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Arbitration is a form of alternative dispute resolution in which all parties in a dispute submit their claims to a third-party arbitrator for a decision. It is commonly viewed as less expensive and faster than resolving a dispute in court.
Depending on the circumstances, taking a dispute to arbitration may be mandatory or voluntary, and the arbitrator's decision could be either binding or non-binding.
Arbitrators do not have to follow established legal precedents in reaching their decisions and are not required to explain the reasons behind their decisions, although they are expected to follow a code of ethics approved in 1977 by the American Arbitration Association and the American Bar Association. Still, in a binding arbitration both parties agree in advance to adhere to the arbitrator's ruling, and an arbitrator's ruling carries the same legal weight as a decision made by a court of law.
An arbitrator may be a single person or a panel.
Arbitration differs from mediation in that an arbitrator reaches an independent conclusion, whereas a mediator attempts to facilitate a negotiated settlement between the parties.
- Cost and Time. An arbitration process generally moves faster than a lawsuit could maneuver through a court system, and is less formal, requiring less time from attorneys.
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- Short-circuiting legal options: Controversies have arisen over mandatory arbitration provisions in credit card and employment contracts that prevent consumers and employees from taking their cases to court.
- Costs. While arbitration proceedings are potentially less expensive than normal legal proceedings, the expense of hiring an arbitrator can weigh on parties who are involved in small monetary disputes or have a limited ability to pay.
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Binding Vs. Non-Binding Arbitration
In a binding arbitration, all parties agree to abide by the arbitrator's decision before the process begins. Once rendered, the arbitrator's decision carries the same legal weight as the ruling of a court.
In a non-binding arbitration, the parties agree that they will not be obligated to abide by the arbitrator's ruling. After hearing all sides, the arbitrator renders a decision that carries the force of an opinion. The decision may or may not include a suggested damage award.
Non-binding arbitrations are commonly used by disputing parties to get a sense for the strength of their case. After the arbitration process ends, the parties are free to engage in litigation, to enter into binding arbitration or to engage in mediation to resolve their issues.
Mandatory Vs. Voluntary Arbitration
Mandatory arbitration means that all parties to a dispute are required, either by law or by contract, to use binding arbitration rather than litigation to settle their issue.
Mandatory arbitration clauses set out in contracts with a company often give the company the right to choose the arbitrator and to set the rules for the arbitration process.
Some states require arbitration for certain types of disputes, most typically auto insurance disputes. In those cases, the arbitration process is typically laid out in state law and arbitrators are chosen from government approved pools.
In a voluntary arbitration, the parties agree to submit to arbitration rather than take a case to court. The parties are free to negotiate the choice of an arbitrator and the terms for the process, but in a binding arbitration all sides are obligated to abide by the arbitrator's decision.
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fig. 1: Sea Surface Temperature anomaly, Sea Level Rate, Net Oceanic Heat Flux, the TSI anomaly and Cosmic Ray flux variations. In the top panel are the inverted Haleakala/Huancayo neutron monitor data (heavy line, dominated by cosmic rays with a primary rigidity cutoff of 12.9 GeV), and the TSI anomaly (TSI - 1366 W/m2 , thin line, and based on Lean [2000]). The next panel depicts the net oceanic heat flux, averaged over all the oceans (thin line) and the more complete average heat flux in the Atlantic region (Lon 80°W to 30°E, thick line), based on Ishii et al. [2006]. The next two panels plot the SLR and SST anomaly. The thin lines are the two variables with their linear trends removed. In the thick lines, the ENSO component is removed as well (such that the cross-correlation with the ENSO signal will vanish).
fig 2: Sea Level vs. Solar Activity. Sea level change rate over the 20th century is based on 24 tide gauges previously chosen by Douglas [1997] for the stringent criteria they satisfy (solid line, with 1-σ statistical error range denoted with the shaded region). The rates are compared with the total solar irradiance variations Lean [2000] (dashed line, with the secular trends removed). Note that unlike other calculations of the sea level change rate, this analysis was done by first differentiating individual station data and then adding the different stations. This can give rise to spurious long term trends (which are not important here), but ensure that there are no spurious jumps from gaps in station data. The data is then 1-2-1 averaged to remove annual noise. Note also that before 1920 or after 1995, there are about 10 stations or less such that the uncertainties increase.
fig 3: Summary of the "calorimetric" measurements and expectations for the average global radiative forcing Fglobal. Each of the 3 measurements suffers from different limitations. The ocean heat content (OHC) is the most direct measurement but it suffers from completeness and noise in the data. The heat flux obtained from the sea surface temperature (SST) variations depends on the modeling of the heat diffusion into the ocean, here the diffusion coefficient is the main source of error. As for the sea level based flux, the largest uncertainty is due to the ratio between the thermal contribution and the total sea level variations. The solid error bars are the global radiative forcing obtained while assuming that similar forcing variations occur over oceans and land. The dotted error bars assume that the radiative forcing variations are only over the oceans. These measurements should be compared with two different expectations. The TSI is the expected flux if solar variability manifests itself only as a variable solar constant. The "Low Clouds+TSI" point is the expected oceanic flux based on the observed low altitude cloud cover variations, which appear to vary in sync with the solar cycle (while assuming several approximations). Evidently, the TSI cannot explain the observed flux going into the ocean. An amplification mechanism, such as that of CRF modulation of the low altitude cloud cover is required.
kim (not verified)
Mon, 2009-04-13 17:26
I think I've never heard so loud
The quiet message in a cloud.
Tue, 2009-04-14 07:12
Good to see such clear correlation of evidence from several different tracks.
May I refer you to Niche Modeling March 23, 2009
Global Temperature Change and Geomagnetic Field Intensity
"Alan Cheetham drew my attention to a post on his blog, showing the close relationship between geomagnetic field strength, and rate of temperature change (warming in the N Hemisphere and cooling in the S Hemisphere). The idea is that the the effect of cosmic rays on the Earth's temperature by seeding low clouds, will be most apparent where the magnetic field is weakest. Maps of the geomagnetic field show an uncanny correlation with 'recent warming' (UAH 1978-2006):"
This provides very obvious spatial correlation to support your calorimeter paper. Spatially correlating the magnetic field with temperature change should strongly support your position.
