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is it just me or has mojo not posted in 6 days? Thats probably a bad sign in terms of him showing up here... I really want to make my second pick too =-(
is it just me or has mojo not posted in 6 days? Thats probably a bad sign in terms of him showing up here... I really want to make my second pick too =-(
Mojo has been emailed. As I've said, I doubt we see him tonight, but I have every faith in him that he'll get his picks in tomorrow.
And anyway, just because he hasn't been posting doesn't mean he hasn't been showing up. He was on this morning.
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Hi guys, sorry for the delay, but as I mentioned earlier, I am getting audited (man, I really feel like an adult now!) Thursday, so I spent all evening yesterday tearing through old reciepts and trading screams and insults with my beloved wife. All is cool (at least till tomorrow) so I will study the list for a few minutes and then chose. I get two correct, last and first?
Yea Mojo, go for it dude.
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I have class till 1 ill be back then for my next pick
Hang on Lost, Mojo is getting ready to pick
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Urinary tract infections in people are fairly straight forward. Sufferers
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For us humans, going to the doctor is usually the next step, whereupon a course
of antibiotics is prescribed which usually resolves the problem. Unfortunately,
urinary tract infections for dogs and cats aren't often a simple matter. These
infections oftentimes have underlying causes, such as urinary stones, anatomical
abnormalities, incontinence, hormonal conditions, stress or even cancer, any of
which can contribute to recurrent disease. To ascertain just what's causing your
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impact we've had on the lives of others.
As I look back on 2014, I feel truly honored and grateful to be part of a
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Every year, scientific investigations yield more and more evidence that dogs
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|Any Day Now
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|Punk rock, alternative rock, pop rock
|Riddlin' Kids chronology
Any Day Now is an extended play by Austin, Texas based punk rock band Riddlin' Kids. It features three songs that would later appear on the Riddlin' Kids' debut album Hurry Up and Wait, including "See the Light", "It's The End of the World As We Know It" (a cover of R.E.M.), and their first single, "I Feel Fine". The EP was sold while the Riddlin' Kids were on tour with Goldfinger and Reel Big Fish, and it helped the new band to find airtime on local Austin radio.
Track listing[edit]
- See the Light
- Tell Me Truly
- I Feel Fine
- Any Day Now
- It's the End of the World As We Know It


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The Minnesota Twins have signed right handed pitcher Rich Harden to a minor league contract. Harden will be invited to spring training and will compete for a spot at the end of the Twins rotation. Harden, 31, has a long history of injuries and missed the entire 2012 season following surgery to repair a torn capsule in his right shoulder. The Twins were also interested in bringing back former pitcher Francisco Liriano but he signed a two-year deal with Pittsburgh worth $14 million. Currently the Twins have Vance Worley, Scott Diamond and Kyle Gibson slated for three spots in their rotation.
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Spanish Civil War (1936-39)
Barcelona Blood Transfusion Service
The Spanish Civil War
, which ended in January 1939, almost 3 years before the United States entered World War II, proved conclusively, and for the first time in military history, the practicability of supplying wounded men in forward medical installations with stored blood secured from a civilian population. Franco's armies, following the practice of the German Army ..., supplied blood at fully equipped medical centers in the rear. The Republic Army Medical Corps supplied it at advanced medical units in the field.
In the 2 1/2 years of its operation, from August 1936 through January 1939, the Barcelona Blood Transfusion Service collected more than 9,000 liters of blood in 20,000 bleedings, prepared more than 27,000 tubes of blood for forward use, maintained a list of 28,900 donors, and also prepared all necessary grouping sera.
Blood was kept under refrigeration, which was provided by electric ice-boxes whenever current was available. It was supplied to classification stations in heat-insulated wood or canvas boxes, with thick cord linings.
Transfusion data were recorded on special cards provided with all blood containers. The records were so complete that it was possible to trace every container to its point of origin in the collection center and to identify every forward hospital in which blood had been given, the data including the name of the person who had performed the transfusion. Blood was prescribed by surgeons but administered by personnel of specially trained transfusion teams.
Donors were between 18 and 50 years of age. All blood was collected into a closed system, under strictly aseptic precautions. Citrate and glucose were added after collection, and bloods of the same group were mixed.
Clinical considerations.
-- Only badly shocked casualties received blood at classification posts. Most transfusions were given in No. 1 hospitals, where very few seriously wounded patients did not receive them. Occasionally, if stored blood was not available or if the sector was particularly quiet, direct transfusions were given. The members of the hospital staff had previously been grouped and serologically tested against such emergencies.
Indications for blood and plasma administration were as follows:
1. Casualties with serious hemorrhage were given only blood, which was injected as rapidly as possible, because cardiac function soon deteriorates when systoles contract on a vacuum.
2. Casualties suffering from primary shock and hemorrhage were given both blood and plasma. If improvement followed the use of 2 pints of blood, a pint of plasma was given to "stabilize the improvement." Thereafter only plasma was used. If the response to the first transfusion was not satisfactory, a third pint of blood was given before plasma was used.
3. Casualties suffering only from shock were given 2 pints of plasma as quickly as possible, followed, if there was no improvement, by a pint of blood, also given quickly. If there was still no improvement, another pint of plasma and another pint of blood were given over the course of an hour.
