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See the endangered Florida panther peering out from a cypress grove, an alligator charging a white egret, a snarling grizzly bear protecting her cubs, adventurers in a dory boat crashing through the rapids of the Colorado River, all rising up from the pages of America's National Parks, A Pop-Up Book. This pop-up masterpiece will become a family favorite.
Many of our country's biggest, highest and deepest wonders are found in the national park system. Crater Lake in Crater Lake National Park is our deepest lake. Mt. McKinley in Denali National Park is the highest point in North America, and the nation's lowest point is Badwater Basin in Death Valley National Park. In California, Sequoia National Park has the world's largest trees, giant sequoias. In nearby Yosemite National Park is the highest waterfall in North America, Yosemite Falls, cascading 2,425 feet into the valley. Our hope is the stunning pop-up scenes of America's National Parks, A Pop-Up Book will inspire you and your family to visit these special places.
Throughout our history, great Americans traveled into the national parks, and praised their beauty and majesty. John James Audubon described his first visit to the Everglades: "We observed great flocks of wading birds flying overhead...in such numbers to actually block out the light from the sun..." President Theodore Roosevelt said of the Grand Canyon, "The most impressive piece of scenery I have ever looked at..." And John Muir, founder of the Sierra Club, said of his
favorite wilderness, Yosemite National Park, "It is by far the grandest of all the special temples of Nature I was ever permitted to enter." The book captures the beauty of these parks in amazing three-dimensional pop-up scenes. Stories are told of heroic explorers, such as John Wesley Powell who in 1869 set off with nine companions in four wooden boats to run the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. Newspapers across the country reported on his trip into what mapmakers named The Great Unknown. One newspaper reported on the planned trip, "whoever ventures into this canyon will never come out alive," almost a true prediction as Powell---with five crew members, in two boats---completed their 1,000 mile, ninety-nine-day expedition.
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Fitzpatrick Pushes for Real Jobs Stats
LANGHORNE, PA – Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick (PA-8) joined labor economist Diana Furchtgott-Roth Friday to announce the introduction of new bipartisan legislation which would provide for an overhaul of the monthly federal jobs report to make it more reflective of real employment situation of Americans.
"Unemployment numbers are carefully scrutinized and cited as an indicator of overall economic health. However many economists, including a former administrator of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), have criticized the number as being an inaccurate representation of the actual job market," said Fitzpatrick. "We need an accurate unemployment rate that aids the nation's labor force by providing a better snapshot of the economy and job market, allowing economists to provide more accurate analysis and letting policy makers make more informed decisions."
"The way we measure unemployment needs to be reconsidered to include people who have left the labor force but still want to work, as well as those who are underemployed, so that the statistics can offer a better guide to policymakers," explained Furchtgott-Roth, former chief economist of the U.S. Department of Labor and senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research.
Currently, the BLS only considers limited statistics when reporting the unemployment rate. Among the criticisms of the current system is that the BLS does not consider the difference of an active or passive search for employment; the mismanagement of the "U" system currently in place; evidence reflecting higher unemployment than presented; or changes in the labor market. Additionally, those who would be working under normal circumstances should be properly reflected in the unemployment report.
Fitzpatrick's legislation, the bipartisan Labor Statistics Improvement Act [H.R. 4171] which was introduced in the House Thursday, would establish a commission of four individuals with experience in the private sector, academia, federal service, or expertise in the economic market to examine the processes used by BLS to provide unemployment rates and make recommendations to Congress within six months.
"Each month news outlets report the jobs numbers as the definition of success or failure of the economy -unfortunately, these numbers often misrepresent the true situation," added Fitzpatrick. "While the jobless rate may appear to be falling, it's merely a statistical trick that ends up hurting the millions of Americans struggling in this economy – partially due to bad policy based on these numbers."
"The decline in the unemployment rate to 6.7% gives the misleading impression that Americans are better off and the economy is recovering. But the rate is low because discouraged Americans are leaving the labor force," continued Furchtgott-Roth. "The labor force participation rate, now 63%, is now at 1978 levels, before the movement of millions of women into the labor market in the 1980s. This is not due to retirement of baby boomers, because labor force participation among the 55+ group has actually risen. It is due to young people who cannot find jobs--and who are not in school."