Lucy Skywalker (not verified)
Thu, 2009-04-16 16:10
This is beautiful work, the best science, such high, clear correlations without any areas of serious doubt. Thank you. I'd like to second Alan Cheetham's correlation of global temp to geomagnetic field, and add yet another factor - the widening gap between levels of CO2 produced at/near the North Pole and South Pole. This widening gap can be used to support Northern Hemisphere fossil fuel CO2 production, but it can equally support the global temperature anomalies, with CO2 being driven out of a warming ocean.
Lucy Skywalker (not verified)
Thu, 2009-04-16 17:44
Dr Shaviv
There is great interest in the Watts Up With That reposting of your thread here. However, a serious question has arisen from solar expert Leif Svalgaard, who disputes your sea level figures. His sources are (Leif Svalgaard 12:57:33, 15 April @ WUWT): for the tidal gauges: http://www.cmar.csiro.au/sealevel/sl_data_cmar.html Church & White, GRL, 33, L01602, 2006; for the satellite data: http://sealevel.colorado.edu/results.php . His graph is http://www.leif.org/research/Sea-Level-Change.png . Perhaps you would care to join the discussion there to answer Dr Svalgaard; we would all be interested, for the sake of good science!
Paolo M. (not verified)
Thu, 2009-04-16 22:19
Solar physicist Leif Svalgaard state that you have tortured the data you used for your paper figure 2. Find his critics at
on 15.04.2009 at 9:48
Moreover Lean 2000 is an obsolete reconstrunction.
Would you provide an answer? Thank you.
Lucy Skywalker (not verified)
Fri, 2009-04-17 11:15
Anonymous (not verified)
Sat, 2009-04-18 00:17
My new book: "It's The Sun, Not Your SUV" at www.itsthesunnotyoursuv.com proves that your ocean heat-sink measurement technique is also a proof that it is the sun that has caused most of the temperature changes since 1880. GHG may at best have a minor influence in temperature changes. However, with such large natural forces from the sun and secondary forces of ocean currents, volcanic dust, and ocean's heat-sink it is difficult to demonstrate a clear case that GHG have an impact upon temperature close to the levels indicated in the IPCC reports.
With Solar forces alone from 1880 to 1960, the books models can predict the changes in temperature from 1960 to 2009 within a few hundredths of a degree. The key charts are available at the website.
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Niels A Nielsen (not verified)
Sat, 2009-04-18 11:20
"With Solar forces alone from 1880 to 1960, the books models can predict the changes in temperature from 1960 to 2009 within a few hundredths of a degree."
Oh really? Green house gasses have no heat trapping properties then :-)
Nasif Nahle (not verified)
Sun, 2009-07-05 10:11
Dear Dr. Nir Shaviv... Lean's reconstruction on TSI is not obsolete; it is just that she used several proxies and sunspots database for calculating the intensity of solar irradiance; 10Be and Ca-II, for example.
Dr. Svalgaard and other solar physicists are using sunspots only; this is the reason by which their reconstructions show an almost smooth baseline. I have compared Lean's and Svalgaard's databases against Bond's database on hematite stained grains and have found a clear correlation, so Lean's 2001 reconstruction on TSI, based on proxies and sunspots, is as valid as Svalgaard's TSI reconstruction, based on sunspots alone.
P. Solar (not verified)
Fri, 2010-11-26 03:18
Sorry to come in rather late to this discussion but it's still just as relevant today.
I see two big errors in Svalgaard's rather dismissive comments on your work here, that seem to show his lack of understanding more than anything.
Firstly, he maintains that you should be comparing the differential of sea level with the diff of TSI rather than the TSI (though he does not say why he thinks that).
Since TSI (W/m2) is a power term it already contains 1/T dimension . You are clearly correct in what you do , he is so quick to critisise that he does not stop to thing it through. He just thinks both should be d/dt without looking at the nature of the properties used.
Secondly he says it does not matter in which order you do the differentiation and the averaging.
This is wrong. A running mean is basically a crude low-pass filter (with a fairly awful frequency response like sin(x)/x ). If you apply the filter before the the time derivative you are differentiating the filter response as well as the data.
What is required is the mean of the diff of the data.
So in doing the mean first he introduces a spurious term including the differential of the time response of the running mean filter.
It's a basic rule of data processing to do any smoothing (which is generally just for visual presentation) after calculating the properties you wish to examine, not before.
It's rather surprising that someone of his level does not appreciate dimensional analysis or basic data processing yet is so quick to be dismissive of others. The word hubris comes to mind.
Sadly this sort of thing seems to be very common, especially in climate science.
Unfortunately that WUWT thread is closed now but I thought it was worth noting here.
Thanks for the interesting content of this site. It's reassuring to find there are still people who understand what science means.
lgl (not verified)
Sun, 2009-04-19 15:37
Try "Using the oceans as a calorimeter to quantify the volcanic radiative forcing" instead.
lgl (not verified)
Sun, 2009-04-19 19:20
Not very good arguments.
"even with delay". It is well known that the climatic effect of large eruptions is delayed.
"there is poor correlation". Like 1900-1920 in your graphs, in counter phase?
"VEI=3 or a VEI=6 eruption comparable signal". (VEI>3 is VEI=4 and up but that's a detail) They are not comparable, that's why the offset is not constant over the whole span. Around 1900 and after 1960 there were many VEI5&6 eruptions bringing material to the stratophere, i.e longer delay. http://data.giss.nasa.gov/modelforce/strataer/index.html 1930 to 1960 they were mainly VEI4, i.e no delay. For simplicity I have done it like that here: http://virakkraft.com/sealevel-VEI-3.jpg (but the 70's were also VEI4s.) http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/largeeruptions.cfm
lgl (not verified)
Mon, 2009-04-20 00:38
The numbers are here: http://virakkraft.com/volcano1880-2006.xls (there's also some sunspot data) but it will not be of much use for you. I did this very simple, treating the volcanism as on/off just counting the VEI>3 here: http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/largeeruptions.cfm
A proper analysis must deal with where; north/south/tropical, maybe time of year, explosivity (those reaching the stratosphere will have a more delayed effect), amount of debris, type of debris and probably more, so you see you will never get an accurate result. But it does not have to be that complicated. Maybe there's a threshold, some debris and the cloud formation is boosted (but more debris does not give even more clouds). Or maybe scattering of the sunlight is the key.
