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Microsoft should have been stronger in its argument for the Xbox One's former digital features, Codemasters founder David Darling has stated.
In fact, Darling goes as far as to argue that Microsoft insistence on tying Xbox One to physical media may hand Apple and Google the chance to 'win' the living room games battle.
"I don't think Microsoft sold it in the right way – they weren't strong enough," Darling told Games Industry. "I don't think they should have had a physical drive on Xbox One – it's like having a dead body handcuffed to you. It's dragging along this dead body and it's going to slow them down. They've let the market pull them back but I think that was a mistake.
"The price of console games has to drop otherwise they will not be competitive with Apple and Google. The industry will definitely move in that direction, and I think it will move very quickly. There's no point in distributing physical media when the internet exists.
"They've given Apple and Google a chance to get into the living room – they'll come along with new machines and take over the market."
Darling added that he's aware a potential loss of physical games media would result in closures and job losses but argues that such losses are unavoidable in an increasingly digital world.
"Unfortunately, you're talking about people's livelihoods and careers," he added. "At Codemasters we had salespeople and warehouse people, and their jobs depended on boxed games – if you don't have physical stock then they don't have a job.
"The shift towards digital is going to mean people losing their jobs and changing careers, but at some stage we have to say we don't need these people anymore. Those who resist are like the Luddites from the 1800s – we have a loom which does all of this stuff automatically so we don't need workers doing it by hand."


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Good morning Athena! Wednesday: 5 miles 47:09 - 9:26 avg. pace - 1x1000m @ 7:11 pace / 3:00 jog / 4x400m @ 6:35 pace / 60 sec. passive recovery. Wasn't really feeling it yesterday but I needed to prime the pump for my race on Saturday and ended up doing slightly better than expected. Still, expectations are pretty low for this half - we'll see. Recovery run today, plus run around and get things ready for our aid station. I'm expecting 55 volunteers. Have a great day!
It's still two days away and I've already got butterflies. Part of me thinks I should do fine because my weekend runs are usually longer than what I'll be doing on Saturday, but I'm a little concerned that I haven't been running during the week before work at all to try and give my shin a break.
You'll do great jeb. Important to arrive at the starting line healthy so I wouldn't sweat the extra rest this week.
Ran a higher paced 6.8 (~HM pace) miles yesterday with 4x30second hill sprints thrown into the mix.
Today will be a much easier 6 miles
If they run the 5k on the same course as '08 you start on a slight upgrade and then it's mostly flat to downhill except for a steep, short pitch about 1/2. That's me, on the right.
Jeb : You will do great
Moth: Good luck on your race too
jbei: Quality running there
Just checking in got 4 in Tuesday with couple Fartleks too and 6 yesterday pretty good pace.Only problem was having to stop 2 times for the bathroom. My diet changes have effected they bathroom stops witch seem to have moved to mid run these days. Knee has been good still sore but moving in right direction and not effecting my runs at this time. I mainly just watch steep down hill and going down steps other than that it has been great. Been little different last 2 runs as I have been solo so pace has been quite bit faster than normal. My wife and daughter are tapering for their HM this weekend. Not sure how their running will go after Sunday. My wife is off for 8 weeks because of surgery. My DD on the other hand needs to keep her fitness up. So will see how I can work more quality in for me and her.
CSpirk - Good luck @ Tacoma!
Good luck racing this weekend, MothAudio and Jeb!
Just a slow 5 this morning. Did a little core work afterwards. I don't really do much else outside of running but ever since I started doing some pushups and crunches my back hasn't been as sore after my runs. That's really nice. I've always had such a weak midsection...it's cool that it's getting stronger.
Now to get all this extra weight off!
Go Team!
Hi Team...
Good luck to the racers this weekend! Go out and get a PR!!!
Moth: Nice form!
As for me, nothing but easy recovery miles this week. I should have about 25 or so by Sunday. My legs are still a bit tired from my HM. Those hills were brutal! This week I really learned the importance of recovery runs. It is hard to force yourself to go as slow and easy as possible, but it feels good when you are finished.
Got my 9 miles in this morning. So, 36 in total for the week. Keep getting closer to that 40!
SRD tomorrow.
I hope everyone is having a great weekend!
Go racers!
Well the Flying Pig 5k was this morning at 10 but I didn't do it...I was pretty beat after doing the 10k at 8.
It went really well. I ran my fastest 10k , 1hr 4m 29s, and my pace actually got consistently faster during the race. There was a bit of a panic moment at the 2 mile mark and the clock showed over 25 minutes until I realized that the clock was based on the actual start and it took a few minutes for the middle of the pack to reach the start.
Great news on the 10k jeb!
Just for s&g's I got my average paces from my Sportwatch.
Mile 1: 10:48
Mile 2: 10:40
Mile 3: 10:23
Mile 4: 10:14
Mile 5: 10:04
Mile 6: 9:25
Generally I tend to hang out around 10:30 or so. I'm guessing those first two miles are a little out of whack because the pack/walkers were still pretty thick.
Nice race Jeb!
Squeaked in under my goal time for my HM this AM.
1:39:40 Chip time (7:36 pace), 3:08 PR
Squeaked in under my goal time for my HM this AM.
1:39:40 Chip time (7:36 pace), 3:08 PR
Good morning M.R.T. Sunday: 8 miles 1:20:22 - 10:03 avg. pace - recovery. Took 2 miles for my hammies to loosen up but my foot didn't complain once. Monday: SRD. Foot is good, hamstrings still tight. Plan today is to go to gym and stretch, create DIY rock shield for my trail shoes. Base building begins tomorrow and continues for the foreseeable future. Have a great day!
Speed / Specific Endurance / Threshold / Hills / Neuromuscular / Moderate
Week 18: 43 miles
Monday: SRD
Tuesday: 8 miles 1:14:47 - 9:21 avg. pace - easy / XT [scooter]
Wednesday: 5 miles 47:09 - 9:26 avg. pace - 1x1000m @ 7:11 pace / 3:00 jog / 4x400m @ 6:35 pace / 60 sec. passive recovery
Thursday: 3 miles 28:46 - 9:36 avg. pace - chillin'. 2x200m @ 6:30 pace+4xstrides. Much better!
Friday: 3 miles 28:56 - 9:39 - avg. pace 4x200m @ 5:55 pace / 200m jog / 2xstrides. Legs were dead :<
Saturday: 16 miles. Capital City Half Marathon.
Sunday: 8 miles 1:20:22 - 10:03 avg. pace - recovery. Took 2 miles for my hammies to loosen up but my foot didn't complain once.
Great job on those races! We got some speedy team members!
An easy 5 miles to start the week for me. I don't know if I'll try for 40...we'll see how things go and how much sleep I get...
Hey Peeps!
Ran 8.1 miles this morning with a wee fartlek tucked in there somewhere. It definitely woke up my legs!
Run away!
Had a really good XT brisk walk with hubby last night, today is a light run and gym weight day later this afternoon.
Good to see everyone is doing well
Jeb nice time and splits there in your 10k
Moth You inspire me I hope to one day be at your level
Well here is the break down for my weekend
Saturday 6 miles was not feeling it as it has been sunny for last week here and this run was mid day and hot. Learned my lesson get out early.
Tacoma HM
The bottom line 2 hours 40 mins clock time 2:23 on my watch with auto pause on
I originally was going to run this and another back to back weekends for fun and so I could join Half Fanatics. As time went on I had 2 other come up so no need to back to back them will finish the next 2 months with 3 halfs run. With that asked my wife and daughter if they would run it with me or me with them. From there a couple sister in-laws joined too.