The concept of blood replacement was that in "posthemorrhagic" shock, at least 40 percent of the lost fluid must be restored promptly. There were, however, no quick or reliable methods for estimating the amount of blood loss. Generally speaking, 500 cc. of blood or blood derivatives was required for each fall of 10 to 20 mm. Hg in the blood pressure. Failure of the transfusion to raise the blood pressure was assumed to mean continued bleeding and indicated the need for control of hemorrhage as well as additional transfusion.
Quick administration of blood and plasma was regarded as desirable and without risk of cardiac embarrassment, since most casualties were young and healthy. The rate of administration could be regulated from a slow drip up to 100 cc. per minute. Although most casualties received the first pint of blood more quickly than the remainder, no instance of dilatation of the right heart was recorded. As Whitby pointed out in 1945, failure to restore the blood volume was a greater risk than overloading the circulation
. In less urgent cases, speed of transfusion was not so important as administration of the necessary amounts of blood. The amounts given before and after operation varied with individual needs. Trueta usually gave from 1,000 to 1,500 cc. per casualty. Patients with infected wounds required several transfusions to restore the hemoglobin to normal values.
Madrid Blood Transfusion Institute
In September 1937, Saxton
, a member of the British Ambulance Unit in Spain, reported on the Madrid Blood Transfusion Institute, organized by the Sanidad Militar of the Spanish Republic, which was then supplying about 400 liters of preserved blood per month and whose output was steadily increasing. The full-time personnel consisted of five physicians; five nurses; five members of the secretariat, including interpreters; and a domestic staff.
For practical reasons, only donors of groups II and IV (Moss) were utilized. The donors, all volunteers, were between 18 and 50 years of age. They were given cards that permitted them to buy extra food and were sometimes also given small quantities of rice, condensed milk, or other staples at the time of the donation. They were liable to call not oftener than every 3 weeks, and they usually gave 500 cc. at a time. Blood storage was limited to 3 weeks.
Saxton's suggestion that the Sanidad Militar organize a large-scale supply of cadaver blood by the technique of Yudin ... does not seem to have been acted upon.
The persisting distinction between shock and hemorrhage should be noted. ...
Selected References
14. Editorial, "Transfusion of Blood in Military and Civil Practice." LANCET 1: 773-774, 1 June 1918.
15. Moynihan, B.: "The Operation of Blood Transfusion." LANCET 1: 826, 8 June 1918 (Correspondence).
16. Fullerton, A., Dreyer, G., and Bazett, H. C.: "Observations on Direct Transfusion of Blood, With a Description of a Simple Method." LANCET 1: 715-719, 12 May 1917.
17. Robertson, L. B.: "The Transfusion of Whole Blood. A Suggestion for Its More Frequent Employment in War Surgery." BRIT. M. J. 2: 38-40, 8 July 1916.
18. Robertson, L. B., and Watson, C. G.: "Further Observations on the Results of Blood Transfusion in War Surgery. With Special Reference to the Results in Primary Haemorrhage." BRIT. M. J. 2: 679-682, 24 Nov. 1917.
19. Robertson, L. B.: "A Contribution on Blood Transfusion in War Surgery." LANCET 1:759-762, 1 June 1918.
20. Robertson, L. B., and Watson, C. G.: "Further Observations on the Results of Blood Transfusion in War Surgery; With Special Reference to the Results in Primary Hemorrhage." ANN. SURG. 67: 1-13, January 1918.
21. Robertson, O. H.: "Transfusion With Preserved Red Blood Cells." BRIT. M. J. 1:691-695, 22 June 1918.
22. Makins, G. H.: "Injuries to the Blood Vessels." In HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. Medical Services Surgery of the War. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1922, vol. II, pp. 170-206.
23. Guiou, N. M.: "Blood Transfusion in a Field Ambulance." BRIT. M. J. 1: 695-696, 22 June 1918.
30. Trueta, J.: THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF WAR SURGERY WITH REFERENCE TO THE BIOLOGICAL METHOD OF THE TREATMENT OF WAR WOUNDS AND FRACTURES. St. Louis: C. V. Mosby Co., 1943.
31. Jolly, Douglas W.: FIELD SURGERY IN TOTAL WAR. New York: Paul B. Hoeber, Inc.,1941.
32. Conference on Shock and Transfusion, 25 May 1945.
33. Saxton, R. S.: "The Madrid Blood Transfusion Institute." LANCET 2: 606-607, 4 Sept. 1937.
From BLOOD PROGRAM IN WORLD WAR II (SUPPLEMENTED BY EXPERIENCES IN THE KOREAN WAR) by Douglas Blair Kendrick. Washington, D.C.: Office of the Surgeon General, Department of the Army, 1989. (Provided by the
Office of Medical History
, Office of the Surgeon General/US Army Medical Command.)
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The incident occurred around 4:41 p.m. in the 2300 block of Fulton, near Quitman.
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July 31, 2013
The Colorado Rapids announced Wednesday that the club has released forward Kevin Harbottle. The 22-year-old Chilean was signed on January 17 and played in four matches this season, all starts, playing a total of 269 minutes.
"We want to wish Kevin well as he continues his professional career," Colorado Rapids technical director Paul Bravo said in a statement. "This move allows us the flexibility with our roster that we will need to continue improving our squad this season."


