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We visited xel ha with our children whilst on a summer holiday to Mexico. The purpose was to swim with the dolphins in an environment that was friendly for the dolphins and that is exactly what we got.
The dolphins are in their natural habitat and we booked for all the family to swim, we first got our life jackets on and then proceeded to the wooden area next to where the dolphins are situated. Because there were quite a few of our family on holiday together we were all in one group but I did notice later on a family of three were put in a group with other tourists but this doesn't make any difference to the experience.
We purchased the pictures and videos afterwards which are not included in the entrance price but are worth getting as this is an amazing experience to be remembered.
We then got to get in the water whilst the dolphins swam around us and one point we all got in a circle and the dolphin swam under the circle and then jumped out the water over us. They are so beautiful and seemed to love 'playing' with us. We then all got to give them a little treat of small fish which my daughters loved.
As we were all inclusive we did enjoy a nice breakfast and lunch with plenty of beverages. The whole place is like paradise and it was really hot whilst we were there but we could just cool off by having a little dip. We were given snorkels and went snorkelling and took lots of pictures of all the colourful fish which just swam past. There is also a big leap of faith which is a jump that I personally could not do (I am a bit of a coward with heights) but my husband and oldest daughter loved it and done several times.
We also had a fantastic time in the inflatable tubes just relaxing and enjoying the environment, there is a lovely walk around and we also had a few iguanas coming over to my babys pram which she delighted in.
The one thing you need to be aware of is the sun lotion, we were told that because it is a natural environment you cannot use your own sunlotion brought into Mexico but you have to purchase a special one (they do sell it there and it is not too expensive), because apparently the one we took over from UK would harm the flora and fauna so you do need to respect that rule and check before you go.
If I ever get the pleasure of visiting Mexico again I will definitely pay to go to xel ha as it is worth every penny. We will never forget that day and I would recommend it to anyone.
We went to Mexico a few years ago now. I like visiting and investigating places when I am away, as personally I don't see the point in travelling and not exploring some of the culture you may never see again.
One of the trips on offer from our hotel base was to Xel-Ha.
Xel-Ha is situated on the Riviera Maya which runs along the carribean coastline and is situated amoungst the Yucatan Peninsula.
To put this in perspective for travellers - Cancun is about 90 minutes away and Playa del Carmen 30 minutes.
SO WHAT IS XEL-HA - Xel-ha is a natural aquarium, granted built around, which is sympathetically done to enhance visitor experiance without disturbing to much of the ecological or biological area. The park has been developed amoungst the land where the river opens up and meets the ocean. Read on to hear more!.....
THE COST - as this will be ever changing please refer to the website www.xel-ha.com but at the time of writing it was $90 (£60) adults and $60 (£40) children. Now I know this may seem a little high, especially if you are a family, however, bear in mind this is mostly all inclusive and is an entire day visit. Open 365 days a year! It always opens at 0900 but closes at varying times over the year.
You can usually pick up a leaflet from your hotel or get one on the actual visit. This I feel is essential as it gives you a comprehensive guide of what is avaliable, where it is and a map of the grounds.
SO WHA CAN YOU DO? This section I will split up into the various things you can do, as their are so many!
SNORKELLING - When you first arrive at Xel-ha you immediatly notice the vast area of ocean and see people bobbing up and down in it. Now I have to say I love the water, but am a little nervous out in the open ocean, escpecially when there are unknow fish. Never one to shy from a challenge I saw a little child dipping in - so that was that off I went. When you get closer to the water edge you clearly see guys fitting people with life jackets which are inclusive. You also get the choice of snorkelling equipment which you pay a small depoist, returned when you take the items back (you get to keep the mouth piece). When fitted you can make your way off to a wooden pier with steps down into the water. This although covered with rubber type stuff on steps, can get slippy so beware. I was immediatley surprised at how many fish were right there! and big ones at that! Numerous varieties are around for you to see - parrot and angel fish, snappers and many other ones normally found in your tropical fish tank at home :) We even spotted a baracuda further out! It is fantastic to get that close to them and feel them bounce off your feet as you swim. It's essential to take an underwater camera if you can, even a novice like me got some fab pics.
