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I wanted to write a blog about the declining financial muscle of
English clubs, because it felt to me that in recent years the Premier League has
struggled to compete in the transfer market.
This summer in particular has seen plenty of big-money transfers
within the division - Ashley Young, Phil Jones, Jordan Henderson - but
relatively few major imports.
When I checked the facts, however, my hunch was blown out of the
water. The numbers told a story of unfettered economic might and spending on an
epic scale.
In the last 10 seasons, the Premier League's net transfer spend
has been a colossal £2.3bn - more than double the next largest.
Nine out of the last 10 years, England has topped the net spend
league among Europe's 'big five' leagues.
The one exception - 2009/10 - is largely explained by Cristiano
Ronaldo's record-breaking sale to Real Madrid.
Each league's net spend equates to the value of players
imported. It does not include, say, Jordan Henderson's move as that represents
a £20m debit against Liverpool, and a £20m credit for Sunderland - so it has no
impact on the overall bottom line.
So what the £2.3bn ought to mean is that, in the last decade
or so, the Premier League has improved exponentially thanks to the arrival of
billions of pounds worth of new players.
It is staggering stuff. Every year, hundreds of millions of pounds are poured into new recruits.
With such huge financial power, we should be wiping the floor with everybody, but we aren't. If we
are spending so heavily, why aren't English clubs better?
Despite the massive spending, two trends remain.
1-English clubs still win less than their fair share of
Champions Leagues (just three out of 21 since their return to European
competition in 1990) and UEFA Cup/Europa Leagues (only one since 1990).
2-Top stars continue to seek moves away from the Premier League
- Carlos Tevez and Cesc Fabregas are both desperate to follow Cristiano Ronaldo
How can this be? Despite so much money flowing, it seems top
players just do not want to be in England.
Are our clubs spending unwisely? Are teams' tactics letting them
down? Do players simply come here for a big payday?
Of course there have been some poor signings. Chelsea spent £32m
on Andriy Shevchenko and got nothing back. Man City spent £17m on Roque Santa
Cruz and can't find a buyer at any price.
But the biggest factor is simply that there are more clubs
spending money.
In Spain, the market is completely dominated by Real Madrid and
Barcelona, with smaller players like Atletico Madrid, Valencia and Sevilla
making small contributions.
Since 2002, Real Madrid alone represent over half of Spain's net
spend - £550m of just over £1bn.
Over here, everybody is splashing out. Since 2003, all but three
current Premier League sides have spent more than they have recouped (the
exceptions: Norwich, Newcastle and Blackburn).
Not only have Chelsea and Machester City been on an epic splurge
(A combined £750m), Liverpool, Tottenham, Manchester United, Aston Villa and
Sunderland all have a net spend over £50m. Fifteen clubs have spent more than
The consequence is that, even if the Premier League cannot quite
conquer Europe, it is much more competitive.
Spain's concentration of talent at the top has resulted in an
SPL-style gulf between second and third places (21 and 25 the past two
Top players do not want to move to La Liga, they want to move to Real Madrid or Barcelona - it is a situation that makes that pair immensely powerful, but does not indicate strength in the league as a whole.
The Liga season will start with two title contenders - the
Premier League with at least four (depending on how frisky Liverpool and
Tottenham are feeling) - and even those in the middle of the pack are spending
like drunken sailors.
No wonder English clubs are accused of financial doping.
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Sources: www.transfermarkt.co.uk and www.transferleague.co.uk


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Having trailed Premier League leaders Manchester United by seven points as recently as January 18, Manchester City can cut the gap to just two points with victory at Queens Park Rangers on Tuesday.
United would be able to restore their advantage by beating Southampton on Wednesday, but City's trip to the league's bottom club gives them an opportunity to inject tension into a title race that had looked set to become a procession.
City won 1-0 at Stoke City on Saturday to reach the fifth round of the FA Cup, but victory came at a cost as captain Vincent Kompany was forced off in the first half with a calf injury.
The English champions have ruled Kompany out of the trip to QPR, leaving manager Roberto Mancini with Matija Nastasic and Joleon Lescott as his only available senior centre-backs.
QPR's season met with further embarrassment on Saturday when they lost 4-2 at home to Milton Keynes Dons of third-tier League One to go out of the FA Cup.
The London club are five points adrift of safety with 15 games remaining and manager Harry Redknapp will recall his most important players for City's visit after making nine changes against MK Dons.
United will watch Tuesday's encounter at Loftus Road with interest, as they embark upon a period of matches that could define their season.
Alex Ferguson's men swept past Fulham 4-1 in the FA Cup on Saturday and with a Champions League quarterfinal against Real Madrid looming into view, thoughts are turning to a repeat of their 1998-99 Treble.
Third-place Chelsea will hope to put two damaging cup results behind them when they visit improving Reading on Wednesday.
The European champions went out of the League Cup after drawing 0-0 at Swansea City on Wednesday, before a late Fernando Torres equaliser was required to snatch a 2-2 draw at third-tier Brentford in the FA Cup on Sunday.
The setbacks have only served to increase the unpopularity of interim Blues coach Rafael Benitez, but he said his side's second-half reaction at Griffin Park augured well.
Another team smarting from an FA Cup embarrassment are Liverpool, who belied a recent upturn in their league form by losing 3-2 at third-tier Oldham Athletic in the fourth round on Sunday.
On Wednesday they travel to Arsenal, one position above them in the table in sixth place, with both sides desperate to close the gap that separates them from the Champions League places.
Having trailed Premier League leaders Manchester United by seven points as recently as January 18, Manchester City can cut the gap to just two points with victory at Queens Park Rangers on Tuesday.

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Coming back to yesterday's Zombi day, here is a scene that looked a bit biblical to me. Queen Zombi among her disciples gets a revelation from the skies … maybe an order to march on La Bastille for a Zombi revolution ? (click on picture to enlarge)
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text: About an hour from New York City, walking through Ocean Grove is like stepping back in time and is the antithesis of the Jersey Shore TV show. With gingerbread cottages lining the streets, Ocean Grove was founded by the Methodists in 1869 for tent revival meetings. About 100 of those tent homes still exist with a long waiting list of would-be dwellers. Slow pace and charming and not a bar in sight.


