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From the teahouses of Khumbu Himal to obscure glaciers of the Alaska Range to storm-lashed Patagonian spires, Freddie Wilkinson is a climber known for his infectious energy and original lines of ascent. In 2012, Wilkinson received the prestigious Piolet d'Or for making the first ascent of Saser Kangri II, the second highest unclimbed mountain in the world at the time. His climbing adventures have also been recognized with both the Robert Hicks Bates Award and the Lyman Spitzer Award from the American Alpine Club, the Mugs Stump Award, The McNeil- Nott Award, and a grant from the National Geographic Expeditions Council. Wilkinson has been a member of the Mountain Hardwear Athlete Team since 2008.
In between adventures, Freddie makes his home in the hills of New Hampshire where he works as a writer and guide. His in-depth reporting on the 2008 K2 season changed public perception of the tragedy by telling the story through the eyes of the climbing-Sherpas, and resulted in the narrative non-fiction book One Mountain Thousand Summits (NAL/Penguin). His writing has appeared in Men's Journal, Outside, The New York Times, Alpinist, Rock and Ice, and online at the Huffington Post. Wilkinson has also written and co-directed two documentary films, The Old Breed (2012), which won awards from the Kendall Mountain Festival and the Boulder Adventure Film Festival, and the upcoming The Sanctity of Space.
Through Cathedral Mountain Guides and Salt Pump Climbing Company, Freddie works hard on a daily basis to introduce people of all stripes to the fun of climbing.
Five of Freddie's First Ascents:
Alaska: The Tooth Traverse, The Great Gorge. I guess the Tooth Traverse had always been there, waiting in the dark. We only needed to turn on the light… One second, it didn't exist. And the next, it was the most beautiful line in the world. Photo: Renan Ozturk
Antarctica: Bertha's Spire, Queen Maud Land. The real enemy was the wind. Photo: Cory Richards
Patagonia: The Carebear Traverse, Fitzroy Massif. Miles of perfect alpine granite and a bivouac in the clouds. Photo: Freddie Wilkinson
Karakoram: Saser Kangri II, Saser Mustagh. Climbing a 7500 meter peak alpine style is never easy. Photo: Freddie Wilkinson
Himalaya: North Face of Kangtega, Khumbu Himalaya. When you're surrounded by cornices, pull out the shovel and start digging.. Photo: Ben Gilmore.
Freddie's Selected writings:
National Geographic: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/09/antarctica-climb/wilkinson-text
Foreign Policy: http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/05/02/nepal-helicopters-earthquake-relief-everest/
New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/09/opinion/yosemites-challenge-in-the-facetime-age.html?_r=0
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Week 17 Pitching Forecaster
We've got a schedule full of two-start options for owners to consider adding and starting for the upcoming scoring period. Our Al Melchior shares his top 70 options for Fantasy Week 17.
Many Fantasy owners returned from the All-Star break to a three-game week that was akin to an appetizer. You're glad to see it arrive at the table, but it leaves you wanting more. Get ready, because in Fantasy Week 18 (July 22-28), you're about to get a family-sized entree.
|Player Name
|% change
|Chris Carpenter , SP, Cardinals
|Chris Archer , SP, Rays
|Chad Gaudin , RP/SP, Giants
|Wily Peralta , SP, Brewers
|Felix Doubront , SP, Red Sox
|Ivan Nova , SP, Yankees
|Tom Gorzelanny , SP, Brewers
|Hector Santiago , SP, White Sox
|Alex Wood , RP/SP, Braves
|Jhoulys Chacin , SP, Rockies
Only two teams get Monday off, and again only two teams get Thursday off, so with full schedules every other day, plus a pair of doubleheaders, there is a bounty of two-start pitchers this week. Because not many of them are among the ranks of the universally-owned, there are plenty of opportunities to get additional starts onto your active roster by combing through your bench and your league's waiver wire.
Amid the frenzy of free agent pickups and roster maneuvers, a couple of developing stories may also draw your attention as you prepare for the coming week. Matt Garza is reportedly close to being traded, possibly to the Rangers, and that may or may not jeopardize his two-start status. Of course, it appears likely that he won't be facing the Diamondbacks and Giants, so that, too, could affect his value for the coming week. Whatever happens, he should be starting in standard mixed leagues as well as deeper formats.
Also, the Astros announced Friday that Jarred Cosart would be returning to their rotation, facing the Athletics on Tuesday. It's probably safe to assume that he will get a second start at the Blue Jays on Sunday, but that doesn't necessarily make the prospect worthy of using this week. His superb major league debut, in which he took a no-hitter against the Rays into the seventh inning, has raised his profile, but his minor league credentials suggest there could be difficulties ahead. Most notably, Cosart walked more than a batter every other inning at Triple-A Oklahoma City, leading to a 1.33 WHIP that was actually an improvement over the mark he set at Double-A Corpus Christi last year. Despite a head-turning debut, Cosart is best reserved for deeper leagues this week, even if he gets to make two starts.
As we return to the regular routine of a full slate of major league games, we will also resume the normal drill here in the Pitching Forecaster. In addition to a ranking of this week's most highly-recommended starters, there is a more in-depth review of several of this week's more intriguing two-start options.
Monday update: Only one team made rotation changes that impacted the pool of two-start pitchers. The Red Sox decided to give Jon Lester two extra days of rest, so that move provides him with a pair of starts this week. Ryan Dempster, who replaced Lester on Sunday, will no longer be a two-start pitcher. While Dempster was a deep league option to begin with, Lester now becomes a viable two-start alternative for owners in standard mixed leagues, as he is ranked at No. 66.
|Start 1
|Start 2
|Max Scherzer
|@CHW (Sale)
|PHI (Lee)
|Yu Darvish
|NYY (Nova)
|@CLE (Masterson)
|Chris Sale
|DET (Scherzer)
|KC (Davis)
|Felix Hernandez
|MIN (Diamond)
|Clayton Kershaw
|CIN (Bailey)
|Adam Wainwright
|@ATL (Minor)
|David Price
|@BOS (Doubront)
|Justin Verlander
|@CHW (Peavy)
|Madison Bumgarner
|CHC (Garza)
|Cliff Lee
|@DET (Scherzer)
|Matt Moore
|@BOS (Workman)
|@NYY (Nova)
|Anibal Sanchez
|@CHW (Danks)
|Jered Weaver
|MIN (Pelfrey)
|Stephen Strasburg
|PIT (Liriano)
|Patrick Corbin
|CHC (Wood)
|SD (Ross)
|Jose Fernandez
|@COL (Chacin)
|PIT (Cole)
|Cole Hamels
|@DET (Fister)
|Matt Harvey
|@WAS (Zimmermann)
|Mat Latos
|@LAD (Greinke)
|Matt Garza
|@ARI (Skaggs)
|@SF (Bumgarner)
|James Shields
|@CHW (Quintana)
|Jake Peavy
|DET (Verlander)
|Zack Greinke
|CIN (Latos)
|Julio Teheran
|@NYM (Gee)
|STL (Kelly)
|Shelby Miller
|PHI (Pettibone)
|@ATL (Medlen)
|Hyun-Jin Ryu
|@TOR (Johnson)
|CIN (Arroyo)
|Francisco Liriano
|@WAS (Strasburg)
|A.J. Burnett
|@WAS (Gonzalez)
|Jarrod Parker
|@HOU (Cosart)
|LAA (Hanson)
|Jordan Zimmermann
|NYM (Harvey)
|Gio Gonzalez
|PIT (Burnett)
|John Lackey
|TB (Hellickson)
|Derek Holland
|NYY (Pettitte)
|Hisashi Iwakuma
|MIN (Correia)
|Lance Lynn
|PHI (Kendrick)
|Homer Bailey
|@LAD (Kershaw)
|Jeff Samardzija
|@ARI (Kennedy)
|Dan Straily
|LAA (Wilson)
|Mike Minor
|STL (Wainwright)
|Justin Masterson
|TEX (Darvish)
|Hiroki Kuroda
|@TEX (Wolf)
|Josh Johnson
|LAD (Ryu)
|HOU (Keuchel)
|CC Sabathia
|TB (Archer)
|R.A. Dickey
|HOU (Lyles)
|Doug Fister
|PHI (Hamels)
|Matt Cain
|CHC (Jackson)
|Kris Medlen
|@NYM (Torres)
|STL (Miller)
|Tony Cingrani
|@SF (Surkamp)
|@LAD (Capuano)
|A.J. Griffin
|@HOU (Norris)
|Gerrit Cole
|@WAS (Jordan)
|@MIA (Fernandez)
|Andrew Cashner
|@MIL (Gorzelanny)
|@ARI (Skaggs)
|C.J. Wilson
|@OAK (Straily)
|Alexi Ogando
|NYY (Hughes)
|@CLE (Jimenez)
|Travis Wood
|@ARI (Corbin)
|@SF (Lincecum)
|Bartolo Colon
|LAA (Williams)
|Rick Porcello
|@CHW (Santiago)
|PHI (Pettibone)
|Ivan Nova
|@TEX (Darvish)
|TB (Moore)
|Dillon Gee
|ATL (Teheran)
|@WAS (Haren)
|Felix Doubront
|TB (Price)
|Ervin Santana
|BAL (Chen)
|Mike Leake
|@SF (Gaudin)
|Kyle Lohse
|SD (O'Sullivan)
|Jeremy Hefner
|ATL (Hudson)
|Hector Santiago
|DET (Porcello)
|KC (Chen)
|Jeremy Hellickson
|@BOS (Lackey)
|Jon Lester
|TB (Hernandez)
|@BAL (Hammel)
|Yovani Gallardo
|SD (Volquez)
|Jeff Locke
|@MIA (Alvarez)
|Wei-Yin Chen
|@KC (Santana)
|Scott Feldman
|@KC (Davis)
|BOS (Workman)
Honorable mention: Bronson Arroyo @SF (Lincecum), @LAD (Ryu); Erasmo Ramirez vs. CLE (McAllister), vs. MIN (Deduno); Tim Lincecum vs. CIN (Arroyo), vs. CHC (Wood); Tommy Milone @HOU (Cosart), LAA (Hanson).
