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a bit of a slow start, Cost of Freedom quickly assumed command and went on to
win the $100,000 Vernon O. Underwood Stakes Thursday at Hollywood Park.
trainer John Sadler a record third victory in the Grade III, the 7-year-old
Cee's Tizzy gelding out of the Moscow Ballet mare Freedom Dance earned his
second stakes win in less than a month for owners Gary and Cecil Barber.
1 ¾ length score over 17-1 shot Gato Go Win and four others in the Underwood
came on the heels of a decisive – 6 ¼ lengths – win in the California Cup
Sprint Oct. 30.
again by Joe Talamo, Cost of Freedom, the even-money favorite, completed the
six furlongs in 1:08.46. The clocking was the fastest at the distance for the
current meet. It was also the swiftest Underwood since Sailors Sunset won in a
stakes record 1:07.79 in 2006.
for $50,000 by Sadler for the Barbers July 28, 2008 at Del Mar, Cost of Freedom now has 10 wins in
20 starts. The $60,000 check he earned Thursday pushed his earnings to
$812,263. Six of the victories, three in graded events, and purses totaling
$661,247 have come in 12 races for his current connections.
126 pounds Cost of Freedom carried was the most ever for an Underwood winner.
Paying Dues won under 124 pounds 1996.
Talamo his second win in the race – the first was aboard Bushwacker in 2007 –
Cost of Freedom paid $4, $3 and $2.40. Gato Go Win, who finished 3 ¾ lengths in
front of Scenic Blast, returned $8.80 and $4.40. The show price on Scenic Blast
was $3.40.
was a nose behind Scenic Blast in fourth and he was followed by Square Deal and
2-1 second choice E Z's Gentleman.
is one of his better tracks,'' said Sadler after Cost of Freedom won for the
fourth time in eight appearances over Hollywood Park's Cushion Track. "He's
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Germany, 2012, 105 Minute Running Time
Genre/Subjects: Drama, Medical/Health, Social Issues
Program: Contemporary World CinemaLanguage: German English Subtitles
DIRECTOR: Christian Petzold
Producer: Florian Koerner von Gustorf, Michael WeberEditor: Bettina BöhlerScreenwriter: Christian PetzoldCinematographer: Hans FrommPrincipal Cast: Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld, Jasna Fritzi Bauer, Mark Waschke, Rainer Bock
Barbara (Nina Hoss), a doctor who's done prison time for an unspecified crime, has been banished to a rural pediatric hospital in 1980s East Germany. It's a quiet existence—the kind that comes from trying to avoid attention from the secret police, who regularly stake out Barbara's apartment and conduct impromptu strip searches. She lives it with a bitter stoicism, unveiling her humanity only when she becomes involved in helping to heal her patients.
She must endure the humiliation of being presumed an enemy of the state, which at first seems not to take so great a toll. But as time goes on, Barbara's vulnerability grows to the point of breaking her spirit. Her boss, lead physician André (Ronald Zehrfeld), is sympathetic, but for her, even his tentative overtures of friendship—and perhaps more—are suspect. She's able to arrange rare trysts with her West German lover, who's trying to smuggle her out. But her compassion gets in the way, trapping her in a conflict between helping her patients and relieving her own suffering. She sees that escape may set her free but may not make her happy.
Barbara's own dilemma was echoed during filming by an actress who says she is still haunted by the decision to engineer her own escape to the West in the 1970s. As she told director Christian Petzold and the cast, she knew she would never return and that her former life had disappeared—she left behind not only a totalitarian regime, but also her past and future.
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18.07.2012 - Ark Therapeutics Group (London) has appointed Dr David Venables as its new CEO from the beginning of August.
Since joining the Board in April of this year, he has focused on the development of Ark's viral development and manufacturing capabilities based in Kuopio, Finland. Martyn Williams, who joined the Company in October 1998 as Finance Director and became CEO in mid 2010, will hand over to Venables and leave the Company at the End of July.http://www.european-biotechnology-news.com/people/bio-people/2012-2/david-venables.html


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An oceanfront condominium complex used for summer rentals in the Outer Banks was destroyed in a fire Thursday night.
The fire was reported just before 7 p.m. at Seven C's Condos on N.C. 12 around mile marker 7.5. Several fire departments responded to the scene.
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More than 30 cyclists took to the road last weekend for the Forest Lake Area Trail System Hilliest Bicycle Ride.
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But things are about to change at Villa Giambelli. Tereza, the matriarch, has announced a merger with the MacMillan family's winery - and Sophia will be assuming a new role.
As a savvy businesswoman, she knows she must be prepared for anything...but she isn't prepared for Tyler MacMillan. They've been ordered to work together very closely, to facilitate the merger. Sophia must teach Tyler the finer points of marketing - and Ty, in turn, shows her how to get down and dirty, to use the sun, rain, and earth to coax the sweetest grapes from the vineyard.
As they toil together, both in and out of the fields, Sophia is torn between a powerful attraction and a professional rivalry. At the end of the season, the course of the company's future - and the legacy of the villa - may take an entirely new direction. And when acts of sabotage threaten both the family business and the family itself, Sophia's quest will be not only for dominance, but also for survival.
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I'm a big fan of Nora Roberts and have actually read this book several years ago. The story is great several different subplots that all come together well in the end. This is a don't miss if you love romance. The narrator does an excellent job and it was a pleasure to listen.
I have to say I was alittle unsure about this book at first, but OMG i loved, loved, loved it!
i pulled an all nighter just to finish the book which totally defeated the point of downloading it for while i was at work. i can not give it justice it was that good. i find myself telling everyone i know about it. i wish there was a spin off or something!!!!!! P/s i am listening to it again! lol
"Wish this was a series."
I haven't read much Nora Roberts but of the ones I have read this is my favorite. Unlike many of her books it is a standalone and I found it very enjoyable. I wish she had made it into a series so I could read more about the characters.
Definitely not in the category of classic literature but an entertaining romance.
"Quite good, but unlikely ending."
I thoroughly enjoyed 99% of this book. The narration was excellent, couldn't have been better. The characters in the story are well developed; in my opinion, the characters and the narration, not the story itself, are what make this listen very worthwhile. However, the end was quite disappointing, and, I think, not very plausible. Still, I recommend it.