Race started at 7:00 am nothing special to report first half was nice easy pace. My DW I believe left no bathroom unused the whole way . So we were moving along in the rear of the pack. Around mile 6 or so my daughter passed us on here way back. So we cheered her and continued on to the flip. I was little ahead of my group so stopped chatted with the course worker there. I am not sure how he phrased it but he pretty much asked what the hell I was doing so far back. That made me feel good as I must have at least looked like I was faster. I explained was running with wife and her sisters. We move out from there and about mile 8 or so my wife tells me to just go and catch our daughter and finish with her. I believe that was here way of not having me push her some. So I took off to catch my daughter. Mile 9 ran a 8:17 and mile 10 was 8:43. I tried to use that as little interval training but did take couple of walk breaks. Did I mention how sunny it was. As in running on the surface of the sun hot. I believe at about mid mile 11 I caught DD. She was moving but could tell she was struggling some. I figured she would as she always goes out too fast. We moved along and I kept letting her know we were close. The last mile and half are pretty hard because you have to go up and over a couple roads and rail road tracks. She finished strong and won her age group. Wife and her sister finished in 3 hours flat
I must say was a great time but I will say I am not a 85 deg weather runner. There were so many Half Fanatics and Marathon Maniacs at this event it was crazy. Also I learned to respect the distance. Even though I finished 30 mins slower that my present PB I could fell it.Reminds me I got a ways till I give a FM a try . We went out to nice big brunch and headed home to relax.
CSpirk - I saw you mention the race in another thread. Sounds you fared better than me this past weekend. Congrats on the family affair, we're doing a family one mile fun this next weekend.
Good afternoon M.R.T. Monday: SRD. Need to finish my trail shoe project where I added a plastic rock plate, mow the yard and get in a couple of easy runs. Have a great day!
12 miles 1:54:16 - 9:31 avg. pace - very easy
MothAudio - Your very easy pace is my tempo pace!
Anyways, 5 easy miles yesterday and 7 miles this morning (3 @ tempo). I was only wearing a t-shirt and my skort...I felt naked! LOL
I hope everyone is enjoying their runs!
They got my photos posted online from the Flying Pig. I'm not sure what exactly was going on there, but I'm pretty sure I wasn't singing. I got quite a few comments about my shirt and a few asking where I got it. Uhhh, in Afghanistan.
Hey team!
Had a little set back 3 weeks ago. I think the mantra "listen to your body" is a worthless sack of potatoes. Every thing was feeling great with my runs and I was at a point where I was going to stay at mileage wise for a few weeks. I had an awesome, easy 5 miler and I thought , wow it's finally coming together. Later that night I started to get a pain on the outer bottom edge of my left foot. Son of a gun - I did not see that coming. Oh well, it's better now and I'm doing 4 miles a day this week.
Also - for some reason I couldn't log on but it looks like that is a non-issue now!
Gustav, stuff like that happens even when you pay attention. Listening to your body is not fool prooof. I've had a few instances like that this year despite my year's of experience. I know I would ne much worse off if I didn't pay attention to all those aches and pains!
We have a new team member folks! Please help me welcome Timmcctyler to the team! I already know you Tim but please tell us a bit about yourself. We also have a facebook thread that I will invite you to.
WELCOME aboard!!!
Tim, oh hell no! Throw him back in the loser pool and get a real runner!
I just lost a longer comment, so I won't re-type everything, but for now let me just say thanks for the welcome! It's great to be a part of Team MRT.
I'm averaging around 35 miles or so each week, plus or minus depending on what's going on. No races for a while until the fall...then I've got a few half-marathons on the schedule. For now, I'm trying to concentrate on not losing too much speed over the summer.
Mike... :-)
Today's run was 10.3 miles, 8:32 average pace.
Welcome Tim!
Glad to have you on the team.
Welcome Mike !!!!!
Jeb I don't see a photo
Athen It has been warm here too was I was in the bare minimal yesterday too.
Lanie Good to hear from you !!!
3 mile easy jog last night felt good. Was warm outside as still sunny hear for at least 1 more day. No knee brace or calf compression sleeves legs felt good. Seeing that I am done with training with DW and DD for the half we did last weekend I signed up for my plan. I have been wanting to try Running Wizard plan but was either not close to 100% or training with the family. That was first run and some how started 12 weeks out from a HM I was thinking about running. So if everything goes well will run it if nothing else gets me a plan structured off of my last 10k which is my best race time to date.
Welcome to the team Tim!
Ran a super easy 4.15 miles tonight. I was thinking about that 5K tomorrow but the weatherman is thinking 90% chance of thunderstorms at start time. Let's see which of us will out think the other!
It's Tim! I'm Mike. Storms here too.
Mike/Tim--is there some bad blood between the two of you that I need to be aware of? Do I need to crack my captain's whip and put you two in time out? PM me if you need to.
I re-started the C25K program this past week using it as a means to get my pace better as well as the distance. I'm tired of just running and walking, I really want to just run and since I've been having a hard time with my calves tightening up whenever I try to just run, I figured this might help. So far so good. My comfy pace is 5.0-5.5 on the TM which is about an 12-11mm pace. For now, I'll take it. The first two days were on the TM so it'll be interesting to see how I do outside. Heading out for a little 6 miler shortly then into the office for a couple hours of work.
Have a great day y'all!
Thanks for the welcome, everyone! 5 miles today on one of my hilly routes...7:44 average pace.
Elaine, no whip is needed. Mike is just pulling my leg. (I think...)
Hi Tim! Welcome to the team!
Plugged in my 5 easy miles yesterday and 10 miles today. Finally got my 40 week! Actually, it was 40.1 but who's counting? LOL
I haven't run a 40 since last October...feels good!
Tomorrow is my SRD...have a great weekend!
No 5K for me - I just wasn't feeling it plus there was that recent foot thing. So, I went for an easy 5.25 miles between rain showers. Let me tell you something - I was running it old school! At least that's how I pictured it. I don't listen to music but today I brought my phone in case my wife needed me in a hurry. So I was listening to music from youtube thru the speakers. Here's the old school part - the songs were recorded live in 1977. I pictured life 36 years ago. If I were running I would have a transistor radio instead of an iPhone, knee high tube socks instead tech socks, gym shorts and cotton underwear instead of tech shorts with a liner, and a cotton t-shirt instead of a short sleeved tech-tee. Oh yeah - and can't forget about shoes - I might have had Keds on instead of running shoes with 8mm drop and slight over pronation control!
Hope everyone has a far out, groovy, kind of old school day!
Tim and I were teammates several years ago in the 20xxin20xx MG. I consider him a friend. .
Ok whew! Ended up having a really good run yesterday and even added some solid running for 1/2 mile and 3/4 miles toward the end. No running today though...
Even though the men out rank the women on this team, Happy Mother's Day to all your Moms, Wives, SO's, etc.
Have a great day and don't forget to post your miles!
Hi Team...
Welcome Tim!!
34 miles for me this week. My mileage is building up again after my HM and I am feeling pretty good. My next race is a Memorial Day 10k and I am trying to choose a marathon for either November or December. I hope all is well with everyone.
Happy Mother's Day to all the moms!!
Hi All! Hi Tim, welcome.
Gustav, sorry to hear about the foot! So not cool for that to pop up on you like that.
Athena, happy to see you've got your groove back!!
Our house back "home" finally sold! I'm sorry my miles have been so low. So much driving back and forth between houses, ugh. Also have a weird twinge thing going on in my left knee, so the low mileage is probably for the best Never been truly injured and don't want to start.
Happy Mother's Day to all our mammas on the board!

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Interesting note, today I talked to a guy who honest to God does not like the current Batman as depicted by Nolan nor did he like the Burton or any of the follow ups to that.
He is a die hard Adam West Batman fan. He's about 7 years younger than me so it's not like an age thing for him, he Just honestly likes that version better.
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Hopefully, Paul learned from the veteran move by Pierce as timing of the foul was perfect. And Pierce knows he won't be called out in that time of a game 9/10 times.


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J.J. Abrams in talks to produce Micronauts movie...
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The Wall Street Journal is reporting that director/producer J.J. Abrams (Star Trek, LOST) is in talks to produce a movie about the Micronauts, the popular interchangable toys from the '70s. The rights to the project were recently acquired by Hasbro.
First released in Japan in 1974 under the name Microman, the toys were imported to the U.S. by the Mego Corporation in 1976. Mego cancelled the Micronauts line in 1980. In 2002, Palisades Toys bought the rights to reproduce Micronauts, though the comeback was short lived. The Micronauts also existed as a comic book series published by Marvel Comics, Image Comics, and Devil's Due Publishing. Their first comic appearance was in Micronauts #1 by Marvel in 1979.
