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A recent survey (see the next story below) concluded that most of us take photos in order to share them, with email by far the most popular method. Social networking websites are also becoming more important, think sites like MySpace, Flickr and FaceBook, whilst printing is still growing, but not as quickly. The survey also idenitified some interesting age distinctions, with under-25's eager to share, over 45's more concerned with the storage and preservation of their memories, and 25-44 year olds a mixture of the two. I want to find out how PhotographyBLOG readers predominantly share their photos. Are you an avid Flickr or online Gallery user? Do you prefer a physical print? Or do you find yourself viewing most photos on a computer monitor? And have you found any cool new services or ways of sharing your photos? Shout out now...
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I use http://fotki.com ... I've been using them since they were very young. It has the best interface as far as I'm concerned... it is very intuitive to use and the prints are excellent. You can print up to 4-feet by 4-feet! I use this too, and the prints are excellent.
If I want a super high quality print, I upload the individual images I want to print to http://mpix.com and print using metallic paper. But for most prints, fotki's service is ideal (and not too expensive).
I should add that when you pay for Fotki's service you get unlimited storage and bandwidth. I'm up over 57gig of image files at this point.
I find emailing (receiving or sending) of photos to be annoying and bothersome. Sites like Flickr and PicasaWeb are far better solutions.
That said I use Flickr for the community aspects but roll my own Gallery (using http://gallery.menalto.com) for family and friends.
And I maintain a daily photoblog as a way to motivate myself to shoot.
Email and Flickr are my choice for ways to share photos. Especially Flicr since it is so easy to send a link.
I hate Flickr.
I use deviantart.com.
Just my 2 cents worth.
One more thing:
deviantart.com if one of my favourites.
I've just started a tumblelog http://www.tumblrful.com over at tumblr.com
Tumblr is pretty quick and easy to use for sharing photos, videos, links, text etc.
http://www.redbubble.com - Online galleries, profiles and the ability to sell your work as well.
I upload photos to my own gallery as well as flickr . I also mail out a couple of images to friends.
My primary source of sharing images is through my web site and blog. I've been using my Flickr site to share my photos and meet new photographers. Most recently I've been leveraging Flickr for my web site's gallery. Ultimately the web in general is a vehicle to share. My work is printed and displayed both for personal enjoyment and fine art purposes.
The web affords some interesting opportunities for sharing and not in ways tied to just one service. Recently I initiated a Photo Blog Project recruiting photographers to share on their web site's their favorite photo and the story behind it. Submissions close this Thursday and I think it's going to be a great mechanism for photographers to network and learn from one another. In my mind sharing is as much a creative outlet as capturing in image.
I've found that I've become a bit overextended as far as sharing goes. I have my own gallery on my website, plus I have a "best of" collection on flickr, as well as a myspace and yahoo360 page that are basically adverts of the updates of my main gallery. Also with a select few, I've found that the yahoo IM photo sharing to be a great way to put up a few images and discuss them, and I also submit to various galleries for comments. I've come to learn that there are some people who will come to me, but their are still those I have to seek out if I want them to see what's new.
I also still print out posters and 8x10s of my favorite works.
I use Flickr. I'm pretty selective about what I upload, and I never upload full-size images.
IMHO, using any online service as a backup for your photos is not a good idea in the long run.
I have used photobox.co.uk for a long time mainly to share holiday photos with the family and for printing. Their print service is excellent. I have sent images to them at 5 pm and received the prints in next mornings post. Have started using filckr.
I run a website called MyParkPhotos.com and it's mainly for showing photos of public parks, refuges, forests,and trails. It's a very small community, but several very good photographers who enjoy sharing their photos online with a group promoting public lands. I used to have a gallery on Flickr also, but found have two galleries was a little too much...I'm in that 25-44 range of photographers.
It will be interesting to see how things pan out in the future with some many photosharing websites and options available to everyday and professional photographers.
Please do visit our website and for those in England, we'd love to see some photos of the parks in your country!


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On your profile it should show all your activity on the site, and this is one more thing that many players do.
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EDINBORO -- For a few fleeting seconds, it was Isaac Mattson's left elbow that held the Harbor Creek baseball team's collective concern.
Mattson was plunked near that elbow by a pitch from General McLane reliever Trevor Cauvel in the top of the seventh inning of Wednesday's Region 7 game.
Huskies coach Tim McQueeney sent in a courtesy runner for Mattson, but the right-hander was well enough to return to the mound for the bottom of that inning.
That's when Mattson finished off the Lancers in his second start since coming back from surgery to his right wrist.
That same wrist was strong enough for the junior to strike out nine batters in Harbor Creek's 8-1 victory.
Mattson injured his wrist midway through the Huskies' 2012-13 basketball season. Surgery was required, and a screw was inserted.
"That killed me for a couple of months," Mattson said. "Just having to get the diagnosis, with everything that I've worked for, I thought it was coming to an end."
It didn't, though, as Mattson picked up the victory for a Harbor Creek team (13-1, 7-0) that hasn't lost since its season opener against Fredonia (N.Y.).
Not only did Mattson strike out nine, he didn't walk a batter and limited McLane to two hits.
"We've got to give Isaac a lot of credit," McQueeney said, "because he's worked as hard as he possibly could (to return). From the day that he got his cast off, he's always kept a positive attitude. That isn't easy at any point, especially when you're a young man trying to wait around for everything to get healed up and ready to play. But he did everything he could to get back.
"He's probably still at about 90 percent (of recovery)," McQueeney said, "but his old fastball is getting there."
Tuesday's performance was better than Mattson's April 25 start, when he pitched at Corry and allowed three runs on nine hits in Harbor Creek's 7-3 win.
Against McLane (2-4, 5-7), Mattson mixed in some sharp curveballs when he wasn't changing speeds.
The only hits he allowed were in the bottom of the second, when the Lancers put together singles by Evan Dillen and Zack Leicht to produce their lone run.
That run pulled the hosts within 2-1, but they never threatened again. Only three more hitters reached base against Mattson, who recorded at least one strikeout in each of his seven innings.
"Having Isaac back is definitely a plus," Harbor Creek center fielder Anthony Concilla said. "You know he's a guy that's always going to go out and try to strike out kids."
