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It can't all be hand-holding Barcelona.
Just ask Bradley Cooper, spotted Friday in Los Angeles, who is back to the business of being a working actor after a romantic tryst in Spain with Renee
Click here to read all the details about Cooper and Zellweger's romantic getaway.
Cooper, 34, hit an LA gym to keep up his fighting shape after international promoting of his hit The Hangover.
He's currently filming the giant ensemble Valentine's Day, alongside Julia Roberts, Ashton Kutcher, Anne Hathaway, as well as Taylors Swift and Lautner.

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I stayed here earlier this week. My brother frequents it and suggested it to me. Other wise based off the outside appearance I probably wouldn't have stayed here. Lesson learned. Don't judge a book by its cover. The room is some what remodeled. (I've posted pictures as well). Very clean NO BUGS. The bed was comfy, incredible tv channel selection.... More
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The way the Centennial girls basketball team sees it, youth is no longer an excuse.
That was the message after a Golden Hawks team that has just two seniors and two juniors on its roster held on to defeat Bakersfield High, 39-35, on Tuesday at Centennial.
"I have full confidence in this group," Golden Hawks coach Clayton Madden said. "They're young on paper, but they're veterans at heart."
Alyssa Gonzales, a sophomore, led all scorers with 13 points and hit two key free throws in the final 20 seconds to extend Centennial's lead to 37-32.
"It's big for us," Gonzales said. "We know they had a chance to win the league title, and it's nice that they don't have that chance anymore."
Alliyah Carcha hit a 3-pointer for Bakersfield with 10 seconds left, and the Drillers (16-13, 7-2 SWYL) got the ball back down 2 in the final seconds. But Taylor Madden, a freshman who had nine points and 10 rebounds, came up with a big block and rebound and hit two more free throws to seal it for Centennial (15-6, 6-3).
"We've aged a lot this year," Clayton Madden said. "We've played a lot of close games, won some and lost some."
Bakersfield's loss, combined with Stockdale's 86-26 victory at Frontier, clinched the outright SWYL title for Stockdale.
The real battle has been for second. The last time Bakersfield and Centennial played, the Golden Hawks jumped to a big lead in the first half and then squandered it all in a 36-34 loss at Bakersfield.
This time, the Golden Hawks outscored the Drillers 16-5 in the first quarter and quickly gave it all back on a 12-0 BHS run in the second.
"It was kind of like, 'They're doing it again,'" Gonzales said. "But we said, 'We can't let them do this.'"
Bakersfield, which was missing starter Andria Barber due to an injury, took a couple of leads, the last on a Kylah McMillon 3-pointer midway through the third quarter.
"We changed up our defense, dropped back into a zone," BHS coach Jimmy Henry said. "We tried to play tough-nosed defense."
Tiana Henry led the Drillers with nine points.
The teams traded leads until back-to-back 3-pointers from Gonzales and sophomore Rhiana Dougan over that zone gave Centennial a little cushion heading to the fourth quarter.
The Golden Hawks stretched the lead to as many as nine before Bakersfield began its final push.
A young team might have folded. But this Centennial team, with the Central Section playoffs a week away, no longer sees itself that way.
"I'll take this young group into the Valley and we'll fight," Clayton Madden said.


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NASA scientist denounces Quran astronomy miracle claims made in his name
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Updated: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 20:45:34 UTC
In the 1980s a NASA scientist by the name of Tom Armstrong was invited to Jeddah to discuss astronomy. At the event he was presented with various verses from the Quran and asked to explain how scientific facts only discovered recently are described in a book over 1400 years old.
Tom Armstrong's response was recorded by TV cameras and later appeared in a video called "This is the truth" in which he was presented as someone who thought the Quran's contents were inexplicable.
I interviewed Tom Armstrong recently and asked him to explain what he really thought of the verses in question, and whether or not he felt that his position had been correctly represented.
You can see the interview here.
In summary, Tom Armstrong was being "charitable and polite"
Simply ... should I read the bible?
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1859 P50C Half Dollar, Judd-235, Pollock-282, R.6, PR67 NGC....
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Stunning 1859 Half Dollar, PR671859 P50C Half Dollar, Judd-235, Pollock-282, R.6, PR67 NGC.
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Design. Paquet's obverse design features a left-facing Liberty, seated, supporting a fasces with her right hand and a shield with her left. Thirteen small stars surround the periphery with the date, 1859, in exergue. Arrows and olive branches lie at the base of the shield. Reverse: Also by Paquet. A slightly disproportionate eagle, with wings spread, holds three slender arrows in its left claw and an olive sprig with its right talon. The perfect scroll held in the eagle's beak reads E PLURIBUS UNUM with UNITED STATES OF AMERICA occupying the upper periphery and HALF DOLLAR the lower. The vertical lines in the shield are in groups of four each, as opposed to three lines as found on the similar "broken ribbon" version of this pattern. Struck in silver with a reeded edge.
Commentary. Interestingly, Judd chose to classify four different die marriages of this design within two categories: Judd-235 for the silver pieces and Judd-236 for the copper strikings. Each of the Judd varieties actually includes two different reverse dies. The difference in the reverse dies--both by Paquet--is most easily recognized in the shield design and the broken, versus perfect, condition of the ribbon held in the eagle's beak. In addition, on Pollock-282 the eagle has seven tail feathers, whereas the Pollock-284 eagle shows six tail feathers. Judd-235 comprises the aforementioned Pollock attributions.
Physical Description. A sharply impressed and wonderfully preserved example. Deep, watery fields contrast nicely with the lustrous devices, although not designated as Cameo by NGC. Light, amber toning attests to the utter originality of this Superb Gem proof pattern. NGC Census: 1 in PR67, none finer. PCGS Population: No Judd-235 has been graded higher than PR65 (12/08).
Provenance. Ex: Metropolitan New York Numismatic Convention (Stack's, 3/1973), lot 337.
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Texas to Goose Bay, Labrador -Solo- 2010
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I came back to the room and took a night time shot out the window without disabling the flash Duh!. When I regained my vision.....
Ending Odometer 55314 = 96 miles - but lots of walking.