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The first day of 1993 was dry. But on Jan. 2, the rain started.
It still hadn't stopped by Jan. 16, when Murrieta Creek overflowed its banks, causing widespread flooding and millions of dollars in damage to Temecula, Murrieta and Camp Pendleton, particularly in the Old Town Temecula area. The event was recorded as one of the longest periods of consecutive rain in southwest Riverside County history by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
On the 20th anniversary of the flood, a major project to install control measures along Murrieta Creek has barely begun.
The delay has piqued local leaders, who feel as if their cities have dodged a bullet after every stormy season. However, flood-control officials are more patient, citing the double-edged sword that is working with the federal government on a project that has garnered national attention.
Dusty Williams, general manager of the Riverside County Flood Control District, said Wednesday — the anniversary of the flood — that renewed interest by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers could kick-start more work this year.
"I don't want people to think that they're still in the same danger (as in 1993)," Williams said. Yet, he added, "in a major, major storm, there will still be damage …"
The Murrieta Creek Flood Control, Environmental Restoration and Recreation Project is a more than $120 million effort to deepen 7.5 miles of the creek bed from Murrieta through Temecula. When completed, it will add a 270-acre flood-control basin, 163 acres of new wildlife habitat, a 49-acre park and bicycle trails.
The project has been in the conceptual phase since the mid-'80s, but actual planning for the project did not begin until after the 1993 flood. In 2000, the government authorized federal oversight of the project, which was split up in four stages. Phase 3 serves as the heart of the project, as it will bring about the retention basin that will ultimately capture water and release it at a pace slow enough to prevent flooding.
The government's financial agreement called for Riverside County Flood Control to provide 35 percent of the project budget and the government to supply the remaining 65 percent. The following years were spent designing the project.
Thirteen years later, only Phase 1 has been completed. That effort deepened the creek channel south of First Street between Front and Pujol streets in Temecula. Design of Phase 2 is 95 percent complete, Williams said, and preliminary planning for Phase 3, which will bring the principal flood control measures, also has begun.
The newest effort in getting the project built includes a plea by the Army Corps of Engineers to Congress to allow Murrieta, Temecula and the flood-control district to pay for however much of the project it can — without knowing exactly when the government's 65 percent obligation will come.
David Van Dorpe, deputy district engineer for the Army Corps of Engineers, could not be reached for comment this week.
Williams said the paperwork lobbying Congress to deviate from the usual practice of holding off on a project until the federal government has written a check is in the hands of the flood-control district.
"I was born an optimist," Williams said, adding that the Murrieta Creek effort is the one of the district's largest projects. "I think you have to be. We beg every year trying to convince (federal officials) that ours is a project that needs funding, and we will continue to talk to Washington."
However, the delay has caused local leaders, particularly those who were here during the flood, to become more pessimistic. Frustrated with the lack of progress, officials in Temecula and Murrieta have considered divorcing the project from the federal government and tackling it themselves at local taxpayer's expense.
"Every year we don't have a flood in Old Town we dodge a bullet," said former Temecula City Manager Shawn Nelson, who, serving as the city community services director, led the cleanup effort when rain levels tripled for three days leading up to the flooding.
"It's ridiculous to have that (project) go on this long."


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Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh is used to winning. He added another accolade to his resume earlier this month when he received the NFL Salute to Service Award.
The award - presented by USAA - is given to one member of the NFL community each year who goes above and beyond to support and honor America's troops and veterans.
Harbaugh participated in the inaugural USO NFL Coaches Tour in 2009. He traveled to the Mideast that summer with Giants head coach Tom Coughlin, then-Titans head coach Jeff Fisher and former NFL head-coaches-turned-TV-personalities Bill Cowher and Jon Gruden.
"We do some great things in the National Football League, but to me the Salute to Service games are by far the most meaningful because the support goes to the right organizations," Harbaugh told the USO in 2012.
The USO is one of these great organizations. What they do for troops is first class all the way. I feel like America is in good hands as long as these very special people keep making very special sacrifices to keep sane those who keep us safe.
The USO has a long relationship with the NFL. The league gifted NFL Game Pass subscriptions to USO centers overseas this past season so troops serving abroad would still be able to watch their favorite teams on Sundays. That gift kept games streaming to service members during last fall's government shutdown, when TV service to troops in Afghanistan was limited.
More from the USO
Sep 21, 2017
Cast of NBC's 'The Brave' Shows Support for Military on USO Tour
Actors Mike Vogel, Tate Ellington, Demetrius Grosse, Natacha Karam, Noah Mills, Sofia Pernas and Hadi Tabbal, stars of NBC's "The Brave," teamed up with the USO and visited service members at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico.


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When done right, eggplant is simply delicious. This fruit—like tomato, it's considered a fruit—is plenty more than just an aubergine orb destined for the grill.
According to one USDA handbook, it may be "oval, round, long, or pear-shaped; the skin is smooth and shiny. The color may be black and purple, yellow, white, or striped. The main types include Standard (American), Japanese, Italian, Philippine, Thai, and Chinese." Here in the U.S., we're simply most accustomed to the long, purple varietal.
Well-prepared eggplant can reach epic taste heights—though it could take what some would consider forever in kitchen time. Here's what I mean: You slice it up, salt it, let it sit for hours (at least three is ideal) in a colander over a bowl, rinse and dry each piece, bread or flour it, cook it, then eat it. Common eggplant dishes like eggplant parm work best in my opinion when you prep the main ingredient using this process, too.
Because I can't make that time commitment on most weeknights—and most weekends for that matter—my eggplant quest this CSA season has been to find preparations that don't require such a time-suck and that also don't leave the fruit so soft. One great recipe we've made a couple times is this caponata from The New York Times, what writer Martha Rose Shulman describes as "a sweet-and-sour Sicilian version of ratatouille." The eggplant gets roasted, chopped up, and mixed with olives, capers, tomato, celery, onion, and garlic. It's great on top of a crusty, thinly cut baguette.
Also, here are two eggplant parm recipes that should take less time than the original. "Eggplant Parmesan is a lot of work," writes Mark Bittman in his book Food Matters. "Here's a more straightforward version, with the vegetables and meat grilled or broiled instead of breaded and fried." It also happens to include chicken, but Bittman suggests swapping in zucchini or Portobello mushrooms if your aim is to keep the dish vegetarian. This Mario Batali recipe also doesn't require salting and breading the eggplant.
Eggplant peaks in the summer, and though we're nearing the end of that season, there's still plenty of time to ramp up your recipe repertoire. Here are four additional recipes to try, the first of which came strongly recommended from Audubon senior editor Susan Cosier:
Eggplant, Tomato, and Mozzarella Salad, Martha Stewart
Roasted Eggplant with Tomatoes and Mint, Smitten Kitchen
Ginger-Miso Glazed Eggplant, Bon Appétit
Eggplant Rolls with Ricotta, Walnuts, and Mint, Aarti Sequeira/Food Network


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Lined UpRiddles are little poems or phrases that pose a question that needs answering. Riddles frequently rhyme, but this is not a requirement.
Hidden deep behind,
So that very few eyes will fall
On me, the one who carries
The most important role of all.
How and why, you ask?
Well, I answer with a smile,
It's simply my ability
To reach lower than a mile.
Slow and steady wins the race,
But I can speed as well;
I maintain a steady pulse
Whilst others turn and swell.
I can give you a feeling like no other;
You'll just want to melt.
I provide the depth needed
That mimics no one else.
Whether it's modern or the classics,
I'll grant your every wish.
All I ask is that in return
You won't mistake me for a fish.
AnswerA bass player
Mistake for a fish - a bass is a type of fish
The title refers to bass lines, which is just another term for the music part players are given.
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Fleece jackets come in a variety of numerical and relative weights. The higher the fleece weight, the warmer the fleece will feel. Ideally, you want a fleece that feels just warm enough for standing around but not so warm that it'll leave you sweating when you're skiing, snowboarding, climbing, or hiking.