Concilla came up big offensively from the No. 9 spot in the order, contributing two-out RBI singles in his first two at-bats. The second came in the fourth inning, when Harbor Creek broke open the game with a three-run burst that made it 5-1.
Concilla totaled three of Harbor Creek's 10 hits. He also reached base in the seventh, when the Huskies batted around for their last three runs.
"I was really just attacking the strikes that they were giving me," Concilla said.
Dillen was the only player who reached base twice for the Lancers, who previously lost 8-6 at Harbor Creek on April 18. That game was decided when the Huskies' Todd Goss hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the seventh inning.
"That's been the story of our year," McQueeney said. "If one person doesn't step up, another one has taken their place. We've had contributions not just from nine (starters), but 15 guys. Our depth has made a difference in allowing us to be where we're at."
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The trauma service at Dell Children's Medical Center is designed to provide the Central Texas community with comprehensive health care services for the injured child.
What Is the Trauma Service?
The trauma service is a multidisciplinary team of surgeons, nurse practitioners, nurses, registrars, social workers, child life specialists, injury prevention educators, therapists, researchers and support staff who work together to care for children who have suffered a serious physical injury.
The trauma service manages the treatment of trauma patients from the moment they are admitted to the hospital, through rehabilitation and entry back into their homes and communities. In this way, the trauma service ensures kids receive comprehensive care throughout their recovery.
The trauma service also houses comprehensive injury prevention and research programs. The Injury Prevention Program works within the Central Texas community to educate families on child safety and advocate for children at local, state and national levels. The Research Program facilitates investigation of new technologies, evaluates educational programs and drives changes in the clinical practice of trauma care. For more information on the research conducted in Trauma Services, please visit Dell Children's Trauma and Injury Research Center.
What Happens When a Child Is Injured?
As the emergency department is notified that an injured child is in route to the hospital, a team specially trained in trauma care, including physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, pharmacists, child life specialists, radiology and laboratory, is activated through a paging system. This team of dedicated trauma professionals responds to the emergency department and awaits the child's arrival. What follows is a very organized approach to the care of the pediatric trauma patient.
Children admitted to the trauma service have expertly coordinated care that focuses on the individual as well as their family's physical, emotional, and financial needs. Access to an impressive team of surgical sub-specialists, including orthopedic surgery, neurosurgery, ophthalmology, urology, plastic and reconstructive surgery, and oral and maxillofacial surgery, ensures proficient, pediatric-specific management of all injuries.
Once children are well enough to leave the hospital, the trauma service provides follow-up care through a multidisciplinary trauma clinic. The clinic's goal is to meet all of the needs of injured kids and their families by bringing the providers to them in one location, thus eliminating the need for multiple appointments to the many specialists often involved in caring for the child.
What's Special about the Trauma Service at Dell Children's Medical Center?
- Dell Children's houses the only pediatric-specific trauma service within a 46-county service region. Research has shown that children demonstrate improved clinical outcomes when treated by pediatric health care facilities with comprehensive trauma coverage.
- Dell Children's is the proud leader of Safe Kids Austin, a grassroots community organization made up of more than 30 local agencies. Safe Kids Austin provides ongoing child safety educational programs throughout Central Texas. Safe Kids Austin is one of more than 200 coalitions of the Safe Kids Worldwide network.
- The trauma service maintains a comprehensive trauma database and scientifically analyzes injury statistics to identify areas of improvement for care of the pediatric trauma patient, and where injury prevention intervention is needed.
- The trauma service provides pediatric trauma education for physicians, nurses and emergency response personnel throughout Central Texas.
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Essential Elements of the Performance Review
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- Discuss the longer term, aspirations, development, etc.
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- Review last year's performance
- Set goals for the upcoming year
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In Self Service, the date of the last performance review, as well as the name of the reviewer, can be found. A field for the performance descriptor information has been added, required for Professional and Scientific non-bargaining unit staff only. The HR representative is responsible to keep that information current and to ensure that an annual performance review is occurring. Access is limited to only those with appropriate security.


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Master of Arts in Teaching
Duke University Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) Program
Duke University's MAT Program is a leader in experiential-based teacher education with a long-track record of preparing leaders in the field of education. The program offers two degree programs:
Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) degree:
The one-year Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) degree is designed for individuals interested in learning how to teach in the following areas:
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Social Studies Education
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To earn the Master of Arts in Teaching certification, you must have an undergraduate degree in that field of certification, or in a field closely related.
MAT candidates conduct a 27-week-long internship at two Durham Public Schools under the guidance of experienced mentor-faculty. Through graduate-level education and content-area coursework, students develop their teaching skills and become thoughtful leaders in the field of education.
MAT/Master of Environmental Management (MEM) Dual-Degree:
The MEM/MAT dual-degree program is designed for individuals interested in being leaders in Environmental Education or Outdoor Education, either within schools or environmental sites. The curriculum for this dual-degree is created in partnership with the Nicholas School of the Environment and catered to meet the individual needs of each student. Internships in Environmental Education organizations or site-based outreach are facilitated. The MAT/MEM degrees take 2.5 years to complete.
Requirements – 36 course units
- 5 courses (15 course units) in your major field for certification
- MAT 702 Educating Adolescents (3 units)
- MAT 703 Effective Teaching Strategies (3 units)
- MAT 743 Teaching Diverse Learners (2 units)
- MAT 744 Teaching Diverse Learners (1 unit)
- EDUC 514 Technology, Society & Schools (2 units)
- Year-long teaching internship/seminar
- Master's portfolio
The program currently has two fellowships available for highly-competitive candidates:
The Durham Teaching Fellowship: Approximately eight candidates per year are selected for the prestigious Durham Teaching Fellowship, a fully-funded graduate fellowship supported by the President's Office, Trinity College of Arts and Science's, and the Master of Arts in Teaching Program. Each Durham Teaching Fellow is provided with an additional $8,000 living stipend during the academic year (August-May).
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Robert Noyce Fellowship: Approximately six science or math candidates per year are selected for the NSF Duke Noyce Fellowship, a partially-funded graduate fellowship supported by the National Science Foundation and Duke's Master of Arts in Teaching Program. Each Noyce Fellowship is provided with at least $30,000 of tuition support and an additional $8,000 living stipend during the academic year (August-May).