The bill currently has 5 bipartisan co-sponsors and has been recommended to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick is serving his third term in the U.S. House of Representatives. He represents Pennsylvania's 8th district which includes all of Bucks County as well as a portion of Montgomery County. He serves as the Vice Chairman of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
Diana Furchtgott-Roth, former chief economist of the U.S. Department of Labor, is director of Economics21 and senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research. She is a contributing editor of RealClearMarkets.com, and a columnist for the Washington Examiner, MarketWatch.com, and Tax Notes. From 2003 to 2005, Ms. Furchtgott-Roth was chief economist of the U.S. Department of Labor. From 2001 to 2002 she served as chief of staff of President George W. Bush's Council of Economic Advisers. Ms. Furchtgott-Roth served as deputy executive director of the Domestic Policy Council and associate director of the Office of Policy Planning in the White House under President George H.W. Bush from 1991 to 1993, and she was an economist on the staff of President Reagan's Council of Economic Advisers from 1986 to 1987.

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Friday, July 10, 2009
Map of Unemployment in the United States
The New York Times has updated their "Geography of a Recession" map with June 2009 data. Unemployment data is shown. By looking at the map there are two cores in America that have felt layoffs more than other regions. A bloc from Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio extends down through Kentucky and spreads into the Deep South. The second core is the West Coast plus Arizona, Nevada, Alaska, and Hawaii.
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- Padmanaban said...
What we are calling as the popular cities are only suffering more from unemployment. There is rise of fall and there is not stable state.
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This website of the J.M. Burgerscentrum provides an overview of the activities of our research school. The core of the website consists of the description of the research projects, carried out by the JMBC groups. As usual, a number of research highlights are presented. The website also provides general information about the research school, such as its goals, its organization, and its relation with industries and technological institutes.
The number of PhD projects carried out by the JMBC groups is still quite large (about 300). Although the sponsoring of such projects directly via the universities has become almost non-existing, the financing of projects via NWO (in particular FOM and STW) and via industries and technological institutes remains at a high level. Sponsoring of projects via the European Research Council is increasing. Finding funds for our PhD projects remains an important task for all JMBC groups.
The JMBC course programme for the academic year 2014 – 2015 contains the following courses: 'PIV', 'Compressible flows', 'CFD 2', 'Geophysical Fluid Dynamics', 'Particle Technology' en 'Capillarity-driven micro-fluid mechanics', while courses on 'Particle-based modeling techniques' en 'Soft and granular matter' are planned for the next year. These courses are organised in order to give the JMBC PhD students the opportunity to deepen their knowledge in various aspects of fluid dynamics, but also to widen their perspective and give them an overview of the wide field of fluid dynamics. It is therefore recommended for our PhD students to take the opportunity and to participate in these courses.
The activities of the JMBC continue to ensure that the Dutch fluid mechanics field is a lively and well-connected community, with numerous mutual appointments at collaborating groups and collaborative research projects in which multiple JMBC groups participate. The JMBC contact groups continue to be an important instrument for cohesion. These contact groups stimulate interaction and collaboration between researchers, developers, and users. This is done through organizing regular meetings aimed at getting to know each other's activities and learn about developments and applications. Another important instrument to maintain the coherence throughout the research school is the annual Burgersdag for all scientists involved in the JMBC and for many fluid-mechanics experts from industry, TNO and technological institutes. In January 2014 the Burgersdag attracted a large number of participants ( approximately 250).
On 4 July 2014 a joint workshop "Controlling multiphase flow" was organized by the JMBC together with the Institute for Sustainable Process Technology (ISPT) and FOM. This workshop took place in Amsterdam, kindly hosted by the Shell Technology Centre Amsterdam. The objective of this JMBC-ISPT-FOM workshop was to exchange knowledge on controlling multiphase flow between researchers from industry and academia and to provide an opportunity for networking. Besides, the discussions during the workshop were meant as important input for a position paper on a possible collaborative research programme in the field of multiphase flow. The workshop was well attended, with approximately 100 participants from industry and university groups. A small committee is now preparing a position paper.
In 2014 one new group was admitted to the Burgerscentrum: Prof. Karin Schroen and her group 'Food and Bioprocess Engineering' at Wageningen University became a member of the JMBC.
For admission of a new group, we follow a standard procedure. The group leader of the group that wishes to participate needs to submit a written motivation, a research plan and CVs of the staff members involved. Based on this application the scientific director asks a number of professors in the JMBC for advice. The application and the advice are then sent to the board of the JMBC, which takes the final decision.
