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I am dearly enjoying this."
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Thanks again."
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The 21st century re-invention of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar will be broadcast to select U.S. cinemas nationwide on Monday, Oct. 29 and again on Thursday, Nov. 1 at 7:30 PM local time.
Here, Andrew Lloyd Webber talks about how he's always intended the show to play arenas (and why it's taken 40 years), his new views on filming shows, the cast, the Queen's Diamond Jubilee concert and more!
Presented by NCM® Fathom Events, Omniverse Vision and The Broadway League, "Jesus Christ Superstar UK Rock Spectacular" was pre-recorded by Universal Pictures at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, England on October 4 and 5. The event features a star-studded line-up which includes award-winning musical comedian Tim Minchin – also the co-writer of West End smash musical "Matilda" – in the role of 'Judas Iscariot;' pop icon and former Spice Girl Melanie C as 'Mary Magdalene;' radio DJ Chris Moyles in his stage debut as 'King Herod;' and the winner of the UK's primetime ITV show "Superstar," Ben Forster, who was chosen by the British public to take on the title role of 'Jesus and Alexander Hanson as "Pontius Pilate" who was recently seen on Broadway in A Little Night Music. "Jesus Christ Superstar UK Rock Spectacular" will include a special historical retrospective, as well as interviews with cast members past and present.
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Artesia B&B
The rooms with double bed or 2 beds for 2 / 3 people are furnished with authentic period furniture The bedrooms are personalized with the utmost care and passion to the best Italian tradition.
The rooms are bright and harmonious, with private bathroom.
All bathrooms are equipped with mirrors, sink, shower, toilet, hairdryer.
A continental breakfast can be consumed in the living room or in the terrace.
Check in from 4:00pm to 10:00pm
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Motorway exit Verona Nord, or go to Verona Verona South Centre Corso Cavour, Lungadige continue on to the height of the Stone Bridge, turn left up the hill to Valdonega, 300 mt. you will find us.
Form The airport of verona you can take a Shuttle bus that will stop in fornt of the main railway station
From the railway station you can take bus numbser 41 and get off in Via Marsala few steps from our property
In front of the Station you can also take bus number 21,22,23,24 but you need to get off at Ospedale Maggiore di Borgo Trento
Once you get of in front of the hospital you can take bus number 70 or 71 and get off at Via Marsala (5th stops)
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B&B Artesia islocated 500 mt. from Old Town, the Roman Theatre and Stone Bridge, and even the Arena 'reachable by foot.


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Water LocksLogic puzzles require you to think. You will have to be logical in your reasoning.
A canal in UK has 13 locks and no water supply at the top.
Each lock loses 7000 L of water when used.
A truck capable of carrying 22 tons of water is rented to bring water from the bottom to the top.
Is the contract reasonable, and why?
HintWhere are the water losses?
AnswerAt first thought:
We could think that 13 x 7,000 litres = 91,000 litres that would be lost, against 22 tons.
22 tons equal 22,000 Litres (1 ton of water = 1000 kg = 1000 litres = 1 m3).
So we would lose 91,000 litres to gain 22,000 litres: contract is not worth it.
On second thought:
Certainly, each lock loses 7,000 litres, but it takes the water from the level above!
Hence, by succession, we only lose 7,000 litres from the top level, no matter how many locks we have!
The balance, then, is 22,000 litres - 7,000 litres = 15,000 litres: the contract is worth it!
On third thought (the engineering approach):
Unfortunately, waterways "lose" water in a continuous manner: by evaporation, by "leaks" to the underground water table, by "leaks" through the locks.
Now come two more factors: the length of the canal (which determines the evaporation and leaks to underground), and the TIME it takes to bring the water upstream.
If the whole of the canal loses 3,000 litres/hour and it takes the boat 5 hours to reach the top, the exercise is pointless (just maintaining the levels). Less time, and it is worth it. More time, and it is worthless.
On fourth thought (the economics):
If the engineering balance is "close to equilibrium", economics may make the exercise worthwhile, by careful planning of the traffic on the canal, i.e. making every lock crossing with TWO boats: one up, one down.
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Question for the Money Doctors
Question submitted on Sep 20, 2012.
QuestionAbout 5 years ago I was receiving survivor benefits for both myself and my son from my husbands sudden death. I have since remarried but am now getting divorced and my current husband had me sign a prenuptial stating that if we split he would have zero financial obligation to us. Am I eligible to receive survivor benefits from my first husband again or is that terminated for good since I remarried? We do still receive benefits for my young son.
First, pleace accept my condolences on the passing of your spouse. No matter how long ago I am sure this was very painful.
Secondly the "best" answer is to check with whomever was paying. I "assume" you mean social security but it could be a private policy.
If it is SS, and you get nothing if you are remarried. If you divorce, then you can get it again.
Without knowing the source of that income I can't be more specific.
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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 15/2/2013 (1648 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
MORE than 6,500 people attended the six concerts and the Pop Nuit show during the recent Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra's New Music Festival, organizers said in a release.
The festival, which ran from Jan. 28 to Feb. 2 with Steve Reich as its distinguished guest composer and percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie as distinguished guest artist, brought in more than $83,000 in revenue, one of the highest totals in recent years, the WSO release said.
Glennie's performance of The Shaman, by WSO composer-in-residence Vincent Ho, will be part of the WSO's performance at the Spring For Music Festival at Carnegie Hall in New York in May 2014. The orchestra's Carnegie program will also include Derek Charke's 13 Inuit Throat Song Games, featuring throat singer Tanya Tagaq, as well as R. Murray Schafer's Symphony No. 1.


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The principal of Hillcroft College has declined to say whether he has discovered who was behind an attempt to suppress a Surrey Comet report.
Earlier this month a 2010 report into a disastrous fundraising concert, which lost the college more than £400,000, had been removed from some Google search results after a mystery individual invoked their "right to be forgotten" under EU law.
When questioned Michael Wheeler said he would investigate to find out who that person was.
But on Wednesday the Comet was told: "Please be advised that this is an internal matter and that Michael Wheeler has no further comment to make."
MP Edward Davey, a Hillcroft patron, has said: "Using this law to expunge digital history is bad enough, but doing so without the permission of those involved, seemingly at random, is even worse."


