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The house is an ideal place to enjoy fishing line on the rocks around, a few steps from the shore you can enjoy the surf when the wind blows during the late night catching octopus until the birth of dawn is a beautiful spectacle you can also see from the balcony terrace of one of the bedrooms from where it overlooks a picturesque seascape, this being at the center of the gulf that stretches from Capo Zafferano in Punta S. Elia and that in the days of strong wind comes alive flicker of multicolored sails came to seek shelter in this gulf.
The sea which is accessed directly from the villa through a staircase of about eighty steps it is crystal clear and it is really difficult to resist its call. Have a drink on the terrace at sunset with the lights softened by sunset the sea lapping on the stones of the coast the dim lights of the boats of fishermen is an experience that is desired that the time to stop we have a large patio where you can cook with a wood oven and barbecue bon appetit!
Further information: In Sicily, 20 minutes from Palermo, a few steps from the seaside village of Porticello is the 'ZOOVILLA' considered one of the most beautiful mansions on the sea of the place. Owner in his travels around the world has dealt with the sale of rare animals that's why we called the house 'Zoovilla'.
There is also a short stretch of beach along the shore with very fine gravel where children can play safely. Our guests will have the opportunity to go trekking in the nearby nature reserve of Mount Catalfano.Inside the villa you will find an extensive collection of books on animals and on Sicily guides and magazines written in Italian and English. Going up the few steps leading up on the main road, turning their backs to the sea, lies the North side of the mountain with its walls Catalfano rarely attempted even by the ancient inhabitants, who preferred to settle on the opposite side. Solunto is an ancient settlement, because the remains of ancient civilizations are called Solunto, Solanto.
Further information: The villa is near Santa Flavia a small fisheman village and the archaeological site of Solunto, Bagheria with his beautiful villas is a ten minute drive, Palermo with different museums is a 30 minute drive by car, the small medieval town of Cefalu' is a 45 minute drive and is worth seeing, it is possible to go to Agrigento with his Temple Valley 1 hour drive, on the western side Trapani with the small medieval village of Erice another 1 hour drive, looking over Palermo there is Monreale with his beautiful cathedral, looking around Palermo there are San Giovanni of Lebbrosi, San Giovanni of Eremiti wonderful examples of Arab Norman style, and Palazzo dei Normanni with the Cathedral.
Further information: The house is equipped with a wireless service available 24 hours a day 24 still in the living area has a three sofa, a working fireplace, a corner bar with refrigerator and freezer also have the opportunity to consult numerous guides written in Italian in Sicily in English. In the days of south wind from behind the living room windows you can sight the island of Alicudi and when you are lucky also to Filicudi, when the sea is calm far north-east, can be seen from a terrace formation of sea foam The waves constantly slamming on a rock piercing the water rises to the surface (local fishermen the appointment 'ant', as if to establish an 'analogy between the tiny insect and the rock in the vastness of the sea). The villa has a large patio where you can cook with a wood oven and six large loaves a barbecue for excellent grilled fish, bon appetit! The villa has its own reserved parking space in the parking lot.The sea is very iodate and on some rocks.
My wife and I live in the city of Palermo, the home of the sea I inherited from my parents. I did do a comprehensive restructuring of the apartment and the terrace in 2006, and every year we gild the apartment and add plants in our terrace.
My wife is a teacher of English, and I before I was a wholesaler of all exotic animals and affection I am now renting my house by the sea only to foreign tourists. I called the house of the sea 'zoovilla' because inside you will find animals in ceramic, wood, iron, and maybe next year you will find birds in a small aviary that is located on the terrace.
My wife and I live in Palermo and when our house is not rented we dive into this place of peace and tranquility. The distance to go to Palermo is 25 km, but it is more convenient to take the train that takes you to the city of Palermo in only 20 minutes. You live in this small fishing village, eating all foods fresh and the best thing that you are away from the smog and traffic and noise of a city like Palermo.
Francesca purchased this villa in 1958
This has always been the home of the sea where I learned to swim, to fish, to go under the water and discover all the beauties that there are in these places. My parents had built back in 1958, I was not born yet. I have and I will always have a memory of this great house, the best time to spend time in this house is at the beginning of May and after 15 September, the beach is located the house is deserted seems to be in a film will find much peace and quiet and if you are lucky as we are in Sicily also a mild weather with a chance to take a swim in the crystal clear sea and very clean.
The peace and quiet in the months of less tourist influx, because in 1987 the municipality of Santa Flavia has constructed a ladder for access to all of this lovely beach. I would recommend staying in a holiday during non-tourism for those who love the sea as I've always lived in my childhood.
We loved the beach, the sun and the warmth of the Sicilian way of living. It was very nice, the children loved to play by the sea. Two weeks in Sicily is too short! The nature, the culture,the people and the food are great.The comfort of your house together with the sound of the sea and the lamps of the fishermen's boats in the evening we 'll not easily forget! Thanks also for being so friendly and helpful.
Very nice apartment for a holiday by the sea. Friendly hosts.
What a wonderful tranquil place - beauty surround you at all levels of the Villa - the sea is so clear and at night you can see the lights of the fishing boasts whose efforts can be purchased fresh the following morning. Shops and restaurants are all close by are the trains if preferred to driving. The home and the hosts are truly welcoming - trust me this is a once in a lifetime experience and a week here was too short. Thank you Marcos and Francesca for sharing your home with us.
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This apartment with roof terrace is in a great location and this is the real asset of this property .Staying in September we especially enjoyed the peace and quiet .We loved the views from both the terraces , the lapping waves and the sounds of fishermen at work .
The apartment is comfortable and for a couple has enough hanging and storage space .However it might be more of a struggle for larger parties as available storage is limited in the 2nd and third bedrooms due to the family's own belongings .
There are plenty of restaurants nearby ,some in walking distance .We especially enjoyed Arrhais just by the fish market in Porticello and the pizzeria La Punta also in Porticello
It would be easy to have lazy days stay in the bay but the apartment is well placed to explore western Sicily and the nearby railway station makes the journey into Palermo so much easier than by car .You can spend several days in Palermo and a trip up to Monreale is also a must .
We considered a car essential to make the most of this interesting area .
We really enjoyed our stay although found the high level of security even to get onto the beach rather tedious .