Per 1 July 2014 Prof. Gijs Ooms stepped down as scientific director of the Burgerscentrum, after having served in this position for 17 years. He will be succeeded by Prof. GertJan van Heijst, who has his main affiliation at TU/e, but who will be appointed part-time at TU Delft. Prof. Gijs Ooms served the JMBC for a long time, and his name has become more or less equivalent with the Burgerscentrum. During the 17 years of his directorship, the Burgerscentrum has grown from a school with approximately 80 PhD students to its present size, with more than 300 participating PhD students and postdocs. The organisation of the JMBC has always been lean and efficient, mainly due to the approach taken by Prof. Ooms. His leadership style is greatly appreciated by all participant staff of the Burgerscentrum. At the occasion of his end of term, a special farewell session was held at the Burgersdag 2015, which took place at TU Delft.
Due to the enthusiasm and the combined knowledge, skills and facilities of the participating research groups, the JMBC remains to be a very stimulating, multidisciplinary environment for advanced research in fluid mechanics and for the education of talented graduate and postgraduate students. The board and the management team of the JMBC highly value the large effort of the staff of the JMBC in reaching the goals of the research school.
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Don't ya hate it when same idiot does something stupid and make all gamers look like douche bags?
Case in point: a Utah motorcyclist named Daniel Savino led state troopers on a high-speed chase that ended in a fiery wreck with an SUV. Despite not wearing a shirt or helmet, Savino survived the crash, telling the cops he didn't know what went wrong as the maneuver always worked in videogames.
"I don't know whether he was trying to act out a scene in a videogame or what he was trying to do," an officer on the scene said, "but he said it always worked for him in video games."
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Objective: To evaluate a mastery learning, simulation-based curriculum for laparoscopic, totally extraperitoneal (TEP) inguinal hernia repair.
Background: Clinically relevant benefits from improvements in operative performance, time, and errors after simulation-based training are not clearly established.
Methods: After performing a baseline TEP in the OR, general surgery residents randomized to mastery learning (ML) or standard practice (SP) were reassessed during subsequent TEPs. The ML curriculum involved Web-based modules followed by training on a TEP simulator until expert performance was achieved. Operative time, performance, and patient outcomes adjusted for staff, resident participation, difficulty of repair, PGY-level, and patient comorbidities were compared between groups with mixed effects-ANOVA and generalized linear models.
Results: Fifty residents (PGY1-5) performed 219 TEP repairs on 146 patients. Baseline operative time, performance, and demographics were similar between groups. To achieve mastery, ML-residents (n = 26) required a median of 16 (range 7–27) simulated repairs. After training, TEPs performed by ML-residents were faster than those by SP-residents, with time corrected for participation (mean ± SD, 34 ± 8 minutes vs. 48 ± 14 minutes; difference –13; 95%CI, –18 to –8; P < 0.001). Operative performance scores (GOALS, scale 6–30) were better for ML residents (21.9 ± 2.8 vs. 18.3 ± 3.8; P = 0.001). Intraoperative complications (peritoneal tear, procedure conversion), postoperative complications (urinary retention, seroma), and need for overnight stay were less likely in the ML group (adjusted odds ratios 0.14, 0.04, and 0, respectively; all P < 0.05).
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does series (n= 1 --> inf) sqrt(n)/(4n + 9) converge or diverge?
I said that it does converge, and I used the comparison test with b(sub n) = n/(4n + 9) got the limit at (1/4) for b(sub n). But the back of the book said I was wrong, what did I do wrong?
my steps: 0 < a(sub n) < b(sub n)
b(sub n) converges as limit approaches infinity, so doesn't that mean a(sub n) converges?
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Indonesia, Afghanistan invigorate relationship
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President Susilo Bambang Yu-dhoyono and Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai reaffirmed the long-standing bonds of friendship between the two nations and expressed their commitment to promote bilateral cooperation in all areas of mutual benefit.
During bilateral talks on the sidelines of the fifth Bali Democracy Forum (BDF) in Nusa Dua, Bali, Yudhoyono expressed Indonesia's commitment to support Afghanistan in various fields, including technical vocational training, infrastructure, as well as in women's empowerment, higher education and mid-career diplomat training.
"We have asked relevant ministries to identify and work on concrete programs" Yudhoyono told the press after the meeting.
The two countries welcomed the new treaty of friendship and cooperation to replace the previous friendship treaty, which concluded on April 24, 1955. The new treaty promotes political cooperation, economic and trade cooperation, in addition to academic and cultural cooperation.
Karzai underlined the positive economic prospects of his country and invited Indonesia to explore the possibility of direct trade and investment in Afghanistan.
"Indonesian businesses are welcomed to Afghanistan to participate in the development of Afghanistan and in the expansion of business between two countries," Karzai said.
The value of trade between the two countries was at US$37.78 million as of August this year.
Both leaders welcomed the memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Capacity Building for Law Enforcement Personnel, signed last September in Jakarta. The MoU stipulates that Indonesian National Police will train 50 Afghanistan National Police officers on traffic management, police community services and crime investigation. Both leaders instructed the training to commence as soon as possible.
