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Metritis is one of the most common fresh cow diseases. Typically diagnosed during the first 10 days in milk, metritis is a uterine infection that can affect up to 30 percent of a dairy herd.1
"After calving, cows are uniquely challenged by a suppressed immune system and negative energy balance at the same time they're exposed to many diseases," says Doug Hammon, DVM, Ph.D., senior manager, Cattle Technical Services, Pfizer Animal Health. "With all of these factors working against them, it is easy to see why fresh cows are so fragile and susceptible to metritis."
Metritis can cause a decline in fertility, lower milk production, a greater risk of culling and increased labor and treatment costs, adding up to more than $350 per cow for each case of metritis.2 Although it cannot be completely prevented, metritis should be identified and treated early to reduce its effects.
What to look for
Hammon suggests thoroughly screening fresh cows for the first 10 days after calving and quickly treating those detected with metritis to prevent more costly consequences. Here are some key steps for a complete screening:
- Check the udder for fullness before milking. Udders on fresh cows should be full and tight.
- Watch for major drops in production from one milking to the next.
- Examine uterine discharge and look for a red-brown or watery discharge accompanied by a strong, foul odor.
- Assess the cow's attitude and demeanor. Look for "depressed cows" with sunken, crusty eyes, nasal discharge or cold, lowered ears.
- Look for cows who may be dehydrated or who aren't eating properly.
- Check for fever. A temperature of 103° F or higher could be a symptom.
- Keep cows comfortable. Don't keep cows locked up for more than an hour during health checks.
What to do next
Cows with metritis usually can stay in the fresh pen and should not be exposed to cows in a hospital area unless the case is complicated. Work with your veterinarian to check any cows flagged as possible metritis cases to confirm with a diagnosis. A veterinarian can examine the cow by checking her temperature, checking for a displaced abomasum and rectally palpating the cow to assess her manure and uterine discharge.
How to treat
Once diagnosed with metritis, it is important to treat quickly to avoid other infections and return the fresh cow to peak production.
EXCEDE®(ceftiofur crystalline free acid) Sterile Suspension is now approved to treat acute postpartum metritis in a two-dose regimen. To learn more about EXCEDE for the treatment of metritis, visit www.excede.com/metritis or contact your veterinarian or Pfizer Animal Health representative.
1 Kelton, D.F., K.C. Lissemore, and R.E. Martin. 1998. Recommendations for recording and calculating the incidence of selected clinical diseases of dairy cattle. J. Dairy Sci. 81.2502-2509.
2 Overton M, Fetrow J. Economics of postpartum uterine health. Presented at: Pfizer Animal Health Dairy Wellness Summit; April 23, 2009; Dallas, TX.
3 Nordlund K. Five Key Factors that Determine the Success of Transition Cow Management Programs. In Proceedings: 46th Florida Dairy Production Conference; April 28, 2009; Gainesville, Fla.


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Hello Steven,
You want to make sure to click on the 3.5 .NET framework and select install to a local drive. This will add the support for the framework.
Let me know if this helps out and have a great day!
Best Regards,
Adam G
Yes I understand. When I check it to install, it comes back saying it can't find it to install it. This is why it has been so frustrating.
Why can't it find what it needs?
It might be more helpful if I found out the cost to talk over the phone and get real responses for actions to take.
I will check with sales and follow up on that end if we can't find a solution by this Friday.
I have tried to explain everything to you as best as possible.
The bottom line is the NI resources are not available to add as a resourse to my VB program.
I am not able to include the 3.5 .Net framework because it says it is not found.
I did delete and reload everything back again which did change the original condition.
I understand what it is I need, the wizards are just not having any luck on my system of getting everything linked up.
What do you suggest?
Hello Steven,
It seems to me the installer cannot find the 3.5 .NET framework on your computer so it cannot add support for it. I would check to make sure the .NET framework is installed. If it is not you can download and install it from this link and then try to do a modify of the NI-488.2 install to add support for .NET.
Best Regards,
Adam G
I installed the 3.5 .NET Framework and was able to run the NI488.2 install selecting the framework. The install went flawlessly.
Tried to run the simple read write program in the NI folder and still had a GPIB error.
Long story short - There are two GPIB cards in the mainframe and only one in my labtop (using USB cable). My program had board ID set to 0 and that is how I ran the read/write program. Once I changed the board ID to a 1, all worked well now.
The read/write example works and my program works.
I did not find this. Our expert came back from vacation and took two seconds to point it out to me. Experience does pay.
I do appreciate your help Adam and right now I am glad all is working!
Thank you,
Hi all,
I've developed a C# application which communicates via GPIB.
it's running on my development PC but on my colleague PC, there is an error (ni4882.dll could not be found).
This DLL is not present on his PC (on my PC it's present).
I try to copy my DLL on his PC but I get the same error.
Another c# application which uses GPIB, have the some code for GPIB tha the previous one. And this application is running on both PCs.
So my questions are :
why ni4882.dll is missing on my colleague PC ?
why one application runs with GPIB but not the other one ?
what can I do to resolve this issue ?
Thanks in advance for your help
Hi Max,
It sounds like your colleague's computer is missing the 488.2 driver or the driver that is installed may have gotten corrupted. The latest version is available here from our website. The reason you are able to run one program but not the other is likely because the running program doesn't make a call to this ni4882.dll but it is impossible to know for certain without looking at the low level of the code. Installing the 488.2 driver (even if that means overwriting an older, existing driver) will add all of the necessary libraries for GPIB communication.
Trey C.
Why do I always get an iberror, timeout after communication/query with HP3245A?

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Monthly Archives: March 2013
March 27, 2013 Armed Robbery, Toot 'N' Totum, 3101 Plains Blvd.
On 3-27-13, at 6:36 PM, officers were dispatched to the Toot 'n Totum Store at 3101 Plains Blvd. on a robbery. The clerk reported that she was completing a transaction for a customer at the register when the suspect entered. … Continue reading
March 24, 2013 Armed Robbery 501 B N Hughes, Game Room (an 8-liner gaming type establishment).
On Sunday March 24th at approximately 10:15pm, officers were dispatched to the Game Room (an 8-liner gaming type establishment) at 501-B N. Hughes on an armed robbery. Upon arrival officers spoke with two employees who stated that around 10:15pm someone … Continue reading
March 21, 2013 Motor Cycle vs. Motor Vehicle crash in the 2900 block of I-27 in the northbound lanes.
On March 21, 2013 at approximately 2:13 pm Officers were sent on a major crash in the 2900 block of I-27 in the northbound lanes. Upon their arrival they discovered a 2005 Suzuki 1200 Bandit motorcycle driven by Daniel L … Continue reading
March 19, 2013, Drive by shooting, 100 block S Jackson.
On March 19th, just after 7pm, officers who were in the downtown area heard what sounded like gun shots. Officers proceeded to the area of SW 2nd and Jackson where they believed the shots may have come from. While in … Continue reading
Update Aggravated Assault/ Felon in Possession of a Firearm.
***UPDATE 3-11-13***Today, the 47th District Attorney's Office accepted charges of felon in possession of a firearm under cause 66774-Z and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon under cause 66773-Z. At the time of this release, Brandon Stallings remains in the … Continue reading
March 18, 2013, Motorcycle fatality 5300 block Fulton.
On March 18, 2013 at approximately 2:48 am Officers were dispatched to Evelyn and Fulton on a Motorcycle hitting a tree. Upon their arrival they discovered a 2001 Yamaha R6 motorcycle driven by Justin Thomas Warder, WM, 21 had left … Continue reading
March 18, 2013, Motorcycle vs. Motor Vehicle collision at the intersection of E 3rd and S Arthur.
On March 18, 2013 at approximately 2:05 am Officers were dispatched to a Motorcycle vs. Motor Vehicle collision at the intersection of E 3rd and S Arthur. Upon their arrival they discovered a 1999 Chevy Silverado driven by Bobby Neil … Continue reading
March 15, 2013, Fatal Motorcycle crash, 58th and South Osage Street.
On March 15, 2013 at approximately 18:36, officers were sent to 58th and South Osage Street on a motorcycle versus a fence post. They located a Honda Gold Wing motorcycle wrecked in the open field to the east of Osage … Continue reading
On March 14, 2013, personal robbery 1801 S. Grand.
On 3-14-13, at 5:29 AM, officers were sent to 1801 S. Grand on a reported personal robbery on the parking lot of the Toot 'n Totum store. The victim, a WM residing in Amarillo, reported that he was on the … Continue reading
March 14, 2013 Robbery, Toot'n'Totum 2300 Dumas Drive.
***UPDATE 3-14-13***APD Robbery Squad investigators have released security camera photos of the suspect in this case. He appears to be small and slender, possibly in his teens or 20's. He is carrying the cloth or object in his left hand … Continue reading