Day 19
June 24 Up and out early at 5:30 for breakfast at the Celtic Hearth Tavern:
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Walked around town some more and looked at murals and brightly colored homes. Went out to the Toy Box and just as he said, Keith had the bike ready at 11:00!!!! These Newfies are A- OK!!! They all have a great sense of humor.
I load up and head for Cape Spear the eastern most point on the North American continent. Gusty winds and neat twisty roads with low speed limits.
A local guy told me they lose about 6 visitors a year who get to close to the rocks and a wave takes them out he called them CFAs Came From Afar because they are often foreign students.
Now this is where I should have decided to stay another 2 days (ferries to Nova Scotia are every other day) and ridden the Avalon Peninsula and explored the gun emplacements I saw from the ferry:
If any of you proud Newfies know exactly where these gun emplacements are located and whether they are accessible, please let me know so I can put them on my new bucket list. I dont remember how long the ferry had been moving when I took the photos. I would have camped there for a day exploring.
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et the other 4 inmates at the ferry landing again. The ferry left an hour late but we didnt care. We loaded our bikes:
Then we went topside and had dinner. We had bunks in the dormitory which was a good investment. I had a big dinner and one drink and hit the rack.
Day 20
June 25 70° and cloudy. Off the ferry and south from North Sydney. I decide that I am going to come back in the RV with my wife and tour Nova Scotia in detail.
I go to Capewell Rocks on Bay of Fundy to see the largest tide drop in the world, 4 stories. See the people at the bottom of the photo and the trees 4 stories above them:
I am hungry and have a craving for lobster!
I head south and stop at Alma for the Alma Lobster Shop:
To be continued.......
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Home Networking Technologies Delivering Media in the Digital Home
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The nature and design of the applications consumers' desire - not only for TV and VoIP, but gaming, music and data usage - are causing operators to consider the uncertainties that arise once their services cross the consumer doorstep. Self-contained data networks are increasingly common in new homes and they are readily deployable in others via off-the-shelf, consumer-friendly solutions. That availability has many consumers interested in new ways of using their media throughout their home such as listening to the music stored on their PC via their home audio system, viewing video and photos stored on their PC on any TV in their home, or watching video stored on their DVR system on a laptop in another room.


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Sigh. I was playing my sin thought last missions in Tyria, didnt do em in last fex months, and noticed something:
* Ring of Fire bonus bug was not yet fixed (basically, wheneve party member talks to seer after bonus is done, bonus message appears in game chat and shields flashes on screen. anoying when it happens 6 times in row.)
* Abadons Mouth buggy non-attacking jades are still buggy non-attacking jades
* Abadons Mouth buggy non-attacking titan is still buggy non-attacking titan
(there is also minor scripting fix - killing front door seal and then killing back door seal will not open back door. yes, not-well known abadon back-gate.)
Rant: Theese notorious bugs ... not fixed yet. I wonder how someone can spend their time adding greens, spawns and whole new areas, yet not fix theese...
I wonder if that will be ever fixed without some kind of comunity uproar (15k tomentors, anyone? While im there, how come there is no 15k version of knights armor? ...)


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BANGKOK (REUTERS) - Alarmed by the prospect of bloodshed in Thailand as a six-month political crisis nears a critical juncture, former Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has called for talks between the government and its foes, urging compromise to restore stability.
The 49-year-old leader of Thailand's main opposition Democrat Party has joined street demonstrations in Bangkok aiming to force out Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, and his party boycotted a Feb 2 election, which was nullified by a court in March after widespread disruption.
But now Abhisit appears to be putting some distance between himself and the protesters.
Violence is threatening to increase, he told foreign media in an interview late on Wednesday.
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An irrigation control system for land comprising: (a) at least one meter to measure one or more wheather conditions in a first area; (b) at least one monitor to (i) examine rainfall data derived from a radar scanning at least the first area according to predetermined criteria and (ii) to extract data which is representative of the scanned rainfall in a sub-area of the first area; (c) a store to store the extracted data; and (d) a controller connected directly or indirectly to the meter and the monitor and to the store, to calculate a moisture content value for the sub-area and a predetermined moisture content value for the sub-area, and to regulate the irrigation in a sub-area.
1. An irrigation control system for land comprising:
(a) at least one monitor to (i) examine rainfall data derived from a radar scanning at least a first area according to predetermined criteria and (ii) to extract weather data which is representative of the scanned rainfall in a sub-area of the first area;
(b) storage device to store the extracted data; and
(c) a controller connected directly or indirectly to the monitor and to the storage device to calculate a moisture content value for the sub-area based on said rainfall data, and to regulate the irrigation in a sub-area in accordance with said moisture content.
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12. A method of irrigating land is provided comprising
the steps of:
(a) measuring one or more weather conditions in a first area;
(b) examining rainfall data derived from a radar scanning at least the first area according to predetermined criteria and extracting weather data which is representative of the scanned rainfall in a sub-area of the first area;
(c) storing the extracted data;
(d) calculating a moisture content value for the sub-area based on said rainfall and a predetermined moisture content value for the sub-area; and
(e) regulating the irrigation of the sub-area.
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This application is a U.S. national application of international application Ser. No. PCT/AU99/00175 filed Mar. 19, 1999, which claims priority to Australian Provisional Patent Application No. PP2475 filed Mar. 20, 1998.
The invention relates to an irrigation control system for a predetermined area. In particular, scheduling and management of urban irrigation of parks, gardens and sports facilities of a large city.
Controllers to start and stop irrigation cycles without human intervention are well known. These controllers send an electric current (usually 24 volt alternating current in horticultural or agricultural use) to a remote solenoid valve, causing the valve to open. Valve closure is usually effected by discontinuing the supply of electric current to the solenoid of the valve whereupon the valve is caused to close.
Most of these types of controllers are able to handle a number of valves, opening and closing them in a programmed succession for programmed times on programmed days of the week. This series of sequential valve opening and closing on specified days is generally referred to as "a program" or "an irrigation program". Many of the known controllers are capable of storing and executing more than one irrigation program, which adds a degree of flexibility to what the controller may accomplish.
Basically these prior controllers fall into one of three categories as follows:
1. Relatively inexpensive controllers which are capable of executing an irrigation program. These controllers are not capable of changing the set irrigation program in any way to take account of differing water needs of plants occasioned by variations in meteorological conditions.