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Try airmon-ng [Aircrack-ng]
I have a 2W ALFA Network AWUS036NH (Not) running on BT4 Live on USB
Iwconfig gives
Interface Chipset Driver
ra0 Ralink 2560 PCI rt2500 (monitor mode enabled)
wlan0 Atheros ath5k ! [phy0]
I ran
Airomon ra0 start
ifconfig ra0 up
though airodump-ng runs but shows no APs
Correct me if Im wrong but I think I Need RT2800USB to make it work correctly and to give me the option of injecting with it
Only for the life of me I cant find any instructions how to make my AWUS036NH work with RT2800USB on a BT4 USB
Any help would be appreciated
Try airmon-ng [Aircrack-ng]
The command is # airmon-ng XX start et cetera.
Streight out of the box you can surf Internet with Alpha AWUS036NH but that is all you can do in BT4. The Alpha is newer than Backtrack 4 and therefore not compatible with programs such as Aircrack, there is now way to do injection on this card with included drivers in BT4
Shame really as the new AWUS036 and it's 2000W is a true joy and the signal is very good, especially with the 9db antenna
I truly wish BT4 will have supported drivers for this card or a neat guide to enable use.
Acording to
TUTORIAL: Installing drivers RTL8187, r8187, RT2800usb on UBUNTU
Driver rt2800usb/Stacks-mac80211 with Kernel 2.6.28-11-generic (ref. ALFA-AWUS050NH/AWUS036NH)
**- With Compat-*Wireless, the "injection" and all "attacks" of Aireplay-ng, are already supported natively without installing any "patch".
*- Compatible with "Macchanger".
- The RX sensitivity and packets injection is less, related to ALFA-AWUS036H.
- Do not allow surfing Internet (possible with the driver RT2870sta or the new RT3070sta)
While, for use of the new ALFA-*AWUS050NH/AWUS036NH, load driver RT2800usb:
sudo modprobe rt2800usb
I know i woudl have to swap between drivers but that would be ok if i new how ?
Oh and i tried
Airomon ra0 start
ifconfig ra0 up
airodump-ng ra0
still shows no AP's my other card shows loads !
I tell a lie one ap did appear for a second - the alfa in XP picks up around 30 AP's !
I have tried Try airmon-ng [Aircrack-ng] start stop etc..
Apparently according to TUTORIAL: Installing drivers RTL8187, r8187, RT2800usb on UBUNTU injection will work as long as you use the tr2800usb driver
Only I cant work how to install it on my BT4 USB
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I am using the Ralink RT2870/3070 and the driver is the rt2800usb, as displayed by airmon-ng
My issue is the same, I cannot detect any wireless networks nor will it pick up any in airodump-ng.
Running Backtrack4 R1 Kernel 2.6.34 with instilation to HDD.
I didnt feel the need for blacklisting any drivers as apparently the rt2800usb driver is what is needed, so I kept it the same.
http://www.backtrack-linux.org/forum...rack-4-r1.html will fix you up (if yr using bt4-r1). be aware that rt2x00 drivers will allow you to use aircrack-ng for injection, etc - and if you want to actually connect to the internet, just use rt2870sta drivers.
for me, I just "blacklist rt2870sta", so that driver doesn't auto-load when I plugin the USB network card so Im all setup for injection, then when I want to use the adapter to actually connect to the internet I just "rmmod" the rt2x00 drivers, and manually "modprobe rt2870sta". it's all working for me, just make sure you follow one of the solutions in the above linked post.
Last edited by fnord0; 08-25-2010 at 05:07 AM.
'see the fnords!'
Thanks for the reply,
I have gone through that HOWTO several times. At the end of it I get the driver working (PROGRESS!!!!) but my power readings are a posative 70! I guess I am on the right track, now to cross this milestone.


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25 Years Ago: Guns N' Roses' 'Appetite for Destruction' Finally Hits No. 1
As one of history's milestone hard rock albums, and possibly the greatest debut ever recorded (certainly the biggest seller), Guns N' Roses' 'Appetite for Destruction' has been exhaustively dissected and scrutinized over the years.
But what many people seem to forget all these years later is that 'Appetite' was anything but an instant success story. In fact, it didn't reach No. 1 in the U.S. until Aug. 6, 1988, more than a year after its release.
Before then, and for much of the album's gradual, 57-week rise up the charts, Guns N' Roses felt like yet another promising hard rock band, doomed to remain something of a well-kept secret amongst diehard fans of the style rather than breaking through to the masses – never mind one capable of conquering the world and becoming perhaps the definitive rock band of the '80s (with all due respect to U2 and the Police).
To be sure, the band's decadent image and inveterate troublemaking (not to mention drug-taking) hardly seemed ready for prime time – nor was it suitable for widespread, PG-13 consumption. What's more, Geffen Records' promotion strategy, which saw them appealing first to core hard rock and metal fans with first singles, 'It's So Easy' and 'Welcome to the Jungle,' may have actually been unnecessarily conservative, to begin with.
But, whatever the circumstances, 'Appetite' was, much like Nirvana's 'Nevermind' a few years later, born an unstoppable juggernaut, fated to break through every adverse music business obstacle (and common sense) through sheer strength of public acclaim. And that's precisely what happened once the third single 'Sweet Child O' Mine' began steamrolling its way to No. 1 that August.
With it, a full year of hustling for attention and opening for other bands on tour – not to mention many more before that simply trying to start a band and get a record deal – seemed to pay off overnight in the eyes of outsiders and new fans. Nevertheless, by year's end, Guns N' Roses were well on their way to becoming the worlds biggest rock band.
And they owed it all to the little album that could, 'Appetite for Destruction': once a little red caboose, later a bullet train, now a hallowed iron horse of classic rock.


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100% Whey Gold Cookies
This is a solid whey protein product without an offensive taste. For anyone that works out, protein supplementation is a must as it helps regenerate muscles bigger and stronger. For males, whey protein is particularly preferable over soy-based proteins as the latter may have slight estrogenic effects.


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When you go through a breakup, it is important to have some perspective. More often than not the negatives that are associated with a split come rushing to the surface, but after a while, you start to see the benefits. Such is the case with the Boston Bruins' split from winger Nathan Horton.
Over the weekend Horton announced via his agent, that he had no intention of even exploring contract negotiations with the Boston Bruins. B's GM Peter Chiarelli said he was "surprised" by the announcement, but even though the Bruins had to play the role of jilted lover, it is entirely possible that the parting of the ways was logistically amicable.
For Horton's perspective, the benefits are a bit easier to understand. The big Canadian winger arrived from hockey purgatory (the Florida Panthers) in 2010, and at age 26, finally got the chance to prove that he was worth being selected third overall in the 2003 draft.
