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The Dodgers have extended manager Don Mattingly until 2016 after a long, and sometimes publicly heated, period of negotiations with him, according to Ramona Shelburne of ESPN.com. The team is expected to announce the extension later this week. Mattingly was already under contract for the 2014 season. Exact terms of the extension were unknown, although sources told ESPN that it ... Read More »
Rumor Mill – Winter Meetings: the amusing Uribe mess, Kemp trade talks add a team, thoughts on Price
Juan Uribe has had a confusing day, though the Dodgers weren't really involved in it. Neither him or the team were publicly active, but the journalists reporting about his status certainly have been. I mean, what does MLB Trade Rumors exist for if not for sequences like this? 9:53am: The Marlins are interested in adding Juan Uribe to fill their ... Read More »
2013 Los Angeles Dodgers Season Review: Center Fielders
Matt Kemp Matt Kemp entered 2013 coming off serious shoulder surgery to repair a badly torn labrum in his left/lead shoulder. It was an unavoidable injury, but the recovery time was stalled by the club allowing him to play through it down the stretch in 2012. Ned Colletti, Don Mattingly, and everybody involved allowed the emotions of trying to sneak into ... Read More »
2013 Los Angeles Dodgers Season Review: Left Fielders
Carl Crawford Carl Crawford entered 2013 as an afterthought in the minds of most baseball fans. He was coming off of an injury-plagued and unproductive stint with the Boston Red Sox before becoming a salary dump as he headed to the West Coast in the monster Adrian Gonzalez deal. Once an ultra-elite defensive left fielder who had great speed and ... Read More »
2013 Los Angeles Dodgers Season Review: Second Basemen
Mark Ellis Mark Ellis' tenure with the Dodgers is a pretty simple one to sum up: good to excellent defense, below-average hitting made worse by Don Mattingly's insistence on batting him second, and the inevitable leg injury. 2013 provided more of the same old same old from Mark. Ellis saved roughly seven runs with the leather while hitting just .270/.323/.351/.674, ... Read More »
2013 Los Angeles Dodgers Season Review: Catchers
A.J. Ellis A.J. Ellis entered 2013 as a key, but underrated, component to the team's success. He was a player who patrolled a scarce defensive position and could consistently work counts, provide occasional pop, and handle a deep and talented pitching staff. Of course, it was always unlikely that he'd match his stellar 2012 campaign (.270/.373/.414/.787, 13 HR, 3.7 fWAR/3.3 ... Read More »
Dodgers lose Punto, Mattingly & Kasten talk extension, Brian Wilson wants closer money
The Dodgers lost utilityman Nick Punto to the Athletics yesterday for $3 million, which made me wonder why they didn't keep him around. The Dodgers will miss Nick Punto in the clubhouse as well as on the bench, but to keep him, they wouldn't guarantee the $3 million he got from Oakland on Wednesday, doubling his 2013 salary. The new ... Read More »
Honeycutt, Lopes, Wallach have options picked up, Hillman's option declined, clearing way for Mattingly return
The Dodgers picked up the options of coaches Rick Honeycutt, Davey Lopes, and Tim Wallach today, according to Ken Gurnick of Dodgers.com. Also Mark McGwire will return because he's already under contract. Trey Hillman's option was declined, so that leaves John Valentin, Ken Howell, and Chuck Crim in the wind for now, according to Eric Stephen of True Blue LA. ... Read More »
Don Mattingly's future with the Dodgers is up in the air, but if not him, then who?
Don Mattingly gave quite the exit press conference yesterday, basically saying that he has a guaranteed contract for next year, but if he doesn't get a multi-year deal, then he might not be back with the Dodgers. "My option vested once we beat Atlanta, but that doesn't mean I'll be back," Mattingly told reporters on Monday, with general manager Ned ... Read More »
2013 NLCS Game 1: Dodgers 2, Cardinals 3 – Baseball sucks
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[Updated] Dodgers 2013 NLCS player panic ratings: Which player will fans flood my mentions with curse words about?
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BAGHDAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Iraq, Feb. 9, 2004 After enduring months of intense heat, long hours, dust and Spartan living conditions since their arrival in May, Army postal units have nearly completed turnover of military postal operations to contractors.
The turnover began in October, when the first KBR postal workers began to arrive, said Lt. Col. Steven Heggen, commander of the 461st Personnel Services Battalion, an Army Reserve unit from Decatur, Ga.
Originally, the Joint Military Mail Terminal here was manned exclusively with soldiers from the 461st PSB and units from the National Guard, Army Reserve and active Army, numbering about 300 in all. Now, except for a handful of postal unit soldiers, KBR employees almost exclusively staff the terminal. Heggen said the handoff was necessary partly because the Army does not have enough postal units to support continued operations.
To date, Heggen said, the cavernous terminal has processed more than 90 million pounds of mail, distributed in more than 1,100 mail convoys to a dozen points throughout Iraq.
The mail operation has not been without its human cost. Two KBR employees were killed in separate hostile incidents. A transportation unit soldier was killed while on security escort duty. Another soldier with the 151st Postal Company was killed in a helicopter crash. Soldiers have received medals for valor and the Purple Heart. A DHL plane delivering mail managed to land safely after being struck by a missile.
The giant mail terminal was found in decrepit condition when U.S. forces entered the Baghdad area early in Operation Iraqi Freedom. The building, which appears to have once been an Iraqi Airlines cargo storage facility, was chosen because of its loading docks and large covered area. It did not appear to have been used for more than a decade, except by a small division of pigeons that had covered the floor with its droppings. Army engineers modified parts of the structure and hauled out tons of debris before operations began, Heggen said.
Opened to relieve the load on the Joint Military Mail Terminal in Kuwait, which now supports camps only in Kuwait, the Baghdad terminal supported almost all the Army and Air Force post offices in Iraq, until mail began to be flown directly to other points, mainly Mosul and Kirkuk.