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The traveler who blogged about the worst Airbnb renting experience possible responded to the recently-enriched company's attempt to make amends after initially attempting to quiet her and then pass the buck. The blogger, who lives in San Francisco, and has given interviews to USA Today and the San Francisco Chronicle but otherwise spoke publicly only via her blog, emailed Betabeat on Monday to say she'd have a statement this week. Today she responded to Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky's public apology and announcement of new security policies–"Our Commitment to Trust and Safety"–in a post of her own entitled, "How I feel today."
I was at one time a victim of an awful crime, doing my best to cope. Today, in addition to that, I have unwittingly and unexpectedly become the target of an onslaught, being called a liar and much, much worse by both public and anonymous figures who have no first-hand knowledge whatsoever of the very decent person I am, nor any knowledge of what has transpired in the past several weeks. All of this has exponentially confounded the trauma I already felt, and has taken its toll both emotionally and physically, subjecting me to utter hell. So while Mr. Chesky's public apology to me is clearly a heartfelt one and certainly appreciated, and while I applaud the steps that Airbnb is taking to fulfill its commitment to safety and security, the reality for me is that the hardship continues. As will, no doubt, the nasty comments and unwarranted name-calling that have been thrown in my face.
EJ emailed Betabeat yesterday to say she is no longer comfortable speaking as a public figure and would prefer to speak through her blog, where she has written a 4,700-word saga that began with the sentence, "I am crouched low on the carpeted steps of my apartment building's old staircase, bent over into something resembling the fetal position."
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Powell, Charles (2010) The future of UK foreign policy: Lord Charles Powell of Bayswater. IDEAS reports - special reports, Kitchen, Nicholas (ed.) SR006. LSE IDEAS, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.
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The Coalition Government has been engaged in two separate exercises which affect the future of our defence and diplomacy. At least they should have been separate. The first was the comprehensive spending review to deal with the deficit amassed by the previous government, requiring severe cuts in public spending over the next few years. The second exercise was the Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR), whose task was to evaluate the role in the world which Britain should play in the future and well beyond the horizon of the spending review.
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Ongoing Purdue University research into football players' brains bolsters one element of a lawsuit by former NFL players against the league: Repetitive blows to the head produce subconcussive injury and increase the risk of long-term brain damage and cognitive decline.
The Purdue Neurotrauma Group first gained national attention in 2010 for its work in studying the brains of high school players. But the research, which first focused on the effects of concussions, now shows something even more disturbing: More than half the players who never suffered concussions experience neurophysiological changes to their brain that often affects cognitive abilities.
"I don't know what the NFL said or didn't say to its players, but fMRI exams repeatedly tell this truth: Repeated blows to players' heads change the way their brains function for the worse," said Tom Talavage, a Purdue professor of biomedical engineering. "We may be putting too much focus on concussions. That is only the final straw after thousands of hits over several years."
The early research was featured in Sports Illustrated, NBC Nightly News, CNN and PBS Frontline. Over three seasons the researchers have used sensors in helmets to document every blow to each player's head. Players take cognitive exams and fMRIs before, during and after the season.
The researchers have been consulting with high school and college athletic associations to improve safety through better coaching, rules and officiating. They have also developed new helmet technologies that dramatically reduce the G-force transferred to the brain.
"Football helmets are designed to protect the skull and the face, not the brain," said Eric Nauman, a Purdue professor of biomedical engineering. "We can build a better helmet, but we are probably going to have to find ways to reduce the number of times boys and young men subject their brains to massive G-forces."
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Want to eat some locally-caught fish, help feed the hungry and do your part to eliminate an invasive species?
If so, then the Arlington Farmers Market in Courthouse has just the fleshy bottom-feeder for you, starting tomorrow.
The weekly farmers market, which runs on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to noon in the parking lot at the intersection of N. Courthouse Road and 14th Street N., is adding blue catfish to its offerings.
In a press release, farmers market operator Community Foodworks says blue catfish tastes "delicious." Knowing that eating it will help rid the Chesapeake Bay of an invasive pest will make it taste even better. Plus, for every pound of blue catfish bought at the farmers market, a portion will be donated to local anti-hunger groups.
The Arlington Farmers Market, located at Courthouse Plaza for over 35 years, is joining forces with Charlottesville-based fisherman Zac Culbertson, of Cold Country Salmon, and Maryland's Wide Net Project to introduce residents to the joys of eating wild blue catfish as the best way to support local fishermen, eliminate invasive species and combat hunger.
Introduced to certain Virginia tributaries in the 1970s for recreational fishing, the blue catfish (ictalurus furcatus), North America's largest, now outnumbers other fish 3-to-1 in bay tributaries. The Wide Net Project was founded to turn the plentiful, delicious fish into an affordable source of protein for both anti-hunger relief and paying customers. For every pound of catfish Arlington Farmers Market customers purchase, WNP will donate one portion to local anti-hunger organizations such as Miriam's Kitchen and Martha's Table.
As part of its mission to support regional food producers, Arlington Farmers Market recruited Culbertson, who runs a small acreage farm and travels to Bristol Bay, Alaska every summer to net salmon from a biologist-managed, sustainable fishery on the Ugashik River. Culbertson returns his "Beyond Sushi Grade" salmon, which is frozen immediately after catch, to Virginia where he produces salmon spread, salmon cakes, salmon animal treats, spices, and glazes.
Beginning November 7 at Arlington Farmers Market, Culbertson will sell Wide Net Project blue catfish, his wild salmon and salmon products and Virginia oysters from Seaford Oyster Company in Seaford, VA.
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Officials See Positives in Voting Rights Act Ruling — Although civil rights activists have expressed disappointment over the Supreme Court's ruling on the Voting Rights Act earlier this week, some local officials see a few benefits in the decision. Election officials no longer need approval from the U.S. Department of Justice on election matters down to the precinct level. That will allow them to make decisions on the fly, such as extending absentee voting or holding a voter registration drive. [Sun Gazette]
State Reissues Arlington's Municipal Stormwater Permit — The Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) reissued Arlington's Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) Permit. Arlington is the first municipality in the state to receive an MS4 permit that includes quantitative pollution reduction requirements to clean up the Chesapeake Bay. The new permit is in effect through mid-2018, during which time Arlington is required to decrease its share of the nutrient and sediment reductions by five percent. [Arlington County]
Arlington Company Receives $100 Million from Goldman Sachs — Applied Predictive Technologies (APT), a Ballston-based maker of cloud based data analysis software, has received a $100 million minority investment from Goldman Sachs. APT plans to use the funding to open an office in Japan and take on more clients. The company lists Wal-Mart and McDonald's among its existing customers. [Bloomberg]
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Arlington is one of the communities receiving grant money for restoration and outreach initiatives in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed area.
Congressman Jim Moran (D) and County Board member Walter Tejada were on hand to accept Arlington's portion of the $9.2 million in grants awarded by the Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund, which is administered by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.
Arlington County was directly awarded $80,000 for its project to expand the "StormwaterWise Landscapes Program," which provides incentives for private landowners to install innovative stormwater management projects on their properties. It's projected to reduce the amount of pollution entering Four Mile Run, the Potomac River and the Chesapeake Bay by cutting down on the polluted runoff from at least 80 residential yards, driveways and roofs.
"I applaud the EPA and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation for their diligent management of the Chesapeake Bay small watershed and nutrient and sediment removal grants," Moran said. "One of our most cherished resources, the Chesapeake Bay has fallen victim to contamination from decades of development and agriculture runoff. These grants help build local community efforts to clean the Bay, leveraging resources, and providing new and innovative approaches to fully restore the Bay's health."
In addition to the project grant, the county is expected to benefit secondarily from grants awarded to organizations doing projects throughout Northern Virginia and the state. An example is the $500,000 grant awarded to Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, Inc., which includes Falls Church in the communities it will target for stormwater incentive programs.
Fall Sports Registration Begins Tomorrow — Registration for fall sports and classes in Arlington begins tomorrow (Wednesday) at 8:00 a.m. The fall 2012 "Enjoy Arlington!" catalog is available online. [Department of Parks and Recreation]
Arlington Devises Runoff Plan — Arlington has devised a plan for reducing stormwater runoff to the Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay. Stormwater is one of the largest sources of pollutants in the bay. Among other methods, Arlington is planning to reduce runoff by creating more stormwater-retaining greenscapes in public right of ways. [Washington Post]
APS Gets New Instruction Chief — Donna Snyder, formerly the interim principal at Hoffman-Boston Elementary School, has been named the Assistant Superintendent for Instruction for Arlington Public Schools. [Arlington Mercury]
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NT-proBNP as a Tool for the Detection of Acute Pulmonary Artery Embolism (APE)
This study has been completed.
University of Ulm
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In patients with suspected APE (Acute Pulmonary Embolism) referred to the intensive care unit (ICU)after major surgery, serum NT-proBNP (N-terminal proBNP), Troponin-I and D-dimers were measured according to the standard hospital protocol. To definitively confirm or exclude APE, all patients underwent an angiographic CT-scan of the thorax.
Pulmonary Embolism
Pulmonary Embolism Without Mention of Acute Cor Pulmonale
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|Observational Model: Case Control
Time Perspective: Retrospective
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|NT-proBNP: a Useful Tool for the Detection of Acute Pulmonary Artery Embolism in Post-surgical Patients
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- Acute pulmonary embolism: CT-proof yes vs. no [ Time Frame: 1 hour after onset of clinical symptoms ]
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Post-surgical patients with clinically suspected acute pulmonary embolism
Detailed Description:
In patients with suspected APE referred to the intensive care unit after major surgery, serum NT-proBNP, Troponin-I and D-dimers were measured according to the standard hospital protocol. Blood samples were obtained within one hour after the onset of clinical symptoms.
Definitive confirmation or exclusion of APE was performed with an angiographic CT-scan of the thorax.
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Patients after major surgery referred to the anesthesiologic ICU due to suspected acute pulmonary embolism.
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all patients referred to the ICU with suspected APE
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Misadventures to Patients During Surgical and Medical Care
Pulmonary Embolism Without Acute Cor Pulmonale
Pulmonary Embolism Without Mention of Acute Cor Pulmonale
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Pulmonary Embolism
Pulmonary Heart Disease
Embolism and Thrombosis
Vascular Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Lung Diseases
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Patriots' JV edges W-DC
The Pequot Lakes Patriots' junior varsity boys' basketball team earned a close victory over the Wadena-Deer Creek Wolverines on Friday, Jan. 17.
"We were down by four points at the half, but we pressed them and go the lead back," said junior varsity coach Alex Kunesh.
C-team boys win twice
The Pequot Lakes C-team won two of its past three games. The Patriots defeated Wadena-DC 61-50 on Friday, Jan. 17, after leading 33-27 at the half.
Erik Sandelin led Pequot Lakes with 17 points while Mike Pluimer had 11, Hunter Clement and Kirk Johnson had nine, and Andy Voges and Jack Keiffer had six.
On Thursday, Jan. 9, the C-team lost at Grand Rapids 52-31. Sandelin and Johnson each had six points while Clement had five.
At Sebeka on Jan. 10, the Patriots won 34-22 behind 11 points from Johnson and seven from Sandelin and six from Pluimer.
C-team girls win
The Pequot Lakes' junior varsity and C-team girls' basketball squads both beat Pillager on Jan. 16.
The junior varsity won 53-25 with Sam Littman and Laura Squires scoring 11 points, Corina Ruud added seven, Jessica Faacks and Caitlin Carkhuff with six and Morgan Lohmiller with four.
The C-team posted a 30-9 victory with Quinn Kratochvil and Elsa Headlee each with eight points, Chloe Bermel seven, Lyndsey Johnson five and Mallory Goerges two.
The junior varsity and C-teams also rolled to big wins against W-DC. The JV squad triumphed 68-23 after leading 37-10 at intermission. Littman had 22 points, followed by Faacks with 16, Lohmilller 12, Squires 10 and Carkhuff eight.
The C-team won 44-4 as Headlee led the way with 13 points, Johnson added 12, Bermel six, Kratochvil and Goerges four, Molly Dotty three and Sami Nelson two.