A fleece with a windproof membrane is more versatile and allows you to wear it as your primary (outer) layer in cold, windy weather. However, this will also compromise breathability for highly aerobic activities.
For casual wear, almost any fleece will work as long as it feels comfortable and fits your style. For technical activities, look for a slim or athletic fit so you can wear it as a mid-layer. This will ensure that your fleece doesn't feel too baggy beneath a shell jacket.


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Kirsten Dunst and Garrett Hedlund Sundance Pictures
Kirsten Dunst Gets Support From Her Man Garrett Hedlund For Sundance Bachelorette Premiere
Kirsten Dunst and Lizzy Caplan hit the red carpet together to premiere their female-driven comedy Bachelorette at the Sundance Film Festival last night. The girls stuck together for the arrivals interviews and chatted about their own experiences in friends' bridal parties — though apparently there are no crazy bachelorette stories from their real lives. Kirsten's boyfriend, Garrett Hedlund, snuck in right behind her, skipping the press but supporting his girl. James Marsden joked about how much fun he had playing an "unapologetic douchebag" in the film, which apparently pushes the envelope of the dark wedding comedy. Afterwards, the cast hit up their afterparty at TAO.
Check out all of our Sundance Film Festival party pictures and coverage!


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I didn't really need it when I saw it on the shelf, but had never seen one like that before so I bought it.
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Game Time Start: 8:00 PM EST
Where: AmericanAirlines Arena, Miami, FL
Officials: D. Stafford, J. Phillips, G. Willard, M. Smith
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Eight Points, Nine Seconds Review: Jonathan Auping: By the Numbers
The Miami Heat and Indiana Pacers are tied at two games a piece. There are a lot of
obvious things that anyone who has been watching the series will have noticed: Lebron
and Wade did crazy things in Game 4, both teams' defenses have put on the clamps,
the shooting is down, Danny Granger will let any Heat player know when something
rubs him the wrong way, and Roy Hibbert's size and skills are a huge advantage for
the Pacers (but his lack of speed is an advantage for the Heat).
But a look at the total series statistics shows us a few surprising tidbits. Basketball is
a game played 48 minutes at a time so we cannot look too much into these statistics,
but we have four full games of evidence to analyze now and they do give us a good
look at who is giving consistently good performances.
16 Rebounds (Chalmers) vs. 8 rebounds (Hansbrough)
Four games into this series, Mario Chalmers has doubled Tyler Hansbrough up in
rebounds grabbed. To be fair, Chalmers has played more than double the minutes of
Tyler, but does that really remove all the shock? Eight rebounds in nearly 52 minutes
over four games? Two rebounds per game? One rebound every six-and-a-half
minutes? Hansbrough has yet to have the momentum-swinging impact on a game in
this series that earned him the nickname Psycho-T.
20-for-57 FGs (Granger)
Danny Granger has been aggressive at times and made some big buckets in this
series. He has played with great effort and has had the task of guarding Lebron James
on defense. Also, no one is going to question how much he wants to win this series and
he has made 7 of his last 15 three-pointers. But the fact of the matter is that he is
shooting 35% (eFG% of 42.1%) through four games and is certainly not making up for
that with only 8 free throws attempted. (In the regular season, he shot 41.2% with an
eFG% of 48.1% while averaging 4.7 free throws per game). This might be a troubling
reminder of how dangerous it can be when your best player relies on low-percentage
shots to score.
93 points (Granger + George) vs 210 points (Lebron + Wade)
This one might not be so surprising. I don't think anyone expected George and Granger
to match the scoring of Wade and James. But has it really seemed that lopsided for the
series? Didn't it seem like Granger and George were playing nice defense on Wade and
James while also providing a nice scoring punch of their own? Sure, Game Four's 70
points from Wade and James might skew this a little, but keep in mind it also factors in
a 5 point game from Wade in Game 3.
123 minutes (Hill) vs 73 minutes (Collison)
Should it really be that one-sided? Collison was the starter for most of the season,
does it make sense to minimize his role this much? I understand that you are rarely going
to give two point guards equal minutes, but if you are going to be using the "stick with the
hot hand" approach, wouldn't Collison have more minutes in this series? Collison's
weakness in this series is that he can only guard Mario Chalmers due to his size. Since
Chalmers starts wouldn't it make sense to start Collison so that Hill could come in when
the Heat bring in...CONTINUE READING AT 8p9s
Heat Index Preview: 3-on-3 preview: Heat-Pacers, Game 4
In another installment of the Heat Index's 3-on-3 series, our writers give their takes on
the storylines before the Heat host the Pacers in Game 5 of the East semifinals.
1. Fact or Fiction: Rest of the series will be more like Game 4 than Game 3.
Tom Haberstroh: Fiction. I'm not sure the Heat can duplicate Udonis Haslem's hot
shooting display that rescued the supporting cast in Game 4. Also, I'm no doctor but I'm
not completely sold that Dwyane Wade's knee will respond positively after Sunday. Oh,
and LeBron going 40-18-9? Probably not happening again. Expect the Pacers to be more
Michael Wallace: Fact. Not necessarily in terms of the outcome, but more along
the lines of how closely the game was played throughout. I still don't feel comfortable
predicting who will win this series. But I'd bank on close games with vicious
momentum swings before I'd anticipate another 20-point blowout.
Brian Windhorst: Fiction. If ever there was an outlier, it was Game 4. It is
unrealistic to expect that kind of production from Wade and James every night. Also,
the Pacers got very little from David West and Roy Hibbert. Probably the most
important thing for the Heat to replicate is getting a contribution from Haslem.
2. Fact or Fiction: Wade's knee is more worrisome than LeBron's fatigue.
Haberstroh: Fiction. I'd say it's equally concerning. The minutes and responsibilities
are piling up for LeBron, even with Shane Battier as a much-needed battery in tow. The
Chris Bosh injury ruined whatever hopes that LeBron would stay fresh in the playoff run.
He admitted he was gassed in Game 4. Even though Wade had his knee drained, I wonder
how much longer LeBron can stay in fifth gear.
Wallace: Fact. Wade won't discuss the knee, but it certainly is an issue that could
affect the outcome of the series if the problems flare up again. No one knows if he will
need to have it drained again. What we do know is he overcame physical limitations and
emotional outbursts to bounce back from one of his worst postseason performances with
one of his best. Meanwhile, LeBron has been a beast all season. He'll play through fatigue.
Windhorst: Fact. It may not be a serious injury; Wade can still play, after all. But
the past week showed how much the knee can effect Wade's play. As he said, he feels
differently on different days. Without Bosh, the Heat badly need Wade's knee to stay
3. Fact or Fiction: Frank Vogel has won the chess match so far.
Haberstroh: Fiction. After starting Dexter Pittman in Game 3, Erik Spoelstra got
showered with nation-wide blame, but I don't even think that was all that egregious. That
disaster lasted all but three minutes. Vogel has been impressive with his defensive
strategies, but the Pacers have been absolutely dreadful when he goes to the bench.
Making Hibbert and West ride the pine during crucial situations in Game 4 is on Vogel.
Wallace: Fiction. Both coaches still have their power pieces on the table and in
play. Tonight's outcome will determine the first real "check" position of this series, when
one team pushes the other to the brink of elimination. Spoelstra's Game 3 adjustments
were awful. But Vogel also produced a major head-scratcher in Game 4 when he chose
to leave Hibbert and West on the bench with four fouls a bit too long.
Windhorst: Fiction. Vogel has made some excellent moves and assembled a game
plan that's been very effective. But he made some questionable moves in Games 1 and 4.
On Sunday, it seemed like he got stuck watching the show instead of making adjustments
when the Pacers started getting run over.
Hoopspeak Review: Ethan Sherwood Strauss: What was Roy Hibbert thinking?