For the first month, everything from electricity and water to hot meals were in scarce supply for the postal soldiers. Field rations made up two of three meals a day, while a small chow tent served hot meals once a day. Sleeping arrangements were wherever they could be found. Some soldiers set up in the office areas of the building, some in spare mail containers, and still others in an eight-story building half a mile away dubbed the "crack house" due to its dilapidated condition.
As the months went by, conditions at the joint facility improved. The building was electrified by a contracted Iraqi company, air-conditioning units were put into the offices, better toilet and shower facilities - no more hose attached to a bucket of cold water - became available. Also, the large Bob Hope Dining Facility and a post exchange opened across the highway, and the soldiers even got Internet access and television via satellite.
But most importantly, the postal units got the upper hand on the mail, conquering the logistical nightmare of supporting more than 100,000 troops constantly moving around in a war zone and reducing delivery times down to seven to 10 days, a third of what they were when the terminal opened.
The last real challenge JMMT soldiers and KBR employees faced was during the Christmas mail surge.
"It was horrible," Sgt. Janet Resto recalled with a laugh. She's assigned to the 912th Postal Company from Orlando, Fla., and is a transportation traffic manager in her civilian job. "It began before Thanksgiving and lasted until the second week in January.
"We worked 14 to 18 hours every day," she said. "We got so much mail it was incredible, but we never got behind." The unit caught up in time to manage one day off: Christmas. "Soldiers appreciate what we do here," she said. "They say, 'Thank you.' It's nice to hear that."
The Army will continue to have a small presence at the terminal as oversight for KBR operations, as well as other points in Iraq, Heggen said. Soldiers from the 461st still process mail for 10,000 soldiers from local units based at the airport, via the post office across the street run by the Army Reserve's 394th Postal Company from Long Beach, Calif.
Randy Jarrell, KBR's JMMT manager, said KBR has 56 employees working at the terminal. After arriving in September, KBR employees first cross-trained with the Army units to learn their system, he said.
"We've changed some processes since then so we wouldn't have to utilize as many personnel," Jarrell said.
The KBR records clerk works closely with the Army to update records of soldiers moving from camp to camp. KBR employees also needed to get clearances to process registered mail, one of the last major functions that postal soldiers recently handed off to the contractor. Many KBR employees have worked for the U.S. Postal Service or are former postal unit soldiers, Jarrell said.
Living conditions are essentially the same for KBR employees as they are for the military. They can eat at the dining facility or they may choose to eat at the Burger King stand nearby, said to be one of the busiest in the world. For some, it has been a test at "roughing it."
"Most were pretty enthusiastic to begin with," Jarrell said. "Some of that excitement is slowly wearing off." That was to be expected, he said, and in fact fewer employees than projected decided the conditions weren't for them and went home.
"Our people have proved their 'stickability' here," he said.
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The most difficult conversation of Patrick Burke's life did not come on the day his younger brother, Brendan, revealed he was gay. That was a relatively easy talk, at least for Patrick, now a scout for the Flyers. It was just after Christmas in 2007, and he was 24, five years older than Brendan. They were bringing in Patrick's luggage from the car after a scouting trip when Brendan told him, and for Patrick it didn't change a thing. Why would it? They were brothers. Just to make sure it wasn't one of Brendan's jokes, Patrick made him swear on the Stanley Cup that he was serious, the way the brothers often did, because hockey runs in the Burkes' blood. Brendan, then the student manager of the Miami (Ohio) men's hockey team, swore accordingly. "I love you," Patrick told his brother. Then he told him to grab a suitcase.
No, the hardest conversation of Patrick's life came a few days later, after he'd had time to think about the years that his brother had felt the need to keep his sexuality secret. He thought about the stereotypes he had joked about in front of Brendan and how he had casually used the word gay as an insult. They weren't hateful comments, just unthinking ones, but Patrick could hear them now the way Brendan must have heard them then. He would later learn why Brendan had quit his high school hockey team before his senior season: As a closeted gay player, he was uncomfortable with just that type of locker room banter.
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Following the second year in which Scotland was temporarily brought to a standstill due to the freezing winter weather, the Scottish Government and members of the tyre industry meeting in an attempt to set up a Scottish initiative on winter tyres.
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Do Games Improve Real-Life Driving Skills?
If you have a friend or relative that is an avid gamer, you've probably heard the claims that computer games help to improve their driving skills...
27 Jan 2011
Falken to Race in Porsche 911 GT3 R
This year they have strongly signalled their intent and desire to do well with the announcement that they aregoing to compete in a GT3 R specification Porsche 911...
26 Jan 2011
Toyo Set To Be OE for Audi Q7
Toyo Tire has released a statement announcing the deal which sees their Toyo Open Country W/T tyre being used as the Original Equipment (OE) tyres on the new Audi Q7...
If you are an adventurer by nature, you might be interested to know that Continental Tyres are running a competition that will offer the lucky winners the chance for the adventure holiday of a lifetime...
24 Jan 2011
Potholes Cause Misery for Scottish Motorists
A new report has been released by one of the countries leading breakdown repair companies – the AA. In this report, it is claimed that the roads most affected by potholes over the past twelve months are in Scotland...
20 Jan 2011
Golden Garages is back for 2011
After the success of last year's campaign and award, Motor Codes has launched this year's hunt for the best garages in the UK...
18 Jan 2011
Making Art Out of Tyres
The artist who created the piece is called Gabriel Orozco and is originally from Mexico....
17 Jan 2011
Launch of Tesco-Tyres.com
As you may have heard – there have been a number of articles in many papers across the country over the last week – Blackcircles.com and Tesco have joined forces to launch Tesco-Tyres.com
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TyreSafe Promotes Tyre Pressure Importance
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"Good I will Be" was purchased by Canadian horse trainer for $775,000 Well I guess she she good for it after winning the lottery!!....If I could be so lucky
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Essex County College awards scholarships to both returning and graduating students. Generally, there are three categories of scholarships for returning students: Presidential, International, and External Donor scholarships.