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Sanofi-Aventis Rises on Rumors of Patent Win
Drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis was up €1.50 to €64.05, as a company spokesperson declined to comment on rumors that the company and Bristol-Myers Squibb have won a case in Canada for their Plavix blood thinner treatment. The parent's companies, Aventis Pharma and Aventis Pharma S.A., are bringing suit in the Federal Court against Novopharm for patent infringement of Canadian patent 2045433, which covers Lovenox(R).
Air France-KLM was up €0.34 to €13.92, after French newspaper La Tribune reported chairman and chief executive officer Jean-Cyril Spinetta saying the group is ahead of its business plan. According to the report, Spinetta expects the company to achieve savings of €580 million by 2008 to 2009 compared to a previous target of €385 to 495 million.
Grocery–chain Casino was up €3.20 to €66.30, after Deutsche Bank sticks to is hold recommendation with a €60 target price, following the management changes announced Monday. The bank attributes yesterday's near 4% share price rally to expectation that newly-appointed chairman and CEO Jean-Charles Naouri will clean up the company's asset structure to prepare the company for a merger. However, Naouri says his appointment will not change the structure of his holdings. Naouri controls 63% of Casino voting rights via the group Rallye. The Financial Times reports that Naouri expects his extra boardroom powers to accelerate decision making and reinforce the link between operational management and strategy
Mobile phone service provider MMO2 was down £0.06 to £1.17, after the company said growth will slow next fiscal year as the British market approaches saturation. The company sees mid-single-digit percentage growth in British mobile revenues for the year ending March 2006 compared to 12% to 15% growth for the current fiscal year. The latter is in line with previous guidance. For Germany, the company anticipates fiscal year earnings before interest, taxes, and amortization margin in the high teens and strong service revenue growth. For Ireland, it expects service revenue growth in the low teens. The company said the full year earnings before interest, taxes, and amortization should be in line with analysts' estimates of £1.72 billion to £1.78 billion. Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein thinks the story is still positive and says that today's weakness represents a good opportunity to buy.
Easyjet was up £0.15 to £2.13, as the discount carrier reported first half of 2005 operating profit in line. The company said first-half trading conditions have remained stable with revenue per passenger expected to increase by 1% to 2% year-on-year. The airline anticipates 24% growth in passenger numbers compared to the first half of 2004, and said that gross cash on balance sheet is expected to be £600 million in the first half. It added that operating margins should be broadly in line with last year.
Video-game publisher Eidos was up £0.13 to £0.58, after the company agreed to a takeover by Elevation Partners private equity group. The offer is for 50 pence per share, or £71 million. The company's board unanimously recommends the offer to shareholders. Elevation Partners is a U.S. group formed by Silicon Valley investor Roger McNamee, also led by rock star Bono, among others. Yesterday, the shares soared on a press report in the Sunday Telegraph that British publisher SCi Entertainment might be poised to make an 11th-hour bid for the company.
Music group EMI was down £0.04 to £2.40, as global recorded music sales were down 1.3% to $33.6 billion last year, according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. This is the smallest decline in three years, although digital downloads continue to hit.
Retailer Metro AG was up €0.66 to €41.46 after the company reported 2004 net income rose to €827 million compared to €768 million the previous year, and 2004 earnings per share were at €2.53 compared to €2.35. The firm's 2004 earnings before interest, taxes and amortization was at €1.81 million compared to €1.59 million. The company is to pay unchanged dividend of €1.22 for preferred and €1.02 for common shares. Sales in 2004 rose 5.3%, net debt fell to €5.7 billion compared to €6.2 billion the previous year. The company expects earnings per share increase in 2005. It reported fourth-quarter earnings before interest, taxes, and amortization of €1.032 billion compared to €941 million in the period the previous year. Extra food stores performed slightly better than expected with a loss of only €80 million which was nearly compensated from a worse than expected performance of Real. The extraordinary costs for the divestment and closures of more than 30% of the Extra food store network was higher than expected at €30 million. On guidance, the company stated only that it is aiming for earnings per share growth, which is quite imprecise. It said profit may increase by 8% to 12% this year as it opens more Cash & Carry stores while sales will rise 5% to 6%. Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein upgraded its rating to add from hold and raised its target to €44 from €40.
Linde, the industrial gases and engineering group, was up €1.45 to €53.77, after the company said it plans to step up cost-cutting at its two main businesses as earnings growth may slow this year. At its gas division, the company plans to start a new cost-cutting program that exceeds an ongoing one aimed at saving €150 million over 3 years. The company also aims to cut costs at its forklift truck unit. The company predicts earnings and sales will exceed those of previous years but may be somewhat slower than 2004. In the first two months, sales rose 9.3% to €1.3 billion with new orders up 10.4% to €1.5 billion. Forklift revenue rose 4.3% while sales at the gas unit rise 8%. At its engineering business, revenues jumped 36%. The company says it is continuing to look for smaller acquisitions at its gases division but rules out larger ones for the time being.
Wiring manufacturer Leoni AG was up €2.44 to €63.54, after the company reported it plans to raise its dividend and said its acquisitions will help sales climb to at least 12% to €1.4 billion this year and €1.5 billion in 2006. The new dividend is to be €1.25 compared to €1.15. The company said it plans one or two acquisitions of considerable size for 2005.
The bank Merck Finck said earnings before interest and taxes came in at €62 million, above estimates of EUR 60.8 million. It said unchanged earnings before interest and taxes guidance for the years to come is 7%.


