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Is This Too-Easy-To-Be-True PMS Cure Real?
In the study, 1,057 women with PMS were evaluated and compared against 1,968 control subjects. The women self-reported their intake of food and supplements, and then their PMS symptoms (or lack thereof) were clinically diagnosed. While many minerals have connections to PMS symptoms, one of the most major correlations was found with iron: The women with the highest 20 percent of iron intake were 40 percent less likely to experience PMS symptoms.
Interestingly, the opposite was true with potassium: The women in the highest 20 percent of intake of this mineral were actually 46 percent more likely to experience PMS. But, don't go dropping your bananas and shoveling in handfuls of spinach just yet. The senior author of the story, Elizabeth R. Bertone-Johnson of the University of Massachussetts, argues that this study should simply encourage women to eat a balanced diet. Easier said than done, but we're happy to hear that our intake of leafy greens may have one more sneaky health benefit than we realized. (NYTimes)
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BOGOTA – Venezuela is descending ever deeper into violence, with street protests spreading rapidly across the country. President Nicolás Maduro's government appears to be losing control – using both a strong hand against protesters and a timid attempt to begin a dialogue with political rivals – while the opposition is divided and appears incapable of taking power. Since the current crisis began in February, more than 40 people have died, roughly 650 have been injured, and some 2,000 have been detained.
Meanwhile, Venezuela's inflation rate is the highest in the world, basic goods are in short supply, and street crime has reached unprecedented levels. And, rather than address these issues, Maduro – who has just completed his first year in office – has denounced the protests as part of an attempted coup.
Maduro's party controls all three branches of government and most of the major domestic media outlets, and there are no upcoming elections that might break the deadlock and resolve the worsening power struggle. Though there are signs of discontent in the armed forces, the coup scenario seems far-fetched – and certainly hard to prove.
But the government is taking no chances. Three air force generals have been detained, national and foreign news media are being censored, and officials have even cut off supplies of newsprint to all but the government's supporters.
Venezuelans, unlike much of the international media covering their country, are accustomed to inflammatory rhetoric from their political leaders. But the current crisis is different, for it reflects the painful divide that has become all too apparent since the death last year of Maduro's charismatic predecessor, Hugo Chávez. Maduro, Chávez's hand-picked successor, narrowly won the April 2013 presidential election over Henrique Capriles Radonski, a young, energetic moderate.
Hopes of change, however, have since dwindled. The government won a larger majority in local and regional elections last December, and Maduro has failed to develop the ideas and policies needed to end the street violence and political paralysis. And, though Maduro has contained infighting within his own party, his position is far from secure. Still new to the job, and facing mounting economic and political problems, he has yet to prove to the party faithful that he is a worthy successor to Chávez.
The opposition, for its part, has learned its lessons from the failed 2002 coup. It has patiently constructed a coalition capable of competing in elections, a field previously dominated by Chávez (helped in no small measure by his government's unrestrained social spending). As a result, the opposition has been able to score some regional election victories, and mount a credible effort to win the presidency.
But Maduro's opponents are divided over what direction to take. Capriles wants protesters to play by the constitutional rules, which would take longer, and probably be less effective in unseating the government. By contrast, two protest leaders, Leopoldo López and María Corina Machado, want to bring down the government more quickly. López is now in jail, while Machado has been stripped of her parliamentary seat for speaking against the government before a session of the Organization of American States.
The OAS's response, like that of other international organizations and foreign governments, has been ineffectual. Venezuela's government barred a commission of foreign ministers sent by the OAS from entering the country to evaluate the crisis.
The Union of South American Nations, which is more friendly to the Maduro government, has called for dialogue with the opposition, to be mediated by an emissary of Pope Francis (who has met both Maduro and Capriles) and the foreign ministers of Colombia, Brazil, and Ecuador. The first meetings of government and opposition representatives have alleviated tensions, but no one expects a definitive solution to the crisis to emerge.
But no other group or country from the region seems ready to enter the fray. Colombia and the United States have interests to protect, despite their unease with the Maduro government's growing authoritarianism. Brazil wants to avoid a risky intervention with no clear benefit. Members of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas, the regional bloc established by Chávez, either benefit from Venezuelan oil or are too close to the government to provide good offices.
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While the potential danger of fuel tanks hitting the pavement is obvious, the fact that some of the trucks involved are as much as 14 years old raises the question: how long are car makers "on the hook" for vehicles they sell? Is there a point where cars get too old to recall, or at least too old to be repaired free of charge?
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Frank 'Jim' Mathews, 75, died Sunday, March 28 at his home in Ottawa, KS of natural causes.
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GWEC: Global Wind Installations Drop In 2013, But 2014 'Looks Much Brighter'
NAW Staff, Wednesday 05 February 2014 - 00:00:00
In 2013, newly installed global wind capacity dropped by almost 10 GW from 2012's figures, totaling 35.467 GW, according to a new report from the
Global Wind Energy Council
(GWEC). GWEC attributes the precipitous decrease last year to the
slowdown in U.S. installations
created by policy uncertainty.
However, the report also notes that cumulative global capacity reached 318.137 GW in 2013, an increase of nearly 200 GW in the past five years. And although 2013 marked another difficult year for the global industry with "only" 12.5% cumulative growth, GWEC says the prospects for 2014 and beyond look much brighter.
"Outside of Europe and the U.S., the global market grew modestly last year, led by China and an exceptionally strong year in Canada," explains GWEC Secretary General Steve Sawyer. "While the policy hiatus in the U.S. hit our 2013 figures hard, the good news is that projects under construction in the U.S. totaled
more than 12,000 MW
at year end, a new record. European installations were off by a modest eight percent, but with an unhealthy concentration of the market in just two countries - Germany and the U.K."
GWEC says it welcomed the strong installation figures from China, noting that the consolidation phase for the Chinese industry that began after the peak year of 2010 seems to be over.
"China is a growth market again, which is good news for the industry," says Sawyer. "The government's commitment to wind power has been reinforced once again by raising the official target for 2020 to 200 GW, and the industry has responded."
India has a new national "Wind Mission," Brazil booked 4.7 GW of new projects in 2013, and Mexico's electricity sector reform is set to ignite the market in the coming years, the report adds. While only chalking up 90 MW in installations in 2013, Africa is set to boom with new installations in 2014 led by South Africa, Egypt, Morocco, Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania.
"Non-OECD markets are pretty healthy on the whole, and there is a steady stream of new markets emerging in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. With the U.S. apparently back on track, at least for the next two years, the main challenge is stabilizing the European markets, both onshore and offshore, which have been rocked by political dithering over the past few years," Sawyer concludes.
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There are some days when Markita Brewster wished she knew what her kids and their father were talking about.