Much attention was paid to what followed this Roy Hibbert foul. Dwyane Wade didn't
like it. Danny Granger got in Wade's face. A technical was called. Hubie admonished
Danny. A rich debate over Granger's faketoughguyness was held in the Twitter high
But I was more fixated on the foul itself than on the ensuing drama. Wade blew past
Hibbert, and the center reacted by intentionally hacking. The idea was to not cede an
easy bucket, to make Wade "earn it at the line." Dwyane did miss one of two, so
mission accomplished, right?
Not so fast. To quote Zach Lowe of Sports Illustrated:
"Simultaneous foul trouble to power forward David West and center
Roy Hibbert made the Pacers easier to guard on offense and far less
intimidating on defense. Those foul issues also forced coach Frank
Vogel to deal with several rotation-related dilemmas at once, including
how long to sit his big men and whether/when he should use a small
lineup with only one of the Tyler Hansbrough/Lou Amundson backup
duo that has been shaky all season."
Before that hack, Roy Hibbert had gone nearly a whole half while accruing only one
foul. The Heat had and have no answer for him. So long as he stays on the court,
Miami appears at a disadvantage. So is getting 1/6 of the way fouled out worth the
chance that Dwyane Wade misses a free throw? Hibbert picked up a quick two fouls
in the third quarter, which sent him to the bench. When Hibbert finally came back in
the fourth quarter, he appeared tentative on plays at the rim, perhaps fearing
ignominious disqualification. What if he had been playing with three fouls instead of
Beckley showed you Gregg Popovich's mundane genius for fouling when appropriate.
The other side of this is that the Spurs are among the least fouling teams, year after
year. Fouling is usually bad. It can take your players out of the game, it can put you
closer to a penalty situation wherein the other team marches to the free throw line.
If your average free throw shooter went to the line, every possession, his team's
offense would crush it...CONTINUE READING AT HOOPSPEAK
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If it's actually a herniated disc and the Cowboys docs let him play I'll have immense disdain for them. To put it extremely lightly.
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If it's actually a herniated disc and the Cowboys docs let him play I'll have immense disdain for them. To put it extremely lightly.
I don't think he's really going to play they're just trying to throw the Eagles off track
Its a stretch, but some people rumored that the Cowboys leaked the injury (and maybe exaggerated a bit) to ESPN. That way if Romo plays bad hes a gutsy guy for giving it a go and if he pulls out a win hes a hero.
I highly doubt that I mean they signed a 41 year old Jon Kitna here why would they bother going through all that if this wasn't serious.
Because this is a winner take all game and if there's a chance Romo won't be ready, or a chance he could be hampered by it enough that he needs to be pulled after trying to give it a go, or a that it could be OK to start the game but a risk of aggravation and not able to finish then they'd be foolish to not have a backup plan in place in a game this important.
And Kitna is the disaster QB I assume so it's not like they are all in on this signing.
I'd put it more as a bit of gamemanship to confuse the Eagles than for Romo's rep... Unless Romo did the leaking in the first place.Its a stretch, but some people rumored that the Cowboys leaked the injury (and maybe exaggerated a bit) to ESPN. That way if Romo plays bad hes a gutsy guy for giving it a go and if he pulls out a win hes a hero.
Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.
"A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, thats teamwork."
-John Wooden
Hes not playing.
I'm sure this is what NBC had in mind when they decided to have this game
Kyle Orton vs Nick Foles for NFC East Supremacy.
To think if they had the Bears/Packers it would've been Aaron Rodgers return on national stage....
I think they flexed into this game so they knew the Foles part.
Also, we can safely say that Orton will not have the worst numbers put up by a Purdue QB this week.
[Painter :-( ]
I know but the Orton part was what they weren't hoping for.
He put on a pretty good Romo impression, though, huh?
Feel horrible for the guy.
He's not nearly as interesting to watch as Romo.
Orton did well for someone who hasn't really played in two years.
As strange as it sounds had he not lost his job to Tebow the Broncos wouldn't have gotten Manning and we wouldn't have had Luck.
If the Broncos kept Orton as the starter they probably wouldn't have won the division that year thus spared Tebowmania
I also think Manning wouldn't have considered them if they didn't win the division when he was released by the Colts.
Luck would probably be here regardless now that I think about it but I don't think Manning would've gone to Denver.
Last edited by Basketball Fan; 12-30-2013 at 01:46 AM.
I think that Manning chose Denver because of the bond with Elway and the fact that the Broncos are generally a stable well-owned organization. I don't think he really cared how they finished the previous season. I mean, he chose Denver over the Niners when the Niners were a hair away from the Super Bowl the prior season. Peyton knows that he can turn any team into an automatic division winner. He's just that good.
The Niners are in the NFC though same conference as his brother he was never really going to go there.


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|Re: 2.6.2-rc2 nfsd+xfs spins in i_size_read()
|Miquel van Smoorenburg <miquels@xxxxxxxxxx>
|Fri, 30 Jan 2004 00:20:33 +0100
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According to Andrew Morton: > "Miquel van Smoorenburg" <miquels@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > On the NFS server I'm exporting an XFS filesystem to the client > > over Gigabit ethernet. The client mounts using > > mount -o nfsvers=3,intr,rsize=32768,wsize=32768 server:/export/hwr /mnt > > > > On the client I then run a large dd to a file on the server, > > like dd if=/dev/zero of=/mnt/file bs=4096 count=800000 > > > > In a few seconds, the server locks up. It spins in > > generic_fillattr(), apparently in the i_size_read() inline function. > > Server responds to pings and sysrq, but nothing else. > > > > 2.6.1 doesn't show this behaviour. I tested several kernels: Okay so I did some more tests today. As it turns out, all stock 2.6 kernels lock up - it's just that 2.6.2-rc* locks up faster than earlier versions. I tested 2.6.1-rc1-mm3 and 2.6.2-rc2-mm1, these do not lock up (test on -mm has been running for 8 hours straight now, 2.6.* vanilla locks up in a few minutes). > > Here's the sysrq output: > > > > Pid: 531, comm: nfsd > > EIP: 0060:[<c01577c2>] CPU: 0 > > EIP is at generic_fillattr+0x82/0xa0 > > EFLAGS: 00000246 Not tainted > > EAX: 00000000 EBX: 07ae7200 ECX: f650a0a0 EDX: 000113eb > > ESI: 00000000 EDI: f66cfed4 EBP: f66e5804 DS: 007b ES: 007b > > CR0: 8005003b CR2: 40019000 CR3: 37245000 CR4: 000006d0 > > Call Trace: > > [<f8ab1f6b>] linvfs_getattr+0x2b/0x34 [xfs] > > [<c0157805>] vfs_getattr+0x25/0x84 > > [<c01c19a3>] encode_post_op_attr+0x53/0x238 > > [<c01c1e27>] encode_wcc_data+0x29f/0x2a8 > > [<c01c4521>] nfs3svc_encode_commitres+0x19/0x5c > > [<c01b709d>] nfsd_dispatch+0x14d/0x1a3 > > [<c02fb79b>] svc_process+0x3b3/0x640 > > [<c01b6ddc>] nfsd+0x1e4/0x358 > > [<c01b6bf8>] nfsd+0x0/0x358 > > [<c0107251>] kernel_thread_helper+0x5/0xc > > > > Is the EIP _always_ inside generic_fillattr()? Yes, if a keep on doing BREAK-p the output is alway the same. EIP varies a few bytes, ofcourse, not much. > If so then yes, your analysis look right. I'd say that the inode has been > corrupted and the seqcount counter has assumed an non-even value. That > will cause i_size_read() to lock up. > > Are you using slab debugging? Is so, does the lockup go away if you change > mm/slab.c:POISON_FREE to an even value, say 0x6a? That would tend to > confirm a use-after-free problem. Or a totally wild pointer. I turned on slab debugging but it didn't help, and it didn't make any difference. Well actually it made it take longer to show the effect - at first I thought that the problem dissapeared when I turned on slab debugging, but when I removed the "count=bignumber" from the dd command, it locked up eventually (in a few minutes). I also changed the debug constanst from odd to even and the other way around, but that had no effect - no messages logged, and the kernel still locked up. Note that at this heavy load, there are up to 8 nfsd's running on the server concurrently. There must be some lock or race ... According to Nathan Scott: > Hmmmm... I don't think Andrew has any XFS fixes in his tree that > might help there; and I can't think of any XFS change in -rc1 that > might have caused this (does the fs/xfs subdir from 2.6.1 plonked > down in place of the 2.6.2-rc1/2 version still have the problem?) Yes, sorry for the confusion - all 2.6 (non-mm) shows this behaviour. I tried -mm1 XFS in 2.6.1-rc2, but that did't help, it still locks up (the diff is just a one-liner, so that was to be expected). So it doesn't look like an XFS problem, perse. > i_size_read seems to have a fair bit of config dependency - are you > CONFIG_SMP / CONFIG_PREEMPT / neither? and is your BITS_PER_LONG > 32 or 64? thanks. CONFIG_SMP (for P IV hyperthreading), 32 bits. Mike.