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Steel grill - $30 - SOLD
Roll bar - $35
Fiberglass windshield frame - $25 - was in precess of repairs..???...or finishing...???
5 speed transmission - $20 - SOLD
Rear bench seat, blue fabric w/ metal buttons. Levi seat??? Buttons do not have any writing. $150 - OBO
All the above are left overs from a package deal on my CJ5 frame off rebuild. Was keeping for spares but they just need to go. And prepping for the Mesick Jeep Blessing 2013...so lets do this.
Barter on all above - Need for 77-ish CJ5...mixed year project.
Working, non-leaking pwr steering gearbox, 4 bolt, 32 spline output shaft
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Also have a slightly tweaked (easy fix) Westin brush guard w/ all mounting hardware off my 2008 Tacoma SR5, - $250 as is, $300 after I un-tweak and repaint it. Cost $4-$500 new. Will include the KC off road lights w/ covers for the $250. Lights are $50 separate, brush guard will still be $250 without the lights. I will just put it back on the Tacoma if it don't sell.
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Kelley Blue Book trade-in value - $16,000
Kelley Blue Book private sale value - $19,500
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Group PSA Peugeot-Citroen prepares replacing obsolescent family Citroen C5. The publication Automotive News reported that the new model of the French will be oriented mainly to the market in China, and most likely will not be available in Europe.
"In the nearest time Citroen will dramatically upgrade the entire family C5, as models of it will be assembled and sold in China and some other Asian countries," says the boss of Citroen Linda Johnson.
The main reason for this decision of the company's continuing decline in sales of midsize cars (mostly sedans) in Europe. With each passing year, these cars are displaced from gaining greater popularity SUV.
Johnson reveals that in 2014 Europe sold nearly 17,911 units of sedan and station wagon C5, whose last generation came back in 2008. This is 27% less than 2013. In the same time, interest and crossover SUVs on the continent increased by 21%. Currently C5 takes 9th place in popularity in its segment.


