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A jubilant David Silva after scoring the first of four goals against Italy.
Boring? Not in the least bit. Watching greatness and history unfold is never tedious. The Spanish have now won three straight major tournaments, an unprecedented achievement in the modern era, playing some of the finest football ever witnessed. Most of the cast of Euro 2008 are still in the squad and are still tremendously influential while new, younger players have been woven seamlessly into the fabric of the team. Before the tournament, it was impossible to mention the names Austria's Wunderteam, Hungary's Magical Magyars, Pele's Brazil, Beckenbauer's West Germany and Holland's Cruyff-led total football without putting Spain in their company. Now they have unquestionably surpassed them all.
Dynasties are rare things in international football. Even Pele's great Brazil side that lifted the 1970 World Cup lasted just six games. They were cobbled together before the tournament by Mario Zigallo and were broken up just as quickly. Johan Cruyff's total football side in the '70s never won a trophy and the groundbreaking Hungary side of the '50s failed to lift the World Cup.
In the modern era only the Germany side that won the European Championships in 1972 and the World Cup in '74 – before losing the '76 European final on penalties – and France's World and European champions at the turn of the millennium can be truly compared to a Spanish side born of a ruthlessly executed philosophy, the seeds of which were sown over two decades ago.
Not only is this Spain side the most successful in history, they also played some of the most magnificent football ever witnessed on the international stage. It is a testament to them that when they hold onto possession for 70 percent of the game, they are labeled boring. Winning is rarely boring, certainly for the victors, but superbly crafted passing displays never are.
It has to be remembered that this Spain team don't play Catenaccio. They don't sit back and knock it around between their defenders. Instead they work perfectly crafted triangles of passing, only giving the ball back to the goalkeeper when they absolutely have to. For Spain, that is their resting time, for the opposition, it is torture, for the purist, it is positively hypnotic.
Spain, and their domestic cousins Barcelona, have reinvented the way countries look at playing football. To challenge Spain, countries now have to revamp their training methods and youth development from top to bottom. Only time will tell if it is only this generation of Spain players that are capable of playing such football.
In Euro 2012, Spain did not just win the tournament with distinction, they also mastered the unmasterable formation. The 4-6-0 formation, or 4-3-3-0 depending on how you look at it, has been talked about for years among the footballing intellectuals.
Carlos Alberto Parreira, a World Cup-winning manager with Brazil in 1994, spoke almost 10 years ago about how the formation was the future, providing limitless fluidity with players changing position with ease while defenders would be left flummoxed by the kaleidoscopic movement.
In truth, the formation has proved inaccessible to everyone. Roma briefly dominated with it, using Francesco Totti in the "Fabregas role," before being blown out by Manchester United in the Champions League.
From there it has been viewed as the "Triangle Offense" of football – the triangle offense being a tactic used in basketball to tremendous success by Phil Jackson, yielding 11 NBA championships between 1991 and 2010, but completely unfathomable to the average coach or player.
Early in the tournament it looked as though Spain would be another team to try the 4-6-0 and fail. By the final they had it down.
Spain's win over Italy was a master class in fluid movement, passing angles, off the ball movement, combined thinking and supreme symbiotic play.
What is scarier is that only Xavi Hernandez will be approaching the end of his career come the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
The rest of the starting XI are either young, young and experienced, in their primes or having a playing style that is unlikely to be ravaged by age. There are also stacks of players in reserve ready to play when anyone drops out.
They could go on to make more history by becoming the first European team to lift the Jules Rimet trophy on South American soil.
Enjoy this team while they are still here. They are history-makers, pioneers and, most of all, not boring.
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Copernicus to Receive Increased Support from Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics to Further Development of its Non-Viral Gene Therapy for Cystic Fibrosis
Cleveland, Feb. 15, 2007 – Copernicus Therapeutics, Inc., announced today it will receive up to $5.2 million from Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics, Inc. (CFFT) to support continued development of a potential gene therapy for cystic fibrosis. This continued funding is a result of satisfactory progress shown in 2006.
Copernicus' unique, non-viral nanoparticle formulation is intended to deliver a normal copy of the CF gene to the affected lung cells of CF patients, and may provide a therapy that treats the root cause of CF. Copernicus' first clinical trial, supported by CFFT, demonstrated the desired safety profile and encouraging biological changes were observed.
Cystic fibrosis is the most common life-threatening genetic disease in the United States, affecting approximately 30,000 children and adults. It causes serious lung infections and digestive complications. About 10 million Americans are unknowing carriers of a CF gene.
"We have had a productive relationship for a number of years with CFFT and we share the common goal of providing a safe and effective therapeutic for people with CF," said Robert C. Moen, M.D., Ph.D., president and CEO of Copernicus. "Our relationship with CFFT involves not only financial support, but also support at the scientific level through a research review committee comprised of outstanding academic scientists active in the areas required for development of a successful product. We look forward to working with CFFT in meeting the critical need for an effective gene-based therapy for the lung manifestations of CF."
"We are encouraged by the promise of Copernicus' technology and the scientific rigor the firm is applying to the development process," said Robert J. Beall, Ph.D., president and CEO of the CF Foundation and CFFT. "Gene-based therapies offer hope for potentially lifesaving treatments that tackle the root cause of CF, rather than just the symptoms. We are grateful for the many people that generously support CFF and provide CFFT with critical financial resources to support this kind of research."
About the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, CFFT, and Copernicus
Copernicus Therapeutics, Inc., a privately held biotechnology company, is dedicated to delivering the promise of nucleic acid therapeutics. The same technology that is being tested for its ability to deliver the CF gene to the lung of CF patients can be applied to treating serious lung infections caused by influenza A, bird flu, and other respiratory viruses, as well as for treating a variety of blinding disorders. The Copernicus multi-component delivery platform can be used to develop nucleic acid therapies for numerous human diseases. Additional information about Copernicus is available at http://www.cgsys.com.
The mission of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation is to assure the development of the means to cure and control CF, and to improve the quality of life for those with the disease. CFFT is the nonprofit drug development affiliate of the CF Foundation that operates drug discovery, development and evaluation efforts. Total support for CFFT is provided by the CF Foundation. The CF Foundation has initiated a special gifts campaign, Milestones to a Cure, with a target goal of $175 million to support programs like the one with Copernicus. For more information about CF, the CF Foundation or CFFT, call (800) FIGHT CF or visit www.cff.org.


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Place 14 blackberries and 2 thyme sprigs in medium bowl. Press firmly on solids with muddler or back of wooden spoon until mashed. Mix in tequila, Simple Syrup, lime juice, and Cointreau, then 1 cup ice. Stir to blend well. Strain into large glass measuring cup. Mix in sparkling wine. Divide remaining ice between 2 tall glasses. Pour Margarita mixture over. Garnish each with 1 blackberry and 1 thyme sprig.
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It all began in 2009 when one of our founders started a new job in a very corporate, buttoned-up environment. No longer able to dress casually, he was forced to shave daily with overpriced disposable razors and wear a collared shirt and tie. He quickly found this routine caused irritation along the neck area (and to his wallet) and something had to be done. After talking to shaving experts, he discovered the answer wasn't a multi-blade system like the Mach 3 or Fusion razors but rather a safety razor with a single blade system and higher quality shaving creams. Shortly thereafter, the Mach 3 and aerosol can were out of the medicine cabinet and replaced with a safety razor and quality shaving cream. He quickly found this new shaving technique to significantly reduce skin irritation and to be surprisingly enjoyable. Having seen the benefits of this new shaving method first hand, the website customshaving.com was born in an effort to help other men find the shave right for them. Since our inception we've helped thousands of men achieve a quality shave and look forward to doing so for years to come.