"A good read"
A good read.
I did enjoy the book but the start of the 2nd part felt as if it had been added to make up pages - it just didn't want to go anywhere in a hurry.
An amazing twist towards the end that gets things going again. The characters are real and you can feel for them.
A good read all in all
"Nora Roberts at her best"
I would absolutely recommend this book. It is a delightful tale of family, intrigue, romance (of course), wine, and has an unexpected twist at the end.
It had all of the elements of the best Nora Roberts books: strong family relationships, an interesting story line, and a bonus two romances instead of one. The insights into wine making in California and in Italy were interesting. The characters were real - I especially enjoyed the teenage girl.
I have not listened to any other stories narrated by Laural Merlington but to my non-Italian ear, she did a fabulous job.
I was much too tempted to listen to it in one sitting - and did stay up too late one evening to listen to the end of it.
It is an audiobook that I will listen to several times again, I am sure.
"Another winner"
A great escape writer. I enjoyed the story and the performance. 5 Star because it was a story that kept my interest and had a good ending. Sometimes that's all I want and this book delivered just that.
I loved this book! The characters were great, as well as the story line and the narrator. I didn't want it to end. I will listen too it again. I'm not a huge Nora Roberts fan but I really enjoyed this book!
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All the characters
Her mother being able to find love
She's just awesome
Could not turn it off listened to 3x's already
This book was like watching a movies. It draws you into it... NR is great
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Set 1:
My Friend, My Friend is a pretty cool opener. I didn't realize quite how many times it has been in that spot, but checking the charts here at Phish.net it is surprisingly often. Drops right into a short and sweet Ha Ha Ha which as a novelty song is a precursor of things to come. A fiery Stash is next, played with all the exactness one would expect from a 1995 version. Trey drops a "Ha Ha Ha Ha" during the first woo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo part - not sure I'd call it a tease, but cool nonetheless. This is a short Stash, but it packs a nice little Type I jam in. Trey gets a little talkative about Elvis and a thankfully short f***erpants follows. Pretty jam in the Reba, great great guitar work by Trey.
Then the hilarious Dog Log banter commences. One of the main things I loved about Phish at the time (and now) was their sense of humor, and I was really excited to be involved in a prank like this. As an impressionable 18 year old I really truly believed the Dog Log album was going to happen (in fact I still wish it would). I was thrilled to hear my first Tube even if is was just played totally straight up. Rest of the set is pretty standard, just goes to show they played two set closers in a row in 1995 too.
Highlights from Set 1: Stash, Dog Log sequence.
Set 2:
The Curtain is a great set opener as always, and then (and now) a personal favorite of mine. Fun stop-start into a very spacey Bowie hi-hat opening that dragged the tension to the breaking point. Cool, very chill interplay between Page and Mike in this part, with Trey hitting the effects hard. Nearly 5 minutes until they hit the opening riff and they hit it hard (this was the longest hi-hat Bowie opening up to this point, FWIW). There's a neat little moment early on where Trey sings along with his guitar. When the jam proper kicks off, Trey immediately drops into some menacing lower register playing that sounds incredibly cool. Definitely a pretty dark jam for Bowie, especially led by Trey's playing, but Mike goes some pretty interesting places as well. Halfway through the jam it slowly starts to climb toward the light. Verges on Type II at times, but doesn't quite blast through the wall, mostly held in check by Fishman's steady hand - which isn't to say that he doesn't add some awesome fills throughout the jam. Very cool staccato playing by Trey about 16 minutes in. Extremely high energy finish, I'd be dancing if I wasn't at work.
Mango is a well-needed chill out tune. Taste that Surrounds is notable only for being one of the few Taste that Surrounds. At the time, the evolution of the song seemed really important, a way to show how much you knew as a fan, now it doesn't. Kind of a cool Mule duel, as far as they go, but I much prefer them as a first set thing. A sublime Harry Hood follows - this was an early favorite in my Phish career and has stood the test of time, but then again 95 was a great year for Hood. I always love Fishman tunes, and Suspicious Minds was no exception. Warren Haynes sitting in on Funky Bitch and WMGGW was a very unexpected and awesome treat to experience live, and he is right at home dropping some blues in Funky Bitch (dare I say his guitar's tone is more appropriate to the tune than Trey's?).
Highlights from Set 2: Bowie! Harry Hood. Funky Bitch, esp. if you like Warren Haynes.
This show has almost everything one could want in a Phish show: an awesome jam, tight playing, banter, some antics, a Fishman tune, and a great guest appearance. 4 out of 5 stars. Check it out!


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LINDEN — At a depth of 95 feet, an FBI team digging up a Linden well for the remains of murder victims said they have recovered remnants of a discarded fence in the muddy soil, but no human bones.
In five weeks, the excavation team at work on Flood Road east of Linden has burrowed to the equivalent of four stories down, removing 50 cubic feet of soil.
This marks the second attempt to unearth the murder victims of killers Wesley Shermantine and Loren Herzog. One year ago, investigators recovered the remains of three women and a fetus from a nearby well. On Jan. 7, the FBI began excavation of this second well. The team is hand-sifting soil removed from the well, documenting everything they find, FBI spokeswoman Gina Swankie said.
Shermantine and Herzog were arrested in 1999, ending their 15-year, methamphetamine-fueled killing spree. Shermantine was sentenced to death row, and Herzog committed suicide early last year.
Read Wednesday's Record for more on this story by staff writer Scott Smith.
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Denali Highway, Alaska
Photograph by Rich Reid
A rainbow stretches over a section of the 670-mile-long (1,100-kilometer-long) Denali Highway in Alaska. Rainbows are a simple, ordered display of visible light reflected off of water droplets in the atmosphere.
Arctic Rainbow
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A rainbow is reflected in Arctic icy waters in Canada's Foxe Basin. Data from submarines suggest that Arctic sea ice has thinned by 40 percent in the past 30 years. As more water is exposed, the upper ocean absorbs more sunshine, speeding up the decline.