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Trust is probably the most oft-mentioned and common ingredient within great ministry teams. Experts from all fields of team building agree on this team essential. No matter what the team ingredient or value is that is being discussed or developed, they really all have their roots in trust or team trust. For example, honesty is an essential value of team, but upon what is it founded? It is founded upon trust. In order for me to be honest with my team or teammate, it is essential that I feel that I can trust them.Another value great teams strive for is innovation and initiative. Both of … [Read more...]
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Scot McKnight recommends the volume by Hawthorne as the best work available on Jesus' relationship to the Holy Spirit. This is an important subject for Pentecostals, and Evangelicals in general, to consider. Hawthorne makes an interesting, and highly significant, distinction between "faith in Jesus" and "the faith OF Jesus." Consider this excerpt:(p. 35)"In thinking still more about the faith of Jesus as a mark of his humanness, there are also those difficult phrases - pistis lesou and pistis lesou Christou to be considered. They appear in the letters of Paul and are most frequently … [Read more...]
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There are many people in the world today who don't believe in God. Even though I now believe in God, when I talk with some of these people I find I agree with them. The kind of God they don't believe in, I don't believe in either. Writer Brian McLaren described the God he doesn't believe in:An uptight God who is about black-and-white easy answers and brittle, rigid logic and law, rather than about profound and many-faceted truth, self-sacrificing love, compassionate justice, and profound relationships. … [Read more...]
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In the "olden days" (up until a decade ago), airlines would simply wait for the weather to turn to bring on their bumper winter season ferrying shivering New South Welshpersons and Vicmexicans to the balmy warmth of Queensland.
The problem is that 2014 is like one of the years in the mid-1990s when I remember sweating my way around Victorian golf courses in June (or southern New South Wales courses in August) wearing only jeans and a t-shirt.
Winter officially began yesterday but the balmy Indian summer in the Australian south continues. Nevertheless, I have no doubt that, with the first sign of frost, the airline booking systems will be overheating with escapist fervour.
And now that the airlines have called a truce in their domestic market share war, that means more bottoms being squeezed onto the same number of seats as seating capacity growth is reined in to restore profitability.
And that trend will be felt most keenly in the June and September school holidays, when all those enticing headline fares not only disappear, but give way to asking rates two or three times the best fares in off-peak periods.
Whereas in years past, with Jetstar and then Tigerair piling on the low-cost seats to key east coast holiday destinations, nowadays airlines' behaviour is more disciplined.
If you haven't already booked your seats for the June-July school break, you're already too late to get the best rates to the most popular spots like Cairns, the Sunshine Coast and the Gold Coast.
In a spot survey I conducted in the past 24 hours, I chose Tuesday, July 1, as my dummy booking date – as Tuesday is the hardest day of the week to sell airline tickets – for the holidays starting around Friday, June 27, in Victoria and New South Wales and Queensland (a week later in Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia).
I also decided the basic rules would be a morning departure and an afternoon where possible and a non-stop flight in both directions. It can be up to 40 per cent cheaper if you're prepared to travel to the destination at night, but that wastes a day of your accommodation booking.
Intermediate stops can also lower the fare, even though it costs the airline more to fly you there via a stopover.
The best Qantas fare out of Melbourne to Cairns on Tuesday July 1 (returning in Tuesday July 8) I could find was $1021 return excluding surcharges. On the same day out of Sydney, I could do it for $510 – half the price even though the journey from Melbourne takes only 15-20 minutes more.
Tiger ($535) just shaded Jetstar ($538) as the cheapest ex-Melbourne, while Virgin was in slightly dearer ($618).
From Sydney, the best fares were $328 on Tiger, $438 on Jetstar and $453 on Virgin.
From Melbourne to the Golf Coast, Tiger was quoting $236 return, Jetstar $298 and Virgin $344.
From Sydney to the Gold Coast, Qantas (which restored its Sydney- Coolangatta service in October 2012) was prepared to do it for $218 return, Virgin $178, Jetstar $128 and Tiger $106 (remember that Tiger and Jetstar now have identical credit card surcharges of $8.50 one-way or $17 return, which you can escape by using their nominated credit card, while Virgin Australia charges $7.70 per booking and Qantas $7 per booking.).
After Tigerair's withdrawal, the Sunshine Coast/Maroochydore is a two-way contest, with a July 1 quote of $364 return from Melbourne with Jetstar and $464 with Virgin, and from Sydney, $178 with Jetstar and $350 with Virgin.
These quotes are a long way from the price-leading $200 Tigerair return to Cairns and the $100 return to Gold Coast that are thrown around in low season.
And, if you look at the rates available for the September school holidays, they're not proportionally cheaper because the travel dates are three months, instead of one month, away.
In fact, buying a long way in advance doesn't necessarily reward you as the best fares for every seat on every date change according to how many seats have been sold and can actually be reduced quite near the travel date if the sales volume has been lower than anticipated.
And, if you're not a regular user, be warned airline websites are getting worse, not better, in my opinion. The new obsession with gargantuan drop-down menus is infuriating and slows down the process considerably.
Even Qantas, which used to have by far the best website, now has a monster drop-down menu, which I imagine must be twice as annoying if you're interrogating it using a smart phone and not a laptop.
My other major gripe is that only Qantas and Virgin Australia publish a readily accessible timetable. Jetstar and Tigerair make it impossible to find out when their flights operate unless you make a dummy booking on a specified date and interrogate the system on other nearby dates.
It is utterly ludicrous that any airline would want to withhold from you their primary marketing information: the flight schedule.
Are you flying to the sun this winter? Did you book in advance? How are you finding dealing with the airline booking websites? Have you left it all to an agent? Leave a comment below.


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Horrified Mirror readers led world outrage yesterday and a Facebook page was launched over the cruel treatment of baby zoo elephant Paloh.
Photographs showing her at a Malaysian zoo with her legs chained together so tightly she can't lie down or move caused an outcry.
Facebook page Save Paloh the baby Elephant was set up and a letter was sent on behalf of Mirror readers to Malaysia PM Najib Razak by Nature Alert boss Sean Whyte. He said: "This zoo belongs in the Dark Ages. It must be hell for the animals."
Protesters bombarded the Mirror offices and the Malaysian embassy in London after we highlighted the dreadful conditions she is being kept in at the controversial Johor Zoo.
Malaysians also reacted with disgust. One said: "We Malaysians should be ashamed of ourselves."
And Shiva, a wildlife campaigner in the south-east Asian country, said: "We thank the Daily Mirror and its readers for all their support and hope together we can free Paloh from her chains."
Other Mirror readers told of their disgust at Paloh's plight.
Chris Surman wrote: "We have cancelled our vacation to Malaysia.
"That is the most vile and truly revolting treatment of a wild animal that it has ever been my misfortune to see published."
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What's making you laugh right now? Tell a story about wayward bodily functions or put on a Louis C.K. stand-up act, and you'll have me.
But the truth is, scientifically, most of what you laugh at and why you laugh strangely has nothing to do with farts, Jon Stewart, or banana peels–hilarious though they might be. It does, however, have a whole lot to do with your socialization.
A few weeks back, I wrote about why you cry, and we learned that crying is an evolutionary tactic to illicit sympathy and forge bonds. And surprise, surprise, scientists say laughing might be its own social survival mechanism. Much like crying, laughter is a global phenomenon in need of no Google translation. And while we can fake laugh or cry ourselves to a red carpet, genuine tears and authentic giggles only happen when we're unconscious of the behavior.
In fifth grade I was chided for my "monkey" laugh. And I think we all feel sort of chimpish when snickering. It's no coincidence that laughter is an evolutionary gift from the apes. Scientists say all signs point to laughter being an instinctive rather than learned behavior. Robert Provine, leading giggle-expert (yes, that's a real thing) at the University of Maryland, cites the origin of laughter as, "the sound of labored breathing from rough and tumble play," first heard amongst chimpanzees. As we've developed, human play has transitioned largely from the physical to the cognitive, though our first hee-haws can still be heard through the labored breathing of games like tickling and tag. Laughing often signifies discovery, surprise, and social engagement. Because of the apparent hilarity of novelty, babies laugh a reported 300 times a day compared to the average 20 times of a stick-in-the-mud grown adult. Once we grow up, giggling transitions from a reaction to playing with cereal into an interpretation of much more sophisticated cultural marvels like, you know, Tyra Banks.
What's the anatomy of a guffaw? Laughter breaks down to a rhythmic series of short vowel-like sounds repeated about every 210 milliseconds and is most often transcribed as "ha-ha". Put like that, it sounds like psychotic behavior, but it's a normal physiological response to humor as well as other social cues that incorporates gesturing and the production of sounds. When you hear something that delights you, an electrical wave moves through your cerebral cortex, and if the wave is negative, your body decides to send out a laugh. While doing so, your zygomatic major muscle lifts your upper lip, facial muscles contract, and the epiglottis half closes the larynx, giving you a gasp effect. Sometimes tear ducts are stimulated, and as your half-closed throat struggles for air, your face may turn red. This would be the labored breathing portion of your play. The circuit reaction certainly electrifies many parts of our noggins, but it's also doing wonders for the rest of our bodies.
You know how they say laughter is the best medicine? Louis Pasteur might frown at that assessment, but giggling is great for the immune system. We most often laugh at things that stress us out, so it's not pretzel logic that laughing reduces stress. As we laugh, the body produces Gamma-interferron, a disease-fighting protein, T-cells, which protect the immune system, and B-cells, which make antibodies. Laughing works like a feel-good angioplasty. It opens our respiratory system, oxygenates the brain, increases our heart rate, and lowers our blood pressure. When we laugh we are exercising our diaphragm, abdominal, back, facial, leg, and arm muscles. Maybe we should cancel our gym memberships and just invest in a box-set of Arrested Development already. According to some scientists, laughing 100 times is the physical equivalent to riding a bike for 15 minutes. Even a study of heart attack patients suggests that those with underperforming tickers were less likely to laugh in everyday life. That means right about now is the best time get in your yuk-yuks, because taking yourself too serious might just kill you, literally.
Besides tickling our now strong, calcium-enriched funny bones, the singular mammalian practice of play also develops skills for non-recreational activities. Does an "LOL" give us an evolutionary stronghold? You betcha. Laughing is like a dress rehearsal for life. We work as a collective and navigate challenging terrain better when we've cracked a few knock-knock jokes en masse. Inciting laughter is often a social vocalization that can change and shape other's behaviors and moods. But, don't feel too much pressure. Though you might bemoan the fact that you can't tell a well wrought joke, laughter is more often preceded by quotidian mundanities. In fact, research shows that only about 10 to 15% of all laughter follows speech that somehow resembles a joke. So what's making us slap our knees, if not a well-delivered gag? Boringly enough, greetings, unexpected occurrences, and one's own speech are common laugh-inducers. We laugh because we want to appear warm and engaged in social situations, and we howl like hyenas because it is a coping mechanism for hardships and trauma. And while sometimes staring at YouTube alone in bed has me at near peeing-my-pants levels of rapture, we're all way more likely to laugh if we're in a group, no matter what the stimuli. Laughter in social situations takes place about 30% more frequently than in individual cases, hermits be damned.