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ON THE largest auction day of the year, Sydney's inner west left the rest of the market behind. With more than 100 properties going under the hammer, buyer competition was fierce, and many sales soared above reserve prices.
More than 60 people gathered on the street to see auctioneer Tom Panos take 32-34 Thornley Street, Marrickville to auction.
Aggressive bidding from two families resulted in the property selling for $1,775,000 - $275,000 above the reserve price. ''I think it's got good growth potential,'' said the buyer, John Jennis.
While the Jennises were happy with their inner west purchase, they haven't been so successful in the eastern suburbs market. The couple and their four children are yet to find a buyer for their home in Bellevue Hill, which they picked up for $3.9 million in 2010.
''The auction was on Wednesday but it passed in,'' he said. ''Everyone is very cautious out that way.''
Don Kelly was ''extremely happy'' to have sold the five-bedroom Marrickville home for $425,000 more than he paid in 2009.
Mr Kelly has lived in the inner west for 10 years in various properties across Alexandria and Marrickville and he is eyeing off his next inner west acquisition. ''Its [an] eclectic lifestyle, it's very diverse and it's close to work,'' he said.
In another big sale in the area, Michael Harris of Raine & Horne Newtown sold a four-bedroom home at 98 Cardigan Street, Stanmore for $1,475,000 - again $275,000 over the reserve.
Of the 518 properties that went to auction yesterday, one-fifth were located in the inner west.
The senior economist at the Australian Property Monitors, Andrew Wilson, said ''it was the super region of Super Saturday''.
''The inner west is the shining star of the Sydney housing market in terms of its clearance rates and that reflects confidence from vendors and confidence from buyers,'' he said.
This spring, the inner west has been tracking well above other sectors of Sydney with a clearance rate of 70 per cent in the first three weeks of October. The Sydney clearance rate for the same period was 61 per cent, according to APM.
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This smoke-free hotel features 3 restaurants, an indoor pool, and a health club. Free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided. Additionally, a bar/lounge, a swim-up bar, and a poolside bar are onsite.
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In addition to an indoor pool and a children's pool, Millennium Hotel Chengdu provides a health club and a spa tub. Dining is available at one of the hotel's 3 restaurants and guests can grab coffee at the coffee shop/café. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of the hotel's bars, which include a swim-up bar, a poolside bar, and a bar/lounge. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wired and wireless Internet access.
Business-related amenities at this 4.5-star property consist of a business center and meeting rooms. 10 meeting rooms are available. This Art Deco hotel also offers a sauna, spa services, and tour/ticket assistance. For a surcharge, the property provides a roundtrip airport shuttle (available on request) and a shopping center shuttle. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
Millennium Hotel Chengdu is a smoke-free property.
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Amber - This restaurant serves breakfast, brunch, and dinner.
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24-hour room service is available.
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An indoor pool, a children's pool, and a spa tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a health club and a sauna.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
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Spa Services
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Check-in time starts at 2 PM
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Children and extra beds
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- Cribs (infant beds) are available.
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Government-issued photo identification and a credit card are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- All citizens of China will be charged the national value-added tax
- Breakfast fee: CNY 100 per person (approximately)
- Airport shuttle fee: CNY 200 per vehicle (one way)
- Weekly housekeeping provided; fees apply for additional cleaning
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Marten family's 100+ years on land may qualify them for the Family Land Heritage Program
The Family Land Heritage Program is considering another family — the third in 10 years — from the North Texas area, said Wichita County Judge Woody Gossom.
The program honors families that have kept the land in the family and maintained continuous agricultural production for 100 years or more. To be considered, the landowner has to submit an application, which gets signed by Gossom, then goes to county commissioners for approval.
For the Marten family, the application process began a century ago.
Herman Specht migrated from Germany in 1870, a Texas historical marker states. He married Clara Vogel, a wealthy widow, in 1884. He platted the town of Clara, named after his wife, in 1886.
He then started to buy large pieces of land in the Wichita County area and advertise for German colonists to buy the land and move to Texas.
Clara is now considered a ghost town, with only the church, rectory and cemetery remaining.
Moving to Texas
William August Marten and his wife, Caroline, lived in Illinois with their 14 children. One child died before the family made their move.
William was born in Illinois, but his parents were immigrants from Germany. Caroline was German. William and Caroline married in 1886.
The Martens were visited by a land dealer from Texas. He told William that Texas was having wet weather and crops were prosperous.
So William and Caroline gathered their 13 children, packed up their covered wagon and started their journey south.
The Martens purchased 252.5 acres of land Nov. 2, 1908, near what was then considered the Clara community, which was about five miles west of Burkburnett. The ranch sits on FM 368 North, just east of where FM 1813 meets FM 368, north of Iowa Park.
The family started its agriculture production by planting corn, not knowing they would soon face trouble.
In 1911, after a couple of dry summers with poor crop yields, William started to worry about the land payments. The decision was made to sell.
The oil boom
With the oil boom in its beginning stages, oil companies were searching for land to explore.
A man in the oil business came to William and asked if he could explore for oil on the land.
"If you do it quick," was William's reply, Steve Marten said.