After suffering through the 2010 playoff collapse, the hulking power forward turned into every Bruins' fans wet dream in the B's magical 2011 Stanley Cup run. Horton scored game game-winning goals in games both games five and seven of the Bruins first round series against the Canadiens.
Horton continued his clutch play in game seven of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Lightning, by scoring the game's only goal late in the third period. In the Cup Finals Horton was the victim of a blatant check to the head by Canucks' defenseman Aaron Rome, and proceeded to miss the remainder of the Stanley Cup, with a concussion. After receiving another concussion in January of 2012, Horton would spend more than a year off the ice, with his future career very much in doubt.
Horton did end up returning to the ice, but with 2013 being the last year on Horton's contract, it was widely assumed that the lockout-shortened season would be his last with the Bruins. With Horton's 5.5 millon dollar cap hit and middling regular season production (he had just 22 points in 43 games), the door seemed all but closed for a possible return in 2014.
You know what happened next. Horton blasted that door back open by posting 19 points in 22 playoff games, including seven goals, all while being a driving force behind the reemergence of the Bruins top forward line.
If his production wasn't enough Horton toughness once again came to the forefront. Despite the fact that he was playing with a separated shoulder throughout the majority of the postseason, Horton never missed so much as a shift after his diagnosis.
With a payday on the line, Horton didn't have to play through a significant injury for three whole rounds, let alone compete at such a high level. Yet, he did anyway, because that's what hockey players in Boston do.
In testing the free-agent market, Horton will be able to gain the financial security for the rest of his career. Horton is going on thirty, and given his injury history, and his playoff performance (which includes a Stanley Cup ring), Horton's decision to move on shouldn't have come as all that much of a shock.
As for the Bruins, losing Horton certainly leaves another hole down the right wing side. With the decision not to pursue Jaromir Jagr (a no brainer), and the absence of Horton, the Bruins will be returning only two of their four wingers from their run to the Stanley Cup. No doubt Horton's production, leadership, and toughness will be difficult to replace, but there is a little bit of a silver lining in Horton's departure.
With Horton's extensive history with concussions, there was no guarantee he would be able to avoid another extended stint out of the lineup. The B's already have had a bad experience with Marc Savard's post-concussion syndrome (not that it was his fault), and the financial limitations of his handcuffing contract.
Throw in the fact that even if Horton decided to take the proverbial hometown discount, he would still cost the Bruins somewhere in the neighborhood of four million dollars a year. Given his age and apparent decline in regular season production, is that dollar amount really appropriate for a player who strictly shows up for the playoffs?
Losing Horton is a tough loss for an organization that is barely a week removed from being eliminated in the Stanley Cup Finals. That being said, with Horton and Savard officially off the books, GM Peter Chiarelli has the salary cap flexibility to once again reshape an already strong lineup.
In 2010, the Bruins needed a young and hungry 1st line winger. Nathan Horton needed a team and market that would allow him to prove himself on the grandest of stages. By all accounts Horton earned the right to leave, even if the manner in which it was done didn't make total sense (i.e. why not leave Boston open as an option?).
After a three-year run that was filled with superb highs and frustrating lows, both party's ultimately got what they wanted. Now each has a chance to write a new chapter separate from one another. Nathan Horton will be missed, and his contributions will never be forgotten, but the Boston Bruins future now has the possibility of being just a little bit better than it's present, and we all know what that means.Tags: Boston, Boston Bruins, Hockey, Marc Savard, Nathan, NHL, Peter Chiarelli


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SAINT LEO, Fla. – The Saint Leo men's cross country team placed fifth in the team's first home meet since the 2007 season. Competing at the Abbey Golf Course, the Lions finished with 109 points, while freshman Carl Dunne earned team top honors as he finished fifth out of 45 runners.
Dunne wrapped-up the 8K course with a time of 26.35.70, good enough for the fifth-fastest time in program history. He has concluded each of the Lions four races as the team's top finisher, and has posted back-to-back sub-27 minute races.
Despite Dunne's great effort, it was Phil Duncan and the University of Florida that took home both the individual and team championships. Duncan crossed the tape at a time of 26:00.40, while the Gators finished six points ahead of Florida Tech with 34.
In addition to Dunne, senior Eric Dirth concluded his last home meet ever just four seconds shy of a personal best as he broke the tape at 28:20.00 and in 17th-place.
From there, a group of six consecutive Lions finished the run as freshman Steven Brown led the charge with a 30th-place finish at a time of 29:29.40. Meanwhile, Jeff Van Natter bookended the grouping with a closing time of 30:57.80.
In between, the freshman trio of Spencer Mathis, David Hill, and Michael Walker ran tactical races, while Kevin Papac completed his run just outside the 30-minute mark.
Matthew Basin put the finishing touches on the morning as he crossed the tape at 31:55.00
The Lions will return to action on Friday, October 5, when they travel to Tallahassee, Fla. to compete in the Florida State Invitational. Race time is set for 6:45 p.m.
For more on the cross country program, visit SaintLeoLions.com.
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A gutsy 35 run partnership from former Canadian u19 captain Rustam Bhatti (23*) and Durand Soraine (12*) inched Canada past Namibia in a tight finish at Wanderers.
Canada started positively in their run chase of 184 and were well positioned at 0-35 in 7.3 overs before the loss of Patel for 26 runs wobbled the upper middle order that saw Zeashan Siddiqui (7), Ruvindu Gunasekera (12), and Niitsh Kumar (5) all dismissed within a 5 over period. Canada, now positioned at 55-4, received consolidation from the bat of Jimmy Hansra (49) who combined for a hard fought partnership with Usman Limbada to bring the game back into focus. Losing Limbada early in the 29th over, Hansra continued with Junaid Siddiqui (11) and Rustam Bhatti before being dismissed in the 42nd over with Canada requiring 35 runs from 47 balls.
With the victory, Canada will earn its first two points in the World Cricket League Championship tables in which the top two teams automatically qualify for the 2015 Cricket World Cup in Australia.
Canada will close out the Namibia tour with a 50 over WCL fixture on Thursday.
Namibia Innings
Canada are chasing 184 to win in the first of two 50 over matches with Namibia. Winning the toss and electing to field, the Canadian opening battery of Henry Osinde (2-46) & Durand Sorain (3-25) pegged back the aggressive Namibians who struggled throughout their top order. Raymond van Schoor (90) remained the only notable resistance to the Canadian attack.


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Every year, the newspaper publishes its annual section featuring high school graduates. I find myself studying the faces of these young men and women. I can't help but think of all the hopes and dreams each one of those photographs holds.