Wed, 2009-11-25 22:51
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Volcanic activity on the Earth is described by special
annual indices available since 1500. These indices have
been compared with annual sunspot numbers. Volcanic
activity displays no ll-yr periodicity. Using 2l-yr
running averages a striking similarity between these
two time series is clearly seen. Volcanic activity is
generally lower in periods of prolonged maxima of
solar activity and higher in periods of prolonged solar
minima. There is also a similarity between the spectra
of these two series in the long-period range. Main
peaks are located in the same periods in both series
(200-215 yr, 100-105 yr, 80-90 yr). The influence of
volcanic activity on the climate is indubitable. Annual
means of surface air temperature display similar longterm
periodicity as the volcanic activity.
The narrow similarity between solar and volcanic
activity in the long-term scale suggests two quite
different possible consequences:
a. Solar activity governs the volcanic activity on the
Earth in long-term scale. Volcanic activity is
usually higher in periods of prolonged minima of
solar activity and vice versa. However, the
mechanism of this forcing is not known. Perhaps
geomagnetic activity mediates solar influences
(unfortunately, series of these data are too short). If
it will be confirnled in the future, then solar
influences on the climate could be considered as
being mediated by the volcanic activity, creating
a chain: solar activity - (geomagnetic activity) -
volcanic activity - climate changes. Direct solar
influence on climatic changes is, of course, not
excluded. But it is difficult to distinguish what part
of these changes is mediated by volcanic activity
and what part is direct solar influence. It would be
also necessary to explain why this chain does not
work in short-term scale.
b. The similarity of the long-term course of solar and
volcanic activity is accidental and is pronounced
only in the last few centuries. Then long-term
natural climatic changes would be caused only by
long-term changes of volcanic activity. The role of
solar activity would be in this case only apparent
due to the accidentally sin1ilar course of both
activities during the last five centuries.
Nevertheless, some small direct solar influence is
not excluded. In this case no similarity in shortterm
scale can be expected and it is not necessary to
look for an explanation why it is not observed. These two different conclusions mean that the
investigation of solar, volcanic and climatic changes
together in a considerably longer period (at least one
millenium) is very desirable.
Fri, 2009-08-28 18:18
I would expect two things. Most volcanic activity would happen during changes in flux, as that's when there would be most instability. I would expect a big lag. Second, I would expect a change in the nature of the particles emmitted by volcanos.
CRF would probably change the type of volcanic material emmitted at the end of a long period of high CRF. It might even be a dampening effect on a solar relationship in the short short as potential cloud condesation particles and other cooling particles form during a high CRF phase and are emmitted when we shift into a low CRF phase.
Long periods of high CRF probably change the nature of the particles emmitted from volcanos.
I'd try to look at much larger time scales.
Dimitry (not verified)
Mon, 2009-04-20 18:57
Hey, Nir
I just stumbled on a couple of interesting posts about feedbacks and sensitivity.
I just wanted to see your opinion and to ask what it (if correct) does to your estimates about CRF being responsible for 2/3 of the warming?
Tue, 2009-04-21 09:27
May I recommend:
Alexander, WJR, Bailey, F., Bredenkamp, DB, van der Merwe, A., and Willemse, N. 2007 Linkages between solar activity, climate, predictability and water resource development. J. South African Institution Civil Engineering Vol. 49, July, pp 32-44 Paper 649. http://climaterealists.com/index.php?id=2643
They find better hydrological correlation to a double solar cycle of 20.8 years. (e.g. flipping alternate solar cycles.) It would be interesting if you see that difference as well.
Dimitry (not verified)
Wed, 2009-04-22 21:38
Thu, 2009-04-23 20:56
Would welcome your comparison of your results with those of Landscheidt on Mayaud's geomagnetic index aa, sunspot number and CO2 change rate. See:
Variations in CO2 Growth Rate Associated with Solar Activity Theodor Landscheidt
"These eruptions and their effect on Earth is best represented by Mayaud's geomagnetic aa index (Mayaud, 1973). This is the first variable subjected to PCA. The second variable is the international smoothed yearly sunspot number R, as special phases of the 11-year sunspot cycle are linked to ENSO events. The third variable of interest is the yearly CO2 growth rate. As the principal components depend on the scaling of the original variables and aa, R, and CO2 are on very different scales, the variables were normalized to unit.
According to the PCA analysis, the first component explains 49 percent of the total variance, the second component 33 percent, and the third component 18 percent. "
E.g. comparing your sea level variations Fig. 6 with the of change in CO2 Fig. 1 (originally from Keeling and Whorf, 2003)
Peter Everett (not verified)
Mon, 2009-04-27 20:17
Hi Prof. Shaviv,
For the past year I have followed with interest the unusual recent solar cycle (in)activity, along with your work and that of Svensmark, Soon, Sharma, Sherer, Solanski, Verma, Marusek, Sharma, Svalgaard, Harrison, Marsh and others, that have been so important for countering the anthropogenic global warming Lysenkoists.
I was just wondering, if you combined your three calorimeters into a single one using a Kalman filter, would you get a better picture? The resulting figure might make a useful addition to your paper.
As you have mentioned, there are plenty of good reasons to be more efficient with our use of fossil fuels, although carbon dioxide and anthropogenic global warming is not one of them. With the current Dalton-like dip in solar activity, the prospect of a significantly colder Northern Hemisphere in the near future is not pleasant, and not likely to reduce our use of fossil fuels.
Please keep shining the light on the science.
Niels A Nielsen (not verified)
Wed, 2009-04-29 23:52
Lucia Liljegrens statistical analysis at the Blackboard have shown that the IPCC models are in a bad shape. The inconsistency between observed and modelled temperature trends shows that the models are clearly getting something badly wrong. The present vulcanic lull and increasing levels of GHG's in the atmosphere have failed to result in the predicted rise in global temperatures in recent years.
If you are right about the influence of cosmic rays on climate you should be able to do better than the IPCC. I know you cannot make predictions about future global temperature as your most important independent variable is not (yet) predictable, but based on your research you should be able to specify a model of global temperature (even just a simple one) with much better "predictive" skill.