All around the inlet water area are wooden beach loungers which are free so you can relax and watch everyone else, great for families.
SNUBA - We never tried this but it is apparently a cross between snorkelling and scuba diving. You don't take a oxygen tank, but are connected to a pipe which in turn runs to a boat above.
SEA TREK - Again this we didn't try unfortunatly. There is an extra charge and the queues we just far to long for us, so get there early. It entails where a helmet connected to a pipe line and you walk along in a guided tour a few feet underwater.
CENOTES - As you go further inland there are cenotes or sinkholes, these are open pools of water normally connected to caves over and under the water. These you cannot swim in but there are options to kayak over them, or simply walk around them and spot some great wildlife too.
FLOATING BRIDGE - Down where the people go sea trekking is the floaing bridge. This is a wide floating bridge across the ocean entrance to the other side of the inlet. Bearing in mind this floats it goes with the waves and can be very rocky! so beware if you have little children and keep a firm hand hold. It is fun though and the fish dash under and up to the sides in shoals.
THE WALKS - Although titled walks you can take a push bike and there are little shuttles to and from certain areas. We chose to walk. It is a long way so bear this in mind if you have children, of an older age or disabilities. Places are plentiful to stop and rest though throughout; varying from small steps to the water to seats and tables.
Fantastic scenery, wildlife, many birds, squirrels and loads and loads of iguanas which are hugh! We spotted seven in one particular place all sun bathing :)
Along the vast walks there are things to do. The inner tubs are large floating rubber rings which can be found at the start of the river area, which you can jump on and float back off down the river to the main inlet. Hugely relaxing after a long walk.
Also dotted about are the swing rope across the water, a walking rope which is a tight rope affair with another rope to hang onto, which goes over the water and the cliff jump. Relaxing isn't for everyone so why not try the jump off a large cliff top into the cool, clear water below.
For the more gentle of us there is a lighthouse on the rocks which is surrounded by beach and hammocks to lie in.
There are a lovely garden which is greenhouse type idea with an abundance of plants and the mayan bee area to visit.
There is an option to swim with dolphins at an extra cost over $100 each for hour. We didn't do this as we swam with them and other animals in another trip. You can walk around the dolphin area where they stay.
So thats the main attractions covered, here is some of the rest.....
Guys come up to you every now and then offering to take your picture with parrots and iguanas which are at added cost.
LOCKER AND CHANGING areas are avaliable too, free towels, just watch out for the odd spider lurking!
I should point out here too that the park only allows you to wear bio friendly sun tan lotion, due the fish. This is pretty much expected everywhere in Mexico and the lotion is cheap and avaliable in most resorts.
The vast majority of food is included in the price and there are a range of food eating places, from buffets to set meals. There is also the option to buy fom smaller areas. All good food in my experiance and choices, I heard no one complaing.
I had no issues with staff, they all seemed very helpful when asked things. Many spoke pretty good english and other languages. It is important to remember though that due to the vast area and small water areas, there are not always staff around in different parts; if you have children make sure you keep an eye on where they are wandering off too.
This is a fantastic place and I would go back in a hearbeat. You definatly need a whole day, so don't be tempted to join it up with the other visits, otherwise you would miss out on some things or rush to much and that would be a great shame.
Xel-ha is not only popular with tourists but also with locals, which I think says a lot if they are prepared to pay to visit it too.
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Our recent trip to Mexico wasn't intended solely to be an opportunity to lay on the beach or by the pool and while away the time reading books. We could have done that at loads of destinations so enduring a ten hour flight had to be for some other reason. That reason was to finally get to see the sights of the Mayan archaeological sites for which the Yucatan Peninsula is world-famous.
One the locations which was definitely on our schedule was Tulum, at the southern end of the Riviera Maya. Tulum is a fascinating site but probably not a place where you would want to spend a whole day under the glare of the Mexican sun. We felt that a half-day, preferably a morning, would be quite long enough, but what to do with the rest of the day, having travelled so far to see it?