Typical Program Sequence
Typically, students begin the Master of Arts in Teaching program in July and complete all degree requirements the following June. Education practitioners teach the education courses taken in the summer prior to the internship. These faculty members (who are adjunct assistant professors) bring scholarship, research, and real-world experience to the MAT Program. These education courses form the basis on which the internship and accompanying seminars rest. They are intended to provide MAT students with the skills and knowledge necessary to begin their internships and to help MAT candidates develop best practices to become effective teachers.
The normal sequence is as follows:
|Typical Student Schedule
|First Summer
|Fall Semester
|Spring Semester
|Second Summer
In some cases students choose to begin the program early and take graduate level courses in their teaching field prior to their internship year. However, during the internship year, students are required to take at least one course in their academic major each semester for a total of nine hours. This option is generally limited to Duke undergraduates who are completing their bachelor's degree and do not need a full load of courses for it in the spring. The specifics regarding this option will need to be discussed in detail with the program director.


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Hi to all and to ChuckTseeker. I will give you my thoughts and opinion of the Habu 2 about adding the flaps and retracts. I have my habu 2 for about a month or so and when i bought it I also bought the retracts and flaps. For two weeks I flew it stock without installing the retracts and flaps because I was SCARED to install them.The reason was beacause after reading threads and reviews alot of people were saying abouth how nose heavy the habu 2 is and about the extra wieght when you add the retracts and flaps. So after about 30 perfect flights of stock setup I installed both the retracts and flaps. I was still scared after all the reading but still I had to try them. So I will tell you the difference on my opinion! STOCK setup flies really great...very FLOATY FEELING! Now with the retracts and flaps you are going to FEEL the habu more like its on RAILS...the floaty feeling is kind of lost....just a LITTLE but you will feel it! It trasforms the habu 2 into a BULLET.It tracks and penetrates the wind better beacause its a little heavier. You really don't feel the extra wieght in the air....thats the wierd part. You don't really feel the extra wieght..just the plane tracks alot better.It flies exactly where you to point it to go.Now for the landings...with the flaps down the habu 2 lands in a shorter distance. It does not need a long GLIDE slope to land with no flaps. The approach angle is much steeper and lands alot SLOWER! You can also fly the habu 2 very very slow and I mean VERY SLOW with the flaps down without having the feeling the plane will stall.It turns the habu 2 into a sort of a trainer plane.So you can understand what I mean by this I flew the habu 2 for three minutes yesterday with the flaps at there landing position and I thought I was flying a high wing trainer plane.Believe me! For me I Love my habu 2 with the retracts and flaps installed for the looks when the gear is retracted and for the much slower landings with the flaps down. I never used the flaps on take off. It takes off nicely without them. So........stock flies excellent and easy but you will a need a longer runway for landing...speed management is the key! slow it down much earlier on your glide path and it will land perfect.With retracts and flaps it TRACKS much better especially in wind and a shorter glide path on final landing! For me...retracts and flaps is the way to go...better plane and performance! I hope I helped you guys here at the forum after a month of flying my habu 2 stock and with the retracts and flaps intalled....30 flights stock + 30 flights with the added landing gear and flaps installed. All flights perfects both ways. I am in love with the Habu 2. Its a perfect EDF jet. Its flies excellent both ways...ITS JUST A LITTLE BETTER with the added retracts and flaps.This is my opinion...hope I helped
Hobbyking retracts with struts
Anybody used this set of retracts (PN 189000026) in their Habu 2 without extensive modification to the plane?
At $70 they are not inexpensive for HK retracts.
I was just shopping around on hobbyking for Habu 2 retracts, and I ended up ordering the turnigy DSR-D. I did some rough measurements and think they will fit.
I think the ones you posted could probably work too. I think the longer version of the ones above also work on the Eflite F-4.
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boolis, thanks for the inputs. Good to know. My trick for the stock Habu is to use spoilerons to slow down and land. Just put the left aileron on a different channel, and use a flap setting to make the ailerons go up. About 10 degrees for half setting, and 15 degrees for full setting. Works great on the Habu. But when you go to flaps, you do not need the spoilerons anymore (this would be crow). However, crow is used on the Habu 32 as this is a faster, heavier plane.
I just got mine together and will fly it stock first. I checked the CG, and I am at 3.5" instead of 4" per the manual. I think this will be OK.
The build was easy, and the quality of the kit is excellent. Can't wait to fly it.
How to install Eflite retracts.
This video was made by Horizon to explain how to install 10-15 Eflite retracts in a Habu 2. It corrects errors in the Habu 2 manual. This is a reference for those planning on installing Eflite retracts.
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At my grass field Habu2s without flaps usually won't get off the ground unless there is a breeze down the runway.
United States, ME, Wells
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Crow on Habu 32 vs. Habu 2
I have both Habu EDFs. The heavier 32 definitely handles better, for me, with crow. Rock stable on approach.
The lighter 2, with flaps, but no crow (ran out of channels as I also installed a Guardian 2D/3D unit and needed one channel for 2D/OFF/3D), seems to be slow enough, with full flaps, that I am not finding a need for crow. I am older than dirt, so my reaction times are much slower; hence crow on the 32, but flaps seem sufficient for the 2.
I have a Guardian unit installed in both Habu EDFs and it seems more helpful (controlling wing drop) on the heavier 32.
Just my $0.02.
This configuration greatly increases drag which slows the aircraft while creating a great deal of lift allowing the aircraft to continue flying at this reduced speed. The lower angle of attack at the tips provides an excellent safety margin to avoid tip stalls.
As with a dual aileron setup, all four surfaces can be mixed to act as flaps and then mixed to the elevator. Therefore, with a capable transmitter, an aircraft can be setup to fly extremely efficiently in many different flight conditions.
Sounds like a great reason to install an AR800, thanks for the explanation guys.