And so it was one day this week as I was getting ready for work, when those youthful faces returned to my mind. Standing before the mirror, I couldn't help but examine my own not-so-youthful face; an image of my own senior photo returning.
The differences?
Then: A young girl with smooth, peaches and cream skin; eyes that were bright that could envision hopes and dreams; healthy and shiny hair that held traces of a summer sun; a smile — genuine and unrehearsed; an 18-year-old young lady who had the world by the tail.
Now: Wrinkles; well-defined crow's feet which I prefer to call laugh lines; a few furrows on my forehead; eyes that look tired; hair that has that summer sun applied; a smile — still genuine but seen a lot less frequently ... Other things that looked back at me: Expressions that are often worried, concerned, stressed. And the scar — that ugly scar on my neck that cancer put there — the scar that ultimately saved my life.
More than 30 years separate those two images, and for a moment, I was taken back by the changes. For a moment, my heart hurt, ached for what was and the precious dreams that were never realized. The memories almost overtook me.
But wait a minute ... I can do one of two things: Begin that exhausting journey down Memory Lane ... or I can decide to remain in the present and take a good hard look at the reflection before me. I decide on the latter, and this is who I see ...
OK, there are some wrinkles. Yes, I've thought about a little nip and tuck, but I've earned every one of those wrinkles. Besides, they match the crow's feet very well — whether they came from squinting in the sun, frowning at this computer screen, or laughing in the literal face of it all. The furrows on my forehead? They live there in the disbelief that created them. My eyes look tired because, quite frankly, they are. And the hair? Well, let's just say the days of having the sun bleach out my hair while tanning my skin are long gone. My sun-streaked hair now lives in a bottle at the salon with Ms. Clare.
And then there are the expressions that live in the mirror-reflected image. Of course I'm worried, stressed out, concerned. I'm an adult now, and those seem to be the prerequisites. And then there's the scar; the scar that made me grow up really quickly. The scar that made everything else pale in comparison. The scar I see that still can bring tears to my eyes — not because of the actual scar but because of what it represents.
You know, my friends, there are days when I would give about anything to return to those senior picture days — a place in time when the worries and woes of the world were few.
But on the other hand, I study my image in the mirror today, and while I can see about a bazillion things I'd like to improve, I'm fairly content to wear those wrinkles, those crow's feet, those furrows ... even that dreadful yet beloved scar. You see, I've earned them all. They are my badges of honor.
Life has a way of changing us, both inside and out. While the image that stares back at me doesn't hold the youthful qualities of yesteryear, I believe what lives inside is far more appealing than what I had to offer 30-some years ago.
May today's graduates relish each moment, embrace each day. And as they look toward the future, may they realize that what lives inside them is really all that counts. The wrinkles, the furrows, even the scars are just the evidence of a life well-lived.
And my words to this year's Class of 2014: May you wear your badges of honor proudly.
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Car. vs. hydrant crash sends thousands of gallons of water into streets
About one hundred thousand gallons of water gushed along H Street after a car crashed into a Humboldt county fire hydrant.
It happened in front of Grant school in Eureka at about 8 a.m. Eureka Police say a Eureka mom was taking her child to school and was likely going too fast south when she said she tried to slam on the brakes but hit the hydrant.
The child inside the car was checked out for complaint of pain.
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In the Garden
By Patty Campbell, Special to the Citizen 10/08/12
With the arrival of fall, days will soon be getting noticeably shorter and nighttime temperatures will begin to fall.
Now, as your trees begin responding to the changing conditions, you can take a number of proactive steps to care for them and help ensure they will be healthy and beautiful for years to come.
"It's a good idea to think about the health of your trees in fall," says certified arborist Jason Anderson, co-owner of Arborscapes LLC. Anderson conducts the training on trees for Master Gardeners in Henrico, Chesterfield, and Goochland/Powhatan.
He advises starting by taking a good, long look at your trees. Notice whether there are dead branches – which are much easier to identify while the leaves are still on the tree. Some dead branches are normal, but if more than roughly 10% -- the amount varies by tree type – is dead, you may want to consider talking to a certified arborist.
Look again when the leaves start to fall to make sure all your deciduous trees of the same species are dropping their leaves at roughly the same time. "If one is dropping its leaves earlier, it can be a sign that the tree is stressed," says Anderson.
Checking trees of like species again next spring to see if they bud at roughly the same time can also help you tell if you have a tree that is stressed.
"An important thing to remember," says Anderson, "particularly if you have a mature tree is that the tree may not show signs of distress for two or three years following the event that causes the stress."
After looking up, look down to check the mulch around your trees.
"Mulching is one of the best things you can do for your trees," says Anderson, "provided you do it properly."
Mulch around trees should be no more than 2-3 inches deep and should never be piled up against tree bark at the base of the tree. Make the ring of mulch as large as you can up to the dripline or end of the branches of the tree.
Good mulch materials include aged sawdust, shredded pine bark, or wood chips.
"It's important not to over mulch," says Anderson. "And you need to remember that mulch goes over the roots, but not on the trunk of the tree."
Mulch adds organic matter to the soil around the tree and helps keep soil temperatures warmer, allowing tree roots to continue to grow later into the fall. Once winter arrives, mulch helps reduce alternate freezing and thawing that heaves soil and can cause damage to young roots.
Mulching also reduces water loss and helps maintain uniform soil moisture around tree roots.
"Grass roots compete with tree roots for water," says Anderson. "Mulching eliminates the competition."
Fall and winter when trees are dormant are also ideal times to do any pruning that may be needed. "Structural and formative pruning on trees less than ten years old can help eliminate problems in the future," explains Anderson. "And older trees may need deadwood removed to improve their structure and reduce liability during bad weather."
Henrico promotional company changes name
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Henrico-based brand merchandising company NewClients, Inc. has changed its name to Boost Promotional Branding.
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Three Lidl shoppers will win trips to New York City to receive a first-look at the Esmara by Heidi Klum collection and attend an international runway event debuting the collection. The contest is open to residents of Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina – the three states in which Lidl currently operates grocery stores. The chain opened two stores in Henrico County last month. > Read more.
Glen Allen advances in 14U Babe Ruth World Series
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The Glen Allen Babe Ruth Baseball League 14-year-old all-star team advanced to the single-elimination round of the 14-year-old World Series, which the Glen Allen Youth Athletic Association is hosting at RF&P Stadium in Glen Allen. > Read more.