William signed the oil lease in 1911. The man brought his crew and the drilling began. The crew struck oil.
William did not sell the ranch. He was able to make his payments and the family remained on the land. When oil production was first started, the price per barrel was 10 cents, Steve said.
In the 1920s, as the oil boom in Boomtown started to dissolve, William and Caroline decided the area was too rough for their younger children. Also, William wanted some of his children to attend college at St. John's in Kansas.
So William and Caroline and some of their youngest children headed to Kansas, leaving their older children to run the ranch.
One of the children who stayed in Texas was Steve's grandfather.
W.A. Marten Ranch
When William A. Marten died in 1935, his last will and testament secured the land to the family.
"He put it in his will that as long as the property was producing a barrel of oil, it could not be sold," said Steve, the great-grandson of William A. "There has always been a Marten running this ranch."
The land now has 56 owners — all descendants of William. When he died, the land was split among his children. When they died, their shares were split off to each of their children. That split continued, putting the land in the hands of hundreds of owners over the years, Steve said.
"If you were born into this family … if you outlived your parents, you owned it," he said.
The situation is handled much like a business. There is an elected "administrator of estate," there are business meetings and ranch updates.
Steve and his brother, Gary, lease part of the land from the family for their cattle/calf business. An oil production company still pumps crude oil from the land.
The reunion
Every year since 1938 — with the exception of two years during World War II — the Marten family holds a reunion.
This year's reunion started Friday night when the family started arriving in Wichita Falls. Martens come in from all over the country, Steve said. He said they come from California, Michigan, and many more places and they have different occupations, but they all own a piece of Texas.
This morning might be the first time to see the land for some of the current owners, he said. As part of this year's reunion, Steve arranged for a bus to take everyone out to the land to see what they are a part of. Also, he has arranged a tour of the Trinity Lutheran Church, which he says was a big part of the family history.
Many of his relatives were baptized, confirmed and married at the church, including his parents. "I looked at their books, but sometimes I can see their names, but I don't know what it's for because I can't read German," he said. The earlier logs in the church's book were written in German.
Another part of the reunion is a crafts/handmade items sale. He had plans to sell small packages of oil from the ranch.
"It doesn't mean much to us down here in Texas," but up in Michigan or somewhere, they could display it and be proud, he said.
Marten heirs don't make enough off the oil production for it to be their sole income, Steve said. This is because of the high number of owners.
However, Steve said he is thankful that his great-grandfather wrote his will like he did. "If we weren't all owners in this thing, we'd be strangers," he said. "How many people get together with their second and third cousins and know them by name."
The story of William A. Marten and the family history gets passed down every year at the reunion. "If you're there for one, two, three days, the old timers (older than us) tell us the stories," he said.
"This is a Podunk 252 acres, but 100 years ago, it was a lot to take care of," he said. "It's neat to be able to see what you're a product of."
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Marriott Sunderland: By the sea
Marriot Sunderland located in Seaburn, which is ideally situated on beach front. Half the rooms over look the sea front or the car park to the rear. My room was spacious with enough room to fit a crib and to move around the very comfortable King-size bed.
The Breakfast was expensive at £16.95 per person, but has verything you could think of, the dining room was lovely yet the cost of the food there was expensive. The pool area was nice and was open early til late allowing me to get a morning swim before breakfast or should you fancy a soak in a jacuzzi after a busy day of sight seeing then its opening hours are perfect.
An excellent 4 star hotel with good links to Sunderland or Newcastle via the Metro.
Rooms start from £110.00 per room per night including Breakfast rising to around £155.00, so book early.
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Hilton Newcastle/ Gateshead: Stye and chiciest
The Hilton sits on opposite side of the Tyne is virtually facing the Premier travel inn. The price starts from around £135.00 per room per night and include breakfast, although if you book in advance and can be flexible on your dates you can get a room for less.
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Premier Travel Inn: Superb Location
There is such abundance of choice in accommodation with in this city, from budget to the sear luxury.
I recommend the Premier travel inn, located on the quay side near to the New Bridge. This hotel follows the same model as all the other travel inns. The rooms are a bit small and lack extras like a swimming pool, but you didn't come here for swimming right?
The location is superb and cost starts from as little as £65.00 per room per night, add breakfast for just £7.50 per person.
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Our golf group has been coming to the area for 17 years. Bear Trap Dunes is a great course. We were treated great by all at the course. We will most certainly play this course on...
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We attended a family wedding reception here in September and had a great time. The dance floor and bar was outside under a tent while dinner was served indoors. I can honestly say the food was probably the best of any wedding we had ever been to.
... this is a definite to be played course!... for our golf group this one is a wow!... right off the first tee. Beautiful layout with a well kept course and warm staff. Nicely priced. Easy to get to when visiting the Ocean City MD area. Happy travels.
It was a great experience to play in this course. We went there in October, which was off season, and the course was not crowded. All the staff were so friendly. There was a snack shack near the club house. We played the Kodiak and then the Black Bear. Both were in excellent condition. We saw maintenance people in several...
Our golf group has been coming to the area for 17 years. Bear Trap Dunes is a great course. We were treated great by all at the course. We will most certainly play this course on future visits.