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rusty, no flames at all. let me give you the low down on mutt. mutt can
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mutt is like an hp graphing calculator. its learning curve is very steep,
but what you get in return is near infinite utility.
it took me about 2 weeks to get fully comfortable with mutt, and a large part
of that is because EVERYTHING is configurable with mutt. i'm not even sure
the author of mutt knows all the features.
if you switch over to mutt, expect to ask alot of questions and do alot of
reading, especially if you're an incessant tinkerer, like i am.
word of advice: if you use vim, seek out another vim user who uses mutt.
we've all configured mutt to use vim key bindings which will take you a long
way towards getting comfy with mutt. i'm such a person. i think henry is
another word of advice: if you switch over to mutt, it will be the perfect
opportunity for you to learn how to use gpg. the mutt/gpg interface is
elm is good client. simple, intuitive and has enough features to keep the
average person satisfied. there are some features that elm doesn't have
that i needed, which is why i moved on to...
pine is also a good client. fairly simple, fairly intuitive and has a lot of
features. some of the more advanced features are hard to use correctly (have
you ever tried to change your From: header with pine? in some cases, you
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your pinerc which isn't accessible from the pine configure menu. nuts!
henry was the person responsible for getting me to use mutt. at first i
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Western will put forth its best efforts to undertake building design and construction projects in line with LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Silver standards. Currently, Western has 1 LEED GOLD certified building (Claudette MacKay-Lassonde Pavillion) and 2 LEED SILVER certified buildings (McIntosh Gallery and Stevenson/Lawson Hall). Seven additional buildings are registered for LEED certification. They are:
More information about some of these buildings can be found below. Campus and community members wishing to learn more about these green buildings can register for a tour here.
In 2009, Western officially opened the Claudette MacKay-Lassonde Pavilion, the first LEED certified building on campus. Dubbed "the green building", this $22-million, 45,000 square-foot structure exemplifies environmental building practices in addition to housing research projects in green technologies, processes and materials.
The McIntosh Gallery was officially certified on October, 9, 2012. It is the nation's first building to be certified under the new, more stringent green building guidelines, LEED NC-2009. For the gallery, energy efficiency was key, seeing that the building was over 70 years old when it was renovated:
The renovation efforts also inspired McIntosh staff to develop some of their own green initiatives – like targeting paper use to using only locally sourced walnut frames for art.
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Wake Forest Slips By Hoosiers, 2-1
Sept. 16, 2007
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - The Indiana field hockey team wrapped up its challenging weekend on Sunday with a tough 2-1 loss at the hands of No. 5 Wake Forest at the IU Field Hockey Field. All of the scoring took place with a span of four minutes in the second half, with Danitra Castro doing the honors for the Hoosiers.
The two teams played even in the first half, with Wake Forest (5-2) hold a slight statistical advantage in penalty corners and shots.
The Demon Deacons got on the board first just less than ten minutes into the second half as Chelsea Cipriani took the pass from Michelle Kasold and got it by IU goalkeeper Haley Exner.
Just over two minutes later, the Hoosiers responded off a penalty corner. Kate O'Connell pushed the ball out to Meredith Brown at the top of the circle. Brown then left a pass for Castro at the top of the circle, who blasted it past the Wake Forest defense to tie the game at 1-1.
The game remained tied for less than two minutes before Regina Shannon scored her first goal of the season on a rebound from a penalty corner. Indiana continued to put pressure on the Demon Deacons over the remaining 20 minutes, but were not able to crack the Wake Forest defense.
The Hoosiers were only able to get three shots off in the game, with the only one on goal being the shot from Castro that beat the Wake keeper.
"We can take a lot of positives out of how we played this weekend," senior forward Kate O'Connell said. "We definitely took steps forward with how we played this weekend."
The Hoosiers will now head to Columbus, Ohio to start Big Ten play on Friday, Sept. 21 against Ohio State at 3 p.m. They will turn around and play Missouri State on Saturday in Columbus starting at noon.
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Lagos — Nigeria has recorded further reduction in its crude oil production as by US oil major, Mobil Producing, operator of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) joint venture, yesterday shut in some chunks of its oil production following an attack on its offshore facility in Akwa Ibom State by suspected militants.
The oil major, which confirmed the shut-in via a statement to Dow Jones Newswires, said: "Production on the facility has been shut in as a precautionary measure."
An Executive Director at Exxonmobil, Mrs. Gloria Essien-Danner, who confirmed the attack in an earlier statement, was silent on the amount of production affected by the incident and also did not name the field affected.
It was, however, learnt that project that was affected in the attack was the Oso project.
Oso had been targeted in previous disruptions. It has in the past produced some 75,000 barrels of oil a day with estimated reserves of 500 million barrels of oil, Dow Jones quoted multiple sources as saying.
The attack on Mobil facility is coming barely one week after the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) abducted seven crew members on an oil rig operated by the United Kingdom listed exploration company, Afren Plc, and injured two persons.
The escalation of violence in the Niger Delta region in the last three weeks, industry sources said, has further reduced Nigeria's crude oil production, which currently stands at 2.2 million barrels per day.
Essien-Danner had confirmed that unknown armed persons on Sunday evening boarded the offshore facility.
"Mobil Producing Nigeria, operator of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation NNPC/ MPN Joint Venture confirms that one of its offshore facilities was boarded by unknown armed persons in the evening of Sunday, November 14, 2010. Relevant government and security agencies have been informed and appropriate response measures are underway at this time. We restate our commitment to ensuring the safety of people and property," the statement read.
A security source said the incident could be a reprisal following a recent raid by the military on militants' camps in Bayelsa State.
Nigeria was producing about 2.5 million barrels of oil per day prior to the outbreak of violence in the Niger Delta in 2006.
Production was reduced to about 1.3 million barrels following the spate of attacks on oil facilities.
However, following the amnesty programme, which brought normalcy to the region, production now stands at 2.2 million because of increase in exploration activities.
The peace deal between the Federal Government and the militants, which culminated in the amnesty exercise, was first shattered on October 30, when armed militants attacked an oil facility belonging to the Italian oil company, Nigeria Agip Oil Company (NAOC).
Crude oil trunk lines connecting the Osiama oilfield/flowstation in Southern Ijaw Local Government area to Brass oil export terminal was blown up with explosives.
There have also been pockets of attacks on companies in the region, even with the amnesty in place, but the November 8 attack on an offshore oil rig operated by the exploration firm, Afren Plc, was one of the biggest of its kind since the amnesty programme took off last year.
The Okoro field off Akwa Ibom State was attacked by gunmen who took five crew members, two Americans, two French and one Canadian hostage, while wounding two others.
The attack on the shallow-water field, which is Afren's biggest producing oilfield with an average output of 17,300 barrels per day, had prompted the company to temporarily suspend operation.
Although MEND did not own up immediately, the group, which threatened to unleash more mayhem on companies in the region, had after 24 hours, claimed responsibility for the attack on Afren's High Island VII jackup rig, which recently arrived in the Okoro field and was preparing to begin drilling.
Meanwhile, eight members of staff of Exxonmobil were on Sunday night kidnapped in Oso Gas and Condensate Complex located in Akwa Ibom.
THISDAY gathered that the kidnappers had stormed the platform in six speed boats armed with various weapons of destruction as they shoot sporadically for about 10 minutes before finally adopting the workers who are members of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff of Nigeria (PENGASSAN).
THISDAY further learnt that security at the platform tried to engage the kidnappers but later retreated for safely reasons.
It took the courage of the staff to immediately shut down the platform that has installed capacity of 80kb condensate and 60kb NGL through what is known as Emergency Shut Down (ESD) as part of precautionary measures to prevent the whole complex from being consumed by fire.
The President of Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), Comrade Babatunde Ogun, has called on security agencies to immediately secure the safe release of the kidnapped oil workers.
Ogun said no communication had been established with either the kidnappers or the oil workers, expressing fear that the victims might have been taken to Cameroon since the platform is close to a border town.