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Hope you all had a good, safe Halloween, and please, don't eat all the kids' candy!
Here is me and my mom's dog Lily partaking in the festivities:
"Mom's coming at me with that silly hat again!"
My Mom trying to get the silly hat on the dog:
Lily with her cowgirl hat:
Happy Halloween!:
And I'm a kid at heart. Here's my costume:
P.S. For those concerned, Lily is at the proper weight for her size according to her vet.


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Your "Before and After" Exhibit explores how the creative process can be dramatically altered by a single event. What can viewers expect to experience in regareds to this dichotomy?
The exhibit is physically divided into 2 sections, separating the paintings created before and after February 17, 2013 (the day of the horse accident when my wife passed away). The high walls prevent the viewer from seeing both sections at once. In order to get from the BEFORE to the AFTER section, the viewer is forced to travel through a third secluded area that contains a video (a Ned Martin creation) which aims to show my experience on that fateful day in the middle of the cornfield. My intent is that the viewer goes through the creative journey with me… before, the moment of, and after.
Can you explain what you mean by the creative journey?
The creative process is a mystery. That is, we really don't know how it works yet, we can employ the process to produce art. The process is altered, sometimes dramatically, by our past and current life experiences. I simply am not the same person after the day my wife died. Therefore I can not paint the same. Before that day, I painted in the realism genre which draws upon reality. After she passed away, my reality was something I wanted to run and hide from. I turned to the abstract genre because I thought it would not involve emotions only to discover that abstract painting opened a floodgate of fear, joy, sadness, laughter and tears.
The saving grace of the journey was in the discovery that the emotions themselves are actually the fuel to my creative process.
Usually I don't pry but, would you mind sharing the story of what happened?
On February 17, of last year my wife, Renee and I were grooming our horses on the Eck family farm in the Nippenose Valley. She was holding both ropes as I brushed. The horses spooked, one rope let go, the other formed a tangle and she was dragged and hit a tree.
Describe your Art before February 17.
I painted realism—inspired from my world around me—landscapes, people and things that showed character. I felt at home in a rural setting and I spent many hours walking in the local fields and woods in Pennsylvania searching for paintings. My creative process was about finding light and textures, color and mood.
How did your art change after Feb 17?
I truly do not see things in the same way. Now paintings come to me from within and present themselves as hungry children vying for attention. And there are so many I fret in my ability to proliferate. The outward search for paintings has ceased. But, when I do attempt to look outward the image is scrambled. I try to make sense of the simplest of things but, my reality is like a bad signal.
When did you come up with the idea of Before and After?
I'm not really sure. So much of last year was a blur. It became evident though that there was a discernible division in my art. Not just a change but a radical transformation had taken place and the before and after concept became self-evident. I frankly
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You have had extensive formal art training yet, you consider yourself self-taught. How do you explain this disconnect?
Probably because I had to put myself through college and I could not afford an art college. And even as I continued my studies, I never found that mentor. The life of an artist is filled with alone time. Being self-reliant and independent comes with the job I suppose.
Do you paint plein air?
I enjoy painting plein air though I have not availed myself to the outdoors for well over a year. Seems I have been a bit of a hermit. I like the idea of packing my field easel and getting out of Manhattan after I fulfill this show. I could use a break and change of scenery.
You live and paint in Manhattan, New York but where do you live and paint in PA?
Yes, I have a studio in Manhattan. My wife and I spent every weekend, often extended weekends in PA with her parents, Rod and Susie Eck at their log cabin adjacent to the family farm where we kept our horses. I painted in the horse stables most of the time or in the log cabin during the winter. It was very peaceful and quiet especially compared to living and painting in Manhattan during the week.
You have studied, lived and traveled abroad yet, many of your pieces have been influenced by Central Pennsylvania. What is it about Central PA that speaks to you versus other global locations?
I was born in PA and many of my standards were cultivated from the land, people and the sense of community that is uniquely Pennsylvania. I learned the value of a good day's work, a neighbor that I could rely on and that the simplest of things remain the most highly treasured.
Does the landscape inspire you?
I not only fell in love with Renee and her family but also the community of people and the land itself. There was, I thought, an endless wealth of inspiration in Pennsylvania, an endless supply of paintings.
How was painting on the River Seine in Paris and in Scotland?
Pure heaven. In Paris I packed a bottle of wine, cheese, sausage and bread and spent long days at the water's edge. And in Scotland I was staying at a friend's castle. I strapped my easel and supplies to a bicycle and explored. The sky moved so rapidly there it was like painting a movie in fast-forward. Very tricky but exhilarating, I painted 5 landscape paintings and sold 3 and traded 1 for a really good bottle of scotch.
Is there a message in your BEFORE and AFTER exhibit that you want the viewer to walk away with?
You know, normally, I would have never wanted to explain my art because I have always believed that interpretation belonged solely to the viewer. Who am I then to tell you what you should see or feel from my art? With that said, these are not normal times.
First, I am an artist. It is my job to show you the world around you. Artists are like mirrors. We reflect back to you, through some filtration of our personal emotions, your own existence. This Before and After exhibit has its core in death. It serves as a reminder of others whom we have lost and more, that we all walk on the same path to a certain final end. This may make the viewer uncomfortable or sad. But I so hope they see that it is simultaneously about life infused with the beauty and inspiration to move forward filled with gratitude and joy. There truly is a healing power in art.