Two-Start Options to Consider
Jarrod Parker
, Athletics (@HOU, LAA): After a difficult
first six weeks of the season, Parker has rediscovered his command,
which is something that has eluded him for much of his professional
career. He's still not getting many strikeouts -- just 47 over his last
73 1/3 innings -- but he's walked only 16 batters over that same
stretch. Parker still hasn't been as good as his 2.33 ERA and 0.83 WHIP
from that period suggest, but then again, he doesn't have to be quite
that good to be useful in a two-start week. Better yet, this is a week
in which one of Parker's starts comes against the Astros, who often make
ordinary pitchers look like
Max Scherzer
This week's rank: 29
My take: Solid standard mixed league start
Kris Medlen
, Braves (@NYM, STL): Between rumors of his
impending demotion to the bullpen and a recent mini-slump, few pitchers
have seen their stock plummet to the degree that Medlen's has lately. A
disappointing July aside, Medlen has been plenty good this season, even
if his performance has not met the lofty standard he set in 2012.
Entering this month, Medlen had a 3.02 ERA and 1.26 WHIP, and his
current 6-9 record would be far better if not for a paltry 3.4 runs of
support per nine innings. Only the possibility of
Alex Wood
bumping Medlen from the rotation prior to his second start
keeps him from ranking in the top 40, though that possibility became
more remote with
Paul Maholm
(wrist) a
threat to miss his next turn.
This week's rank: 47
My take: Solid mixed league start
Tony Cingrani
, Reds (@SF, @LAD): Though he hasn't been
efficient since his return to the Reds' rotation, Cingrani has been
effective. In three starts, Cingrani has struck out 20 batters in 16 2/3
innings, while holding opponents to a .183 batting average and allowing
just five earned runs. Though his wildness often prevents him from going
deep into games, Cingrani's penchant for popups helps him to keep his
ERA and WHIP low. With two starts, innings are less of a concern, so
there's no reason to bench the rookie.
This week's rank: 48
My take: Solid standard mixed league start
Gerrit Cole
, Pirates (@WAS, @MIA): Cole has delivered
pretty much what you could have expected from him in his first seven
starts. He's been a reliable strike-thrower, if not a strikeout artist,
in practically each one of his appearances, so Cole has been immune to
peaks and valleys. Eventually, he'll produce some gems as well as some
clunkers, but chances are good that he'll give you a solid outing when
he takes the mound. That may not always be enough for you to use him
when he has just one start, but he's a perfectly viable option in
two-start weeks.
This week's rank: 50
My take: Marginal standard mixed league start
Andrew Cashner
, Padres (@MIL, @ARI): Cashner hasn't fared
well on the road this season, but he may not be as risky away from PETCO
Park as he may seem. He has given up six more doubles on the road than
at home, but he's been good at preventing home runs wherever he pitches.
The main difference between Cashner's home and away starts has been his
walk and BABIP rates. The latter may just be noise, while the former is
largely the product of a few wild performances. Despite his poor road
splits, Cashner remains a decent option with visits to Milwaukee and
This week's rank: 51
My take: Marginal standard mixed league start
Alexi Ogando
, Rangers (NYY, @CLE): After missing a month
and a half with shoulder inflammation, Ogando is set to return to the
Texas rotation on Tuesday, which lines him up for a two-start week. You
can never be sure how a pitcher might perform after an extended layoff
due to injury, but Ogando had been effective prior to going on the
disabled list. He would normally be a no-brainer to use with two starts,
but given the bounty of alternatives and Ogando's recent hiatus, owners
deep in pitching might see fit to sit him this time.
This week's rank: 53
My take: Marginal standard mixed league start
Rick Porcello
, Tigers (@CHW, PHI): A month ago, Porcello's
popularity spiked in CBSSports.com leagues, but just as quickly as
owners rushed out to grab him, they turned around and abandoned him to
the waiver wire. He had likely been overachieving, and his strikeout
rate has started to erode, but Porcello has recovered nicely after
back-to-back pummelings back in June. He had one terrible inning in each
of those starts, and he's avoided crooked numbers in each of his three
most recent outings. Porcello is good enough at avoiding walks and
extra-base hits to be worth using, at least with a pair of starts.
This week's rank: 56
My take: Marginal standard mixed league start
Ivan Nova
, Yankees (@TEX, TB): Last season, Nova started
missing bats more often, but when hitters connected, they often did so
with authority. So far this year, hitters are batting .258 against Nova,
as compared to .284 a year ago, and he's lowered his flyball rate from
32 to 22 percent. Nova has also continued to improve his strikeout and
swinging strike rates, so he may very well be in the midst of a breakout
campaign. Even so, Nova's rotation spot may not be secure. With
David Phelps
(forearm) on the disabled list, Nova's job is safe for
now, and so is his status as a viable two-start option.
This week's rank: 57
My take: Marginal standard mixed league start
Dillon Gee
, Mets (ATL, @WAS): Though Gee is still
struggling to get strikeouts and ground balls consistently, he's
generally been a trustworthy starter over his last nine outings. If he
can duplicate his better starts more frequently, he'd be close to a
must-start option. There have just been a few too many times, like in
his most recent start at the Pirates, when he has succeeded despite
allowing too much contact. Still, Gee offers enough potential to be
worth using if you lack steadier alternatives.
This week's rank: 58
My take: Marginal standard mixed league start
Hector Santiago
, White Sox (DET, KC): Because flyball-prone
Santiago has given up fewer homers and stranded more runners than one
might expect, he's fortunate to have a 3.30 ERA at the break. However,
his 9.4 K/9 ratio and 1.25 WHIP are legitimate, and those are stats
you'll want on your active roster, especially when Santiago gets a pair
of starts. He'd be an even better option if he were making this week's
starts away from U.S. Cellular Field, but even so, the ex-reliever is
worth streaming into your rotation for Week 17.