To promote good governance, the meeting encouraged closer cooperations between the corruption eradication agencies of the two countries. Both leaders also underlined the importance of promoting bilateral cooperation on counterterrorism and transnational organized crimes as well as a commitment to combating people smuggling and trafficking.
"We will also explore cooperation in the fields of culture through a cultural exchange programs and cultural mission," Yudhoyono said.
Following the talks, both leaders witnessed the signing of four agreements, respectively on friendship and cooperation, on visa exemption for holders of diplomatic and service passports, on bilateral consultations and on cultural exchange programs.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services just announced that it is extending the registration period and has published a registration reference guide. Also, the claim input testing period and the start date for initial reporting were delayed. CMS provided further clarification of exceptions related to total payment obligations to claimants and established the start date for the query function.
NAMIC has continued to request a delay in the registration deadlines because of the inability of insurers to meet the timetables for registration and reporting. In response to requests, CMS has announced a three month delay in the registration deadline. Insurers may now register between May 1, 2009, and September 30, 2009. In addition, CMS has clarified that if an insurer has a reasonable expectation that it will have no reporting obligations, that registration is not currently required. At any time that an insurer has a reasonable belief that claim reporting would be required, registration would be mandatory.
CMS also released a Quick Reference Guide for Section 111 Registration for all Responsible Reporting Entities. The attached guide is designed to assist Section 111 responsible reporting entities with the registration process.
Testing for the submission of the claim input file has been delayed. Insurers will be required to complete the testing process between January 1, 2010, and March 31, 2010. Once testing is completed for a required registered entity (RRE) ID, the system will set the RRE ID to a production status. However, testing may continue up until the first production claim input file is due. Test files will always continue to be accepted and processed after a production status has been attained.
Initial Reports
NAMIC has consistently pressed for a delay in reporting obligations to afford insurers additional time to revise data collection and retention procedures. CMS previously extended the initial reporting from July 1, 2009, to the first quarter of 2010. In response to requests for additional time, CMS has agreed to further extend the timeline to the second quarter of 2010. Insurers will be required to submit their first live production file no later than their assigned submission window for the April – June calendar quarter of 2010. However, if testing is complete, insurers may elect to file their initial report during their assigned period during the January – March 2010 quarter.
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The Medicare beneficiary query function will become available July 1, 2009, for RREs that have completed registration and are in testing status. Although registration is not required until September 30, query files may not be submitted until an RRE has completed the registration process. NAMIC raised concerns early in the process regarding the difficulties of verifying beneficiary status and requested insurer access to the beneficiary database.
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Having been in cash for awhile, and attempting to trade a bit on Sirius XM's (NASDAQ:SIRI) dips and pops, I've found it difficult to write much of anything about the company itself. The company is moving along just fine as far as the usual meeting and beating of guidance, and posting what I find to be acceptable numbers across the board. The stock has simply become detached from the company's performance, and I see two reasons for this. One is Liberty Media (NASDAQ:LMCA) and the other is the overall bear market we are in at present.
One thing going on with Sirius XM right now that is capturing virtually all of the attention is Liberty Media's moves to acquire larger (and very likely a majority) stake in the company. Take a look at Seeking Alpha's Sirius XM page. It's all there. You have plenty of articles to choose from if you are not up to speed already.
In my opinion, yes, it's fun to talk about what may or may not happen if and when Liberty Media takes control, but all I am interested in as an investor is what it means for the stock price. As Liberty Media has now petitioned again for de facto control, eyes should be on the FCC's response, as well as any activity by Liberty to purchase additional shares of Sirius XM. It's all that really matters in the short term. I believe Sirius XM could post yet another strong quarter, raise guidance, and meet or beat expectations and the stock would remain stagnant or continue the sell off that is currently underway.
And the sell off which is currently underway can find cause due to the overall market to the greatest extent, coupled with uncertainty surrounding just how everything will play out regarding Liberty Media. You may hear from some that this sell off is because Sirius XM has a high P/E, or because Sirius XM does not have the amazing true visionary wonder team from Pandora (NYSE:P) running the show. But a quick look at the overall market, and the headlines on every major financial site, will clearly show that the sentiment out there is extremely bearish. To expect Sirius XM to be immune from the overall market downturn is folly.
The good news is that for those of you who are "Long and Strong" Sirius XM, and do not have any need to sell, I believe you will be just fine as the year plays out unless the world markets enter into an absolute crisis. For those who are averaging in, these prices should be seen as a great way to average down, or keep your average down. As I said above, the stock has become detached from the company's performance, and in my opinion that creates tremendous value for investors seeking to purchase shares.