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In July, 2010, Bob's Red Mill welcomed Maureen Bruno-Roy, a charming vegan cyclocross rider, to our cyclocross sponsorship program. In the past three years, we have added riders and teams around the country to our program with product sponsorship and Bob's Red Mill team kits. Maureen was the overall winner of the 2009 USA Cycling Cyclocross Calendar and the first professional athlete we have ever sponsored. We're so excited to work with Maureen and have been watching her progress closely for several years.
Not only is she a great rider, but Maureen has been a long-time user and fan of Bob's Red Mill. "I'm honored to have the support of Bob's Red Mill during what I expect to be my most successful season yet," said Maureen Bruno Roy. "Because of its energizing properties, I now start each day – whether it is going to involve training, competing in a race, or simply heading to work – with a warm bowl of Bob's Steel Cut Oats, with a dash of maple syrup of course."
Bruno Roy, who together with her husband races as MM Racing, also keeps a blog highlighting her vegan recipes at thevegandelicious.wordpress.com. For 10 years, she has worked as professional massage therapist specializing in deep tissue, sports, pre-natal and Thai yoga massage. She runs a full time massage practice in her hometown of Arlington, Mass., where she has worked with many of the top ranked domestic and international cycling teams. For more information about Bruno Roy, visit www.mmracing.org.
Needless to say, we were overjoyed to hear that Maureen Bruno-Roy took third this weekend at the Verge New England Championship Cyclo-Cross Series presented by Cycle-Smart on Saturday in Williston, VT. Bruno-Roy fought hard for a podium spot against Sally Annis and Crystal Anthony, finally securing a podium spot with third place. The weather was picture perfect for the first cyclocross weekend of the season. Riders were out in force across the country to kick off the wet and muddy season in style. The Portland series kicks off on October 3rd, but series may be under way in your area. For more information, check here.


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Get an overview of this hotelBeachfront boutique property in Los Angeles
Popular property highlights
Near city center
This boutique property is set amid palm trees on a sandy stretch of Mother's Beach in Marina Del Rey. The inn is a half-mile from Venice Beach, 3 miles from Santa Monica, and 6 miles from LAX Airport.
Casual resort feel
Jamaica Bay Inn features lush tropical landscaping and West Indies-inspired design. Highlights include a beachside patio with pool and spa tub, and a cafe with patio dining overlooking Mother's Beach.
Room amenities
The 111 guestrooms feature 37-inch flat-screen TVs; many also have patios. Wireless Internet access, local calls, and newspapers are complimentary, while refrigerators and microwaves are available on request.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
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Jamaica Bay Inn features West-Indies inspired design amid a lush tropical landscape on Mother's Beach in Marina Del Ray.
Beachside Restaurant and Bar offers drinks and upscale casual beach fare. Wireless Internet access is complimentary. A fitness center, outdoor pool, 24-hour business center, and meeting/event space are also on site.
- Outdoor pool
- Spa tub
- Concierge services
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Coffee shop or café
- Restaurant
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Meeting rooms 3
- Conference space
- 24-hour front desk
- Multilingual staff
- Number of floors - 4
- ATM/banking
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Valet parking (surcharge)
- Bar/lounge
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Smoke-free property
- Elevator/lift
- Fitness facilities
- Free WiFi
- Total number of rooms - 111
- Pool sun loungers
- 24-hour business center
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Number of buildings/towers - 2
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Self parking (surcharge), Valet parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Free WiFi
- Premium TV channels
- Premium bedding
- Room service (limited hours)
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Free weekday newspaper
- Air conditioning
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Phone
- Coffee/tea maker
- Refrigerator (on request)
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Shower/tub combination
- Cable TV service
- Iron/ironing board
- In-room safe
- Desk
- Microwave (on request)
- Daily housekeeping
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
- MP3 docking station
Where to Eat
Beachside Restaurant and Bar - Serving upscale casual beach fare, including classic seafood cuisine and delicious drinks. Features indoor and outdoor seating, with sweeping Marina Del Rey views. Open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Nearby Things to Do
The hotel has an outdoor pool with spa tub and patio overlooking a sandy beach on the Los Angeles coastline. Bicycle rentals are available for use on the South Bay Bicycle Trail, and opportunities are nearby for kayaking, jet skiing, and boogie boarding.
The Venice Beach boardwalk is one half mile away and offers jogging and rollerblading. Guests staying at The Jamaica Bay Inn also have discounted access to Marina Fitness, located a quarter mile from the hotel.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Surfing/boogie boarding nearby
- Sailing nearby
- Personal motorized watercraft on site
- Windsurfing nearby
- Scooter/moped rentals nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available.
- Cribs (infant beds) are not available.
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
- Minimum Spring Break check-in age is 18 years old.
- Deposit: USD 100.00 per stay
Optional extras
- Breakfast fee: between USD 9 and USD 19 per person (approximately)
- Self parking fee: USD 24.00 per night
- Valet parking fee: USD 30.00 per night
- Late check-out fee: USD 150.00
- Rollaway beds are available for an additional fee
Hotel Name
- Jamaica Bay Inn
- Jamaica Bay Inn Marina Del Rey
- Jamaica Bay Marina Del Rey


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I'm naturally a slow-twitch muscle person, and pretty skinny. I don't like going to the gym or doing dumbbell routines. What I do enjoy is going to pilates classes, and not just because of the beautiful women. (Pilates is a like slower, strength oriented yoga, minus the metaphysics.) It involves a lot of holding awkward poses and slow precise movements, which requires strength, but not the kind of strength disc golf uses, which is fast and then over.
It's definitely great for balance and flexibility and an overall sense of feeling coordinated. But does slow movement strength training make you any better at fast motions like disc golf?
I don't know a lot about the biology of exercise benefits. Should I switch back to dumbbells (which I probably won't actually do because I hate it), or am I getting disc golf strength from Pilates?


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Thanks to Janice Friel for contributing the images of the Revision (Cancellation) Data.
The following Chart lists the Revisioon (Cancellation) Data for the Townland of Beefpark, Parish of Killymard, County Donegal, Ireland
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Townland of Beefpark
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We are in Charlottesville VA
Look at the sweet little faces on these cute Santas! What better way to say "Merry Christmas"!
The tiny Santa Claus charms are made of handpainted ceramic, and they are posed on white glass lampwork base beads. To protect your ears, the ear wires are, of course, sterling silver!
Each set of earrings is individually handcrafted by jewelry artist Jackie Monticup of White Rabbit Jewelry here in Virginia, and is her own unique creation. And she only made a few! When we sell out, they're GONE!


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Set on a private island in the Seychelles, this super-deluxe lodge ranks as one of the world's ultimate destinations - extraordinary awaits.
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New Photos of the "Dead End" Star...
NECA has released a new photos showing Big Red from the cult fan film "Dead End". Big Red is part of Predators Series 7 action figures, slated for release next month. This assortment includes:
* Masked City Hunter Predator - includes throwing disc, spear, and bloody skull & spine
* Camo Cloaked Falconer Predator - includes the long-awaited Falcon bird accessory which can peg to his back or forearm.
* Big Red Predator - includes interchangeable hands and 2 katana swords.
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Greg McElroy in, Mark Sanchez benched after continued struggles
What happens when Tim Tebow is inactive and the Jets get shutout during the first half of a home game? Why, the fans start chanting for Greg McElroy, of course.
And, in the third quarter, the fans got what they wanted.
Trying to rebound from their Thanksgiving nightmare -- a 49-19 loss to the Patriots, highlighted by Mark Sanchez fumbling as he ran into the backside of his own lineman -- the Jets instead continued to spiral downward early Sunday. Sanchez threw three more interceptions in the first half against the Cardinals, and the Jets trailed 3-0 at the break.
The never-ending bumbling on offense led a sparse Meadowlands crowd to begin calling for McElroy, the team's third QB, active Sunday because of Tim Tebow's absence with a rib injury. McElroy, a seventh-round pick in the 2011 draft, had never made a regular season appearance.
But, after a three-and-out early in the middle of the third quarter, he was seen on the Jets sideline getting ready for game action and under center on the following drive.
Sanchez had to suffer through that entire holiday massacre last week, but you probably won't find too many Jets fans feeling for Sanchez though. The fourth-year quarterback has been under fire for this entire season (and on plenty of occasions prior), and his Week 13 meltdown has come against a Cardinals team with seven consecutive losses.
Sanchez's issues began immediately.
On the Jets' first offensive play, he hurried a pass away while under pressure and badly overthrew Jeremy Kerley. The Cardinals' Kerry Rhodes, a former Jet, was waiting to make the interception. Rhodes victimized Sanchez again later in the first quarter, then Anthony Sherman stepped in front of a Sanchez pass in the second.
Sanchez finished the first half 9 of 16 for 95 yards and 3 INTs. When he was replaced, he was 10 of 21 for 97 yards, those 3 picks, and a rating of 21.4.
McElroy's presence had an immediate impact on the Jets, and certainly their fans, who went nuts upon seeing him take the field. The team responded in kind, immediately marching down the field on an energized 10-play, 69-yard touchdown drive that saw McElroy go 2 for 3 for 9 yards with his first career touchdown pass on a bootleg to Jeff Cumberland. That touchdown proved to be the winning points in a 7-6 contest, as McElroy finished 5 of 7 for 29 yards and the score (a 118.5 rating).