Zoo Villa was an absolutely great choice for us as a base to both relax and tour the area around Palermo and the north west of Sicily. The villa is Francesca and Marco's home when it is not holiday let so it has all the facilities and character of a home and is not just another holiday let. The house is right on a pebble beach and is a couple of kilometres from Santa Flavia railway station which in turn is only about a 15 minute train ride from central Palermo. If you don't want to stay in Palermo or have a rental car as we did, this is an ideal base. Agrigento on the south coast is a comfortable day trip away. The local shopping in Santa Flavia, Santa Elia, or Bagheria is good if you want to eat at home. That is an attractive option with such a great outlook. There is an excellent little supermarket in Santa Elia but it is a bit hidden away. Marco and Francesca will also give you some local restaurant suggestions if you wish. Following their advice avoids the tourist rip off traps. They were an absolute delight to deal with right from our very first contact and could not have been more helpful. Our only one small problem during the week of our stay was dealt with very quickly and efficiently by them. The one small downside is that this part of Sicily seems to have a lot of rubbish around the streets, although I hasten to add not in the immediate area around Zoo Villa. This may be a problem in any part of this area but you need to look beyond it. We thoroughly recommend Zoo Villa and it is well worth a five star rating.
Margot and Rodger, Australia
We thoroughly recommend Villa Suk to anyone who is looking for a superb location with great facilities including an excellent shared pool and good access to the sea via a lift (or stairs) and a well maintained beach platform. Access to Taormina is good either via the funicular which is a 10 minute walk away or by car with plentiful paid parking on the edge of the old town.
The outdoor terrace is superb with excellent lounging and dining
facilities with unsurpassed views over Isola Bella. Dining here each
night as the sun went down was one of the highlights of our stay. Villa Suk is an excellent base for touring this part of Sicily with good access to the A18 about 5 minutes away. The villa itself has all necessary cooking equipment but it is not the most luxurious of places, but nevertheless very comfortable. The owner Francesco was most helpful and attentive from our first contact. Our only one minor problem was attended to immediately with regular updates on its resolution. All in all it is a great choice.
When you travel from Palermo to this little village along the coast, the trip by itself can be a special experience. For example, your car can become damaged visiting the narrow streets in small villages high in the mountains. Arriving in this beautiful house at a quiet spot at the seaside is like coming home in the best environment you can imagine. The views from the living area and the terrace are relaxing and enjoyable. The sun is all around as is the beach, just in front of the house. The beach is quiet and almost no other visitors around, the water is mild for swimming (take your shoes for protection against stones). The owner will find a solution for a damaged car, will show you around the country side, show the butcher, fish shop, bakery and you will appreciate the hospitality of the house and local people. The picture provides a good impression on the location at the water, a staircase from the house leads to the beach with a gate for privacy. The property has a personal style and is well maintained and clean. As illustrated above the owner provided service beyond every expectation. I recommend this location to evryone who enjoys a quiet, private environment for a holiday.
Going up the few steps that lead on the road, turning their backs to the sea, lies on the North side of the mountain with its Catalfano walls rarely attempted even by the ancient inhabitants who preferred to settle opposite side. Solunto is an ancient settlement, because the remains of ancient civilizations are named Solunto, Solanto, Head Zafar, Sant 'Elia, Santo Nicolicchio remains a mystery. Ancient Greek colonies? Sacred place of meeting of the Eastern peoples? (A Solunto the remains of a temple to Isis think they do).A few meters from Solunto: Bagheria and its beautiful villas of the'700. And again on the provincial direction of Termini Imerese is the ancient river Imera and the Roman waterworks, Cefalù with its magnificent cathedral and its beautiful sand beach.From the balcony and from the roof terrace there are stunning views of the sea and the bay of Capo Zafferano. The beach is right below the house. Palermo distances only 20 km.
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As the Cleveland Cavaliers were preparing for their trip to Brazil, head coach David Blatt asked Anderson Varejao for advice, and "Wild Thing" provided some unique insight. "He told everybody to bring their Speedos," Blatt said on Monday with a chuckle. Cleveland Plain Dealer
And through it all, Varejao's love for Cleveland never wavered. He has been committed to the city since Day 1 and allowed his heart to direct his path. He's now reaping the benefits of being patient. "I don't see myself playing anywhere else. This is where I want to win a championship," Varejao said. Cleveland Plain Dealer
The league's new labor agreement in 2011, thanks to one of the union's many concessions, moved up the deadline for signing qualifying offers to Oct. 1. Otherwise this saga potentially could have dragged out even longer. Or have you forgotten Anderson Varejao's foray into restricted free agency in the summer of 2007? In that instance, Varejao's agent Dan Fegan rejected what he felt was an unworthy offer from the Cleveland Cavaliers and waited until December until he landed the offer sheet he felt Varejao deserved. Charlotte eventually came through with a two-year, $11 million pact that the Cavs ultimately matched ... after playing without Varejao for the first two months of the season. ESPN.com
You've played 10 seasons in the NBA, all of them in Cleveland. You will be in a contract year this season. What do you expect? Anderson Varejao: I want to stay in Cleveland, I really don't think about that. They know what I want to do, they know I want to stay. Would you like to retire in Cleveland? Anderson Varejao: I want to. HoopsHype
Anderson Varejao: Yes, and now (LeBron) is here with us again. All these years there were a lot of people on my ear telling me that I should ask for a trade because LeBron wasn't there and the team was in a rebuilding process. They told me I should leave, that I should go to another team and try to help win a title and I always said no, I won't. I don't need to leave. I like the city, I like the people here, and I'm going to keep fighting through this. And now that LeBron is back the people is telling me I did the right thing [laughs]. HoopsHype
How do you feel now compared to the last couple of years? Varejao: I feel pretty good. I feel like I'm 100 percent. I feel like I'm moving a lot better. I'm healthy. I feel like I'm in shape. So this helps a lot. NBA.com
LeBron James' return home went through Rio de Janeiro. A day after announcing he was returning to the Cleveland Cavaliers, James made an appearance Saturday night at "Casa Phenomenal," Nike's interactive showcase at Rio's port. Wearing grey shorts and a blue T-shirt, James was accompanied by Anderson Varejao and swarmed by kids as soon as he arrived. USA Today Sports
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I'm not promising a championship. I know how hard that is to deliver. We're not ready right now. No way. Of course, I want to win next year, but I'm realistic. It will be a long process, much longer than it was in 2010. My patience will get tested. I know that. I'm going into a situation with a young team and a new coach. I will be the old head. But I get a thrill out of bringing a group together and helping them reach a place they didn't know they could go. I see myself as a mentor now and I'm excited to lead some of these talented young guys. I think I can help Kyrie Irving become one of the best point guards in our league. I think I can help elevate Tristan Thompson and Dion Waiters. And I can't wait to reunite with Anderson Varejao, one of my favorite teammates. Sports Illustrated
Anderson Varejao: Where do your passion for football come from? Kobe Bryant: Well you know growing up in Italy from the age of 6 to 14, at the time Serie A - that was the best league in the world, all the best players were there; Maradona was there, Baggio was there, Van Basten was there. So when I was growing up that became a passion of mine so I literally was playing football every single day. YouTube
Leandrinho Barbosa: Fun day at the "Phenomenal House" from Nike in Rio de Janeiro!! It was really fun to play a little soccer with @KobeBryant street soccer style ... #BrazilianSwag!! Anderson Varejao and @StephenNash were also there! #Nike #SoccerWorldCup #BeepBeep Instagram
Before the Cavs hosted Toronto on Tuesday night, Varejao reluctantly re-visited those inglorious days. He initially declined an interview request, but after some polite prodding, the affable Brazilian shared a few thoughts on what it's like to go nearly two months without a win. "I don't really want to talk about it," he said, standing in the hallway outside Cleveland's locker room. "It's just something I really don't think about. The way it happened, to us, every game we had a chance to win. It wasn't like everyone was blowing us out. We had a lot of injuries and that's all that I can really remember, we had a lot of injuries. We had a lot of games that we had a good chance to win and we didn't. "It's just tough when you do everything right and you compete to win and it doesn't happen." USA Today Sports
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BAGHDAD — A roadside bomb killed a prominent member of Muqtada al-Sadr's political movement Thursday, raising fears of new internal Shiite bloodshed ahead of regional elections expected in January.