For those of you who have been following my moves, you may then ask: "If you believe the current pricing is a tremendous value, why are you currently sitting in cash?"
The answer to that is simple. I see better entry points at lower prices in the future, and I'll patiently wait for those. The overall market should help with that immensely. The 10, 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages are currently all turned down and heading south, and the 20 day should cross under the 200 day moving average this week.
History does not always repeat itself, but the last time the 20 day moving average crossed under the 200 day for Sirius XM, the stock price was roughly $1.84, where it sits today. One month later, the stock price hit an intra day low of $1.27. Ask yourself, what was wrong with the company then? The answer is "nothing."
Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours.
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A Cincinnati police officer has been accused of coercing sex from the mother of a jailed boy.
A Hamilton County grand jury indicted Julian Steele yesterday on 10 counts, including rape, extortion, intimidation and abduction. A woman says Steele made her perform a sex act after her teen son was booked into the county's juvenile detention center during a robbery investigation this month.
The indictment also alleges that Steele falsely accused and imprisoned the juvenile.
The 46-year-old officer has said he is not guilty.
Authorities say the charges against Steele carry a potential maximum prison sentence of 70 years.
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While the U.S. cash-for-clunkers incentive has been an overwhelming success in terms of spurring sales and retiring gas guzzlers, the most popular cars bought under the program are slightly below average in terms of their technology content,iSuppli Corp. reports.
According to iSuppli's Technology Availability (TA) index, the Top-10 best-selling cash-for-clunkers cars score an average of 14.5, compared to 17.8 for all model-year 2009 autos in the United States. The TA score indicates how many infotainment and Advanced Driver Assist Systems (ADAS) are available for each model. A range of car technologies is covered by the TA, comprising infotainment functions like navigation, iPod connections and satellite radio, to advanced ADAS features like park assist, Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems (TPMS), Electronic Stability Control (ESC) and telematics services such as General Motors' OnStar, "The low TA scores reflect the fact that buyers for the cash-for-clunkers cars are seeking smaller and more fuel-efficient cars, which tend to be low-end models," said Mark Boyadjis, analyst and regional manager for North American automotive research for iSuppli. "Despite the proliferation of more advanced technologies throughout carmakers' lines, automakers still haven't migrated all these features to these less-expensive vehicles."
Cash for clunkers is no clunker
By August 5, the cash-for-clunkers program had sold more than 184,000 autos. General Motors accounted for 18.7 percent of those cars, followed by Toyota at 17.9 percent, Ford at 16 percent, Honda at 11.6 percent and Chrysler at 10.6 percent.
"The additional $2 billion that Congress allocated this month will bring the cash-for-clunkers sales to about 700,000 units when completed," said Egil Juliussen, principal analyst and fellow for iSuppli's Automotive Practice.
From an environmental perspective, autos sold under the program had an average fuel efficiency of 25.3 Miles Per Gallon (MPG), a 60 percent improvement from 15.8 MPG for the traded-in models, according to U.S. Department of Transportation data through August 5.
Carbon dioxide emission reductions are proportional to MPG improvements, so the environmental impact appears very promising as well.
Infotainment features prevalent
While the top cash-for-clunkers models are far from being loaded from a technology standpoint, they do include some essential infotainment features formerly available only on higher-end vehicles. Features such as satellite radio, Bluetooth connectivity and portable music device integration are widely available on the top-selling models under the cash-for-clunkers program.
All but one model offers Bluetooth connectivity, and three also include Bluetooth A2DP or audio streaming. All of the models offer satellite radio, either XM or Sirius, and six of the models offer USB inputs.
On the other hand, embedded telematics is largely absent from these vehicles, with only the OnStar-equipped 2009 Chevy Cobalt integrating this feature in the form on OnStar. Ford vehicles offer mobile device telematics using the driver's Bluetooth phone and have some telematics services, including turn-by-turn navigation, Automatic Collision Notification (ACN), and remote diagnostics programs.
"The Ford Sync option is a hit among Ford buyers and likely contributes to the overwhelming popularity of the top-selling Ford Focus," Boyadjis observed.
HD Radio is only available on one model: the Ford Escape. This discrepancy is a result of the standardization and saturation of satellite radio in the automotive market, as well as the relative infancy of HD Radio technology in the automobile.
The safety features of the 10 models are much better than the trade-ins since every model has ESC and tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS). Few of the Top-10 models have added driver assist systems-only two models had park assist and none had any other driver assist systems.