We stayed at the town homes within this resort community for a one week vacation. We booked 3 different tee-times for this course and I never been treated so terribly like I did at this place. We were a foursome including my almost 80 yr old father-in-law and after the first few holes an employee (with a goofy fluorescent green...
The Den at Bear Trap Dunes has had different management over the years. But now the restaurant has found a home and great food. Located at Bear Trap Dunes Golf Course off Central Avenue in Ocean View, the restaurant has found an excellent new management in Troon Golf. Part of the food and drink service is related to the golf...
1 tulip popular us a great end unit that is well equip with everything we needed. I would highly recommend to family and friends.
The clubhouse and greens are very good! But that's the extent of my praise for this overrated golf course. We got what seemed like a really good online rate for this $100+ course, so I took advantage of it. I won't be doing that again. At the bag drop, there were 3 gentlemen in their neon green Bear Trap shirts,...
Was there this past Friday and had a wonderful time. The golf course is exceptional. The greens are well maintained and the course is a scenic gem. The club house is very nice and staff was super friendly. Food in restaurant was also very good. I would recommend if you are a golfer, you should definitely try Bear Trap!
Food was good. Not your ordinary menu. Soup was delicious, but not as hot as it should have been. Service was slow. It seemed to be the kitchen that could not keep up. Waitstaff was very friendly.
Would definitely try again.
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Hi All, I am trying to determine which RS guidebooks to get. I know he has a page dedicated to this but I needed more info. I have never been to Europe and going with my husband in October. We will be in Rome for 3 nights, Siena 3 nights, and Paris 4 nights. I have already purchased Europe through the back door. Would the general Italy book be best or should I get the Rome and Tuscany one. Should I get the full size or pocket books? Same think with Paris. I am looking for accomodation rec, restaurants, sites, and general things I should know about the area. Thanks for the help!


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Oklahoma producing more trophy bucks in recent years, especially the non-typical kind
Age can be determined by hunters. If Oklahoma hunters want trophy bucks, they need to be willing to pass on young bucks and let them grow into potentially Boone & Crockett class animals.
As far as nutrition, calcium and phosphorus are the most important minerals for antler growth. Shaw said.
Providing supplements to a deer herd can help if the animals are not getting those minerals in their forage, but Shaw cautions that "there's not a sack out there you can throw on the ground and grow you a big deer."
Oklahoma also seems to produce more non-typical trophy bucks than other states, at least by Boone & Crockett standards.
Non-typical whitetail entries represent 37 percent of the total whitetails listed in Boone & Crockett records.
But in Oklahoma, the non-typical ratio is much higher, as 89 of the 163 Oklahoma whitetail entries in Boone & Crockett are non-typical bucks, or 55 percent.
Shaw doesn't have an explanation for it, other than it is a little easier to get a non-typical in the Boone & Crockett record book.
Genetics or an injury can produce a non-typical rack, antlers with abnormal points.
Some hunters prefer a trophy buck with a perfect symmetrical rack. Others want antlers with unique characteristics, such as drop tines.
"That's what keeps Braum's in business," Shaw said. "Different flavors."
Oklahoma's Cy Curtis Record Book lists trophy bucks
While a Boone & Crockett class buck can turn up just about anywhere in Oklahoma, they are plentiful nowhere. Most Oklahoma hunters will not see one. In fact, less than 1 percent of sportsmen in this country will take a Boone & Crockett qualifying animal.
Making the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation's Cy Curtis Record Book is more realistic.
Named for the state deer biologist credited the most for bringing back whitetail deer in Oklahoma, the Cy Curtis record book lists Oklahoma whitetails with a minimum score of 135 for typical bucks and 150 for non-typical bucks.
Think you have a Boone & Crockett buck?
If you have a potential Boone & Crockett class buck, you should:
Score the buck using the online forms found at www.boone-crockett.org.
If the antlers meet Boone & Crockett minimums (160 typical, 185 non-typical), allow the antlers to dry for 60 days.
Contact an official Boone and Crockett measurer. There's a search feature on its website. Oklahoma has almost 50 and many are employees of the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation.
There is a $40 entry fee.
The Boone and Crockett Club's Big Game Awards Book is published every three years.
Records are also kept online but there is a $50 annual fee to access the database called TrophySearch.
Boone & Crockett Club Records
Oklahoma Typical Whitetails
1, Jason Boyett, Pushmataha County, 2007, 192 5/8 (overall rank 79th)
2, Larry Luman, Bryan County, 1997, 185 6/8
3, Dane Weippert, Texas County, 2007, 179 3/8
4, Matt Parker, Blaine County, 1999, 179 2/8
5, Johnny Watkin, McCurtain County, 2006, 178 2/8
Oklahoma Non-Typical Whitetails
1, Bill Foster, Johnston County, 1970, 247 2/8 (overall rank 106th)
2, David Lambert, Hughes County, 2003, 240 3/8
3, Charles Tullis, Delaware County, 1998, 237 3/8
4, Loren Tarrant, Alfalfa County, 1984, 234 2/8
5, C. Steve Risinger, Carter County, 2005, 231 7/8
Editor's note: The two top bucks in the state as listed in the Cy Curtis Record Book - John Ehmer, Pushmataha County, 2007, 194 0/8 typical and Mike Crossland, Tillman County, 2004, 248 6/8 non-typical were not submitted by hunters to the Boone & Crockett Club.