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Biological Standardization of Poa Pratensis Allergen Extract
This study has been completed.
Laboratorios Leti, S.L.
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: September 6, 2011
Last updated: August 20, 2012
Last verified: August 2012
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Detailed Description:
The objective of this study is to determine the biologic activity of a Poa pratensis allergen extract in histamine equivalent prick (HEP) units, in order to be used as in-house reference preparation (IHRP).
|Allergy to Grass Pollen
|Biological: Four different concentrations of Poa pratensis allergen extract, positive control and negative control
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Diagnostic
|Official Title:
|Biological Standardization of Poa Pratensis Allergen Extract to Determine the Biological Activity in Histamine Equivalent Prick (HEP) Units
Further study details as provided by Laboratorios Leti, S.L.:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Wheal size area (mm2) on the skin at the site of the puncture during the immediate phase. [ Time Frame: Test sites should be inspected and recorded 15-20 min after application ]
|Study Start Date:
|October 2011
|Study Completion Date:
|February 2012
|Primary Completion Date:
|February 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: 1
Poa pratensis allergen extract at 4 different concentrations.
Positive control.
Negative control.
Biological: Four different concentrations of Poa pratensis allergen extract, positive control and negative control
Four concentrations of Poa pratensis allergen extract, together with a positive and negative control will be tested in every patient in duplicate on the volar surface of the forearm.
Detailed Description:
This is an open, unblinded and non-randomized biological assay. The study design is a slight modification of the recommendations proposed by the Nordic Guidelines.
Four concentrations of Poa pratensis allergen extract, together with a positive and negative control, using 10 mg/ml histamine dihydrochloride solution and a glycerinated phenol saline solution, respectively, will be tested in every patient in duplicate on the volar surface of the forearm.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 50 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- A documented positive case history with inhalation allergy (rhinitis and/or rhinoconjunctivitis and/or asthma) related to Poa pratensis.
- Subject has provided written informed consent, appropriately signed and dated by the subject (or legal representative, if applicable).
- Subject can be male or female of any race and ethnic group.
- Age > 18 years and < 50 years at the study inclusion day.
- Positive skin prick test with a standardized commercially available preparation of Poa pratensis allergen extract. The skin prick test will be considered positive if the test results in a wheal major diameter of at least 3 mm and at least the size of the positive control. Positive skin prick test results are valid if performed within one year prior to the inclusion of the subject in the study
- A positive test for specific IgE to Poa pratensis(CAP-RAST ≥ 2). IgE results are valid if performed within one year prior to the inclusion of the subject in the study.
- Allergic symptoms during the pollen season of Poa pratensis.
- Mean of the forearm major diameters of the wheals provoked by histamine dihydrochloride (10 mg/ml) ≥ 3 mm.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Immunotherapy in the past 5 years with an allergen preparation known to interfere with the allergen to be tested (e.g., grass group extracts).
- Use of drugs that may interfere with the skin reactions (e.g., antihistamines). See Appendix 1
- Treatment with any of the following medications: tricyclic or tetracyclic antidepressants, β-blockers or corticosteroids (> 10 mg/day of prednisone or equivalent).
- Pregnancy.
- Dermographism affecting the skin area at the test site at either study visit.
- Atopic dermatitis affecting the skin area at the test site at either study visit.
- Urticaria affecting the skin area at the test site at either study visit.
- Participation in another clinical trial within the last month.
- Subjects suffering from pathologies or conditions in which adrenalin is contraindicated (heart disease, severe hypertension,...)
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01430117
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01430117
|C.E. Virgen de la Cinta - Hospital Juan Ramón Jiménez
|Huelva, Andalucía, Spain, 21003
|Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla
|Santander, Cantabria, Spain, 39008
Sponsors and Collaborators
Laboratorios Leti, S.L.
|Study Chair:
|María José Gómez
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|Laboratorios Leti, S.L.
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|NCT01430117 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
2010-023950-35 ( EudraCT Number )
|Study First Received:
|September 6, 2011
|Last Updated:
|August 20, 2012
Keywords provided by Laboratorios Leti, S.L.:
Skin prick test
Poa pratensis
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Immune System Diseases
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An unfortunate side effect of that law was creation of a cottage industry of lawyers who, in the name of the environment, pounce on the latest environmental impact report, looking for imperfections of any sort. The goal is to litigate over the flaws so they can be awarded attorney fees.
A current example involves the Highway 68 Coalition's challenge of a critical runway safety project at the Monterey Peninsula Airport, a project the coalition has already managed to delay on less than monumental grounds.
The airport is under federal mandate to comply with federal aviation safety rules intended to prevent aircraft from overshooting runways. If the airport runways were longer and not on a plateau, it would be no big problem. The limited space, however, requires installation of special crushable concrete pads at both ends of the runways.
An airliner unable to stop in time will roll onto the pads and become mired, much like a car in sand, rather than slide past the runway's end with potentially tragic consequences.
The project also involves erection of an 80-foot, terraced safety wall between the runway and the Monterey-Salinas Highway and addition of a short roadway enabling emergency vehicles to reach both sides of the runway without having to cross over it.
The Highway 68 coalition initially objected on grounds that the environmental impact report, written at great expense, didn't address the "growth-inducing impact" of the road. Perhaps, the coalition said, the road would promote development of an airport business park, though airport officials insist it will not.
The coalition's lawyers contended the EIR didn't adequately address how planned tree removal would impact the airport's greenhouse-gas impact. (While the answer could be found at most elementary school science fairs, it probably wouldn't include enough decimal points and "parts per billion" references to satisfy the bench.)
Unfortunately for airport users, Judge Lydia Villarreal earlier this year agreed with the coalition and put a temporary stop to the project. She ordered a revised environmental impact study, which was completed last month.
Villarreal also ordered the airport district to pay attorney fees of $208,950 to coalition attorney Zan Henson and $245,904 to coalition attorney Richard Rosenthal. Whether they shared any of that with the coalition is not mentioned in court records.
Though the fees add to what was already a $46 million project, airport officials are ready to move ahead when the EIR receives final certification next month. They still can qualify for federal grants to cover the bulk of the work and, if things fall into place, should be able to meet looming deadlines that otherwise could disrupt airline service here.
But the coalition isn't ready to let go.
It now objects to the impact not on trees or air quality, but on Tarpy's Roadhouse, the landmark restaurant that sits on airport-owned property near Highway 68 and Canyon Del Rey Boulevard.
Coalition leader Mike Weaver says the plans "call for creation of a 'Grand Canyon' ... bulldozing through the hillside just west of, and behind Tarpy's. This trench will be 50 feet wide with tapered earthen walls."
That, and the retaining wall, "will create huge scars on our scenic Highway 68," Weaver warned in a news release this week. "The airport board's current plans will destroy the historic and tranquil setting exemplified by Tarpy's Roadhouse."
We're fans of Tarpy's, but we are much bigger fans of airport safety and of not spending millions and millions of taxpayer dollars on ambience and ultimately pointless litigation. Keep in mind that they're not talking about razing the restaurant.
Airport officials have been patient. They have not set out to vilify the coalition. They have confined their responses to the courtroom while focusing on making the Federal Aviation Administration aware of each step in this tortuous process.