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As vaping and e-cigarettes become more and more popular a wide variety of interesting flavors are popping up left and right. Belgian Cocoa by Halo Cigs is one of the more noteworthy flavors to come out as of late and is prominently featured in the Halo Cigs online store – https://twitter.com/halocigscoupon1. Let's take a closer look at this e-liquid flavor and see if it measures up in terms of flavor and experience.
A New Kind of Cocoa
Chocolate flavored e-liquids are nothing new. They've been around long enough to become a big time favorite of those who want something different than the standard tobacco flavored liquids and people who just like a sweeter taste in general.
The Belgian Cocoa e-liquid by Halo Cigs breaks the mold and brings something new to the table. Instead of an overly sweet flavor typical of most chocolate flavored liquids, this blend downplays the sweetness slightly allowing it to be smoked continuously without getting sick to your stomach or quickly tiring of the flavor.
The flavor itself is noted for being quite robust and featuring dry cocoa undertones. It has also been noted for its sweet chocolate top note though the blend is made to somewhat downplay the overall sweetness as previously mentioned. In addition to this the blend also offers a nice throat hit and very good vapor production.
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The Belgian Cocoa e-liquid has been getting a lot of positive feed back on Halo Cigs. People compliment the taste comparing it to dry chocolate powder and praise it's balance of flavor. Others enjoy the throat hit and mention that it is their go-to e-liquid when vaping all day.
Also of note is the fact that many people claim this is their favorite flavor of e-liquor period and that it is great for anyone with a sweet-tooth. Some even report that smoking this liquid is preferable to eating actual chocolate.
Like all of Halo Cigs products their Belgian Cocoa E-Liquid comes in several varietals. For starters you can get either a 7ml bottle or a 30ml bottle. In addition to this you can also choose the level of nicotine you get in it as well from no nicotine all the way up to 24mg/ml depending on what you need.
Overall Belgian Cocoa is looking to be a very nice premium quality e-liquid from Halo Cigs. The fact that it manages to blend just the right amount of sweetness to allow you to vape it all day without getting sick of it is a major perk and really helps to set this flavor apart from other chocolate flavored e-liquids.
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Seems like none of us can read a schedule. Vanessa came to visit Wednesday and was going to stay until Sunday. Now she's going to fly home Saturday morning because my Nashville Hounds have to fly to Albuquerque after Friday night's game. You could blame me for this scheduling screwup, since I don't really look at the schedule until the last minute, at least down here. In fact, I was in the act of being blamed when something happened.
We got a knock on the door of my trailer Thursday night after the game. It was about 11:30 and we were just about to go to bed (I like games that end in less than 3 hours, especially games in which I don't pitch). Andy, my personal trainer turned security "detail," has a special knock that he uses. I thought this was one of them. I say "thought" because I can never remember which special knock he's using. He tells me, I look him straight in the eye and tell him I'm listening, then space out thinking about chunky tomato sauce or something.
So...uh, oh yeah. Thursday night. A knock. "Maybe it's Andy," I said to Vanessa. She tells me to look out the window. I tell her I don't need to. I know his knock (even though I was extremely unsure). Thus, I open the door and...it's our (Vanessa's and mine, not Andy's and mine) two daughters, Alyssa and Grace, standing outside, shivering. I look around and don't see Andy anywhere. So much for security.
Hugs are exchanged. Squeals of delight spew out of Vanessa. I smile because I haven't seen my girls since March 30th, almost 3 weeks. We sit down and I grill them:
Me: How did you get here?
Alyssa: Plane.
Me: I mean, who arranged this trip?
Grace: Me. There's this think called the Internet.
Me: I've heard of it. Free porn, right?
Vanessa: Jimmy!
Me: How did you pay for your tickets?
Alyssa: We didn't.
Grace: You did.
Instantly, I'm lost. I did? Just as I had forgotten Vanessa was going to come by the day before, had I forgotten my two spawn were going to come by tonight? Surely, Vanessa would have told me, or reminded me.
Me: Surely, Vanessa, you would have told me or reminded me they were going to visit.
Vanessa: Yes, I would have.
Me: But you didn't.
Vanessa: Correct.
Me: (wrinkling my brow, desperately trying to figure this out)
Alyssa: It's not math, Dad. Surprise.
Me: That doesn't answer my question. How did you pay for this trip?
Grace: Ever heard of credit cards?
Me: Yes. (but said like a dufus)
Silence. Nobody finished Grace's thought. It just floated in the air above us.
Grace: What are you looking at?
Me: (looking down) Huh?