Since September, Malik, 10, and Teiya, 8, have learned Chinese phrases and know numbers from one to 10 in their new language, thanks to Zhang Yong, their instructor at Roosevelt Elementary School. Their father is not Chinese, but graduated from Indian Trail Academy, which was the first school in the district to offer Mandarin as a foreign language.
"Their dad took it for four years and he loves all kinds of things Chinese. The kids come home and talk about it and they say, 'Daddy, can you guess what that means?'" said Brewster, who was one of dozens of parents at Roosevelt's Chat n' Chew Thursday night.
Carmen Contreras, whose daughters Annabel, 10, Rosa, 7, and Soledad, 6, attend the school, believes it will benefit them.
"It gives them great insight in another culture," said, Contreras, whose daughters also speak Spanish. "I think that it's a great advantage to them in the future."
Zhang, who is in Kenosha for the academic year thanks to a Teachers of Critical Language Program grant from the State Department, gave a presentation to parents, teachers and his students about his experience since coming to the district in September. Students at the school have Zhang once a week for Chinese classes.
"I spent a really wonderful year here this year," said Zhang, who will return to China this summer. "I tried to bring them more ideas of Chinese culture. They've had more opportunity to try different types of things that are Chinese."
At Thursday's event, Zhang showed parents what their children have learned from the literature surrounding the Chinese zodiac to the numbers they learned connecting dots to make the picture of the culture's legendary dragon. Students also learned songs to further their understanding of basic phrases in Chinese, characters in writing, art and even food.
"The Roosevelt kids have their Chinese folder. They can use it even in middle school and high school and it will be available to them," he said before his presentation.
Parents also learned the school was awarded a second-year program grant for a resident teacher of Chinese language and culture.
Camille Schroeder, Roosevelt instructional coach, said the school will offer the program with a new teacher from China beginning in September.
The grant allows a Chinese teacher to work for one year in a school. Roosevelt was one of 10 in the nation to have its grant renewed, she said.
Diane Wood, a teacher mentoring Zhang during his stay, said he uses many ways to teach that were "child-centered" and "activity-based."
"He has worked very hard to make this year a success and one of his goals was also to help us qualify for a second year," Wood said.
Schroeder said another component of his teaching arrangement in Kenosha was community outreach. In addition to other schools in Kenosha Unified, Brighton and Paris students got a chance to learn about China through him.
"He makes friends so quickly," Schroeder said. "All the kids remember him."
And Zhang said he would always cherish his time with them. He said because of the grant stipulation he cannot work for two years in the United States.
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Size-dependent visible absorption and fast photoluminescence decay dynamics from freestanding strained silicon nanocrystals
1 Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati-781039, India
2 Centre for Nanotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati-781039, India
Nanoscale Research Letters 2011, 6:320 doi:10.1186/1556-276X-6-320Published: 11 April 2011
In this article, we report on the visible absorption, photoluminescence (PL), and fast PL decay dynamics from freestanding Si nanocrystals (NCs) that are anisotropically strained. Direct evidence of strain-induced dislocations is shown from high-resolution transmission electron microscopy images. Si NCs with sizes in the range of approximately 5-40 nm show size-dependent visible absorption in the range of 575-722 nm, while NCs of average size <10 nm exhibit strong PL emission at 580-585 nm. The PL decay shows an exponential decay in the nanosecond time scale. The Raman scattering studies show non-monotonic shift of the TO phonon modes as a function of size because of competing effect of strain and phonon confinement. Our studies rule out the influence of defects in the PL emission, and we propose that owing to the combined effect of strain and quantum confinement, the strained Si NCs exhibit direct band gap-like behavior.


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Previews of the fall Kwik Sew patterns are on their forum
There are several I like.
Kwik Sew Forum
And the first pattern is a SNUGGIE pattern!
Kwik Sew Snuggie
And footie pajamas for an adult!
Misses' footie pajamas
Annnnd...it's a beautiful day in the neighborhood:
Mr. Rogers cardigan
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Thanks for the heads up. I don't see anything that interests me much. I know my hubby would just die if I made us his/hers jumpsuit pj's!
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My fiance has always lamented the fact that he never had footie pj's as a kid. It's rarely cold enough to wear them here, but I suspect that I'll be buying the men's version of that pattern.
I think my son and I need a pair of those PJs. Our house is freezing in the winter (and cooking in the summer) because we haven't had it insulated yet. I'm thinking using some comfy fleece (gasp) would be nice. But I fell in love with the Mr. Roger's sweater for DH. I'm sure he'd wear it if I made a couple for him.
He's tall and skinny and looks good in these types of sweaters.
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Between the snuggie pattern (I say this as a slapchop, shamwow, and oxiclean buyer) and the footie pajamas, I have a feeling that I'll be making my first purchase of JoAnn's NFL-licensed fleece this fall.
I will definitely be making my dad the Mr. Roger's cardigan. He loves that type of cardigan, and they are really hard to find in RTW.
LOOK! It's little prison overalls for babies!
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Yards in: 22.75
Yards out: 10.50
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601.25 yards in stash (I'm sure this number is off by a few yards)
Yards in: 137.50 (Seriously? I'm over 100, and it's only JULY? Ugh!)
Yards out: 88.75
Thanks for the heads up! I've found 3 interesting patterns: 3718 cute dresses, 3721 interesting wrap & 3722 super cute hoodie.
I was wondering if the drop-waist would make a return visit.
Pattern 3716 jacket reminds me of a Connie Crawford pattern I just bought this weekend, B5336.
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Change is Constant – But So Is The Wait
By Greg Sweeney, Chief Investment Officer, Bell State Bank & Trust
Heraclitus of Ephesus, a Greek philosopher around 500 B.C., is known for his doctrine of change being central to the universe. He is also credited with the saying, "The only thing constant is change." If we were to apply this theme to the last 30 years in the United States alone, we would find it to be true nearly everywhere. In fact, the list of changes would be so long it would occupy volumes of books. Thinking it would occupy space in a book is naïve in itself. In today's world, the list would reside in gigabytes or terabytes in a "cloud-sourced" electronic database – and that is yet another indication of the constant changes, even in our own lifetimes.
Responding to Change
Change usually dictates some sort of response. If one thing changes, everything related to the initial change will respond or change itself. Think of a car pulling away from a stoplight that just turned green. When the first car accelerates, the car behind it could accelerate at the same time. That goes for all the cars at the light; they could all accelerate at the same time, assuming they all accelerated at the same rate. Instead, the car in front gets some space before the second car begins to move forward. There is a certain amount of change needed before the second, third and fourth drivers respond. The farther away from the initial change (in this case, the position in line away from the first car), the longer the driver stays stopped, waiting for all other drivers in front of him to respond to the change.