Controllers of his type constitute well over 90 percent of all irrigation controllers currently in use in Australia. Such controllers will, if the irrigation program is not regularly modified inevitably waste considerable quantities of water, since it will be programmed to supply sufficient water to serve the needs of the plant being irrigated during periods when plant demand for water is high. Thus when the same application of irrigation water continues during periods of low plant water requirement. wastage occurs.
The potential to save water by in effect harvesting rainfall by discontinuing irrigations until that rainfall finds its way into the root-zone and is transpired by the plants, is lost unless the controller can be manually de-activated. When managing large numbers of such controllers, particularly over a wide area, it is generally not possible to manually de-activate them and re-activate them when irrigation should commence.
Additionally, such controllers are incapable of responding to occurrence of rain periods unless coupled to some specialist sensor designed for the purpose. Whilst such sensors are known they tend to be either expensive (and consequently little used) or unreliable (and again little used).
2. More expensive controllers which can alter the frequency and amount of irrigation, either up or down, as time passes in an effort to match applications to plant requirements. Such devices usually impute likely plant requirements by use of meteorological averages developed from examination of many years of meteorological records relating to the geographical area under consideration. This type of controller is an improvement upon the first described type of controller, but is still arbitrary and inflexible as it relies on averages that must inevitably waste water when the predicted conditions do not occur. Additionally, there can be no improvement in harvesting rainfall.
3. Expensive controllers which either accept direct input from automatic weather stations, or accept meteorological information directly or indirectly from a remote weather station or climatic recording facility. These controllers use such information to modify a basic program so that irrigation water applications are substantially in accord with actual plant requirements. These controllers may also be activated to apply a predetermined irrigation cycle when instructed to do so by a remote software program which accepts meteorological input and maintains a water budget for the area. However, such controllers do not utilise localised rainfall measurement and consequently irrigation management depends upon rainfall information indicative of a wider area than the irrigation area. Water wastage can result. Further, these controllers must be part of a very wide network which means that over a wide area very considerable telephony or radio costs are necessarily involved.
Another approach is described in our pending patent application no. PCT/AU97100056 the content of which is incorporated herein. In that application, the control system is based upon a method of irrigating land which includes the steps of:
Key to this approach is the combined use of one or more weather conditions in the first area and the rainfall in the sub area. In implementing certain forms of that invention, it has become apparent that where large numbers of sub-areas (such as parks, gardens and sports facilities) need to be managed by the system, special practical economic difficulties may arise.
If individual actual measurement is needed of a large number of sub-areas, it would be necessary to place at least one weather station including a tipping bucket (or other) type of pluviometer, in an appropriate position in each sub-area. This could be as often as 500 meters apart. However, weather stations are expensive and a very common characteristic of rainfall is that it can be extremely variable in amount and distribution even over a small area. For example, well over 1000 stations would be needed in even a small city to establish a network. Thus to produce reliable data using such pulviometers is an expensive undertaking.
Accordingly, improved and more economic resolution of rainfall information over a wide area is important in the management of individual sub-areas. In addressing this issue it has been found that one source of potentially useful data for this purpose is readily available.
In this respect, at present meteorological weather radars are commonly installed to cover the area of major cities. The output of these radars is a stream of data organised in the following fashion:
This data is analysed by a high-speed computer to produce the familiar radar screen views commonly seen on television weather reports.
It is an objective of the present invention to provide an irrigation control system which ameliorates the disadvantages referred to above especially where there is a large number of sub-areas which need to be controlled.
According to one form of the invention, an irrigation control system for land is provided which comprises:
Preferably, regulation of irrigation in the sub-area is either by initiating or preventing irrigation of the sub-area depending upon whether the moisture content value is less than or more than a predetermined moisture content value for the sub-area.
Typically, there will be one monitor.
Preferably the weather conditions measured include solar radiation.
Preferably, the monitor is integrated with the controller.
Preferably, the controller is a computer.
According to a preferred form of the invention, the irrigation control system further comprises a local switch in the sub-area to initiate or prevent irrigation in response to signals from the controller.
According to another preferred form of the invention, the local switch in the sub-area activates or de-activates a local controller for initiating or preventing the irrigation, in response to signals from the controller.
According to another preferred form of the invention, the irrigation control system further comprises an interrupter to interrupt irrigation in the sub-area. Preferably, this interrupts irrigation in the sub-area in response to rainfall in the sub-area. Typically, the interruption occurs for a period of time determined by the controller.
In another independent aspect of the invention, a method of irrigating land is provided which comprises the steps of:
Preferably the regulation of the irrigation of the sub-area is either by initiating or preventing irrigation of the sub-area depending upon whether the moisture content value is less than or more than a predetermined moisture content value for the sub-area.
Preferably, the measurement in step (a) is carried out in the same sub-area as that in which the measurement is carried out in step (b).
Preferably the method comprises a further step of: (f) sensing for rainfall in the sub-area during irrigation and interrupting irrigation in response to rainfall in the sub-area.
Using the system and method described above, it is possible to more accurately manage the irrigation of an area and minimise over irrigation and hence wastage of water.
The invention will now be further explained and illustrated by reference to the following practical embodiment concerning steps (b) and (c) of the control system when dealing with the radar data.
As stated above, at present meteorological weather radars are commonly installed to cover the area of major cities. In the current example this area would be seen as the first area. The output of these radars is a stream of data organised in the following fashion:
This radar data may be processed as follows according to one aspect of the invention.
1. Firstly a "plane geometry" program is created and initialised. This software program, on being programmed with the longitude and latitude of the radar transmitter, is able to express any longitude and latitude pair in the scanned range of the transmitter, as a radial and longitude address in terms of the data stream emanating from the radar transmitter. This results in the production of weather radar data particular to any site (sub-area) within the coverage area (first area) of the radar. This in turn means such particular data may be identified, extracted and stored along with a time stamp by a computer.
2. The size and pattern of the network of rainfall assessments in the sub-areas to be managed is decided upon and programmed into the plane geometry software program to create the sites of a virtual rain gauge.
3. The latitude and longitude of each virtual rain gauge can now be established and accurate radar addresses for each site can be computed.