The answer was found amongst the various excursions on offer at the agency desk at our hotel For $125 US per person we could enjoy a morning's guided tour of Tulum and follow that with an afternoon at the natural open-air aquarium of nearby Xel-Ha, all inclusive, with all transport provided.
Xel-Ha is a natural freshwater lagoon which is fed by the underground water system (cenotes) that lies beneath the surface of the entire peninsula. The Yucatan is a limestone plateau that is almost entirely without rivers on the surface. Yet below the surface runs a subterranean river system which is accessible from the surface wherever the cenotes open up as surface lakes. Xel-Ha is just one such.
Xel-Ha has been exploited as a leisure centre for those who enjoy underwater activities because of the abundance of marine wildlife that is found there. It has been done, though, with some sensitivity to the potential for damage to this extraordinary natural feature. Much effort has gone into trying to ensure that pollution is eliminated as much as possible. To that end, things like normal commercial suntan lotions are banned from use and only bio-degradable versions are permitted.
When you arrive at Xel-Ha, the first thing you see is the dolphin pens. Now, I have to say that I'm not much in favour of keeping these beautiful creatures in captivity although I have to admit that my wife and I did do a "Dolphin Encounter" when we were last in Mexico, in Puerto Vallarta. The pool there was very large; the one here is less so, and divided up into multiple areas with a few dolphins in each.
The encounter experience is pretty much the same as you will find in most such locations. However, it is not included in the Xel-Ha entrance so costs extra, the amount depending upon the package chosen. As we had done it before we decided not to indulge this time.
Carrying on past the dolphins you then come to the main part of Xel-Ha, and first you come across a whole bunch of string hammocks, suspended from palms. This is where you can chill out and snooze if things get to much, protected by the shade of the palm leaves above. I guess if you were here all day then you could afford the time to relax like this; we couldn't as we were only here for an afternoon.
Finally you see the lake and alongside it the main facilities. Here are the changing rooms, lockers and also the place to get your supplied towels. Also here is where you get your snorkel equipment; you will be required to pay a $20 US deposit for your goggles, flippers and snorkel tube but you get to keep the tube when you leave. The lockers are key-operated and you get your key first from the same place you get the snorkelling equipment; you can take as many lockers as you need.
You enter the lake from a number of different wooden stairways. At the start of each stairway you can also choose to take a floatation jacket if you wish. I suppose it really depends upon whether or not you want to do a lot of underwater swimming. Bear I mind that the lake is generally not very deep so it is possible to see as much as there is to see by simply snorkelling on the surface. I chose to do so; my wife did not, but then she's a better swimmer than I am.
If you want to go a bit deeper then they also offer what they call SNUBA. This is different to SCUBA in that there are no air tanks involved. Instead you wear a helmet over your head and shoulders and this is connected by air tube to an inflatable raft that you tow behind you in the surface and which ensures a continuous supply of air. We didn't try this but I would have liked to have done so but, with a limited amount of this equipment available, there was no telling how long we would have had to wait for our turn. Nevertheless, it looked great fun and perhaps a better way to see the underwater life than just snorkelling.
However, the snorkelling was still amazing. We spent a couple of hours in the water watching the fish and other creatures, such as rays and, apparently, turtles, though we didn't actually see any of those ourselves. The lake is huge and even with the time we spent in the water we didn't get to cover all of it. The best place is near the middle, where some rocks protrude out of the water. It was around and between these that most of the fish seemed to congregate.
Other than the fish though, the bottom of the lake has little of interest. There is little by way of vegetation and no freshwater corals. The bottom of the lake seems to be quite sandy so that may account for this. The various rock outcrops are definitely where all the action takes place, together with the little inlets around the edge of the lake.
In addition to swimming you can also borrow bikes and ride around the dry land part of the site, visiting other smaller lakes and especially the underground river that feeds the lake. Once again, had we had more time we probably would have done this as well, but we didn't.