The smaller the change, the quicker the response. The stoplight turning green is a simple change, and response happens quickly. Now ask yourself, how long would it take those same drivers to respond to an accident just down the road? That would ball up traffic for a long time.
Waiting tends frustrate most people. Once again, consider the stoplight. What percentage of drivers are comfortable and perfectly happy with delays created by stoplights or traffic? Without having specific data from some big study on the subject, it appears safe to say, not many.
Here is the real kicker: Humans do not like change unless it directly benefits us. People get frustrated just having to take a different street to work when their normal route closes for maintenance.
Economic Change
The same phenomenon occurs everywhere, including the economy. Small changes work their way through the system quite rapidly, with very little disruption. Big changes will ball up things for a long time. Right now, there is a lot of big economic change occurring. Some of it is self imposed (change to healthcare law, for example), while some is in response to unforeseen circumstances (like the national debt of Greece). Without debating whether it is good or bad, right or wrong, we all get frustrated when we are pulled between change and the wait that must take place before we respond.
It will continue to take time to move through economic events: large regulatory changes, demographics, European debt issues and our own debt issues in the United States, to name a few. We are "caught in the traffic" of slower economic growth around 1.5%, excess debt, home value uncertainty, low interest rates and volatile stock markets. When the traffic jam clears, we will once again be on our way. In the meantime, we aim to be as productive as possible with diversification, allocations, asset classes, income needs, capital preservation and other prudent investment management themes used to control risk and generate returns in the current environment.
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Jenson Button (1st)
"It's been so long since my last pole position that it almost feels like a win for me! In fact, it's my first pole since Monaco 2009 - which was a race that I won - and it demonstrates that I can qualify really well. So I want to offer my congratulations to the whole team: it's my 50th grand prix for Vodafone McLaren Mercedes this weekend, so it's a great time to get a pole position for everyone at Woking, at Brixworth and of course here at Spa. I'm surprised that the new rear wing is working so well, but the engineers also did a great job with the balance. And it's even more encouraging that we had good consistency through all three qualifying sessions. Nonetheless, nobody has done any long runs yet, so we still need to wait and see how tomorrow pans out. Can I still win the drivers' championship? Yes. We'll take it one day at a time, but hopefully we can get some good points tomorrow."
Lewis Hamilton (8th)
"Congratulations to Jenson! He did an excellent job and I hope he gets maximum points tomorrow. For me, today was a bit of a disappointment; but, since I'm still in the top 10, tomorrow will be about trying to make the most of things. The set-up wasn't perfect, but that was simply because we chose the wrong rear wing, preferring to stay with the version we used in Hungary. The wing we'd been using in FP3 this morning hadn't been working very well, so we opted to go back to the older wing which we thought would be the safer option. It was a collective choice: we thought the older wing would be quicker in qualifying, but in fact Jenson has shown the new wing to be very good indeed. Our side of the garage was a bit unlucky, but we'll do what we can with what we have tomorrow."
Kamui Kobayashi (2nd)
"I am very happy for the team and myself. We had felt quite positive before we came here, but I think it is fair to say we didn't expect to be second and fifth in qualifying. We have had strong races this year, but qualifying has been a weakness and the guys have done a great job to improve this. I want to thank them very much. After not having time to learn much in either practice session on Friday because of the rain, like everyone else our first dry running was this morning and after free practice three we knew we were quite good. I will be on the front row tomorrow and this is certainly nice, but we don't score points for that. The podium must be the target and to reach it we still have a long way to go. We have to get the tyre management and strategy right and cannot allow ourselves the smallest mistake."
Sergio Perez (5th, but will start 4th because of Maldonado 3-spot grid penalty)
"Second and fifth are really good qualifying positions for our team and I am pleased for the crew. Personally I'm not too happy because my last lap in Q3 wasn't perfect. I had the feeling the car was performing differently to this morning. In any case, the most important part comes tomorrow. It will be a very challenging race on a demanding circuit. I need a good start and I want to fight the people in front of me because I know the car will allow me to do that. I am definitely targeting another podium."
Pastor Maldonado (3rd, but will start 6th because of 3-spot grid penalty)
"This morning didn't go as well for us as we had hoped, but during qualifying I adapted myself to the car and the changing track conditions which were improving all the time. After Q1, I saw the potential so we just had to put it together for the rest of qualifying. Obviously, I am disappointed to be sixth following the penalty, but it's still a good result so I'm happy for the team. We will now prepare for the race and I am very much looking forward to pushing for a good result tomorrow."
Bruno Senna (17th)
"I'm slightly frustrated with qualifying as things just didn't seem to come together today. The spin was unfortunate and there seemed to be a bit of damage on the car from that. It's frustrating to be further back than we should be but we've scored points from those positions before, so we need to keep our heads up and make sure we do it again."
Kimi Raikkonen, (4th, but will start 3rd because of Maldonado 3-spot grid penalty)
"It wasn't the easiest of qualifying sessions. The car is okay but it doesn't look like we have the speed that some others have and we were certainly not quick enough for pole today. The race is a different story. On the grid we're in front of the guys who are ahead of us in the championship so we'll try to score more points than them."
Romain Grosjean, (9th)
"That wasn't my best qualifying ever and I struggled a little bit. I had traffic in Q1 and I didn't feel as confident with the car as I would like. You can see how close it was in the top ten so I suffered from not having everything exactly as I wanted, especially on the softer compound. Missing yesterday's practice because of the weather didn't help either as any time in the car is always beneficial, especially for a long lap like Spa. I'm sure the car will be good in the race and we should have a good strategy."
Fernando Alonso (6th, but will start 5th because of Maldonado 3-spots grid penalty)
"This afternoon's sixth place matches our average for this year's qualifying sessions, which is 6.08 to be precise, therefore we shouldn't be too surprised at this result. Usually, on Sunday we go better than on Saturday, therefore we can be reasonably confident about the race, especially in light of the fact that a lot of my closest rivals start behind me, while another one, Kimi is not too far in front. If this result could be repeated tomorrow, honestly I'd sign for it now! Our aim is the podium, but I think a win is not within our grasp. It's true it is a very open race, partly because overtaking is relatively straightforward on this track. The fact we don't have data on tyre life is not penalising, as we are all in the same situation. Anyway, we know both compounds well so I don't expect any problems on this front. More significantly, clearly the fact we could not run much yesterday meant we could not optimise various aspects of the car, but in this case too, everyone is in the same boat. In fact, that could explain the difference in performance between drivers from the same team. The updates we introduced brought a benefit in terms of top speed, which is positive, also for Monza, where we race in a few days time. The championship is very close and if you don't do everything perfectly, you find yourself down the back. That's why the smallest things matter and we always try to be super concentrated on the very smallest detail."