I would be interested to know what your prediction would be of the 20 year global temperature trend from 2009 to 2029 if solar activity should take another long slumber like during the Maunder Minimum.
Niels A Nielsen (not verified)
Thu, 2009-05-21 00:44
Thank you for your reply, Nir.
If cosmic ray-induced changes in low cloud cover over oceans is the explanation for your observations that ocean heat content varies in sync with solar activity, isn't Leif Svalgaard right that earth's albedo should follow the 11-year cycle too:
"the cosmic rays follow the 11-year cycle and the albedo should follow the same 11-year cycle if the variation of cosmic rays is the reason for the changing albedo [and hence temperature]."
Doesn't Enric Pallés albedo data contradict your theory about the role of cosmic rays?
Kind regards
JD Will (not verified)
Tue, 2009-12-22 19:39
Dr Shaviv.
I am a layman but am trying to absorb as much of the science as possible as I find the climate discussion very compelling.
I have greatly appreciated your blog items. They break down your technical papers (which I also look at) and make the subject more accessible to me. Thanks!
I have been following the CRF theory with great interest since clouds seem to be a big uncertainty factor in the IPCC theory at present. I would like to know what you have to say about this lecture which makes a point (at 42 min.) about the Laschamps anomaly at 40K years ago. The assertion is that since the magnetic field was flat for a long period and cosmic rays showed increased effect in that period, there should have been a decrease in temperature but wasn't.
The speaker, Dr Richard B Alley gives a very good paleoclimate history and also addresses CO2 lag to temperature with a good analogy to loan interest.
He makes it sound like this single anomaly relegates CRF to a 'fine tuning' knob, but I would very much like to hear your response.


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Southern Californians get another reason to love pizza
People love pizza, so they are sure to enjoy the new garden growing at the UC Desert Research and Extension Center in Holtville. A circle planted with wheat, tomatoes, bell peppers, herbs and spices, the garden looks like and produces the ingredients for pizza.
"Pizza can be a healthy meal, if you build it right," said Stephanie Collins, outreach assistant at the Desert REC. "We can teach kids to add vegetables and educate them about whole grains and non-fat cheese."
Collins initially envisioned the pizza garden teaching tool when she joined UC Cooperative Extension four years ago as a nutrition educator. The recent removal of a large tree stump made the location available.
The pizza garden will be part of the center's UC FARM SMART program, in which about 5,000 school children and "snowbird" winter residents annually visit the station to learn about UC's ongoing agricultural research in the desert area, tour the 255-acre facility on a hay wagon and taste products that are grown in the vicinity.
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Tomatoes, onions and arugula are planted in the next wedge. The tomatoes are used for traditional sauce and onions are a healthy and flavorful topping, but arugula?
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In another section, visitors can smell, feel and taste the herbs that season pizza sauce. Oregano, basil, sage, thyme, chives, parsley and rosemary fill the third wedge.
The fourth section holds bell peppers and rhubarb.
"The rhubarb is just for fun," Collins said.
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The mostly senior citizen visitors pay $20 per person for the station tour, which includes a homemade lunch featuring locally produced foods. This year, the centerpiece of the meal will be carrot-ginger soup.
The visitors' fees help offset the cost of the tours for local children, who pay just $3 each.
For more information or to schedule a tour, contact Urie at (760) 791-0261, firstname.lastname@example.com.
An initiative to enhance competitive and sustainable food systems is part of the UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources Strategic Vision 2025.
Picture this: UCCE focuses on healthy meals for Healthy Weight Week (Jan. 18-24)
Photos of sumptuous dishes are nearly as numerous as cat photos on social media. To sharpen people's focus on healthful eating, UC Cooperative Extension nutrition experts are using photos of food.
In 2011, the U.S. Department of Agriculture unveiled a new food graphic, MyPlate, to remind consumers to choose healthier foods. Work by Cooperative Extension in California that began years earlier influenced the adoption of MyPlate by USDA. Nutrition educators in California began using a plate graphic with USDA's My Pyramid several years ago in a research project with Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) and UC CalFresh Nutrition Education Program participants. While evaluating the use of their graphic, which was very similar to USDA's MyPlate, UC Cooperative Extension nutrition advisors found that a graphic depiction such as the one USDA is using for MyPlate is abstract for many families.
"We discovered that our clients need to see photos showing real food combinations in order to apply the MyPlate message to real food choices," said Cathi Lamp, UC Cooperative Extension nutrition advisor. "They prefer to learn by viewing photographs with foods and meals they eat to see how it works and how they can implement the guide in their lives."
In a project with more than 200 Latino consumers participating, the UCCE nutrition advisors learned which foods Latina, African American and other women would serve their families. Lamp and her colleagues developed materials with photographs of the preferred foods for nutrition education.
They evaluated the behavior of consumers who were trained with the revised Plan, Shop, Save and Cook curriculum with photos of food and compared it with the results of the original version of the lessons.
"We found that the group receiving the revised Plan, Shop, Save and Cook and MyPlate materials reported the greatest change in the frequency of using MyPlate to make food choices, after considering differences among groups in initial behaviors and participant characteristics," Lamp said.
Given the success of the photographs, UC Cooperative Extension created "My Healthy Plate" posters. Photographs of healthful food served on plates appear in all the EFNEP and UC CalFresh nutrition education materials, including the revised Plan, Shop, Save and Cook curriculum.
"Everybody enjoys looking at pictures of foods," said Lamp. "So what we have now in our nutrition classes are lots of photographs of healthy examples."
To listen to an interview with Cathi Lamp about My Healthy Plate in Spanish, visit Enseñando a comer 'con sabor latino' con MiPlato at http://ucanr.edu/sites/Spanish/Noticias/radio/?uid=5983&ds=199.
For more than 100 years, the University of California Cooperative Extension researchers and educators have been drawing on local expertise to conduct agricultural, environmental, economic, youth development and nutrition research that helps California thrive. UC Cooperative Extension is part of the University of California's systemwide Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Learn more at ucanr.edu.