Rainbow Car
Photograph by Paul Nicklen
The end of a rainbow spotlights a solitary car traveling down a remote road in North America. Since a rainbow is an optical illusion, it doesn't have an actual endpoint. Instead, a rainbow's position continually shifts depending on the viewer's perspective.
Rainbow Over Baobab Tree
Photograph by Beverly Joubert
A rainbow graces skies above the Mombo region of Botswana's Okavango Delta, home to the Moremi Game Reserve, elusive leopards, and lurking hyenas. Baobab trees such as this one can provide some relief from the sweltering heat.
Alaska Highway Rainbow
Photograph by Raymond Gehman
Like a portal to wild spaces, a double rainbow hangs over the Alaska Highway in British Columbia, Canada. While rainbows display a brilliant array of colors, most of the radiation in the universe, from very long wavelengths picked up by radios to ultrashort ones seen by special x-ray and gamma-ray detectors, lies outside the rainbow of visible light.
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Photograph by Paul Nicklen
A fisheye lens captures arcs of light crowning the Canadian wilderness. Water refracts, or bends, the light, separating it into red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet.
Australian Rainbow
Photograph by Randy Olson
A double rainbow frames termite mounds in Australia's grasslands. Double arcs happen when light is reflected more than once in an atmospheric water droplet.
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Rainbows frame a peculiar lava formation at Ol Doinyo Lengai, a volcano in Tanzania. Maasai goddess Eng'al, who signals her wrath with eruptions and drought, is said to inhabit the summit.
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OCT. 6 IS THE LAST DAY TO REGISTER FOR NOV ELECTION THE NEWSPAPER OF THE SALISH, PEND'd ORIELLES AND KOOTENAI TRIBES OF THE FLATHEAD RESERVATION 15 C HARKOOSTA Volume IV Moon of Half Summer Half Autumn October 1, 1974 IDAHO KOOTENAIS APPEAL FOR HELP, TRIBE RESPONDS Dixon - - Spurred by an impassioned plea from a Bonners Ferry Kootenai Woman and an angry delegation of 15 Elmo Kootenais, the Tribal Council has offered financial, legal, diplpmatic and moral aid to the troubled Idaho band. The 67 member Bonners Ferry Kootenai have declared a "was of principle" with the United States. The band says that the U. S. Government never signed a treaty with the small band...descen dents of the "lower river Kootenai". ...and has never compensated the Indians fairly for some 1.6 million acres of their native range. The Bonners Ferry group early last month offered an ultimatum to the Government stating that the U. S. either begin serious negotiations for the lands taken from the band or accept a declaration of war. On Sept. 19, members of the band moved into the disputed area and began setting up "toll stations" along roads and railways. The pickets « at the stations did not obstruct traffic but asked passing motorists to pay tolls of 10 cents for use of the roads. ¦ According to sources at Bonners Ferry, many cars stopped to pay the toll and offer aid and trains of the Burlinton-Northern line voluntarily stopped in a jesture of support. At a Tribal Council meeting Sept. 23, some 15 Elmo Kootenais appeared with Mrs. Helen Cutsack, a Bonners Ferry Kootenai, to demand that the Council offer support and aid to.their Tribal kin in Idaho. Tribal Councilman , Pat Lefthand, Elmo, said that the Bonners Ferry band was "in a heck of a predicament and they have been for years...This is no publicity stunt". Lefthand said that the lands of the Idaho band are "being stolen, their range has been taken without any compensation and they have been forced into a life of unending proverty". Lefthand pointed out that all other tribes in the northwest have offered backing to the band at that several tribes and Indian organizations have given money and legal support. Margaret Friedlander, a Kootenai from the Flathead Reservation, told the Council that she had just returned from Bonners Ferry and found the band in "a sad, sad situation". She said that the Bonners Ferry situation "did not happen overnight, this has been going on for years". She said that the small band of Indians "had not caused the trouble, had not started the war, it was the whites and the state officers that had made the situtation there unlivable...These people are not asking for anything but their rights as Native Americans and human beings." Mrs. Cutsack, a frail looking elderly woman in a cotton dress and shawl, then told the Council why the Bonners Ferry people has decided to take on the U.S. Government and what has happened since the "war" had begun. She started talking in strong Kootenai, ttut broke into soft english. "For years", she said "I stand up scared because whenever I look around all I see is Suappi (whitemen). They come and take away our lands and they squeeze our small tribe and I know it will be worse for my children and grandchildren. We decide we have to get together to do something...not to hurt the white people here, but to ask for fair treatment from the United States". She said the small, desperite band met early in September to decide what should be done to save their Tribe and their culture. She said only solution to their problem was to openly confront the government with its abuses of their native rights and to take matters into their own hands if the government refused to take them seriously Mrs. Cutsach said that no sooner had the ultimatum resolution hit the news media then a backlash of hatred and ignorance began to well up among some of the whites in the area and local law enforcement officers. She told about one night she and her husband left a meeting at the Tribal Offices near Bonners Ferry. "We were on our Kootenai...Cont. on page 2 LAKE RULING APPEALED: The Tribes have appealed the Federal District Court decision which ruled that James Namen of Poison and the City of Poison have property rights to the bed of the southern half of Flathead Lake. The appeal went before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Fancisco. More on the appeal in the October 15, issue of Char-Koosta..
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Child dies after St. Charles Parish crash
Published: Saturday, March 2, 2013 at 8:28 p.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, March 2, 2013 at 8:28 p.m.
A 2-year-old Houma boy died Friday after being injured in a Wednesday car accident in St. Charles Parish, State Police said.
Sylvester Coleman died of head trauma he received in a crash on U.S. 90 near La. 632 in Des Allemands, police said.
Creshondria Jackson, 23, of Houma, was traveling east on U.S. 90 near La. 632 at a high rate of speed when a van sped past her car, police said. The van then pulled in front of her car and began braking.
Jackson's car swerved off the road, struck a ditch and rolled several times, police said. Jackson and passengers Dearron Tucker, 23, of Raceland, and Jackson's 4-year-old son received minor injuries.
Coleman was ejected because of improper use of the lap/shoulder belt and booster seat, police said. The boy was transported to the Interim LSU Public Hospital Level 1 Trauma Center where he was pronounced dead Friday.