"The kidnappers that stormed the platform around 10pm last night with six speed boats armed with various weapons of destruction and shooting sporadically to the air and it only took the bravery and ingenuity of the staff to shut down the platform that has installed capacity of 80kb condensate and 60kb NGL.
"As at this period, we have not been able to establish contact with the abductors. At the time of this attack 74 people were on board while eight people were kidnapped. PENGASSAN call on government to ensure they are found and released immediately," Ogun said.


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Tankaar 10.08August 14th, 2010 by Crusader
The Tankaar Team have announced a new release of Tankaar, a two player artillery game:
- 50 weapons/astras
- Option to play against computer at 5 different levels of varying difficulty
- XMPP connection through port 443 and using old SSL Port Method
- Improved interface for friend invitation.
- Keyboard controls for power, angle and fire.
Tankaar is unique in the sense that game is powered by XMPP (Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol). So two players which
are connected through a XMPP messaging service like GTalk, Jabber etc. can play against each other. In absence of a real opponent
player can play against computer. The inspiration of the game in drawn from Indian Mythology and players duel as archers with divine arrows
(called astras). And the best part, it is free.
Download: [ tankaar.com ]


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Caipirinhas are the Brazilian national cocktail, and are made by crushing limes with sugar, and then mixing them with cachaca, a liquor derived from sugar cane. I crave them every once in a while, both because of my frightening addiction to highly acidic foods, as well as their refreshing nature. The other day I thought I would make a sour cherry version, with early Summer's fleeting tart fruit. I have a very captive audience these days, since my grandparents are visiting, and they have long enjoyed being KC guinea pigs. There is nothing complicated about the recipe. I just followed our basic Caipirinha Cocktail http://www.kitchencaravan.com/segment/caipirinha-101, and after crushing the limes with the sugar, I added a few pitted sour cherries, and crushed them slightly. At the end, I garnished the cocktail with a cherry as well. The result is a beautiful cocktail with fuschia traces, that leaves you with some sweet and sour cherries at the end. Enjoy!
Curried Lentils
Sophia's Notes: Lately I have been obsessed with curry. Curry this and curry that. I sprinkle it on everything and crave it all the time. For our latest Twice is Nice, we decided to do a looser interpretation, and both of us just made our own version of Curried Lentils. I had envisioned some loose soupy lentils in a rich curry broth. Since I have been very into Thai food lately, I thought I would use a coconut broth. I was going to have some friends over that night, and then serve the soupy lentils over brown rice. Once I started cooking, however, my habits took over, and I got distracted and ended up making rice with lentils in the same pot. It was only after I had put the lid over the whole thing that I remembered my original intention. I used coconut oil and coconut cream to sweat shallots, ginger, scallions, and garlic. I then added Vadouvan Curry, the type of curry they use in France. I tossed in the brown rice and then added some vegetables: carrots, eggplant, and red pepper. I cooked everything in a vegan broth for 30 minutes, before adding the lentils and coconut water and cooking it more for another 20 minutes. I would have cooked the rice for only 20 minutes knowing how mushy it got in the end. Finally, I tossed in some freshly chopped cilantro and served it with goat milk yogurt for those who wanted it. I kind of wished that I had made the soupy version of the lentils, because I love having a clean rice to balance out the curry flavor, but it was still delicious. I definitely love the combination of curry with coconut milk, and almost can never resist making it that way.
Emma's Notes: We were a bit low on lentils, so I mixed mine with yellow split peas, I also added a parsnip. The curry I usedwas a little yellow curry mix that I got in Tanzania last year. It is really nice and has a bit of spice to it and is coarsely ground.... It was an adventure poaching the egg, I think it was my first time actually. We also ate the eggs and lentils with steamed kale, which was a good combination! I will definitely make this again... and explore other poached egg possibilities.


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Engineering Goodies finally in with Patch 5.4!
Kayree went to Paw'don Glade and beat up some Twinspire orcs and peons right outside the village gates. This is one of the first locations Alliance will visit after they zone into Pandaria. The mobs are level 84/85 and should be fairly easy for a Cataclysm geared toon. I assume the Horde has comparable dudes to pick on in their starting areas. Assuming your toon is eligible for Pandaria content, you should be able to reach this (or a similar) location within 10-15 minutes of leaving your home city.
Kayree killed about 8 mobs at Paw'don before finding Chief Engineer Jard's Journal:
When you click on the journal, you automatically learn all of the new Engineering recipes, including:
Jard's Peculiar Energy Source
Sky Golem
Advanced Refrigeration Unit
Jard's Peculiar Energy Source is on a one day cooldown. If you want to make all of these new items, you'll need 65 jard-cores to create one of each. So you can see that the daily CD will be a limiting factor on production. It also means that we won't be seeing any pets on the market for at least two weeks, or mounts for a full month. So now would be a good time to stock up on ghost iron, trillium and/or living steel :)
If you have any questions about these new recipes or suggestions for additional research, please leave a Comment!
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I predict that mount will be very popular considering:ReplyDelete
It doesn't require engineering.
It doesn't require vendor purchased mats
The Energy Source is fairly inexpensive
It is only limited by the daily cooldown
So, 300 Ghost Iron bars and 30 Living Steel
Bars sell for aboout 6-10g each and Living Steel is about 500-700 each
So roughly 18,000 in mats, I imagine these will sell for 40-50k 30 days after launch of 5.4, which would be the quickest someone could see one.
- AnonymousJuly 26, 2013 at 1:51 AM
If you have a toon/alt with mining and alchemy you will be able to make the bars and living steel for no cost at all so you could be looking at pure profit !!ReplyDeleteReplies
True, I do have both of those professions, and there usually reaches a point where the price of the mount itself is LESS than the price of selling the mats. In other words, Living Steel may jump up to absurd levels and the quantity of mounts available may continue to grow. Therefore, selling the Ghost Iron and Steel to someone other engineer may be a better deal. Now I need to decide if I want to keep the first one I make for myself. :)Delete
Most "goblins" don't consider that pure profit because your time is required to collect those items :) I'm not so much in that camp, so I agree that you could potentially make them completely yourself if you have the right professions.Delete
- AnonymousSeptember 16, 2013 at 5:25 PM
I have killed many mobs outside of paw'don gates but still no journal drop. I'm using a 87 lvl warlock with 597 mining and 595 engineering. Any thoughts?ReplyDeleteReplies
I would guess your problem is that you do not have Engineering capped. All of the comments posted on Wowhead for this recipe are from folks saying their Engie skill is 600 or higher (for gnomes). I see no reports of anyone under 600 getting the drop, and I see plenty of folks claiming that 600 is required. I would say it's worth your while to grind out those last 5 points and try the farming again. My vote would be to make a mechanical dragonling - battle pets are selling really well right now :)Delete
Good luck and please report back with your results!
- AnonymousSeptember 16, 2013 at 5:44 PM
will do thanks for the help.Delete
- AnonymousDecember 11, 2013 at 1:29 AM
Based on this got my engineering to 600, but a hundred or so kills later, still no journal :(Delete
- AnonymousDecember 11, 2013 at 7:37 AM
Just had it drop twice the first time I did a heroic instance after hitting 600 engineering.Delete


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Tuesday March 27. Another no picture day because it was another day of all rain all day.
I kept following the 101 until I just couldn't take the slow traffic, dumb drivers (no wonder they don't let y'all pump your own gas), and shitty weather anymore, eventually punted around Lincoln City and made my inland to I-5. Burned up through Portland, which looked more like Pittsburgh or some other mid-sized Appalachian city than anything I've seen for a couple thousand miles, then jumped on US 30 North to stay off the freeway for a while and hoping for something more scenic, and crossed into Washington at Longview, where I got gas to avoid dealing with another Oregon pump jockey. Not much to say after this, I simply burned up the 5 to get to seattle as quickly as possible. A quick stop for gas in Centralia and to contact Clif, my host for the next couple days, to let him know I was close. Nothing like hitting a strange city in the tail end of rush hour in the rain, but I was absolutely amazed at the number of riders out and the way traffic seemed to flow relatively well and consciously of the motorbikes. I guess if you don't ride in the rain you don't ride up here...