Earnhardt gives Redskins a ride
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Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the Hendrick Motorsports No. 88, stopped at Richmond Raceway Aug. 8 in advance of the track's NASCAR weekend in September. He was joined by five players from the Washington Redskins, who were in town for the team's training camp, which concluded Aug. 14. The day in Richmond gave Earnhardt and the Redskins players an opportunity to see how the athletes compete in their respective sports. > Read more.
READ Center a finalist for $25k grant
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The READ Center is a top-200 cause finalist in State Farm's Neighborhood Assist program, making it eligible to earn a $25,000 grant to support adult literacy in the Richmond region. The 40 organizations from across the nation with the most votes will win grants.
The READ Center, based in Henrico, provides classroom instruction and one-to-one tutoring to adults with very low literacy. > Read more.
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CHANGES in Sparsholt College's dairy management system has seen it reach the top ten per cent of recorded herds on the Kite Milk Monitor.
Kite is a specialist consultancy representing approximately 500 herds. Its Milk Monitor league table is based on milk sales less purchase feed.
Graham Boyt, farm manager said: "Changing to a semi intensive system has proved incredibly successful.
"We have a far happier herd, the students are getting a much better learning experience and I'm a very happy farm manager as not only have we significantly reduced our costs but the increase in yield has seen a cumulative increase in income to the tune of £100K."
Under the revised system Sparsholt College agriculture students now assist with calving in the September at the start of the autumn term, they lamb in January and focus on field work from March onwards.
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CLEARWATER, Fla. – The Saint Leo women's swimming team finished the 2012 Sunshine State Conference Championships in fifth place with a final score of 307, Saturday afternoon at the Long Center in Clearwater, Fla.
Nova Southeastern took home the top spot, collecting 932 points over the four-day Championship event. The Sharks edged out second-place Tampa by a mere 11 points, with Florida Southern coming in third with 683 points. The Lions were just 70 points behind Rollins, who claimed fourth, while Florida Tech rounded out the results in fifth with 126 points.
Notable finishes by the Lions over the four day event included a fourth-place finish for Sandra Stopczynska in the 100-Yard Breaststroke, touching with a time of 1:06.24, good for NCAA "B" standards, as well as a sixth-place touch for Kaitlyn Hite in the 400-IM with a mark of 4:45.55.
The women opened the final day of action with Lindsay Albanese, Kristy Marques, Sarah Earls, and Katie David swimming in the 1650-Yard Freestyle event. Albanese took the top finish for the Lions, touching with a time of 18:22.27, good for 13th overall. Marques was behind Albanese, finishing 14th with a time of 18:36.23. Earls claimed 15th with a mark of 20:16.75, while David brought home a 17th place time of 23:18.95.
The 200-Yard Backstroke event saw Allison Cary secure a 12th-place finish with a time of 2:18.80, with David pulling in 14th, finishing at 2:45.96.
Bianca Muniz claimed finished the 200-Yard Breaststroke event with a 10th place time of 2:39.18, followed by Sarah Thompson in 13th with a mark of 2:54.92.
In the final individual event of the day, Chloe Pellican brought in a team-best ninth-place in the 200-Yard Butterfly, touching the wall at 2:12.33. Albanese and Earls finished 13th and 14th, respectively, earning times of 2:28.16 and 2:49.14.
The Lions concluded the afternoon with the 400-Yard Freestyle Relay, which saw Pellican, Muniz, Marques, and Sandra Stopczynska pull in a fifth-place time of 3:45.25.
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Katherine Heigl in a bikini has the poise of a Yeti
Katherine Heigl slipped off to Mexico this weekend with her husband Josh Kelley. When I initially found out there were bikini pics of Katherine, I expected some sexy awesomeness. What I got instead is akin to seeing my arthritic grandma lumber across the dunes of Tatooine. Anyone who got that joke, I just want you to know not all girls look like this. Keep trying to make contact and, eventually, one of them will touch your lightsaber. Statistics is on your side!
NOTE: The Geekologie Writer is on record saying he'd hit it. I informed him we were talking about Katherine Heigl and not my grandmother. He has since retracted his statement. Not sure what he did with all that prune juice though.
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HOUSTON - A lot of funny things can happen at the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo, especially with events such as the Calf Scramble, where teens race to rope a calf, and Mutton Bustin', where small children ride sheep.
New York comedian Jimmy Fallon came down to the Lone Star State over the weekend hoping to find some of that funny material for his NBC talk show, "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon."
Fallon has been cracking jokes for NBC fans for more than a decade, first with "Saturday Night Live" and then with his own show.
"We're having the best time. (We have the) best crew of working people -- best writers, the band. And the best fans who've kept the show around. It went so fast. It feels like two weeks. But, again, it also feels like 50 years," he said. "It's a very positive show. We have fun and have fun with our guests. We have them sing and play games. It's super fun and it's a good way to go to bed at night. If you're having a rough day, watch us! You don't have to think. We'll do the hard work for you, and make you laugh and you go to bed happy."
While Fallon was at the rodeo, he took part in the Calf Scramble. It was part of a rodeo segment he will air on his show later this month.
"Chicken fried steak -- everything is deep fried. You name it, they can deep fry it. Do you realize this? Twice fried -- they already fried it and they're going to fry it again and give it to you. THAT's a win for me," Fallon said.
Fallon shook a lot of hands with fans and posed for pictures. He said he owes everything to his fans.
"Local 2, man. I got to give props to the people here in Houston. I love it. Thank you for watching me," he said.
"Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" airs weekdays at 11:35 p.m. Houston time.
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We have had a cold/cough going through our family and I saw a post on the forums of another mum who has a child with a cough, so I thought I'd post some suggestions for natural remedies you can give your child to speed recovery and quiet a cough.
You could try making a mixture of honey and ginger juice and giving that to your child twice a day to help quiet a cough and boost his immune system. I haven't tried this, as I only now learned about it, but it's worth a try and the ginger and honey are really good for the immune system.
Here's a video showing you how to make this natural cough syrup which can be done in a matter of minutes.
Here's a Homemade Cough and Cold Syrup recipe that is mostly honey and onions. I've used something like this in the past and it worked for me.
I have a wonderful Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioner who makes up a wonderful herbal blend for my children, depending on what kind of cough they have (not all coughs are the same - some are dry, some are productive, etc.). I used this herbal blend with one of my children this month, and it really helped to speed her cough recovery.
I know it's important to reduce/eliminate sugar and white flour products simply because those things will suppress the immune system and you want your child's immune system to be as strong as possible when healing.
Does anyone have any natural remedies they use for a cold?
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Children at Westwood with Iford Primary School created their own music scene with recycled materials.