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We still remember the old days when finding a pulley system for your Camaro involved digging around in boneyards for just the right combination. We would then clean up the scavenged parts, and more than likely perform some cutting and welding to get everything the way we wanted. It was a necessary process, but today the aftermarket offers us more attractive (literally) options. Another issue with using repurposed OEM pulleys was that they sometimes didn't locate the accessories in the right spots. After all, they were designed for a specific car and didn't need to be compact; they needed to fit. Today, the aftermarket makes it easier to transplant engines into our cars by offering systems that are compact enough to fit anywhere and look killer. They also allow for us ditch the V-belts and run six-rib serpentine belts that are capable of handling power levels that would shred or glaze a V-belt.
Eddie Motorsports recently jumped into the pulley arena with their S.Drive billet aluminum serpentine systems. CNC-machined right here in the USA from 6061-T6 aluminum, they certainly looked great in pictures, but we wanted to get a hold of one to see how "tab A" fit into "slot B." So with parts in hand, we headed over to Driverz Inc. to bolt a kit to a big-block they had sitting around the shop.


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The Nankang NS-20 tire is an economical performance tire for sedans and coupes with high-speed stability and handling, and a long lasting tread at a cheap tire price. The performance levels are accomplished thanks to special rubber compounds and tire construction. The tread itself also contributes to the good handing and wear. It has a continuous solid center rib design that provides good on center feel more typical of much more expensive premium brands. The value priced Nankang NS-20 tire also has wet weather and all-season grip because of the four circumferential grooves and the directional tread pattern that expels water efficiently. Cornering and enhanced stability and grip are accomplished with the notched and wide sectioned shoulder tread blocks.
This describes the sidewall appearance. Examples include Black Sidewall, White Sidewall, and White Letters.
|Load Index
The load index (LI) is a 2 or 3 digit number that corrolates to the maximum amount of weight the tire can carry. For example, a tire with a load index of 87 indicates that the tire can carry a maximim load of 1,201 lbs. In the case of our example the 87 identifies the tires ability to carry a maximum of 1,201 lbs. So 4 tires will carry a maximum of 4,804 lbs. Refer to your vehicle owner's manual for the recommended minimim Load Index. It is not recommended to install tires with a lower Load Index. By doing so, this could cause your tires to be overloaded thus potentially causing a blowout.
|Speed Rating
Speed Ratings (SR) are based on laboratory tests and indicates the maximum speed the tire can achieve. These tests are based on limited time trials. Higher speed rating tires typically will yield better handling capabilities, but may often result in lower mileage. Refer to your vehicle owner's manual for the recommended minimum Speed Rating. It is not recommended to install a tire with a lower speed rating as it could affect the handling of your vehicle. It is important to note that speed ratings only apply to tires that have not been damaged, altered, under-inflated or overloaded. Additionally, most tire manufacturers maintain that a tire that has been cut or punctured no longer retains the tire manufacturer's original speed rating, even after being repaired because the tire manufacturer can't control the quality of the repair.
|Ply Rating
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Ply Rating is related to the max load capacity. This value can be defined with a letter or number. The higher the number/letter, the higher the load capacity.
To help consumers evaluate their tires, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) created the Uniform Tire Quality Grading System (UTQG). The UTQG rates tires are rated on their tread-wear, traction performance, and temperature resistance. The grade for each of these can be found on the sidewall of your tire (except for winter tires and certain light truck tires). Click here for more information.
|Max Single Load(lbs)
|The maximum load this tire will support. Remember to multiply this number by the number of tires installed on your vehicle to get the maximum carrying capacity. This number is directly related to the Load Index.
|Max Single Air Pressure(PSI)
|The maximum air pressure this tire will support. This does not represent the amount of air pressure your tires should have at all times. Consult with your owner's manual to determine the best air pressure you should use for your vehicle.
|Tread Depth
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|The amount of tread on the tire. Once the tire is worn to 2/32nds, it is considered fully used and should be replaced at that time. Most tires will have tire indicators in the grooves of the tire to help you determine when the tires are worn down to 2/32nds.
|Tread Design
Nondirectional - most common, same tread pattern on inside & outside of the tire. Can be rotated to all four corners of vehicle. Asymmetrical - tread pattern is different on the inside to the outside of the tire, and must be mounted properly. Can be rotated to all four corners of the vehicle. Directional tires - roll in only one direction, must be mounted properly. Once mounted they must remain on the same side of the vehicle, and only be rotated front to rear.
|Rim Width Range
|The approved wheel rim width range this tire will support.
|Measured Rim Width
|The recommended wheel width as recommended by the tire manufacturer to get the best wear us performance for this tire.
|Section Width
|The measurement from sidewall to sidewall.
|Tread Width
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|The measurement from one side of the tread to the other side of the tread.
|Overall Diameter
|The height of the tire when fully inflated.
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Some cool stuff, really shows alot of goes into keeping the body fresh.This past training camp, Hibbert showed up weighing 293 pounds. In the past two years since he's been eating meals with wholesome ingredients meticulously weighed and measured by his personal chef, Hibbert has added 150 pounds to his front squat. For the uninitiated, that's a lot; that's a me.
"He's the only client I've ever had who doesn't want an off day," Roussell said. "His birthday was [Wednesday], and I said, 'Take the day off.' And he said, 'Oh, no, no, no, I want food. I want to keep going. I'll do dinner, but I want to stay on the plan."
After tinkering with nutrient proportions, the plan for Hibbert is about 40 percent carbs, 30 percent proteins and 30 percent fats -- more moderate than the Lakers' program, which calls for 50 percent of calories to come from healthy fats.