The Presidential and International scholarships for returning students are awarded by the President of Essex County College. International scholarships are open to students with F1 visa status. Please review the criteria section of the handbook for additional information. Students receiving full financial aid are not eligible for international, presidential or external donor scholarship.
Graduating students may apply for transfer scholarships. Over 30 organizations provide scholarships to students, who graduate from Essex County College, and have been accepted as transfer students at four-year colleges and universities. This category of scholarships does not exclude students on financial aid.
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I'd love to tell their story
"There's eight million stories in the naked city." This famous final line from the 1948 film noir classic Naked City, perfectly describes the sports scene in Rutherford County this summer.
Summer is supposed to be a relaxing time for sportswriters, at least in the mind of the general public. I can't count the number of times people have told me, "I bet you are enjoying your break since high school sports are over."
"What break?", I ask and then go down the list of things that need covering in this great county of ours during the summer months.
There are the Owls, American Legion baseball, Little League and the various feature stories that pop up. So summer is anything but a vacation. There is always a story to tell. And I would not have it any other way.
I'm not the type of person who is satisfied with a lazy day at the fishin' hole with Andy and Opie. No, I'm more like Sherlock Holmes when he exclaims to his friend Dr. Watson, "My mind abhors mental stagnation. Give me problems. Give me work."
Like the great detective, I am constantly searching for new ways to both inform and entertain readers. I also strive to create a catchy headline that will clue them in to what the article is about. I never want to be satisfied with just another sports story.
My journalism professor always told me that the goal was not to be a sports writer, but a writer. Sports writers, all too often, simply regurgitate stats. I want to tell a story. If I'm not telling a story, or listening to someone else's, I'm bored.
I remember wearing out books on tape from the local library on my numerous trips to Charlotte for therapy when I was little. Now that cassettes have gone the way of the eight track, I've moved on to MP3 files on my IPad. At last count, there are 475 books crammed in the Cloud and my hard drive. They range from Jurassic Park to Jane Austen. I fall asleep every night listening to a great story.
One of the best stories of the summer is the Rutherfordton-Chase 50/70 Little League team. As I write this, they just wrapped up the Southeast Regional Championship with an 8-2 win over Florida. As a result, they earn a spot in the World Series in Livermore, Calif.
I would love to travel to the Golden State to cover these young men. Whether it's by plane, train or automobile, I don't care how I get there. Heck, I'd even hitch a ride with Granny, Ellie May, Jethro and Jed, if they weren't already in the land of swimming pools and movie stars.
This trip could double as a vacation, as I would try to squeeze in a trip to AT&T Park and mark another stadium off my bucket list. Even that wouldn't be a vacation in the truest sense of the word. I would probably turn that experience into a column. In fact, my mind is already generating possible headlines. I can't help myself.
I know going to California is a long shot for me and that's okay. Like Naked City implies, there are plenty of other stories to tell. Either way, I've got some writing to do.


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Q: What is the DB25 connector for on the rear panel of the ADX?A: In the near future, Audio Authority will introduce the SonaFlex multi-zone amplifier that has a DB25 connector as an alternate input method.
Q: What is the process to create a 2.1 zone group? A: In brief, you first apply the lowpass filter to a zone, which also produces a mono signal on both channels of the zone. Then you group the lowpass zone with a full range zone, so that group commands (e.g. volume, mute, and switching) effect both outputs.
Q: Can I use both of the mono outputs in a lowpass zone? A: Yes. Both low level zone outputs may be connected to separate powered subwoofers, or to two separate amplifiers driving passive subs.
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GSP Coach Roach: 'Hendricks isn't hard to figure out'
"His next opponent, Hendricks, is a southpaw with a good punch. I have tape on Hendricks and we're working to nullify what he does. We got the gameplan pretty much down already. We're working on it. He's always looking for that big shot. He's a veteran wrestler, of course, a good wrestler, but he doesn't even like to wrestle. He depends on that big left hand. He doesn't even want to go to the ground too much. He's not real difficult to figure out."
In a recent interview with FightHub.TV, famed boxing coach, Freddie Roach discusses the upcoming welterweight showdown with GSP and Johny Hendricks. While the bout is not yet scheduled it appears as if at least part of GSP's coaching staff already has a handle on the style matchup.
Is his assessment of "Bigg Rigg" Accurate?
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so true. hendricks has an excellent wrestling pedigree but he doesnt even use it cause hes been so successful knocking guys out. he needs to change up his gameplan against the ultimate tactician in gsp or else he will be jabbed to death or countered with plenty of kicks and straight punches
Hendricks got like 12 takedowns agaisnt Condit.. I like Roach but seriously, what does he really know about MMA?
Condit isn't a wrestler and is pretty easy to takedown for most people. He's right though Hendricks has a good wrestling pedigree but he's an average wrestler in MMA. Also, like some other good wrestlers he doesn't wrestle well defensively. Story was able to outwrestle him and Pierce and Koscheck kept it standing. Hendricks has only landed 50% of his takedowns with the Condit fight bloating the stats and defensively he has only stopped 63%. I think GSP definitely has the advantage here especially the way he's able to mix up the takedowns and striking so well in the middle of the cage.
Typical GSP gameplanning. He looks to play mind games by stating this hoping Hendricks tries more wrestling so GSP can be ready for that. GSP is good at exploiting egos. Last thing GSP wants is Hendricks headhunting him with the left all night. Let's see if it works.
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Coexisting with corn earworms
During the many years I've been involved with farmers' markets, I've noticed a very interesting phenomenon. Lots of people who shop at farmers' markets are interested in purchasing organic or sustainable or no-spray vegetables and fruits, but the idea of bugs crawling on their food is too much to handle. On farms, farmers, crops and bugs live together – not necessarily live in harmony, but they co-exist.