Wiltshire Wildlife Trust hosted the workshop and taught pupils from Reception, Year One and Year Two the value of recycling, while also incorporating other topics on the school's curriculum.
Reception/Year One teacher Ann Cook said: "Our science topic is about sound, but we are also learning about dinosaurs. We linked the two topics and the focus was on reusing materials that would otherwise be thrown away or put into landfill.
"We gave Wiltshire Wildlife Trust the brief and they worked with it. It was really good fun for the children."
After creating instruments from pots, cups and tins, the pupils performed with them while singing about dinosaurs.
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HAMILTON, Ohio (AP) -- A southwest Ohio teen has pleaded not guilty to a murder charge in the death of a fellow group home resident who authorities say died from head injuries after the teen allegedly assaulted him.
Butler County's prosecutor said Tuesday that 17-year-old Lance Tiernan pleaded not guilty at a Monday hearing in Hamilton. Tiernan was charged as a juvenile but later indicted as an adult in 16-year-old Anthony Parker's death.
Police said Tiernan body-slammed Parker to the floor after Parker and another teen got into an argument Dec. 19. Authorities say Parker was taken to a hospital and died Dec. 28. An autopsy determined he died from blunt force trauma to the head.
The group home is for children who have been abused or neglected, have disabilities or are otherwise troubled.


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So can we still join in this glorious whatever-this-is?Bam. Tit job.
yes, but we're in the middle of the season right now. two weeks or therabouts til the new one kicks off.
Check the fist post to find the link to the spreadsheet, check the rules section of the spreadsheet to see how to join (pretty sure it's a case of "add your name to the spreadsheet"), and then wait a couple of weeks til the season ends and it's time for the next one.
I wouldn't recommend choosing a race yet, since you won't know what's available until closer to the time.
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Nullkigan and I played our match tonight, Longus Barba(Dwa) vs Powgirls(Ama), it's a matchup that some have suggested favours the dwarfs and the result of this match would suggest they are right.
Nullkigans 'zons started off with receiving the ball, which suited me fine as I could attempt the usual 2-1 grind. The amazons started attacking in a wide line, looking for weaknesses in my defense, but wary of committing too many girls in direct contact with my own players. Thanks to having more guard I wasn't too afraid to leave my dwarfs strung out on a line with the runners acting as safeties. After a little back and forth with noone really gaining the advantage Nullkigan saw an opening on my right and got the ballcarrier to within two or three squares of my endzone, however he only had one amazon with as support. I got one of my runners in as an assist and the other blitzed the ballcarrier and picked up the ball. After a bit more shuffling and a failed one die blitz (BD without a reroll I think?) I managed to give the ball to a blitzer who with good use of GFI's could score in two turns. At this time most of the amazons was in my half and fairly well covered by my dwarfs. Last turn and Nullkigan had a chance to stop me from scoring with a one die blitz and two GFI's, luckily for me he has to burn the reroll on a GFI and the die shows attacker down. 1-0 to my dwarfs and the first time I think they have managed to hold off the other team from scoring in the first half.
Second half I receive the ball and bring on the deathroller, since I'm in the lead I can play a calm/boring game where I bunch up in the middle of the field with the ballcarrier in the middle, I know that with all the guard/tackle and the deathroller on the team I should (in theory!!) win the scrum. Nullkigan makes an attempt but about halfway in the round he abandons most of the right side of the field and gathers 6-7 zons around a lonely troll slayer, leaving me to have a somewhat leisurely stroll down his left side with my ballcarrier. My troll slayer gets fouled repeatedly, but he only gets stunned. My dwarfs, looking on in disgust, decides to show them how it's done, and fouls one of theirs to a badly hurt (or crushed hand?), and the deathroller BH one of the gangfoulers.
Turn fifteen I decide my masochistic troll slayer has had enough fun and walks the ball in, 2-0. There's a riot on the last kickoff and the zons finally manage to take one of the dwarfs out, MNG.
Thanks for the game Nullkigan, your girls fought bravely :)
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With no way to actually stop your wall of short beef, I had to try for the risk run. I admit I miscalculated the speed of the runners, and a turn-over from a GFI prevented me from setting up the screen I really needed.
The return foul was a -AV. On one of my Blitzers. The smashed hand was just a standard blitz, I think.
Against seven players with tackle, six with guard and eleven(?) with block, there wasn't much I could do except try to stay out of the way of the inevitable Funeral March formation. For about four turns I rolled nothing but pushes.
The only real saving grace was that the deathroller managed to roll stumbles four times out of five. Until it finally sent someone off. Well, that and the spot of irony right at the end with a dwarf finally going down.
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Division 3 - Monopole Magnates vs Salems Lot
Final Result: Monopole Magnates 1, Salems Lot 2.
I finally won a match!!!!
Mainly due to some lucky blocks and dodges in the second half. Full write-up to be added tomorrow.
Overall it was a pretty close run game. My choice to purchase a ghoul player, bringing my numbers back up to 11 after having lost both my wights in recent games, proved fortunate. He went on to being almost single handledly responsible for both my touchdowns! My hired star player Nekbrekerekh proved less able, doing little until he knocked himself out in a failed block in turn 16.
Jiiiiiim repeatedly tore openings in my central defence using his Sauri, but his skinks were simply not up to the game, failing several crucial dodges. This was compounded by 2 important failed blocks from his Sauri, which should have been sure things (double skulls despite a re-roll). The only run of luck Jiiiim had was in the first half, where he scored an easy TD using a saurus runner and skink cage. Although luck had little to do with this, more my failure at mounting a solid defence.
Not one to look a gift-horse in the mouth I used the opportunities presented to my team to score two TDs using my new star ghoul Wormgrinder. Both times he managed to dodge out of harms way and run in the TDs I needed.
Thanks for the game Jiiiim, better luck in the remaining matches.
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The last few turns of my match against Gorm really did just provide a priceless lesson on the fickle vengeance of Nuffle. It was turn 15, only one turn left for each of us, and as Gorm said, my berserker had the ball and was within 3 or 4 squares of the end zone. Most of his players were well back at midfield, as were most of mine. I was slightly worried about him having one chance to blitz the ball carrier on his last turn, so I intended to blitz away a single thrall that was tying up an ulfwerener and a couple of linemen so that I could move them forward to provide a rudimentary screen. I activated blitz, went to throw the 2d block with the Ulfy, made the mistake of thinking "what could possibly go wrong?," and sure enough, Nuffle heard my thoughts and rolled up a pair of BDs for the one type of player on my team that doesn't have block.