Felipe Massa (14th)
"Already this morning, I was struggling a lot in the second sector and, after the third free practice session, we made some changes to the configuration of the car, which unfortunately, did not change the situation much. I can't manage to drive properly in that part of the track. I can feel the car sliding in the corners because of a lack of aerodynamic downforce. Fernando also seemed to be suffering in some parts of the track, but clearly less so than me. In the first and third sectors however, I was competitive, both in absolute terms and when compared to my team-mate. Furthermore, precisely because of the difficulty I had in T2, I was a bit bothered about tyre degradation, especially as we had not managed to acquire date on their behaviour over a long run because of yesterday's bad weather. I definitely can't be happy with today, but now the important thing is to concentrate on the race. Everything could still happen, especially on a track where overtaking is possible. On top of that, there are so many unknowns relating to the behaviour of the car so we cannot rule out any surprises."
Red Bull
Mark Webber (7th)
"I'm disappointed. We would like to have been higher up the grid to take the sting out of the penalty (5 places), but we'll have to see what we can do tomorrow. We weren't quick enough and couldn't challenge for the front row today; I was pretty happy with my lap but I think P5 would have been our maximum today. We have a long race tomorrow and there should be some good opportunities to come through the field. Clearly we're out of position a little and we have work to do, but the Team is a quality operation and we know what hard work is all about. We just need to keep pushing."
Sebastian Vettel (11th)
"I felt pretty good this morning, the laps didn't come together but the car felt good. There was nothing obvious that was wrong this afternoon, I was pretty happy with my lap, it was clean, but it just wasn't quick enough. It's a shame to miss Q3 by such a small margin, but that's racing. We've seen in the last races that our car is pretty good in the race so we will see what we can do."
Force India
Paul di Resta (10th)
"I'm quite pleased with our performance today. The car had pace this morning during practice and was working well on this track where you need lots of downforce as well as efficiency. My lap in Q2 felt very good and was about the maximum that was possible. In fact, I couldn't repeat the time in Q3 and I went a tenth slower, so that was the speed we had in the car today. With the grid penalty for Mark I will probably start from ninth, which puts us in a great position to come away with some points tomorrow."
Nico Hulkenberg (12th)
"I'm a little bit disappointed with the result today because I felt it was possible to make the top ten. There wasn't as much preparation time in the dry as I would have liked, but we were in reasonable shape this morning and made some good progress with the set-up. On my final lap in Q2 I didn't get the middle sector quite right, lost some time, and missed out on Q3. For such a long lap the times were very close today and just a tenth or two would have been enough to move up the grid."
Michael Schumacher (13th)
"Well, what a pity today. I am really sorry for my fans but I am afraid I have to say that I got pretty much everything that we could from today. The car was not quick enough, and especially in the mid-sector we were too slow. We now have to take it as it is and try to do the best we can in the race tomorrow. We will have further steps coming soon, so we will go on fighting."
Nico Rosberg (18th)
"This weekend isn't really running to plan so far. Starting from the back of the grid tomorrow is really disappointing, although I had no chance to prepare my car due to the gearbox problem this morning. So it took a bit of a time to find the right set-up in qualifying and it didn't work out well at the end. I hope I can gain some positions in the race but I'm not overly optimistic as our car is not one of the quickest on this track. I will definitely push hard."
Toro Rosso
Jean-Eric Vergne (15th)
"I think that was a solid performance for me and the team today. We know where we are compared to the others, therefore even after a long break, we didn't expect to suddenly find ourselves in Q3. I think, personally, I did a good job. I have struggled a bit with qualifying since the start of the year, but race by race I have made progress and today, to finish ahead of my team-mate, shows that I am getting better at it. However, I made a couple of mistakes on my fast lap, so maybe I could have been a bit quicker. We plan to be aggressive tomorrow and grab any opportunity that comes our way on track. I would really like to bring home some points, but that might be rather difficult."
Daniel Ricciardo (16th)
"I don't think I got the best lap I could in Q2, because I'd done the same time in Q1. Normally you go quicker in Q2 and I was hoping to find more time but I did not manage it. Therefore I had hopes to be higher than sixteenth. But I am still in a positive frame of mind for the race. I have a feeling we can do better tomorrow afternoon as at times today, our pace showed signs of promise."
Heikki Kovalainen (19th)
"It's been a bit of a tricky day. In FP3 the car had quite a lot of understeer early on but we managed to dial that out towards the end of the session. By the time FP3 finished the car felt ok but I was having issues with DRS and that was obviously costing me laptime. In qualifying I had traffic on the first run and couldn't lap as fast as I wanted to on the outlap. The tyres weren't quite up to temperature and that left me with one lap on that run to put in a time but with the tyres not where we wanted I wasn't able to get in a quick time. On the second run my outlap was much better but the only problem was with the DRS again. The guys had worked hard to fix it but it was still struggling to open and I could feel that in the car. Whenever I hit the button it felt like it wasn't fully activated and around a track like Spa that's going to cost you time. In the end the last lap put me into our usual position and for where we are right now that's about as good a performance as we could hope for."
Vitaly Petrov (20th)
"I had a pretty decent qualifying session and I'm pleased I could get that last clear lap in as the session ended. On my first run in quali there was quite a lot of traffic and that may have cost a bit of time, but I think I got as much out of the car as I could today, so for me that's ok. The race tomorrow looks like it will be dry but even with a clear track there are always surprises in Spa so I want to make sure I have a good clean race and can take advantage of anything that happens ahead."
Timo Glock (21st)
"After a difficult Friday for everyone, which meant we didn't get any dry running, it was quite a jam-packed Saturday. FP3 this morning was my first opportunity to get a feeling for the updates and, as important, for the little change we made to correct the rear end instability problem I've had in the last couple of races. The team put a lot of work into that, so I want to thank them as I think we have improved the situation, although we have to see what transpires during the race. Qualy was okay; the first run was not great, but I could feel that I could maybe gain a bit more time because I made some mistakes in the first lap. In the second lap I lost quite a bit of time down the straight, due to the wind I guess. Things picked up from there and I was able to keep pushing from corner to corner, but then towards the end of the lap for some reason I lost the rear end again on turn in and lost some time, so we'll have to look into that. It's a real shame as we were looking good versus the next team today, but let's hope we can get it back in the race tomorrow."
Charles Pic (23rd)
"I think we have made a very good step forward with our latest updates, but I am disappointed with how things went for me in qualifying. The first run was okay, but we had some room for improvement, then on the second run we had only one flying lap to play with and we hit traffic in sector 2, so I lost a lot of time there. Versus the competition, we had been looking very strong, so it is a little frustrating. Now we have to focus on the race and what we can do then to show what we have gained with the new developments."