Made it to Clif's in time for dinner and spent most of the rest of the evening drying out, getting cleaned up, and planning the next day's moto-tour of Seattle.
Wednesday March 28
One of my favorite things to do when out on the road, I think I've mentioned, is stopping by a town's motorcycle dealerships to see what there is to see and fortunately Seattle is blessed with some of the best. I should have taken more pictures, but... hindsight and all that. I almost have to come back through this way if I leave Alaska so maybe I'll do it then.
First up, the biggie... Touratech USA. They were interested enough to put me on their facebook page under "Parked out front"
I've bitched as much as anyone at the cost of Touratech farkles and basically had written them off as overpriced toys of the rich and overly gear obsessed... but goddamn this is a honest to goodness motorcycle shop run by guys who ride, love to ride, and love making great quality gear and garb for riders. Its one of the only places in the USA where you could literally ride up with a stock bike and money (lots of money) and outfit yourself for a round-the-world trip in one visit.
Second stop was the other end of the ADV spectrum, AltRider.
They focus on the non-german ADV type bikes (and the germans too, of course) and are kinda like the scappy, grassroots cousin of Touratech. Definitely more of a hooligan atmosphere here.
Had a long stop at Moto International, one of the best Moto Guzzi dealerships in the nation.
Had a long talk with Dave Richardson about what's likely to be my new bike this fall, the V7 Classic, bike and Guzzi's in general, then had pizza at the pizza place across the street. The sun came out finally and the city felt like it suddenly came alive with it.
Next stop was Ride West BMW http://www.ridewest.com/ . As I walked in the door, I heard two of the guys behind the counter go "Holy shit, an Ellicott City Motorsports sticker!" Turns out both of them were originally from Maryland, used to work at Bob's BMW (my local BMW shop) and were very familiar with the trials and tribulations of local dealerships back home. More looking at bikes and gear I can't afford, then a quick stop at Ride powersports, before calling it an evening and riding home under overcast skies. Spent most of the night bullshitting with Clif again and playing with the dogs, keeping everyone up past their bed times.
Thursday March 29
My last full day in the lower 48. A nothing day really, Clif's wife let me borrow the car to stay dry while I ran some errands (books and food for the boat trip mainly). Later in the day I dropped in to the Eastside Riders MAG (Meet and greet) at Celtic Bayou for beer and food.
Friday March 30. End of the line, and new beginnings...
Got a late-ish start leaving Clif's house, but no worries at all since Bellingham was less than 2 hours away and I didn't have to check in until 3pm. A quick run up some back roads and some time on the 5 and before I knew it...
I had just enough time to get some food and buy some tie-down straps before it was time to board. Of course waiting in line it started raining but fortunately they let me on early to get out of the rain.
Off with my duffel, strapped and locked my helmet and 'stich to the bike, grabbed my camera, and headed up to the Solarium to claim a deck chair as my camp site for the next couple days...
Bon Voyage!
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Half of me is insanely jealous of your adventure and the other half believes you are insane.
Good luck. I hope you find what you are looking for.
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The ferry
You are gonna have a ball, relax, watch the awesome scenery, animals, people.
Also if you have access read/laugh at this Adv RR. Wife and I ran into Vermin at Prince Rupert ,we still keep in touch, still have great laughs together. Enjoy the RR
We look forward to keep in touch with you and your ride.
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March 30 to April 2 - Alaska Marine Highway from Bellingham to Ketchikan on the M/V Matanuska, and from Ketchikan to Haines on the M/V Columbia.
Leaving the dock
Sunset off the bow
In order to bypass riding through the Canadian interior in late winter I took the ferry, properly known as the Alaska Marine Highway System, from its southernmost port in Bellingham, WA to Haines, AK. The first stretch, from Bellingham to Ketchikan, is by far the longest at about 36 hours. We left Bellingham at 6pm on the 30th and arrived in Ketchikan early on April 1st. Nothing to do but sit around and wait as we slowly sail up the Inside Passage. It was mostly dead calm except for the two or three sound crossings that were exposed to the open ocean swell. On the ferry, you can either rent a cabin, sleep in the lounges, or as I opted to do sleep on the Solarium deck. Its open to the air and has heaters to keep it warm, so even in winter its tolerable. Most of the nights it was below freezing but I stayed warm and comfortable (helped no doubt by my 0* down sleeping bag).
It was actually quite pleasant to sleep outside in the fresh air and out away from the rest of the herd on the cattle erm... lounge deck. The views didn't hurt either.
Later in the afternoon the sun came out
The boats fortunately have a lounge too, so I spent most of my time there.
The next morning we pulled in to Ketchikan and changed boats. Changing boats gave me a chance to run around town for the little bit, which is nice because there's no other way to get to Ketchikan as there are no roads to the mainland.
On the new boat Solarium deck
Around 10am on the second of April, the ferry pulled in to Haines, AK. The weather was borderline cold, probably at most 40 degrees, and the roads, at least down here, were clear. Only 660 miles or so to Fairbanks...
...But I'd have to get there first.
"We wish your trail a long one" - Darlene "Sid" Dowd ~ Never run out of traction, ideas, and real estate at the same time.
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There is a strange feeling in Haines, like you're hanging off of the edge of the world. Because you kinda are out exposed on the edge, the edge of civilization anyways. There are remote parts of the country in the lower 48, but nothing like up here. The atmosphere carries a seriousness I've not felt elsewhere yet on my travels, and it whispers 'be wary'. The closest to it is riding on the Outer Banks south of Hatteras where you are basically exposed to the Atlantic Ocean on a tiny spit of sand. Death Valley might as well be Manhattan by comparison. Once off the ferry, I rode about 10 miles to get to the actual town of Haines, where I topped off my gas tank and got some cash for the ride through Canada just in case the station that were open didn't take or couldn't take credit. I asked the woman at the gas station how people were saying the roads were today, and a man who had just come in said it was great all the way to Haines Junction, clear the entire way.
That information was already several hours old by the time I recieved it...
Stopped at the border
"What brings you to Canada?" Moving to Alaska. "Awful early to be on that thing isn't it?" Yeah... probably but hopefully it won't be too bad. Seen any other bikes this year? "No, not really. A few locals maybe". Hmm... He took my passport card inside and came back after about 10 minutes. "Ok be careful out there, welcome to Canada."
Maybe 30 minutes from the border it started flurrying. I could feel the mountains soaring up around me, but I couldn't see them... everything was white. There was easily 5-6 feet of snow on the sides of the road in places, not drifts either. There were more than a few occasions where I couldn't even see from the blowing snow, thank god the road was paved with asphalt so it contrasted with everything else. This was sketch. Beyond sketch. The winds were bad, mostly on my nose blowing down out of the arctic and they seemed to be bringing not just cold but snow as well, fortunately the dry fluffy kind that doesn't stick anywhere because its too cold to stick. About 14 miles outside of Haines Junction... I sputtered out of gas. One bottle in... and 12.5 miles later I was out again. Second bottle in... pulled in to the only gas pump that took a credit card to conserve my cash. Also got a burger at the only restaurant in town, which was actually somewhat decent. I could not imagine living in a town and isolated as this, let alone growing up here knowing the same 150 people cradle to grave... maybe I was just in a bad mood because of fatigue or the weather or the stars but damn I could not get out of Haines Junction fast enough. The weather was definitely turning sour and I wanted to make it at least as far as Destruction Bay before I stopped to try to minimize tomorrows ride in what was likely to be less than ideal conditions... I still had delusional hopes about making it to Fairbanks tomorrow.