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Esprit returns to home at Bed Bath
February 23, 2004,
New York — Esprit — the young, contemporary, apparel- and home-design brand of the '80s, with a decidedly California signature — will return to bed and bath in the United States in time for back-to-school.
The home brand, now re-emerging under new ownership, will be an exclusive at Bed Bath & Beyond for the first year, according to Carmine Porcelli, director of licensing for Esprit. Bedding will be launched first, he said, with bath to follow within a six-month period.
In determining distribution, Porcelli pointed out, "Bedding is a destination point for department stores, while at Bed Bath it is a whole shopping experience."
While the designs and colors will be today, Porcelli said, "It is keeping somewhat of the spirit of the original — lively, contemporary. Colors will be oranges, turquoises, brilliant golds and greens and real jewel tones."
Porcelli calls the time right for Esprit. "There's a lack in the market of real color and aesthetics — a sea of beige."
Esprit was founded by Susie and Doug Tompkins in the '70s, and created a design stir among consumers into the '80s.
Martex was formerly the home textiles licensee. The company foundered as the Tompkins personal lives turned apart, and in the '90s Susie Russell (Tompkins) joined forces with Hong Kong and German partners. The company now is owned by Hong Kong-based Esprit Holdings Ltd.
There will be several prints "within the Esprit footprint that are still in development — forms of modern geometrics and florals," said Porcelli. Stripes are Esprit basics, "for others they may be their fashion piece," he said, as a way of differentiating the design approach. "This will be our design point of view, not adapting from another bedding source. They're not basics."
The mood, Porcelli explained, will range "from romantic — softer but with lots of colors, to exotic stripes with rich jewel tones."
Kitan, the Israel-based home textiles supplier, will produce the goods for U.S. licensee Brownstone. Kitan also produces the global product that has been in distribution for several years.
There will be eight beds in the first collection using combed cotton and Pima cotton. Next season linen will be introduced. There will be a complete collection of bedding and accessories. Sheets will range from 200-count to 350-count with the average retail for a full-size comforter at $129.
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This course is organised in cooperation with Genomatix.
Another course on Next Generation Sequencing Data Analysis will be held in October 2013. Please click here for further information.
Why you should apply
The large amounts of data derived from next generation sequencing projects makes efficient data mining strategies necessary. In the course you will learn strategies for the analysis of mRNA-Seq data as well as analysis pipelines for ChIP-Seq. These strategies include:
high efficiency mapping of raw sequence tags
clustering of sequence tags
data integration into up to date genome annotation
down stream analysis of tag covered regions
The course is based on real world examples. In the course you will use the Genomatix system for data analysis, which provides a graphical user interface. We will show the possibilities for comparative expression analysis, splice variant detection and discovery of new transcriptional units. In addition the down stream biological mining of enriched regions from ChIP-Seq will be demonstrated. This will focus on transcription factor (TF) analysis in terms of TF overrepresentation in enriched regions and the discovery of functional motifs and patterns of TFs. New insights into biological mechanisms can be gained by overlaying data from different experiment types.


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DodoLab is an art and design based program lead by Lisa Hirmer and Andrew Hunter that researches, engages and responds to contemporary community challenges, with a particular focus on the natural world, social systems, the built environment and cities in transition. They employ creative public interventions that are truly collaborative, encourage and evolve out of dialogue and critical reflection, and that strive for tangible and meaningful outcomes. DodoLab is consistently interested in the barriers to adaptation and change and engaging the public in public through projects that involve individuals and organizations who bring a diversity of experience and expertise. DodoLab's always evolving methods of engagement reflect Hirmer and Hunter's backgrounds in art, design, architecture, education, writing, image making and installation. Both DodoLab principals are Adjunct Faculty and Researchers at Waterloo Architecture (University of Waterloo School of Architecture).
DodoLab is a program of Waterloo Architecture funded by Musagetes and enhanced by commissioned collaborations with individuals and organizations in Canada and Internationally (including universities, municipalities, social service organizations and the arts). Since its launch in the spring of 2009, DodoLab has worked across Canada, in the United Kingdom and Croatia. Current active projects include work in Waterloo/Wellington Region, Greater Sudbury, Rijeka (Croatia), Lethbridge (Alberta), Prince Edward Island, Norfolk (United Kingdom) and in Toronto (with Harbourfront Centre and the Textile Museum of Canada). DodoLab works on an ongoing basis with such like-minded collectives as BrokenCityLab (Windsor) and proboscis (London, UK).
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Though we're not ready to even think about stopping the celebration of our 2010 World Champion Green Bay Packers, we'll take a break to look back in history, as we always do. This publication is from 1985, and it was used to convince potential players that playing and living in Wisconsin was a great choice. There are some fine photos of the old Packers facilities — including their rarely-pictured "The Barn" indoor practice building — as it was during the Forrest Gregg coaching era. It's also neat to see how they used former players to sell the franchise on future players.
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LED lights
Just another question, as I do have many..
Since I don't have fogs and I have the bumper without the fog light holes, but 3 grilles.. and I was thinking about putting one LED strip in them instead of spending the $150 for a new bumper and fogs(Never had fog lights so functionality is meaningless for me, I'd like em for the aesthetics)
What are you're guys thoughts? and if anyone has any photoshoped prototypes, or anyone actually have them on em..
Re: LED lights
honestly i would just buy fogs to fill the hole
they are cheaper on ebay...
ur bumper has the spot for fogs? but no fogs right? lol if that makes any sense
and yea im with u...i find fogs useless so i tinted mine :P
Re: LED lights
Re: LED lights
yea LED strips would look pretty good in there, wire them up to ur DRL
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*cough* someone photoshop *cough*
Re: LED lights
Opinions? I am probably going to be doing this very soon :-)
(Just imagine a white Jeep, with smoked headlights, and a red Jeep logo)
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Looks good!
Personally, I'd get the OEM set up...all you need to do (I believe) is cut that plastic "grill" out where the fogs belong...but that pic you have above looks pretty damn good.
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How much can I sell gueens that have been mated with unknown drones? A friend and I are going to raise queens and more than likely we will not kno what will mate with them in ther flight. I live in NC if that helps.
How much can I sell gueens that have been mated with unknown drones? A friend and I are going to raise queens and more than likely we will not kno what will mate with them in ther flight. I live in NC if that helps.
It all depends on what they are, what they can do, and the market based on how many are available, and what the going price is. Currently, prices range from $15 to $40 with most being around 20-25.
Set a price. If they don't sell, lower it. If you sell out rapidly, raise it. Have fun with it.
Pick your price. Now that said you should have 1 drone hive per 10 queens mated. Graft from your graft hives not your drone stock. Each graft hives should not be related to any other hive in the yard. Your drones hives should have at least 2 drone frames. The drones are the main genetic in your queens. Start slow, have fun, and make some money.
What's your queen's pedigree? Is she survivor stock, or just whatever was received in somebody's bought package last year? Does she make brood, honey, propolis, pollen, or what? Is she gentle? How's her brood pattern? Any hygienic qualities, and if so, how'd you test for them? Etc...
As you can see, there are a LOT of different answers to these basic questions! Likewise, there is a WIDE range of prices between queens! Queens of unknown origin, untested, and possibly poorly mated? Even at FREE, those queens might be too expensive if the results are crashed hives, yeah?
Know your craft. Price your queens appropriately. Guarantee your product. Be honest. And you'll have a business you can be proud of!
Like everyone says take it slow and easy, don't get stars in your eyes for a quick buck because there is a short supply this year. If you sell P-Poor queens in a hurry to make a buck more than likely this will be your last year selling....Beeks minds are like elephants they never forget were they bought that last "bad" queen from....good luck
Im just trying to make my own queens so I can make more hives. Just wanted to know how much they could sell for. Not jumping into nothing only have 3 hives right now and have a nuc box that i made queenless to see if they will make anything and they do have a a queencell started. Im getting 5 packages at the end of this week and I was wanting to make shure I had some extra queens so if the queen in the package wasnt laying good or laying all drones I could requeen the hive.
Oh this hive came from my grandpas hives probly, cought a swarm in his bee yard when I was in highschool so I just figured it was from one of his hives.
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If I was in you're area, I wouldn't have a problem paying you $25 to try queens from that mother.