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They say that you should commute to work, not to your social life. But these wise words make no mention of where your spiritual life fits into the equation. Sarah Weil lives in Jerusalem because it "nurtures my religious identity. But it offers no expression for my lesbian identity."


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Ten years ago, no one had heard of tilapia. Now American's can't get enough of this fish that's been around since Biblical times.
Tilapia got the nickname "aquatic chicken" because they're plentiful, easy to farm and have a bland flavor favored by many Americans, especially schools and hospitals. As a result, consumption in the U.S has exploded to 475 million pounds a year, according to a New York Times article on the impact of tilapia on health and the environment.
People also like tilapia because it's one fish that isn't endangered or full of mercury. But like most things these days, things just aren't that simple.
Tilapia are easy to farm because the thrive in pens on a diet mainly based on cheap corn and soy. And as a result, tilapia meat has much less of the healthy fats other fish do. And growing tilapia farms pollute the water.
So the next time you want to have a nice piece of fish for dinner, tilapia might not be the slam-dunk choice it once was.
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As Maryland leaves the Atlantic Coast Conference for the Big Ten, the Terps will be looking at an entirely new set of competitors in each of their intercollegiate sports.
With the transition becoming official Tuesday, here's a glance at each of Maryland's athletic programs, with recaps of their final year in the ACC and a look forward to what they'll face in the Big Ten.
- Celebrating Maryland joining the Big Ten [VIDEO]
- Jim Delany's drive takes him from ACC to Big Ten
- Maryland set to enter 'a new world' in Big Ten
- Maryland vs. Stanford in 2014 Foster Farms Bowl
- Terps football 2014
- Maryland's recent bowl history
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Record: 40-23 (15-14 ACC)
Finish: 2nd in Atlantic Division
Recap: Second-year coach John Szefc led the baseball team to its best postseason run in program history. The Terps made the ACC championship game and earned a spot in the NCAA tournament for the first time since 1971. They were knocked out in the super regional, which is the furthest they have ever reached.
Outlook: The Terps will look to build off of this season's success and become one of the top teams in a weaker Big Ten. Indiana and Nebraska made this season's NCAA tournament, but both teams were knocked out in the regionals.
Men's basketball
Record: 17-15 (9-9 ACC)
Finish: 8th
Recap: Three victories at the Paradise Jam in the Virgin Islands were the only tournament wins for the Terps during coach Mark Turgeon's third season. The team lost to Florida State in the second round of its final ACC tournament and did not get selected for the NCAA tournament or the National Invitation Tournament.
Outlook: The Terps exit the ACC just as American Athletic Conference champions Louisville enter the league, but the Big Ten hardly gets easier for Turgeon's young bunch. The team hosts Michigan, Michigan State and Wisconsin next season.
Women's basketball
Record: 28-7 (12-4 ACC)
Finish: 3rd
Recap: After dropping their first game at the ACC tournament, the Terps rallied under coach Brenda Frese to make their second appearance in the Final Four, , where they lost to Notre Dame, 87-61. Senior forward Alyssa Thomas averaged 19 points and 10.9 rebounds per game while earning first-team All-America honors.
Outlook: The Terps are without Thomas next season, but making up for her loss will be an easier task in the Big Ten. The team will no longer have conference games against Notre Dame and Duke. Instead, its marquee matchups will be against foes like Penn State and Nebraska.
Women's cross country
Finish: 14th
Recap: Women's cross country finished second to last at the ACC championship meet, with senior Becky Yep leading the team with a time of 22 minutes, 16 seconds. Yep again paced the Terps at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships, where the team improved to 15th out of 29 teams.


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Day Trips in Central Alabama?
looking for ideas of day trips in Alabama. I'm in Birmingham and looking for dirt/gravel roads, etc.
thought about the lower talledega forest....haven't been there in years.
It's a nice ride.............
Up 231 to Oneonta, and up 75, or 79 to Lake Guntersville. All the smaller county roads that I have been on around there are good roads, with nice scenery.
Pick a direction & head out.
^^^ I like that. That's the beauty of adventure it can be anywhere.
I have been doing some riding south of Birmingham in the Cahaba Wildlife Management Area. It starts in Helena and extends south past West Blocton. There are a ton of dirt roads running through old mining areas and a lot of these roads run near the Cahaba River. Lots of neat sites, varied terrain and historical sites.
I am going to ride a few more roads and put up a ride report soon.
If you want some gravel try this one. it aught to be good for a day trip.
Head toward Taaladega and hop on 77 south. about halfway to Ashland turn left/east on to CR209 (Horns Lake Road)
about a mile or so in turn left onto Skyline Drive at the cemetary it turns to gravel shortly thereafter. Stay on Skyline until it meets 181 and turns to pavement.
Take the pig trail back down. SR 281 (Cheaha Rd). This one is pavement, but its pretty rough.
Have a good time.
Lurking this thread. I have relocated to southeastern Alabama and so far haven't found anything to spectacular. My scouting trips are starting to get bigger and northier :D.
Anyone riding this weekend within a couple hours of Ft Rucker that doesn't mind a tag along let me know! I'm on a 990 ADV R.
I love Alabama...