It isn't clear yet whether the coalition makes a purely political effort to protect the restaurant's setting or if it intends to return to court. Call us cynical, but we suspect the decision will have as much to do with attorney fees as it does the environment.
If environmentalists and the attorneys who represent them don't show more restraint, their power to prevent major environmental blunders and to protect important habitat and endangered species almost assuredly will be limited by legislation or court ruling sometime in the not-so-distant future. When they file suits like this one against the airport, they are doing much more harm than good.


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Amazon.com shares hit a new record on Tuesday after the world's largest Internet retailer reported better-than-expected quarterly profit, fueled by growth of higher-margin businesses.
The stock jumped 11 per cent to $US288 in after-hours trading following its results. The stock hit a record of $US284.72 in regular trading on Jan. 25.
The Seattle-based company said operating income jumped 56 per cent to $US405 million in the fourth quarter, compared with $US260 million in the fourth quarter of 2011.
"The fourth-quarter operating income was up more than expected," said R.J. Hottovy, an equity analyst at Morningstar. "This supports the bull case that Amazon can monetize its growth over the longer term."
Amazon mainly operates as a retailer, buying products at wholesale prices, storing them and then selling at a slight mark-up to consumers online. This is a low-margin business. However, the company has expanded into other businesses that are potentially more profitable, including cloud computing, digital content and acting as an online marketplace for other merchants.
These newer businesses are growing faster than the company's original retail operations, boosting profitability.
Morningstar's Hottovy said the increase in fourth-quarter profit was driven by a combination of growth in higher margin businesses, such as e-books, and a reduction in heavy fulfillment center investments Amazon has been making in recent years.
Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos highlighted the company's Kindle e-book business, which he called a multi-billion dollar category that grew about 70 per cent in 2012. Meanwhile, Amazon's physical book business grew about five per cent in the same period, he noted.
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Best Kiteboarding is one of the most controversial brands in the history of our sport. In their first year of business, they were blackballed from certain magazines, banned from a demo testing event and often criticized for their aggressive marketing strategies. Under mountains of opposition, Best has matured into a major player in our sport.


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The West Yorkshire League outfit completed a treble as they stormed into a 4-0 lead with goals from Darryl Leach, Josh Milner, Chris Wood and John Penn before two strikes from Lee Reilly gave the Chevrons hope.
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In these straitened days Dubai's government likes to play matchmaker and marriage bureau to troubled companies. It delights in finding secure, local spouses for unloved ventures left on the shelf by a financial crisis that hit this emirate especially hard.
Dubai's property firms and banks were caught by a bust in which real-estate prices collapsed 50% from 2008′s boom-time peaks. Firms such as Emaar, Dubai Holding, Union Properties, Deyaar Development and Nakheel have been left with massive projects, rolled out at the top of the market but now largely unwanted.
And the lenders who part-funded this development orgy, Dubai Islamic Bank, Tamweel and Amlak, now carry significant asset quality risk, according to many analysts.
So there are plenty of corporate damsels in distress pining for a bigger, stronger suitor to take them away from all this. And here comes the government, facilitator of corporate hookups extraordinare. Except, as with all dating agencies, sometimes the parties just can't get along.
For example, the nuptials of real-estate titan Emaar and the property units of Dubai Holding were supposed to be the event of the season in the sector. But it never happened.
More recently, there has been a successful State-blessed match between Dubai Islamic Bank and Tamweel, the troubled mortgage financier. This brought some long-awaited clarity to the latter's future, but it also left Tamweel's original suitor, Amlak Finance, with the cold shoulder.


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(of course Lance has the advantage Reggie didn't have, Lance is huge)
Paul George out plays his opponents every night, and everyone loves him. Lance could have 0 points and their might be a guy on the opposing team that'll will try to chase him down in the locker room after the game. (wait... that already happened before)
None of the teams we've played so far have a record of .500 or better...at this time. Detroit and Toronto did, before they played us. Memphis is at .500. After that, the first currently winning records we hit are games 13 and 14...PHI and MIN...we get them both at BLF.
If we make it that far, might as well go for 16.
Then December's a different story. West Coast swing starts it.
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[~]) ... Cheers! Go Pacers!
That is all well and good. But there are only 3 eastern conference teams with a winning record. Pacers being one of them, so that only gives us 2 chances. And one of those teams is the Sixers, who have played well so far, but they aren't very good. There are 9 western conference teams with winning records - although 4 of those teams are 4-3.
My only real point is the nets are good, they played well against us. The Bulls good, and they played pretty well. Cavs, Raptors, Pistons will be fighting for playoff spots all season, so they aren't bad. 4 in 5 nights is always trough, playing the two better teams in the 2nd and 4th gamre is tough.
Pacers schedule hasn't been a cakewalk so far.
The question comes to mind. What is the proper way to look at being 7-0? Winning your first 7 can seem more important than it really is.
I look at it just like if we won 7 games straight at any point of the season. December, March, April, whenver. I think that is the proper way too look at it. a 7 game winning streak is impressive whenever it is.
I voted YES.
Hey, if the Heat were able to string together a 27 game winning streak last season,
then our much improved and battle hardened Pacers can most certainly get 10.
Same. I love it, it's nice, but it can always be followed by a rough stretch, so I'm not getting too high over it, either. I just try to leave it as, 'this is very encouraging.'
I wonder how many teams last year won 7 or more games straight. Obviously the Heat did.
OK, the Spurs had two separate 7 game win streaks, plus an 11 game win streak. (note neither 7 game wins treak is contained within the 11 win streak)
So we have a long way to go to match that.
I also went back and looked at our 2004 team that won 61 games. Had an 8 game win streak, and two separate 7 game win streaks.
So I think this is enough evidence to show that a 7 game win streak should be expected if you are near a 60 win team
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Last season we won 10 out of 12 from Jan 30 to Feb 26 (Seth called this butt whooping).
We had two 5 game win streaks broken up by two losses (to the Raps and Nets).
We won 6 in a row in Feb of 2012 and 7 in a row in April.
We have not won 8 in a row since November of 2008. Shocking really.
The longest streak in the NBA was in 1994, which went into the playoffs against the Magic.
Interesting note the Bobcat's longest streak is 6 games.
The Clippers also had like 17 game win streak early last year too. But I know this team is far better than that clippers team
7-0 is nice, but it will never measure up to the five-game win streak of late 2009.
??? Explain
Stop it. Just stop it.
[~]) ... Cheers! Go Pacers!
And we go to 27 people probably happy to be wrong
Humor around here is just anticlimactic without the Thank feature.
"Look, it's up to me to put a team around ... Lance right now." Kevin Pritchard press conference
We won't lose in November.
Although this run they are on is fun, I don't truly care about any win streak in any part of the season. I just want them to win 4 of their final 7.
Pacers 9-0.
NOW is the time to talk about starting the season 10-0.
And yes, I'm saying that we pull it off.
PG needs to go nuclear at crunch time. Last night he was hitting shots like a SuperStar.
Paul needs to overcome Luol Deng's man defense. If he can do that, I don't think the Bulls can beat us.
Lance is finally home. Whether he becomes our starting PG or he's 6th man, he's getting big minutes and he's here to stay. #llortontnia
Only one team stands in their way - the Chicago Bulls - and they're once again without their All-Star and franchise player, Derrick Rose (although his injury will be re-evaluated for tonight's game against the Pacers and could be a game-time decision per this brief article from NBA.com).
Although the Bulls had a rocky start to their season, they now have a 3-game win streak going coming off their victory over the Raptors last night. Other than Rose, there doesn't seem to be any other players on their injured list and reports are that Joakim Noah is playing healthier. That means Hibbert will have his hands full trying to box out Noah as this guy always seems to get the better of Hibbert on the defensive boards.
The Pacers will have to focus on their perimeter defense should Tibbs put Butler, Dunleavy and Hinrich on the floor at the same time (w/Deng contributing occasionally) because these guys are fast and mobile, and have the ability to stretch the Pacers' defense. Joakim, Boozer and Deng don't mind banging bodies down low. So, Hibbert, DWest and PG will have to be on their two. Vogel will have to use the team's depth and stay sharp with is rotations if the Pacers are to win this one because you can be sure the Bulls don't want to lose this one in their own house against a division rival that is poised to post a league best 10-0 record and take an early series advantage, 2-0. Can it be done? Yes!! The Pacers just have to "be ready" (Hint) because victory to night will depend heavily on Guard-play.