Destruction Bay is only 60 miles from Haines Junction or so, and another 430ish to Fairbanks so in theory it should be ok. I couldn't remember how far the next town, Beaver Creek, was. Shortly out of Haines Junction, it started sleeting then snowing. Snowing snowing. I promised myself that if it turned bad within 20 miles of leaving HJ, I would turn back, if not push on. About 5 miles from Destruction Bay it started snowing in earnest and I felt the temperature drop. It was TIME to get off the goddamn highway before I hurt myself or worse. Fortunately the gas station in DB is also a motel, the Talbot Arms, and they had room available.
How much is a room? "$88" How far is Beaver Creek from here? "About 180km" Hmm.. snowing, suns going down, 3+ hours to ride... I'm covered in ice and rhime, the bike is covered in ice and slush, its stupid to keep going.
I didn't realize until I stopped how bone tired and cold I was. To make matters worse the bike was running like absolute shit, cutting out randomly in top gear until I let off the throttle and hit it again, and I could tell from riding that the chain tension was waaaaay too loose. Great... just what I want to do in sub freezing weather, adjust my goddamn chain slack. I said screw it, I won't be able to ride first thing in the morning anyway so I put it off till tomorrow, got dinner and a beer, and watched some TV before falling asleep worrying about the road ahead.
Tuesday April 3
Its amazing how much food and sunshine can improve ones mood. It was still cold, several degrees below freezing, but the roads were clear enough at Destruction Bay to keep moving (against the advice of oh... everyone at the hotel and restaurant that morning). Once again, if I get up to halfway to the next town and it turns to shit, i'll turn back. Otherwise, I have to keep moving. My money was running out only slightly faster than my patience for this ride and I was ready to be done and sitting somewhere for more than a few days.
Leaving DB:
The Yukon is so breathtakingly and harshly wild beautiful its almost beyond description. I was ecstatic to be there, and infinitely happy that I had not slogged through the previous 1500 miles of the Canadian interior to get there. Especially since 70 miles outside of Beaver Creek, the AlCan turned to this:
Seventy (70) goddamn miles of hardpack snow with the odd stripe of clear pavement, often on the wrong side of the highway, save for a few 1-2km clear sections. It took me FIVE (5) hours to get from DB to Beaver Creek. 120 miles, 5 hours. I dumped it three times, fortunately at extremely slow speeds because I was on a motard with street tires. Screw Canada and their inability to keep their ONE SINGLE ROAD in the Yukon open and clear of snow. And its not like they weren't plowing, its just that the plows that were out were merely skimming the surface of the snow picking off maybe the top 1/4" of snow. Maybe they get paid by the hour or something. For the privilege I paid $1.50 more per gallon for gas, 2x as much for food, and wasted most of a day flailing around on roads I had no business being on yet. I have never been so happy to see the United States, with its functioning snow removal equipment, cheap fuel, less expensive food, and actual highway maintenance. Even better, I got confirmation (for better or worse) from the border guard at the US customs house that I was the first motorcycle to come up from the lower 48 for the year.
The roads in the US were comparatively perfect and I was able to motor as far as Tok before night caught me. And there... the Canada Strikes Back! Remember how I paid for gas using my credit card? I had two nice giant $100 holds on my debit card from those gas stations. As I was already on fumes financially at that point, it made getting things like dinner and a room at Fast Eddie's fun. Canada sucks. Fortunately I had some food left in my bags from the ferry for dinner. An my family doesn't suck so a couple quick phone calls I was financially solvent again and able to pay for my room in the morning and get breakfast and get gas since those holds would stay on for about 5 days.
Wednesday April 4
Leaving Tok... on the home stretch... it was maybe 5 degrees when I left and I was wearing damn near every piece of clothing available to me and I was just managing to stay tolerably warm. Lunch and gas in Delta Junction, and I pulled in to Fairbanks around 2pm. Figuring I might as well make an entrance, I just went straight to the hotel where I'll be working all summer and introduced myself. "Hi, my name is David Dawson, I just rode my motorcycle up here from Maryland and I'm looking for [my new boss]. Is he around? I'd like to say hello."
That's it folks, we made it! The hotel put me up for the night. I met my roommate and we moved most of my ride gear and the crap I shipped up to myself to my new apartment, started work about a week later. The weather went from cold and snowy to 50's and sunny the day after I arrived. Spring has come to Fairbanks. Now, just a scant three weeks later, nearly all of the snow is gone, the roads are clear, the bikes are out, and the sun doesn't set until around 1030pm, and its still light at the edge of the sky through most of the night. I've gotten the briefest glimpse of the northern lights twice and seen probably 3 dozen caribou total. The hotel has a 'beware of moose' sign on the entrance. Local and micro brews are cheaper than Budweiser. There's a pizza place, a thai restaurant, a falafel stand, an ice cream stand, and a dive bar with a hot dog cart within walking distance of my apartment. So far this has been the best crazy stupidly retarded idea I've yet had. Oh, and I'm making at least twice as much money with half the rent and other bills I had in Maryland.
The end is just the beginning however... Dust to Dawson is fast approaching in June. The haul road starts just outside of town. Denali is less than 2 hours away. I'm mobile, hostile, and agile, and by the end of summer I will probably be not just out of debt but have some money saved away for the winter if I don't drink it all. The plan? I don't have a plan. I'm just living for me, living for tomorrow, living for life.
"We wish your trail a long one" - Darlene "Sid" Dowd ~ Never run out of traction, ideas, and real estate at the same time.
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Eastern TAT 8/2009 ~MD-Key West-Oklahoma 4/2011~Maryland to Alaska 3/2012
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stuck in my head most of the way
"We wish your trail a long one" - Darlene "Sid" Dowd ~ Never run out of traction, ideas, and real estate at the same time.
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Eastern TAT 8/2009 ~MD-Key West-Oklahoma 4/2011~Maryland to Alaska 3/2012
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Joined: Jan 2008
Location: Fairbanks, AK
Oddometer: 2,990
I need to give thanks to the following people without whom this trip would never have been competed. First and foremost, my mom and dad for supporting me in the decision to move as far as possible and still be in the actual country from them.
A massive, huge, mega thanks to BigDog, HighFive, ramz, HardWorkingDog, and Cyborg for giving me a place to sleep, feeding me, a place to wrench, a place to decompress, and generally putting up with some smelly stranger from the right coast riding a bike thats too small, with too much luggage, that they've never met before with some crazy idea to ride from Maryland to Alaska too early in the year for a silly summer job. All of you are wonderful people with wonderful families and I hope that one day I can repay your kindness in kind. I said it to HF and I meant it, I don't know how quite to handle people I barely know being this nice to me. Hopefully next time through I can mooch less and we can ride more. And thank you, all of you, for reminding me again that the people you love and care for and care for you are really all that's important in life.
And thanks to everyone who took the time to read this. I hope you were at least entertained, and that it helps push you to follow whatever dreams keep you awake at night, mind racing, palms sweaty, and heart fluttering. Ride fast, take chances, safety third.
"We wish your trail a long one" - Darlene "Sid" Dowd ~ Never run out of traction, ideas, and real estate at the same time.
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Awesome trip Dave! Though I'm starting to suspect I won't be buying your Wolfman luggage.
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I still have it if you want it. The tank bag lid needs to be resewn along the zipper seam and the right side saddle bag could use a patch or fresh duct tape, but otherwise still works great. PM me if you're being serious.
"We wish your trail a long one" - Darlene "Sid" Dowd ~ Never run out of traction, ideas, and real estate at the same time.