Impairment is not suspected, but toxicology results are pending. Police said they believe speed was a factor in the crash.
Anyone with information about the white minivan, possibly a Town & Country, is asked to contact State Police Troop B at 504-471-2775.
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To correct Lincoln somewhat, he should have said, . . . that government of the people, by the politicians, and for the politicians shall not perish from the earth.
Government's view of the economy: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it. — Ronald Reagan
In the United States, the majority undertakes to supply a multitude of ready-made opinions for the use of individuals, who are thus relieved from the necessity of forming opinions of their own.
-- Alexis de Toqueville
As one of about 155 million males in the United States, once I come of age and leave my parent's home I'm free to live alone or with one or more others. I can marry or form a gay relationship. How I make my way in the world is up to me. Each of us has an equal opportunity to do any of those things. The approximately 160 million females have the same life choices. The government encourages marriage between a man and a woman because it establishes a family relationship that most favors the birth and nurturing of children. I see no point in government support for any other kind of relationship.
My previous post was on same sex marriage, also known as "gay marriage" or "gay/lesbian marriage". A reader commented that I am against equal rights for gays. Of course I am, in some degree. I tried to explain why in the prior post. I'm not against same sex couples pairing up, or having civil marriage ceremonies and proclaiming they are in love and are married. I think it's good when two people love and care for each other. I am against any special benefits or licenses extended to them by the government, because most such benefits are available in civil law. Gay/lesbians complain that state marriage licenses confer those benefits automatically, and to exclude same sex couples is discrimination. I contend they could create a standard contract, conferring such benefits on each other, that would be acceptable to all gays. They are highly organized with numerous websites, and could do this easily, if they haven't already.
I didn't mention the next-of-kin problem. Two unrelated people can live as a couple for many years, when one of them is hospitalized. The hospital may not recognize the other partner's visitation rights unless they are married. I don't know whether this is according to state and/or federal regulations or hospital practice. When treatment decisions are made, hospitals and doctors go to kin rather than the undocumented partner. However, this problem can be addressed in civil law, with a power of attorney agreement, for example. I believe the patient should be able to designate the people who may visit him or her, regardless of kinship.
When Mary Shelley's Dr. Frankenstein created his monster and brought him to life, he did so without thinking of consequences. He was meddling with nature. Much like Frankenstein, progressive politicians meddle with society, changing long-standing traditions and institutions without heed to the chaos they cause. An example is their attack on the family. They assert that marriage between a man and a woman is only one form of acceptable family unit. They pass legislation that pays some women to have many babies, from multiple fathers, without ever getting married. When they can, they teach children that homosexuality is normal. Progressive writers slip gay characters into movies, novels, and television programs in an attempt to make gays acceptable. Such tactics have succeeded. Gays are now almost completely accepted, as long as they don't taunt others. But, I and perhaps a majority of others will never accept same sex marriage as normal or desirable.
There are many religious people in this country, and the Bible defines marriage as between a man and a woman, or in the Old Testament, perhaps between a man and several women, as it does in some Islamic countries. I'm not religious, but I consider marriage sacred, something not to be touched. It's there for a lot of good reasons. Our society is built on man to woman marriage and the family. Unfortunately, the marriage rate is declining. The birth rate is declining as well. In a few European countries, it's now negative – the population is actually declining.
Liberal politicians meddle. Vermont, for example, has a civil union -- a substitute for a marriage license. It confers all state benefits to same sex couples that are given with a marriage license. It's a marriage license in almost all ways except the word 'marriage' isn't used. The National Organization of Women has a fairly cogent critique of civil unions in Vermont and in general. NOW article on marriage and civil unions. There are some assertions in their article which are ridiculous. In filling out forms, you have to choose one of: "Married, single, divorced, or widowed?" There's no place for "same sex union" or the equivalent. Big deal? Just answer single, unless you live in a state which allows gay marriage. Second class citizens? Gay/Lesbian people are equal to all other single people, where single is defined as either married under a government license or not so married.
As I pointed out in my previous post, I believe the government should ignore gay unions. Same sex couples can obtain everything I'm aware of (except immunity from testifying against their partner) through existing civil law. Unfortunately, the proportion of people who support same sex marriage is growing. Someday, we may have a consensus of the general population that it should be the law. If and when that happens, man to woman marriages may become the exception. Society will be forever changed, and not necessarily for the better.


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2009 a Year of Growth, Challenge for U.S. Wind Power: Report
August 11, 2010
U.S. wind energy capacity expanded again in 2009, although China added the most globally.
The U.S. wind power industry had a record-setting year in 2009, adding 10 gigawatts of new capacity and securing $21 billion in investments, a new DOE report shows. The cumulative wind power capacity grew 40% despite the economic turmoil throughout the year, according to the "2009 Wind Technologies Market Report," which was released on August 4. The analysis, from DOE's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), showed that for the fifth consecutive year, wind was second only to natural gas in adding new electrical capacity to the U.S. grid. Still, a sharp drop in wholesale electricity prices (due in part to lower natural gas prices) pressured the wind energy industry bottom line in 2009 and indicated challenges on the horizon.
Gains in wind power capacity figured prominently in the DOE report's key findings. Utility-scale wind power grew at a pace 20% higher in 2009 than in the previous record year of 2008, driven in part by support from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and the carryover of projects planned for completion in 2008. Wind power supplied 39% of all new U.S. electrical generating capacity, which was down from the 44% in the previous year but remained the second-largest new resource for the grid behind natural gas. The United States held the lead in total global wind power capacity but was passed in total annual additions in 2009 by China, which reached the top spot by recording 36% of the world's market share in 2009 while the U.S. recorded roughly 26%. Domestically, Texas added 2,292 megawatts (MW) of wind power, easily outpacing the next highest states—Indiana with 905 MW and Iowa with 879 MW—as well as the 26 other states that brought new large-scale wind turbines online last year.