This week's rank: 64
My take: Marginal standard mixed league start
Jon Lester
, Red Sox (TB, @BAL): Lester is still a decent,
if not great, strikeout and ground ball pitcher, so the 6.27 ERA he's
put up over his last 11 starts is deceiving. However, he's been far too
wild, issuing 30 walks over that 66-inning span, and he can't afford
that without the strike-per-inning stuff he possessed a few years back.
Lester can still be used in two-start weeks, but now he's more of a
last-resort option than an automatic one.
This week's rank: 66
My take: Marginal standard mixed league start.
Scott Feldman
, Orioles (@KC, BOS): Over his three starts
with the Orioles, Feldman has continued to display the sharp control and
mild ground ball tendencies that helped him to succeed with the Cubs.
Feldman has beefed up his stats mostly through his starts against weaker
lineups, and the Red Sox will be his toughest opponent yet. While
Feldman can be a solid addition in many of his two-start weeks, he
barely edges his way into this week's top 70.
This week's rank: 70
My take: Marginal standard mixed league start
Bronson Arroyo
, Reds (@SF, @LAD): Arroyo hasn't had many
bad starts this season, but his three worst ones have all come on the
road. That may just be coincidental, but there's no reason to assume
that Arroyo will skate by this week just because he's going to a pair of
favorable venues. The resurgent Dodgers actually pose a potentially
tough matchup, so Arroyo is best reserved for deeper league use.
This week's rank: N/A
My take: Deeper mixed league start
Erasmo Ramirez
, Mariners (CLE, MIN): Despite a strong
showing at Triple-A Tacoma, owners did not flock to waivers in huge
numbers to claim Ramirez when the Mariners promoted him on July 11. That
restraint paid off, as Ramirez was crushed by an avalanche of seven runs
in 4 2/3 innings against the Red Sox. He was unusually wild in his
Mariners season debut, but better times are sure to be ahead. It's not
unthinkable to take a flyer on Ramirez in standard mixed leagues,
benching one of the names at the bottom of this week's top 70 to get an
extra start, but the safe move is to take a wait-and-see approach this
week. He's certainly worth a claim if you can afford to drop one of your
bench players.
This week's rank: N/A
My take: Deeper mixed league start
Tim Lincecum
, Giants (CIN, CHC): Lincecum was showing signs
of improvement even before last week's no-hitter against the Padres.
Including the no-no, Lincecum has now struck out 44 hitters over his
last 33 2/3 innings, while dishing out just nine walks. He's hit
double-digit Ks in back-to-back starts now (including a start versus the
Mets), but keep in mind that neither opponent makes a lot of contact,
and the Mets rank among the most strikeout-prone teams in the majors.
Lincecum can now be trusted in any mixed league deeper than 12 teams,
but in anything shallower, it's best to first see how he fares against
the Reds and Cubs this week.
This week's rank: N/A
My take: Deeper mixed league start
Tommy Milone
, Athletics (@HOU, LAA): Though inconsistent,
Milone had been a viable streaming option for most of this season, but
over the last month, he's been far too hittable. Perhaps it's not
coincidental that the PitchFX data on BrooksBaseball.net shows Milone
has been getting less movement on his fastball in recent starts.
Milone's slump is all of five games old, so it may not be a cause for
long-term concern, but there's no reason to start him this week, as
there are plenty of safer alternatives available.
This week's rank: N/A
My take: Deeper mixed league start
Jhoulys Chacin
, Rockies (MIA, MIL): Over his last six
starts, Chacin has shaved more than a run off his ERA, as he has allowed
eight runs over 41 1/3 innings. While he has enjoyed some apparent good
fortune on balls in play (.256 BABIP), what has really stood out during
this streak is how he has morphed into a strike-throwing fiend. Chacin
can only help himself by keeping walks to a minimum, but that alone
won't guarantee he will stay on a roll. He's due to give up more home
runs and base hits in general, so don't buy into his stripped-down 3.50
ERA and 1.26 WHIP. You also shouldn't be viewing him as an alternative
for standard mixed leagues just yet either.
This week's rank: N/A
My take: Deeper mixed league start
Samuel Deduno
, Twins (@LAA, @SEA): Deduno's
contact-friendly ways make him vulnerable to the occasional blowup, but
he's been surprisingly steady overall. He has pitched six or more
innings in eight of his 10 starts and has compiled a 3.61 ERA that can
at least be sustained over his starts that are in pitcher's parks.
Visits to Angel Stadium and Safeco Field should help Deduno to have a
decent week, though he will still lack the strikeouts he needs to be
truly relevant for standard mixed league owners.
This week's rank: N/A
My take: Deeper mixed league start
Phil Hughes
, Yankees (@TEX, TB): Hughes entered his final
start before the All-Star break on a six-game run in which he posted a
3.22 ERA and allowed only three home runs. Then he allowed three home
runs to the power-poor Twins. You can't count on Hughes to keep the ball
in the park in any given start, but a road start at Texas and a home
start against the Rays look particularly risky. Hughes still has upside,
but the risk is large enough for owners in standard mixed leagues to
avoid him.
This week's rank: N/A
My take: Deeper mixed league start
Tyler Skaggs
, Diamondbacks (CHC, SD): Ever since notching
nine strikeouts in his season debut against the Rangers, Skaggs has
struggled to rack up Ks in his subsequent big league starts. As he has
shown in several of his minor league stops, the lefty is plenty capable
of getting strikeouts, even though he's not the hardest of throwers.
It's not clear how long Skaggs will remain in the Diamondbacks'
rotation, and with
Brandon McCarthy
(shoulder) possibly returning in just over a week, this could be his
last hurrah for now. Should Skaggs get to stick around, he will still
have to show that his skills can translate to the majors before he can
be trusted outside of shallower leagues.
This week's rank: N/A
My take: Deeper mixed league start
Kyle Gibson
, Twins (@LAA, @SEA): Gibson's 6.45 ERA is
inflated by one especially poor start, but he hasn't been very effective
outside of his debut against the Royals. His biggest issue has been
command, as Gibson has thrown only 58 percent of his pitches for strikes
over his last three starts. If that improves, Fantasy owners just might
have another arm they can trust in two-start weeks, but for now, Gibson
is merely a deep league option.
This week's rank: N/A
My take: Deeper mixed league start
Ubaldo Jimenez
, Indians (@SEA, TEX): Jimenez has not
pitched more than six innings in any of his last seven starts (and has
equalled six innings just once), yet he has managed a respectable 3.75
ERA over that span. That might explain why so many owners are still
letting Jimenez occupy a roster spot, but ERA aside, most of Jimenez's
metrics paint an alarming picture. He is still getting strikeouts and
avoiding extra-base hits at above-average rates, but he hasn't been
getting many whiffs or grounders lately. It's time to drop Jimenez in
most mixed leagues and bench him outside of AL-only leagues.
This week's rank: N/A
My take: AL-only start
Dan Haren
, Nationals (PIT, NYM): Haren has allowed only two
runs in his 11 innings since coming off the disabled list earlier this
month, and there could be reason to buy into the improvement. The Washington
Post had reported that Haren worked on reducing his splitter
velocity during his DL stint, and according to FanGraphs.com, he has
thrown the pitch slower in his last two starts. If he continues to
create more of a contrast between his splitter and fastball velocity, he
just might be able to build on the recent uptick in his strikeout rate.
We're still not looking at a large enough sample to engender trust
outside of deeper leagues, but at least Haren has taken a step in the
right direction.
This week's rank: N/A
My take: NL-only start
Jason Hammel
, Orioles (@KC, BOS): Looking for a positive
take-away from Hammel's disappointing first half? He has managed to
pitch at least six innings in eight of his last 10 starts. That's all
I've got. Only four of those have been quality starts, and he continues
to allow too much contact in general and too many extra-base hits in
particular. While the vast majority of his owners are benching him,
Hammel doesn't need to be owned in nearly half of the leagues on
CBSSports.com, even in a two-start week.