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Eastern TAT 8/2009 ~MD-Key West-Oklahoma 4/2011~Maryland to Alaska 3/2012
Joined: Jul 2011
Location: Gaithersburg, MD
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No, just joshing around. I got a tank bag and hope to receive the new E-12 saddlebags as a gift soon. It wouldn't be fair to your luggage if I owned them, scooting around the Frederick watershed would be quite the letdown compared to where they've been.
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Great report Skierd!
That ride from Haines to Fairbanks was properly crazy, you'll fit in just fine up in Alaska where that's more the norm
Hope that rainsuit helped you tolerate the rest of the ride from Seattle to up North a little better.
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Great report. Thanks for taking the time.
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You made it
I see you made it Skierd-----you endeavored to persevere
Glad to help you out on your way. Hope the job works out for you.
In no time at all you'll be here.
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Hey BigDog, I remember that area, couple years ago...
Now we need to see Skierd's Deadhorse/Prudehoe Bay picture.
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Discover the industry secrets to recording crisp, rich instrument tracks and vocals in any type of recording environment. Join renowned audio engineer Bobby Owsinski as he walks through the process of miking and tracking a complete song by Underground Sun recording artist Iyeoka and A-list session musicians in a top-of-the-line studio—in a way that is applicable to any recording space and musical genre. Learn how to select the correct microphone and polar pattern for each instrument, with hundreds of revealing listening examples for drums, acoustic and electric guitar, piano, keyboards, and more. These professional techniques offer critical insights for those just getting started in the recording process, and a trustworthy reference guide for more seasoned engineers. Bobby also demonstrates how to monitor and sculpt EQ settings, why and when to process your input signal, and how to choose the right outboard gear for the track. This course employs 360-degree, 3D visualizations that provide an unprecedented perspective of the equipment, players, and microphone placements discussed. Plus, with the raw audio files provided, you can critically listen to every recorded example at home with your DAW of choice at full 24-bit resolution.
Once you've gotten the sound of the individual drums it's time to listen to the total kit and get a mix together. There are several schools of thought in terms of which drums to start the drum mix from, but we'll start with what's probably the standard, the kick drum. Wherever you start from, the idea is to blend all the different drum mics into a cohesive single drum sound. Stand about 6 feet in front of the kit and listen while the drummer plays a song your about to record and take note of the balance of the kit. Playing the song is important, because it will give you a true idea of how everything will sound later.
(music playing) Now that you have an idea what the drum sound like in the room, go back in the control room and turn your monitor control up to a moderate level. Now raise the level of the kick drum until it reads about -10 dB on the master mix bus meter. (music playing) Raise the level of the snare until it's about the same relative volume level, which might not be the same fader level.
The side of the kick might change after it's paired with the snare but that's not unusual. (music playing) Have the drummer go to a place in the song where there are tom fills. Raise the level of all toms until they are about the same level as the kick and snare. The sound of the kick and/or snare may change as you bring the individual tom faders up, but that's to the excepted. (music playing) Raise the level of the cymbal or overhead mics until the overall sound begins to change and the cymbals become more distinct sounding.
Once again, the sound of the other drums will change as the cymbals are introduced but that's normal. (music playing) You can probably hear the hi-hat already. Raise the level of the hi-hat mic until it becomes a bit more distinct sounding. (music playing) Bring up the room mic, or mics, to the point where you can just hear them.
This will fill in the sound a lot and glue together the kit balance. Yes, the sound of the rest of the kit will also change, but now it should sound more like one kit, instead of individual drums. (music playing)
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"I think Twitter made it bigger than what it really was," Pettis said. "One of Nick Diaz's friends -- I was taking pictures with a fan -- had something to say. My family don't play, their family don't play, drinks got thrown, security came. Me and Nick Diaz never had a confrontation together. I think Twitter blew it up a little more than it was. That's normal for me in Milwaukee -- it's nothing big."
Since taking the title, Pettis has been the target of every lightweight in the promotion. That extends to Nate Diaz, who's had no problem calling out the champ so far. Pettis said that he's comfortable with a target on his back though, and has no intention on giving ground.
- UFC president Dana White revealed earlier this month that light heavyweight champ Jon Jones had determined that the leftover injuries from his brawl with Alexander Gustafsson were going to prevent a planned February return against Glover Teixeira. Citing a persistent foot injury, Jones felt that he wouldn't be able to prepare adequately enough to show up at his best for the briefly scheduled UFC 171 bout with Teixeira.
Fortunately, the injuries aren't bad enough to keep him out of the cage much longer than that, as a report given by Ariel Helwani for UFC Tonight has the champ eyeing a March or April return to action.
- Unfortunately for Anthony Pettis, his knee injury will require a much longer hiatus. Pettis, who pulled out of a scheduled bout with Jose Aldo this summer with a knee injury, tore his left post cruciate ligament in his title-winning fight with Benson Henderson. Ariel Helwani reported for UFC Tonight that Pettis will require surgery to mend the injury, and that the procedure could keep him out for six to nine months.
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From: Neven Maguire: Home Chef
A lovely, rustic and Irish after-meal accompaniment
From: Four Live
A quick and nutritious light meal.
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Children and adults love this pizza bread that we serve in the restaurant. It's also great for a barbecue and is just that little bit different. Feel free to vary the toppings depending on what you fancy
From: Catherine's Family Kitchen
Want a convenient, filling and simple supper or main? Place an array of toppings in the centre of the table and everyone in the family can select the topping of their choice for their baked potatoes – guaranteed happy families.
From: Catherine's Italian Kitchen
A great starter or nibble amongst friends.
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The perfect brioche has a delicious rich, buttery flavour, yet it doesn't leave a trace of butter on your fingertips or an aftertaste on the palate. This is another recipe given to me by my good friend Léa Linster
Great for sharing between two for Valentine's Day or as an appetizer or dessert during a dinner party
This is a great takeawayish recipe, all the tastes and textures of a traditional Chinese, but with extra crunch and veggies. Use skinless boneless chicken thighs for really juicy tender chicken, much better than chicken fillets. You can make this a vegetarian main meal by swapping out the chicken for extra veggies like courgettes and extra peppers. The real ish ingredient is pale dry sherry, also called fino sherry. This is the closest Western equivelant to Chinese sxhaosing wine which is a traditional rice wine.
This is a great 'catch all' recipe for the end of the week where you can use up bits of veggies and leftover chicken to make a really tasty, filling meal. And as it is takeawayish, it feels like a treat on a Friday evening. Our ish factors fresh ginger, soya sauce and toasted sesame oil add ish pizazz to a recipe that can be quite bland. Aim for more veggie and meaty bits and less rice for an interesting, delish meal.
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Latest NewsSDPUC to hold revocation hearing on Anderson Seed
By: Agweek Staff and Wire Reports, Agweek
SDPUC to hold revocation hearing on Anderson Seed
• FARGO, N.D. — The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission will hold a hearing at 1:30 p.m. on March 13 to decide whether to permanently revoke the grain buying license for Anderson Seed Co., at its Redfield, S.D., location. Anderson Seed is a sunflower business based at Mentor, Minn. Assets of Anderson Seed and the associated St. Hilaire Seed Co., also of Mentor, recently were sold to Legumex Walker of Winnipeg, Manitoba. An American entity of Legumex Walker, based in Washington state, has become a mortgagor to the company's Redfield plant, which processes sunflowers. The SDPUC meeting will be live on its website at www.puc.sd.gov, by clicking on the LIVE link on the homepage. On Feb. 17, the commission suspended the grain buyer's license. Meanwhile, the North Dakota Public Service Commission has asked Cass County District Court to order the PSC as trustee in the Anderson Seed locations at Durbin, N.D., in Cass County, and Selz, N.D., in Pierce County. There were 28 formal claims as of March 9, some including more than one operator. Harley Olinske Jr., supervisor of the Minnesota Fruit Vegetable and Grain Unit for the Minnesota Department of Agriculture, on March 9 said his department must wait until March 14 for any contest of a claim filed against the bond of the company in that state. If uncontested, the department will publish an announcement in the designated Polk County, Minn., newspaper, inviting others to file claims against the bond.