4. The radar address of each site can then be stored and an interrogating computer programmed to extract and store the data for each address so identified every time it appears in the data stream coming from the radar transmitter. If the radar beam sweeps through 360 degrees every 10 seconds, then one piece of data will be stored for each virtual rain gauge site each 10 seconds.
5. This rainfall intensity data is examined for the existence of significant rain by integrating this information with time.
Consequently, by use of this technique, rainfall data for any array of points defined within the area of coverage of a weather radar can be inexpensively collected without the necessity for expensive actual rain measurement equipment. This makes possible a variety of irrigation/water management techniques which would otherwise be impossible due to lack of resolution of rainfall data.
The invention will now be further explained and illustrated by reference to the accompanying drawing in which:
In overview, the system depicted includes a controller which is a main computer 1 which communicates directly or indirectly with at least one radar 11. The main computer 1 examines rainfall data derived from the radar 11 which scans at least the first area 2 according to predetermined criteria. The main computer 1 also examines and extracts data from the radar 11 which is representative of the scanned rainfall in a sub-area 3 of the first area 2. There is at least one weather station 12 in the first area 2. The weather station 12 can measure weather conditions such as radiation and temperature. Main computer 1 also communicates with the weather station 12 and can calculate the moisture content value for a particular sub-area 3.
Main computer 1 also communicates with one or more switches 4 typically by a paging network 15. Each of these switches is associated with a preexisting irrigation controller for a particular tract of land. Each switch 4 is controlled by the main computer 1 and closing or opening switch 4 permits or prevents the pre-existing irrigation controller 5 from irrigating the tract of land according to its own programmed cycle. The pre-existing irrigation controller 5 may have field wires 16 which can be used to activate irrigation in each sub area 3.
It will be understood by those skilled in the art that a system for irrigation can be set up in a variety of ways. Two methods are particularly described as 'fail wet' or 'fail dry'. In a fail wet system, the resting state of the system is such that irrigation is possible. In the preferred form of a fail wet system, at about 7.00 pm all switches are activated and remain in this state until the preferred irrigation period is finished. In this state irrigation is prevented. It is necessary for the controller 1 to change the state of switches 4 for those sub-areas 3 which require irrigation. The circuits for these sub-areas 3 then enable. Once irrigation has concluded the switches 4 will return to the 'off' state. When the irrigation period as a whole is finished all circuits will return to their resting state-ie. irrigation possible. Water, however, will generally not be supplied during this period, except as may be required by on-site supervisors for particular purposes.
A fail dry system is opposite to a fail wet system.
It will be understood that both fail wet and fail dry systems can be utilised with this invention. However, fail wet systems have the advantage of more easily permitting the testing of the system during the period when the switches are in their resting state. As a general rule, irrigation will preferably occur during the evening or night as it is coolest then and less of the water provided by way of irrigation is lost. If this is the case the switches 4 will be in their resting state during the day when it is most likely workmen would be testing them.
Where users require external access to the system, to review and/or alter the irrigation control system settings for a particular site, a dial up facility is provided. External users 10 will access a network of computers 6 via a call sequencer 7. The user 10 enters by security identification and identification of the particular site. The user 10 is then given access to the weather information and the settings for that particular site which have been down loaded to the network computer 6 from the main computer 1. The user 10 may change the settings and this information is then transmitted to the main computer 1.
A typical implementation procedure for the irrigation control system as depicted is as follows.
The area 2 in which the irrigation is to be controlled is defined. In most cases this will be the greater metropolitan area and environs of a large city, or the general area and environs of a provincial city, or the area covered by a town.
Once the overall area is defined, it is further divided into sub-areas 3. A sub-area 3 is defined by a common or similar microclimate. Sub-areas may also be defined by areas which provide different facilities ie. different sports facilities or parks. This division is necessarily subjective and will usually contain inaccuracies, however, this does not markedly affect the operation of the system and does not interfere with the system achieving efficient irrigation management outcomes. It is possible to 'fine tune' the system if necessary.
Typically, a large metropolitan area and environs of a city, eg one million people, may contain 10-15 sub-areas 3. These sub-areas 3 will be identified by a number.
To define sub-areas 3, a number of empirical factors are used including:
Once the overall area has been defined and then further sub-divided into (10-15) sub areas 3, the following external support network is put in place. The radar 11 scans the entire first area 2 according to predetermined criteria. This is done via radar 'communication' system 14. The main computer 1 examines the scanned rainfall data derived from the radar 11. The scanned rainfall data may be stored by the radar 11 or by the main computer 1. Alternatively it may be stored elsewhere. The main computer 1 also examines and extracts data which is representative of scanned rainfall in a sub-area 3 of the first area 2. The radar 11 is connected to main computer 1 by communication system 13. Each weather station 12 is also connected to main computer 1 by communication system 8 (usually telephone or radio or a combination of both). As indicated above, at least one weather station 12 may be installed in the overall first area 2 and not specifically in each sub-area 3. In another alternative (not shown) it is possible to install one weather station 12 within each sub-area 3. In another alternative (not shown) there may be a combination of those alternatives.
Each site to be irrigated is surveyed with a view to accurately establishing the following:
With the data from the above, calculations can now be done to establish the following:
It will be understood by those skilled in the art that further factors may be taken into account to account for local variance.
Each individual site is now registered on the main computer 1 with its basic factors indicated above (TAW, RFP, OIE, PR) and its identification number which tells the system within which sub-area 3 it lies.
The switch 4 is now connected to the pre-existing irrigation controller 5 at each site. Switch 4 is connected across the common wire (or wires) or active bus 9 of pre-existing irrigation controller 5. It will however be understood that this can be done in a variety of ways.
Now a program is entered into the preexisting irrigation controller 5 which calls for the calculated Optimum Irrigation Event to be applied to each site the first 24 hours. Typically this will take place at night.
In this arrangement, the pre-existing irrigation controller 5 is allowed to operate on the first night so that the site is "zeroed" by having its root zone filled with all the moisture it is able to store.