This week's rank: N/A
My take: AL-only start
Tom Gorzelanny
, Brewers (SD, @COL): Gorzelanny has not
given up an earned run in either of his two starts made since
re-entering the Brewers' rotation two weekends ago. An increased ground
ball rate has been a big part of Gorzelanny's success, both in those
starts, as well as in his relief work this season. According to the
PitchFX data on BrooksBaseball.net, Gorzelanny has been throwing his
slider more often this season, and he's been getting more grounders on
that pitch, as well as on his sinker. He doesn't have an impressive
track record as a starter, but he'll stick in the Brewers' rotation for
now. He's worth starting in NL-only leagues, and deeper mixed league
owners should keep an eye on Gorzelanny's progress.
This week's rank: N/A
My take: NL-only start
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2 1/4 cup all purpose flour
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1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons finely grated lemon zest
1 1/2 cups heavy cream
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1/2 cup finely chopped candied ginger
2 cups confectioner (icing) sugar
2 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons lemon juice
Sieve the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt into a bowl. Add in the lemon zest and whisk all ingredients together.
Use a wooden spatula to combine the heavy cream and lemon juice with the dry ingredients in the bowl. Then fold in the candied ginger.
Lightly floured the working surface, knead the dough until it comes together. Make the dough into a ball. Let it rest uncovered for 2-3 minutes. Dust some flour on top and pat it into a 9-inch round disc, about 1/2 inch thick.
Using a floured knife, cut the dough into 8 wedges and arrange them 1 inch apart on the baking sheet.
Bake the scones for 20-25 minutes, lightly browned on the bottom. Remove from oven and let them rest on the baking sheets for 5 minutes before transferring to the wire rack to cool completely.
To prepare the glaze, whisk the confectioner sugar and lemon juice until it is smooth. Then drizzle the glaze over the scones and let it stand for 15 minutes before serving.
First, I wanted to start by saying that these glazed lemon-ginger scones were really amazing and I had four of them right out of the oven, and the next morning, I ate more!
Ginger has always been my favorite ingredient. I always have some ginger in my kitchen. In Asian cooking, especially Chinese, ginger is indispensable and used in many stir-fry's, stews and soups. According to the Chinese, ginger promises many medicinal benefits, for example: anti-inflammatory, blood circulation, digestion, and even cancer fighting benefits.
Anyway, the idea of having ginger in scones is very remote to me, until I saw this glazed lemon-ginger scones recipe on the Food & Wine magazine that uses candied ginger. I was intrigued by the idea and so I made these, with great success.
If you don't like too much sugar on your scones, you can skip the glazed and they still taste great.
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This is a famous question often asked online.
Would you rather fight a horse-sized duck or 100 duck-sized horses?
I asked my kids and they had a very interesting discussion. For me, the answer is the horse-sized duck. Now I will tell why physics helps me make this decision (even though I don't actually know the answer yet).
How Big Is a Horse-Sized Duck?
That right there is a tough question. What kind of horse is it? What kind of duck? Are the duck and the horse the same height or the same mass? Is it the same height with a duck in the normal position or with the neck stretched out? No one knows.
Let me start with the types of animals. When I think of duck, I think of this:
This is a male and female mallard duck. According to Wikipedia, the mallard is 50 to 65 cm long with a mass of 0.72 to 1.58 kg. I'm not sure what "long" means. Is that the duck stretched out or in a normal position? Wikipedia also lists the bill as having a length of about 4.5 cm. With that and the above picture, I get a height of about 27 cm.
What about a horse? Yes, Wikipedia has a page on horses. From this, I am going say the "average" horse has a height of 1.57 meters (height at the shoulders) and a mass of 500 kg.
Same Height as a horse
What if the duck and the horse are the same "size"? I am going to say that the duck and the horse would have the tops at the same vertical level as shown in the image above. From this image, I also estimated the width of the huge duck.
Why do I need that horizontal measurement for a horse-sized duck? I need to somehow get an estimate of the duck's mass. Let's assume our normal duck is like a sphere – a spherical duck. In this case, I would estimate it to have a spherical radius of about 7 cm. With the mass of 1.2 kg – just picking a value, I can calculate the duck density.
Two points: That isn't the real density of the duck. Remember, I used the whole mass of the duck but just the spherical body for the volume. The second point is that even with this method, the density is less than water (1,000 kg/m3). This means the duck would float. Everyone knows ducks, wood, gravy and very small rocks float.
Now, if I use this same duck density I can calculate the mass of the horse-sized duck. Should a horse-sized duck have the same density? I don't know. I didn't come up with this question. However, if you want your horse-duck to float it would need a density less than water. Here is how to determine the mass of the large duck.
That is a massive duck, right? Why is it six times more massive than the horse? Maybe this view of the two animals from the front will help.
Don't mess with that massive duck! But wait. I said I would fight the horse-sized duck, right? Why? I don't think this duck could move. First, this duck could obviously not fly. Here is a graph with a wingspan squared versus mass for some real birds and a human with wings.
You can just imagine how big the wings would have to be for a 3,000 kg bird. It's not going to happen.
But the problems aren't just with flying. What about the duck's legs? A duck-sized duck has two approximately cylindrical legs. Looking at the duck image, I measure a leg radius of about 0.005 meters. What is the compression pressure in these legs for a normal duck? It would be weight of the duck divided by the total cross-sectional area. Let me just use one leg because at some point (like for a walking duck), the duck would have to put all the weight on just one leg.
That might seem high, but it really isn't. Wikipedia lists bones as having a compressive strength about 1,000 times higher than this (human bones – but still). So, ducks can walk.
If we ramp this up to our horse-sized duck, what happens? The mass increases and so does the radius of the leg. The horse-sized duck is 6.85 times larger than a duck. The leg would also be 6.85 times larger. This would give a horse-duck compression pressure of:
That is close to 100 times the pressure of a normal duck. I'm not saying this would just break the bone – but come on. This should make walking pretty tough. I think this duck would just sit there quacking – but really loud quacks. I could just toss some rocks at it until I was declared the winner.
What about a duck with the mass of a horse?
Let's say the duck is 500-kg like a horse. If it has the same density as a normal duck and I pretend it is a sphere, then the radius of this sphere would be:
What would that look like? Here is the real-sized horse and the same mass duck.
In this case, I think I would rather fight the 100 duck-sized horses. This duck looks about the size of an ostrich or emu. From what I understand, those creatures are not to be messed with.Go Back to Top. Skip To: Start of Article.


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I had my ba 12 days ago on day 4 I developed some bruising which got progressively worse. Please see picture. I returned to see my surgeon on Friday (day 9) so he could have a look, after pulling and yanking it about he was satisfied no hemotoma. I am still really worried whilst the breast is no more swollen than the other it is very painful when can I expect the bruising to subside?
Do I Have a Hemotoma? (photo)
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Probably not a hematoma, but can't be sure without physical examination
Web reference: https://www.edelsteincosmetic.com/
Breast hematomas after augmentation
will create an increase in your volume so if your volume is the same, you most likely just have a bruise. Warm compresses seem to help my patients get over these faster.
Post op hematoma
It is not unusual to have some degree of bruising after a breast augmentation. To have enough bleeding to warrant a return to surgery for removal of blood clots (evacuation of hematoma) there would usually be major swelling or enlargement of the involved breast. In your picture i cannot see the other side, but if the breasts are relatively symmetrical, then a wait and see plan is not unreasonable. I would have to examine you to know for sure. Hope that helps!
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Not a Hematoma
Thank you for your photo. You do have severe bruising but it appears that you do not have a hematoma. This should get better over the next 7-10 days.