Pedro de la Rosa (22nd)
"I'm very happy with today's qualifying because we completed an impeccable lap. We went out with just enough time and did the three best sectors on the same lap; we risked it and it paid off. After the issues we had with the car this morning in P3, we made the appropriate changes and they worked well. We also qualified ahead of other cars and did so at such a complicated circuit, so that's even more satisfying. For us the times aren't important, it's seeing the improvement and not qualifying last that matters. There are some cars with upgrades finishing behind and that's positive."
Narain Karthikeyan (24th)
"I made the most of the morning session but I didn't have a good qualifying session as I constantly ran into traffic. I was on my flying lap right at the end of the session but on turn 15 another car hindered me and I was unable to finish it. But that's in the past now. We have to forget about today and think about tomorrow's race where we will fight, as always, to achieve the best result possible."


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Early calls for corn, wheat, and soybeans
CHICAGO, Illinois (Agriculture.com)--The pre-opening prices for the CME Group grain commodities for Wednesday, December 8, 2010 are lower. Corn is seen opening 3-5 cents lower, soybeans 8-10 cents lower and wheat down 10-12 cents.
In overnight electronic trading, the March corn futures contract traded 3 3/4 cents lower at $5.58 per bushel. The Jan. soybean futures contract traded 8 1/4 cents lower at $12.77 1/4 per bushel. The March wheat futures contract traded 13 1/2 cents lower at $7.71 1/4. For Jan soymeal futures, the contract traded $2.10 per short ton lower at $342.20, and Jan. soyoil down 0.38 at $53.42.
The outside markets are not as supportive for Wednesday's grain trade. The real factors driving the lower early calls are the lower overnight markets.


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Craze-A 730 "We Run This" featuring Charlie Clips and Lady Lyric. Directed By: Mills Miller. The video has already been posted recently on certain sites such as Gorillaleak.com, MeetThaDealer, URLTV.TV, & Undergroundmusicawards.com (Won Best Male Rapper at 2011 UMA's) to name a few. "We Run This" is the first single off of the highly anticipated mixtape "The Winners Circle" from Lay'Em Down Recordz own Craze-A 730 featuring Charlie Clips and Lady Lyric.
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I guess I'll be reading and posting lots as opposed to sewing. I dropped a can of spaghetti sauce from above my head Sat. morning and tried to kill my second toe. Looks as if my only shoes will be birkenstocks for 3 or 4 weeks perhaps with a bandage. This has been a painful experience and have turned into a couch potato watching stupid television shows until I remembered I had sewing dvds so I plan to watch all of those while I am out of action. I had no idea one could do this much damage with dropping a can. My cat likes to go in the pantry with the shelves that roll out and I had scooped her up,closed the doors so she won't get hurt if the door gets pushed closed and reached in the cabinet above-big mistake.My brother told me of a lady he knew who dropped a piece of fire wood on her foot and amputated two toes so be careful if you scurry around like I do haphazardly. This is so not fun and I have a swollen black toe with a broken nail. I may try to splint it tomorrow as it is hard to walk. Toes are something one doesn't think about until you get in trouble and then that's all you think about. Lol!
I'm looking forward to another round of cortisone injections in my knees come June 5th. Dear Lord those hurt, and it takes me a bit to recover. I sympathize with your disability and pain. Last summer I invested in a small machine with a stop-start button so I could sew without my feet. I hope your foot heals quickly.
That's the pits
Don't forget to elevate. Toe above the ankle, ankle above the knee, knee above the heart.
Be careful when you ice. Chill, do not freeze. Maybe a pro will jump in with the timing for icing a toe. I've been told 20 minutes for a knee. And, I've been told by a PT that too long is bad.
Arnica gel is amazing stuff. Our preferred brand is Arniflora. Get it ASAP. Vitacost carries it if you can't get it locally. Do not put it on an open wound or abraded skin.
You could see a doctor. They could check out your toe and the bed of your toenail and perhaps recommend something that makes walking easier and protects your toe while it is healing.
Talk to your doctor about Flector patches. Amazing things. If it was my toe, I'd haul my non-medically trained self to my closet for a quarter dose size patch of the Flector patch and apply it a little bit away from anything that was open or abraded on the toe, even if it was the bottom of the toe. If my foot was swollen, I'd put another quarter dose higher on the foot.
I do wish I had gone to a specialist last time I broke a toe as I am not to happy with how it healed.
Best wishes.
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I hope your toe feels better soon. Last year I stubbed my toe quite badly. Although the pain went away after not too much tiime, it took half a year for the damaged nail to grow out and look completely normal again.
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7yrstitch is right--Arnica is fabulous for injuries. You can also get it in a (homeopathic) pill form, and it will take pain away as well. here's info: click here More info here
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And do keep that leg elevated.
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Thanks ladies for all the help and info and links. One daughter has a practice,one a nurse and one a vet and I get all this advice but it is like the plumber's house getting fixed. Mostly I am getting that even with an xray and a broken/fractured toe very little happens with most toe injuries. I can take myself to the office( a drive if I'm told to come in asap) but mostly it is quarter backing from the phone. I am going to the health department to get a tetanus per instructions and of course reading a lot to be aware if I need it looked at. DD asked Saturday if it needed a stitch when it happened and being a mom and not a whiner hated to mess up a couple of people's Saturday and declined. I didn't know about the arnica gel but still have wounds on the toe and the nail so need to let those close up. That sounds like great stuff. I will ask daughter today or tomorrow about the flector patch and take myself to the office to get it looked at also. The pain is mostly only there if I bump it or am walking/standing around too much. With a toe it is hard to not do either thing unless one is just parked someplace. Of course sitting around one too much I get stiff/ achy everywhere else so you're darned if you do or don't move on it. I am going to get some better bandaging supplies and may try to splint it for a little less pain. Be careful with dropping things on your feet-sure messes up sewing time. Lol! I appreciate the help and concern. I always learn so much on PR about everything not just sewing as you are all so good about sharing on any concern so thank you.
Oh, my. Toe injuries are super painful and deceptively dangerous. I have had three broken toes, each putting me out of commission for weeks!
You might want to get an x-ray....one of the toes I broke was a displaced fracture (not aligned properly) and did not heal well because I didn't get it x-rayed and set properly. I still have pain in that toe, even 7 years later.
I wish you a very speedy recovery.
FIL opened his freezer and a huge frozen something fell out on his big toe and broke it. Now I always back up when opening the freezer and make sure things are put in so they cannot fall out. Now I have to watch for falling jars and cans...guess first order of business is jump out of the way!