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Lively pitches mean walks a way of life for Santiago
TEMPE, Ariz. -- Generating lots of movement on your pitches is never a bad thing, but Angels starter Hector Santiago -- like fellow lefty C.J. Wilson -- will always have a relatively high walk rate because of it. Over the last two years, the 26-year-old left-hander has walked 4.6 batters per nine innings, which trails only Edinson Volquez among those who have compiled at least 200 innings in that span.
Santiago has command of five pitches -- a fastball, a cutter, a slider, a changeup and a screwball -- and they all move.
Walks are just something he has to live with.
"Definitely," he said. "There's times where I throw 15 changeups that are nice and straight, and then there's some of them that just get massive depth to it. But right now I feel great. I feel like I'm in the zone all the time, whenever I want to be. I feel like right now I'm probably better than I've ever been with strikes in the zone."
Santiago issued just three walks in his first 11 Cactus League innings, but gave out three more in a 91-pitch, 5 1/3-inning outing against the Giants on Monday, which saw him scatter three runs on four hits while striking out five.
Santiago "felt like everything was working," and he even threw three pitches he never had before -- a sinker and a cutter that broke inside to righties, and a faster screwball that reached about 85 mph.
Sometimes, he isn't sure how his pitches will break.
"I throw a four-seamer that will [start straight], and then all of a sudden take off to the right like a cutter," Santiago said. "Then I'll throw the next one and move it over a little bit and it'll stay straight and I'm like, 'Come on, one or the other.' But that's not a bad thing, because they're seeing one straight, hopefully the first one, and then the next pitch has a little cut in it. That's where I get those jams."
Alden Gonzalez is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Gonzo and "The Show", and follow him on Twitter @Alden_Gonzalez. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Giants option Kontos to make room for Cain
LOS ANGELES -- With the bullpen's season-long members thriving, the Giants made the easiest choice Saturday and optioned right-hander George Kontos to Triple-A Fresno to create roster room for starter Matt Cain.
"I don't know who else I can send down there. They're all throwing so well," manager Bruce Bochy said.
Kontos threw well in his lone Giants appearance after being recalled Tuesday, blanking Pittsburgh for two innings on Wednesday.
But the Giants had no intention of altering the bullpen that entered Saturday with a 1.75 ERA, the best in the Majors. Moreover, the less-established members of the relief corps, right-handers Juan Gutierrez and Jean Machi, have no Minor League options remaining.
Cain, recovered from the cut on the tip of his right index finger that forced him to miss two starts, faced the Dodgers on Saturday.
Chris Haft is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Haft-Baked Ideas, and follow him on Twitter at @sfgiantsbeat. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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FSU's Andy Duncan Wins Nebula Award for Science Fiction
Frostburg State University assistant professor of English Andy Duncan has been named the winner of the 2012 Nebula Award for Best Novelette. This prestigious annual award goes to the best science fiction or fantasy novelette published in the United States during the previous year. Duncan won the award for his novelette, "Close Encounters." "A Nebula Award, in any category, is the highest peer award in science fiction, and I am deeply touched and grateful to know that my fellow science fiction writers so admire what I do," Duncan said.
Duncan, who recently won the FSU Faculty Achievement Award for Academic Achievement, has been nominated for the Nebula Awards seven times. His collection of fiction, "Beluthahatchie and Other Stories," has won a World Fantasy Award. Another of his five books, "The Pottawatomie Giant and Other Stories," contains the Nebula Award-winning "Close Encounters" and the World Fantasy Award-winning "The Pottawatomie Giant." Duncan has also won the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for his novella, "The Chief Designer," and has been nominated for the Hugo Awards multiple times.
The Nebulas are voted on and hosted by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, the nonprofit association of professionally published science fiction and fantasy writers founded in 1965. The Best Novelette award has been awarded annually since 1966. Past winners of the award include the renowned Isaac Asimov and George R.R. Martin, the author of the books upon which the HBO television series "Game of Thrones" is based.
Duncan plays a dual role of English faculty and professional writer. "Being a professional science fiction writer is like being part of the smartest, funniest, most diverse and extended family imaginable; we're all in touch with one another, online, every day, cheering and squabbling and 'squeeing' about something, from teenage aspirants to Grand Masters in their 90s," he said. "I've had a ball doing it for 19 years now, and I hope to keep doing it the rest of my life – which science fiction reminds us might last, oh, millennia, if we can work out that data-storage problem."
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The Shoulder Dystocia Handbook
Edited by Jan Tritten, et al.
The implications of a true shoulder dystocia at birth are among the most frightening a student midwife-or even an accomplished midwife-must face and cope with. No matter how many times a doll and pelvis are used to practice, no matter how many times the drills are run mentally, struggling to replace fear with healthy respect and thorough preparation is a goal we must meet and maintain.
This booklet provides an excellent tool in preparing for, and dealing with, shoulder dystocia. Comprised of 22 articles by 19 different authors, two journal abstracts, information about The Birth Gazette's "Shoulder Dystocia Registry" project, and a compilation of shoulder dystocia tricks of the trade, this handbook fits easily into any birth bag for handy review and reference. There are also referrals to available audiotapes and Internet resources for the reader who wants more information from which to study and learn. While some of the articles have previously appeared in Midwifery Today magazine, many are new for this publication. At any rate, it would be difficult indeed to compile on one's own such an accessible reference.
While the principles of the Gaskin Maneuver and other standard variations of "If you can't move the baby, move the mother" are given their due course, this booklet goes well beyond any other discussion of the topic that I have come across in my studies. It does so in a format that I love: heartfelt discussions of what works for various midwives and why they believe in their techniques. Among the intriguing information included are such suggestions as relating the direction in which a mom is being rotated to hands and knees to the baby's position. This allows the chin to birth by itself rather than hooking it, a variation on the corkscrew maneuver involving the use of both full hands.
Gail Hart has written an excellent article, "Waiting for Shoulders," that references older textbooks as well as listing her own techniques. Marion Toepke McLean has contributed three articles, using her well-loved style of relating anecdotal experience to scientific research. Marina Alzugaray's story of "The Day I Graduated as a Midwife" is also here. Other respected writers include Jill Cohen, Gloria Lemay, Mayri Sagady, Sara Wickham and Sharon Glass Jonquil.
This handbook is just right for reading all the way through at once, then rereading article by article. It is ideal for studying a bit at a time to reinforce confidence and refresh the memory. Because of its wide-ranging scope of suggestions that go bravely beyond what is found in either Varney or Oxorn-Foote, it would be an ideal text to add to the required reading at any midwifery school or program. Adding in discussions and drill practices of the techniques recommended would make excellent additions to any curriculum.
When I took The Shoulder Dystocia Handbook along on a recent trip to a Jamaican maternity ward, I found it to be of great interest to the staff there: so great, in fact, that I ended up leaving my copy with them. Meanwhile, it gave us plenty to talk about and a chance to practice potential maneuvers-even without a doll and pelvis-during slow spells. While I myself have yet to experience anything beyond sticky shoulders, I know the day will come when I will be glad that I have studied this excellent little booklet.
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Legendary Garner State Park Dancing to the Beat of Restoration
CONCAN — Whether they go to float the cool Frio waters, hike the rugged terrain, watch the abundant wildlife or dance the night away at the iconic riverside pavilion, generations of Texans have endowed Garner State Park with an iconic status as the perfect getaway.
"Historically we have had the most overnight visitation in the Texas State Park system," says Assistant Park Superintendent David Allen. "It's one of the most beautiful locations in Texas. We are a bit of a long drive, but that's one of the things people like about us."
Texas Parks and Wildlife is now at work ensuring that favored status extends to future generations with projects that include restoring and renovating Garner's historic Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) cabins, built in 1938-39, and repairing all the park's screen shelters.
Thanks to bond funding authorized by the Texas Legislature and approved by statewide voters, TPWD has started on four of the park's 17 cabins, with the rest to follow until all are done. Work is already completed on 15 of the park's 47 screen shelters. After the summer season, work will resume on the screen shelters and begin on the replacement of a Rock Beach comfort station.
In all, about $4 million in improvements are planned for Garner, adding another checkmark to a long list of major Texas State Parks rejuvenation projects underway this year, all aimed at keeping the parks fun, safe and customer friendly. Texas State Parks general obligation bonds have been sold to fund more than $44 million in repairs and renovations to park cabins, bathrooms, electrical and water systems, and other state park infrastructure. Along with fixing up more than 40 state parks, the bonds provide an additional $25 million to dry berth the Battleship Texas.
For decades, countless Texas young people have formed fond Garner memories out of hot days floating in tubes on the Frio River, nervous evenings flirting with a new summer sweetheart at the jukebox dance, and wonderfully quiet nights sleeping with their families in a rustic Garner cabin or a screen shelter.
"The cabins are booked solid," says Park Superintendent Rick Meyers. "The CCC cabins have fireplaces. They rent up from right after Thanksgiving to the end of February."
Of the 17 cabins, 13 are original CCC-built structures of native Texas rock and local hardwoods. Crews have already started on the four non-CCC cabins. Region 3 program manager Jeff Johnson says all the cabins are to be completed by mid-summer, 2011.
The four non-CCC cabins, built much later, were in bad condition, Meyers says. "Rotten wood, thousands of bats in the attic, a bad odor, a lot of rock squirrel damage, slabs cracked, pipes stopped up, electrical systems that still had old cloth wrappings around them. We haven't gotten into the CCC buildings yet, so we don't know what we're faced with."
The CCC cabins are being renovated with great respect for their history. "We're saving or reusing as much of the architectural fabric as possible, and seeing that new materials are appropriate to the era," Johnson says. "A lot of renovation happened between the 1930s and now. We are trying to remove those mistakes and take the cabins back to a state respectful of their 1930s condition."
In a concurrent but separately-funded project, the cabin contents also are getting a major makeover. "They have found historical photos from inside the cabins," Johnson says. "The TPWD wood shop is currently building completely new period furnishings and interior treatments to go in those cabins as soon as we are done. They're going to be magnificent."
When done, two of the cabins will be Americans with Disabilities Act compliant. The screen shelters are simple rectangles with wood and screen sides and a picnic table inside. They can be significantly altered, so 11 will be reworked to ADA standards. The cabins and five of the shelters are located in the park's original section, known as Old Garner, near the Oakmont Camp Loop. The rest of the shelters are in the River Crossing camp area along the Frio River.
Work on the new comfort station (TPWD's name for a restroom without showers) also is to begin after the summer season. It will be located in the popular Rock Beach area of Old Garner. The all new structure will replace a station that was beyond repair. It will have much-needed changing rooms and, since it is located in a flood plain, it will be built on concrete piers.
Another project, the repair and upgrading of electrical and water systems in Live Oak Campground, has already been completed.
As the park website points out, Garner is a place of "deep canyons, crystal-clear streams, high mesas, and carved limestone cliffs". Since the park is consistently busy, it is fortunate also to be large. A Feb. 24 acquisition of 177 acres (including Old Baldy, a bluff most visitors assumed was already part of Garner), increased the park to almost 1,600 acres of gorgeous Edwards Escarpment land.
"We probably use 700-800 acres for just our camping area, so people are not stacked up on top of each other," says Allen. "We've got excellent hiking trails that can get you back and away from everything. You don't have airplanes flying over every day. You don't see a lot of people on the roads. We just don't have the hustle and bustle of a lot of places."
While the Frio is the major summer attraction, drawing vacationing families and college students, spring and fall brings a different crowd for hiking, biking, birding and wildlife watching.
Garner is located 8 miles north of Concan and 90 miles west of San Antonio.
For more information on the park, call 830/232-6132. Or visit the Garner State Park website: http://tpwd.texas.gov/spdest/findadest/parks/garner
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Home Trends: Interior design: Pantone colors for 2013
November 10, 2012
Pantones rule the interior design eye. As certain colors are named the hottest new thing, interior finishings from paint to furniture to accessories swarm to achieve them. Pantone, Inc. is a company best known for its color labeling and propriety. The saying has been said to be that "if it's not in a Pantone, the color does not exist."
Every year, new colors are brought to attention as the latest trend all across fashion. I was able get a sneak peek at the coolest color themes coming to 2013. After all, the New Year is only a couple of months away. What can we look forward to for colors?
The number one palette of colors has been coined as the "Connoisseur." This palette plays with base tones of cool neutral tones that are balanced with warmer hues of purple, orchid and violet. Color compliments of beige, silver, subtle green and champagne all work to complete the Connoisseur color palette. The above image demonstrates the brilliant use of this color combination: subtle beige walls, purple and green accents, grey-silver upholstered arm chair and finally, a deep, warm brown paint within the fireplace.
The "New Old School" palette is one that I found to be very interesting. Perhaps a heightened level of team spirit and patriotism has sparked this theme of flag-color inspired tones. The New Old School grabs the colors of glam-royal purples, evergreen, deep navy and ruby. This palette has been the staple of Ralph Lauren designs for decades. I associate these colors with the holiday season – helping you to feel warm and cozy. These colors are often found in holiday and winter prints. Flannel pajamas anyone?
At this time, there are a total of nine Pantone palettes of 2013. Other color arrangements shed light on the vibrant, the neutrals and the cloudy or subdued translations of forever popular hues, then all the way to the whimsical and eccentric shades. Pantones can make it easy for you to become a color expert. Take the opportunity to follow the trending color combinations for the future and you can create an interior scheme that will label you as avant-garde and revolutionary.
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There it was, buried in a mid-April game between two teams that have been lottery-bound almost from the tipoff of the season, the kind of game to which only the most fanatic of NBA fans would surrender attention. Detroit was in Cleveland on Wednesday, and in the most convincing way we've seen to date, the most promising big-man tandem in the league showed its possibilities.
The line for the Pistons' power forward Greg Monroe: 23 points on 10-for-18 shooting, with eight rebounds and four assists.
The line for center Andre Drummond: 29 points on 10-for-11 shooting, with 11 rebounds.
It has taken quite some time (in part because of a back injury that cost Drummond 22 games) but the pairing of Monroe and Drummond in the Pistons' starting five has finally come to pass, and we're now seven games in. Coach Lawrence Frank has been slow—too slow for many Pistons fans—to put the two together for a number of reasons, including the need for both to improve on defense and because Monroe would have to slide from center to power forward to make way for Drummond, but the most compelling reason is the simple fact that Monroe is only 22 and Drummond is a raw 19-year-old rookie.
They're still getting used to each other. But they're getting the hang of it. "We're working on it," Monroe said. "We've been very comfortable together when we've been able to play together. I feel comfortable, he looks comfortable. I think we'll both be fine once we get the chance to really get used to playing with each other. We know that, both of us on the court, we pose a bit of a problem. We just have to get more comfortable with it and be even more effective together."
That may be coming to fruition already. The Pistons have brought Drummond along judiciously throughout the year, but he has shown flashes of the power and athleticism that scouts saw from him at Connecticut last year. Which begs the question: Why was Drummond still around when the Pistons picked at No. 9?
There was an element of luck, Frank admits. Drummond had a tendency to be too passive with the Huskies, and because of that, he developed a reputation for being lazy and difficult to coach. Of course, things were very unsettled at UConn then, so there were other reasons Drummond did not develop as much as expected last year. But based on pure talent, he should have been the No. 2 (or at least No. 3) pick in the draft.
The Pistons knew it, and watched eagerly as teams ahead of them, in particular Charlotte and Sacramento, passed on him. "We knew there were certain spots—he could have gone as high as 2, could have gone 5," Frank said. "You just look at position needs, and we knew where he might go. … But it was determined ahead of time, if he was there, we were going to take him. When we picked him, it was risk/reward. We heard all the stuff that people say, and most of it was totally, totally off base. But to me, if you just sit down with the guy, it's unbelievable what was all the speculation and what is the reality. As the head coach you don't get an opportunity to get into it, but the guy is a total joy. He is the same guy every day and for a 19-year-old that's pretty good."
Not that Drummond has not been a challenge. Frank has, from the beginning of the season, faced questions about how he is using his obviously talented rookie, about whether he should do more to throw Drummond into the fire and let him learn that way. Drummond is plays just 20.2 minutes per game, and has played more than 30 minutes just four times. He is averaging 7.8 points and 7.7 rebounds this year, but on a per-36-minute basis, that works out to 13.8 points and 13.7 rebounds, with a 61.0 shooting percentage.
But then there's Drummond's absurdly poor free throw shooting—it's just 36.5 percent. He has almost no shooting range, with 179 of his 194 made field goals coming on shots at the rim, 102 of which came on dunks. He has worked on developing a hook shot, but he has deployed it just 11 times this year, and made only two of those. Those numbers are emblematic of a rookie big man who's raw as sushi.
Still, Frank sees the promise that Drummond carries, and shrugs off the negative speculation that caused his to slide in the draft. "Andre has been outstanding," Frank said. "He's a terrific, terrific young man. He's got a great spirit about him, very, very high character, very coachable, brings a very unique skill set with his size his athleticism, his strength, his speed. Very, very good hands. He works every single day. Andre's been terrific, and if he continues on the track he is on, very good things are ahead for him."
Here at the end of his rookie season, forming a combo with Monroe, Drummond is showing just how very good the things that are ahead of him—and the Pistons—could be.