The victim's allies blamed U.S. and Iraqi forces for the blast. Suspicion also fell on Shiite splinter groups — some with suspected links to Iran, which has sheltered al-Sadr for nearly 18 months.
Saleh al-Auqaeili, considered a moderate within al-Sadr's movement, was traveling in a convoy with other Shiite lawmakers when the bombing occurred about 200 yards from an Iraqi army checkpoint in mostly Shiite eastern Baghdad, a colleague said.
Al-Auqaeili died at a hospital, Sadrist spokesman Ahmed al- Massoudi said. One commuter on a motorcycle was also killed in the blast, police said.
Al-Sadr's followers have long opposed the U.S. military presence in Iraq, and some of them were quick to blame the Americans and their Iraqi allies, citing the movement's opposition to a U.S.- Iraqi security agreement that has been under negotiation for months.
"The occupation forces sent us a message by staging this attack because of our stance against the agreement," said al-Massoudi, the Sadrist spokesman.
Later, however, the Sadrist political department called the killing a "terrorist act of criminal gangs," a phrase often used to describe renegade Shiite militants that the U.S. believes are trained and armed by Iran. Tehran denies links to Iraqi Shiite militants.
Maj. Mark Cheadle, a spokesman for the U.S. military's Baghdad command, said the attack appeared to have been carried out by "unaligned" Shiite groups.
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Net loss was $76.9 million, or $0.57 per share, for the quarter ended
December 31, 2007, compared to a net loss of $58.4 million, or $0.45 per
share, for the same period in 2006.
Fourth quarter highlights
Highlights of Amylin's fourth quarter include the following:
-- Positive results from a 24-week study of monotherapy, or stand alone,
BYETTA in drug nave patients with type 2 diabetes. The Company plans
for a regulatory submission for a monotherapy indication to the U.S.
Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, in the first half of 2008.
-- Positive results from a 30-week comparator study of exenatide once
weekly injection and BYETTA taken twice daily in patients with type 2
diabetes. The Company anticipates a regulatory submission to the FDA by
the end of the first half of 2009.
-- Positive results from a 24-week proof-of-concept study with the
combination treatment of pramlintide, an analog of human amylin, and
metreleptin, an analog of human leptin in overweight or obese subjects,
validating the Company's novel integrated neurohormonal treatment of
obesity (INTO) strategy. The Company plans for additional clinical
development in 2008, including the initiation of a Phase 2B study.
Year ended December 31, 2007
Total revenue for the year ended December 31, 2007 was $781.0 million. This includes net product sales of $701.5 million, consisting of $636.0 million for BYETTA and $65.5 million for SYMLIN. This compares to total revenue of $510.9 million for the same period in 2006, including net product sales of $474.0 million consisting of $430.2 million for BYETTA and $43.8 million for SYMLIN.
Revenues under collaborative agreements were $79.5 million for the year
ended December 31, 2007, compared to $36.8 million for the same period in
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Cathie Mustard, 74, was handed a good behaviour order after a sheriff said that he feared she could strike again.
Mustard was found guilty of hitting her neighbour's car following a long-running feud over a parking space in Coupar Angus, Perthshire, in November 2012.
She then attacked him because he was acting "the big man".
Mustard used her stick to assault 69-year-old Jackie Fair before turning her ire on his daughter and raining blows down on her.
After the pensioner was found guilty of assault at Perth Sheriff Court yesterday, Sheriff Michael Fletcher deferred sentence.
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Now that the rain's arrived in the pacific northwest I think it's safe to say Cyclocross season's officially underway. A couple of races went down last weekend. SeattleCyclocross.com has a good run down of local upcoming events on their schedule. Personally, I'm hoping to make it out to Starcrossed next weekend.
Check out the lugs and other great detail on this French Rochet, more pictures here. The nice folks at Elliott Bay Bicycles have been working on this for almost 2 years!
"We had to locate and replace the (French diameter) top and down tubes while saving the lugs, remove and replace all the braze-ons that were on them, fabricate and miter and braze on the Mafac brake bosses, align the frame and fork, and then do the very difficult paint job, filling all the rust pits, and then priming and sanding (several times), masking, painting the three colors, striping, box lining, and did I mention in there reproducing the decals from pictures? "
There's still a ways to go check back on the flickr set for updates.
Also see the photos Byron took during a visit with Bill last week.
A great article today in the <a href="href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com">Seattle Post-Intelligencer on the truth behind "who pays for roads?". If you ever need fuel for your pro-bike argument - this is a good place to start.
We have limited quantities of the jerseys and are selling them now for $75.00. The jerseys are custom made for us by Hincapie Sporstwear with their best technical materials in their Colombian factory.