My concern would be proper healing and would want opinion on how to get it to heal correctly.
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I caught my baby toe on some moulding last year and broke it. I did go to the doctor because it wasn't going the right direction. Once I got there though they basically said just to deal with it. I made them put it back right. The doc was kind of a jerk. There was no way I was going to be comfortable wearing shoes other than Birks ever if he didn't fix it.
Well long story short, it took quite a while to heal. Stay off it as much as possible. I didn't...couldn't really....and paid for it in the time it took to heal.
Good luck
Oh my 7 years later pain with the injured toe, someone just shoot me . Lol ! I am such a rotten patient, a great care taker and cheer leader for others in pain but this is a lesson in patience. I never realized before this but a toe problem is a dreadful thing. Most of my life I haven't even known they were there and now this one is an every moment obsession. Vet daughter is visiting this week and if she thinks I need it xrayed I will have the other one make appointments for someone to see me. Three broken toes-oh my how miserable. Thanks for the good wishes.
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Well, i'm not very experienced with Lensbaby, but love to share a few images with you. Like i wrote in my previous post, i'm a journalist in automotive industry. When i'm taking pictures of a new cars I like to experiment with LB a bit. So I started this topic to share my photos of cars and love to see your car pics as well.
So – this is new Lex GS at it's European premiere and a new BMW 1 series on winter photoshoot in Warsaw, Poland.


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Note: We are currently posting the top 5 posts of 2012, this week through Jan. 1. This post is #4 on the list and was originally published Mar. 20, 2012.
In this blog series, we will cover how to select, staff and plan your first big data project. Our recommendations are based on many years of experience that we have had working with a wide variety of customers in several industries. We won't focus on specific technologies in this series. Instead, we will examine the organizational dynamics and lessons learned from how these projects go in real life, inside existing, often very busy IT infrastructures.
Every customer is different, so please take these as general guidelines rather than hard and fast rules. Please note that this is not focused on normal project management. We assume that you have adequate project management discipline in place, and we're simply going to look at the dynamics that can be applied to your big data project.
Know What Your Compelling Drivers Are
The first, most obvious question is "Why do this at all?" There should be a compelling use case, a competitive driver, cost driver, or some other issue that has been identified where the application of big data technologies is in the critical path to solving the problem. Typical drivers include the information type (for example, under-utilized structured information sources), or the volume of information (retention of IP logs), but in any case, you need to identify exactly why you are pursuing this path.
One of the most important things you should look for is a compelling ROI (return on investment). That is to say, find something for which you can put a value on the cost of the problem before you plan a solution.
When calculating the problem's cost, remember to add the cost of the effort you will put into solving it, both from a technology and labor point of view. You can then compare that to the "after" state to determine the overall value of the project. Now, it is important to understand that the first phase of a project may not, in and of itself, be ROI positive. But what is important is for you to have a line of sight through the completion of the entire use case of the project. It may be the second or third application of the technology that flips the switch to a positive ROI.
A good example of such a line of sight comes from one of our clients, who uses the natural language analytics capabilities of InfoSphere BigInsights to understand email correspondence. Through the BigInsights analysis, our client can identify problems in customer satisfaction before they manifest in an unhappy customer leaving the firm.
To begin this project, our client selected a subset of its data to analyze; in this case, the data represented just one region of the country. Once we analyzed the data from that region, it did, in fact, show a positive ROI. However, we didn't base the model on achieving positive ROI from a single region. The project's ROI plan was based on running all of the email across the client's entireU.S.footprint through the system, not just one division. Staking out a path to ROI and getting agreement on it keeps everyone focused on what is practical.
Please note we're not saying that pure experimentation – and going after R&D projects first as a way of understanding new technologies – is not a valid approach. What we are saying is it is important to differentiate between experimentation and your first "business" project. Do not confuse how you learn with how you implement something that ultimately has to go into production.
In future posts, we will cover:
- Selecting people before technology
- What the production version looks like
- Planning for success
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User context information passed to the callback functions.
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Sail-World New Zealand: June 6, 2013 - Records and Wild Rides
The race from
Auckland to Musket Cove, Fiji
is all but over, with the first multihull and first monohull finishing about 20 hours apart.
Still at sea, and racing hard are two competitors - each making 7kts, according to the Yellowbrick tracker, with about 300nm left to sail.
The ORMA60 trimaran TeamVodafoneSailing chopped a couple of hours off her race record, but had a slow trip by her standards.
Some idea of what it is like to be sailing a 60ft trimaran in a confused sea between two major weather systems can be gleaned from this Facebook extract from TVS, otherwise known as the Bouncy Castle.
Simon Hull (centre) skippers TeamVodafoneSailing at the start Auckland - Fiji Race 2013 Richard Gladwell ©
It has been a busy night and am. We have been on the wind pretty much since 6pm last night. It is blowing 25-30kts NW at the mo.
The sea state is building and has really slowed us down. We have three reefs and the little jib up.
Twinkle Toes Potter had a whoopsie and has tweaked his back and is now confined to his bunk.
We are trying to keep the ride in the red ambulance smooth, but he is groaning a bit!!
The boys reckon his groaning is quieter than his snoring - so we're onto a winner:)
Forgot to add that Harry tried to exit through the emergency hatch while changing his socks last night.
Punched a hole in the window, t'was a bit wet downstairs until the grown ups fixed the hole!
A bit rough for boiling the water, so coffee will have to wait.
V5 skipper David Nathan with Blair Tuke behind - Start, Auckland - Fiji Race 2013 Richard Gladwell ©
From the first monohull, V5, we hear they have had the ride of their lives for the last two days - reaching in winds of 35kts and surfing at speeds of up to 30kts.
We are told the video is pretty incredible. Stay tuned.
In this edition of Sail-World.com's online newsletter we have full coverage of the race, with a couple of reports each day, being posted online at
Two yachts retired - one being unable to charge her electronics, and the other Outrageous Fortune after a man overboard incident.
Again we have the details, as we know them, in this newsletter.
Sir Ben Ainslie on his way to breaking the Round the Island Record by over 15 minutes (2hrs 52 mins 15 secs) onboard J.P. Morgan BAR AC45. onEdition ©
In England, the renowned
Round the Island Race
has been sailed. This year's was particularly poignant coming the day after the funeral service for Artemis Racing crewman, Andrew Simpson, at Sherborne Castle in nearby Dorset. The plan had been for Sir Ben Ainslie to race his AC45, emblazoned with the logos of his sponsor JP Morgan Asset Management, who are also the title sponsor of the Round the Island Race.
After the fatal capsize of Artemis Racing's AC72, Ainslie, a close friend of Simpson was rather dividend about proceeding with the race, the day after the funeral, but decided that it was the right thing to do, and set a new race record in the wingsailed 45ft catamaran.