Dr. ES
A hematoma is defined as a swelling of clotted blood within tissues. Some of the ways that this can occur include injury, bleeding disorders, or as a complication of a surgical procedure. If a hematoma occurs around a breast implant, it must be removed. If left untreated, infection, increased scarring and wound healing problems can occur. The diagnosis is made by visual inspection in addition to the surgeon feeling the tissues. Please return to see your operating surgeon for a definitive diagnosis and subsequent treatment if required. Any online advice that you may receive based on the attached picture is a guess.
Do you have a hematoma after breast augmentation?
A hematoma, or blood collection, is an unfortunate complication after breast implant surgery. It is not common, but can be a big problem when it occurs. The main symptom is breast enlargement. You may notice a sudden enlargement of one breast to a size double the other breast. The breast may feel firm and tight. There may or may not be visible bruising. This may happen spontaneously within a few days of the surgery, or it may even occur up to a few weeks later after strenuous activity. The key is to see your surgeon immediately because a hematoma needs to be drained. There won't be life-threatening bleeding, but there can be injury tot he overlying skin and nipple. Also, the presence of blood will increase your chances of developing later complications such as infection and capsular contracture. Sometimes though, a bruise is just a bruise, and not a hematoma.
Web reference: http://www.drschulmanplasticsurgery.com/breast/breast-augmentation/
Do I Have a Hemotoma?
Dear Storm,
It is difficult to know without a clear photo of both breasts, and even then, an examination is the best. However, a hematoma would result in a very obvious size change with the affected breast nearly twice as large as the other. Asymmetrical bruising is not uncommon. sometimes the muscle on once side is more difficult to move and causes more bruising. Keep following up with your plastic surgeon per his instructions.
Best Wishes,
Pablo Prichard, MD
Hematoma of breast?
Your surgeon is probably the best person to tell you if you have a hematoma. Yes there is bruising but an exam in person is extremely important. Follow closely.
The question is whether you have a hematoma?
From the picture you have showed us the answer is no. It appears that you have bruising within the tissue. Sometimes this bruising doesn't even show up at the level of the skin until a week after surgery. This usually resolves by approximately in the third week after surgery. A hematoma is a larger collection of blood next to the implant. It doesn't usually show up below the breast but around the implant itself with a dark staining of the entire breast. I believe you are going to be fine. Stick with your surgeons opinion!
Do I Have a Hemotoma?
From looking at the photo it appears that you have some signifiacnt bruising however this does not mean that you have a haematoma. A haematoma often makes your breast look asymmetrical, the breast will be hard and will also be rather painful in the acute phase. This looks like some brusing under the skin which should just settle like when you get brusing over other parts of the body.
Stephen Salerno
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Carrier air handler blower part
I have a carrier FK4C NF003 000 air handler with an ICM2 blower motor problem. On startup, it rocks back and forth for three minutes, then shuts down. If I spin it by hand it starts and runs up fine, no excess vibration and it slows down nicely on shut down. I ran the control board tests and checked voltages at the 12 pin plug, all look OK.
When I went to a carrier dealer for a new ICM motor, he will not sell me one but they will replace it for $1,800 if it is ONLY the motor. New control board and troubleshooting are extra. Ouch.
I went to the web and found carrier parts are hard to find! I found that the motor is a GE ECM motor with a customized progam. I pulled the motor (HD44AE132) and checked the windings. All pairs are 12 ohms, high impedance to ground so it is probably just the module. I see there is a replacement module RMOD44AE132 for this motor.
I found AMERICANHVACPARTS.COM has the part, but I am not sure if they are a relaible source. The part is so expensive and I cannot return an electrical part, so I am hesitant to order.
Has anyone used this source? Does anyone know where I can find a place to buy this module? Am I foolish to save $400 by just replacing the module instead of the whole motor @$600.
Thank you in advance. This site is great!
i am a licensed contractor in florida and in my area i can only buy the motor and module together from carrier. you are correct that it is most likely just the module though.
carrier air handler blower part
I am a hvac contractor. i just had the exact same problem. ended up being the motor. need at least 100 ohms equal across motor. even though everything checked out OK on the motor, i installed a new module which did not solve the problem. will be calling carrier techs this morning. has to be the motor. all the signals from the board were right on. very mad. i get parts wholesale and they are still outrageous. an entire new motor with module use to be 350 dollars. no more.
Carrier-Bryant FK4CNF003 HD44AE132 ICM2 blower motor shorted coil fix
I also had a similar problem with a Carrier-Bryant HD44AE132 ICM2 blower motor rocking, but wouldn't start, even when I tried to spin it. The voltage checks were good, so I pulled the motor and checked the coil resistance measurements. Instead of 12, 12, 12, I got 4, 8, 9. I assumed one of the 18 coils was shorted, but none of them were burned or discolored. So I removed the coil assembly and inspected it more carefully. I found a half-inch long burnt spot on two of the lacquer-covered copper wires that ran between two of the 18 coils. The wires had been touching each other, similar to many others, but for some reason the lacquer insulating coating had failed on these two. Fortunately, the wires had not welded themselves to each other. I was able to separate them by carefully poking a very fine screwdriver tip between them. After I had them separated, I inserted a strip of plastic between them that I had cut from a microwave frozen dinner tray. Then I re-checked the coil resistances, and got 11, 11, 11. This appeared close enough, so I reassembled and reinstalled the blower motor, and hooked it up. It started up and ran great, and has been working fine for more than a week now. The shorted coils did not cause any damage to the electronic module, as it is the same one it had on it. This motor was only about 2.5 years old, and was a warrantee replacement for one that was 8.5 years old. I live in the lightning capital, so I think this might have been due to a voltage surge. I am now looking into getting a surge protector installed on my electric meter. When I looked for prices for a new motor, they ranged from about $650 up to around $1000 or so. So this simple fix saved me from having to buy a new motor. Hopefully, someone else will read this and save themselves a bundle of money too! :icon_cheesygrin:
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Thanks! I had first tried electrical tape, but there wasn't enough room between the wires to get it in there. The strip of plastic was stiff enough that I could push it into the small space between the wires...:)
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I prefer the Plumbers 'secret weapon"
I thought of that, but wanted something that was "instant" and that I could visually see that the fine wires were definitely not touching. after I finished. If i covered them up with caulk, i wouldn't know how much space was between them. They were still very close together even after I had spread them apart (they were very tight and didn't want to risk breaking them). The plastic shim forced them apart, which the caulk wouldn't have done...
I was making fun of plumbers and yes I did plumbing in a hospital and an old folks home and used lots of silicone and red rubber gasket material for "special projects". There is spray types of varnish, not sure if it is good for high temps though. Sounds like your system works well though.:thumbsup:
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OK there has to be something wrong in regards to WD and the username , password. I continue to get invalid username or password when I try to access my windows shares. I have enabled full sharing within windows and WD shows in network. Password protection is disabled in Win 7 and all my other computers have no problem accesssing the shares. Except for the WD that one day accepts "anonymous" username and "blank" password and the next says that is invalid. No longer can I access the shares within my network and deemed this unit useless other than a netflix box. Seems to have started occuring when I intalled the alst update.
Any help would be appreciated as I really dont want to return it but no point in keeping if it continues to do this. Also suddenly can no longer play avi files when I was actually able to access my content (no sound and stutters)
Im on wired using the WD livewire
tried power cycling with no luck
Have you tried clearing the stored credential information for the share and readding it? Setup -> Network Settings -> Clear Login ...
nope that didnt work either thanks for trying though I appreciate it
wow who would think it would be such a trying thing to get the shares working.
For the login issue, i found the best solution is to just enter the name of the computer's user account (rather than anonymous) and then save it.
No idea about the AVI issue, but i had a similar issue over wireless (no sound and stuttering) that was fixed in one of the previous firmwares.


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The UTEP tennis program has made leaps and bounds under the direction of head coach Jamie Campbell, who came into a difficult situation upon her appointment in July 2003.