Check my two reports below for some 'bama dirt porn; especially "the toonamint trip" one. Can't wait to get back over there....
Yeah, northern Alabama looks good, like I said my scouting trips are getting northier. I am used to having some great roads 10 minutes away, not 3 hours...Hoping I just haven't found it yet. :freaky
GSBS, an inmate here, wrote a book on riding in Alabama. This is the website for it. I dont know about your neck of the woods but he nailed a lot of the greats up here in the North half of the states.
I'm working on the routes in that book, trying to tie them into a route from my location. Unfortunately even the book routes for this area involve a lot of highway. I think this weekend I'm going to head north and find some of the central Alabama routes and start working there.
Thanks for the info though.
try these folks, I believe a bunch of them are from L.A.
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Chilli Bean Bake
|Red kidney beans
|8 Ounce (225 Grams / 1 1/4 Cups)
|Bay leaf
|1 Large, finely chopped
|1 Clove (5 gm), crushed
|Celery sticks
|2 , sliced
|Ground cumin
|1 Teaspoon
|Chilli powder
|1 Teaspoon
|Canned chopped tomatoes
|14 Ounce (1 Can)
|Tomato puree
|15 Milliliter (1 Tablespoon)
|Dried mixed herbs
|1 Teaspoon
|Lemon juice
|15 Milliliter (1 Tablespoon)
|Yellow pepper
|1 , seeded and diced
|To Taste
|Black pepper
|To Taste
|Mixed salad
|1 Cup (16 tbs) (For Serving)
|For the cornbread topping
|Corn meal
|6 Ounce (175 Grams / 1 1/2 Cup)
|Wholemeal flour
|15 Milliliter (1 Tablespoon)
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|1 Teaspoon
|1 , beaten
|Skimmed milk
|6 Fluid Ounce (175 Milliliter / 3/4 Cup)
1. Soak the beans overnight in cold water. Drain and rinse well. Pour 1 litre / 1 1/4 pints / 4 cups water into a large, heavy-based saucepan, add the beans and bay leaf and boil rapidly for 10 minutes. Lower the heat, cover and simmer for 35-40 minutes or until the beans are tender.
2. Add the onion, garlic, celery, cumin, chilli powder, chopped tomatoes, tomato puree and dried mixed herbs. Half cover the pan with a lid and simmer for a further 10 minutes.
3. Stir in the lemon juice, yellow pepper and seasoning. Simmer for a further 8-10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables are just tender. Discard the bay leaf and spoon the mixture into a large casserole.
4. Preheat the oven to 220°C/425°F/ Gas 7. To make the topping, put the corn meal, flour, baking powder and a pinch of salt into a bowl and mix together. Make a well in the centre and add the egg and milk. Mix and pour over the bean mixture. Bake in the oven for 20 minutes or until brown. Serve hot with mixed salad.


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Play bikes
New here! Since hardcore motocrossers call anything that isn't a YZ, CR, KX, SX, or RM a play bike:evil, lets start a thread for pics of "play bikes"! Any 2-stroke that you would rip off road with, jump, and basically have some fun bottoming-out moments on qualifies. I'll start with my 1991 Yamaha RT 180. It's reliable as the day, morning, evening, and night is long and a blast to ride. The suspension isn't the best, but by gum, it works. Every week we go riding out at a track in the boonies and I take the old smoker, because the only other bike I have is a 1977 Honda CT 125. I've jumped the thing--35 feet repeatedly, 25 feet constantly--and I weigh 200 lbs being 6' 6", but the little sucker gives me no troubles. Nothing like flying on one of those old buggers--everybody looks at you like "what in the world?!?" :rofl Here she is!http://i1310.photobucket.com/albums/...ps5967ee6e.jpg
Here's mine- 1988 DT50. It's a budget playbike...I have about $250 in it. You would think a 50cc dirt bike could not hurt you, but I have proven that theory wrong!:puke1
my piece of junk...
'77 yamaha IT 250. have very little $ into it... just wanted a project to keep me busy between other projects. fun as could be.
Those are awesome! Keep them coming everybody! I think the part about " You would think a 50cc dirt bike could not hurt you, but I have proven that theory wrong!" needs more detail:D I like the fact that you only have $250 into it. I paid $150 for mine, and then put on a new rear tire, patched the seat, bought an air filter, and relaced the rear wheel. Good as new:D I've had an opportunity to buy an IT 250, but I didn't know how they were for jumping and such. Probably about the same as what I already have though. You should paint your gas tank man!
Here's mine -
It's an xr100 with a 120cc kit. I built it to compete in a local mini road race series. I have knobbies for it too.
I forgot to post a pic of my little Honda! It goes well with yours. It's a '77 CT 125: http://i1310.photobucket.com/albums/...ps091a8ed0.jpg
the IT175 was its own thing... and a very competent trail bike that can take a ton of abuse.
Down to this one-just out of storage and ready to be cleaned up in/out and maybe even make a street scrambler:
It's cuter than the dickens! What is it?
Golly man you worked wonders with that thing! Thanks Highside>Lowside for posting that.:thumb
Who let the fourstrokes in!