Thanks all for your answers
i own the Habu 1 and the UMX Mig-15 so know how well both planes fly and float in, but just wondered if i really needed the flaps and after reading and thinking about it i might fit them as this Habu, is going to be my "show pony" as to say and a bit heavier than a stock unit
so 10 blade 4s fan is ordered just need to get stuck into my paint job now hope i can do the bare airframe justice i'm gonna try for a striped paint job
cheers chuck
I have just purchased a Habu 2 to replace my crashed Dynam Meteor. The Habu 2 is sitting assembled, though yet to maiden. I and was going to fly it stock for a few flights then add retracts. Might just go straight to retracts. I am though pretty sure I will take the 5S path, so currently awaiting the delivery of a 80amp ESC and 10amp CC BEC.
Hopefully the stock motor and fan will handle 5S with careful throttle management. Was planning on using the 5S Zippy Compact 2700mAH 35C (360g)
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Transparent objects are really about three things: what you can see through the glass, how you can see through the glass, and then what you see reflected in the glass. When you answer those three questions, you'll end up with a really decent-looking glass material. I've got a very simple scene here. I've got a Sky object that surrounds it, and the sky has this gradient material on it. It's just a series of bands. That's going to give us a nice reflective pattern on our objects. I've got these different spheres. Now, the ones that have stripes on them, we're going to leave them alone, we're not going to touch.
We're going to focus on the gray ones. The reason I have the striped ones in there is to give our objects something to see through, because remember, glass is about what you can see through it. Let's create a new material by double-clicking in the Material Manager, and let's call this material Glass. Let's take that Glass material and apply it to the empty cube and then apply it to the empty sphere. The reason I have both a sphere and a cube is that glass looks very different based on the shape of the object that it's being applied to.
Let's take a look at our Glass properties, and I'll select the Glass in the Material Manager and take a look at its attributes. If we look at the Basic properties here, we've got Color already on. We know we're going to need that. We're going to turn on Transparency, and let's focus on just the transparency for a moment to take a look at the properties. Then we'll come back to the Reflective and the Shiny bits. So let's start off by making it transparent. Here in the Editor window, let's hit Command+R or Ctrl+R and render our scene. You can see that both our sphere and our cube are gone. So we don't have to keep hitting Command+R or Ctrl+R.
Let's bring up the Interactive Render Region. The keyboard shortcut is Option+R. And let's take the Quality level up to 100%. Let's also enlarge the Interactive Render Region. It's a little bit hard to see the corner of the Interactive Render Region. In order to do that, let's turn off the Sky object. I'll double-click on the top gray dot. Now I could see my Interactive Render Region, and let's drag that down just a bit. It makes it much easier. The top gray dot refers to whether or not the object is visible in the Editor window.
The bottom gray dot is whether or not the object is visible in the render engine. So, by leaving the bottom gray dot on, we now see our object in the render, but we don't see it out here in the Editor window. Now that we've got our Interactive Render Region set, we can focus on the materials again. Let's deselect the Sky object by clicking over here. Let's go back to our Glass material. The only type of glass that really is completely transparent is window glass, and most other types of glass have a shape to it, and that shape creates something called an index of refraction.
The index of refraction is how much an object bends light as it passes through. Window glass has a very low index of refraction, plus it's perfectly flat so that it does not bend light. The lenses on your eyeglass bend light in a very specific way, because of the shape of the lens. In order to create that index of refraction, we have to turn on the Refraction Index in the Transparency option. So in the Transparency settings, the Brightness option controls whether or not the object is transparent.
If we dial this back a little bit, you'll see that our objects become more opaque. 0 is fully opaque and 100% is completely transparent. Right below that is the Refraction Index. 1 completely passes light without bending it at all. 1.2 is standard glass. Let's go 1.2. And watch what happens when I do that. You'll see that now we have a very different reaction from our glass shapes out here. The sphere is bending light all the way through it.
The cube is bending so much light we can't even see the sphere behind it anymore. I'll take the Refraction Index from 1.2 down to 1.01. That index of refraction is bending it every so slightly. Let's crank it up just a little bit more, to like 1.04. Now we've got a nice refraction on the cube and on the spheres. It's a nice balance between those two shapes. The next component of transparency is what you can see on the surface of the glass.
So, glass is reflective. Unless you were to hit it with the bead blast or something like that to change to surface property, it's always going to be reflective. So let's go to the Basic properties and turn on Reflection. When we do that we're going to get a perfectly reflective surface. Because our object is 100% transparent, we can't see any of those reflections. So in order to get the reflections to show up, we have to start to dial back the transparency a bit. So in the Transparency option, let's bring it from 100% brightness on the transparency, let's try 95%.
As soon as we do that, we start to see the reflection. You can see them here in the preview. We can also see them here in the surface of our objects. They got a little bit frosty-looking because of the gray environment that they're sitting in. They reflect that gray environment. If I were to change the environment to something a little more obvious--let's go to the Sky material and instead of this gradient that we have in the Luminance channel, let's add something that's a little more obnoxious. I'm going to go to the pulldown and in the Surfaces option, I'll add in Earth.
Earth is just a model blue and green texture. When I add that in there, you'll see that we've got now this blue and green going all through our object in the background, and it creates a very different impression on the surface. I am going to undo that--Command+Z or Ctrl+Z--to get back to our nice gradient. Glass is a really subtle effect in 3D. Take a look in your cupboard and look at some of the glasses that you see there and try re-creating some of them for practice.
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The Green Wave worked its way to the top of a 32-team field last week to claim its second consecutive Hanahan Invitational Tournament title.
The Summerville baseball team defeated Wando 7-2 Thursday in the HIT varsity championship game held at Hanahan High School. The Warriors managed two more hits than the Wave, but committed five errors to Summervilles one. A trio of Wave pitchers only surrendered one free base while three Warrior pitchers combined to walk six batters and hit four others with pitches.
J.W. Eckley earned the pitching win after throwing four innings. Kyle Smith pitched two innings and surrendered only two hits while striking out two. Johnston McCurry closed the game out for the Wave, facing three batters and striking out two while retiring the other with a pop up.
McCurry, who was 3 for 5 at the plate in the championship game, was named the 2014 HIT Most Valuable Player. T.J. Hopkins, Billy Peatross and Zach Mosay also reached base three times for the Wave and Sawyer Bridges was 2 for 3 at the plate.
Noah LoCascio led the Wando batters, going 2 for 3 with a double and a solo homerun.
Summerville hit the ball well the entire tournament. The Green Wave had several homeruns and beat two of its five opponents by more than 10 runs.