The bugs that live on farms can generally be classified into two categories: Pests, the bad bugs. And beneficial insects, the good bugs. The pests do damage to crops. These bugs tend to be the herbivores. They chew holes in fruits and vegetables and eat leaves of plants, which makes photosynthesis and growth more difficult. Some even chew on roots and stems, causing the whole plant to die. The beneficial insects are the predators. They eat the pests and do other work, including pollination, while leaving the plants and vegetables alone. Some farmers go to great lengths to attract beneficial insects to their farms.
Bug hierarchy can be compared to the hierarchy in the animal kingdom. Pests are similar to rabbits or deer -- there are lots of them and they reproduce quickly! The beneficial insects are similar to predators, such as wolves or foxes or bears and their populations tend to be smaller. When there is a good balance of pests and beneficial insects on a farm, the beneficial population keeps the pest population in check.
A good balance can be hard to strike and can take years of hard work. Factors that are beyond a farmer's control can upset the balance very quickly. Often, no matter how hard farmers try to attract beneficial insects to their farms, the population of pests is bigger and more voracious than beneficial insects can control. So, farmers sometimes have to resort to other measures of pest control. Those measures can include picking off the pests by hand, using organic sprays to keep the pests off the crops or using chemical pesticides to kill the pests before they do too much damage. However, chemical pesticides can also kill off populations of beneficial insects.
So, why does the first corn of the season lead me to a long discourse on insects? It is all because of corn earworms, the pesky, little worms that like to chew on the tip of an ear of corn. These little worms are difficult to control. The good thing is, they don't damage the whole ear of corn -- usually they just chew on the end of it. There are lots of farmers who sell corn at local farmers' markets who won't spray their corn and have learned to co-exist with the worms. Often, they encourage their customers to cut off the ends of the cob that has been chewed on by the worms. As a farmer once said to me, "If it's good enough and safe enough for the worms to eat, it is good enough for me!"
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Welcome to Seagull Fishing Tackle Dungeness.
Dungeness is a magical place, a fishing location second to none, one of the best sea fishing venues in the UK and our shop is ideally located, only a 5 minute drive away.....So welcome to our world!
So if you fancy fishing Dungeness and District, welcome to Seagull Fishing Tackle. We are located at Greatstone (see map),  five minutes down the bay from Dungeness.
We are a small friendly traditional shop committed to fishing at Dungeness. Open 7 days a week (unless I have gone fishing, it pays to phone) we have a good local knowledge which we like to share of the best fishing spots in the area.
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We Hang Out in the Driveway
31 comments:
- Jenna said...
Haha this is too cute! We also have yellow labs, so I'm very familiar with the lab fur that accumulates after a good brushing :)
- November 6, 2012 at 5:39 AM
- Kaileigh said...
My husband is the same way. He can ride around on his lawn mower for hours and our lawn isn't that big! I'm sure the neighbours are entertained by him. It keeps them busy though!
- November 6, 2012 at 5:44 AM
- Jess @ Pretty Physicist said...
Haha ... your husband sounds like mine. I'm certain they could be besties, just like us. :)
- November 6, 2012 at 5:50 AM
- lori said...
haha aww that look of shame... melts my heart!
- November 6, 2012 at 7:47 AM
- Julie said...
My parents driveway looks like that every Saturday and Sunday :)
- November 6, 2012 at 8:02 AM
- Liz said...
Men love the garage!!!! Our drive way constantly looks like this, with one dog tied to something because she wanders and the other glued to Mike's side. DId Justin get a new truck?
Lab fur?! Yes please I have a pintrest project that I'm working on and we don't have enough between our two!!! Bahahaha kidding.
- November 6, 2012 at 8:02 AM
- P!nky said...
You puppies are so cute! xoxo
- November 6, 2012 at 8:51 AM
- Michelle said...
Ha!! Sounds just like my hubs!! And you sound like me-I can't wait to get into my comfy clothes when I get home!!
- November 6, 2012 at 8:56 AM
- Sara @ Our Life Blog said...
this totally sounds like my husband. hehe, silly men!!
- November 6, 2012 at 9:07 AM
- Lauren Nicole said...
Seems like your husband and my dad have a lot in common. He is always outside, tinkering with something. ALWAYS. And half of the times, it's not even his own things.. people just take it upon themselves to bring over their four-wheeler, boat trailer, you name it.. and just ask him to work on it. And he DOES. Sweet man, he is, but it drives me crazy. Go sit down, watch a basketball game or something! lol But to no avail. He just loves being out in the driveway!
- November 6, 2012 at 9:36 AM
- Tami said...
Love this!! We always hang out in the driveway too. Or at least we did when we had one! I long for the day that we live in our house with our own driveway again! :)
- November 6, 2012 at 10:01 AM
- Benlovesting said...
Oh man, this so cute!
- November 6, 2012 at 10:15 AM
- Courtney B said...
This is so my husband as well! Just another reason we were MEANT to be friends :)
- November 6, 2012 at 10:32 AM
- Katie said...
Mine is the same way. More often than not, I come home to him playing in the garage with his power tools. Lol
- November 6, 2012 at 10:34 AM
- Annabelle said...
We don't live in a neighborhood but I can say that my hubby is the same way! Always something sitting out being tinkered on! Gotta love our men!
- November 6, 2012 at 10:50 AM
- C.Curley said...
So...in my head I just thought... "You brushed off his lab coat!" And it made me laugh. Yeah...it's been a slow day around here! haha!
- November 6, 2012 at 11:28 AM
- Lauren said...
This is so cute!! Gotta love those hubbies!! :) Cute dogs!!
- November 6, 2012 at 11:41 AM
- Sara Bell said...
Aw, too cute! My husband used to always be out in the garage in our old condo. Always! We were newlyweds there (I guess we kind of still are, but I mean NEWLY newlyweds) and I felt so grown-up and wife-y bringing him a glass of lemonade and sitting out there with a book while he worked on his dirt bike or one of our vehicles.
I have a feeling we'll be hanging out in the nursery soon instead. =]
- November 6, 2012 at 11:56 AM
- Gail@Sophisticated Steps said...