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Commoditizing creativity?
The reality is, I'm not sure how I feel about this. I just received an e-mail promo that iStockphoto will be offering logos for a one time purchase. They are asking designers to submit their logo designs, and are offering $5 to designers who are part of the first 10,000 approved logos submitted by Jan. 1, 2010. At the end of the day, these logos will be sold one time only, for a purchase price between $150 and $700, and will be customized to fit the buyer's needs.
For me, the prospect of diminishing the value of something as important as a company's mark seems ludicrous, but at the same time, stories of how little Nike paid for the swish, or how Twitter's logo was simply purchased off the shelf from a stock house, gives credibility to the notion that why should a company pay thousands when a few hundred will do? I've also heard stories of how companies were disappointed when they saw other businesses using the same cut-rate logo they thought was their own. There will always be exceptions to the rule, but I believe you get what you pay for.
I supposed for the art purchasing community this is terrific — 10,000 logos to choose from, and cheap to boot. The design community appears to want to embrace it, with potential exposure to millions of prospective logo purchasers to buy your logo—once. I guess you can make a million dollars designing logos; all you have to do is design and sell about a million of them!
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Happy toddler zone
Everything parents need to know about raising happy, healthy little ones. more
As your child gets older, she will develop two types of fears; those you have instilled in her for her own safety - fire, crossing roads, stranger danger - and those she develops that are less rational but a result of her day-to-day contact with the world around her - dogs, lightning, men with loud voices.
As she matures, some fears - of the dark, or looking under her bed - will be outgrown and replaced by more sophisticated fears - of the house burning down, of being robbed, of something happening to her parents. While some of your child's fears may be legitimate, she will need you to give her reassurance and to put them into perspective by taking them - and her - seriously enough to address the issues. As odd as your child's fear may appear to be, with a little detective work you may discover that her fear has its roots in some experience your child has had.
It's a big, scary world out there, and every step your toddler takes toward independence comes with an equal measure of trepidation about what she's stepping into. As your child explores the world around her, she'll also discover that unexpected things can happen: The family cat can scratch, a finger can get caught in a door, a knee can bleed if she falls down the back stairs - and these surprising events can make her fearful of new experiences.
And as her thought processes becomes more complex, she can also imagine all sorts of possible scary scenarios which may involve everyday objects (all-consuming vacuum cleaners and bathtub drains, for instance) as well as imaginary threats (the monster under the bed). Your toddler will also have difficulty separating the real world from the imaginary world, and so TV programs and books can have a lasting impact on her active imagination - Hansel and Gretel can be truly terrifying if you don't understand that it's a work of fiction.
All these fears and anxieties are part of your toddler's normal development, and as she matures and begins to make more sense of the world, many of her fears will lessen in intensity.
Many toddlers find strong emotions very frightening. If this is the case, try to work on keeping your own emotions under control particularly when they are directed at your toddler. Yes, you may feel at the end of your patience with her, but if shouting at her only makes a fraught situation worse, try to develop other ways of communicating how you feel with your toddler.
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Consciousness is our gateway to experience: it enables us to recognize Van Gogh's starry skies, be enraptured by Beethoven's Fifth, and stand in awe of a snowcapped mountain. Yet consciousness is subjective, personal, and famously difficult to examine: philosophers have for centuries declared this mental entity so mysterious as to be impenetrable to science.
In The Ravenous Brain, neuroscientist Daniel Bor departs sharply from this historical view, and builds on the latest research to propose a new model for how consciousness works. Bor argues that this brain-based faculty evolved as an accelerated knowledge gathering tool. Consciousness is effectively an idea factory - that choice mental space dedicated to innovation, a key component of which is the discovery of deep structures within the contents of our awareness. This model explains our brains' ravenous appetite for information - and in particular, its constant search for patterns. Why, for instance, after all our physical needs have been met, do we recreationally solve crossword or Sudoku puzzles? Such behavior may appear biologically wasteful, but, according to Bor, this search for structure can yield immense evolutionary benefits - it led our ancestors to discover fire and farming, pushed modern society to forge ahead in science and technology, and guides each one of us to understand and control the world around us.
But the sheer innovative power of human consciousness carries with it the heavy cost of mental fragility. Bor discusses the medical implications of his theory of consciousness, and what it means for the origins and treatment of psychiatric ailments, including attention-deficit disorder, schizophrenia, manic depression, and autism. All mental illnesses, he argues, can be reformulated as disorders of consciousness - a perspective that opens up new avenues of treatment for alleviating mental suffering.
A controversial view of consciousness, The Ravenous Brain links cognition to creativity in an ingenious solution to one of science's biggest mysteries.
©2012 Daniel Bor (P)2012 Gildan Media LLC
"[A] lively look at what research is revealing about consciousness and a view of some of the ethical implications of recent findings about the brain's 'ravenous appetite for wisdom.' . . . Bor keeps general listeners in mind, making challenging subject matter entertaining by peppering his narrative with personal anecdotes, imaginative thought experiments and probing research studies. . . . An enthusiastic report from the front lines of cognitive science designed to pique the interest of nonscientists." (Kirkus Reviews)
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"Effectively demystifies consciousness"
The meaning of consciousness is no longer completely inaccessible to me after reading this book. It's starting to make sense to me. The author does an excellent job of reviewing what is only recently becoming known about the field. He explains difficult concepts wonderfully and uses some of the best analogies I've heard.
The author looks at the relevant philosophy, evolution psychology and the recent neuroscience understandings to go a long way with explaining what is consciousness. He indirectly answers two question, 1) what is it about humans that make us different and 2) will computers ever think.
I've listened to about five or so books and even watched a Great Course lecture on this topic and this book is the first one that went beyond just claiming that the meaning of consciousness is unknowable, and after having read this book, I feel that I'm getting closer to its understanding. I enjoyed the other books, but this one makes me believe that people way smarter than me are getting close to answering those two questions and discovering the real nature of consciousness. .
You know you have a good narrator when you recognize his voice from another book you've read and loved. Mr. Dixon also read "The Beginning of Infinity" and my mind would go back to some passages in that book which were covering similar material. Nicely narrated.
Dixon's fabulous. Perfect cadence, engaging speaking style.
This is an intriguing journey into the roots of human consciousness, drawing on a fascinating, subtle and yet accessible array of brain-related research and creative examples. A pleasure from start to finish.
College English professor who loves classic literature, psychology, neurology and hates pop trash like Twilight and Fifty Shades of Grey.
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exploration of the physiological elements of the deepest mystery of our existence: consciousness. This book becomes increasing interesting after reading such authors as V. Ramachandran (The Tell-Tale Brain), Jeffery Schwarz (The Mind And The Brain) and Patricia Churchland (Touching A Nerve), all of which are available on Audible as well, and which I can also highly recommend. Bor has studied deeply in philosophy and neurology and thus can bring both perspectives to this very complicated but fascinating investigation of ourselves.
Contains many nuggets of interesting information gathered from psychology research and experiments that support Bor's position that the mind and the brain are largely identical. This data would be more useful to students of the mind if it were trimmed of the excessively folksy verbiage that one has to sift through to mine these nuggets. I simply lost patience and gave up a little over half way through the book.
The narration adds to the folksiness by using the breathless style characteristic of network news magazines such as 60 Minutes. It's difficult for me to listen to even one hour of this style, let alone to the over 11 hours of it in this book.
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A Shriner himself, Auburn University punter Steven Clark was thrilled to be invited to play in the 89th East-West Shrine Game.
"My invitation was extremely gratifying and unexpected," said Clark. "It was truly a blessing for me and my family. The East-West Shrine Game is unlike any other bowl game out there. It gives the players a truly meaningful experience. It gave us all the chance to learn a lot more about the Shriners Hospitals for Children and caring for the kids. I can guarantee you the hospital visit was a special day for all the players."
Considered one of the best punters in the nation, Clark's ability played an important role in Auburn's spectacular 2013 season. His skills proved to be a valuable weapon for Auburn's offense and defense, downing nine punts inside the 10-yard line in the final four games, including five inside the 5-yard line. Auburn went on to play for the BCS National Championship where Clark averaged 43.2 yards per punt against Florida State. He also tied his longest punt of the season (58 yards) and had five of his six punts downed inside 20, four inside the 10.
The four main criteria for a punter are distance, hang-time, accuracy and consistency. What's the one thing nobody wants from their punter? A bad punt – there is zero tolerance for bad punts. You can kick it too far but don't flub it when it's needed. A Ray Guy Award semifinalist for the third straight season, Clark had only five punts returned this year in 56 attempts. Only 22 of 207 of his career punts have been returned (10.6 percent) for an average return of 5.4 yards.
"I'd say my biggest thing is consistency," said Clark. "That's what they want - they want to know what they're getting every time you step out on the field. That's what I want, too. Punting is all about mechanics. I want to be as consistent as I can be, and the ideal thing is to put the ball right where I want it every single time."
Jerry Glanville, Clark's (East Team) head coach in the 89th East-West Shrine Game, thinks Denver is a good place for Clark. "The way he kicks the ball his hang time will be off the charts in Denver's Mile High Stadium. He has all the skills to make it," said Glanville. "He's also a big time holder for extra points. No punter makes it in the NFL unless he's a good holder. We worked real hard with him on that during game week."
The East-West Shrine Game was an invaluable experience for Clark.
"The East-West Shrine Game was a great experience. It's hard to get everybody organized for a game in a week, but the coaches did a great job. They shared a lot about what it takes to make it at the next level, and gave us a little taste of what's important to NFL coaches," said Clark.
"I'm really excited to be in Denver concentrating on my craft. I'm learning a lot working with Britton Colquitt (five year veteran with the Broncos). He is an excellent punter, and he's helped me with my mechanics," said Clark. "I'm looking forward to using this opportunity to see how far I can get with the abilities God blessed me with, whether it's Denver or somewhere else."