Campbell inherited a seven-win team and had to hit the ground running due to the timing of her hiring, but through hard work she has started to reap the fruits of her labor. She is the fastest coach at the school reach the 40, 50, 60 and 70 career victory barrier, with the effort over the past four years playing a large role in that.
The Miners racked up 48 wins from 2007-10, making it the winningest stretch in the program's history. Marina DeLuca finished her illustrious career as the winningest senior in school annals, eclipsing the efforts of the 2009 senior class.
UTEP, which claimed a school-record 16 victories in 2009, has now reached double digits in wins in consecutive campaigns for just the second time in program history. The school standard for that is a three-year stretch (10-1997, 11-1998 and 12-1999). Furthermore, Campbell now boasts three seasons of at least 10 wins, which rates as the second most by a UTEP coach. York Strother, who directed the Miners from 1992-93 to 2000-01, enjoyed four campaigns of at least 10 triumphs.
Campbell has guided her chages to the quarterfinals of the Conference USA Championships on a trio of occassions, most recently during the record-setting 2009 campaign. UTEP mustered four such showings from 1991-2003, and did not win a tournament match in the four years prior to Campbell's tenure.
The 2009-10 campaign marked her seventh year at the helm of the program, and UTEP battled through some injuries and a demanding slate to reach 10 triumps. Newcomer Alexandra Glebova stormed onto the scene to post team highs in both overall (20) and dual-match wins (14).DeLuca wrappued up her time in the Sun City as one of only two players in program history to be among the top three all time for both career singles and doubles victories.
Among Campbell's goals for the program is to make it one of the top-10 teams in the region, and the Miners certainly looked like one during the record-setting 2009 season. UTEP burst out of the gates at 8-1, which was the best start 10 years and equaled the third-best ever at the school. The lone setback came in the second match of the year at No. 75 Kansas, 4-3.
UTEP responded to the adversity with a school-record seven straight victories, outscoring its foes by a combined team score of 43-6. Each of the wins came at home, which ultimately helped the Miners post their mark ever in the Sun City (9-1).
The year concluded with a setback to eventual league champion and No. 23 SMU, but it could damper the spirits surrounding the program. The Miners racked up a school-record-tying 16 wins and finished with a program-best .696 winning percentage.
The overall team success has resulted in individual accolades, with Campbell having mentored an all-conference performer for a school-record-tying four successive seasons. Her charges have also thrived in the classroom, evidenced by 23 academic all-conference honorees.
Things looked promising early on in the 2008 season with the Miners surging to a 7-2 start. Injuries, coupled with a demanding schedule of 10 straight matches away from home, slowed the Orange and Blue down. The Miners finished at 9-12 on the campaign after bowing out of the league tournament.
UTEP experienced what was at the time its top season under Campbell in 2007, registering 13 wins. The victory total equaled the second most in program history. The Miners put together a then school-record-tying six straight wins, and capped the year by claiming 12 of the final 16 matches.
Campbell successfully transitioned UTEP into Conference USA in 2006, despite having a very young squad. A daunting schedule comprised of regionally and nationally-ranked teams made things tough on the Miners, who still managed to burst out to a 4-2 mark. A troublesome patch ensured, but Campbell's charges made some noise with Teri Wilkerson becoming the initial player at the school since 2001 to grab all-conference accolades.
In 2005 UTEP was a perfect 4-0 at home but struggled to find its stride away from home. The squad was riddled with injuries but still managed to topple Nevada at the WAC Tournament. The year came to a close with a setback at the hands of nationally-ranked Fresno State.
Campbell came to El Paso after a five-year stint as head coach at Binghamton University in Binghamton, N.Y. She compiled a 55-53 dual match record, including 28-19 over the last two seasons.
Campbell's 2002-03 Bearcats finished 16-8 and took second place at the America East Conference Championship. Binghamton set school records for victories and consecutive wins (13). Campbell was named the America East Conference Coach of the Year. Five of her players earned All-Conference recognition.
Campbell took over a Division II program at Binghamton and eased its transition into Division I. The Bearcats captured back-to-back New England Collegiate Conference titles in her first two years as head coach before making the move to Division I for the 2001-02 campaign.
Campbell was the 1998-99 NECC Coach of the Year. Binghamton had the NECC's Outstanding Doubles Team in 1998 and 1999, and the league's Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year in 1999.
Campbell previously was an assistant coach at Guilford College (one year) and James Madison University (two years).
A native of Lexington, Ky., Campbell graduated from Guilford College in 1995 with a bachelor's degree in sports medicine. She was the Quakers' team captain and top singles player for three years. Campbell was a four-time All-Conference player and was a top-40 Division III player as a junior and senior.
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1.2 International Association for the Evaluation of Education Achievement (IEA) Reading Literacy Study, 1998.
| Strengthen opportunities for children from birth through age 5 to build literacy skills by working with families, caregivers, and communities.
Promote improvement of teacher preparation in elementary school reading and link school curricula to high standards in reading.
Distribute Checkpoints for Progress in Reading widely to provide a benchmark for reading skills.
Promote and support increased family and community involvement in America Reads Challenge (ARC): Read*Write*Now (RWN) and other community-based reading programs.
Support the development of a National Voluntary Test in reading. Encourage support among urban school districts.
|2. Build the capacity of states and communities to provide community reading tutoring programs for children from birth through elementary school.
|2.1 America Reads Challenge (ARC) legislation. Proposed legislation will be passed and funded.
2.2 Community coalitions. By the summer of 1998, all 50 states will have ARC:RWN pilot sites (at least one per state) that are linked to empowerment zones and enterprise communities and supported by a coalition of community sponsors. In FY 1997 the baseline was 14 sites.
2.3 Volunteer tutors. One million volunteer tutors are trained and mobilized to work in community reading programs by 2002, through ARC:RWN programs, College Work Study, and Corporation for National Service programs.
2.4 Reading children. By 2002, 3 million children will participate in ARC:RWN.
2.5 Early Childhood. ARC-proposed legislation that includes a focus on early childhood and family literacy will be passed. Community early childhood programs such as Even Start and Head Start will be linked to community-based reading programs.
|2.1 Department information, 1997-98.
2.2 Department information, 1998.
2.3 Department and Corporation for National Service records, 2002; America Reads Challenge: RWN Evaluation, 1998-2002.
2.4 Department records, 2002; America Reads Challenge: RWN Evaluation, 1998-2002.
2.5 Department information, 1998; Head Start and Even Start Evaluations, 1998-2002.
| Work with Congress to obtain authorizing language for ARC by FY 1998.
Strengthen the Department's programs to provide in-class reading instruction with upgraded standards and curriculum through elementary school.
Encourage development of at least one ARC:RWN site per state for FY 1998.
Distribute through the World Wide Web (WWW) and other means Simple Things You Can Do and other community guides.
Work with the Corporation for National Service and CollegeWork-Study Program to coordinate tutoring programs with ARC:RWN community efforts.
Enlist more colleges and universities into the ARC College Work-Study initiative.
Encourage the ARC:RWN Sponsors Group to expand their involvement in the ARC:RWN community efforts.
Encourage federal early childhood programs to link with community coalitions.
|3. Promote excellence in the teaching of reading in schools, and links between reading teachers and community reading efforts.
|3.1 Improved teacher preparation. Increasing percentages of teachers of kindergarten through third grade will complete high-quality, intensive professional development in reading.
3.2 Teachers' knowledge of children's reading skills needed. Publications such as the ARC:RWN publication, Checkpoints for Progress for Teachers will be disseminated to encourage higher standards in the teaching of reading.
3.3 ARC legislation. The ARC legislation passed by Congress will include funding to support reading specialists.
|3.1 Longitudinal Survey of Schools, 1998; Schools and Staffing Surveys, 1999 (Need to add new data element; none currently exists for reading.)
3.2 Department information, 1998
3.3 Department information, 1998
| Strengthen the Department's existing programs that provide support for personnel preparation to provide improved preservice and inservice professional development for preschool and school staff.