Other than the activities, refreshments are also provided as part of the package. There is a lakeside bar where all the usual alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks you would expect, are available. We stuck to our usual favourites, beer and fruit based drinks. All were pretty much the same as you find anywhere and perfectly acceptable.
Drinks are provided in plastic containers so you don't have to consume them in the bar, though to do so is very enjoyable. The sides are all open and so if you get a table on the edge of the lake you can sit and watch the masses of iguanas sunning themselves on the rocks. Some even venture along the bridges to the very entrance to the bar! Not sure if they expect someone to get them a drink!
Around the edge of the lake there are ranks of deckchairs wher you can also relax, drink and watch the scenery. Most of the front row "best seats" were taken by the time we arrived but these were also mostly in the sun. The ones further back were under the shade of the palms, if the heat gets too much for you.
Making your own way over the bridge from the bar, taking care not to tread on the iguanas though, by the looks of the damaged tails some have, maybe not everyone is so careful, you then come across the restaurant. A good selection of Mexican and International dishes was on offer when we visited and I would expect this to be typical. The food is supplied buffet-style so you can take what you like and as much as you like, as often as you like. We mostly ate Mexican and the food was tasty and enjoyable though not as spicy as we had expected.
With your food, waiters will bring you drinks of your choice, including house wines. Fortunately the red wine that we had was considerably better than we had been "enjoying" in our hotel though still would have to be considered little better than average.
We very much enjoyed our visit to Xel-Ha but I would recommend that in order to get the most out of your visit, should you choose to include it in you itinerary, it really deserves a whole day. There was so much we could have done, for which we simply didn't have time. We would especially liked to have had a go at the SNUBA. Without doubt, Xel-Ha is an extraordinary place and a worthy addition to the delights of the Riviera Maya.
An archaeological site of the Maya civilization from pre-Columbian Mesoamerica. Xel-Ha is nature as no one has ever felt it before, a place to share in celebrating the biological parade of the Riviera Maya. Our Natural Wonder and its open-sea aquarium offer a myriad of land and water activities, ecological attractions, world-class restaurants, and countless more unimaginable experiences.


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Basics: Creating a Watershed-Wise Residence
The River Project & Water LA
Saturday, February 16, 2013 from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM (PST)
Who's Going
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Event Details
Here you'll get an overview of the program goals and the various projects we can help you design and complete. You'll pick up essential knowledge about resources available to you that can make your home watershed-friendly AND save money on your water bill.
We'll show you how a watershed-wise landscape looks beautiful, saves water, reduces pollution runoff to the river, attracts birds and butterflies, and needs little maintenence.
This is a core class, required for full enrollment in the Water LA program. All neighbors are welcome.
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- BSO Case Number: BS13-06-003634
- PIO Number: 13-6-20
- Date: June 26, 2013
- Time: 3:09 a.m.
- Place of Occurrence: 6401 N. Federal Hwy., Fort Lauderdale
- Jurisdiction: Fort Lauderdale
- female, age 46 (DECEASED)
- BSO Corporal Jeffrey Bates, male, 31
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A woman was hit by a Broward Sheriff's Office patrol car early Wednesday morning as she attempted to walk across Federal Highway despite oncoming traffic. She was pronounced dead a short time later at a hospital.
The crash happened at 3:09 a.m. A 46-year-old woman and her boyfriend were walking eastbound across Federal Highway. Cpl. Jeffrey Bates was southbound when he collided with the woman. Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue responded, treated her on scene and transported her to Broward Health North hospital, where she was pronounced dead around 3:30 a.m.
BSO's Traffic Homicide Unit shut down the southbound lanes of North Federal Highway for about three hours while detectives conducted their investigation. There is no crosswalk in the area. The investigation is ongoing.
Corporal Bates, who was hired by BSO in March 2002, is assigned to the Pompano Beach district. Since then, he has had one preventable crash, which involved no injuries and only minor damage to the fender of his patrol vehicle.