If I had to pick the MVP there wouldnt be one, McCurry said. We all played as a team; we all had hits; all our pitchers pitched. Everyone played their position like they are supposed to.
Summerville made a big change defensively just prior to the tournament. McCurry missed the first part of the season due to injury and reduced reps in the infield seem to have taken a toll on his defensive prowess.
Coaches decided to move him from shortstop to the outfield and let Zach Mosay and Bo Gobin split time at short. Summerville coach Alan Bridges says the move has paid off.
Johnston is playing loose, he said. He is hitting the ball and doing a good job running the bases and pitching. Everyone bought in and we have turned things around. We are playing well.
Summerville has won six straight games since the move.
Im glad to do whatever I can do to help the team, McCurry said. Thats always the best thing. Winning that many in a row shows how strong our pitching staff is and that we can work together as a team. We are a good group of athletes so we just need to do what we can do and not press.
McCurry and Charlie Fessler reached base in the top of the first inning. McCurry then stole third and came home on a throwing error on the play.
Wando tied the game in the second with an RBI single from Trevor Pedersen. The Warriors took their only lead of the game the next inning off LoCascios homerun.
The Wave answered by scoring 3 runs in the top of the fourth. Zach Mosay reached on a walk, moved around on a hit and run and scored on a wild pitch for a 2-2 score. After Summerville loaded the bases, Fessler drove in a run with a sacrifice fly. Then Hopkins, who reached when he was hit by a pitch, stole third and scored on a throwing error on the play.
Jack Bahen drove in a run with a fielders choice in the fifth and Summerville pushed two runs across in the seventh off a wild pitch and when a batter was hit with a pitch with the bases loaded.
The playoff-bound Green Wave closes its regular-season schedule Wednesday with a game at Fort Dorchester.
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WASHINGTON, DC—Oncologists have a professional and moral responsibility to help control rising cancer care costs, according to speakers at a meeting here hosted by the National Cancer Policy Forum (NCPF) of the Institute of Medicine (IOM).
The meeting, a workshop called "Delivering Affordable Cancer Care in the 21st Century," focused on ways to curb rising costs in cancer care while maintaining or improving quality. A summary of the speakers' talks and panel discussions will be published, and these will contribute to an ongoing IOM consensus study, "Improving the Quality of Cancer Care: Addressing the Challenges of an Aging Population."
Workshop Co-chair Patricia A. Ganz, MD, NCPF Vice-chair and Professor in the Schools of Medicine & Public Health, Division of Cancer Prevention & Control Research, at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, said the consensus report is expected to be ready by next summer.
While praising the major advances in cancer research and technology that have led to a decline in cancer deaths and a growing population of cancer survivors, speaker after speaker warned that the rising US bill for cancer treatment is unsustainable. "We're spending about twice as much as other high-income countries on cancer care," said Jeffrey Peppercorn, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine in Duke University's Division of Medical Oncology, and Faculty Associate at Duke's Trent Center for Bioethics.
A growing US elderly population and a high rate of obesity will result in increased cancer incidence and added costs for cancer care, warned Peppercorn, Chair-elect of the Ethics Committee of the American Society of Clinical Oncology and a member of ASCO's Task Force on the Cost of Cancer Care.
American Cancer Society Chief Medical and Scientific Officer and Executive Vice President Otis W. Brawley, MD, agreed. "The obesity epidemic is pushing up all of our health care costs," he said.
And while U.S. costs for cancer care are very high now—placing a burden on both patients and society—they are projected to become virtually unaffordable in the next decade at the current rate of increase, said K. Robin Yabroff, PhD, MBA, an epidemiologist in the Health Services and Economics Branch of the National Cancer Institute. The country spends about $125 billion (in 2010 dollars) on cancer care now, but that figure is expected to escalate by 27 percent to a projected $158 billion somewhere around 2020, she said.
She noted, though, that this projected figure could well be an underestimate, depending on such factors as population changes, incidence trends, stage distribution at diagnosis, survival trends, and changes in the use of health services.
Ezekiel J. Emanuel, MD, PhD, now Vice Provost for Global Initiatives, the Diane Levy and Robert Levy University Professor, and Chair of the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy at the University of Pennsylvania, said that in an era of unsustainable health care costs, "we have a responsibility to practice effective and affordable health care," especially when it comes to innovative treatments.
Emanuel, a breast oncologist who is founding chair of the NIH's Department of Bioethics, emphasized that oncologists should stop recommending and ordering medical interventions that do not: improve survival, improve quality of life, reduce side effects, and reduce costs. Most physicians in practice, though, he said, are not cost-conscious, and have no idea what is being spent for a cancer patient on, for example, imaging, chemotherapy, and hospitalizations.
"This is not coming from nowhere," he said of high cancer care costs, citing publicized "breakthroughs" in survival reported enthusiastically at ASCO meetings that may in reality be just a few months or even weeks, and direct-to-consumer advertising for such innovations as the da Vinci robotic surgery for prostate cancer.
Another speaker, Lowell E. Schnipper, MD, Chair of ASCO's Task Force on Cancer Care Costs, said the task force produced a guideline statement which addressed: limiting anti-cancer therapy when it is likely to be useless; limiting scans for early-stage prostate and breast cancers at low risk of metastasis; limiting routine blood tests for breast cancer patients considered to be cured; and limiting use of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF)—issued as ASCO's "Top 5" list as part of the "Choosing Wisely" campaign (OT 5/10/12 and 6/25/2012).
"We set out with a strong recommendation that cost be factored into cancer care," said Schnipper, the Theodore and Evelyn Berenson Professor in the Department of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Clinical Director of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Cancer Center, and Chief of its Division of Hematology/Oncology.
"We are responsible for an array of interventions that don't work, are very toxic, and are duplicative. We decided it was morally appropriate to address this issue." The task force took a strong stance on doing away with cancer care that was not based on high-quality evidence, he added.
ASCO is now in the process of incorporating the Top 5 list into its Quality Oncology Practice Initiative (QOPI). And, he noted, the task force has a new pilot project consisting of a computerized physician advisory tool that will allow rapid and detailed evaluation of a cancer treatment regimen, including its reported toxicities.