In this edition we have reports and images of the classic race, together with a tribute from Ben Anslie, a winner of five Olympic medals , to his close friend, a winner of Olympic Gold and Silver medals in the Star keelboat.
Emirates Team New Zealand, AC72, NZL5 practicing in San Francisco. Chris Cameron/ETNZ©
In San Francisco, the
America's Cup
teams are in various stages of recovery after the Artemis capsize.
On the water three of the teams are sailing, along with Artemis Racing venturing out in a foiling AC45 catamaran.
There is no announced date for Artemis Racing to launch their AC72 catamaran. Whether they have a new wingsail available again is a matter kept within the team.
By any timeline, the Challenger of Record will be hard pressed to be on the startline for the opening of the America's Cup Regatta in a month - when the teams were due to line up in a fleet race.
Behind closed doors the discussion between the teams continue, with apparently little agreement on the sticking points of race schedule, changes to the class rules and other Protocol changes - save for those directly involving safety. But even on that front, some of the teams claim that what is required is their standard practice, or is just rule making to cover a situation they have already covered, and been practicing for several months.
Artemis Racing in the AC45 - June 2013 Artemis Racing
Our information from various sources is that the disputed matters will go the to Jury for either a full Hearing or Mediation.
The fact the the premier trophy in the sport could be in a situation where a month from the regatta, the number of races and racing schedule are still being worked out is bizarre, to say the least.
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Auckland Fiji Race: First racing monohull finishes in Fiji
Richard Gladwell and Zoe Hawkins,
The Alan Andrews designed TP52 V5, skippered by David Nathan, crossed the finish line off resort of Musket Cove, at noon today. After a quiet start her crew reported they had a fast ride to Fiji, enjoying superb sailing conditions, particularly over the past 24 hours.
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ISAF Women's Match Racing World Championship - Day 1 in Busan
On day one of the ISAF Women's Match Racing World Championship 2013, following a postponement due to lack of wind, Tamara Echegoyen of Spain swept her opponents away in Busan, Korea. With five wins and no losses at all, the gold medallist from the London 2012 Olympics clearly showed that she is still to be reckoned with, 'We had a fine day out there today, with my team doing an excellent job.
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Auckland Fiji Race: TeamVodafoneSailing slices two hours off record
Zoe Hawkins and Richard Gladwell,
TeamVodafoneSailing has finished the Auckland to Musket Cove, Fiji Ocean Race in a new best time of 101 hours, 5 minutes and 5 seconds. The trimaran, owned and skippered by Simon Hull, crossed the finish line in Fiji at 1905hrs today, after 1,150 nautical miles of sailing.
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Auckland to Fiji Race: Man overboard incident reduces fleet to four
Richard Gladwell,
The racing fleet in the Auckland to Fiji race is down to just four boats with withdrawal mid-afternoon of Outrageous Fortune. The RNZYS website reported that 'at 1447hrs Outrageous Fortune contacted Maritime Radio to advise they were retiring from the race following an incident.' Maritime New Zealand confirmed to Sail-World this morning that a crewman had been lost overboard, and retrieved
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Wilcox finishes second in OK Dinghy Nordic Championships
Bob Smith,
The European summer season got going in the weekend with an impressive 70 boat fleet at the Nordic Championships sailed at Herslev Strand Sejlklub on 1 & 2 June, won by Sweden's Thomas Hanson-Mild with NZ's ambassador to European OK sailing, Greg Wilcox, pulling out an impressive second place.
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America's Cup: Clouds on the Bay - what to expect in San Francisco
Emirates Team New Zealand's meteorologist Roger 'Clouds' Badham, gives an outstanding overview of the course and conditions, to be expected on San Francisco Bay. San Francisco Bay is one of the most challenging places to sail there is, and that's just on any normal boat let alone an AC72.
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Int'l Flying Dutchman Worlds - Kramer and Geelkerken victorious
Zsofia Csanda (As Amended by ISAF),
The Flying Dutchman World Championship has come to a close in Balatonföldvár, Hungary with Dutch sailors Enno Kramer and Aad Geelkerken taking the title. The penultimate race was sailed in shifty winds as Kramer and Geelkerken took the race win to secure the World Championship in style.
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Collinson FX Market Commentary: June 6, 2013 - AUD crashes, KIWI down
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Collinson FX Market Commentary: June 6, 2013 - The AUD was not immune to this risk-off trade and the currency crashed towards 0.9500 dragging the KIWI back to 0.7950. T
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America's Cup: Oracle Team USA AC72's MOB incident no drill - Video
Richard Gladwell,
The incident in which America's Cup skipper, Jimmy Spithill, fell off Oracle Team USA's AC72 was not a safety drill. Video now released by the team shows Spithill returning to take the helm of the AC72 during a gybe, catching hold of the wheel, but missing his footing and falling over the side.
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America's Cup: Artemis Racing sailing again in San Francisco
Richard Gladwell,
Beleaguered America's Cup Challenger, Artemis Racing is back on the water on San Francisco Bay, after their fatal training incident over three weeks ago. The team is sailing a foil equipped AC45, restarting their sailing program while their second AC72 is prepared for sailing.
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Auckland to Fiji Race: Injury confirmed assisting MOB crew recovery
Almost 18 hours after the incident, race organisers have this morning confirmed that a crew member was lost overboard from one of the competitors in the 2013 Auckland to Fiji Race. Rough conditions have affected all competitors in the race, a side effect from two nearby severe weather systems. The confused seas being more of an issue than the winds.
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Auckland Fiji Race: Triple reef as headwinds slow leaders' progress
Zoe Hawkins and Richard Gladwell,
Strong headwinds and building seas have slowed progress for the race leaders on Day 4 of the Auckland Fiji race. The leaders are now well past the halfway mark, and the first of the cruisers, Vision is expected to arrive in Fiji tomorrow.
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America's Cup: Emirates Team NZ's Dalton updates from San Francisco
Sailracing Magazine,
In the latest podcast episode from Sail Racing magazine, editor Justin Chisholm catches up with Emirates Team NZ MD, Grant Dalton who updates on the state of readiness of his squad and explains why he has been impressed by what he has seen of Oracle Team USA's second generation AC72.
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ISAF Women's Match Racing World Championship - Ready to race in Busan
The 2013 ISAF Women's Match Racing Championship is set to take place from 4-9 June in Busan, Korea, with nine skippers ready to race. Set to be held out of Dongbaek Park, Haeundae Beach in Busan, London 2012 Women's Match Racing gold medallist Tamara Echegoyen (ESP) will be the favourite to add a World title to her Olympic gold.