Conditions in the 2009 wind power market suggested some future uncertainties, according to the LBNL report. For example, the LBNL authors noted that going forward, natural gas prices may not rebound to earlier levels as the economy recovers, putting the near-term comparative economic position of wind energy at some risk. Further, the installed cost of wind power projects continued to rise. Among a large sample of wind power projects installed in 2009, reported installed costs had a capacity-weighted average of $2,120 per kilowatt, which marked a 9% average increase from the weighted-average cost of $1,950 per kilowatt for projects installed in 2008. The report concludes that while there are expectations that those costs will eventually decline, the costs may remain high, on average, as developers work through the dwindling backlog of turbines purchased at peak prices in early 2008. Although the DOE report showed strong wind power growth in 2009, a mid-year update from the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), released on July 27, found that wind industry growth slowed in the first half of 2010. See the 2009 Wind Technologies Market Report (PDF 3 MB) and the AWEA Q2 report (PDF 541 KB). Download Adobe Reader.


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Letters: North County, Jan. 12, 2013
The American people need lobbyists
The tax bill just passed meant that 2 percent of the American people would get a tax raise to help pay for trillions in national debt. Of course, the robber barons and their stooges plan to have the most vulnerable Americans pay most of that debt, which was caused by those very robber barons and their stooges.
Now they will try to pass another bill cutting America's humanitarian programs to the bone or eliminate them entirely while ignoring the most wasteful, corrupt and fraud-ridden programs like insane wars, the military-industrial complex and a $50-billion-a-year police state.
The financial swindlers were able to hold their tax rate to 20 percent with those millions in bribes and the robber barons got goodies like Goldman Sachs getting $1.6 billion in free financing, 20 corporations getting a $11.2 billion, two-year tax loophole and that sacred, corporate tax code bulging with billions in tax breaks, loopholes, tax havens and subsidies remains untouchable.
Too bad the American people don't have a lobbyist bulging with billions in bribe money.
Connie Frankowiak
Where is Greenhut, Will?
The North County Times lacks substance; it is a shadow of its former self. And where is Steven Greenhut, the conservative watchdog columnist who reports on Sacramento, politics and union organization abuse?
Let's see his column regularly. His reporting and writings by George Will are the only reasons I stick around.
Tom McDougall
What global warming?
Really has been cold lately, even to the extent of ice on my truck tires in Oceanside in the morning. Must be that global warming I keep hearing about (rolls eyes).
Craig Waterhouse
Sandy Hook residents thankful for prayers, thoughts
Our family lives in Sandy Hook, Conn., and we recently helped open the massive amounts of mail that were forwarded to St. Rose of Lima in Newtown, expressing the world's love and prayers.
Given the number of letters we saw just from the Carlsbad area, we wanted to write to thank the citizens of Carlsbad for all the emotion that has poured out of this city. We know it isn't limited to just the card senders and that all mankind has felt this terrible blow in some way.
Our little town has been rocked to its core, but people should know that every prayer and every thought does make its way to us. We feel the love.
John and Erin Corcoran
Sandy Hook, Conn.
More GOP alternate reality
In November, I discussed the alternate reality in which Republicans exist. Since then, there have been several additional examples.
Darrell Beck ("America will collapse under Obama's debt," Jan. 1) sees a ludicrous, Obama-backed, "Marxist plot to destroy capitalism in favor of socialism." In fact, capitalists have thrived during Obama's tenure with corporate profits at record levels.
Daniel Jeffs ("Fiscal cliff built by Democrats," Jan. 5) says Democratic efforts promoting home loans for low-income Americans, "caused the housing crash and financial meltdown." Such loans comprised just 6 percent of all subprime loans, according former Federal Reserve Governor Randall S. Kroszner.
Gary Walker ("Second Amendment is ultimate gun control law," Jan. 3) sees gun control efforts as, "tyranny in the form of Marxist/socialist usurpers and dictators acting as shills for the criminal international banking cartel and corporate oligarchy." Marxists acting as shills for bankers and corporations? This is too ridiculous to take seriously.
Finally, Public Policy Polling found that 49 percent of GOP voters believe that President Obama did not legitimately win re-election because ACORN (the community organizing group) interfered with the vote. ACORN, of course, hasn't existed since 2010.
So, as we enter 2013, Republicans have their tinfoil beanies firmly in place as their reality grows more bizarre. It's going to be a very amusing year.
Stephen Carter
Wants quality news
The most interesting item in the Jan. 6 North County Times was in the crime report about a plastic reindeer being placed in an inappropriate position on another reindeer.
The headline articles about a garden ("Gift would allow botanic garden to grow") and a food truck ("Food trucks forcing action") were placed in an inappropriate section of the paper — headline material?
Come on guys, you can do better than that!
Mary Lee Huntington
What can government do, if not provide aid?
Growing up on the East Coast, I always believed that one of the reasons the government existed was to take care of Americans who couldn't meet their own needs. When a hurricane caused extensive damage, I knew the government would be there to help.
It took more than two months for House Speaker John Boehner to take action on the first installment of a disaster aid bill for the victims of Hurricane Sandy. Sixty-seven Republicans voted against it in an effort to reign in government spending, even though some of them (including Paul Ryan) voted for spending hundreds of billions of dollars to finance two unwinnable wars.
If our government cannot even provide aid and comfort to citizens whose lives have been devastated, what can it do?
Bunny Landis
Freeway needs
Thomas K. Arnold is right on in his Jan. 6 column, "I-5 needs more than more lanes."
I've said it many times, "build it and they will come," and that is especially true of freeways. It doesn't make any difference if we add two, four or ten lanes. They will fill up.
If the freeway is clogged, drivers will use side streets or alternate routes, something quite difficult along our freeways. If their work schedule permits, they'll arrive before or after rush hour or "hours," if you will. Moving closer to work may be an option for some, but not if you currently own your home or cannot afford more expensive housing closer to work. There's a reason why people commute in from Temecula.
The only other option is to telecommute, but that is obviously not possible for those working in a factory or on a construction project.
Traffic flow is just like water running downhill. Water will always take the path of least resistance, so if you dam up one course, it will quickly find another alternative route.
Technology can help commuters find that alternate.
Thomas Francl
This is progress?
Slowly, the old North County Times subscribers are becoming acquainted with the new combination and, in most respects, it is a better newspaper.
However, I do have one complaint. I paid extra to get the weekly TV section with the NCT. Now I have been required to subscribe separately to the TV Weekly (without, I might add, a reduction in the subscription price).