From then on the programming in the main computer 1 maintains the soil moisture budget for each of the sites registered onto it. It does this by communicating with the weather station 12 and the radar 11 and establishing how much water will have been lost by each sub-area 3, i.e. by transpiration of the plants. Loss of water is calculated by conventional methods. This amount is deducted from the soil moisture budget (TAW initially and then the soil moisture budget as calculated at that time) of each site, with additions to the soil moisture budget for each site being made where rain falls in a particular sub-area 3. The result of these calculations is the moisture content value.
When the soil moisture budget being maintained by the system for each site indicates that the soil moisture content has fallen to the Refill Point (predetermined moisture content value) for a particular site, that site is placed in an Action List for that day. Sites on the Action List for any particular day are activated by the system in early evening. This is done by the main computer 1 sending a data string through the numeric paging network of an appropriate telecommunications provider such that the switch 4 changes state as required for a programmed period (typically but not necessarily 20 hours) thus allowing irrigation to occur during that 20 hour period under the influence of pre-existing irrigation controller 5.
After typically 20 hours the switch 4 changes state, which terminates irrigation. Irrigation will not occur again until the data string is once more received from main computer 1 causing the switch 4 to change state and pre-existing irrigation controller 5 to activate irrigation. The soil moisture budget of sites on the Action List is altered to reflect the receipt of the Optimum Irrigation Event during the following day, provided that the irrigation was not interrupted by rain.
If this is a fail wet system, and irrigation is required, main computer 1 is required to energise the requisite switch 4. This will occur during the preferred irrigation time, ie. often at night. Irrigation during the non-preferred irrigation period in such a fail wet system, merely requires the pre-existing irrigation controller 5 to ensure provision of water to the relevant area, as the switches 4 are in a state which allows irrigation to occur.
Should rain fall, it will be detected by the radar 11. If it is outside the programmed operating window of pre-existing irrigation controller 5, it will be passively recorded and up loaded as data each day by the main computer 1. It will then be added to the soil moisture budget of sites in the main computer 1 which recorded the rainfall. Rainfall will therefore delay irrigation until it has been transpired or harvested by the plants or evaporated.
If the rainfall is within the operating window of the pre-existing irrigation controller 5 (that is when irrigation is likely to be occurring) the data accumulating logger connected to (or part of) the radar 11 will contact the main computer 1 and advise that rain is falling in that sub-area 3 or at a particular site. In this case all sites from that sub-area 3 on that evening's action list will be sent a data string causing the switch 4 to change state, thus bringing irrigation within that sub-area 3 to an immediate halt. In the case of an individual site within a sub-area 3, the switch at the site will change state to prevent irrigation at that site. It will therefore be clear that in some situations it will be possible to independently control sites within a sub-area if desired. This may in some circumstances be done by a broadcast call which will be acted upon by all switches 4 in the designated sub-area 3. The main computer 1 will then track the rainfall event and add it to the soil moisture budget of the relevant sites.
The switch 4 operates in the common wire 9 of pre-existing irrigation controller 5. This associated pre-existing irrigation controller 5 can be an inexpensive controller which may have been installed on the irrigation system to be managed prior to adopting the irrigation control system of the invention.
The switch 4 typically consists of, but is not limited to, the following:
Switch 4 is capable of receiving a detailed program containing switching instructions for the operation of one or more of the relays. It is capable of receiving a particular string which is intended for it alone, or depending on the structure or content of the transmitted data stream, it can also respond to a broadcast type call intended to simultaneously give rise to a specific action or group of actions within an entire group of switches 4.
The relay of the switch 4 may be either of the normally open or normally closed type depending upon the circumstances.
Further switch 4 is capable of receiving, processing and storing data strings including (but not limited to) the following types of information, which would normally be transmitted (but not necessarily) in the following order:
Also included in switch 4 may be an accessible momentary switch which, if pressed or otherwise operated, will allow irrigation operations in the absence of system authorisation for a programmable "Test" time. In other words the switch 4 will restore the integrity of the circuits. This is to allow the associated pre-existing irrigation controller 5 and its in-field irrigation system to be tested.
The word 'comprising' and forms of the word 'comprising' as used in this description and in the claims does not limit the invention claimed to exclude any variants or additions which are obvious to the person skilled in the art and which do not have a material effect upon the invention.
Modifications and improvements to the invention will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art. Such modifications and improvements are intended to be within the scope of this invention.
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Puget Sound Forecast: Widespread frost in the morning, especially 5-10 miles or more inland from the Sound with areas of fog and freezing fog. Otherwise, mostly sunny with highs in the low to mid 50's.
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|Self raising flour
|2 Ounce (6 Ounce Plus 1 Teaspoon Butter)
|Castor sugar
|3 Ounce (3 Ounce Plus 1 Teaspoon Butter, Melted)
|3 (2 Ounce Plus 1 Teaspoon Butter)
|Ground almonds
|3 Ounce
|12 Ounce, washed, hulled and pureed
|Icing sugar
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|Double cream
|5 Fluid Ounce, whipped
|1⁄4 Ounce, dissolved in 1 tablespoon hot water
|Hot water
|1 Tablespoon
|4 Ounce, washed, hulled and halved
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Lightly grease a round 7 inch cake tin with the teaspoon of butter.
Sprinkle in the 2 teaspoons flour and tip and rotate the tin to distribute the flour evenly.
Knock out any excess flour and set the tin aside.
In a medium sized mixing bowl, cream the remaining butter and the sugar together with a wooden spoon until the mixture is fluffy.
Beat in the eggs.
With a metal spoon, fold in the remaining flour and the ground almonds.
Turn the mixture into the prepared cake tin and place it in the centre of the oven.
Bake for 30 to 40 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean.
Remove the cake from the oven.
Run a knife round the edge of the cake and reverse it onto a wire rack.
Leave to cool.
Wash and thoroughly rinse out the cake tin.
To make the filling, in a medium sized mixing bowl, combine the strawberry puree and 2 ounces [1/2 cup] of the sugar.
Fold in the cream and then the dissolved gelatine.
Turn the mixture into the dampened cake tin and place it in the refrigerator.
Chill for 1 to 1 1/2 hours or until the filling is set.
With a long sharp knife, slice the cake into two layers.
Place one layer on a serving platter and turn out the strawberry filling on to it.
Place the other cake layer on top.