Avocado production in the San Joaquin Valley gets closer
The San Joaquin Valley is the heart of California agriculture, but hasn't been a hospitable home for commercial avocado production. UC Cooperative Extension specialist Mary Lu Arpaia is conducting research to change that.
Avocados are native of semi subtropical high elevation rainforests in Mexico and Central America. A delicious and highly nutritious fruit, the cultivation of avocado has spread around the world. In California, growers are having commercial success in areas with year-round mild climates, such as San Diego and Ventura counties.
Though avocados are frost sensitive to be sure, it is not the cold winter climate that is the greatest impediment to avocado production in the state's inland valleys. It's the heat.
"Plant leaves have stomata, small openings that allow water vapor to move out of the plant to cool the leaf surface," Arpaia said. "It works something like perspiration on people. Moisture exits the pores and cools the skin."
The stomata on the leaves of Hass avocados – the variety most favored by California consumers – close when the temperature rises above 90 degrees. No moisture is released from the closed stomata and the plant overheats, causing fruit drop.
"To grow avocados in the valley, we need to have a variety that can tolerate heat better than Hass," Arpaia said.
"The ones that we're testing in the field have eating quality comparable to Hass," Arpaia said.
Lindcove is situated where the valley floor is gently rising toward the Sierra Nevada. The slope allows cold air to slip down to lower elevations, giving farmers in the area an advantage of a few degrees in the winter. The geography has made the area an important location for citrus production. But heat-tolerant avocados could be an alternative.
East-side citrus farmers may be looking for other options if Huanglongbing (HLB) disease makes its way to the area. Already, the pest that spreads HLB, Asian citrus psyllid, is established in some parts of the valley and spreading. Once a tree is infected with HLB, it cannot be cured.
"Growers have made good money on avocados," Arpaia said. "In the San Joaquin Valley, water is relatively cheap and we have better water quality than San Diego County. There are good, well-drained soils. Avocados' frost sensitivity is similar to lemons. If farmers have property where they can grow lemons, they could try avocados."
An initiative to enhance competitive and sustainable food systems is part of the UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources Strategic Vision 2025.
Scientists ask USDA to add water to MyPlate
Ritchie has joined with dozens of nutrition and health professionals around the country to ask that the USDA put water onto MyPlate.
"We don't have all the answers to overcoming obesity, but the research on sugar-sweetened beverages is very clear," Ritchie said. "When you drink beverages like soda, sports drinks or punch, the sugar gets absorbed very rapidly and the body doesn't recognize the calories. The result is excess calories and weight gain."
The USDA introduced MyPlate in 2011 to reflect the message of its Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2010. Federal law requires that the guidelines be reviewed, updated and published every five years.
"USDA officials say that, in order to change MyPlate, there must be more information in the dietary guidelines about water," Ritchie said. "We are working through the public comment process to ask the advisory board to promote water as the beverage of choice."
The ultimate goal – a new water icon on MyPlate – is important because of its high visibility. MyPlate is found on elementary school classroom walls and cereal boxes; at community gardens and the grocery store produce aisle.
In preparing for a visit with USDA officials at their Washington, D.C., headquarters, Christina Hecht, UC Nutrition Policy Institute coordinator, asked UC Cooperative Extension specialists in California for input on MyPlate. Their enthusiasm was unanimous.
"They see MyPlate as the face of the dietary guidelines and are very supportive of using the image as a teaching tool," Hecht said. "They also supported the idea of adding a symbol for water."
She shared the California educators' thoughts on MyPlate with her USDA contacts. "When they get a story from the field, it really matters to them," Hecht said.
Ritchie and her colleagues around the country submitted a "Best of Science" letter to the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee imploring them to strengthen the language for drinking water.
"Current research indicates that children, in particular, are subject to 'voluntary dehydration' from low intake of plain water," the letter says. "Between 2005 and 2010, more than a quarter of children aged 4 to 13 years old in the U.S. did not have a drink of plain water on two consecutive days."
Instead, they are drinking sugary beverages. National surveys in the early 2000s found that, on any given day, 84 percent of 2- to 5-year-old children drank sugar-sweetened beverages like sodas, sports drinks and fruit punch. The calories amounted to 11 percent of the children's total energy intake.
- Sugar-sweetened beverages – including sodas, juice drinks, pre-sweetened tea and coffee drinks, and fortified or energy drinks – are among the top sources of calories for children and adolescents.
- Between the late 1960s and early 2000s the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages doubled.
- While the American Heart Association recommends no more than 6 teaspoons of added sugars per day for women and 9 teaspoons per day for men, the average U.S. consumption is 17 teaspoons per day.
- Low-income populations have higher intakes of sugar-sweetened beveragesand Latino children drink more of them than white children.
- Cardiovascular disease, present in more than one-third of American adults, is now understood to be exacerbated by the inflammatory effects of excess sugar consumption.
- Excess sugar consumption is a risk factor for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, a precursor to diabetes.
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Protecting California's parsley crop
When most people think about parsley, they likely think of it as an inedible garnish a chef places on their plate. But parsley is widely used in dried spice mixes, soups and other prepared foods as well as in salads and other recipes. Currently, California produces almost 2,600 acres of parsley at a value of $18 million a year, with Monterey and Ventura counties accounting for 49 percent of the state's parsley production.
California parsley is produced typically in high volumes and with high quality. However in the past few years, growers began to observe unfamiliar disease issues in their parsley fields. Leaf spots, blighted foliage and yellowed plants contributed to loss of quality and reduced yields. Steven Koike and Oleg Daugovish, UC Cooperative Extension advisors in Monterey and Ventura counties respectively, stepped in to investigate the new parsley problems. They collaborated with farmers and pest control advisers to understand the extent of the problems and to obtain samples of the diseased crops.
The UC Cooperative Extension plant pathology diagnostic lab in Salinas was successful in isolating and identifying several pathogens that were responsible for causing the disease symptoms. Working with USDA, they found that three new diseases were present in California parsley crops: bacterial leaf spot, Stemphylium leaf spot, and Apium virus Y disease.
Two of these problems are seedborne, so future management will include the use of pathogen-free seeds. The Apium virus Y pathogen is found in weeds, so growers will need to remove poison hemlock, among others.