This is the kind of post you will cherish...because it's real life. My hub is the tinkering kind, too. I love a handy man. Heh, heh. ;)
Sasha's furminated hair pile could compete with Cash's. When I'm done, it looks like it snowed in Miami. Lol.
- November 6, 2012 at 2:55 PM
- Rach @ This Italian Family said...
Haha! Very nice! And I have to say, Diesel's look of shame is hilarious. Poor guy!
- November 6, 2012 at 5:04 PM
- Allison said...
I love that he brought the dogs out to hang out...they are family too right? :)
- November 6, 2012 at 5:22 PM
- Jamie said...
So cute! I love seeing he doggies relaxing outside too!
- November 6, 2012 at 6:36 PM
- Laura Darling said...
I love this! Sometimes my dad works in our driveway and front yard and brings the dog out. He ties her leash to the sledgehammer because it's heavy and she can't really get very far when she's dragging it. It mortifies my mom haha. But it works!
- November 6, 2012 at 6:39 PM
- Brooke said...
This reminds me of when I pull into my driveway at home - or I guess my parent's house now - and my dad will be out doing whatever in the garage! It makes me happy :)
- November 6, 2012 at 7:36 PM
- KRISTIN said...
HA! I love it!
- November 6, 2012 at 9:41 PM
- Michaela said...
So funny. Him and those dogs love to work in the yard!
- November 6, 2012 at 9:58 PM
- Ashley said...
Nothing wrong with hanging out in the yard ;)
- November 7, 2012 at 5:49 AM
- Janna Renee said...
Will does the SAME thing. Weiser loves being tied up out there with him, but it is quite funny when he wants to go after something and can't. Haha
- November 8, 2012 at 9:01 AM
- Ashley said...
so lovey & cute. i love it :)
- November 8, 2012 at 6:33 PM
- Holly said...
Heheheh I thought the mowers were ATVs at first, and was like "Huh? Why do they have farm bikes!?" :P
Here's hoping you move to somewhere with a huge lawn to mow! ;)
- November 9, 2012 at 4:32 PM
- Jamie Lee said...
i love your pups! especially the pit. They're so pretty
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According to this interview at IGN, new chief Stephen D'Angelo claims it was Atari's decision not to launch the game as a F2P offering.
".......according to Stephen D'Angelo, Executive Producer on STO and Chief Technical Officer. "We've always wanted the game to be free-to-play," he says, "in fact we tried to make it free-to-play at the original launch, but our publisher Atari didn't want us doing that so we didn't do that." "
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Fools find no pleasure in understanding, but delight in airing their own opinions. Pvbs 18:2, NIV
Well, in the end the publisher almost always has significant influence in the payment model the game will be released in, so makes sense.
In my day MMORPG's were so hard we fought our way through dungeons in the snow, uphill both ways.
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This Rabbit stinks!
Thats because Atari is run by a bunch of greedy lowlifes.
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Don't trust anything you hear from the Cryptic staff. I don't believe I've heard any significant amount of truth from them since early open beta. Or rather, I don't think I ever have.
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Gamer Forums, where "First World Problems" are our specialty!
Having briefly worked for Infogrames/ATARI, I can attest to the fact that they ARE indeed greedy lowlifes, so it IS possible there is some measure of truth to the quoted statement.
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Joined: 4/03/08
The more you know, the more you know you don't know.
And marketing games that use the FALSE "free to play" moniker while claiming it will make "more money" is not the same "greed"? There is trully some twisted thinking going on here. It also proves the saying "there is one born every minute".
Let's party like it is 1863!
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Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son.
The game should never have been released, even in it's current state. There's plenty of blame to go around.
Cryptic is guilty of releasing a game structured in a manner that didn't make it condusive to the gameplay envisioned. ( Seriously when your biggest boast is that you character creation system is the best in the industry , that should be a red flag , it's a game and yes Cryptic gameplay does count, playing dressup , not so much ) . Cryptic is guilty of poor game design and exectution , taking CO and slapping Star trek on it does not qualify as good game design. Cryptic is guilty of being a fraudulent bunch of BS'ers ( not only to Atari , but also the playerbase ), who either can't or won't man up to their mistakes and hide behind excuses , like a five year old.
Atari is guilty of holding Cryptic to it's boast of producing a AAA MMO in a short period of time. Atari is guilty of forcing Cryptic to make the game profitible and squeezing as much profit out of it as possible. Atari is guilty of milking as many LTS's out of STO as possible. Forcing the release of a game they knew was not ready .
CBS is guilty of not controlling it's IP better. Not allowing a developer to extend the IP licensing deadline after Perpetual failed. ( which probably would have made it more attractive to other developers, possibly Activision , since they had experience with the IP )
PWI is guilty of trying to take for all intensive purposes a failing game and make money. ( News Flash , LTS'ers you will pay out of pocket a lot more then you think you will . It will balance out to approximately a sub fee if not more . Don't think they haven't calculated and schemed on how to do this ). Only the niave believe F2P means actually free , and that a LTS actually allows you to play a game without cost. It's a business and they will extract their pound of flesh from you . You've been warned , PWI owes you nothing , they didn't sell you the LTS, they'll only provide the illusion that you will be getting some sort of benefit, contractually speaking .
My final guilty party are the LTS'ers/playerbase. They are guilty of being niave , wide eyed, day dreamers that believe that a game can create a world/or place for them exactly like a television series that they imagine ,whether realistic or unrealistic in expectations. The idea that given enough time/money a developer will greatly improve or change a game to suit them and make it more popular, is a myth. I see too many people come and defend a company's that really and truely doesn't give a stitch about the customer , you're an account that they draw revenue from . LTS'ers your a potential revenue stream , and that's how they see you . They don't need to do anything to make you happy, you've paid your money in one respect, they just want more , without it costing them more then they can get from you.
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Originally posted by AG-Vuk
Who are the victims?
Anyways, Cryptic has been lying to players since the beginning about updates. They promised to work on the Klingons gameplay, they promise a Romulan side, they promised to fix basic bugs that continue to plague missions.