Sift the remaining icing [confectioners'] sugar over the top of the cake and decorate with the strawberry halves.


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|Coordinates: 18°10′46″N 76°02′23″E / 18.17944°N 76.03972°ECoordinates: 18°10′46″N 76°02′23″E / 18.17944°N 76.03972°E
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Osmanabad pronunciation (help·info) (transliterated in Marathi as Usmanabad) is a city and a municipal council in Osmanabad district in the Indian state of Maharashtra.
The city was named after the last ruler of Hyderabad State, Osman Ali Khan.[2] Tulja Bhavani Mandir in Tuljapur town of Osmanabad district is the one of the shakti peethas in Maharashtra. Other name of Osmanabad is Dharashiv which is due to Dharasur Mardini Goddess Temple present in Osmanabad
The city of Osmanabad has an elevation of 653 metres (2,142 ft). Osmanabad city is located in the west central part of Osmanabad Tahsil, but relatively central for the district as a whole. Tuljapur, Bhoom, Paranda, Washi, and Kalamb are the nearby towns. Solapur, located southwest of Osmanabad in Solapur district, is the nearest sizable city.Osmanabad is on Balaghat Pathar.
In the 2011 Indian census, the city of Osmanabad had 106,644 inhabitants, with 41,982 males (52.1%) and 38,643 females (47.9%), for a gender ratio of 920 females per thousand males.[3] In 2001, Osmanabad had an average literacy rate of 74%, higher than the national average of 59.5%, male literacy was 80%, and female literacy was 67%. In 2001 in Osmanabad, 14% of the population was under 6 years of age.[4]
|Religions in Osmanabad
|Distribution of religions
†Includes Sikhs (0.2%), .
Osmanabad has one Government BAMS College, one Government Polytechnic College, one Private Pharmacy College and a Private Engineering College. Another engineering college in Osmanabad District is in Tuljapur. Osmanabad has Government Agriculture college (under Marathwada Agriculture University, Parbhani) near Ter.
Osmanabad also has a sub-centre of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad, which includes Department of Management Science, Department of Education, Department of Chemistry, etx.In Osmanabad Shripatrao Bhosale Highschool is well known school for students across Osmanabad district.
Monuments and attractions[edit]
Osmanabad is known for Dharashiv Caves, which were built during the 5th-7th century[5] It was initially thought that the Buddhist caves were one of the earliest structures, created between the fifth and eighth centuries, dargah (Sufi shrine built over the grave of a revered religious figure) of Hazrat Khwaja Shamsoddin Gazi (RA). The interior decoration of the dargah, consisting of many colourful glass pieces, is the main attraction of the dargah nowadays. Osmanabad city has Hatladevi mandir which is big religious attraction for people in Osmanabad city.[6]
Tulja Bhavani Temple in Tuljapur, a temple for Goddess Tulja Bhavani, is situated on Solapur - Aurangabad Highway, 18 km from Osmanabad.
Tuljapur is situated on Solapur - Aurangabad Highway, 18 km from Osmanabad. Tulja Bhavani Temple is situated on one of the deep slopes on the ranges of the hill, in the midst of a small side valley of a stream flowing down the plateau to the west of the town. The temple is enclosed with a fortress and faces the East and consists of special attributes of Garbhagriha (sanctum sanctorum). The chief shrine is cross-planned construction, the southern one opening in the courtyard, the eastern one leading to the outer Mandapam and the western to the Garbhagriha. On the northern side is a room known as the Shejaghar or bedroom of the goddess.
Tuljapur is home place for Goddess Tulja Bhavani. As one enters the temple complex through the Mahadwar, on the way there is the Kallol tirth to the left and after a descent of nearly 30 steps the Gomukh tirth on the right with a small shrine dedicated to Vitthal Rakhumai nearby. Both these tirths receive perennial water flow from gomukhs. To the left near the main entrance gate leading into the courtyard is a shrine dedicated to Siddhi Vinayak. The imposing gateway is ornamented with flower and creeper patterns carved in relief. To the right of the gate is a shrine dedicated to Dattatraya and to the left residential houses of the temple priests. Occupying a central position in the courtyard, the temple mandap has two side entrances right opposite each other flanked by small columns. Supported on quite a few rows of pillars the mandap hall is 7.62 x 4.57 metres (25' x 15') beyond which is the middle part wherein is installed a marble statue of a lion in a standing posture. Herein to the right there is a small chamber housing the silver palang or bedstead of the goddess. Inside the Garbhagriha is a silver, four-arched canopy holding the delicately carved stone image of the goddess Bhavani.
The entrances leading from the mandap to the middle part of the chamber containing the palang (bed) and that of the Garbhagriha are all plated with silver bearing beautiful carvings and are fine pieces of sculptural ingenuity. The Garbhagriha is crowned with a beautiful tapering sikhar having figure-filled niches. Figures set-in in the niches are mostly those of sages and deities and are very shapely. Its four corners are fixed with temple replicas also set-in with deity figures each temple replica in turn being flanked by two lion statues. The space in between is filled with elephant statues. In the front and right opposite the main entrance gate there is the homakund also crowned with a similar sikhar. Installed here and there at convenient places there are quite a few small Deepmalas or lamp-pillars. On either side of the temple, cloisters have been provided in some of which are installed idols of different deities.
Osmanabad Airport (IATA: OMN) lies approximately 13 km from the city centre. There are no scheduled commercial air services to this airport. It takes about 15-20 mins to reach airport by car from the bus stand. Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation has leased the airport to Reliance Airport Developers Ltd for 95 years.[7] Reliance paid Rs. 63 crore for the deal, which includes other four airports of Maharashtra.[8] The nearest operational airport is Pune International Airport, Shri chhatrapati sambhaji raje international Airport.
Osmanabad railway station (station code UMD) is an important railway station situated on Latur - Miraj railway route of central railway. Before 2004, a narrow gauge track connecting Latur to Kurduvadi passed through Osmanabad district. The station nearest to the city at Yedshi was 18 km away from Osmanabad City. During conversion from narrow gauge to Broad Gauge, the track alignment was changed and directed towards Osmanabad city. In the first stage, the broad gauge track between Latur-Osmanabad was completed and became functional in 2007. The first train to arrive at Osmanabad railway station was the Mumbai-Osmanabad Express that ran via Aurangabad and Manmad. The Osmanabad-Kurudvadi section was completed and made functional in 2008. Latur-Osmanabad-Mumbai Express was started via Kurduvadi, Pune in 2008.