Previous to this research, some growers were spraying symptomatic fields because they believed that a disease called late blight was responsible for the disease symptoms. Growers have now ceased making these sprays, eliminating the use of unnecessary chemicals and saving costs.
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For people who use Victoza or would like to learn more about it.
Please note: the exchange, sale or giveaway of items between members that require a prescription from a licensed practitioner is not allowed on TuDiabetes.
We encourage you to donate supplies to non-profits such as the Charles Ray III Diabetes Association and Insulin for Life.
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Started by KellieD. Last reply by MaryMac 10 hours ago. 39 Replies 0 Likes
I meant to start a discussion and sent a message first. Sorry this is my first time doing this.Hi All,I started Victoza on Friday, October 22nd with the .6 mg dosage. Hadpretty bad headaches for the first 5 days. Ever since I began the 1.2 mgdosage…Continue
Started by Susan Van Abs. Last reply by Susan Van Abs Nov 6, 2014. 25 Replies 0 Likes
I am wondering how many type ones are on Victoza? I just started it in December and have been able to decrease my insulin totals. I am using it off-label but have seen a tremendous decrease in my blood sugars.If you are a type one on Victoza - 1.…Continue
Started by Linnee. Last reply by ConnieW Oct 5, 2014. 5 Replies 0 Likes
For the past week, I have had horrible, constant nausea as well as diarrhea. I've lost 10 pounds because I am unable to eat much. If my blood sugars were improving, it would almost make the nausea bearable, but they are always in the 200s. My endo…Continue
Started by Linnee. Last reply by Susan Van Abs Sep 13, 2014. 1 Reply 0 Likes
My insurance will no longer cover Victoza, so after January 2014 I will start Bydureon. I've had good BG levels and overcome the extreme nausea, so I'm apprehensive about stopping Victoza. I'll take Bydureon once a week and will save $100/month.…Continue
Started by momof3gs. Last reply by Diagnosed-in-2001 Jul 29, 2014. 1 Reply 0 Likes
I just started Byetta today after being on Victoza for 1 year. It seemed like Victoza wasn't working anymore so I am cycling off for about 6 months. Anyone else doing this?Continue
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I've started to sometimes get a red, itchy skin reaction to Victoza. At first it was fine on my stomach - but not on my arm - but now I've gotten the reaction on my stomach too.So I Googled "Histamine reaction Victoza" and several things come up...…Continue
Started by AngieMel. Last reply by Dee Jul 10, 2014. 9 Replies 0 Likes
Diagnosed a year ago, no meds (in denial). Went to doc this week so just started Victoza 3 days ago on the "3 clicks" dosage. So far no nausea or headaches or cramps. Seems that won't happen until the dosage is higher, but hoping for none at all. Is…Continue
Started by Beatriz D.. Last reply by Dee Jul 9, 2014. 4 Replies 0 Likes
Hey everyone,I've had type 2 diabetes since 2001. Metformin has worked for me all these years, and I've been lucky. However, I'm having a lot of problems with compliance, and my diabetes decided to yell at me. Last A1C was 9.5, and my doctor decided…Continue
Started by Tracey. Last reply by Marti Jun 17, 2014. 19 Replies 0 Likes
Hello all...I am new here and am so happy to have found others like me. I have been taking Victoza for nearly 4 weeks now and have not lost any weight, though I walk daily and have decreased my calorie intake.... I also take 2000 of Metformin,…Continue
Started by Flem07. Last reply by wynot Mar 4, 2014. 5 Replies 0 Likes
The last couple of times I've injected Victoza into my thigh I have gotten a large welt with a lump under it. The welt itches. The lump turns into a bruise. I do not get this when I inject into my abdomen. It's a new problem. I was injecting into my…Continue
Victoza has been a miracle drug for me, amazing levels like I have never seen, but I read on a forum that it stops working after a couple of months. This has me terrified. Is this true for most people, that it will suddenly stop working and I'll be back to square 1 after only a few months? I really like what it's doing for me.
Thanks Leilani. That's a possibility, because my morning readings are so amazingly lower than they have been for at least 12 years. Wasn't so bad last night though, so maybe it was just a "thing" for a couple nights, you know, a couple nights of weird dreams for no reason except the life chaos of this particular weekend. But worth checking, for sure.
What's interesting is that though my sugars are so much lower than ever before since I've been measuring (that is, since my diagnosis), I don't feel "crashy." My regular doc kept saying the numbers I told her when I "crashed" on the lantus/levemir(80s to 100 in late afternoons) weren't really bad low, and I knew that, but it felt that way, because I charged down to them within an hour from 150 or more. I think calling them crashes as I did makes sense, because what made me so uncomfortable was the rapidity of the change. Now I am often at those numbers and feel fine.
Vivid dreams during the night can sometimes be an indication of low blood sugar. It may be helpful to check your BG around 2:00 am to see if that may be a contributing factor?!
Anyone else having vivid, unpleasant dreams on Victoza? Last 2 nights, one after another, awake every hour after wild dreams. And if so, does it go away with time?
one week on V and down 3-4Lbs i am happier combined the 8 weeks before V and the 1 week after total of 30-31 Lb Loss
For the past couple years my fasting numbers have been up, happened just suddenly, and they weren't terrific to start with, but acceptable.
First the doc kept increasing my glyburide (I also take metformin, the highest dose), then she wanted to try other drugs, and I was very leery, because I constantly fight side effects of everything she wants to try me on.
So I got her to prescribe Lantus. It was like being Alice down the rabbit hole weird--my sugars in AM and all day long were HIGHER than before, and I crashed seriously every afternoon (numbers themselves not so bad, but going down nearly 100 points in an hour was!). So we tried Levimir, same exact thing. I had thought that duh, taking insulin would be the answer. Not so much.
So when I broke into tears in her office this week, she decided it was time to get me to an endo. I had researched endos on my insurance plan but the wait period was over 4 months so I felt pretty hopeless. But--she got her referral person to look for someone I could get into as quick as possible and I actually got an appointment (due to cancellation) THAT afternoon about an hour away--worth the drive! This was a nurse practitioner who works with an endo and thus specializes in diabetes. And she didn't play the guessing games my general doc had done (not blaming her, she is terrific but not a specialist), and she started me on Victoza. But, she said, I wouldn't notice any difference as she was starting me on the lowest dose, but she wanted to see how I did nausea-wise.