The jersey purchase page is up and running, they're en route to Amazon, and you can also buy them at Elliott Bay Bicycles.
Please note that Hincapie Sportswear is sized for "a slimmer athletic fit." That means it's a snug jersey. The sizing matches the chart , but an XL is not for the Clydesdale class.
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The first night was the best thing about PBP. Although I didn't see any French countryside, I couldn't really see the hills coming, and at least the first night it did not rain. For me, the first night was the best part of the whole ride - flat tire and chasing aside. Like everybody else I was full of adrenaline and sheer excitement. The weather was good too. At about 55 degrees it was perfect kneewarmer/armwarmer/wool jersey weather.
The first checkpoint on the way out was just a food stop. I hit it about 2 AM and had a ham sandwich and coffee. They were selling beer and wine, which wasn't a huge surprise. What shocked me…
was the amount of guys drinking beer at 2 AM. I was getting a little bleary, and here are a bunch of Euros knocking back a fortifying beer before jumping back onto their bikes to head off into the pitch black French countryside.
Most of the ride is rural, the only town of more than 20,000 inhabitants is Brest, at the turnaround. In rural France at night there is no light. Houses don't have yard lights, but they do have shutters, and they use them. It is pitch black. This makes it a little easier to ride than in the suburbs here at home, where my eyes are constantly trying to adjust to varying light. You can get by with a much less powerful light, assuming that you trust there are no potholes. If there were I didn't find them.
The second checkpoint was about 220k into it. I got there about 5, the sky was just beginning to turn grey, and there was a lot of moisture in the air. I got off and my neck was just killing me (I had borrowed a camelback because I was worried about running out of water on the first night. Not only did I not use it enough to get my neck used to it, but I didn't take a single swig from it. It wasn't hot enough to worry about getting thirsty). I packed away the camelback and went in to stand in line for food and to get my control card stamped. I was getting pretty sleepy and weary by this point, but knew that I would perk up with daylight.
It was getting light when I came out, and I did perk up. Then the rain started.
I know some guys who went over to race in France, and they tell me that rain showers are really common. These weren't showers, they were all day rain with short breaks where it only drizzled. Even with a rain jacket, you get wet in an all day rain. It was cold too. I was wearing 2 pairs of shorts, arm and knee warmers, 2 jerseys (one wool) and a rain jacket. As long as I was moving I was fine, but I started to shiver as soon as I stopped. At least the ride has gotten big enough that the control points (they have pretty good food too) are all in schools. You can go in and get out of the rain to eat and warm up a little. Up until the '90s the ride was much smaller, and controls were sometimes a big tent in a field, riders were much more on their own for food too.
With the cold and rain PBP was getting more like a forced march and less like a ride. After hours in the saddle and hours in wet shorts, my nether regions were irritated, to put it politely. There was nothing to do but keep going though. I had only recognized one other rider, a guy I rode about 15 miles with when I did my 600k brevet. Just like on that ride, he dropped me, only faster. I didn't have a phone, not that it would have helped, since my wife was in London.
On I rode, and eventually got in a group and started to make some time. I realized that I hadn't eaten enough through the night, and started hoovering food at the checkpoints. By 7 pm the rain had stopped, and even though it was still overcast I started to feel better. The 24 hour mark passed and I had managed 304 miles. After the checkpoint at Loudeac (2nd to last on the way out to Brest) I hooked onto a tandem with some other guys and we got a nice pull into Tinteniac.
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Zing, Inc. (www.zing.com) and PictureIQ(TM) Corporation (www.pictureiq.com) today announced that Zing has agreed to integrate PictureIQ technology within its photo community site. This will build upon Zing's services to provide an additional set of powerful image editing, enhancement, and creativity tools to allow consumers a convenient way to make their pictures the very best that they can be.
&uot;Zing is about making digital photography a rewarding and painless process, and PictureIQ's imaging software will allow our users to easily improve the look and quality of their pictures,&uot; said Mark Platshon, president and chief executive officer, Zing, Inc. &uot;Our mutual goal is to simplify basic image corrections so that consumers can spend their time being more creative with their pictures.&uot;
By early second quarter, the PictureIQ technology will be integrated into Zing.com to enable users to perform high-quality edits and enhancements to their photos, with additional creative and special effect capabilities to be rolled out over time. The capabilities can be used with any web browser, without the need for any additional software or downloaded plug-ins.
&uot;We're excited to be integrating PictureIQ technology into the largest Internet photo community,&uot; said Bill McCoy, president and chief executive officer, PictureIQ Corporation. &uot;Our tools will enable Zing users to get the best possible results from their digital photos and expand their creative options.&uot;
The PictureIQ technology will be demonstrated at the Zing booth No. T26, at the PMA 2000 Show in Las Vegas, February 3 through February 6, 2000.
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Musher Michele Boyd passes John Moody as they race their teams in the... News PhotoEnvironmental Issues,Horizontal,Human Interest,Michele Boyd,Musher,New Hampshire,Sponsor,Sport,Sports Race,Sports Team,Sprinting,USAPhotographer Christian Science MonitorCollection: Christian Science Monitor 2013 The Christian Science MonitorHILL VILLAGE, NH - FEBRUARY 16: Musher Michele Boyd (r.) passes John Moody as they race their teams in the four-dog sprint sled race sponsored by the New England Sled Dog Club, on February 16, 2013 in Hill Village, New Hampshire. Four-dog teams race on a four-mile course. A lack of snow in the area has forced the cancellation of many local races. About 50 teams showed up for this event, some from Canada. Moody came all the way from Virginia. (Photo by Melanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor via Getty Images)


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- Beverton, R.J.H. and S.J. Holt 1959 A review of the lifespans and mortality rates of fish in nature, and their relation to growth and other physiological characteristics. p. 142-180. In G.E.W. Wolstenholme and M. O'Connor (eds.) CIBA Foundation colloquia on ageing: the lifespan of animals. volume 5. J & A Churchill Ltd, London. (Ref. 796)
- Leim, A.H. and W.B. Scott 1966 Fishes of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Bull. Fish. Res. Board Can. (155):485 p. (Ref. 4926)
- Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray 1986 A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)
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MedMined Inc. has developed technology that can help healthcare facilities track patterns of hospital-acquired infections and identify when these infections become resistant to the drugs commonly used to treat them. This technology, the Data Mining Surveillance Service (DMSS™), continually monitors millions of possible signs of an infectious outbreak, so medical professionals can address potential problems before an outbreak occurs.