This allowed Gorm to hypnotize one of my players, freeing up a thrall for the blitz on the ball carrier. I thought I was saved by the push. . . another mistake. He maneuvered a vampire into position on the other side of my ball carrier, nicely blocking him in. When my final turn came around, I managed a GFI to get a lineman next to the vamp and cancel out his assist, again giving me hope that I might yet score. Pop blitz again, have the ball carrying 'zerker throw his 1d block against the thrall, hoping that frenzy would ensure he'd go down and move me safely out of the vampire's tackle zone. . . and Nuffle repaid my hopes with a skull, ending the match. And, for good measure, the 'zerker went down badly hurt.
Worst of all, in retrospect I'm pretty sure that if I had simply moved the 'zerker to the touchline first before attempting that first block, he'd have been beyond even GFI range of any of Gorm's players. I'd be kicking myself, but the whole thing is just too damn funny. It was such a hilariously perfect screw that I can't be upset. :P
Take this lesson to heart, friends. Hubris is the sweetest of meats to Nuffle. If you think you've got it in the bag, he *will* come for you.
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And the Munchers suffer another beating. 2 - 0 to Deesnos Dwarfs. Despite the diminutive size of the opposition, a sweltering sun forced the managment of the Munchers to sit in the shade, sipping on a glass of wine, calmly on-looking the slaughter that took place on the pitch. Two halflings were thrown, one submitting to hunger (he hadn't eaten for more than two minutes), on the endzone, handing the ball to a fine lady in the audience as he was carried off. The other one landed so close to a blitzer that he fainted, despite being told twice that the mean-looking, beer-smelling, heavily armoured little evil person was out of range. The rest of the team didn't really like the look of the dwarfs either and unanimously decided that every single little peck from the Chompers would be a perfect excuse to hang out in the dug outs and drink beer.
There was one heroic halfling that actually tried to play Blood Bowl, Tequila I think his name was. He actually killed a dwarf, jumping belly first on the stout fella (already lying on the ground)! Grinning widely as the ref led him off the pitch, he didn't see the apothecary nimbly putting the carcass back together.
GG Cacamas, and a well deserved win, you played well despite Nuffle's best efforts!
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GG with Mootpoint's short stuffs: 2-0 to me in the end. After the bruising encounter with the Norse last time, it was nice that, for once, my dwarfs were up against opponents smaller than them. And they took full advantage :)
The first TD was textbook: I received, formed a cage, broke through the defensive line and ran in with my runner. The next kick off threw up an interesting weather change and sweltering heat meant 4 of my dwarfs KO'd for the next play. Against a skeleton defence, Mootpoint nearly responded immediately to my TD. Another textbook play: treeman throws halfling to clear area who lands perfectly and runs for the line. But, DISASTER! And TRIUMPH for me! The stunty needed to GFI for one more square to get the TD but, in those twists BB always seems to throw up, he fell flat on his face in the TD zone.
The second half revealed a fully restored Dwarven defence who had decided that "a little sweat never hurt nobody". The beatings received in the previous half had taken it's toll and Mootpoint could only muster 6-7 players to attack. Stung by the close call earlier, three dwarfs stayed back to cover any sneaky throwing of teammates while the others worked on reducing the Halfling numbers and retrieve the ball from enemy clutches. They tried to cage up but, when one of the two treemen took root, there wasn't much hope in it working. In desperation, another launch of a halfling was attempted. He landed, but on his head, so the way was clear for my runner to pick up, move away from the single halfling remaining on the pitch and stroll over the line for the second and final TD.
Final toll: 5 halflings badly hurt, the rest KO'd with only the treemen remaining standing. A filthy, underhand foul killed (!) one of my blitzers, but my apothecary saved him.
Bring on the Vamps!
SpreadSheet, but as PW says we're less than halfway thru the current season so you'll need to either keep checking the thread or come back and look in about 2 weeks...
/edit - Results validated, DivA rolled on
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Sadly the race choices for new players looks rather limited at the moment, particularly if we get any more new joiners for next season. If you hate the remaining few teams enough I'm sure a sufficient level of pitiful puppy-eyed whining could get the powers-that-be to accomodate ;)
In the end I got a game with Indefatigable Snoozer and, distracted by the telly, pretty much accused him of stealing my turn through some kind of evil witchcraft when actually I'd both-downed on my first block. Not my finest hour.
That said, I'm surprised that so few people are picking Goblins. I find them to be a more capable team than Vampires, but that's probably only because my Vamps keep badly hurting my Thralls. Bloodsuckers.
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Not that I have an ulterior motive or anything, wanting to ditch rats but not having a different enough team to ditch them for.
Those rats got you all the way to the Champions League in successive seasons, and now you want to change them and start again?
I considered switching to an elf team again before this season, but now I feel like my dwarves are coming into their right. That is being a bunch of annoying bastards to play against :p So I'll stick with them at least for another season.
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Yes, these rats have served me exceedingly well, yes they've got me to the championship in successive seasons. But on the other hand their TV is horribly high (now into the 30k spiralling expenses band) so even in the championship I'm routinely giving away 400k in inducements. The other reason is always playing the risky luck-based game inherent to skaven slowly but surely frays my nerves away every match. It's starting to make matches as much stressful as fun, particularly when the dice decide to have a go at me (which they do all too regularly). When a game gets stressful, time for a change of pace.
I'd be very tempted to switch to pro elf, I have a rather nice single player pro elf team. What puts me off is a) they're not different enough from my skaven (I know they're more passers than runners, but same agility game broadly speaking) and b) if I switch I go down to the bottom division, giving me last dibs if my most desired team gets a free slot.
Part of the reason I fancy chaos is that I've forever felt slightly cheated on my skaven team, getting only one double and one stat-up in 22 level ups. Yup, that one-in-six chance of a double just never came through for me. So every time I level a chaos player and pick a mutation, I'm going to give those f***ing level up dice the finger. Or nurgle of course, I'm not discriminatory with my Chaos gods, though nurgle's lack of agility is rather prohibitive.
mrpier: Your bloody dwarves were annoying enough when I fought them a couple of seasons ago, I dread to think what they're like now.
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The grass is always greener but I do understand that it's fun to change things up a bit.


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THOUSAND OAKS, California (Reuters) - Graeme McDowell will take a 10-week break after the World Challenge ends on Sunday to recharge his batteries for a hectic 2013 campaign on both sides of the Atlantic.
The globe-trotting Northern Irishman competes regularly on the PGA and European tours and has decided to finish his 2013 U.S. schedule in August, earlier than usual, before switching his focus to the late-season flurry of events in Europe.