THE NEXT morning my fasting was lower than it ever has been since my diagnosis 12 years ago. This is a miracle! She also said that because of the slower stomach emptying I would get full faster and to stop eating the minute I did. Starting with that first breakfast I can only eat about half what I usually have eaten, and my sugars are amazing all day long, before and 2 hours after meals (I am testing like a maniac). Today I tried a higher-carb breakfast (I have been eating extremely low-carb breakfast because of my high fasting) and post-meal not so good, but still NOTHING like before. I just hope this continues to work this way. Would hope not to have to increase dose as I am going on Medicare in a very few years and worry about cost. But so far I am one happy camper!
Not so happy!!! got my first month of victoza and the gd pharmacist forgot to tell me i needed needles who would have thought an injectable medication may need needles yet they couldnt tell me. so frustrated i was hoping to start it tonight but i guess not :(
After 18 months of being on Victoza, I still feel great and I am holding steady at 45lb loss. I gained 10lb back over the winter, but this was primarily due to my easing up on my low carb diet. After going back & being stricter w/ my diet I've lost half of it. I keep my Victoza in the fridge and I'm at the 1.2 dosage.
For those of you Victoza users that inject cold from the refrigerator, do you find that the injection is painful? When i first started injecting I did one straight from the fridge and it hurt badly but Ive been thinking maybe it was due to inexperience. I have a new pen that I am considering keeping in the fridge since some people say it is more effective? Thoughts please appreciated! Thanks!
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Dec., 1879: | Weather data and correspondence begin as the "Wichita Indian Agency." (Think Thomas Simpson is the person in charge) |
June 13, 1888: | Army Signal Corp established a Weather Office in Wichita, KS. First Official in Charge (OIC), Corporal Fred Johnson. First Office 1st and Market. |
1891: | Weather Bureau formed under the Department of Agriculture. Sergeant Fred Johnson left the Army to become the first OIC. (Think he remained in charge until around the turn of the century.) |
Special Note: | George T. Todd was the 2nd OIC followed by Richard A. Sullivan. Specific dates in the position unknown. |
Mar. 31, 1908: | Weather Office moved to 111 E. Douglas |
June 30, 1911: | Grew from a one to three person staff. Office moved to the 10th floor of the Beacon Bldg. At 1st and Main. |
Feb., 1925: | S.P. Petersen assigned as the OIC. |
Sep. 27, 1929: | Began 24 hour per day operation. Staff grew to 6. |
Jan. 25, 1930: | Discussions began with the Wichita Park Board in establishing a Municipal Airport Weather Office. |
Apr., 1, 1930: | Wichita Municipal Airport Weather Office opened (current McConnell AFB location). Person in charge, Lloyd Stevens, salary $2,100.00/year. First airport observers; Jonathan Becker & John Glenn, salary $1,560.00/year. Also one city employee; Kenneth Matthews, salary $1,800.00/year. ** Pilot Balloons are sent at 5:30 am and pm each day. (Two Weather Bureau Offices in Wichita from 4/1/30 to 11/29/40.) |
July 25, 1930: | Martin Stubbs assigned as the OIC of the Downtown Office. |
Aug. 30, 1930: | Hershel Smith assigned as the OIC of the Municipal Airport Office. |
Apr. 23, 1932: | Downtown Office moved to the Post Office Bldg. at 3rd and Market. |
Jun. 30, 1936: | A. A. Justice assigned as the MIC of the Downtown Office. |
June 30, 1940: | Weather Bureau transfers to the Department of Commerce. |
Nov. 29, 1940: | Weather Offices consolidated and moved to the Municipal Airport (what is now McConnell AFB). |
Jun. 2, 1942: | Vic Phillips assigned as the MIC. |
Apr. 1, 1947: | WSR-1 Radar installed. The first Weather Bureau Office to have a weather radar (a converted World War II radar). |
Dec. 1, 1953: | Weather Office moved to new Municipal Airport (now Mid-Continent Airport). Office located about ½ north of the present Control Tower. |
Jun. 5, 1956: | WSR-3 Weather Surveillance Radar becomes operational. |
Dec. 5, 1958: | W. Gordon Wylie assigned as the MIC. |
Jun. 22, 1960: | WSR-57 Weather Surveillance Radar becomes operational. With this new radar the staff grows to 16 as 5 radar meteorologists were assigned to the station. They are Jack Allen, Max Griffith, Charlie Harris, Clarence Hill, and John Shockley. They also assume localized forecast and warning responsibility for 28 counties in south central and southeast Kansas. |
July 13, 1965: | Environmental Science Service Administration (ESSA) established in the Department of Commerce and the Weather Bureau becomes the "National Weather Service" under that office. |
Jul., 1970: | Ellis Pike assigned as the MIC. |
October 3, 1970: | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) established in the Department of Commerce and the Weather Service moves into the organization. |
Sep., 1973: | Jack Hughes assigned as the MIC. |
Jun., 1977: | Max Griffith assigned as the MIC. |
Aug. 5, 1978: | Discontinue "On-Call" PIBAL (sending balloons up) responsibility |
Jan. 1, 1979: | AFOS (Automation of Field Operations and Services) System turned on. It computerizes how information is received and transmitted. |
Mar., 1979: | Wichita's NOAA Weather Radio is installed (KEC-59). |
Jan. 7, 1980: | NOAA Weather Radio at Erie, KS (WXK-95) to serve southeast Kansas is commissioned. |
Dec. 10, 1981: | Weather Office moved to 2204 S. Tyler Rd. (Next door to the current facility. Radar antenna tower moved from where the current Airport Hilton parking lot area is to just northeast of the new facility.) |
Jan., 1984: | Phil Swain assigned as the MIC. |
Jun. 12, 1990: | Dick Elder assigned as the MIC. (Staff is now down to 12 people. No forecast responsibility and a 22 county warning area.) |
Dec., 1991: | Meteorological Technician, Don Eland, retires. To date served in the Wichita Weather Office longer than anyone (1959-1991). |
Jan. 7, 1992: | Weather Office moves to 2142 S. Tyler Rd. |
Jan., 1992: | New positions are brought on as we prepare to become a Forecast Office. This includes Warning Coordination Meteorologist - Steve Schurr, Science and Operations Officer - Mike Stewart, Service Hydrologist - Jeff Reese, Electronic Systems Analyst - Richard Majchrzak, and Data Acquisition Program Manager - Leo Ritter. |