- INVESTIGATORS: THI Homicide Det. Morales, Lt. Akers
- THIS REPORT BY: Dani Moschella/ PIO 6/26/13 1600
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Daily Slice gives a quick snapshot each weekday of a different slice or pie that the folks at the Serious Eats empire have enjoyed lately.
Even a regular Wednesday is prime people-watching time at Nutley's red-sauce staple Queen Margherita, with a packed room of regulars who will cut you if you don't respect your place in line. White-haired gents gesture with their canes and complain in Italian about the wait, glaring at the leisurely dining pace of a woman (who, if she's not the infamous Tanning Mom, might be her cousin) hooting over a bottle of BYO Pinot Grigio with the ladies.
But nerves are soothed by the basket of bread brought straight from the wood-fired oven—a peace offering that takes every iota of willpower not to tear through before the pizza arrives. Swathed in its burgundy napkin like the hero of a Caravaggio painting, the bread's the same dough that arrives a few minutes slathered with fresh tomato sauce, only puffier.
And it's the dough that truly reigns here. Exquisitely charred, pillowy, and pliant, it's the reason to sink your teeth into both the bread basket and the pizza. On this trip, I went out on a limb with the cheese-less Marinara with black olives, anchovies, and garlic ($9.95).
With such a soft crust, it's hard to resist rolling each slice from tip to crust, creating a spiral of bright tomato punctuated by pockets of briny salt. But it's a dangerous move with those anchovies swimming around. Like Eric Cartman, they're big-boned, and will jab you right in the throat if you're not careful. It's a worthwhile slice, but forewarned is forearmed: ask for your 'chovies de-boned in advance or risk the consequences.
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PDGA wrote: 802.01 Discs Used in Play
C. Players may not make post-production modification of discs which alter their original flight characteristics. This rule does not forbid inevitable wear and tear from usage during play or the moderate sanding of discs to smooth molding imperfections or scrape marks. Discs excessively sanded or painted with a material of detectable thickness are illegal. See sections 802.01 D, E and F
Apothecary wrote:this notion really interests me. it seems to me that the clutch point is whether or not the flash is considered (by the manufacturer) a mistake or not. if it is, its ok to remove it and make the disc fly "as intended".
if its NOT a mistake (and i havent seen anything to suggest that it was a mistake/defect) then its illegal to willfully remove it.
thats just my understanding. if there are people reading this who are more familiar with the rules and how they are enforced, i would love to hear your perspective.
As for the manufacturer's view, just ask them whether they would prefer a manufacturing process that leaves non-design production remnants on their product, or one that does not. I file flashing under "imperfection".
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Office for Children Can Help Families Plan for Child Care on Snow Days
According to the Farmers' Almanac, our area will have an average winter this year. Although area schools often shut down when it snows, most businesses stay open. This means parents often face a child care dilemma on snow days when they have to work but elementary schools are closed. The Fairfax County Office for Children can help families find care for their children this winter.
"The key is to plan ahead and arrange for care now, before it snows," says the Office for Children's Director Anne-Marie Twohie. She explains that parents can find child care professionals near their home or office on the Office for Children's website.
The Office for Children maintains a database of child care programs in Fairfax County. Office for Children records show that nearly half of the county's legally-operating child care businesses offer the option of occasional or back-up care. This includes hundreds of individuals who care for children in their homes, as well as a number of child care centers.
"It's a good idea for parents to visit a few programs ahead of time to see which child care situation will work best on snow days," Twohie says. Then when bad weather hits, parents will have a number of child care professionals to choose from.
Making arrangements ahead of time may make it less likely that children will be home alone on snow days. Fairfax County's child supervision guidelines recommend that even at age 12, children are not yet ready to be left unsupervised more than three hours at a time.