Disseminate through the WWW high-quality materials for teachers, such as Checkpoints for Progress for Teachers, to improve the teaching and learning of reading.
|4. Help ensure high-performance school and community reading/ tutoring programs by conducting reading and tutoring research and evaluations, disseminating best practices, and providing technical assistance.
|4.1 ARC legislation. The ARC legislation passed by Congress will include funding to support dissemination of best practices, technical assistance, and evaluations.
4.2 School curricula aligned with standards. Increasing numbers of teachers will report using curricula aligned with high standards in English.
4.3 Read*Write*Now! and other materials. High-quality Read*Write*Now!and other materials will be disseminated through the WWW.
4.4 Information on best practices. Information on best practices in reading, tutor training, and tutoring will be provided to improve practice.
4.5 Research and evaluation. Research and evaluations on reading will be conducted to fill the gaps and provide state-of-the-art information.
|4.1 Department information, 1998.
4.2 Baseline Survey of Schools, 1996.
4.3 Follow-up Survey of Schools, 1997.
4.4 Longitudinal Survey of Schools, 1998.
4.5 America Reads Challenge: RWN Evaluation, 1998-2002.
| Encourage alignment of school curriculums in reading with high state and local standards.
Disseminate through the WWW high quality research-based materials for children, tutors, and caregivers.
Support state-of-the-art research through the new reading center, grant competitions, and other programs throughout the Department to develop, disseminate, and encourage the use of the most promising approaches to reading instruction and tutoring.
Through evaluation studies and support to improve state and local performance data systems, provide useful information on how states and communities are doing in improving children's reading.


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TONY PULIS believes that Stoke City's storming fightback after the shock of going a goal down so early in the 3-1 victory over Liverpool typified the spirit and commitment which has been a hallmark of the Club's success in recent years.
Pulis' side were stunned by falling behind to a Steven Gerrard penalty inside two minutes of the live televised encounter, but were in front themselves ten minutes later as first Jonathan Walters and then Kenwyne Jones struck in a dramatic turnaround.
When Walters added his second of the night within four minutes of the restart, City were on their way to the most convincing Premier League win for thirteen months and their third successive League victory over Liverpool at the Britannia Stadium.
"The response of the players after going a goal down so early in the game was absolutely fabulous," commented a proud City manager after the triumph.
"We never stopped, we just kept going and going. They deserve a lot of credit, but that really epitomises what we are all about at this Football Club.
"What was particularly pleasing about this performance is that we really pressed them all over the pitch which is what we had worked hard on before the game."
He added: "It's a fantastic result for us and I am really pleased for the players, but the funny thing is that I think we've created more opportunities in other games this season and not got the reward, whereas luckily when we got the chances, we stuck them away."
Pulis was delighted for strike pair Walters and Jones, who proved to be a handful for the Liverpool defence as they engineered the remarkable response.
"Walts took his goals very well, while Kenwyne has done smashing again," he said. "Crouchy is chomping at the bit to get back in the side, but if Kenwyne keeps playing the way he is playing at the moment, it is extremely difficult to leave him out.
"If he plays to his maximum all the time, he is as much of a handful as any striker in the Premier League. He's got everything in his locker, so it's just getting him to do that. Tonight, he certainly did that to great effect and I thought he was fantastic."
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"I think this is the best side we've had in the Premier League," he stated. "We've moved along gradually each year, getting a little bit better every season.
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I'm a sailor but my kids want to learn to windsurf. I have an old board that's kind of advanced and really old technology. Thinking better off to take them somehwere for official lessons on a beginner board. Only found 1 in Columbus and one on Lake Erie (hard to learn there). Any suggestions?
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Cannot help you with Ohio but I can tell you taking them for lessons is the right way to go. The new beginner boards are much more stable than older boards.
As for location. It is less important where then it is to pick the right day. When I had my one and only lesson 30 years ago it was 3-4 knots and calm which made it very easy to understand and practice the basics. The next time I went out it was about 6-8 which helped me increase my skills and then I started looking for days when the winds were 10+ because I had the basics down and wanted to advance.
Windsurfing has all but vanished even though these new boards do make it easier to learn. The problem is that it is a sport that requires strength and fitness to master. That limits the potential market which shrinks every year with our National waistline increasing. I would love to see a resurgence. I still have my Alpha 180 and my Klepper sinker board. I do not use them too often because of time restraints but may take the smaller board with us when we go perm cruising in a few years.
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#1 Wed 17 Feb 10 4:41am
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We need a food revolution in Texas!
I live in San Antonio, ranked the third "fattest" large city in the US. The food served in the public schools doesn't even pass as edible in my books yet the schools claim it is the best they can do. Some days the school has even run out of lunches for the last classes to eat and my son has gone without any lunch. He now takes bento box lunches from home with lean proteins, fresh salad and yogurt and healthy snacks, but I feel terrible for the children who rely on school meals.
As a city, we struggle to keep farmer's markets running and profitable due to the general lack of interest in clean, healthy, fresh foods - it is heartbreaking. How do I start the food revolution here? I am passionate about this and need advice how to get our schools and community to care about this as much as I do.
Please help!
#2 Wed 17 Feb 10 10:48am
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Re: We need a food revolution in Texas!
Hi and welcome to the forums
Please check out this area on the campaigns section here on the site.There are a list of US organisations who are on the same track as Jamie:
http://www.jamieoliver.com/campaigns/ja … n/campaign
#3 Wed 24 Feb 10 11:39pm
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- Member since Wed 24 Feb 10
Re: We need a food revolution in Texas!
Hey SanAntonioMom,
I'm not too far from you in the Austin Area. I get down there often and also have some connections there. I'd love to find out a little more about how things are there. I have a friend that is a Personal Trainer there that once told me about the lack of interest in fitness there.and to hear what you are saying about the schools makes me fightin' mad!
We'd like to help take on your cause. go to www.fitkid.tv and maybe we can make some noise with some youtube video or something!
Coach Scott
#4 Thu 25 Feb 10 1:14pm
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Re: We need a food revolution in Texas!
I can't wait to watch this show, seen most of Jamie's other shows.
Haven't really been following what has been happening in the news, but I really hope you Yanks do embrace it for the better, you are very lucky to have him. To watch what Jamie had done in the UK with 'School Dinners', was simply amazing.
Jamie, time to get your arse down to Australia!!!!
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#5 Sat 27 Feb 10 2:15am
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Re: We need a food revolution in Texas!
I am in North Texas and I can say the school lunches are very bad here too. Our schools just heat up food and they do not "cook" anymore. It fills our children with preservatives and low quality meats. A majority of the food is government issued - FDA approved food and that does not say much. This nation can complain about being in the lowest percentile of educational scores. Look at what their brains have to run off of. Look at what their hearts have to deal with. All of the children who receive free lunch have no choice but to eat the food they are given for breakfast and lunch. I did the food guide pyramid online and found out just what my children were lacking. It was amazing! Some days they would not have ANY fruits or vegetables. I feel sorry for our kids.
#6 Tue 02 Mar 10 12:52am
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Re: We need a food revolution in Texas!
It's concerned parents like you that can help make a start in the right direction. You are absolutely correct and there needs to be a change. But parents have got to take a stand! We will make a difference. The Surgeon General and others are saying that this generation of children may be the first to die before their parents. We at fitkid.tv are determined knot to let that happen.
#7 Tue 02 Mar 10 11:07pm
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Re: We need a food revolution in Texas!
I've just recently been involved in a Wellness Fair at a local school in our area. It was such a great idea...it included different presenations during the entire day that either talked about a healthy life style such as back pack safety, smoking, packing a healthy lunch, fire safety and stranger danger or it might of been an activity for the students to participate in like soccer, field hockey, kick boxing, dance, yoga etc. I am a Wellness Coordinator with Juice Plus and I spoke to the children in 45 minute intervals (5 sessions in total) about the importance of good nutrition. Juice Plus is a whole food based supplement that helps you bridge the gab between what you are eating and you should be eating. How many people actually eat the required servings of "raw" fruit and vegetables every day? Virtually all of us fall short of the quantity of raw fruits and vegetables required to protect us from illness and disease. Making a difference in our children's lives has been a mission of mine and I have found that getting involved in the school(s) was important because our children are our future!