So when they say they intended this game to be F2P, I gotta call Bullsh*t.
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It's entirely possible that Atari is to blame. Then again, it is entirely possible Cryptic is trying to spin things as usual in order to pass the buck; after all, I really doubt Cryptic negotiated that performance bonus (that they failed to achieve) based off of a F2P. They do have a history of going back and trying to change what they said. For example, there was that bit about 'we always intended Klingons to be this way' or their policy of going back and changing old Dev posts to be in line with their current mantra (which started after launch, when Cryptic devs would say something, and then players would quote older dev posts to show that wasn't what had been said). Personally I think they tried to squeeze every cent they could from their players, in order to try and hit that revenue target so that Cryptic could get its bonus, and now are trying to shove all blame off on their former owners. As someone above said, there's plenty of blame for all parties involved.
Either way, it makes no difference in the long run; Cryptic can say whatever they wish about Atari, true or not, since they don't answer to Atari anymore. STO is going the F2P route under PWI, and current players who have been following the game's development towards that goal now have a taste of what it will mean for them. What Atari did or didn't do no longer really matters.
"Oh my, how horrible, someone is criticizing a MMO. Oh yeah, that is what a forum is about, looking at both sides. You rather have to be critical of anything in this genre as of late because the track record of these major studios has just been appalling." -Ozmodan
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I remember in open beta ALOT of people said this game should launch FTP and the guy in charge said they never would guess he got proven wrong lol


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Collection transferred to the IHRC from the Estonian Archives in the U.S.A. (EAU) in 2003-2005. It was processed as part of a collaborative project between the Estonian Archives in the USA (Lakewood, NJ), the National Archives of Estonia (NAE), and the IHRC in March 2009. Gristel Ramler and Birgit Nurme of the National Archives in Tallinn, Estonia, worked with IHRC staff on the project.
Peet Aren: 29.06.1898 - 26.01.1970 New York, USA. Born in Odiste küla, Võisiku vald, Viljandimaa, Estonia. Emigrated to Germany in 1944 and to the U.S. In 1949. Karin Aren: 1904 - 2003
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WASHINGTON, July 2, 2012 The U.S. Department of Agricultures Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announced that The Scotts Company LLC, Marysville, Ohio, has paid $2,925 to settle alleged violations of the Federal Seed Act.
This settlement resolves four cases that involved two shipments of grass seed mixtures to Kentucky, one shipment of hard fescue to Missouri, and one shipment of grass seed mixture to Texas. The alleged violations, while not the same for all shipments, were as follows:
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Getting tear gassed sucks! I remember watching the news and seeing protestors being shot with tear gas and the people instead of running just kept coming and fighting the riot police in the streets. I thought to myself "Why does the Police even bother with tear gas if it does not prevent people from fighting?"
It was not until i got a taste of the tear gas did i realize that that shit is no joke!
This happened while in Boot Camp i was reaching towards the end of my training and had a few more sections to cover one being firearms training as well as learning to use a Gas Mask properly.
After firearms training i was feeling good since i was able to get good shots with my side arm at the time so i was all smiles. The Drill Instructor lined us up and we headed to another large building which had a large gym. We marched towards the gym and i noticed there were a bunch of gas masks nicely lined up on the floor.
We each lined up behind a gas mask and waited at attention while the instructor spoke. He told us that we are going to go through a simulation in which tear gas was going to be used. I was like "Oh Boy!" this shit is going to be a cake walk or so i thought.
After of about an hour of how to properly set the straps so that you could don on and off the mask quickly and the instructors timing us on how quickly we had to put on the masks. We had to have the mask on and tight within 8 seconds any second more according to them you would have been dead.
As we stood in the "At Ease" all of the sudden another group who had went before came in coughing and tearing like crazy. Their eyes were blood shot and watery. When i saw that it left me a little nervous and uneasy. Maybe i was wrong about tear gas being weak.
The instructors led us outside by this time we had our masks on and they led us to this long and narrow one story building. We marched in and were shoulder to shoulder facing the instructor.
Now here were it gets crazy! The instructor began explaining what he was going to do and he also gave us instructions on when to remove the mask and once the mask was removed you had to walk to the door say your name and last four number of your SS.
I thought this cant be too hard! The instructor pulled out what looked like a white capsule broke it in half and placed it on a hot tray and you heard it sizzle.
Its was so quiet in that place you could begin to hear the rapid breathing starting up which happens when you are nervous. Even me i was breathing pretty rapidly.
Nothing was said for like a minute. I guess they waited to make sure the gas permeates through the whole area inside where we were at.
Then the order came to "Remove Masks!" everyone at the same time removed their mask. When i removed my mask i quickly felt my eyes start to burn. I felt my skin itch like crazy and once i took a breath i began to cough non-stop. We stood there for a few seconds before they began to let us out quickly. Saying your last name and last four of your SS was nearly impossible!
So here i was with a bunch of recruits with my hands and arms up while coughing, having snots freely coming out of my nose and my eyes blood shot and skin feeling like its burning. After a few minutes of coughing and clearing of the sinuses. They gave us water to wash our faces with so that we could get the tear gas residue off our skin.
After that event i feel a new found of respect for tear gas. I mean if tear gas can do this imagine those soldiers who endured getting caught in Mustard gas must have gone through. Never again will i under estimate something like that again. This was back in 1989 so it has been a several years but still i can remember it plain as day!
In the end don't mess with Tear Gas! that shit would mess up your day!
Military.com article "Conquer the Gas Chamber" a great read!


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State Stuns No. 23 Wake Forest, Wins 2-1
Oct. 31, 2013
RALEIGH, N.C. - On Senior Night in front of a lively crowd at Dail Soccer Field, the NC State women's soccer team stunned visiting No. 23 Wake Forest, winning by a final score of 2-1 Thursday evening.
Following an early Wake Forest goal, senior Meagan Proper equalized for the Wolfpack in the 17th minute before Brittany Stanko scored the deciding tally in the 47th minute of the match.
