a very rough run.
I finish in 5:53:43. not a PR but close, and I learned some new tricks for the next one. I seem to remember saying just before I got off the bike," I am never doing one of these again". Now why would I say that?
So, I had the strength, but left unchecked the mind would have tried to shut me down, and that opens up a whole new level of training, and one that I hope will help me with my marathons also,get the mind out of the body and letting pain leave with it.
I felt good after the race and have no pains or problems the next day and today I will do some easy yoga and by the end of the week start my marathon training, hoping to find a way to turn off the mind when the going gets tough,and enjoy what I am doing while in the middle/end of a race and stop wondering why I am doing it. And if your not doing something that makes you feel good and hurts, start.


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Posted by Anonymous on 04/20/2012
Thurs.evening my husband & I had a nostalgic dinner at the Queen. He had many dinners here growing up. We now live in Va & made a trip to his favorite Italian rest. Everything was delicious from the homemade mozzarella caprese to the Italian cheesecake. I ordered my favorite dish chicken breast with peppers,onions ect. Excellent! My husband loved the chicken parm. The pasta was homemade! When we arrived at our hotel I realized I left a shopping bag containing clothing .I called the Queen .They had my bag & promptly mailed it to me. Thank you for a great dinner and for being so helpful!
Posted by CuisineCrazy on 06/14/2011
I have dined at Queen very sporadically over the last 25 years. Since a longtime friend lives close by, we had dinner there last night. He loves it and considers it the best restaurant in the area. He dines there often and is known and welcomed by the staff. What? The house salad was drowned in salty, oily dressing. I ordered the pollo scarpariello- basically chicken with sausage. It looked unappealing- the sauce was so dark it was nearly black- I tasted it- unflavorful, the sausages were like cardboard, the chicken dry as well- it was inedible. I sent it back, while my friend continued eating, of course and got a veal parmigiana- boring but edible. The restaurant was populated by well-dressed diners of both genders, perhaps attorneys since it is close to the Court and Brooklyn government offices, or maybe business people stopping after working across the river, before they return home in Brooklyn Heights. I guess they're happy at Queen. I don't get it. And my advice is, neither should you.
Posted by BK Foodman on 01/01/2011
Been eating here for years and am still impressed by the quality and consistency of their menu. Even for the most common Italian dishes like veal marsala with potato croquettes, they are the best I've had, and I've had way too much Italian food in my life.
Posted by Anonymous on 03/31/2010
I have been to Queen twice in the past couple of years. The first time I was severely disappointed. I gave it a second try recently and while the food was marginally better, I will not be back. Out of the 5 dishes my party ordered I would only want to eat one of them again. It's very expensive (compared to other comparable restaurants in the area) and while the restaurant does have a nice sense of history, it's just not that good.
Posted by wgbk on 12/03/2007
good spaghetti, meatballs were only ok. combination salad was really good - great dressing. garlic bread is good. homemade ravioli is mediocre. and you only get 5 or 6 spread out in a really big dish. i hate that. delivery came quickly... about 15-20 minutes. they could stand to lower their prices a little bit.
Posted by Pauly W on 11/03/2007
I love Italian food...and Queen did not disappoint. Excellent service, from the waiters to their help & the owner coming around to make sure everything is ok not once but three times! I went with my parents, and I ordered Chicken Parmagiana which was excellent, and they got the veal chop & chicken w/ lemon & butter (a franciese like dish) which were both terrific as well....the prices were fair & I would highly recommend this classy Italian restaurant for anyone.
Posted by jboy on 08/03/2007
After doing some research, Queen seemed like a solid choice for good old fashioned italian food. I must say the food was an utter dissapointment. The complimentary bread was the highest quality of food served to our table. The baked clams were nothing more than average. Now lets go to the entrees, out of 5 people only 1 person enjoyed their meal. She ordered a generic ravioli dish which was impossible to mess up. My friend went out on a limb and ordered the filet mignon. Word of advise to Queen, leave the steak to the chop houses. I ordered a promising special consisting of pasta and filet mignon. If i knew the filet mignon was going to be comparable to chop meat i would have ordered the pasta bolognese. I have eaten at many high caliber restaurants throughout Brooklyn and Manhattan and im cerntainly not a novice. So as someone consumed with fine dining, Queen is a big no thanks.


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If home users decide to get the MP130, they will need to clear off some desk space. This inkjet unit weighs 12 pounds and has measurements of 17.4x14.3x7.2 inches. However, when not in use it is compact and modern with a very classy and sleek look. Canon provides helpful software for the Pixma MP130 that includes Easy-PhotoPrint, which helps users enhance and adjust to produce the highest quality picturesand Easy-WebPrint, which allows users to print web pages without cutting off side margins.
Canon Full-Photolithography Inkjet Nozzle Engineering (FINE) is the system found in this unit which extracts Canon MP130 ink and dispenses droplets per inch. There are 2 Canon Pixma MP130 ink cartridges, a black and a color. The color consists of magenta, yellow and cyan printer ink. Over 1,000 nozzles are used, which tends to eat through the Canon MP130 ink cartridges and can get costly.
The mutli-functioning inkjet Canon Pixma MP130 is a basic device, but prints high resolution pictures and solid copies and scans. Any home user looking for a convenient way to print family photos will love this unit. The cost of replacement Pixma MP130 ink may eventually become a burden, but the extra bucks are worth the quality.
Based on our 100% Satisfaction Guarantee, Ink Technologies will accept returns of compatible or remanufactured ink and toner cartridges for full credit if the returned product has a valid return authorization number and is received in our warehouse within 6 months of the original shipping date. If there is a confirmed print quality issue, only 1 set of opened products will be accepted for credit returns, and only if less than 30% of the ink or toner has been used.
Ink Technologies will replace defective compatible or remanufactured products free of charge if the products are returned within 1 year of the original ship date, and provide a return shipping tag for return of the product.
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Woman killed, daughter hit crossing San Jose Blvd.
Updated On: Sep 15 2013 08:27:28 AM EDT
State troopers have identified the woman killed and teenager critically injured Friday night when they was struck by a car while crossing San Jose Boulevard in Mandarin.
The Florida Highway Patrol said 57-year-old Esther Benzohar Ohayon and her daughter were trying to cross at Haley Road about 8 p.m. The 16-year-old, Orly Ohayon, was transported to UF Health at Jacksonville in critical condition.
Troopers say Michael Fortunato was driving his 2000 Toyota Camry south on San Jose Boulevard in the center lane as the two pedestrians were in a crosswalk headed toward the Etz Chaim Synagogue.
According to troopers, Fortunato attempted to avoid hitting the two, but was unsuccessful as the front of his Camry struck both pedestrians.
Ohayon died at the scene.
Troopers are still investigating whether the light for Fortunato was red or green when he went through the intersection and the outcome of blood alcohol testing. FHP said charges are pending at this time.
San Jose was closed for four and a half hours as authorities investigated and cleared the crash.
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