Alyssa: You gave us credit cards for Christmas. We used them to pay for our flight.
Me: (nodding and happy that the world was no longer shaped like an octagon)
Vanessa: Your father is tired and just misses you.
Me: Missed. They're right here. The missing is over.
We talked for a while. They're doing well back in their own school. I didn't like the fact that they flew by themselves from Newark to Nashville. But it was still good to be together, the whole family, the four of us, in my trailer built for two - maximum.
Me: (yawning) So where are you staying tonight?
Vanessa/Alyssa/Grace: Here.
"Here." Another word that floated in the air above us.
Grace: What are you looking at?
Me: (looking down) Here?
Vanessa: Where else?
Me: Has anybody seen how small this trailer is? Do you know who I am? I'm Jimmy Scott. Baseball star? You expect me to -
Vanessa: You can sleep in Andy's trailer.
Knock knock. "What?" I said it was me. "Who?" I said it was me. Baseball star? Andy opened his door. "You didn't use the knock." I apologized. He looked at my blanket, my toothbrush and toothpaste, the pajamas draped over my frame. "What? Did Vanessa kick you out?" I told him about my visitors. "And?" I told him about the suggested sleeping arrangements. "Fine."
Andy is a big man. He's not fat. Personal trainers aren't allowed to be fat, just like defensive ends in football aren't allowed to be skinny. Andy is just a big-boned, huge African-American man. "You ever play football back in the day?" I asked. He said no. Got in the way of his violin lessons.
His trailer, about as nice as mine, which isn't exactly paradise on wheels, shook with every step he took. He showed me a couch where I could sleep, then turned off the lights and began to sing. (Andy's a great blues singer.)
Andy: Take me, woman, to that place -
Me: Andy, you're singing.
Andy: - where you want to be. Take me, woman to-
Me: It's going on 1AM. We should probably sleep.
Andy: -that place where we're going. Oh, oh oh, oh...
Me: Do you sing yourself to sleep every night?
Silence. At least this night, he did.
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Whinlatter challenge ……
Good call. Bit of a late one for anyone travelling from further afield and doing an overnight, but the organisers arnt responsible for the weather. The sheer volume of cars trying to jockey up and down the hill to Whinlatter would have been the biggest problem. A snow covered trail is not the issue, snow covered roads are. Looking forward to doing it in better weather next month.
I'm in Cockermouth with my bike this weekend. Anyone fancy a ride?
Hi Edd I am also in Cockermouth and am sat here debating if i should ride tomorrow?! What you thinking of doing and what time?
Can do any time, I'm stuck here for work (but not working on Sunday), but I don't know any local trails. I was hoping someone could guide me.
Oh well, looks like I'll have a consolation curry tonight.
Fair call by the organisers if we can't actually get to the start. I was looking forward to the extra challenge too.
OK just a couple of questions
1) How far you want to go?
2) Am guessing the Snow don't bother you either?
3) Am assuming you have all the right gear for the conditions?
4) Are you super fit? lol
1) Willing to fit it with your/ anyone else's plans.
2) Snow bother.
3) Yes.
4) Fit enough that I shouldn't be holding anyone up but willing to go at whatever pace suits.
I ought to add that I have a 4x4 hire car so can travel.
Right after giving it some thought I'm up for riding in the morning, not sure where yet but i'll come up with something and i may even try and get a few more out too.
Will be in touch soon to your Email with my number etc
Thanks Steve.
Anyone staying in the shepherds in cockermouth? In thebar at the moment
Edd i am just about to send you the Email with my number/
Anyone else who may read this and is in the area(Cockermouth) then we are meeting at the bike shop( 4play cycles) in Market place 9.30am should anyone want to join us, not sure where we are going yet but will decide in the morning
Have a good ride steve, edd I hope ur fit should be a good day for it
Karnali are you not around?
I'm around and riding tomorrow, not up for a huge effort, 2-3 hours pedaling time or so. I was thinking about just going to Whinlatter anyway as the trails are riding great and anything else is going to be unpredictable. Need to keep the altitude relatively low too which rules out a lot of stuff.
If it looks ok when your'e in the forest you can always crack on to the top of Grisedale Pike and do Hobcarton End, or the rocks in Coledale could work too, but best to see when you get there I reckon.
Anyone know what the Borrowdale Bash is looking like?
I am but mrs is swimming in morning, training 4 keswick! may get out late pm instead
I'll be needing a refund, can't do the new date.
And why they waited until 15:30 to cancel I don't know..
The weather is bad I don't dispute that, in fact I think it's right to have cancelled BUT why mislead us this morning????