They have replaced a TV section that was about 90 percent correct with one that is, at best, about 40 percent correct.
This is progress?
Bill Miller
Unanswered questions
The questions asked in the editorial "Benghazi's still-unanswered questions," Jan. 1, could have had "Iraq" substituted in the title.
When did President Bush know and not know about weapons of mass destruction? Where is the paper trail showing who edited the truth of his administration's talking points? How much investigation was done tying Al Qaeda to 9/11?
We need these questions answered because of the ensuing official 4,488 deaths and over 33,000 wounded in Iraq by not having the truth told.
Susan Haskell
Solana Beach
Mind-blowing exhibits at Oceanside Museum of Art
A date requested a visit to the Oceanside Museum of Art. I had not gone there for a while. Three exhibits blew our minds.
The quilt exhibit was so real in technique that, unless you stood close, you would think they were paintings. The abstract exhibit was for true contemplation. The monster exhibit overpowered me and I asked my date if we could leave.
I would say the exhibits have something for every member of the family. I'm not sure how long each will be there, but go see them. You won't regret doing so.
William Hart
Understanding the Second Amendment
I've read a few letters with the typical liberal knee-jerk reactions to the mass murder at the school in Newtown, Conn. It's clear that many don't know an automatic weapon from a semi-automatic weapon or even what an assault rifle really is. They really should do some research before opining.
Then there are the letters that appear to be thought-out and honest, but clearly aren't. Bruce Thompson's ("The need for a well-regulated militia," Jan. 3) is one such example. Mr. Thompson doesn't believe the Second Amendment was to protect us from a government turned tyrannical. He doesn't know the difference between a militia and a standing army. He wants you to believe that the Second Amendment advocates are a reaction to taxes and obfuscates it with a reference to the Whiskey Rebellion of 1791.
The right to self-defense predates the Second Amendment and has even been documented in biblical times. The Bill of Rights was to protect the citizen from the government. After the First Amendment, it was quickly realized a need for the Second Amendment.
Mr. Thompson and his ilk need to read the Federalist Papers. After all, not heeding history, one is doomed to repeat its mistakes; a little knowledge of history is dangerous.
Daniel Prinzing
Customers deserve better
I find disgusting the article by Jessie Knight Jr. of San Diego Gas & Electric Co., trying to rationalize how the effects of wildfires on their system are out of their control and how we should be sympathetic to their "challenges" ("Wildfires present challenges to utility," Dec. 29).
What is hard to believe is the business and legal strategy SDG&E takes regarding wildfires. They are spending huge amounts of money on legal strategies for relief of liability from the California Public Utilities Commission and permission to shut down power when the wind blows over 28 miles per hour.
What is a fact is that SDG&E is negligent in the design and maintenance of their power distribution lines. They still have creosote wood poles in high-risk wildfire areas and use defective line designs that can't withstand a typical Santa Ana wind. The money spent on legal finagling would have gone most of the way in fixing their defective lines. It is time for us ratepayers to hold SDG&E's feet to the fire. Let's start by making shareholders aware of how bad the management of their company is, then make our California Public Utilities Commission more aware of SDG&E's negligence and demand better service and much lower rates.
We customers deserve better.
Dale Haakenson
Valley Center
Clarification, please
I want to see if I have this correct: People who say they need guns to protect themselves from a government take over are afraid that the U.S. government may one day take political control of the country?
Say, bud, aren't you a couple of hundred years too late?
Phil Acosta
Comments from the gun control crowd?
We seem to punish good people over owning things. Why not punish bad people who use weapons in crimes? Commit a crime with a gun and you should get 25 years with no parole, no matter what your age or crime.
Using a weapon should always be the first crime punishable and after that, for example, crimes like armed robbery.
Will I get any comments from the gun control crowd? I do not think so, because they want guns from law-abiding citizens, not illegal gun-use control.
Peter Murnieks
Fix unemployment
For months now, the "fiscal cliff" has dominated the headlines. It is deferred, for now, but who's to say that we won't face the same disagreements in two months? Instead, we should be focusing on something we can all agree on — the necessity of reducing unemployment.
Republicans and Democrats alike want to reduce the deficit. By lowering the unemployment rate, the deficit will naturally decline. When people work, they don't need food stamps and government assistance. They begin to pay income taxes. Therefore, the government brings in more revenue and cuts its costs. This measure would be more effective than cutting money from the defense budget, or raising taxes on the wealthy.
In order to create jobs, our government needs to be friends with business. Sometimes, this entails helping the big corporation so they won't outsource; other times, this involves helping the family farm stay afloat. Whatever "side" you're on, it comes down to a simple fact: businesses hire employees, employees pay taxes and taxes fund the government.
There is a solution to this financial crisis, but the American people will continue to suffer until our lawmakers look beyond the present situation and pass legislation that will have long-term benefits.
Katherine Dufour
Valley Center
Our economy is at stake
This long-awaited fiscal cliff plan is only a colossal Band-Aid over the national deficit. Naturally, today's taxpaying Americans (sans the wealthiest 2 percent of Americans who will experience a tax hike) express relief at the prospect of not undergoing new tax increases.
However, this deal does nothing but add to the $16 trillion deficit. So, while the working classes of today do not undergo any tax increases, the problem still remains: the deficit is growing, and it can't be ignored. By using this temporary fix, the federal government is only shoveling the deficit onto the working-people of the future.
The debt is fluctuating constantly — how can we control this in another decade? Votes are what drive politicians of today. They claim that the government is obligated to rule with the consent of the governed, but there is no more time to be waiting for trial balloons to float back.
The longer the debt is ignored, the more it will grow and give way for a new onslaught of issues. If the government continues to wait out this deficit, there is no promise that we will be able to control this debt. Our economy is at stake and we need bold policymakers, not Band-Aids.
Miranda Ceja
San Marcos
The six-year-old versus the federal government
Reports indicate the politically correct are in a dither because a six-year-old in Maryland this past week pointed his finger in a pistol-like gesture at a fellow student and said, "Pow!"
This is something six-year-olds have been doing since time immemorial. I engaged in the same behavior myself some six decades ago.
Well, the PC crowd went into overdrive. The child was suspended and his name was presumably added to a Department of Homeland Security Naughty List.