Osmanabad has connections to Pune, Mumbai, Kolhapur, Miraj-Sangli, Pandharpur, Nagpur, Parbhani, Latur, Nanded, Parali Vaijnath, Hyderabad, and Nizamabad.
National Highway 9 and National Highway 211 pass through the district. National highway 211 connects Osmanbad to other major cities of Maharashtra.
See also[edit]
- ^ http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_2_PR_Cities_1Lakh_and_Above.pdf
- ^ "Brief Industrial Profile of Osmanabad District" (PDF). Retrieved November 24, 2013.
- ^ "Census 2001 Population Finder: Maharashtra: Osmanabad: Urban Agglomerate (UA)". Office of The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. Archived from the original on 3 May 2013.
- ^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
- ^ "ऐतिहासिक धाराशिव लेण्यांचे अस्तित्व धोक्यात" [Aitihashik Dhaarashiv Lenyanche Astitva Dhokyaat]. Lokmat (in Marathi) (Osmanabad, Maharashtra, India). May 2014. Retrieved May 2015.
- ^ Hemant Satam (November 2010). "उजाड माळरान भरले झाडांनी" [Ujaad Maalraan Bharle Jhadanni]. Maharashtra Times (in Marathi) (Mumbai). Retrieved May 2015.
- ^ "Reliance Airport gets five projects on lease". Times of India. 6 Aug 2009. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
- ^ "MIDC-run airports set for makeover". Indian Express. 1 July 2008. Retrieved 19 September 2011.


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Arizona added two runs in the second on solo homers by Young and Chris Snyder, with both going into left field.
"I got some fastballs up and they got it in the air and they left the ballpark. You can't do anything about it," Billingsley said. "Even after those two innings, I still knew I had good stuff, so I stayed with my game plan and just kept being aggressive."
Manny Ramirez led off the fourth with his 550th career homer, leaving the Dodgers trailing 4-1. It was his second homer in as many nights and just his second since April 15. The Dodgers' second run came on Kemp's RBI single in the third.
Lopez allowed six hits and four runs in eight innings, while striking out four and walking one.
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NOTES: The Dodgers won via a walk-off balk for just the second time since 1969 and the first since beating the Mets 4-3 on Roger McDowell's 12th-inning balk on May 28, 1989. ... The Dodgers closed the month with a 20-8 record, their second-best May in club history behind the 1962 team's 21-7 mark. ... Ramirez's homer was his 1,813th RBI, moving him past Frank Robinson and into sole possession of 18th place on the career list. ... The Diamondbacks didn't allow any runs in the first inning for the first time since May 26, ending a five-game streak.
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Serve the soup with its classic companion, Portuguese vinho verde, a crisp, crackling white wine
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1 pound potatoes, peeled
6 ounces chouriço
4 garlic cloves, finely minced
6 ounces kale without thick stems
Portuguese olive oil for drizzling
1. Bring the water to boil in a large, heavy saucepan. Add the potatoes, chourizo, and garlic. Simmer gently for 30 minutes, or until the potatoes are soft.
2. Remove the chouriço and, when it's cool enough, slice diagonally into very thin slices.
3. With a potato masher, mash the potatoes right in the pan. (They will end up in little chunks.) Boil for 5 minutes.
4. While the potatoes are boiling, shred the kale. Gather some leaves together, roll them up the long way, and then cut the rolls into Fine shreds.
5. Bring the soup to a rolling boil. Add the kale, and cook for 5 minutes, or until it is just tender. Add the chourizo slices, and taste the soup for seasoning. Let simmer very gently over low heat for 5 minutes before serving in soup bowls. Drizzle each bowl with a little Portuguese olive oil.
Note: We think this soup tastes best when it's held for a few hours at room temperature, then gently re-heated.
This classic Portuguese soup, which originated in the northern Minho region but is today served all over Portugal (and Brazil), is simplicity itself. The hardest parts are finding Portuguese chouriço (you can substitute chorizo, the similar Spanish sausage) and finding couve, the type of cabbage used in Portugal (kale is a decent substitute). The key to preparation is the cutting of the cabbage, or kale, into very thin strips, which gives the soup its grassy, green look. You'll be amazed at the amount of flavor you get for so little trouble. Serve the soup with its classic companion, Portuguese vinho verde, a crisp, crackling white wine. Serves 4
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Patton's Multi-FXS VoIP Gateway Router Cuts OpEx for Carriers and Service Providers
GAITHERSBURG, Md., Sept. 29 /PRNewswire/ — Patton — the leader in business and carrier-class network access, connectivity, VoIP and triple-play equipment — is now taking orders for the SmartNode(TM) 4400 IpChannelBank(TM) Multi-Port FXS Analog VoIP Gateway Router for Telco carriers, service providers and enterprises.
The low-cost SN4400 reduces operating expenses for Telco carriers and telephony service providers by streamlining network operation, administration and maintenance (OAM) — while preserving the overall calling experience of analog phone users.
Ideal for multi-tenant-unit (MTU) installations, the IpChannelBank(TM) enables cable network operators to expand revenues by offering low-cost, traditional analog voice services over existing IP networks.
The SmartNode 4400 preserves investments in analog telephone equipment for enterprises and call centers in the ISDN world by connecting legacy PBX and phone equipment to a VoIP network.
"Why pay for a router and a gateway in every building," John Wu, Product Manager asks rhetorically, "when one SmartNode(TM) does it all?"
Converting up to 32 traditional analog phone or fax calls to Voice-over-IP (enabling transport over IP backbones), the SmartNode(TM) 4400 is the only multi-port FXS VoIP device on the market that combines gateway and router functions in a low-cost standalone form factor.
Comparable alternatives are either expensive modular units too cumbersome for CPE use, or gateway-only devices that require purchasing a separate router.
While most VoIP equipment manufacturers add per-ticket charges or require paid support contracts, Patton includes free lifetime support with every SmartNode(TM) purchased.