NCI's Yabroff noted that cancer treatment costs for most patients tend to resemble a U-shaped curve: costs are very high in the months right after diagnosis, dip down, and then rise again steeply in the months at the end of life. Many speakers at the IOM meeting emphasized that treatment costs for patients with advanced cancer at the end of life—for whom the therapies are likely to have little value—are a major contributor to the high cost of cancer care.
"The majority of patients want to know the truth about their illness," said Jennifer Temel, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Clinical Director of Thoracic Oncology at Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center. "But the reality is that often we don't divulge prognostic information because we don't want to cause harm."
She added, "We have data showing that patients who know the truth are not more distressed." Patients who are not given the facts on their prognosis are more likely to choose aggressive care at the end of life, care that is very costly, almost always useless, and likely to be highly toxic.
Temel suggested that oncologists have end-of-life discussions with their patients early on when appropriate, and document a patient's code status. She also advised that advanced cancer patients watch a video of CPR, and see exactly what resuscitation entails. The graphic depiction helps many of these patients opt for palliative care, she noted.
There are a number of steps oncologists can take right now to help contain cancer care costs, said Deborah Schrag, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Deputy Associate Director of Population Sciences at Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center, including the following:
* Oncologists who order chemotherapy should have a plan to minimize costly emergency department visits and hospital admissions for their chemotherapy patients (an after-hours telephone consultation service, for example);
* Cancer patients should be given accurate, comprehensive information up front about their chemotherapy regimens so they will have realistic expectations about what their treatment can and cannot accomplish; consent forms should contain clear language on risks, benefits and toxicities;
* Anti-cancer therapies should be dispensed in smaller amounts, because a patient may die before he or she can take all of the drug(s)—and then the costly remainder (up to $10,000 a month for some drugs) will go to waste.
Looking ahead, both Schrag and Peppercorn emphasized that it would be unwise to spend all of the cancer care financial pie on treatments, important though they are. "We need to save some resources for basic translational science and research; this is the ultimate solution," said Peppercorn. "Clinical trials remain the linchpin," added Schrag. "But, we must do better at accrual."
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East Erie beer distributor robbed
Cash and cigars were stolen in the armed robbery of an east Erie beer distributor, police said this morning.
The robbery happened shortly before 9 p.m. Monday at Erie Discount Beer Co., 1922 Buffalo Road. Police said two black males wearing masks and hooded sweatshirts walked in carrying knives and robbed the owner of cash and blunts before fleeing.
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All this noise because one "Boxer" is scared of another!
Its funny how humans make something out of nothing. It only would take a honest person to realize that all this noise about Pacquiao-Mayweather fight and the drug test dispute is all an excuse and invent of Mayweather because he is in fact scared of Pacquiao. No all press is honest and that is the only reason why many support this Mayweather's circus because they have not professional analysis in them and need things like this to stay busy and chase some dollars.
In our entire history humans have loved circus and our modern era is not the exception. Why didnt Floyd request this test to Marquez and others previous fighter. Do you think that if he feels he can beat a fighter even he has the documents that probe that boxer is actually on PEDs he wont fight him? and invent for much much less money than the money involved in this one?
Mayweather feels that if Pacquiao beat him everybody will laugh at him and that all this years of excellence and unbeaten record will go to the toilet. So he is scared of Pacquiao as the devil to the cross.
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Floyd is right! Afterall Floyd is a role model and sets the standard and high principles of boxing. In behalf of all African Americans, Floyd is cleaning the sport of boxing and maybe even the society of the scums like the Asian Pacquiao. Man, I am totally all for the government cutting these food stamps and government aid bull**** and let this society's bottom feeders die.
Question: Two Asians are on the top of the roof and decided to jump? who will die first?
Answer: Who cares?
Back on topic! Floyd is already calling out on Pacquiao publicly, so my idol is not scared. Pacquiao on the other hand decided to be mum about it. What the "f"?
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IDH Tin Working group explores potential for more sustainable tin mining with Indonesian stakeholders
IDH has convened members of the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition® (EICC®) and Friends of the Earth (FoE) to form the IDH Indonesian Tin Working Group. The group was joined later by the international tin industry association (ITRI).The Working Group explores if and how members can help address the environmental challenges of tin mining in Bangka and Belitung (Indonesia) recognizing the while at the same time boosting development and reducing poverty in the region.
Participating members of the IDH Indonesian Tin Working Group from the EICC include Apple, BlackBerry, LG Electronics, Philips, Samsung and Sony. These companies aim to support their supply chain partners to continue sourcing tin from Indonesia in a way that aligns with sustainable growth and practices. To better understand the situation and the potential ways for downstream companies to take constructive action on this issue, the IDH Indonesian Tin Working Group commissioned a situational analysis and sustainability assessment of the tin sector in Bangka Belitung, Indonesia. The analysis and assessment has aided the Group's understanding of the local situation as a starting point for exploring ways to support sustainable growth through responsible sourcing.
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Taylor Swift stays at No. 1 for fifth week
Taylor Swift's "Fearless" remains at No. 1 for the fifth week on the nation's album sales chart, but the tally is nothing to tout: It's the first time in 11 months that a No. 1 has failed to top 100,000 sold in a week.
"Fearless" sold 90,000 copies in the week ended Sunday, according to Nielsen Soundscan, bringing the title's cume to 2.2 million. This weekend, she will be the musical guest on "Saturday Night Live," the first high profile television performance of the New Year.
The top 100 featured only two debuts and the only albums to see bumps were holiday related.
An MP3 collection from X5 Music Group titled "99 Most Essential Beethoven Masterpieces" sold 21,000 copies to debut at No. 29. Most of those sales likely occurred on Dec. 30 when the entire set was offered for $1.99 on Amazon.com. It regularly retails for $7.99.
Universal's Erin McCarley opened at No. 86 as her "Love Save the Empty" sold 9,000 copies.
Nine titles remained in the top 10, all of which dropped more than 55% from the final week of holiday shopping. Beyonce's "I Am…Sasha Fierce" is still No. 2 on sales of 77,000, Kanye West's "808s & Heartbreak" sold 71,000 and moved up two slots to No. 3 and the "Twilight" soundtrack flew up two spaces to No. 4 on sales of 66,000.