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This article, entitled Be A Fabulous Hostess…without spending a lot of money or time comes from partner site 719woman.com.
Whether you're having guests over for an intimate dinner for 4 or a cocktail party for 50, it doesn't have to be stressful, expensive or intimidating. Anyone can do it with a few simple guidelines.
You've probably been to someone's house where it didn't matter what was served or how small or large a house they live in, you just really enjoyed yourself. That's because you had a great hostess (or host). On the other hand you may have been to dinner where the food was melt in your mouth perfect, the decor was like out of a movie yet as you were driving home you were like, "Whew, thank goodness that's over!"
A fabulous hostess creates an atmosphere that welcomes you. You should be relaxed, and you don't need to have a meltdown if a dish isn't perfect! And you don't have to be a skilled chef, live in a mansion or have tons of money and time.
Whether you're a first-time hostess or you've been doing it for years (and perhaps stressing), hopefully the following tips can help you throw a get-together with more ease and you'll actually have a good time (as will everyone else) at your own event.
Granted, there is a difference between having a couple over versus 25 couples but it's pretty much the same steps…just on a different scale. Here's my simple outline for basic hosting:
Plan your menu, budget, and establish "why" you're having company over. Is it a formal dinner or a barbecue in the backyard? Is the boss coming over, or the neighbors? (Not that you can't invite the boss over for chili and the neighbors over for steak!) I plan my menu around the season and occasion, what my budget is at the time and what's on sale at the grocery store. Don't get so complicated (unless you're a pro at this) that before you even invite anyone, you're stressed.
If you're not the greatest cook, plan your menu around what you're comfortable cooking.
I personally love to cook and try out new recipes so a lot of times I look at what's on sale that week at the grocery store, plan a menu based on the sale items. (I like to use guests as guinea-pigs for new recipes–if it doesn't work, laugh and order pizza!)
Let your guests know what to expect. When you invite someone over, whether it's by mail, phone, email or in person, let that person know what they're being invited to. Is it a casual come-on-over and we'll throw something on the grill kind of party? Or, a we're having four couples over for a formal, sit-down dinner?
Let them know about what time you're planning on actually serving the meal and what it is your serving. For example, "We'd love if you could join us for dinner Friday. It's supposed to snow so I'd thought we'd have this great new beef stew recipe I found. Come over around 6:00 and we'll have some drinks and appetizers and then eat around 7:00. And be sure to dress comfy."
That tells your guest immediately that:
a) it's a casual evening,
b) that you'll have a little something they can snack on before dinner (ever been invited for dinner at 6:00 and you go hungry and then the meal isn't served for another hour or so and you're starving?) and
c) that you're serving beef (that gives your guest the opportunity also to let you know if they're allergic to a food, vegan or have any other food related issues).
d) how to dress - the more your guests know beforehand, the more comfortable they are from the start.
Make a list of everything you need to do and then do as much as possible before your guests arrive. Even if we're "only" having the kids over I still make a list.
On this list I usually include:
I check everything off as it's completed and right before everyone is seated I double-check the list and make sure I have all the food out. (Have you ever made something, it's in the fridge, and you realize you forgot to pull it out AFTER dinner's over??)
Before we had cats (who are naughty and think they can jump on anything and everything-which they do) I would set the table the night before (if this is possible for you, that's a huge time-saver).
Clean and chop everything the night before or the morning of. Assemble anything you can ahead of time. Again, if you've planned your menu around foods that can be prepared as much in advance as possible, the more you can get done before guests arrive.
Choose an outfit you feel and look good in, something that isn't too structured so you'll be comfortable as you move around. Don't stress on cleaning the house. Vacuum or sweep the areas you'll be in, close doors to rooms you don't want anyone seeing, clean the bathroom guests will be using and don't have any piles people have to walk around.
Dimming the lights and lighting candles can really add atmosphere (and hide dust!). Have drinks (alcoholic or non-alcoholic) ready as guests arrive.
Everything is prepped! All you have to do is pop something in the oven, toss and dress the salad or warm the bread and now it's time to…
You're not stressed because you planned ahead. You look and feel great. Fabulous smells are wafting from the oven or the grill's ready to be started. The table looks inviting. You have music playing to set the mood… and the doorbell rings! You don't gasp and think, "oh no!", but instead, you head to the door knowing the evening is going to be spent having fun, all the while enjoying your company and the fact that your guests will leave that evening, wanting to come back.