The conditions defiantly weren't getting worse and the emails / twitter posts coming through this morning, suggesting that they were test riding the course and had new parking arrangements, meant that even having delayed the start time of my drive up as much as possible, I was still 160 miles into a 180mile journey.
Still at least I get to do some "proper" Lake land riding tomorrow!
paulrockliffe that sounds ambitious. I wouldn't recommend anyone going that high or remote unless you know the area and are prepared.
Boxelder gave a good cheeky route earlier. He's yer man for local knowledge. See the local bike shops too for advice.
Hello, I do know the area very well, I grew up here and was riding off the big stuff up here when I was 16. It's a good route because you don't have to commit to going up high until you know what the ground conditions are like. Once you're at the top of the South loop you can fairly easily assess whether to carry on or not and bailing still gives you a great ride out. Most alternatives you're either committed or abandoning and going back the way you came.
The climb to the summit is 30 minutes and fine if it's not windy, you can find that out before you get to the narrow bit, so minimal risk. Once you're on the top the descent is a good one to do under a bit of snow and you're sheltered and away from any dangerous bits and you're back in the forest in 15 minutes or so.
I wasn't saying it was definitely on, but it's a good route that lets you play things by ear. As it is most of the snow round my way has cleared today and it's pretty calm, so it might have worked. I stayed in and watched the F1 though
Pretty calm... don't think the wind gets down pardshaw way. 60-70mph on the tops today that ridge onto Grisedale would have been impossible with a bike on your shoulder today... I think Thats what les was referring to
I've just been running over Blake Fell and my sunglasses blew off which was a first!
Definitely quite windy on the tops...
It does get pretty windy here, but not today. If it was windy on the ridge you wouldn't go up, but you can find out when you get there and still have a good and safe ride in the forest. Can't think of too many routes like that, which is why that would have been a decent plan today.
We rode the Borrowdale bash and was great fun! not all rideable as such and a challenge in parts but guess thats why we love Mountain biking eh??!!
What bones76 said, Borrowdale bash was brilliant fun. Plenty of snow (and in places wind) but a clear sky and great views. Thanks Steve, and friends, for allowing me to come along/ guiding me.
Drove up Friday night and wild camped in my van and rode the Borrowdale Bash on the Saturday and cycled the very quite trails @ Whinlatter so no whinging from me, just made the best out of a difficult situation for the organisers
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So I drove from Yorkshire with no problems expecting bad roads. No issue at all getting into Keswick. We were booked into YHA and had paid so went anyway. No 3G signal in pretty much all of the area so updates not forthcoming. Eventually got a texted twitter update from my wife saying postponed. What followed was an exploration of the many, many real ales available...
Rode from Keswick up to Whinlatter visitor centre and then had a few minutes on the trails. My mate was on Conti X-kings and they were garbage on the snow. I was on (admittedly new) Rubber Queens and they never missed a beat.
Postponing wasn't a problem as I still had a good weekend away (£60 of diesel though....). I just wish they'd taken the call earlier. I can't believe that if the Emergency services had been consulted on Thursday or Friday their response would have been any different to Saturday. Not sure if I can make the reschedule so expect that £27 refund will be forthcoming. Go
postierich.... no gloves??? crazy man
Must just have been while he got the camera out? if not!
Only partial refunds offered it seems. Bit of a bind if you can't make it next month or would rather not wait a year to do the challenge.
Gloves were off for the self timer
I find it strange when people are complaining about petrol/costs when the event being cancelled did not stop them from riding and chilling in a beautiful part of the country!
A few more pics from the weekend
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Anyone that was registered and cant make the new date could do worse that get in touch! My partner is looking for an entry. Lets talk
Get in touch and Ill contact you with my email details
Johnny - I can't make the new date and was going to get (annoyingly) the partial refund. If you want to buy my entry off me I'd be more than willing
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The New Mexico Department of Public Health's syringe exchange program is gaining acceptance in Quay County. The program is designed to prevent the spread of blood-borne pathogens, including HIV, by offering intravenous drug users, and anyone who uses needles on a regular basis, proper disposal of dirty needles.
Dee Reed, nursing director of Quay County Public Health, said around 1,000 needles were exchanged in December at the Quay County drop site.
"We don't want to tell the public where the site is because most people using the program want the location to remain confidential," Reed said.
Reed and two officials from the department of public health, Bea Levy and Phillip Fiuty, spoke to a group of local law enforcement and health professionals Wednesday at the Tucumcari Police Department. Levy said southeastern New Mexico has a relatively low rate of HIV infections and she said the needle exchange program may be able to keep it that way.
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