I was thinking about how the authorities reacted to this incident and compared it to the so-called budget deal reached in Washington this week.
I am not alone in noticing my first paycheck in January was a little "lighter" than usual. In practical terms, about four tanks of gas a month. I shall notice this.
It occurred to me that what Washington did was wave its collective middle finger at the American people and say, "Pow!"
The response of the American people cannot be printed in this newspaper.
Paul Evans
Valley Center


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Wal-Mart pledges to hire 100,000 vets and buy American
|In this Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011, photo, Wal-Mart employees Jon Christians and Lori Harris take job applications and answers questions during a job fair at the University of Illinois Springfield campus in Springfield, Ill. Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer and nation's largest private employer, said Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013, it is making a pledge to boost its sourcing from domestic suppliers and hire more than 100,000 veterans. The plans were to be announced as part of an address by Bill Simon, president and CEO of Wal-Mart's U.S. business, at an annual retail industry convention in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
NEW YORK — Why wait on Washington to fix the economy when there's Wal-Mart?
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer and the nation's biggest private employer with 1.4 million workers, said Tuesday that it is rolling out a three-part plan to help jumpstart the sluggish U.S. economy.
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Brian wrote on Jan 16, 2013 5:56 AM:
" Plus WM won't need to supply any health care benefits. Win-win situation. "
zzz wrote on Jan 16, 2013 9:21 AM:
" This is great. When I worked there they would try and make full timers quit so they could hire part timers at entry level pay to replace you, with no benefits. Hiring lots of veterans may actually bring Managers to live up to the lie they live now..."Respect for the Individual." Maybe some veterans will teach the managers to respect employees because I doubt veterans would tolerate the disrespect to the individual that existed in the WalMart I was unfortunate enough to work at. "
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Condominiums will probably escape 2012 with a slight gain in value despite continued neglect of this market segment by lenders. Resale average price has increased by 1.2 percent over last year-to-date, while the number sold continues to show healthy gains. Nearly 15 percent more condominiums have sold through November. Sales in the past two months have been close to the nine-year average number sold.
The inventory appears to have bottomed at about 1,550 total Summit County properties for sale.
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A vendor wearing a T-shirt with an image of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez sells vegetable at a state-run market in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Dec. 28, 2012. The obsessive, circular conversations about Chavez's health dominate family dinners, plaza chit-chats and social media sites in this country on edge since its larger-than-life leader went to Cuba for emergency cancer surgery more than two weeks ago. The man whose booming voice once dominated the airwaves for hours at a time has not been seen or heard from since.(AP Photo/Fernando Llano)


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Kingston's HyperX SSD combines the SandForce controller technology with premium NAND flash, reducing load times while increasing performance and endurance. It provides high-speed SATA Rev 3.0 transfer speeds for larger bandwidth, which power users require for advanced gaming, multitasking and multimedia computing power. Kingston's HyperX SSD lets users load games and applications faster, increase frames per second (FPS) and quickly transfer and edit large media files. It's cool, silent and requires less power and no additional cooling requirements.
When configuring the HyperX SSD partition, the user can choose between having the maximum available capacity for data storage or giving up a little space to increase performance and endurance. This additional space is called over provisioning on an SSD. The amount of performance and endurance increase depends upon the type of data being stored on the HyperX SSD. The more data that is MPEG, JPG, ZIP or ARC file types, the greater the benefit for this increased over provisioning.
HyperX SSD uses an advanced wear leveling technology that distributes writes evenly across all the flash blocks in the SSD to maximize overall drive endurance. Additionally, wear leveling ensures that the individual flash memory blocks are consumed at a very balanced rate, not to exceed a 2-percent difference between the most often written blocks and least written. This enables the HyperX SSD to provide the longest possible life for the user while maintaining optimal performance.
- Product Description
- Kingston HyperX 3K - solid state drive - 120 GB - SATA 6Gb/s
- Type
- Solid state drive - internal
- Capacity
- NAND Flash Memory Type
- Multi-level cell (MLC)
- Form Factor
- 2.5" x 1/8H
- Interface
- SATA 6Gb/s
- Data Transfer Rate
- 600 MBps
- Features
- Shock resistant, built-in Wear Advanced Levelling, TRIM support, SandForce Driven, Garbage Collection technology, SandForce DuraClass, aluminium enclosure , S.M.A.R.T.
- Enclosure Colour
- Black, aluminium
- Dimensions (WxDxH)
- 70 mm x 100 mm x 9.5 mm
- Weight
- 97 g
- Manufacturer Warranty
- 3 years warranty
- Device Type
- Solid state drive - internal
- Capacity
- NAND Flash Memory Type
- Multi-level cell (MLC)
- Form Factor
- 2.5" x 1/8H
- Interface
- SATA 6Gb/s
- Features
- Shock resistant, built-in Wear Advanced Levelling, TRIM support, SandForce Driven, Garbage Collection technology, SandForce DuraClass, aluminium enclosure , S.M.A.R.T.
- Width
- 70 mm
- Depth
- 100 mm
- Height
- 9.5 mm
- Weight
- 97 g
- Drive Transfer Rate
- 600 MBps (external)
- Internal Data Rate
- 555 MBps (read) / 510 MBps (write)
- 4KB Random Read
- 4KB Random Write
- Maximum 4KB Random Write
- 1,000,000 hour(s)
Expansion & Connectivity
- Interfaces
- 1 x SATA 6 Gb/s - 7 pin Serial ATA
- Compatible Bays
- 1 x 2.5" x 1/8H - internal
- Power Consumption
- 2.11 Watt ( active ) , 0.455 Watt ( idle )
- Included Accessories
- 3.5-inch bay adapter
- Mounting Kit
- Included
- Enclosure Colour
- Black, aluminium
Manufacturer Warranty
- Service & Support
- Limited warranty - 3 years , Technical support
Environmental Parameters
- Min Operating Temperature
- Max Operating Temperature
Customer reviews
Write a review for the Kingston 120GB HyperX 3K SATA 6Gb/s 2.5" Solid State Drive here!
Very good Product!