Offering FXS port densities of 12, 16, 24 and 32, plus dual Ethernet ports, the SmartNode(TM) 4400 ensures the best possible match for various port-density requirements.
"Big iron is fading," associate product manager, Pranav Desai, chimes in. "As the old TDM switches go obsolete, SmartNode technology delivers high-quality voice, video and data over simpler, lower-cost IP infrastructure."
"SmartNode delivers on the promise of convergence," Burt Patton, Executive Vice President, adds. "Patton already leads the digital VoIP market. Now, with analog VoIP gateways that deliver market-leading price-performance, we're taking the lead again."
In June, Patton announced reduced pricing on SmartNode(TM) 4110 VoIP Gateways with 2 to 8 analog ports.
During Q4 Patton plans to release a SmartNode(TM) Session Border Controller (SBC) and MFR2 signaling for the SN4960 PRI VoIP IAD.
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Usher went on air with Ryan Seacrest this morning to premiere his new song with Justin Bieber, "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)." The song is from Justin's holiday album "Under The Mistletoe," which will arrive in stores and online on November 1, 2011. Listen below!
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Each year, the Gold Coast International Film Festival is proud to recognize the achievements of talented filmmakers who provide entertainment, illumination, and a great movie-going experience.
Congratulations to our 2014 Award-Winning Films!
Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature:
Audience Award for Best Documentary:
August Wilson: The Ground On Which I Stand
Audience Award for Best Short Film:
Welcome to China
Runner Up: How I Didn't Become a Piano Player
Jury Award for Best Short Film:
Why Do I Study Physics?
Runner Up: A Silent Waltz
2013 Awards
- Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature: Nebraska & Foreign Letters
- Audience Award for Best Documentary: Comedy Warriors & The Prime Ministers: The Pioneers
- Audience Award for Best Short Film:Plurality
- Jury Award for Best Short Film: Noah
2012 Awards
In 2012, Liman Video Rental Company, Inc. awarded prizes to 5 exceptional films, amounting to $10,000 worth of film equipment:
- Jury Prize for Best Student Short Film: SIGHT
- Jury Prize for Best Short Film: LUMINARIS
- Audience Award for Best Overall Short Film: PIGEON IMPOSSIBLE
- Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature Film: SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
- Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature Film: ONE TRACK HEART: THE STORY OF KRISHNA DAS
2011 Awards
- Best Narrative Feature Film, sponsored by Panavision: MY AFTERNOONS WITH MARGUERITE
Prize: $60,000 of film rental equipment from Panavision
- Best Documentary Feature Film, sponsored by Deluxe: BOB AND THE MONSTER
Prize: $30,000 of post-production services from Deluxe
- Trailer Award Competition, sponsored by New York Post: BOB AND THE MONSTER
- Best Narrative Short Film: NOREEN
- Best Documentary Short Film: IN THE SPIRIT OF LAXMI
Some of our distinguished jurors have included:
David Paterson (Writer & Producer, Bridge to Terabithia, The Great Gilly Hopkins; Producer, Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey)
Gibson Frazier (Co-writer, producer, and star of Man of the Century, winner of Audience Award at the Slamdance Film Festival)
Dr. Sam Grogg (Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Adelphi University; producer: Kiss of The Spider Woman, The Trip To Bountiful, Da, Patti Rocks, and Spike of Bensonhurst)
Don Fizzinoglia (Documentary filmmaker, professor of cinema studies and television and film production at New York Institute of Technology)
Jennifer Lane (Production Mgr.: The Reader, The Good Shepherd, adjustment Bureau, Greenberg)
Norman Reedus (Actor: The Walking Dead, Boondock Saints)
Ryan Silbert (Oscar-winning producer: God Of Love, Assoc. Producer: Holy Rollers)
Rick Schwartz (Producer: The Departed, Exec. Producer: Black Swan)
Luke Geissbuhler (Director of Photography: Helvetica, Objectified, Borat)
Jeremiah Newton (Producer: Beautiful Darling)
Mark Romeo (Producer: Blue Gold)
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Desert Companion - August 2011
Your guide to living in Southern Nevada.
28 Desert Companion August 2011 Hear a discussion of senior health on "KNPR's State of Nevada" at www.desertcompanion.com/hearmore { Hear More } profile D Dr. Jeffry Life can kick me in the face. He tells me this at 6 in the morning, before the sun and my eyelids are fully up, before the second-to-last set of his morning weight- lifting routine at a Las Vegas Athletic Club near Summerlin. I've been told this before. But never in such a friendly tone — and never from a man in his 70s. "I never used to be able to kick higher than this," he says, lifting his foot a few inches above the ground. "But my instructor told me a flexible man is a sexual man. She has a life- long client now." The high kick is the product of Life's blue belt degree in Tae Kwon Do, something he practices three times a week after work. I should be more surprised by the statement — both the threat to my jaw and some old man practicing martial arts half of every week. But I've spent the last few minutes watching Life lift more than my body weight in mul- tiple positions and repetitions, and looking at his weekly exercise regimen. He lifts weights with Rod, his ex-military trainer of four years, who looks like he was born when two Sher- man tanks collided. "This is what we do every morning," Rod says. "He's getting better with age, which is contrary to most people." The Doc uses pump-up phrases like "Let's rock 'n' roll" when he's ready for another set. Beautiful women in their 30s stop to watch him push and pull, at which point he starts talking more about his wife of 12 years, who's almost two decades his junior. Maybe they're impressed; he is, after all, old enough to be their father or grandfather, and probably in better shape than most of their boyfriends. Or maybe they recognize him as the poster boy from that ad. You know the one: It's on nu- merous health websites, LVAC video screens and billboards around town. The one brandish- ing a ripped, beaming bald guy with the frame of a USC defensive tackle, advertising age man- agement medicine — the 21st century's next step toward the fountain of youth. "I'm not against aging," Life says later at his office overlooking the Strip. "Everything ages. I'm against getting old. Age management med- icine is about not getting old. It's about doing Live you long time The secret to longevity? Exercise, diet — and hormone injections? A man named Dr. Life (really!) explains by max plenke Courtesy of Dr. LIfe "I'm not against aging," says Dr. Life. "I'm against getting old."