My 1981 Dt175
Nice DT, here is mine (as hard core as $60 can get)-
Yep, original but lightly restored 73 MX(not a playbike back in the day however). If you could keep it out of 8 false neutrals, you could get a chequered flag. I had a new 72 endure 125 back in 73 as my 1st real bike w/a clutch...paid 699 & sold it for 175.
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Food that was planned for but never used at the canceled Wing and Wheels AirShow will be used at a memorial service for Robert Odegaard of Kindred, who died during a practice run Friday at the Barnes County Muncipal Airport.
The Fly In: Odegaard Pancakes event will take place at the Fargo Air Museum from 8 to 11 a.m. Wednesday.
Guests will be served the pancakes that were scheduled to be served Sunday during a fundraising breakfast at the airshow, said Toby McPherson, co-director of the airshow along with Barnes County Airport Authority clerk Lori Jury.
Valley City State University Concert Choir will hold its annual end-of-summer rummage sale on Saturday, which is the main fundraiser done by the choir.
Christopher Redfearn, director of choral activities who has a doctorate in music, said the sale is "our primary means to raise money for our fall and spring tours that the choir undertakes across North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota."
Some Barnes County residents who farm north of Sanborn will have to remain patient for a little while longer to resolve a 20-year-old water problem.
Potter Township Supervisor David Lettenmaier addressed the Barnes County Water Resource District Board on Monday to discuss the area about a mile outside of the city limits where water has been backed up since heavy rains and flooding in 1993.
The Natural Resource Conservation Service is currently conducting a survey on the area, which must be completed before any further steps can be taken.


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One underrated aspect of Danny Ainge's offseason manna from heaven is that, just like last year, he managed to stock the roster with quality human beings who are likely to form a cohesive locker room and maybe even help several elderly women cross the street. Jason Terry, Courtney Lee, Jeff Green, Jared Sullinger and Chris Wilcox make a second unit that will have considerably more talent than last year's. But importantly to Ainge, the bench also contains zero knuckleheads.
Terry and Lee are known as solid influences on a team. Dirk Nowitzki almost drowned Germany with tears when the Dallas Mavericks let go of Terry — or, at least, that's how I envision it. The Celtics liked Green enough to treat him as a brother during his recovery from heart surgery, and the same goes for Wilcox. Sullinger seems like a down-to-earth college superstar always prepared with a grin, not to mention an explanation of basketball skills that highlights his knowledge of the game.
Moving further down the bench, Dionte Christmas seems like a humble, hungry dude with a work ethic hardened by three years overseas. Keyon Dooling is known as "The Reverend" and earned enough respect in Boston that his occasional halftime locker room speeches go over well even among the superstars. Jason Collins could use a better pair of mitts, but he's a veteran who knows his role. And I barely know anything about the personalities of Fab Melo, Jamar Smith and Kris Joseph, but I imagine they spend their Saturday nights volunteering at homeless shelters.
Ainge's biggest goal last year was ridding the bench of problem children. He accomplished that same goal this year while significantly upgrading the team's talent level.
A-plus, Danny. A-plus.
(h/t Celtics Life)
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My longtime friend Thomas Rogers was at our house tonight, and he brought with him a page of quotations that he thought might be helpful to me in my grief for my brother.
They were.
I'm grateful to Tom, and I share them here in hopes that others, in whatever situation they may find themselves, might see special meaning in one or more of these:
The first is from Hugh B. Brown (1883-1975) , an eloquent and well-beloved counselor in the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during my formative years:
"Death," said President Brown, "is not an extinguishing of the light. It is a putting out of the lamp because the dawn has come." (Improvement Era [June 1967], 26)
That is an extraordinarily powerful comment.
The second comes from the distinguished Latter-day Saint historian Richard L. Bushman.
"The fact of the matter," Richard writes, "is that I find goodness in my Latter-day Saint life that I find nowhere else. When my mind is filled with scripture, when I speak to the Lord in prayer, when I comport myself in the way of Jesus, I am the man I want to be. I feel wisdom, concentration, compassion, and comprehension to a degree beyond anything I have known as a scholar or a teacher. I do everything better under the influences that radiate from the Latter-day Saint religion. I am a better father and husband. I give more to my children. I connect with the poor and needy. I counsel my students more truly. I am more unselfish. Moreover, I like what the religion does for my fellow Saints, both longtime members and new converts. It welds us together into a community of mutual trust and aid. Latter-day Saints, in my experience, are people of goodwill. They give to each other and to worthy works of every kind. We care for each other the way Jesus said we should. The experiences in my own congregation have persuaded me that nothing is more likely to improve the world than conversion to the beliefs I have treasured all my life.
"As a scholar, I know full well the doubts of agnostics. I know that the scientific worldview, now dominant among intellectuals, appears to exclude traditional belief. I have dealt with the arguments against belief all my life. But over against these, I place my own intimate experience of goodness among the Latter-day Saints." (Why I Believe [Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 2002], 42)
My experience has been very much like Richard's. I'm a better person, and life is better, when — to use a Latter-day Saint idiom — I'm in tune with the Spirit.
The third is from a poem entitled "Finding Place," by the Latter-day Saint poet Doug Talley:
In this life we find the peaceable kingdom
within, then above, beneath, and all around.
What can a person driven by grandiosity
know of the quiet, hidden God found here?
(I hope I've gotten the lines right.)