The Target stores-exclusive from Hollywood Records, "All Wrapped Up," doubled its sales to 40,000 to hit No. 10. The Christmas collection featuring the Jonas Brothers, Miley Cyrus and others was offered at clearance prices.


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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 sold 3.5 million units in the United States and United Kingdom on day one (Joystiq). Yet astonishing sales is nothing new for the Call of Duty series, and others wanting some dinero, have jotted down notes. A degree of copying is to be expected amongst game companies, and good perhaps. But, has it gone too far? That being said, the Call of Duty series doesn't come without red-lipstick kisses on its neck either. And with many juggernaut developers now swiping surplus ideas from its competitors, it is certain that the shooter genre has hit a rut.
First off, weapon customization has been filched from the loving arms of Call of Duty. Some may think, "That's not the only idea taken from Call of Duty," yet it is still one of the main items. Is this bad? Well, no, to the contrary, it can be a good premise to add to a title if it is done well and in a differing style. Yet, the majority of shooters are relying too much on weapon customization. Furthering the calamity, the companies that often do this broadcast it so their titles make it into the hands of cash-carrying aficionados. This sucks. Mind you, the companies will usually put their spin on the idea, yet so few try anything new, engaging, endearing. It seems for all the hate that Call of Duty gets, perhaps some justified, they took a gamble with adding weapon customization in their game, and it paid off. Big time. Of course, the reason that big companies don't want to try a gamut of concepts is because they want to make moola off doctrines that are selling. And I get that. However, this stifles art, and will eventually run shooters straight into tornado-alley.
Not everything is copied-and-pasted from Call of Duty, such as medic revives. This one is taken from Gears of War 2. Granted there were titles that has done this before, but, among shooters, Gears 2 made it famous, and for good reason. There is nothing that says, "I care for you bro," like a girl or guy that will risk a macabre shot to the face in order to slap some band aids on you. On the flip side, this has led to some companies straight-up photo-copying it. Does that mean I hate these games? Nope. To me, it enhances them. However, games like Ghost Recon: Future Soldier has now incorporated medic revives as well. A game that was fine without the notion. Once again, this doesn't mean that the product is now bad, but it seems that companies are just adding pre-used elements because, "it's cool," "it's in," or "it's trending." Where's the ingenuity? What happened to creativity? Though shooters are better than they have ever been, they could excel even more.
Ah yes, and now we come to horde mode. If you're a shooter fan, you know what this is. If you're not, let me fill you in: horde mode is a game type that involves a slew of enemies coming at you, usually in waves, and you try to survive as long as you can. Also, for those that don't know, it was the name given to the game type in, yep, again, Gears of War 2. Since then, the word has become synonymous with that mode; even journalists have often referred to other games attempts as "horde modes." What are some of these titles that have tried this you ask? Here is some: Call of Duty: Black Ops, Uncharted 3, and Halo Reach. Once again, I'm not trying to dishonor any of the listed entries, all our quite fun to play, in part due to their duplication. Each game has put their twist on it, changing themes that didn't work for them, some making it better than what was seen on Gears of War 2. Yet, this causes some trepidation that may turn into a light-bulb idea that will be used over-and-over till the filament blows.
Through over used weapon customization, love of medics, and rustic horde modes, shooters have hit a lull. Sure, this doesn't mean that shooters are bad or not enjoyable, to the contrary. Thus why I buy a heaping amount of them a year. However, there is no doubt that most game-artisans have taken a rowing position for the sales department, who are now the captains of the boat. Heck, I'm not even saying to get rid of any concepts that are being redundant, I just want quality and creativity to come alive, and one company has decided to take a shot at it. CCP, the developers behind EVE Online, a game that places you as a starship fighter in a planetary war, also a massive multiplayer online game, wants to tie it into another title they're developing, Dust 514. In Dust 514, you're a grunt with a rifle in your hands. On top of that, you can make alliances with pilots in EVE Online, and use their aid to drop some not-too-friendly shrapnel on your enemy's location. All in all, the game looks to be breaking the glass surrounding what a shooter should be. I, for one, find that this proves that not all the good ideas are all used up as some say. A good omen, indeed.
*Feel like Shooters, or any genre, is rolling its tires in the mud? Leave a comment. While at it, hurt that thumbs up button with a killer click, and share this article. "Sharing is helping." I know, it doesn't ring very well. I will have to work on that.*


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BELMAR – From lobster rolls and shrimp to crab cakes, oysters, clams and fish sandwiches – there was a variety of seafood offered at the 28th Annual Seafood Festival.
Festival spokeswoman Patti Baxter said despite Friday's rain, people still came out all three days of the event.
"It's just been a celebration of summer and Belmar," Baxter said.
Last year, approximately 200,000 people attended and while Baxter did not yet have exact numbers, she expected this year to top that.
"The attendance has been fabulous," Baxter said. "I would think that if it hasn't broken records for attendance it's pretty darn close."
This year, additional craft vendors were added along the lake and the seating on Ocean Avenue was brought back – which was a first last year, Baxter said.
"Belmar Tourism Commission works really hard for nine months lining this up, making everything happen," Baxter said.
Baxter said the festival also gives non-profit organizations, such as Clean Ocean Action and Surfrider Foundation, a chance to reach a large audience. Non-profits get a spot at the festival, free of charge.
"We're always glad to give space to those kinds of organizations," Baxter said.
Kiera Ferreira said she has lived in Belmar for 28 years and comes back each year for the Ragin Cajun shrimp and snow crab legs.
"The seafood festival I try to come to every single year," Ferreira said. "And it's delicious every single time."
Ferreira's friend, Dina Brower, of Neptune, said it was her first time at the festival and was looking forward to trying the scallop kabobs.
"I like the fact that everybody's out here, it's sociable, the food's amazing," Brower said. "It's a lot of fun.
Shakira Simms, of Freehold, said it was her first time at the festival and she loves seafood. Simms was eating fried calamari and a fish sandwich was next on her list of food to try.
"It's a good crowd, nice entertainment," Simms said.
Jeff Havens, who works at the Wharfside Patio Bar & Restaurant in Point Pleasant Beach, was preparing whole steamed lobsters with a side of butter, their top seller.
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Burger King fire in Madison
The Madison Fire Dept says damage is estimated at $60,000. An employee tried to put out the blaze, which was in a fryer in the kitchen, with a hand held extinguisher before evacuating.