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Boeing's 787 Dreamliner can't catch a break these days and is suffering more PR nightmares after Japan's two biggest airlines grounded all their Boeing 787 aircraft for safety checks Wednesday. This move comes a day after another plane was forced to make an emergency landing due to smoke in an electrical compartment. Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines account for roughly half of the 787s already in service, and the most recent incident was the seventh safety concern with the high-tech plane experienced by ANA and JAL in less than two weeks. The mishaps included a fire in an unoccupied stationary aircraft, brake computer glitch, battery issues, fuel leaks and a cracked cockpit windshield. Boeing engineers have defended problems with the jet as routine for a new airplane, but are these incidents routine or do these aircraft have a serious issue? It appears that something might be going on with the Lithium-ion batteries on Boeing 787 aircraft and those batteries are made by GS Yuasa Corp in Japan. Lithium-ion batteries can catch fire if they are overcharged, so it will be interesting to see what the investigations turn up. Right now Boeing and GS Yuasa Corp shares are down due to concerns about the 800 pending Boeing 787 airplane orders.
"I think you're nearing the tipping point where they need to regard this as a serious crisis," said Richard Aboulafia, a senior analyst with the Teal Group in Fairfax, Virginia. "This is going to change people's perception of the aircraft if they don't act quickly." ANA, which said the battery in the forward cargo hold was the same lithium-ion type as one involved in a fire on another Dreamliner at a U.S. airport last week, grounded all 17 of its 787s, and Japan Airlines Co suspended its 787 flights scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday.
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In the midst of Wednesday's 300-point rally, it struck me: What if Jan. 2's performance represented the best rally we'd get in 2013, not just in point or percentage terms but in the indices themselves?
It's not an idle thought: We've had a terrific run in stocks since the bottom of the financial meltdown in early 2008, moving the S&P 500 from 670 to over 1450 on Wednesday. As we have come into the new year, I've been thinking about how to reorganize my portfolio, and the thought that I've made a ton of money being long U.S. stocks in the past four years has me, as the song goes, "looking for love in all the wrong places."
Don't get me wrong, I'm not about to sell all my U.S. equities, get into cash or get short. I'm just going to slowly try and find some better value selectively in other places. I've waited a long time to see some other markets turn a corner in their recovery, and Europe, for one, looks like it has done just that.
This works particularly if, as the numbers are beginning to show, bond funds are finally sloughing off investors. If the "regular" investor has finally convinced himself to move out of "safe" bonds and into the U.S. stock market, it's time for me to go elsewhere. The trader's rule is always to be the first out of the lifeboat, and when the public is finally convinced that we're headed higher, we're probably just about done.
European shares have so vastly underperformed U.S. equities that values abound. For a first shift, I'm going where I am most comfortable: mega-cap integrated energy. Royal Dutch Shell (RDS.B) has long been a favorite of mine. Have a look at this chart of Shell's B-shares against U.S. benchmark Exxon Mobil (XOM):
In the last year, energy has hardly been the place to be, and I do expect 2013 to be far better. But even in the case of a bad energy year like 2012, Shell underperformed Exxon by almost 10%. In 2013, I not only expect energy tied to crude oil to outperform the indices, I expect European energy to greatly outperform U.S. companies. Take that along with my favor of Shell and the company's aggressive growth of volume in Mozambique and the Arctic, its embrace of new liquefied natural gas opportunities and the value created by its Alaska rig running aground that has stalled shares under $71.
That's a place I want to be in 2013 -- a simple change I can do inside the U.S. equity markets and a way I'm going to start. More European ideas will be coming, and maybe even one or two ways to shift into another foreign index that looks to have bottomed well after the S&P here.
Yes, I'm talking about China.


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Spring is the season of rebirth, bunnies, Peeps and gaily colored eggs. Those brilliant hues are absolutely charming on Easter Sunday, but as the days pass, those cartons of hard-boiled splendor trigger mild panic. No one wants to eat eggs anymore -- and that smell has pervaded your refrigerator.
Behold your salvation, because when it comes to the week after Easter, there are few things more saintly than a deviled egg.
We tend to think of these classic stuffed eggs as a fairly modern development, a midcentury nosh to serve at a "Mad Men" viewing party or other retro affair. But deviled eggs actually date back to ancient Rome, when the toga'd crowd stuffed them with raisins, spices and cheese. Every country has its own riff on the theme, and they acquired their sinful moniker in the 18th century, when deviled meant hot or spicy.