"We've been playing the top teams tough all year and I feel like we deserved to get some results like this one before tonight," said head coach Tim Santoro. "I kept telling the team that we were going to get one. We saved it until the end, until the last game, but we've deserved this for a while and I thought we deserved it tonight.
"I'm thrilled for the seniors to say they've won their last game. Not a lot of people get to do that. I'm happy for them and I'm happy for the whole group. They worked hard all year to build towards this and they deserve it."
In defeating No. 23 Wake Forest, the Wolfpack earned its first win over a ranked foe since a 2-1 victory over No. 14 Virginia on Sept. 24, 2009.
Prior to the match, State recognized Claudel Pilon, Reilly Brown, Kaley Shlaes, Ariela Schreibeis, Randi Soldat, Karri Owens, and Meagan Proper for their years spent with the Wolfpack women's soccer program.
Wake Forest leapt out to an early lead in the match, taking a 1-0 advantage on Riley Ridgik's 10th goal of the season in the eighth minute. Teammate Ally Berry's shot seconds earlier was blocked by the State defense, but fell right to the foot of Ridgik, who was able to beat Mackenzie Stelljes from 10 yards out to make it 1-0 in favor of the visitors.
On State's first corner of the evening, Proper whipped in a vicious strike towards the target. The ball was placed perfectly, flying over goalkeeper Aubrey Bledsoe's head straight into the side netting to tie the match at 1-1. The goal was the first of Proper's career.
"It feels great," said Proper. "Any time you get a goal is a great time. I'm glad I could help our team get the win. This is a big win. Not just for our seniors, but also for our underclassmen as they move forward through the spring and prepare for next fall."
State got right after the Demon Deacons early in the second half, pressuring from the start. This pressure paid off in the form of the game-winning goal in the 47th minute when Stanko found herself in a one-on-one situation with the Wake Forest goalkeeper. The sophomore coolly tucked her shot inside the near post for her fifth goal of the season. The strike was assisted by teammates Jennie Krauser and Caroline Gentry.
From that point on, State was able to weather a determined Wake Forest comeback to hold on for the win.


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Trustees will decide on raises for the remaining BISD staff next week, and said this raise was as manageable a hike as they could possibly give with the district budget being tight.
In all, these raises will cost nearly $1.7 million.
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The former Arsenal and West Ham striker, capped 51 times by Wales, accepted the role with Chris Coleman and the national side in July last year.
Hartson said he had no regrets about taking on his role with Wales and claimed the experience had been been a learning curve for him.
"I have enjoyed every moment of my time with Wales," Hartson said. "Everyone knows how passionate I am about my country."
"The work I now do as a pundit for the BBC is taking up more and more of my time. With another child on the way I need to spend some time with my growing family.
"I have learnt a lot working with Chris, Kit and Osian," he added. "I wish them and the players all the best for the future and really hope they qualify for the UEFA European Championships in 2016."
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A device for preventing the inadvertent rotation of a temperature selection dial associated with the temperature controller of a water heater. The device includes a spring-loaded prong that extends across the face of a rotatable dial so as to prevent rotation of thereof. The force required to pry the prong off of the dial is selected to be greater than what a small child is typically capable of exerting.
1. A set temperature adjustment device associated with a gas controller for a gas-fired heating device, comprising:
a rotatable dial having raised nubs formed on its face; and
a spring-loaded prong is attached to a gas controller for a gas-fired heating device and for releasably applying pressure against said face of said dial so as to inhibit rotation thereof and to prevent removal thereof.
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11. A safety device for preventing inadvertent rotation of a rotatable dial with which a set temperature in a gas-fired heating device is selected, comprising a rotatable dial positioned on a gas controller valve housing for a gas-fired hearing device and further including a prong element that is attached to said gas controller valve housing for a gas-fired heating device and said prong element extends across a face of said rotatable dial and is biased against said rotatable dial.
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The present invention is generally directed to a safety device and more particularly pertains to a device for preventing the inadvertent adjustment of a water heater's set temperature.
The temperature at which water is maintained within a water heater is typically adjusted by a rotatable dial. In the case of a gas-fired water heater, such dial is associated with a controller valve that directs the flow of gas to a burner whenever the actual water temperature falls below the set temperature. Excessive water temperature is a hazard in that it may cause scalding at any of the various faucets or appliances serviced by the water heater. Accidental or inadvertent adjustment of such dial can cause water to issue at unexpectedly high temperatures. On the other hand, while a temperature setting that had inadvertently been dialed down may not be hazardous, it can nonetheless constitute a nuisance.
The temperature set dial on gas controller valves is typically easily accessible and easily rotated. If the water heater is located in a readily accessible location, such as in an unsegregated section of a garage or an unlocked closet, the dial can easily be tampered with by children playing in the area or by individuals bent on mischief.
Properly securing a water heater from this type of tampering typically results in additional cost and/or inconvenience as to its use. Locking the water heater into an enclosure requires either keys to be kept or a combination to be remembered. An enclosure may also hamper the installation, replacement or servicing of the water heater.
Devices have previously been developed that are associated directly with a control knob or valve to prevent tampering but again, substantial additional cost of manufacture or inconvenience as to use is typically involved. Such devices either lock the knob or valve into place to physically prevent it from being rotated or serve to decouple the knob or valve from an internal actuation mechanism. In addition to the extra cost involved in the manufacture, such devices are often difficult to retrofit to existing installations.
A device is therefore needed with which the inadvertent adjustment of a temperature control dial can be prevented or deterred, that can be manufactured and installed with minimal cost, that can be readily retrofitted to existing controllers and that is easy for an adult to manipulate.
The present invention provides a simple device that prevents inadvertent adjustment of a water heater's set temperature. Although the device prevents tampering by small children, it is easily defeated by an adult user. The device additionally makes it difficult for anyone to tamper with the controller's temperature calibration. Moreover, the device is inexpensive and is easily retrofitted to existing controller devices.