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THE Abbey Meads regional team fought off a late surge from Team Bath to hold on at the death and secure an impressive 38-37 home victory.
The Swindon side were looking to bounce back after losing their first game of the season against Trident and the first quarter went their way as slick passing from Beth Thompson and accurate shooting gave them a five-point lead.
However, Bath soon found their rhythm in the second quarter and pulled level at 18-18 by the interval.
A hotly contested third quarter saw excellent play and mistakes from both teams ensured the score remained locked at 29-29 with only one session remaining and, with all to play for, Abbey were quick to disrupt Bath with their zone defence and pulled three goals clear.
The visitors continued to fight for every ball and pulled back to only one behind. As time ticked down both sides missed scoring chances, leaving Abbey to take the honours and remain two points clear at the top of Regional League 3 table..
Player of the match nominations went to Abbey's Nikki Garvey and Bath's Nic Palmer.


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Buona Foods adds mystery to website
Buona Foods Inc., Landenberg, Pa., has updated its website, buonafoods.com, with a new look that includes new photos, new recipes and a blog built around a murder mystery called "Cadaver Blues," said Gale Ferranto, president.
The story takes place in a small town and "mixes mystery with mushrooms."
Dole Mushrooms rolls out new labels, health info
Dole Mushrooms, Kennett Square, Pa., has unveiled labels for its mushroom packaging, said Gary Schroeder, director. The new look is an eye-appealing design change, he said.
"For the first time for us, we're making some very significant health claims that have been approved to put on labels," Schroeder said.
The labels will point out that mushrooms are a good source of phosphorous and promote strong bones and teeth and help maintain a healthy heart. The Dole brand name should help make the new look and the health claims even more effective, Schroeder said.
Giorgio handling sales for Modern Mushrooms
Giorgio Fresh Co., Blandon, Pa., and Modern Mushroom Farms, Avondale, Pa., have agreed to transition the Modern Mushroom fresh mushroom business to the Giorgio family of brands, said Bill Litvin, vice president of sales and national account manager for Giorgio.
Giorgio and Modern Mushroom have combined their sales and marketing efforts, and Modern Mushroom's customer service staff is also now a part of the Giorgio operation.
Modern Mushroom Farms will continue to be owned by the Ciarrocchi family and will grow mushrooms that will be marketed by Giorgio under the Modern Farms label.
Giorgio, which will continue to offer its Green Giant Fresh brand, will manage Modern Mushroom's packing facility.
Highline Mushrooms undergoing expansion
Highline Mushrooms, Leamington, Ontario, is expanding its Kingsville, Ontario, farm, said Hsian Kim, corporate communications manager.
The project, which should be completed by spring, includes the addition of specialized chambers and new growing rooms. The company also has had good response to its RPET trays and is looking to convert its entire line to RPET.
"Between the months of January to October of 2012, we were able to divert 91 metric tons from landfill," Kim said.
Highline now includes quick-response codes on all of its products "to inspire consumers in their everyday cooking," she said.
"Our QR codes are product-specific and provide dynamic information with ever-changing content. Since its introduction we have seen a steady increase in the number of scans."
Monterey Mushrooms expands bag program
Watsonville, Calif.-based Monterey Mushrooms Inc. is expanding distribution of its 10-ounce zip-top bags of sliced baby portabellas and sliced white button mushrooms into the Northeast, said Joe Caldwell, vice president.
The product currently is in distribution in the West, Midwest and Texas.
The bags include cooking instructions and recipe information that is difficult to offer on standard packages because of the lack of printable area, he said.
The company also has a sustainable paper tray that has space for recipes and other information and is available nationwide in 8-, 12-, 16- and 24-ounce sizes.
Phillips to enhance portabella product
Phillips Mushroom Farms, Kennett Square, Pa., expects to have a vitamin D-enhanced portabella mushroom product available shortly, said Kevin Donovan, national sales manager.
"We're testing the waters to see whether there is demand out there for that," he said.
The company plans to offer a 6-ounce package of mushroom caps and a 6-ounce package of sliced product.
The company is finishing the second expansion of its white mushroom production facility. The project should significantly increase company's white mushroom production.
Ponderosa shipping to retailer in Dubai
Ponderosa Mushrooms & Specialty Foods, Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, now is shipping to Dubai, said Joe Salvo, president. The program started about four months ago.
"So far, it's been a pretty good success," Salvo said.
The company sees "huge market potential" in the area, especially with foodservice.
As of late last year, the company was shipping 12 stock-keeping units of mostly specialty mushrooms, like Ponderosa's Chef's Mix, portabellas, enokis, king oysters and shitakes, to a retail chain.
To-Jo puts site into preservation program
To-Jo Mushrooms, Avondale, Pa., has entered its 133-acre farm site in Pennsylvania's Elk Township into the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program, said Paul Frederic, senior vice president of sales and marketing.
The To-Jo farm site is the 343rd to enter into the program for farmland preservation and the 91st to enter into the Chester County Challenge Grant Program and Easement Purchase Program by selling the development rights.
The company hopes to develop the site as a mushroom farm in the coming years, Frederic said.
To-Jo also has added to its capabilities in its packing room and brought in an overwrap machine to enhance its throughput and help handle holiday volume.
The company has leased a farm from a local grower to help supply several new customers, Frederic said. The new facility should enhance the company's production by 20% or more.


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Chuck Kennedy wrote:The problem is that target manufacturers might design baskets to enhance the chances for a disc to go thru the side and top then advertise their targets catch more putts. I don't believe that's a direction we want to encourage. The new rule is attempting to cover a problem with current designs and encourage future target designs to get better.
You already have specifications in place for baskets. I don't think you need to worry that a manufacture MIGHT design a basket with a hole in the top. If it ends up in the basket, who cares how it got there? I like the wedge and hanging part of the rule, but the rest is dumb.


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This week on Capitol Hill, Congress held two hearings about the future of health care in America. From the perspective of America's retirees, it's bad and about to get worse.
The Affordable Care Act says health insurers can currently charge older Americans up to three times the rate of identical healthcare protection, so our affordability fears are going to grow.
To inflame things even more Congress has introduced the Liberty Act (H.R. 544), to allow insurers to potentially charge us five times more than the average adult for the same healthcare coverage.
This week is the anniversary of American patriot John Henry's great speech at the site of St. John's Church in Richmond, Virginia (March 23, 1775), let me echo his call to arms to inspire fellow retirees to do the same. In Henry's words:
"I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided; and that is the lamp of experience -- if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges -- we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight! They tell us, sir, that we are weak; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed? Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction? Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance, by lying supinely on our backs, and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot? Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power. I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"
Fellow retirees, let this great call to action from 1775 inspire and lead us in the year 2013. Join me and the non-profit ProtectSeniors.Org (1-800-398-3044) in coming to the economic defense of retirees across our great nation.
Jill Haynes


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In this great city of ours, one could eat a different sandwich every day of the year—so that's what we'll do. Here's A Sandwich a Day, our daily look at sandwiches around New York. Got a sandwich we should check out? Let us know. —The Mgmt.
I first tried El Tenampa for their tacos, but my favorite thing to get there is their lengua (tongue) cemita ($7.50). This hefty sandwich is packed with chunks of tongue—meltingly tender with crispy bits around the edges—layered with ripe avocado slices, crema, crisp red onion, chopped iceberg lettuce, black bean mash, and white cheese. (By default it also comes with hot chile sauce, but after trying that version, I always order it non-spicy. There's also a condiment bar if you want to add salsa to your liking.) While it can get messy, the fluffy, well toasted cemita roll from Las Conchitas Bakery holds up well to the fillings.
El Tenampa
706 4th Ave, Brooklyn NY 11232 (map)
About the author: Robyn Lee is the editor of A Hamburger Today and takes many of the photos for Serious Eats. She'll also doodle cute stuff when necessary. Read more from Robyn at her personal food blog, The Girl Who Ate Everything.