Deviled eggs are a classic, but these days they're enjoying a creative renaissance as hipster fare in trendy bars from San Francisco's Hog & Rocks, which tops them with country ham and fried oysters, to San Diego's Lion's Share, where they're adorned with caviar, truffles, prosciutto and quail confit. But even in their purest form, yolks mashed with mayo and a bit of spice, they're irresistible.
Food writer Michael Ruhlman calls them "easy, quick, inexpensive crowd pleasers," whose only drawback is "that they're too good. You want to eat more than you should."
At the moment, there may not be a bigger egg expert around. Ruhlman's lengthy list of cookbooks includes three French Laundry volumes, co-authored with Thomas Keller. Ruhlman's newest, "Egg: A Culinary Exploration of the World's Most Versatile Ingredient" (Little Brown, $40, 236 pages) was prompted by the question "What can't you do with an egg?" The results include more than 100 recipes plus a 5-foot-long flow chart detailing all the different possibilities.
The egg is a symbol of rebirth in every culture, Ruhlman says, and "a miracle in the kitchen -- a miracle of economy, hugely nutritious, extremely versatile and suited to everything from a hasty nutritious lunch to four-star cuisine."
OK, but what are we to do with this surfeit of post-holiday egginess?
"Deviled eggs or egg salad," Ruhlman says. "Make them nice and spicy and fun."
Ruhlman favors variety in his egg salads and deviled egg fillings, making them with a vibrant curry mayonnaise one day and fresh herbs -- tarragon and chives, for example, or parsley and chervil -- the next.
Ree Drummond, the best-selling Oklahoma author, Food Network star and ridiculously successful Pioneer Woman blogger, likes to bedevil her eggs with even more heat. The California expat has had a deep love for the eggy nosh since childhood -- she once ate 11 deviled eggs in one sitting, she confesses in her newest book, "The Pioneer Woman Cooks: A Year of Holidays" (William Morrow, $29.99, 388 pages).
"Life is too short," she says, "for deviled egg-related regrets."
Drummond spikes hers with generous lashings of Sriracha -- or goes elegant with a smoked salmon, caper and red onion variation on the theme. Terry Golson, the Boston chef and devoted chicken-tender behind "The Farmstead Egg Guide and Cookbook" (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $19.99, 192 pages), prefers hers with curried shrimp. And Ashley English, whose new "Handmade Gatherings" (Roost Books, $34.95, 258 pages) provides an irresistible blend of seasonal potluck party ideas, recipes, crafts and activities, gives her deviled eggs a light springtime twist with lemon zest, fresh springtime dill and a mixture of olive oil, mayonnaise and mustard.
"I am a very judicious mayonnaise user," she says. "You have to temper that enthusiasm. Mayonnaise is egg-based, so too much is like slapping you with egginess. Olive oil helps it be creamy."
English, who keeps a flock of backyard hens, throws a big Easter eve party each year, partly because she is "so blessed with eggs, we have more than we know what to do with." There's an egg roll, a dyeing station and egg dishes aplenty, including an egg salad made with caramelized onions and crumbled bacon.
It's devilishly good.


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Giants Select RHP Tyler Beede with Their First Round Selection in 2014 MLB Draft
The San Francisco Giants selected Vanderbilt University right-handed pitcher Tyler Beede in the first round of the 2014 First-Year Player Draft, the club announced today.
The 6-foot-4, 215-pound right-hander posted an 8-7 record with a 3.20 ERA (35er, 98.1ip) and 106 strikeouts in 16 games this season for Vanderbilt. Beede held opponents to a .210 batting average against and struck out 9.7 batters per 9.0 innings during his junior year. His season continues this weekend when Vanderbilt squares off against Stanford in the NCAA Super Regionals with the winner of the best of three series advancing to the College World Series.
During his sophomore season, Beede led NCAA Division I with a school-record 14 victories and was one of three finalists for the Golden Spikes Award. He was named a first team All-American according to the NCBWA, a second team All-American by Collegiate Baseball, ABCA, Perfect Game and Baseball America.