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#8 Sun 07 Mar 10 3:51am
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Re: We need a food revolution in Texas!
I live in San Antonio too, live in a great school district but the school's menu is unacceptable. I refuse to let my son buy his lunch.
#9 Fri 12 Mar 10 12:18am
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Re: We need a food revolution in Texas!
What a nice surprise to find fellow Texans on this board.
I just joined after seeing the commercial for Jaime's new show. I am so excited, we need a lot of help in the good ole' USA too.
My son is in the Comal school district, Kindergarten. I pack his lunch everyday. Even he thinks the school lunches are gross. Then again he has never had a canned vegetable at home and sees how not fresh the veggies look at school.
I really hope Jaime (and all of us) can change some minds. FOOD INC. was a start. I hope the Food Revolution is the middle and the end.
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Almost 100,000 NS&I customers will see the interest paid on their tax free savings raised from 0.5pc to 2.25pc.
The Government-backed savings bank is to close it existing cash Isa account and move all customers into its Direct Isa account, which pays a far more competitive rate of interest.
National Savings & Investments said it has 94,000 customers in its T Cash Isa (which was for those who had previously had Tessas) and its Cash Isa. Both account currently pay just 0.5pc interest, while the Direct Isa currently pays 2.25pc.
However, this does mean that these customers will no longer be able to make cash withdrawals from these Isas at the Post Office, but will have to manage their new Direct Isa account by post, by telephone or online.
Customers will be automatically switched into this new account on May 25 this year.
Jane Platt, the chief executive of NS&I said that this move was part of the company's "modernisation programme".
"We have been working to simplify and modernise our range of savings product and to encourage our customers to invest with us directly.
"From May 25 customers holding our Cash Isa will benefit from the much higher interest rate paid on our Direct Isa. There will be some changes for our customers who use the Post Office however staff in our UK-based contact centres will be on hand to help with the transition."
These changes will also affect the millions of customers holding Premium Bonds. From April 1 this year customers will no longer be able to buy Premium Bonds, using cash at Post Office counters, however, they will still be able to buy these bonds at the Post Office if they are paying by cheque or with a direct debit card. Premium Bond can also be bought directly from NS&I.
NS&I said it has seen an increase in the number of customers transacting directly with it, by post phone or online in recent years, and this has delivered savings for the taxpayer. As NS&I has become more of a direct business it has withdrawn products from the Post Office, so not only Premium Bonds remain on sale at these counter.
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- Pasta
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- Shredded paper
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- Egg shells (I wash mine and then crush them into small pieces before feeding them to my worms)
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- Potato chips, candy, and oily foods
- Any part of a citrus fruit
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Inventory quality is something we hear a lot of about in today's complex digital media environment. In my role, I have the benefit of sitting right in the middle, between buyer and seller, and I can assure you that everyone has an opinion on this topic. The last few years have seen some real innovation around ad quality. But despite all of this innovation, many in the industry are left scratching their heads, especially media owners.
Allow me to digress for a moment. Not too long ago media buyers would select a handful of publishers based on brand quality (name recognition), credibility, and audience composition. These few publishers would get the lion's share of the media budget and the client would be happy. Simple. This played out in a similar fashion on television. However, with the invention of cable, fragmentation occurred. Networks flourished and hundreds of programs arose making it much more difficult for buyers. So the networks launched the upfront to preview new programs, packaged them based on predicted ratings and audiences, and used very glitzy events in NY and LA to sell multi-million dollar programs to the agencies. These media owners now go to great lengths to put content in front of buyers in order to make them comfortable with the quality of the program and ensure that the brand will "fit" within the experience.
Digital has experienced a similar path. In the early 2000's, the portals and a few leading brands were getting the bulk of the media budgets. Then the Internet explosion happened and thousands of niche content sites were developed. Audiences were driven to the obscure reaches of the web by Google and later social media. Ad networks started aggregating, packaging, and making it easier for the buyer to manage the fragmentation and ensure credibility. This worked quite well and the networks added value beyond just simple aggregation. They innovated by providing insights, creative support, targeting advancements, and scale.
This brings us up to where I left off. Now enter real-time bidding (RTB) and exchanges. These are the latest innovations driving media efficiency for buyers and making it very easy for publishers to list inventory for sale – in many cases even fictitious or fraudulent inventory. The largest exchanges, Google's AdX and OpenX Market, have so much inventory now that it is nearly impossible for the buyers to differentiate between good and bad inventory. This has impacted prices and forced agencies to begin building their own whitelists of URLs (similar to the networks of the late '90s and early '00s). And this is my point: the exchange ecosystem has so much inventory, from so many providers, that now the very few companies controlling these exchanges are using technology as the arbiter of quality. Technology is a great way to make a first pass at scale. It likely catches the worst actors, but many legitimate publishers get caught in the net too. For instance, a recent article named 10 publishers that are using malicious tactics to generate inventory and deemed their sites to be of poor quality. While a few of those sites deserved to be mentioned, at least one publisher on the list has built a legitimate digital publishing business and uses common SEO tactics for audience development. But because of an algorithm, the publisher was singled out and maligned.
Advertising will always need a human touch. Marketing is an art and a science and technology cannot fill both of those roles. I believe that the pendulum has swung too far to the science and people aren't using common sense to evaluate where a brand belongs or how to judge quality content. We see similar problems when an exchange outright blacklists a site because its technology flagged a few pages dealing with war or sex. If that site is a news site or an alternative news weekly, the audience clearly expects to find content pertaining to such topics. I'm not condoning or suggesting objectionable content is acceptable, just proposing that there are many brands that want to reach audiences associated with publications that cover these topics. The context may be completely within their tolerance standards. These sites should not be penalized for their coverage of a particular health topic or for covering a sensitive political issue. The programmatic buyers have more control today than ever before. My fear is that many of them may simply be taking the easiest path, and not the one most appropriate for their client.
I've said it before and I still believe it to be true. There is always a need for a conversation about a client's goals and objections. Media planners should be well-informed of all the possibilities and not simply rely on technology to do all the work for them. We should embrace the technology. It can remove friction in the buy process. However, it also has the ability to isolate, and even eliminate, inventory altogether. Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater and jump to conclusions based on one report that reveals a single page with risky content. Look, instead, at the bigger picture and determine if the overall environment is right for your brand. And publishers, take heed. Always take the high road. Be true to your consumer. Be respectful of your advertisers by keeping pages clean, with as few ads as possible, and don't play games with traffic sharing or forced impressions. In that game, everyone loses.
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Diane Carter and her running partner, Oscar, who belongs to a neighbor, take a training run along Spring Creek Trail on Wednesday morning. Carter has run in a marathon every year since 2000 and will compete in this year's New York Marathon on Nov. 3. Carter will run in honor of Matt Dudley and plans to donate the money to leukemia research. Dudley, who grew up in Steamboat Springs, was diagnosed in March with acute myelogenous leukemia, a cancer of the blood and bone marrow.
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Steamboat's Diane Carter to run New York Marathon to raise money in honor of Matt Dudley
Diane Carter already has run 14 marathons, but stepping to the starting line on Staten Island next month to begin the New York Marathon might be the most special of them all because Carter will be running to help support the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society on behalf of a special friend, Dr. Matt Dudley.
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The Bolshoi Ballet performs Marius Petipa's 'La Bayadère', an unashamedly melodramatic slice of nineteenth-century Orientalism, telling the tale of a temple dancer's doomed love for a noble warrior. The ballet is probably best known for the 'Kingdom of the Shades' scene, a slightly incongruous but totally beautiful 'white act' featuring the whole corps de ballet ethereally descending to the stage in perfect unison.
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