The device includes a spring-loaded prong that is attached to the controller housing so as to extend across the face of the temperature set dial. The prong is configured to apply a force against the face of the dial and to engage outwardly extending nubs formed thereon. The interaction of the prong with a nub positively prevents rotation of the dial. In order to make an adjustment to the temperature setting, the prong must be pulled or pried off of the face of the dial to disengage the nub, wherein the force necessary to do so exceeds the capability of most small children. An adult on the other hand would be capable of exerting enough force, thereby releasing the dial for rotation to the desired setting. An aperture formed in the prong allows an appropriate prying tool to optionally be inserted to allow the force of the prong to be more easily defeated. The position of the prong additionally serves to prevent the dial from being pulled off of its shaft to thereby preclude access to the temperature calibration screw located below the dial.
The prong is easily retrofitted to an existing controller by removal of a single fastener, insertion of the base of the prong and replacement of the fastener. Optionally, the prong may be configured to be clipped onto the controller housing. A dial devoid of outwardly extending nubs formed on its face would additionally have to be replaced which simply requires the original dial to be pulled of its shaft and the replacement to be slipped there onto.
These and other features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following detailed description of a preferred embodiment which, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, illustrates by way of example the principles of the invention.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a water heater fitted with the safety device of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is an enlarged frontal view of the gas controller with the anti-tamper device of the present invention fitted thereto; and
FIG. 3 is an enlarged bottom view of the gas controller with the anti-tamper device of the present invention fitted thereto.
The present invention provides a safety device for preventing the inadvertent adjustment of a temperature dial associated with a water heater. The device is fitted to the gas controller for a water heater and serves to prevent the rotation of the adjustment dial. Overcoming the device requires either significant strength that a small child is not capable of or the use of a specially configured tool.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a water heater 12 showing the location of the gas controller valve 14 fitted thereto. The gas controller valve regulates the flow of gas to a burner positioned below the water tank so as to maintain the water contained therein at a preselected temperature. The controller valve is located on the side of the water heater as shown in order to provide easy access thereto as is required when adjusting the set temperature or lighting the pilot flame. The controller valve that is fitted to the water heater includes the anti-tamper mechanism of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an enlarged frontal view of the gas controller valve 14 of the water heater shown in FIG. 1 and more clearly illustrates the anti-tamper mechanism including a prong 16 and specially contoured dial 18. The dial allows the set temperature to be selected by rotation in one direction to increase the set temperature and rotation in the opposite direction to decrease the set temperature. The dial includes a plurality of raised nubs 20 that extend outwardly from the face of the dial. In the embodiment shown, twenty nubs are arranged in a circular pattern, each nub having a square configuration and extending above the face of the dial by about 0.040 inches. Not visible in the illustration is a temperature calibration screw located underneath the dial which is accessible only by removing the dial by pulling it off of its shaft. The prong 16 is attached to the controller valve housing via a fastener 22 that extends through its base 24. A fastener having a TORX head or an Allen head discourages disassembly by a laymen without serving as an impediment to a technician equipped with the proper tools. Alternatively, the prong may be riveted to the controller valve housing for a more permanent installation or configured to be clipped thereto to enable very quick and simple retrofitment. The distal end 26 of the prong extends across the face of the dial and is firmly biased there against. An aperture 28 formed in the prong is positioned and dimensioned to receive a nub 20 there through. A slot 30 formed in the prong is dimensioned to allow the insertion of a flat head screw driver or similar pry tool.
FIG. 3 is an enlarged bottom view of the controller 14 fitted with the anti-tamper mechanism. The nubs 20 are visible extending outwardly from the dial 18 while the structure of prong 16 is clearly visible, including its base section 24 by which it is attached to the controller housing, an intermediate section 25 that extends outwardly from the base and distal section 26 that extends across the face of the dial. The figure additionally shows a pry tool 32 that has been inserted in slot 30 to allow the distal section to be more easily pried off of the face of the dial to disengage the dial's nubs.
The dial 18 is preferably formed of plastic and is attached to a rotatable shaft by an interference fit whereby rotation of the dial results in rotation of the shaft. By exerting a sufficiently high pulling force, the dial can be readily detached from the shaft. The prong 16 is preferably formed of spring steel so that a sufficiently high force can be applied to the face of the dial and so that its shape is retained even after undergoing repeated flexure cycles to release the dial. The prong is preferably configured and dimensioned to exert about a 15 lb force against the face of the dial.
In use, the force of the prong 16 against the dial 18 not only increases friction between the dial and the controller valve housing to render the dial harder to rotate, but the cooperation of an aligned nub 20 with the aperture 28 formed in the prong positively prevents rotation. The presence of the prong across the face of the dial additionally prevents the dial from being removed or from accidently becoming dislodged and thereby prevents tampering with the temperature calibration screw located there below.
In order to reset the set temperature, the prong 16 must be pried off of the face of the dial 18. While the 15 lbs of force exerted by the prong against the dial would prevent a child from successfully disengaging the prong from a nub 20, an adult should find such force reasonably easy to overcome by for example inserting a finger underneath the prong and pulling. Once free of the nub, the dial is easily rotated to the desired position. If such force proves to be too high, a flat head screw driver 32 or similar device is easily inserted into slot 30 to allow the prong to be pried off of the face of the dial.
In order to retrofit the anti-tamper mechanism to an existing controller valve, the original dial must first be removed and replaced with a dial 18 having the appropriate nubs 20 formed thereon. This is accomplished by simply pulling the original dial off of the controller and pushing the replacement dial onto the shaft. The prong 16 must then be fitted. A clip-on configuration allows attachment to be accomplished without the use of any tools. A prong configuration as is illustrated in the figures requires the removal of the fastener 22 with the appropriate tool and insertion of the base 24 of the prong. Subsequent replacement and tightening of the fastener completes the retrofitment.
While a particular form of the invention has been illustrated and described, it will also be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Accordingly, it is not intended that the invention be limited except by the appended claims.
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