"I'm probably going to have to play 14 (PGA Tour) events between February and August, as opposed to 15 between January and October," McDowell told reporters after firing a six-under-par 66 at Sherwood Country Club on Friday.
"Our version of the playoffs (on the European Tour) makes the end of the year pretty full on. When the guys on this side of the pond are sort of hanging their clubs up for a couple of months, we're kind of putting the pedal down in Europe.
"We have a lot of quality events around the world with golf as healthy as it is, but it makes it pretty difficult for a two-tour guy like me," added the Northern Irishman, a seven-time winner on the European Tour. "It's a lot of golf."
The final six events on the 2013 European Tour will be staged in Portugal, Australia, China, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates for the season-ending DP World Tour Championship.
McDowell, who will take a three-shot lead into Saturday's third round of the World Challenge as he seeks a first tournament victory in two years, relishes the prospect of a 10-week break before taking on his busy 2013 schedule.
"I'm looking to the next 10 weeks off being a springboard to 2013," he smiled. "I would love to compete and play well this weekend, to put a little icing on what's been a mediocre year.
"Despite the fact that I feel like I've played some decent golf this year, I really don't have a lot to show for myself, and this would be a nice way to finish.
"Then these next 10 weeks are going to be very important to me to recharge and refocus and reset because I know I'm in a good place, both on and off the course, and I feel very positive about next season, regardless of what happens this weekend."
McDowell, who has not triumphed anywhere since a golden 2010 campaign highlighted by his first major victory at the U.S. Open and capped by a playoff win over Tiger Woods at the World Challenge, has a lot going on in his private life at the moment.
He announced his engagement to Kristin Stape in Dubai earlier this month and, with their wedding planned for late next year, will shortly be taking up a new residence in Florida.
"December will be very much recharging and relaxing and moving into my new house in Orlando and spending some time with friends and family," McDowell said.
"And January will be detoxing and practising and getting ready to do it all again, I suppose. It's been a long three years, four years (of competitive golf) for me and I'm look forward to some time off."
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Hey my loves…not sure if you've seen this yet, but here's JIBRI's Spring 2012 Collection. I will admit, I don't own any of Jasmine's designs, but my friend Ivory does and she LOVES the line. I'm actually eyeing that first skirt! So gorgeous! Her pieces don't usually last very long, so if you see something you like…get on it! Check out the line here.
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MICHAEL Clarke is poised to accept a lucrative pay day in this year's Indian Premier League only weeks before Australia's Ashes campaign begins in England.
The Australian captain is set to feature in the seven-week tournament in April and May after being listed in the IPL's February 3 auction to be held in Chennai.
His manager, James Erskine, said on Wednesday it was likely Clarke would play in the world's richest Twenty20 competition. ''It's not 100 per cent yet, but it's a possibility,'' Erskine said. ''I think that's what he's thinking.''
The IPL is a potential spanner in the works for Australian team management, which is busy planning its assault on India next month and then England.
The IPL tournament starts on April 3 - only a week after the fourth Test against India winds up in Delhi - and the IPL final on May 26 falls 13 days before Australia starts its pre-Ashes campaign in England at the ICC Champions Trophy.
The first Test, at Trent Bridge, starts on July 10.
Clarke, the world's most prolific batsman, is paramount to Australia's prospects in the Ashes, but while the runs have continued to flow from his bat at record-breaking levels this summer, his fitness has been a concern.
His extensive time in the middle left him battling continued hamstring soreness and he withdrew from Wednesday's fifth one-dayer against Sri Lanka with a twisted ankle. If he does not use the IPL window to rest, he stands to have almost no time off between now and the conclusion of the tour of England - the first leg of back-to-back Ashes series this year.
Clarke made his IPL debut last year on a one-year contract with Pune Warriors.
Cricket Australia is unable to prevent players appearing in the IPL as it falls during an official ''leave'' period. Other Ashes candidates with existing IPL deals and likely to play in the tournament include Shane Watson, Matthew Wade, Ben Hilfenhaus, James Pattinson and Mitchell Johnson.
But CA will be delighted that fast bowler Mitchell Starc has turned down offers of up to $1 million in an effort to be fresh for the five-Test tour of England.
The player of the tournament with the title-winning Sydney Sixers at the Twenty20 Champions League in South Africa last October, Starc is considered hot property by IPL franchises and his sparkling form with the bat has only increased his appeal.
It is believed he could have earned between $750,000 and $1 million if he had entered the IPL auction, with two franchises in particular understood to have been eager to secure the paceman.
There has been continued interest in Starc in the lead-up to the auction but he has knocked back the offers because of the cluttered schedule, planning instead to join the IPL next year.
''Obviously, after the Champions League that [the Sixers] won, Mitch became hot property,'' Starc's manager, Andrew Fraser said. ''We sat down and spoke about it and agreed that in the long-term interests of his career it was best not to play.
''His body needs a rest, and if he takes that four to six weeks off and has a rest, then it's going to make him really fresh for [the England] tour. If he doesn't take a rest, he's pretty well not going to have had a break for two years. It wasn't a hard decision.''
Amid concern over injuries and CA's handling of players, Starc has been the high-performance team's best example of success. He has performed well in all three formats for his country since his Test debut against New Zealand in Brisbane in December 2011.


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Kogod Welcome Week 2013 in Photos
Last week marked the beginning of a new life chapter for more than 100 undergraduate students and more than 200 graduate students as they joined the Kogod community.
In addition to their university-wide orientation sessions, new freshmen and undergraduate transfer students learned more about Kogod through welcome presentations led by Associate Dean for Academic Programs Lawrence Ward and the Kogod Leadership and Applied Business (K-LAB) team.
New freshmen who chose to participate in Kogod's Capital Connections program also had the opportunity to visit five businesses in the region, including Discovery Communications and Honest Tea, and hear from company executives about how they operate.
For new graduate students, the week included a mini case competition, a lunch with members of the faculty and an introduction to all the opportunities to become involved with the Kogod community during their time in school.


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Welcome back to Mets Chat Room. The boys against the Nationals. Claudio Vargas will become the seventh pitcher to start for the Mets this spring.
The Yankees' series is a couple of days away and nobody is making a big deal if it.
Nor should they. You will hear about what an impact interleague play has made on attendance. Don't drink that Kool-Aid.
I would rather see a Mets-Marlins game than a Mets-Yankees game. I know the Yankees would draw more, but that's unimportant to me.
The integrity of the major league schedule, and that all teams run the same race is what matters most.
Interleague play is, always has been, always will be, a shameless gimmick.