Reviewed by Anonymous Review Posted 17/02/2013
I love it! The Ssd now allows me to boot into windows 8 in around 4 seconds. The read and write time aren't accurate though, I get slightly less than specified.
System Specifications
Motherboard: Asus P8Z77V-Lx
Ram: Black Viper 8gb 1600mhz
HDD: Seagate 7200rpm 500gb
SSD: This one!
Gpu: Ati Radeon hd 7770 2gb edition
Case: Antec one
Psu: 500w Corsair
- Overall
- Ease of use
- Value for money
brilliant ssd
Reviewed by bernie lomax. Review Posted 29/07/2012
this ssd from kingston is fantastic,and its lightning fast as well.i have my windows 7 pro 64bit os installed on this ssd and everything is just so quick to open and run,no blue screens,no freezing,just lightning fast computing,and with a 3 year warranty,and good technical support its worth every single penny.turbo charge your computer with one of these,you wont ever go back to a normal hdd.fatastic,and a very good service from BT as well.
- Overall
- Ease of use
- Value for money
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So this friend of mine (Sybil) had that happen to her. She was all set to make some chocolate chip cookies and when it came time to stir in the chocolate chips, she discovered she was without. First of all, who doesn't have their mis en place before starting a recipe? How ridiculous! Fortunately, our little baker/blogger is quite fond of Dove Dark Chocolate Promises and she always keeps a stash in the left rear corner of her pantry, right beside the Craisins and Planters mixed nuts. (at least that's what she tells me.)
Not one to be caught with her pants down, our ingenious baker/blogger decides to use her coveted Dove chocolates in her cookie dough. She goes on to inform me that other people put Snickers bars and Reese's cups in their cookie dough so who am I to tell her that she can't use Dove chocolates? At this point, I just kept my mouth shut and asked her if I could borrow some of those cookies to send with hubby for the co-irkers. Always kind and giving, Sybil agreed to share. I thanked her multiple times... that's just my personality.
Dove Dark Promises Cookies (makes about 3 dozen Sybil-sized cookies)
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 stick unsalted butter, room temperature
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
2 large eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup old fashioned oats (
1 cup all purpose flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 (9.5 oz) package Dove Dark Chocolate Promises, each chocolate cut into fourths
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
In bowl of stand mixer, cream together the peanut butter, butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar. Add eggs and vanilla and beat until combined. Scrape down beaters and bowl.
In separate bowl whisk together the oats, flour, salt and baking soda. Add the dry ingredients to the mixer and beat well.
Stir in by hand the Dove pieces.
Drop dough by tablespoonfuls onto cookie sheets. Bake for 10-11 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool on cookie sheets for a minute or two before removing to cooling rack to cool completely.


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Children wait te be baptized inside the Sistine Chapel of Los Andes in Curahuara de Carangas, Oruro department, 260 km. (160 miles) south from La Paz, Bolivia, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012. The colonial-era house of worship known in Bolivia as the Sistine Chapel of the Andes was filled with flowers over the weekend for those celebrating two weddings and seven baptisms on the wind swept mountain plateau.(AP Photo/Juan Karita)


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Sof Sole Fit High Arch Insole
Product Information:
The Sof Sole ® Fit High Arch Insole is built to enhance stability while offering the flexibility you need for performing athletic activities. This high-tech insole is made with a low density material and high arch height to promote the natural range of motion during the gait cycle. Also featuring a supportive nylon plate and abrasion resistant top cover it is the ultimate choice for athletes with high arches.
- 3.3cm arch height, will not overcorrect natural foot shape of those with high arches
- Made of low density, 55 durometer EVA foam
- Anatomical Nylon Plate offers flexible support and resists cracking and compression
- CK Mesh Top Cover is abrasion resistant and helps manage moisture
- Promotes natural range of motion during the gait cycle, based on research performed by the US Army
- Sof Sole
Country of Origin: ChinaWeb ID: 12382145
Customer Reviews:
Rated 4.5 out of 5�by 13 reviewers.
Rated 5 out of 5�by Barbara Great for arch support ! I have pins in my leg, causing my foot to roll in. This is the sturdiest arch support I have found January 12, 2016
Rated 3 out of 5�by blumtnmama Nice high arch support, but... I've been on a hunt for the perfect high arch orthotic for years. I have to say that I am delighted with the arch support, however, the footpad is so thin on the ball of the foot that I quickly become uncomfortable with any extended use and the balls of both feet will feel bruised for about a day. Another 2-3mm of thickness and it'd be perfect for me. April 28, 2015
Rated 5 out of 5�by lsutigergirl20 best insoles yet Did the arch tester in the store and then ordered these online. wore them for a week and ordered another pair for my other shoes. awesome product and truly works. holds up even when i work on my feet all day. July 21, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5�by Chuck Amazing I have suffered from foot pain for years and tried many products, but this is the first insole that truly makes a difference! July 5, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5�by footies awesome but watch ur invoice Bought these first in store. Love them. Have foot problems so feet hurt all the time but not when I wear these. Watch ur invoice though. Debit was charged 3 times then credited twice and then recharged for a third pair I didnt buy. They fixed the problem but was a hassle. June 15, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5�by BAR Great purchase My feet haven't felt this good in years. I didn't have a pair shoes that I could stand or walk in more than an hour before I started using these inserts. I'll be purchasing a second pair. February 8, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5�by Sue great orthoric inserts I recently purchased Sofsole insoles for high arches and just love them. I have many orthopeadic issues due to an auto accident several years ago, and for such a great insole at a reasonable price, I am very happy that Dick's Sporting Goods carries this product. November 17, 2013
Rated 4 out of 5�by RJBaz Good for flat feet Been having problems with shin splints playing basketball. Got some leg sleeves and these insoles, and the combo seems to help. I'd recommend using these with high top sneaks, I use low tops and they lift my foot up a little too high inside the shoe. June 4, 2013
Rated 4 out of 5�by Bill Good Fit Good fit, feel good on my feet. Help me feel better April 21, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5�by Olivia Excellent These are amazing. They are the only insoles I've ever found that actually support my feet. They give me better balance and take a lot of pressure off my ankles. I've put many miles on mine and they have yet to break, just get very worn in. February 18, 2013