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NY Press Association Essay Contest
The New York Press Association (NYPA) Foundation announces the inauguration of a First Amendment essay contest for 11th and 12th grade high school students in New York State. Designed to foster knowledge and understanding of the First Amendment, the statewide competition offers entrants the chance to win a first-place $10,000 college scholarship.
The tiered-judging contest requires entrants to submit an essay (maximum 500 words) to their local NYPA-member weekly newspaper. First place winners at the regional level will have their essays printed in their local newspaper and will automatically be entered into the statewide competition, where NYPA Foundation board members and staff will select the scholarship winner. A $250 second place and $100 third place prize will also be awarded at the state level.
Students will be asked to interpret the First Amendment in their essays and discuss the role it plays in American life. Discussions can, for example, include the First Amendment's importance with regard to school newspapers, local communities, or state and federal government.
Full contest details, entry forms, and a list of participating newspapers are available on the What's New pages at the NYPA website, www.nynewspapers.com . Completed entry forms must accompany the student essays and be emailed to their local participating newspaper no later than February 15, 2007.
Statewide winners will be notified in March and will be invited to attend NYPA's Annual Spring Convention in Saratoga Springs, New York to receive their awards.


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NHL Hockey Local Update
By Andrei Petrovitch
Don't deny it, winter is coming whether you like it or not! Since it's futile to resist, the best thing to do is grab a six-pack, turn on the tube and watch a damn hockey game! Here's a quick look at the locals:
THE NEW YORK RANGERS (17-10-2-1, 37 pts, first place in Eastern Conference) Team Leaders: Goals- Eric Lindros, (14) Assists- Theo Fleury, Eric Lindros (17) Total points- Eric Lindros (31)
Looks like that Lindros deal made sense after all, huh? Okay, yes, I do realize that, given his long and well-documented history of concussions, the next hit could be his last. But so far, the Big E's noggin has withstood high hits, flying elbows, quick fists, and all other assorted hockey shenanigans. Furthermore, he continues to score at a point-per-game pace on the FLY line with American Olympic hopeful Mike York and Team Canada winger Theo Fleury.
However, one line does not a team make (a brutal truth realized by none other than Lindros himself during his Flyer days). Center Petr Nedved and starboard winger Radek Dvorak are only now starting to score consistently, and comeback story Bryan Berard has yet to find the back of the net with his slapshot. Thankfully, rookie Mikael Samuelsson has fit in nicely with his play on the special teams thanks to his quick skates and even quicker brain. Add the powerful goaltending tandem of Mike Richter and Dan Blackburn, and you have a team that is seriously jeopardizing the status of Eastern Conference heavyweights such as the Toronto Maple Leafs and Philadelphia Flyers.
THE NEW YORK ISLANDERS (15-6-4-1, 35 pts, third in the Eastern Conference) Team Leaders: Goals- Mark Parrish (17) Assists- Mike Peca (17) Total Points- Mark Parrish (29)
Hey, these guys are for real after all! Although the five game winless streak at the beginning of November suggested that the honeymoon was over for this year's Islanders squad, the Artists Formerly Knows as Team Fishsticks managed to put together an impressive four game winning streak. Mariuz Czerkawski is finally putting up the points (Hmmm. Coincidence? I think not!), and defense Kenny Jonsson and Adrian Aucoin are getting steadier with every game. In the milestones department, winger Mark Parrish is on pace for a 50 plus goal season. If he manages to hit the half-century mark, Parrish will be the first to do since Pierre Turgeon (58 goals during the '92-'93 season).
With all this good stuff happening', what the hell can possibly go wrong? Well, that injury list is starting to grow like an annoying zit on the face of a potentially beautiful season. Roman Hamrlik is out with a sprained knee, while Oleg Kvasha is day-to- day with shoulder problems. While it isn't exactly time to hit the panic button, Isles GM Mike Milbury ought not to forget the numerous squads of years past that were derailed by ailments to significant players. Perhaps dealing Mats Lindgren for some depth players can prevent another disaster. THE NEW JERSEY DEVILS (10-10-3-2, 27 pts, 11th in the Eastern Conference) Team Leaders: Goals- Patrik Elias (13) Assists- Brian Rafalski (15) Points- Patrik Elias (27)
Some dead guy once said, "those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it." If that's the case, someone oughtta tell the Devils; this season is starting to look a lot like the infamous '95-96 season, in which the team missed the playoffs only a year after reaching the finals. Yes, Yes, stop yelling- there is still time to turn the season around. However, like the '96 team, this year's lineup lacks offensive depth and is surrounded by rumors of constant locker room bickering and dissension.
The good news is that disgruntled center Bobby Holik is meshing well with star winger Patrik Elias. Jason Arnott is starting to light the lamp now that the seemingly 200 ton alternate captain patch has been removed from his jersey. But despite these promising improvements, work still needs to be done. Playmaking center Scott Gomez still needs a reliable finisher, and it will be up to General Manager Lou Lamoriello to provide him with one. Snipers Tony Amonte and Teemu Selanne (of the Chicago Blackhawks and San Jose Sharks, respectively) are available, but the cash-conscious Devils may deem either too expensive.


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Antoine Dodson Has Quit The Gay And Knocked Up A Bitch
TMZ – First he announced he was no longer gay, now Antoine Dodson has announced he's expecting. The previously openly gay man famous for having his bed intruder comments during a local newscast auto-tuned has decided he's straight and impregnated a woman. Mr Dodson announced he was straight at the same time he proclaimed himself the 'True Chosen Hebrew Israelite descendant of Judah' on Facebook.
Just thought this was something people should know. Antoine Dodson quit the gay and stuffed a bitch. Knocked her right the fuck up. Why did I feel this was blog worthy? Well you don't want to be that asshole in the bar who doesn't know this. And at the very least it's a big time ice breaker. "Like hey cute girl I have nothing to say to. You know that Bed Intruder song guy? Yeah we'll he's straight now and laying pipe all over the place. Can I buy you a drink?" Boom you're in.


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