Each year in the United States, hospital-acquired infections affect nearly 2 million patients and contribute to approximately 88,000 deaths, making them the fourth leading cause of death. Healthcare providers and insurers spend more than $4.5 billion annually treating these infections, since many are resistant to antibiotics and difficult to treat.
"Hospital-acquired infections have been a problem for a long time and drug resistance is becoming more prevalent," says Mark Griffin, MedMined CEO. "The challenge is identifying where the problem is. Once the source of the infection is located, it's easy to change the process or procedure that caused it, helping healthcare facilities improve patient care and reduce costs."
MedMined founder Stephen Brossette recognized the need for a more accurate infection monitoring system when he was a graduate student at the University of Alabama, Birmingham. In the course of his studies, he developed the DMSS™ to help hospitals detect infection patterns humans could easily miss. Brossette formed MedMined in January 2000 to market the technology, and he moved its operations into a single office at the Office for the Advancement of Developing Industries (OADI) Technology Center (now Innovation Depot) in April 2000. Within a year, the company began offering DMSS™ commercially, received $2 million in venture capital funding and brought on Griffin as chief executive officer.
When Griffin joined MedMined in March 2001, he looked into other office space for the company, but he could not find anything that better met the needs of the growing company. He says he especially appreciates OADI's "great facility" and its array of business support services. "New businesses can't afford to be distracted with trying to locate office resources," Griffin says. "During the early stages, a business should be focused on succeeding and securing its market presence. By locating in the incubator, which provides us with the resources we need, we're able to focus on our business."
As the company has grown, MedMined staff has expressed a deepening appreciation for the services offered by the incubator. Since MedMined entered the incubator, OADI staff has helped the company with marketing plans and sales training. The incubator's significant connections to the Birmingham business and investment community also have been key to the company's success, Griffin says, helping to provide contacts to decision-makers in the hospital industry and opportunities to present to venture capitalists.
MedMined has parlayed the incubator's assistance into business success in a short period of time. By the end of 2001, the company had secured projects with five Centers for Disease Control and Prevention epicenters and two Veteran's Administration Hospitals. MedMined also has received the endorsement of the Child Health Corporation of America, a business alliance of 38 children's hospitals.
In its first year, MedMined revenues were $5,000. By 2001, annual revenues increased 27 times to $135,000. MedMined expects 2002 to be a breakthrough year, with revenues exceeding $500,000. Since 2000, the company has grown from one employee to eight, and total salaries have increased from $15,000 to $600,000.
Griffin says winning the Outstanding Incubator Client Award provides the company with both internal and external benefits. "The award lets us know the company stands out to people who look at businesses all the time," he says. "This validation is what we're always trying to achieve in the marketplace. Of course, the external benefits of the publicity can't hurt a young company either."
Susan Matlock, OADI executive director, also is excited about the award. "I love to see successful young companies recognized for their hard work," she says. "Even at this very early stage, we could tell that MedMined and its technology have incredible potential."
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Here is what is going to happen,
Blizz will probably fix bop,
exploiting guilds will either have to extend or reprogress
those guilds lose rank because Garrosh is nothing but a gear check and extending for 1-2 weeks is just shooting yourself in the foot.
70 pulls is all they need. That's how good they are.
you can outgear it though, p3 with 1 empowered whirling is fun
I am honestly surprised with all that research Tyranny claimed to do, you decide to extend to kill Paragons...good luck on Garrosh with 2+ less weeks of gear.
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You will feel the "outgearing factor" alot more so on siege and klaxxi than on garrosh trust me.
HGarrosh on farm is a very boring 1-3shot caliber type of a joke boss. But on progress its pretty badass; a good check for determination + resiliance of said raid (especially this late into tier) more so than any retardcheck/gearcheck people claim it out to be.
Exploiting paragons is a common thing apparently in the US
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lets not go too much into personal/guild attacks, we do want to keep this thread alive!
By no means does the preceding indicate that we, LA, are a special snowflake nor do I imply that we're better than anyone.
HoPing the tank is an extremely weak one, especially, as I said, there is another way to deal with the Bloodlettings that doesn't need HoP, that gets the same result. Hisek still dies first anyway you cut it. Again, it's not like youre' HoPing for 13 minutes. You're HoPing till Korven dies, and then the tank uses his buff. And again, it's not like it's some weird or obscure world buff. It's something every paladin has on their bar somewhere.
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Jamaican Pork with Melon
The roasted peanut oil and jerk seasoning mixture adds spicy flavor to these grilled pork, onion, and melon kabobs.
- Makes:
- 4 servings
- Prep:
- 15 mins
- Grill:
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Jamaican Pork with Melon
1 1/2
pounds boneless pork tenderloin, cut into 1-1/2-inch cubes
red onions, quartered lengthwise
tablespoons roasted peanut oil or peanut oil
teaspoons Jamaican jerk seasoning
of a small honeydew melon, cut into 2-inch cubes
of a small cantaloupe, cut into 2-inch cubes
tablespoon honey
- Toss pork cubes and onion with oil and jerk seasoning in a medium mixing bowl until evenly coated. Thread eight 12-inch skewers alternately with pork, onion, honeydew, and cantaloupe pieces.
- Place pork skewers on the lightly oiled of the grill directly over medium heat. Grill for 18 to 24 minutes or until pork is cooked through and no pink remains. Remove from grill; brush with honey. Makes 4 servings.
Nutrition Facts(Jamaican Pork with Melon)
- Per serving:
- 321 kcal cal.,
- 12 g fat
- (3 g sat. fat,
- 110 mg chol.,
- 379 mg sodium,
- 16 g carb.,
- 1 g fiber,
- 37 g pro.
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The Bonati Spine Institute is proud to announce the "Help For Wounded Warrior" program to help veterans with their medical needs.
This program provides wounded veterans who have failed to obtain a solution in regards to their injuries sustained on duty with an opportunity to be treated at no cost with the most advanced spinal surgical procedures.
A prospective applicant provides family, medical and service information that helps identify the highest chance of obtaining the most benefits for the applicant. The mission for the program is to return the wounded warrior back to work, back to his/her family and back to the community.
The program provides selected candidates and a relative or friend with traveling expenses, accommodations, food and transportation while undergoing medical treatment at The Bonati Spine Institute. The Institute has budgeted over a million dollars for the program in 2013. Twelve cases will be selected this year.