An early morning call for Madison firefighters to a fast food restaurant on the South Side. A passerby reported smoke from the roof of Burger King on West Badger Road, just after 4:30 a.m. It was a small kitchen fire that was brought under control within a few minutes. No injuries were reported.


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Ian Bannen, David Kelly
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Sometimes a man's job gets in the way of true love. That's the case for Pigg Finn (James Nesbitt), a pig farmer whose occupational odoriferousness causes his would-be intended (Susan Lynch) to keep her distance. The smell of money, though, changes everything for the two, just as it does for the 50 other residents of Tulaigh Morh, the fictional Irish town that is the setting for this wonderfully winning comedy by writer-director Kirk Jones.
In Waking Ned Devine, the town's titular citizen has won the Irish National Lottery. But the news so excites him that he dies of a heart attack. The entire town then conspires to fool the Lottery officials into believing that another of their old men (Kelly) is Devine, so everyone can share in the winnings.
Devine is long on charm and personality and features some excellent Irish actors. This one will have moviegoers leaving the theater with a smile as wide as the cast's brogues. (PG)
Bottom Line: Beguiling Irish comedy belongs on your must-see list
Picks and Pans Review: Waking Ned Devine
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Russia's agricultural imports increased from $7 billion in 2000 to $26 billion in 2007, and Russia now trails only China as the largest agricultural importer among emerging markets. Russia's main imports are meat, highly processed products, fruit, and vegetables. The European Union (EU) is the largest supplier to the Russian market, while the U.S. share of Russia's imports was only 5 percent in 2007. Even so, Russia is an important market for U.S. poultry, taking a quarter of U.S. poultry exports in 2007.
The main reasons for the rise in imports were macroeconomic changes. High growth in Russian Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increased consumer income and the demand for food. At the same time, changes in the ruble's exchange rate made imports more price competitive than domestically produced goods. Over the current decade, the ruble's nominal exchange rate (the rate actually used to buy and sell rubles and the rate used in international trade) was fairly stable against the U.S. dollar and other major currencies. However, Russia has had higher price inflation than the United States, the EU, and most other countries that sell goods to Russia. In terms of the real exchange rate (Russia's nominal exchange rate adjusted for its level of inflation relative to that of its trading partners), the Russian ruble appreciated against the dollar by over 100 percent between 2000 and 2007. As goods produced in Russia became more expensive compared with imports, Russians switched to buying more imported products.
Russia, like the United States and other countries, has been hit hard by the financial and economic crisis that began in the autumn of 2008. The crisis should cause agricultural imports to decline. GDP and consumer income growth in 2009 will likely be negative. The ruble fell against the dollar and other major currencies (in nominal terms) by about a third from July 2008 to February 2009. The declining value of the ruble means imports are now more expensive, compared with Russian goods. If the Russian economy stabilizes within 1-2 years, Russian agricultural import growth could resume, but probably at a lower rate than in recent years.
Russia's Growing Agricultural Imports: Causes and Outlook, by William Liefert, Olga Liefert, and Mathew Shane, USDA, Economic Research Service, May 2009
Agricultural Exchange Rate Data Set, by Kari Heerman, USDA, Economic Research Service, August 2016
International Macroeconomic Data Set, by Kari Heerman, USDA, Economic Research Service, December 2015
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|Where did that flying number plate come from? This is a Nu Image production filmed in Bulgaria, and there's a bad Nu Image film (US Seals) where a car crashes and its fake Albanian plate falls off to reveal a real Bulgarian plate behind it. I wonder if the same thing happens in this film.
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|Kadett E, the type is 2.0 GSI
◊ 2006-04-02 21:45
|The two plates:
Seen a little later, in a scene which was made before I guess:
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|Thanks for the captures. You'd think they'd learn not to put one plate on top of another.
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|I wonder why they did that. It is so easy to remove the original plate, easier to replace a place than add a second one...
◊ 2006-04-03 11:25
|Perhaps they used Velcro or something, so that they could just stick the plate on and take it off again at the end of the day, and out of habit they did the same with all their cars, even ones that were going to be smashed up.
I once walked past a car being used in a film shoot and, yes, it had prop plates on top of the real ones. So perhaps everyone does it.
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|@Gag: the plate is (shall be) Russian (what town is "47"), but it was filmed in Bulgaria. To identify by the Wartburg
/vehicle_22547-Wartburg-353W-1975.html , because GDR-cars were never available in the Soviet Union (and after 1990 the Russian have bought "real" (Western) cars and not that GDR-junk.
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Yeah. I think leaving them on prevents the prop guys from getting the plates lost or mixed up while filming. Plus, using paste or glue is easier, especially if you have to do a bunch of cars.


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Today, Ian was once again joined by the team from Motor View, as they filmed a video on the Red Brick Woolshed located in Long Road, Serpentine. The video focuses on the construction and history of the woolshed and its homestead, as well as the impact the John Ettershank had on the area.
With the filming complete, the production team will now go away and edit the video, before uploading it to ASRP TV.
We can't wait to bring you this exciting video, so keep your eyes peeled in the next few weeks!


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Asheland Avenue Asheville, NC 28801 Phone: 828-213-9090
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Carolina Vascular offers patients throughout the region direct access to the
most comprehensive care available for the treatment of peripheral vascular
disease. We ensure that the most up-to-date treatment options are available to
patients who benefit from our highly-specialized, cooperative team of
interventional radiologists, vascular surgeons, and neurointerventional
Our teams of vascular specialists participate in FDA sponsored clinical
trials and attend an AMA Category 1 CME Multidisciplinary Vascular Conference
weekly to discuss patient care and determine the best course of diagnosis and
treatment for individual patients.
Carolina Vascular's convenient facility is located at
222 Asheland Avenue and includes a non-invasive Vascular Laboratory, and
two on-site scanners for performing Magnetic Resonance Angiography and Imaging
(MRA and MRI).
Our non-invasive Vascular Laboratory is ICAVL-accredited and offers carotid,
aortic, visceral, lower extremity, and venous studies. All technologists are
Registered Vascular Technologists. Studies may be ordered with or without
concurrent physician consultation.