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New Performance Coach Program for Australian sailing coaches
Craig Heydon,
Australia's next group of gold medal winning and World Championship coaches have been developing their skills at a special course in Sydney. The group of coaches, drawn from State and Paralympic programs, are undertaking the first Performance Coach Program, held at the National Training Centre at Middle Harbour Yacht Club.
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America's Cup: Outstanding High Definition Video series of AC72 action
John Navas,
Five high definition videos of Am-Cam America's Cup action from San Francisco and each around eight minutes long. Features all the Challengers and Defenders, with excellent camera work, and editing.
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Images from the 2013 Round the Island Race, Cowes Isle of Wight
The annual J.P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race, organised by the Island Sailing Club, is a one-day yacht race around the Isle of Wight, an island situated off the south coast of England. The race regularly attracts over 1,700 boats and around 16,000 sailors, making it one of the largest yacht races in the world and the fourth largest participation sporting event in the UK after the
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Team Alpari FX: Third in Korea, second on Tour
Team Alpari FX (formerly Blackmatch),
At the end of a rollercoaster week, Team Alpari FX finished up in Korea with a respectable 3rd position, winning out over Ian Williams in the petit final to secure 2nd position on the overall Tour Points Table. After a convincing quarterfinal win over the Waka Racing boys, it was our turn to be on the wrong end of a severe beating,
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Ainslie: Close to quitting sailing after Andrew 'Bart' Simpson's death
British sailing great, Sir Ben Ainslie writes in The Daily Telegraph on after the funeral service for his close friend, Andrew Simpson, killed in San Francisco as a result of an AC72 break up, during a training session.
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Australian Sailing Team prepares for the future
Craig Heydon,
With the re-signing of an existing supplier, and the addition of a new one,the Australian Sailing Team is ensuring that its crews will have access to the best equipment available.
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Auckland to Fiji Race: Equilibrium withdraws heads back to New Zealand
Richard Gladwell,
From information on the Yellowbrick tracker on the RNZYS, indications are that one of the boats in the 2013 Auckland Fiji Race has withdrawn and is heading for Auckland. Information on the tracker shows that the Marten 55 Equilibrium headed west for a time, before turning and headed south at a speed of 7.10 kts.
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Auckland Fiji Race: Day 3 - Life aboard the Bouncy Castle
Zoe Hawkins,
The Auckland to Fiji Race is in its third day as the fleet head for the finish at Musket Cove, and are around the halfway point of the race. Leading the fleet is the ORMA60 trimaran, TeamVodafoneSailing, as they tack back across the Great Circle route to Fiji.
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Korea Match Cup - Reigning champion maintains strong start
Nicolle Bloomfield,
At Korea match Cup, Ian Williams, reigning Match Racing World Champion, has secured fourth place to maintain his strong start to the 2013 Alpari World Match Racing Tour for Team GAC Pindar.
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Etchells Australasian Winter titles - World Champions set for battle
Etchells Australasian Winter Championships Media,
The Australasian Etchells Winter Championship which will be sailed off Mooloolaba from June 6-9th 2013 is shaping up to be one of the toughest in its 17 year history
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Korea Match Cup - Richard wins again + video
Alpari World Match Racing Tour,
The victory at Korea Match Cup has been once again claimed by Mathieu Ricahrd - after beating Taylor Canfield 2-0 in the Final. Attributing his win to great team work and mental resilience, Richard and his French team mates on GEFCO Match Racing Team looked very at home today on the KM36 keelboats racing in light to moderate breezes under bright blue skies.
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Does ASP Classic have a feature that is the equivalent of PHP's "include once" feature?
I know this is an old topic, but I thought I'd add my two cents in case anyone's interested.
I wrote a function that does precisely what you want: includes the given file exactly one no matter how many times it was called.
No. Sorry. You have to manage includes yourself.
This was one of the issue's I first ran into after inheriting a legacy ASP app. My solution currently is include all the genric library files in a file called 'app-init.asp'. This file is then included in all of pages and give's you a single point of entry to hook up app wide functionality and a base to build onto.
The best you can do is using SSI to include files:
As a caveat to the Answer using ExecuteGlobal ; I think that ExecuteGlobal creates instability as VBScript does not garbage collect or manage memory well. It may throw "Catastrophic failure" or "ASP 0240 Script Engine Exception" errors because you are redefining an object that was not correctly disposed of.
So, to use this, you would also need to make your includes, Classes that have destructors and the include should create an instance of the class, persist the object name in the dictionary and the ImportFunction destructor should destroy all objects in the dictionary.
Includes should not be prefixed with ASP tags <% %> either, whereas using an #include, you would need to.
You should also note that ExecuteGlobal, considers all X = Y to be assignment and not comparison, so: -
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I have created an example similar to the one above, but using the second style of passing the include to a Sub or property assignment
What it also does, is attempts to garbage collect by destroying all objects in the dictionary, in it's own destructor. It also strips the asp tags for libraries you wrapped.
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Thanks Thom Smith for your piece of code.
Below a version based on yours to handle UTF8 source files (and who manages opening & closing ASP tags).
As you see, I don't close the stream to let further includes be processed.


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A week and a half into further experimentation, on a raining Monday afternoon, I thought I might as well document my new rebarrel experiment.
On Roger's suggestion, I brought my emptied barrel (the one with the disastrous Monterey C & C Shine in it, pictured below--see other thread) to see Homer at Oak Barrel in Berkeley. My main concern is whether or not the next whiskey to go into the barrel will be tainted. Homer told me what's in there stays in there. How much of the "vinegar" taste will affect any further spirits is up in the air. He advised me to dissolve sodium percobonate in hot water and let the barrel sit for a day or so, and then rinse with water and a small amount of citric acid. I had to keep tasting the water to make sure any citrus flavor was gone--not a horrible thing!
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My original intention was to age the Monterey spirits further and then follow up with a rebarreling of some vintage Cabin Still I picked up in a 1.75L. I know there were inherent risks, also in mixing rye and then wheat, but I never thought the C & C Shine would be so off-centered.
To make a long thought shorter, I decided to put some new Rebel Yell in the barrel. First to see if any off notes are passed on and second, to pull out more tanins from the oak (again, thanks Rughi!). Hopefully then, this will lead the way for a nice and long aging process of the Cabin Still. While it's "good wicky," I hope to make this wheater even better with further time in wood. When it comes to wheated bourbons, my personal preference is toward older, but not woodier.
I put the two bottles of Rebel Yell inside the 5L barrel, and will be rotating it weekly so the whole bottom half will contact the whiskey. Now that the weather is cooler, I'm keeping it inside--although perhaps not permanently. I still wish to expose it to both cool and warm temperatures.
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