Defend the wings and out-hustle the Bulls in the Paint and the Pacers will win.
It's so amazing that we're actually right on the verge of doing this. But boy are we going to have to earn it being up in Chicago.
Lance should be motivated after his lackluster game last night. If we get good Lance that bodes well for the Pacers. He needs to rebound and keep his emotions in check.
I'm glad we're getting another early season test. This team needs that to stay engaged and playing with such intensity.
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Rio Grande Valley State Park New World Birding Center Site
WESLACO, Texas — Build it and the birds will come. That could well be the mantra of the newest wing of the World Birding Center — Estero Llano Grande State Park — that officially opened this past June.
Texas' newest state park covers almost 200 acres of former farmland and a dry lakebed that have been resurrected as desirable wildlife habitat by the creation of ponds, marshes and South Texas thorn scrub once commonly found throughout the Rio Grande Valley. Since it opened, the state park has attracted not only a healthy variety of resident and migratory birdlife, but also more than 2,800 bird watchers and other outdoors enthusiasts.
The Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, Ducks Unlimited and others spent six years and more than $3 million planting native trees and shrubs, creating wetlands habitat like that once commonly found throughout the Rio Grande Valley and building boardwalks, picnic facilities and an environmentally friendly Visitor Center.
What distinguishes Estero Llano Grande State Park from other WBC sites is its extensive wetlands environment, anchored by a section of the Arroyo Colorado that flows along the park's south and southeastern boundaries, according to Marcy Martinez, park superintendent.
"We have a good variety of wetlands habitat varying in depth from six inches to two feet whose levels we control, as well as Alligator Lake that is about eight feet deep," Martinez, a Valley native, said. "We have a marsh in the back and some canals in the middle of the park, so there's plenty of water to draw lots of birds."
When a rare species shows up as happened recently when a northern jacana took up residence near the Visitor Center, the word spreads like a rifle shot through the world's birding community. Such sightings have helped fuel a multimillion-dollar nature tourism industry in the Rio Grande Valley, one of North America's most popular birding areas.
Estero Llano Grande is the buckle on a belt of nine WBC sites strung along 120 miles of river road from historic Roma on the west to South Padre Island. It is the latest of seven sites to welcome the public. The South Padre Island and Resaca de la Palma (Brownsville) sites are expected to open within the next year or so, adding up to thousands of acres of preserved native South Texas, or Tamaulipan, brushlands and riparian woodlands as a model of conservation and ecotourism development.
Martinez says that in addition to creating six impoundments, workers replaced old plumbing, and created habitat for wildlife by planting 3,000 native trees and shrubs, such as Texas ebony, acacia, anaqua, Montezuma bald cypress, cedar elm and sabal palm.
Visitors enter the park along a brick walkway lined with native flora. Markers describe many of the exotic-looking shrubs, wildflowers and trees. A short, wooden boardwalk leads to the Visitor Center, where a $3 per person entry fee is collected. Children 12 and under get in free. The park is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Sunday.
Park developers have done an excellent job of erecting observation decks, boardwalks and more than three miles of wheelchair-accessible trails and primitive trails to provide an up-close view of avifauna and other wildlife. By year's end, Martinez said, two new footbridges should be in place to allow easier access from the heart of the park to Alligator Lake and an adjacent 46-acre U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service tract along the Llano Grande.
Estero Llano Grande State Park shares many of the same speciality birds with the WBC headquarters at Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park in nearby Mission. Commonly seen species include the great kiskadee, plain chacalaca, Altamira oriole, green jay, groove-billed ani, tropical parula and three different kinds of kingfishers. Grebes, coots, black-bellied whistling ducks, and an assortment of wading birds such as the great blue heron, roseate spoonbill and long-billed dowitcher, also are plentiful. Rabbits, frogs, toads, turtles, snakes, raccoons and the occasional bobcat are just some of wildlife that may be spotted.
The well-stocked State Park Store carries a number of educational items and site-specific merchandise, such as binoculars, birding books, bird feeders and hand-painted bird Christmas ornaments.
The park derives its name from the original Spanish land grant for the area known as Llano Grande, which means Large Grassland or Plain. An estero is a low-lying area of land often flooded by rain or overflow from a nearby river. So, Estero Llano Grande means "the wet place on the big plain."
Estero Llano Grande State Park is located in Weslaco just off FM 1015 about two miles south of U.S. Highway 83. It is one of 113 state parks, historic sites and state natural areas that make up the Texas State Park System.
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There is a gradual continuum of symptoms associated with the development of dementia, starting with the cognitive changes associated with normal aging. In between the two ends of the spectrum is a clinical diagnosis of Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI). The Alzheimer's Association reports that between 10 and 20 percent of Americans over age 65 suffer from MCI.
In 2011, the National Institute on Aging and the Alzheimer's Association collaborated to establish criteria used to diagnose the condition, defined as "cognitive changes serious enough to be noticed by the individuals experiencing them or other people, but not severe enough to interfere with daily life or independent function." Because is it often difficult to differentiate the symptoms of MCI from those that would be considered "normal," patients with suspected MCI can undergo a series of neuropsychological memory tests.
A diagnosis of MCI is considered a risk factor for developing Alzheimer's disease, but that is a far from a certain outcome. Some people with MCI never get worse, and a few actually get better.
Life with MCI can be challenging. Patients and caregivers need to find ways to adapt to varying symptoms and learn new skills for managing the condition. Finding help for this poorly understood condition can be difficult.
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A new book, "Living with Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Guide to Maximizing Brain Health and Reducing Risk of Dementia" (Oxford University Press, 2013), is the first written specifically for individuals diagnosed with MCI and their caregivers. It is an invaluable resource filled with practical information that can help the many people impacted by the condition.
Authors Nicole D. Anderson, Kelly J. Murphy and Angela K. Troyer are neuropsychologists who work with MCI patients. Their experience and knowledge shine throughout the book. "Living with Mild Cognitive Impairment" provides an in-depth yet understandable portrait of MCI, including how it differs from dementia, how it is diagnosed and how it is treated.
The final section of the book – "What Can Be Done to Improve Prognosis?" – is perhaps the most valuable. It includes scientifically based strategies for coping with and combating cognitive decline. Diet, exercise, cognitive and social engagement are addressed.
The final chapter, "Memory Strategies," is full of exercises and tips for improving day-to-day functioning. Case studies throughout the book illustrate concepts, and each chapter offers suggestions for questions to ask the doctor.
Ever wonder what it feels like to experience dementia? Psychologist Richard Taylor compiled a fascinating collection of essays in his book "Alzheimer's from the Inside Out" (Health Professions Press, 2007). Taylor, diagnosed with Alzheimer's at age 58, eloquently and candidly chronicles his decline.
Taylor reminds us that those living with dementia are complete human beings with the same desires and needs as anyone else. Diagnosed with probable Alzheimer's 10 years ago, he has dedicated his life to what he calls "humanizing dementia care." In addition to his book, he has a website and blog, richardtaylorphd.com, where he invites anyone to contact him. This insightful book is highly recommended for caregivers, both personal and professional, and may even be appropriate for some Alzheimer's patients.
Both "Living with Mild Cognitive Impairment" and "Alzheimer's from the Inside Out" can be found on the shelves of Stanford Health Library. To learn more about Mild Cognitive Impairment and dementia prevention, diagnosis and treatment, call, email or stop by a branch. Librarians and trained volunteers will help with research, free of charge.
The main branch of Stanford Health Library is located at Hoover Pavilion, 211 Quarry Road, Suite 201. Other branches are located on the first floor of Stanford Hospital and the main level of Stanford's Cancer Center.
Nancy Dickenson is head librarian at Stanford Health Library. For more information, call 725-8400 or visit healthlibrary.stanford.edu.