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- Words by Mr Peter Henderson, Senior Fashion Writer, MR PORTER
The style legacy of the 1970s and 1980s is a mixed bag, containing both soaring highs (think Mr Ryan O'Neal in Love Story) and crashing lows (look no further than Mr John Travolta in Staying Alive, the cringeworthy sequel to Saturday Night Fever). Something which we continue to covet, though, from the decades that brought us flares, platform shoes and shoulder pads, is the retro running shoe. With the sportswear explosion that began in the 1970s and continued throughout the 1980s, an abundance of uniquely stylish track shoes, with streamlined styling and thick cushioned soles, were developed. These were largely swept aside by higher-tech (and uglier-looking) styles in the 1990s and noughties, but now brands from both the high-fashion arena (Valentino and Balenciaga) and from the sportswear world (New Balance and Nike) are reviving the running styles of the past - and we couldn't be happier. The only caveat is that these 21st-century renditions are much too nice to wear for training in, working as they do with everything from jeans and a bomber jacket to tailored trousers and a blazer. Valentino's version, which is available in different colours and patterns, has particularly piqued our interest, and was seen on almost every fashion editor at the recent menswear shows.


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Benvenuti a Roma! It seems fitting since we're in Christianity's HQ to begin with a confession – I've never been crazy about the place. It's partly because the two times I've been weren't exactly a load of laughs. The first time was as a kid, when I spent most of my Roman holiday in bed with glandular fever and acute tonsillitis. The last time was around 10 years ago, with my then-partner. It was meant to be a break from a particularly tough time. Instead he and I fought like cat and dog.
Aside from that, the other reason I'm underwhelmed by what most people find to be an overwhelmingly beautiful city is my complete lack of the tourist gene. I know I should be struck with awe when I visit the Colosseum et al. And maybe, if I didn't have to queue for hours, I would be. But any time I attempt to do the tourist thing I get really stroppy. In short, it ruins the ruins.
So, much like Paris, I'm hoping that by exploring lesser known neighbourhoods, I'll finally 'get' Rome.
Week one, Pigneto. So far it's escaped the spotlight despite being just a 15 minute bus ride from the tourist trail. It helps that it's not on a metro line but the main reason is, there's nothing much to see. Not a ruin in sight and aside from some lovely weathered buildings, pretty charmless.
But I loved the place - while the neighbourhood ain't much to look at, it houses a diverse and interesting crowd that is mercifully tourist-free. And according to my daughter, Coco, it has the best gelato - ever.
For week two in Roma I headed just south of the city centre to Garbatella, a planned garden suburb built in the 1920s for the working classes with an odd mix of faux ancient Roman and Fascist Modern that keeps it from being too pretty – or touristy.
Normally a sleepy neighbourhood where the biggest event is the signore gathering at the washing lines for a good natter, we happened to be there for a cultural festival on one day and a religious procession on the next. Very different occasions but both made a racket.
Rome may be all about the old, but it's also populated by an energised, politicised, often pierced and tattooed youth. Which is why I chose a neighbourhood for week three that's overflowing with bright young things, San Lorenzo. Originally working class, it's now youth central because it's right next door to Rome's largest university.
Aside from the students, who enjoy the edginess of the neighbourhood while also being able to enjoy a boutique beer for much less than they'd pay anywhere else, I met 81-year-old Marcella. Turned out she was a famous dancer, singer and actress way back when. Still bella despite her years.
For the fourth and final Rome instalment, I wanted to venture further afield to the real suburbs of Rome. But neither Coco nor I had been 100 per cent, and the days were too short to stray far – with temperatures hitting 36-38 degrees C, you only start thinking about going out after 5pm.
Instead I explored Trastevere, a place I feared would be too postcard perfect and lacking in depth. But I was pleasantly surprised; unlike much of Rome, Trastevere manages to transcend its tourist hordes.
One of the oldest churches in Rome, Santa Maria, is tucked away in a corner of the neighbourhood's main piazza. Not particularly grand or imposing, your eye is drawn more to the central fountain and the restaurants and bars that line the square.
But its interior is impressive – as are the events that take place here. On one day, a prayer vigil for the African boat people, the next, a glamorous wedding. Santa Maria may be a thousand years old but she's still very much alive and kicking.
Of the cities we've visited so far, Rome seems to be the one that's most infused with tourists. I suspect in fact that all the ancient pillars and ruins are only remaining vertical for the tourists; were the backpack-wearing, map-toting mobs to evaporate, I think the old stones would take a long last breath before crumbling to the ground. What would they have to live for without the tourists?
But Trastevere seems different to me. Yes it's touristy, but the place has so much soul that it rises above the masses that come to eat, drink and be merry down its narrow lanes. Were the tourists to evaporate in Trastevere, life would go on here just fine.
It seems to have passed in a flash but that was a month in Rome. Did my experiment work? For the most part, yes. While Rome didn't get under my skin in the way that Paris did, it was definitely third time lucky. I actually quite enjoyed looking at the old famous bits as we drove past them on the bus but what impressed me most were the people we met and the surprising neighbourhoods they call home.
So arrivederci Roma! Next stop, Berlin.
Follow Louise and Coco weekly at www.52suburbs.com


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But once again Democrats and Republicans are at odds. This time in the Senate over a fix for student loan interest rates. On July 1, interest rates on federally subsidized Stafford loans are set to double to 2008 levels – from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent – unless Congress acts. That could cost students who max out their loans every year more than $1,000 over last year.
Senate Democrats want to kick the can down the road for two years while they seek a comprehensive plan. Senate Republicans want interest rates tied to 10-year Treasury notes with the rate stable until the loan is paid off. Both failed to pass. The GOP plan is similar to one President Barack Obama favors.
The House in May passed its version of a fix that also links interest for new loans to 10-year Treasury note yields, but Obama promised a veto, partly because it allows the rate to fluctuate. That would not be an issue with the GOP Senate plan.
Millions of students need to know what their payback obligations are up front. Linking the loans to a financial benchmark sounds reasonable. So does keeping the rate the same until the loan is paid.
While everyone isn't on exactly the same page, most aren't far apart. As Alexander lamented, "If we can't agree on this, we can't agree on anything."
Lawmakers should find a compromise before July 1. Students need to know where they stand.
This editorial first appeared in the Albuquerque Journal. It was written by members of the editorial board and is unsigned as it represents the opinion of the newspaper rather than the writers.


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IAN Holloway singled out veteran striker Kevin Phillips for praise for the impact his half-time introduction made in today's 2-1 derby victory over Charlton.
The Addicks were in complete control at the break but only had Ricardo Fuller's 15th minute goal to show for their dominance.
Palace looked second best but it was a different story after the interval when Phillips was handed his debut to partner Glenn Murray up front, with the Eagles' top scorer bagging a late brace to take his seasonal tally up to 25 in all competitions.
But it was Thursday's deadline day signing who made the biggest difference for the Selhurst Park supremo.
Holloway said: "Kev Phillips came on and we looked a different team.
"That is nothing to do with Jacob Butterfield, we looked a different team because I caused their two centre halves a problem and that's tactics.
"If you start like that it might not always pan out anyway but it is really important that you get a real strong bench and the choices I had today, they all made a difference when they came on.
"It wasn't the people I brought off because normally they are very, very good and that's what you need – strength in depth.
"It feels great to get a win, it feels great how we finished the game instead of letting a late goal in every now and again like we have done recently.
"That's a vital win for us.
"It puts us safe believe it or not because that is 51 points and no-one has ever got relegated with that, so now we can have a gallop on and see how many we get by the end of the season.
"We've got to beat last year's target. We are well on the way to doing that and we will see how far that takes us."
Holloway added: "Kevin Phillips is just a master class.
"Look how Glenn Murray played in the second half because Kev knows what he is doing.
"It was brilliant to see Johnnie and Dobs come on.
"That's great for the lads, I feel we deserved that over the last few weeks.
"It was important we've managed to get a decent result."
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