Presently, the program primarily serves residents of the Central Florida community, though the project director will consider applicants from anywhere in the country. To obtain an application, candidates can call 727-667-6676.
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The Bonati Spine Institute was founded in 1985 by Dr. Alfred O. Bonati, and is the recognized leader in advanced spine surgery. Over the past 10 years, they have a documented, patient-reported over 90 percent surgery success rate with their specialized procedures.
Their physicians are the pivotal part of the surgical process. Upon arrival, patients will meet and discuss specific issues with highly trained and experienced neurosurgeon and orthopedic surgeons. These physicians are the same ones who will be performing every step of the surgical process.
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Elderly people have trouble filtering out irrelevant information, a new study finds.
Study: Zapping Sleeping Brains Allows Dreamers To Control Their Dreams
Researchers say the study offers insights into human consciousness.
Study Finds That Monkeys Can Do Math
According to a new study, monkeys can do math.
Study: Selfless Love Turns Off Brain's Reward Area
Research as shows that the feeling of love activates the same reward areas of the brain as cocaine.
Researchers from the Yale School of Medicine have found a new variety of love; one that is selfless and that turns off that area of reward.
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Public health officials believe one person in New Hampshire has died of a rare, degenerative brain disease, and say there's a remote chance up to 13 others in multiple states were exposed to the fatal illness through surgical equipment.
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Your baby has started to develop its heart and brain as well as bumps to form its arms and legs. By week 7 your baby will be about 10 mm long.
During pregnancy you are advised to avoid drinking alcohol altogether. However, if you do decide to drink alcohol, it's recommended that you should not have any more than 1 to 2 units of alcohol once or twice a week and that you should never get drunk during your pregnancy. Units of alcohol for some alcoholic beverages are highlighted below.
Alcoholic Beverages
- ½ pint of beer, lager or cider (standard strength 3.6% ABV) = 1 unit
- 1 single measure (25ml) of spirit (e.g. vodka, gin, whiskey, rum etc) = 1 unit
- Alcopop drinks (4% ABV e.g. Bacardi breezer, Wicked, Smirnoff ice) = 1.1 units
- 175ml glass of 12% ABV wine = 2.1 units
Folates and folic acid supplements
You should take a 400 mcg supplement (or more if advised by your doctor) daily up to the 12th week of your pregnancy. You should also try to consume more foods that contain folate (the natural form of folic acid). These are foods such as fruits (e.g. oranges and berries), green leafy vegetables, beetroot and foods fortified with folic acid e.g. bread and breakfast cereals.
Vitamin D supplements
You should also take a 10 mcg vitamin D supplement each day throughout your pregnancy. This is because Vitamin D can help you and your baby to better absorb calcium from food to build and maintain bones and teeth. Although we can get some vitamin D from our diet, most of our vitamin D comes from sunlight. Therefore, it is important that women should take a vitamin D supplement throughout their pregnancy, especially in the winter months. It appears that many women of childbearing age in the UK may have low levels of vitamin D, so it is particularly important to take your vitamin D supplements throughout pregnancy and also when breastfeeding.


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COSTA MESA, Eric Bever, former Costa Mesa mayor who helped organize the "405 corridor cities" toll lanes opposition in 2012: The Orange County Transportation
|The entrance of the 241 toll road near Oso Parkway (Register photo).
Authority Board will vote on a plan this week that, if adopted, will misuse billions of our tax dollars now designated for freeway congestion relief to, instead, build toll roads on the I-405 freeway. But that's not all of the planned misappropriation. The real plan (as outlined in, "Express Yourself," in the July/August issue of the AAA "Westways" magazine), is for these toll lanes to run throughout the southland on every O.C. freeway.
Billions of our Measure M tax dollars have already been spent widening other O.C. freeways and building connectors that will be sucked into this toll-road scheme. It is unconscionable that this massive redirection of billions of our tax funds can occur without voter approval.
The language in measures M and M2 includes zero mention of the term "toll." O.C. voters voted for freeway improvements, not for toll roads.
OCTA tells us that its I-405 toll option "Adds one general purpose and one express lane." What the agency doesn't say is that the existing carpool lane also becomes an "express" or toll lane. The net effect is that where five lanes are available for free now, we will still have only five free lanes after our billions are spent. There will be no added lane capacity for those who cannot pay tolls.
The proposed I-405 toll lanes will only improve the drive times for those who pay to use them. The rest of us will see little improvement in traffic congestion or travel time for our massive investment. Tolls may make OCTA rich at taxpayer expense.
If those disclosures don't have you fuming, consider the costs: The I-405 tolls are expected to range as high as $9.91 northbound and $6.61 southbound. That's an approximate $320 more per month at least for the typical commuter, or nearly $4,000 a year on top of all the gasoline and Measure M2 taxes that that commuter will also pay.
Obviously, those who will use the toll lanes are a small percentage of our commuting public, thus the OCTA proposal to use our self-imposed measures M and M2 extra half-cent sales taxes to benefit only a small segment of the community is a slap in the face of nearly every taxpayer in the county.
Dear OCTA board members, please represent your taxpaying constituents with your votes. Keep the "free" in "freeway." If Caltrans wants toll roads, let them pay the full tab.
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SANTA ANA, Paula Mercado: Those who believe the federal government should be the provider of our every need should read Bill Johnson's column, "Amigos bring rays of hope at dawn" [Local, Oct. 26]. He describes how Los Amigos of Orange County meets weekly and is facilitated by Jose F. Moreno, a trustee of the Anaheim City School District.
They do three things at these weekly meetings:
• Hear petitions to help people in need who get the floor first.
• Hear community petitions from groups in need of assistance.
• Give community announcements of upcoming events or issues.
The meeting is attended by those seeking help with personal problems and local people who come to see how they can assist. The community folks offer help for no charge. No taxpayer money is used; it comes straight from the hearts of those who came to help.
Relying on government, instead of on ourselves and each other, creates a sense of entitlement, but also, and more importantly, destroys personal incentive to be responsible in our own lives. Every government program is financed by taxpayers. Nothing is "free." Someone pays, and it's the taxpayer.
Thanks, for bringing this extraordinary group to our attention. We are wired to help each other in times of need. We just need to step up when and where we can to help. We need to get government back to basics and out of the business of making dependents of its citizens.