Conrad details need for a new approach to flooded farmland
• WASHINGTON — Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., met March 9 with U.S. Department of Agriculture National Resource Conservation Service Chief Dave White, to consider a new approach to address the concerns of farmers and ranchers faced with flooded fields and for the people of Devils Lake, N.D. "I appreciate that Chief White has made numerous trips to North Dakota in recent years in his role as head of the NRCS," Conrad says. "He brings a pragmatic, producer oriented approach to conservation programs and the agency. And he understands the need to adopt a policy that ensures consistent and timely administration of the wetland rules." Conrad says the meeting was a follow-up to the questions he raised during a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing last year and a number of subsequent discussions that Conrad staff have had with White on these issues. North Dakota farmers have shared a number of concerns with Conrad which he relayed to White regarding inconsistencies in the way NRCS is making wetlands determinations in different states, the increase in potential wetlands as a result of these certifications in North Dakota, and delays in certifications due to a backlog of requests at NRCS. When wetlands legislation was first adopted in the 1985 Farm Bill, the policy was to ensure "no net loss" of wetlands. Today in North Dakota, farmers are worried that the current NRCS approach could result in a significant increase in wetlands determinations on their farms. Conrad emphasized that NRCS needs to develop a more timely approach to designating and certifying wetlands that treats all producers fairly and allows them to manage their farms and ranches consistent with the 1985 law.
U of Minn. honors three for excellence in agriculture
• ST. PAUL, Minn. — The University of Minnesota on March 8 awarded its annual Siehl Prize for Excellence in Agriculture to a longtime state agriculture commissioner, an economist who works to improve agricultural productivity around the world, and a wheat farmer with a long record of community service. This year's winners are former Agriculture Commissioner Gene Hugoson, applied economics professor Philip Pardey, and wheat farmer Bruce Hamnes, the university's College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences announced as part of National Agriculture Week. Hugoson served as agriculture commissioner for 15 years in three different administrations. His priorities were expanding markets for agricultural products and improving the protection of the state's food supply. Pardey works to alleviate hunger through his strategic analyses of science policy and agricultural investment options for development foundations, governmental and non-governmental agencies. He's co-founder of HarvestChoice, a Gates Foundation-funded initiative that works to boost agricultural productivity and address food needs in developing nations. Hamnes, from Stephen, Minn., has served on agricultural lobbying and advisory groups. He has helped lead research initiatives of the Minnesota Wheat Council and Wheat Growers and with national organizations to expand international wheat markets. The three will be honored in a campus ceremony May 24. Recipients receive a $50,000 award, plus a sculpture and a lapel pin especially designed by Minnesota artist Thomas Rose. The Siehl Prize was created in the early 1990s with a gift from New Ulm, Minn.,-area livestock breeder and businessman Eldon Siehl. The college says he was concerned that people were losing touch with their agrarian roots and wanted his gift to ensure that achievements in agriculture would be recognized and celebrated.
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• CRP enrollment: U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack remind landowners, farmers and ranchers that the opportunity to enroll in the Conservation Reserve Program general sign-up 43 is approaching. Producers who want to offer eligible land for CRP's competitive general sign-up can enroll through April 6 at the Farm Service Agency service center. CRP is a voluntary program that assists farmers, ranchers and other agricultural producers to protect their environmentally sensitive land. Producers enrolling in CRP plant long-term, resource-conserving covers in exchange for rental payments, cost-share and technical assistance. Information: local FSA service center or www.fsa.usda.gov/
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Toshiba Satellite L505-GS5035
SpecificationsNotebook: Toshiba Satellite L505-GS5035 (Satellite L505 Series)
Processor: Intel Core i3 330M
Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics
Display: 15.6 inch, 16:9, 1366x768 pixels, glossy: yes
Weight: 2.7kg
Price: 500 euro
Average of 2 scores (from 2 reviews)
Reviews for the Toshiba Satellite L505-GS5035
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Toshiba's Satellite L505-GS5035 is a mix of new and old features that will have benefits for some but end up making it only an average class of laptop. Performance is good with the Core i3 processor and the eSATA port is a welcome addition. The lack of an HDMI output and the glossy keyboard will detract many others. With a base price of $700, the system stretches the limits of a budget class laptop when most of the competition is $50 to $100 less.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 04/14/2010
Rating: Total score: 60%
Source: Laptop Mag
Improved performance and battery life makes this budget notebook an even better deal than before. The Toshiba Satellite L505-GS5035 should fit most users' needs, and at $699 it represents a good balance between power and price. For $50 less you could opt for more screen real estate with the similarly powerful 17-inch Gateway NV7915u, which also includes a better webcam and an HDMI port.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 02/18/2010
Rating: Total score: 70%
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics: Onboard graphics card that is built in the new Arrandale CPUs (Core i3 / i5 / i7 Dual Cores). Depending on the model and Turbo Boost, the GMA HD is clocked between 166 and 766 MHz.
Only some 3D games with very low demands are playable with these cards.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
The Core i3-330M is a slower clocked 350M and therefore also lacks the Turbo Boost feature and clocks with max. 2.13 GHz. Thanks to Hyperthreading, 4 threads can be processed simultaneously. An integrated graphics card (GMA HD 3150) and a DDR3 memory controller are also included in the package.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
15.6": 15 inch display-variants are the standard and are used for more than the half of all notebooks. 15.4 inch display with 16:10 are the standard for notebook displays. However nowadays, more and more 16:9 displays with 15.6 inch appear. The reason why so many people like displays with medium size is, that this size is not exhausting for the eyes, does not need too much energy and the laptops can be kept quite compact.» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
2.7 kg: This notebook is lighter than the average of all notebooks. It is too heavy for sub-notebooks. 14 inch displays are normal for this class of weight.
Toshiba: Toshiba Corporation is a multinational conglomerate manufacturing company, headquartered in Japan. The company's main business is in Infrastructure, Consumer Products, and Electronic devices and components. Toshiba-made Semiconductors are among the Worldwide Top 20 Semiconductor Sales Leaders. Toshiba is one of the biggest international notebook-manufacturer. There exist many reviews for Toshiba models.
65%: Such a bad rating is rare. There exist hardly any notebooks, which are rated worse.
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Hola my name is Tenesor I am from Spain and I am planing or wanting to do this trip staring next year around April it's the idea, well starting from Austria were I will be by then, so to the point; the whole dream is starting in Austria by push bike then slovenia, hungary, slovakia, ukraine?? I know now is tough times so ?? in ukraine if happend back to hungary, romania, moldova, back in romania, bulgaria (here maybe take a ferry all the way to georgia but it is not being decide yet probably during the way I will decide) after georgia and armenia then azerbaijan or iran, azerbaijan through georgia towards baku for visas purposes or skip azerbaijan and continue all the way to tehran from armenia??whats the best city/visa procedures you could recommend, affordable, etc?? to Turkmenistan, uzbekistan, tajikistan, kyrgyzstan, kazakhstan, china, mongolia do you recommend me to do one or two countries at the time?? like turkmenistan and uzbekistan in azerbiajan then tajikistan and kyrg in uzbekistan then mongolia and chine and on and on.
Once all this countries have being visited the whole crazyness is to cross over to alaska from Bering straight which i think for me in a bike chances are none so people online mention the best way is to get a ship from Korea or japan but I really like the idea of the Bering straight is my dream could you tell me some info about this or guided me or something??
I hope you could find the time to write back to me, I imagine from your website that you are super busy so I would understand if it is not right away, but I really look forward to see what you have to say about this. thank you.
Funny that you use a photo of the Swiss "FO-Bahn" as the "Transport" main picture!