Oct. 13, 1992: | WSR-88D radar is turned on. |
Nov. 1, 1992: | ASOS (Automated Surface Observing System) is commissioned at Wichita Mid-Continent Airport. |
Dec., 1992: | Meteorologists are assigned to the office to interpret the new radar. They include Carol Christenson, Jeff Hedges, Paul Howerton, Vic Jenson, and John Ogren. Also obtain a secretary - Gloria Dill. Office staff is now 21. |
February 1, 1994: | Assumed Hydrological Service Area responsibility for the 26 counties of Central and Southeast Kansas that make up our County Warning Area. |
Feb. 28, 1994: | Take over responsibility of the Ellsworth, KS NOAA Weather Radio (WXK-92). Took this from the Concordia, KS NWS Office as they begin closing down. Also assumed warning responsibility for the 7 Central Kansas Counties. |
Apr. 20, 1994: | WSR-88D officially commissioned. Becomes the 6th Doppler radar in the NWS Radar Network. |
Sep. 19, 1994: | Assume Aviation Forecast responsibility for Wichita Mid-Continent, Hutchinson, Russell, Salina, and Chanute Airports. |
May 15, 1995: | Assumed the responsibility of overseeing the Cooperative Observer Program for our County Warning Area. |
Jan. 7, 1996: | Lead Meteorologists (5) come to Wichita bringing the total staff to 26. These include Kevin Darmofal, Paul Howerton, Phil Hysell, Greg Noonan, and Mike Urban. |
Sep. 18, 1996: | AWIPS (Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System) is turned on to replace AFOS. |
Jan. 16, 1997: | Assume full Forecast Office status with assumption of all public forecast products. |
Nov. 13, 1998: | Attain final Forecast Office staffing level of 23. |
Aug., 1998: | Begin using a computerized automated voice on NOAA Weather Radio. (Ran a "Name the Voice" Contest and he became "Chance R. Storm" for CRS (Console Replacement System)). |
Jan 12, 2000: | Successfully completed our AWIPS Readiness Test and switched from AFOS to AWIPS. This took place on NOAA's 30th Birthday. We were the 34th NWS Office to convert to AWIPS. |
Feb 4, 2000: | The Console Replacement System (CRS) that provides the automated voice (Chance R. Storm) is officially commissioned. |
Mar 8, 2000: | Commissioned the Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS). Wichita becomes the 19th NWS Office to have a commissioned AWIPS. |
Mar 13, 2000: | AFOS is turned off. |
May 23, 2000: | AFOS Officially Decommissioned |
June 2, 2000: | In a Ceremony at Wichita Mid-Continent Airport, the Beaumont Weather Radio (WWH-22) was gifted to the National Weather Service from Butler County Emergency Management. James Lee Witt (Dir. of FEMA) was the guest speaker. |
Oct. 4, 2000: | In a Ceremony at the transmitter site (10S Abilene) the Abilene Weather Radio (WXL-71) was gifted to the National Weather Service from Saline County Emergency Management. (Programming for this radio is done from the NWSFO Topeka Office). |
Nov. 16,2000: | Began issuing routine 7 day Public Forecasts |
Dec. 18, 2000: | Began issuing routine 5 day Coded Cities Forecasts. |
Sep. 14, 2004: | Transmitted our first "Amber Alert" on our Weather Radios. This was for the abduction of Ashley Caldwell. |
Dec. 1, 2004: | Gridded "Digital" forecasts for Maximum and Minimum temperature, probability of precipitation and weather became official. |


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'Basics and Strengths'
The bowling coach and talent scout are going 'hell for leather' in their quest of the holy grail, the Champions League 2011. The former advocates playing to strengths, the latter to gobble up chances.
Venky Prasad, bowling coach, and talent scout cum Coach Vijay Bharadwaj would have liked to see a full practice match yesterday when unfortunately the rain came down and stranded Royal Challengers Bangalore on 143 for 5 off 14 overs. Well, only Bengalureans would know what kind of shower it developed into late in the night therefore there was no way any of the ground staff would have sopped up the ground.
The fury of the rain at night tempted one to make a Noah's ark. Fortunately, calm was restored by morning. Venky Prasad attributed the team's success to the ability to work towards pre-determined goals. "The bowlers need to play to their basic strengths," stressed the former Indian international. Surely everybody would wish for Zak (Zaheer Khan) to have been fit but it's been the way of teams all over the world to miss their best men.
So much cricket is played that injuries crop up and must to tended to with adequate rest so that the larger objective is met. Venky does not believe any particular bowling plan or combination is being stuck to at the moment. He's aware that this tournament has many foreign teams, something that might make it different from IPL which comprises Indian domestic teams but with four foreign players. On the day, they may well 'take the call' to target particular weaknesses in other teams. He's all praise for left arm fast Arvind who's made good progress after some niggles that kept him out of a BCCI tournament in Australia and also singles out Mithun, Syed Mohammad and the other Indians as aces in the pack. No doubt Dirk Nannes adds more punch where he missed out the tourney in IPL last time due to injury and Dan Vettori is more than a handful. Asad Pathan's leg spin is valuable while he fulfills the role of the hard hitting all-rounder.
Vijay Bharadwaj, an ex international lends a valuable hand in this 20-day tournament. "We are sparing nothing in this edition as there are barely four matches, which decide our status for the next round. IPL had more opportunities to make comebacks, but here you're got to be on target. Sure, we want a different result from the IPL final of May and God willing will achieve it," said the eloquent Bengalurean.
Vijay was to be seen in the middle of a unique fielding drill when players rushed in as a pair, held onto a lobbed catch, returned the ball to the catcher and sprinted back to this positions. The coaches definitely recognize how much the fans expect from the team and are putting in their all.
The players on their part are putting in all the effort and as one astounded spectator remarked "probably losing 5 kilos with every training session!" Of course, that may not be the exact case but the steely determination of the men in red is coming forth.
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