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Monday, I want to murder you. The time change sucks nuts when you have a kid, our dishwasher is still broken, and I can't for the life of me find the nail clippers. Seriously, how long does it take after moving to get all the odds and ends properly squared away? Last night I had to dig through boxes in the garage just to find my house shoes. I love me some isotoners — what about it? And to top it off, I am getting some weird blog crap when I log in while using Firefox. Has anyone out there noticed any funny business whilst cruising our blog?
Moving on, I'd like to say thanks for all your input about the fireplace. Right now I'm contemplating ripping half of it down (well not me personally, me = proxy = Matt), adding a proper mantle, and painting it white. Or maybe doing this here plaster job that Morgan left in the comments. I'm a little concerned that our floors are too rustic to do anything vaguely rustic with the brick… not that they are crazy rustic they just have a very Euro bare board look, knots and all.
Speaking of, I have found myself staring at the floors and wondering if I should have done this pickled finish instead:
No, right? I would hate it in five years, right????? Please say yes.
I have turned into a babbling idiot because I have too many decisions to make, mainly about the overall direction of this place. I think it boils down to this:
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LIMA — For each of the cheerleaders going for broke Saturday during their performances at the 31st annual Allen County Fair Cheerleading Competition, what they do is more than simply smile and wave pompoms.
"Cheerleading is a sport," Shawnee cheer adviser Kim Weis said. "I hear so much that it isn't, but it is. We compete and we go against other squads. For the fair, we've been practicing since June. We've put a lot of time and sweat into this."
"We work hard and practice every day just like other sports," Elida adviser Laurie Swick said. "These are true athletes."
Some of the cheerleaders could be seen performing while wearing protective equipment such as knee braces, a testament to how hard they train. For some of the squads, they had very little time to perfect their performances.
"We only get together for a couple of weeks to put this together," Swick said. "Our football squad is already working on football, so they've been doing double time getting ready for this competition."
For the seniors taking part in this year's competition, there was some sadness in knowing this will be their last time in front of the grandstands, but that also made them more determined to go out on a high note.
"We're ready to take it on and go all out for our last year," Shawnee senior Zoe Morse said.
While the cheerleaders are usually on the sidelines supporting their respective school's sports teams, it felt good for the competitors to have the role reversed, with them being the center of attention.
"It feels good to have the attention on us and have the football team come out and support us," Shawnee senior Olivia Layman said.
"It's exciting, but it's a little nerve-wracking too," Elida senior cheerleader and mascot Olivia Smith said. "You're normally surrounded by other people, but here, they're all in front of you. But we still go out and have a lot of fun."
For one school, this competition was their first after a long absence.
"This is our first time back here in more than five years," Lima Senior adviser Atrista Gooden said. "I used to be a Lima Senior cheerleader and I remember competing. We definitely wanted to bring the girls back out here to get a taste of competition and see the other teams."
With a renewed focus on bringing a sense of pride back to Lima Senior, Gooden's efforts, along with fellow adviser Dannisha Walton, fit right in with that philosophy.
"We want to bring a postive face back to the school. We want to bring back some of that Spartan pride."
Sophomore Jelisa Austin was grateful for the chance to get into competition and to help strengthen that resurgence of school spirit.
"We're feeling pretty confident," she said. "We know our cheerleaders haven't had a great reputation, but we want to show everyone that we are the new Lima Senior cheerleaders and we're coming."
For all the schools represented at Saturday's competition, they owe a vital part of the student experience to their cheerleading squads, according to Swick.
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'It's not just important for them to learn jumping, it also gives them another form of exercise. We say that the most important school is the first one after they have run' Brough Scott joins trainer Alan King to savour the unique flavour of a morning on the Barbury Castle gallops, where dreams and reality meet head-on.
Fare just phantom figures in the fog, but what takes place at Alan King's Barbury Castle stables every Monday and Thursday is one of the most important and enjoyable realities of the jump racing game. Schooling is the training regime's most crucial phase and how Alan operates links back to the very heartland of the sport.
For whatever happens to the principal King hopes, Tarotino and Medermit, in the Paddy Power and the Greatwood this weekend, any Cheltenham racegoer who watches the runners down the back straight is looking at where King's late mentor David Nicholson learned his trade 50 years ago. Others of us also took our early lessons in what was then Frenchie Nicholson's schooling paddock out beyond the water jump, and the last time I rode there (circa 1968) there was an angel-faced apprentice scurrying around. His name was Pat Eddery. Wonder what happened to him.
There was never any mystery about what Nicholson was going to do after his riding days, and while it took him some time to crack the training profession, he was immediately a perfectionist when it came to teaching a racehorse to jump.
This week, it is a lot more than loyalty that makes his two recordbreaking proteges Peter Scudamore and Richard Dunwoody attest that 'The Duke's' was the best schooling operation they ever dealt with, and as King and his stable jockey Robert 'Choc' Thornton spin through the morning the Nicholson memories loom large in the fog.
"The Duke always said that you had to be organised," says Alan early on Monday as he hands out lists to Nigel Toal and his other assistants. These detail the riding arrangements for the seven batches of four horses who will be coming up the six rows of three obstacles set across the railed-in schooling paddock on the shoulder of the hill next to the sand ring where King's first lot are circling.
True to his word, the trainer barks out orders to get his squadron into line. Then, after they finish a full five-minute warm-up at the trot, he slows them to a walk, and greets every rider by his first name and accepts the response as a statement of unified intent. "We won't have as many jumping second lot," says Alan, "but last Thursday morning we actually schooled 64 horses. It's not just important for them to learn jumping, it also gives them another form of exercise and we keep doing it through the season. We say that the most important school is the first one after they have run."
But it's essential that everyone knows what they are supposed to be doing.
It's all come a long way from the bad old days when Scudamore remembers going to Epsom to school a horse who had never jumped before in its life and then repairing to Fontwell to ride the wretched beast in the afternoon.
In those days the Newmarket Links schooling ground was also notorious for wide open spaces where horses made better attempts at the world land-speed record than they ever did at crossing hurdles.
Barbury Castle schooling grounds are a happily controlled contrast, with all the horses first moving across the hill to hack a gentle five circuits of the furlong-and-a-half all-weather oval. By the time Thornton and Christian Williams turn in to come up the first line of fences, the mood is not of tension but of expectant purpose.
TO STAND out there and watch promising horses go through their paces is the moment when jump racing best sells its dream.