If read your site when I was planning my trip so I thought I'd send you a message now that I'm going through these areas. I'm American and got a Kazakhstan visa in Urumqi for 20 dollars, it took 2 days. Kyrgyzstan visa is now free on arrival (not sure how long that'll last but it's great!), Tajikistan visa 75 dollars in Bishkek in 5 minutes after giving the very nice lady your paperwork and Uzbek, well, not sure on that one yet. Dropped it off in Almaty, hope to pick it up tomorrow but we'll see. Thanks for the great site, it's been a lot of help.


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With Halloween just a few days away, pet owners should know that even though it is a fun time for kids and adults, it is not always fun for their pets. Halloween events can stress pets out and some trick-or-treat goodies can be dangerous to their health. To help pets and their owners have a safe and fun holiday, Animal Behavior College (ABC) asked pet expert and author Audrey Pavia to provide tips on Halloween safety.
For more Halloween safety tips, check out Audrey's recent article in the October edition of "Petropolitan," ABC's e-newsletter.
Audrey Pavia is an award-winning freelance writer and author of "The Labrador Retriever Handbook." She is also a former staff editor for "The AKC Gazette," "Dog Fancy" and "Dog World." To learn more about Audrey, visit http://www.audreypavia.com.
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Ben Flajnik and Courtney Robertson are family now. Well, they will be if all continues to go well — so it only makes sense that the Bachelor 16 couple would spend Mother's Day with the other leading ladies in Ben's life, his mother and sister. It was a PDA-filled day of pampering in Beverly Hills, followed by some beachside bonding. Check out the mother-lovin' fun in the sun!
(Though Courtney wasn't able to spend Mom's Day with her own mom, she did send her a Twitter shout out with this cute throwback pic.)


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ZAMBIAN suppliers have for a long time been marginalised in terms of getting a fair deal of business from the mines and this has brought anguish and frustration as they watch their foreign counterparts get a lion's share of the many opportunities abound.
This has been the trend by most if not all mining firms who have opted to continue sourcing their requirements such as spare parts and other consumables from foreign suppliers.
Local suppliers, who are supposed to have the advantage of operating within the mining industry, have watched helplessly as their foreign competitors amass wealth at will, year-in and year-out, the wealth that is supposed to remain in Zambia.
Various high level meetings involving mining firms and the Government have been held but nothing seems to work out for the benefit of the local suppliers.
The reason being advanced by the mining companies are that some local suppliers do not meet the standards set by mining companies and that the goods and services offered by most Zambian companies were far too inferior to those from foreign suppliers.
There is also another reason that, the local suppliers fail to meet their deadlines for the supply of prescribed goods and services.
While that had been the case in the past, it is not the same now as most local firms have undergone a lot of improvement and transformation and have managed to raise their businesses to acceptable standards.
But even when this has happened, the mining firms still opt to import, at the expense of local suppliers who have now raised an accusing finger at the Government for not doing anything to address the situation.
Where a few local suppliers have been given business, payments have not been forthcoming making operations of these firms more difficult.
The local suppliers who are now frustrated, want to take the matter in their own hands, including plans to stage demonstrations in protest against the alleged failure by the Government to look into their grievances.
While the Mine Suppliers and Contractors Association of Zambia (MSCAZ) president Fanwell Banda and his members have cause to complain, they should however, fully understand that their complaints have already been heard by the Government which is working round the clock to see how best the issue can be resolved.
The Government is fully aware of the prevailing situation regarding local suppliers and wants to ensure that Zambian businessmen and women fully benefit from the mining industry.
This is why the Government through the Ministry of Mines and Mineral Resources has resolved to come up with legislation which will ensure that local suppliers and contractors are given priority when it comes to awarding of contracts by mining firms.
According to Mines Deputy Minister Richard Musukwa, Government is seriously pondering the move which will break new ground for the local suppliers.
During a consultative meeting held between the Government and local suppliers in Kitwe last week, Mr Musukwa explained that the new charter will act as a score card as is the case in countries such as South Africa, where for example, authorities have a say on what mining firms ought to do in terms of giving business to the local business community.
The Government wants to come up with this measure because the mining firms have not adhered to requests of giving priority to local suppliers when awarding contracts.
It is envisaged that, once the piece of legislation is worked on and approved, it will greatly benefit the local suppliers who in turn will raise more capital for setting up manufacturing units to produce the kind of goods the mines require and cut down on imports.
This will also help in job creation for the locals unlike now where more employment has been created in countries where the local mining firms are importing from.
We believe that the introduction of such measures will be in the best interest of both the local suppliers and the nation as all are expected to benefit from the wealth being generated by the mining industry instead of letting foreign firms take a larger share of the cake.
What now remains is how quickly the Government will work out this piece of legislation which will restore sanity to the system of procuring goods and services by the mining companies.


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NEW YORK—Mayor Michael Bloomberg gave his final State of the City speech on Thursday, outlining his planned policies and initiatives for 2013.
Bloomberg, mayor since 2001, will leave office at the end of this year following a three-term tenure.
But he plans to pack his last 320 days with initiatives such as: working with the City Council to ban styrofoam, tweaking the laws for hotel operations to attract more youth travelers, and a lighter hand for those found with small amounts of marijuana.
Here's a recap of Bloomberg's speech:
Hailed large projects being worked on, including:
- The 1 World Trade Center
- The extension of the number 7 subway line
- The expansion of Columbia University, New York University, and the City University of New York system.
Other development
- Developing sites around Seward Park on the Lower East Side
- Redeveloping the South Street Seaport area, which was damaged by Hurricane Sandy
- Building a new community in Brooklyn called Greenpoint Landing
- Building the third and final section of the High Line
"To help improve the resiliency of our parks and beaches, we'll launch a Conservation Corps, financed privately through the Mayor's Fund, to train the next generation of Park stewards and leaders," Bloomberg said.
Beaches, despite some sustaining damage from Hurricane Sandy, will open on time on Memorial Day Weekend, "to show that Sandy can't stop us from enjoying our coastline," Bloomberg said.
Bloomberg plans to use an executive order to waive all city fees for Sandy-related repair work.
"Today, I'm announcing that our Center for Economic Opportunity will spend $1 million to support nonprofit groups that will put 1,000 more unemployed New Yorkers immediately to work on hurricane relief and recovery projects," he said.
Will launch competition to install Wi-Fi in more of the city's Business Improvement Districts. "Our work to create a tech-friendly city is a big reason we've been leading the nation in job growth and the majority of jobs we've been creating are middle-class jobs that pay good salaries," said Bloomberg.
Will appoint first ever Chief Analytics Officer, Michael Flowers, to head new platform to share data across agencies and publicly.
Youth Hostels
Working with City Council to pass legislation to legalize for-profit youth hostels, based on the model popular in Europe. "Our goal is to attract 175,000 more young tourists to our city each year which will create more than 1,000 new jobs for New Yorkers," said Bloomberg.
Easing of Marijuana Violations
In lieu of Governor Andrew Cuomo's proposal not passing through the state legislature, Bloomberg will direct NYPD officers to make possession of small amounts of marijuana a violation, not a misdemeanor.
"Effective next month, anyone presenting an ID and clearing a warrant check will be released directly from the precinct with a desk appearance ticket to return to court," Bloomberg said. "It's consistent with the law, it's the right thing to do and it will allow us to target police resources where they're needed most."
Green Initiatives
Bloomberg will work with the City Council to amend the Building Code, so up to 20 percent of all new public parking spaces in private developments are wired for electric vehicles. Equals creation of up to 10,000 parking spots for electric vehicles over the next seven years.
Will put 1,000 new recycling containers on streets.
Launch pilot program to compost organic waste in Staten Island, to be taken citywide if it works
Will work will City Council to ban styrofoam food packaging from stores and restaurants.
Will make East River ferry service permanent.