It can offer a deeper version of the thrill when a two-year-old first breezes and the rider comes back eyes ablaze saying "this one can motor".
It is 16 years since Scudamore gave up and a full 24 since John Francome had a fall at Chepstow and told the racing world it was over. But for both of them schooling was the thing.
"I just love it," says Francome on Thursday, "I never had a bad memory schooling. I even rode a couple at Clive Cox's this morning." Scudamore is usually driving the car on the gallops these days but the thrill of the morning still burns in the memory. "To a steeplechasing man," he says, "there is absolutely nothing like the time when a decent hurdler schools first time over a fence and really operates. The hair bristles at the back of your neck and you think, 'this might be the real thing'."
Whether Thornton's first conveyance, the five-year-old Bormo, can quite deliver such ecstasy is a bit unlikely, his eight runs since coming over from France being most notable for managing to be placed five times without actually winning.
Nonetheless, Bormo goes over the obstacles with plenty of zest with Thornton poised calmly above the horse's mane. He and his group trot back down and repeat the process three times effectively enough, but it is when 'Choc' switches to his next mount that it is impossible not to begin to dream.
"This is Bensalem, he was pretty decent over hurdles," says King, relishing the understatement about the Irish-bred six-year-old who has won four of his five races over hurdles and was last seen coming home eight lengths clear at Cheltenham in April.
Bensalem will start at a short price for his chasing debut at Plumpton on Monday, but anyone watching him with us would think it a classic case of buying money. For this horse fits exactly into Scudamore's category of the talented hurdler who "could be anything" when switched to fences. Bensalem has a good size and attitude but what is noticeable about Thornton's riding is how he allows his partner to take his time rather than boldly thrusting him forward.
"The Duke always said to let the fences come to you, not rush out to meet them," he remembers about his formative years as champion in both the amateur and conditional ranks with Nicholson at Jackdaws Castle.
"This horse doesn't give you a great feel when he goes up the first time. He gave out a sort of groan when he landed over the second, as if to say 'hang on, I've only just got out of bed', but once he warms up he's terrific. That last time he gave a real feel. I just love that and actually get a bit nervous before schooling a horse like him close to his run. You know what he can do and are a touch apprehensive that you might mess it up."
The long blond locks flopping out from the back of the helmet can suggest a playboy side to Thornton, something that will not be entirely denied by the presentation at Cheltenham of a charity cheque from him and his fellow jockeys in recollection of (or apology for?) some wild adventures on the Thornton stag weekend in Germany this summer. But he is a dedicated professional at heart and the 300-plus winners that he and King have had together allow him to be fascinatingly self-critical when things have gone wrong.
"I was absolutely gutted with the ride I gave Bakbenscher on Saturday," he says of the highly regarded hurdler who tried something of a one-horse demolition job on the Wincanton fences before finishing a disappointing eight-length second in a field of three.
"He just didn't jump at all and I got no tune out of him. He had been very good at home and perhaps I should have made it more difficult for him, made him learn a bit more. Now we will have to go back to square one."
FOR A would-be chaser like Bakbenscher that means beginning again over the smallest of the three sets of fences until confidence is fully restored. For a Flat racer-turnedhurdler such as 104-rated The Betchworth Kid, who is also planned to make his debut - over hurdles - at Plumpton, it starts back in the trotting ring. "We start them off over the poles like the Duke did," explains King, "we don't do quite as much as he did, ours would all be jumping a little hurdle in the school within 20 minutes. But when they come out here they go up over the plastic hurdles on the allweather strip until they have really got the hang of things. And when they move on to the grass we continue until we are pretty sure about them. I guess they will all have jumped at least a hundred hurdles by the time they run.
"This horse," he adds, indicating The Betchworth Kid skimming easily over the full-size hurdles alongside a stablemate, "has really taken to it.
Look how quick and careful he is."
Such dreams are the stuff that schooling mornings are made of, but any discussion always brings out its horror stories. On Wednesday night at the launch of his latest engaging tome 'Method in My Madness', Dunwoody remembers a supposedly sensible chaser called Professor Plum taking off with him at Tim Forster's gallops and running straight into a five-barred gate. On Monday, King will only wryly recollect a talented Flat horse called Paktolus whom Thornton told him would never learn to jump. "I said to Choc that, of course, he would jump, they all jump in the end. But he couldn't. We tried everyone on him but he just had no aptitude for it. But he still won on the Flat all right."
Of course, a schooling morning would not be a schooling morning unless there is at least one touch of unplanned excitement to test a trainer's patience.
When I rode for Colin Davies his reaction in extremis was to throw his cap on the ground and jump on it.
King doesn't go that far but he is, shall we say, capable of showing his displeasure. His leading band of riders led by Thornton and Williams also include the very capable Gerard Tumelty and Wayne Hutchinson as well as the ultra-experienced Jimmy McCarthy.
To this he adds a 'youth squad' of amateurs and conditionals and it is one of them who crumples on landing over the first fence and sits on the grass with the trainer's curses echoing across the skyline.
But in good stables, as the advert says, they 'they don't make a drama out of a crisis'. Sensibly, the King schooling ground is railed in. The horse cannot not go anywhere, he and the luckless youth are soon reunited and when the second spin is also not error-free, Thornton is loaded on board and gives a masterclass in in-the-saddle reassurance. To a purist, he does not ride deep enough for perfection, but he is very confident in his method and that confidence spreads down the reins.
"I think the great thing is to turn in towards the fences correctly," he explains. "You want to be very calm and under control. In some places where it is not organised, the horses' eyes are out on stalks and there's pretty good chaos going to the first and you don't get going properly until you have jumped the last. I like to take hold of them, and let the fences come and allow the horses to sort themselves out."
IN LESSER hands this can lead to a lack of impetus, but with Thornton in the irons the errant chaser comes up the fences almost with wings on its heels. The McCoy method is to punch the last three strides into take-off, Ruby Walsh's system is to wrap his body close to his partner, but with a fall rate of only 4.1 per hundred over the past five years (McCoy is 4.0 and Walsh 4.8), Thornton's technique is clearly as secure as it is stylish.
It's out on the track where the final judgements are passed. But it's on the schooling ground where the plans and the pleasure can be clearest.
Read Alan King's column in the Racing Post Weekender, out every Wednesday
Alan King has his head in his hands as one of his less experienced riders comes a cropper at the first fence Scenes from school morning: top left, Robert Thornton gets in close; above, Alan King watches intently as his pupils go about their business
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