As a Freshman, the Massachusetts native earned SEC All-Freshman team honors, as he went 1-5 with a 4.52 ERA (36er, 71.2ip).
Beede is just the 18th player selected in the first round of two different June Drafts, as he was also picked 21st overall by the Toronto Blue Jays out of Lawrence Academy in Auburn, Massachusetts in 2011.
With the 52nd pick in the draft, the Giants selected catcher Aramis Garcia out of Florida International University.
The 6-foot-2, 195-pound junior batted .368 (60-for-163) with 34 runs, 14 doubles, eight home runs and 37 RBI this past season. He was named the Conference USA Player of the Year, along with First Team All C-USA honors. A Johnny Bench Award Watch List semifinalist for the second-consecutive season, Garcia led C-USA in batting average (.368), slugging percentage (.626) and finished second in on-base percentage (.442).
The Pembroke Pines, Florida native was named FIU's Male Student Athlete of the Year and was named to the Conference USA All-Academic team.
This marks the second time Garcia has been drafted, as he was taken in the 20th round of the 2011 draft by the St. Louis Cardinals, but did not sign.
Tonight's portion of the draft included only the first round, Competitve Balance Round A, the second round and Competitive Balance Round B...the draft will resume tomorrow beginning at 10 a.m. PT with rounds three through 10, and then Saturday, June 7 will cover rounds 11 through 40.


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Recently Team DUI delivered its vital message through presentations to seventh and eighth grade students at Lucerne Elementary School.
Team DUI's facilitator, CHP Officer Kory Reynolds and our messengers, Karen Petz, Kathy Testa and Wendy Jensen reached out to these students with their efforts to teach our youth the dangers and consequences of driving under the influence.
This young audience listened with their minds and their hearts.
Each speaker reached deep into their hearts to help secure the future safety of the students.
As one speaker said, "It is not easy for us to stand in front of this class, reliving painful memories that expose our painful tragedies due to bad decisions."
California Highway Patrol (CHP) Officer Kory Reynolds spoke with the students about what they can do in the event they are ever in a situation involving alcohol and how to be prepared beforehand with an exit strategy.
He encouraged the students to have conversations with their parents in order to prevent undesirable situations should the students end up in a potentially dangerous situation involving alcohol.
He also shared with the students the affects poor decisions have on many lives, including first responders.
He helped the students to understand that even though first responders are trained to respond to various situations, it does not mean that they are not affected by the tragedies they see as many of the casualties of DUI will stay vivid in the minds of first responders forever.
Kathy Testa recounted how her son grew up in an environment of alcohol and drugs, which ultimately resulted in his poor choice to drink and drive, causing a man to die as a result of that decision. She spoke about how his poor decision affected so many lives, in so many ways.
Students heard a gripping account that was delivered straight from the heart of a mother. She and her son will live with the consequences of that tragedy for the rest of their lives. Kathy said she would tell this painful story everyday of her life if it would save just one child.
Wendy Jensen drove two hours to deliver her presentation to these students. Her presentation was emotionally powerful, having been a prior teacher's assistant at Lucerne Elementary.
Wendy made a poor choice about drinking and driving.
In 2007 she drove 100 mph the wrong way on the freeway. Her blood-alcohol-level was .20, which is more than twice the legal limit. She hit her victim's vehicle head-on, nearly killing an innocent man. Her victim spent an entire year in the hospital.
Wendy was sentenced to jail and lost everything that mattered to her in her life. She told the students it all began at a very early age, sipping alcohol as a child and continuing to conceal her drinking throughout her childhood.
She shared with students her enduring struggle to rebuild her life, all because of a bad decision.
Karen Petz, who is retired from the Northshore Fire Protection District, brought to life the painful memories of the death of her son on his 25th birthday. This was also an alcohol-related tragedy.
She and her husband, paramedics with the fire department at the time, were among the first responders on the scene, only to discover their own son.
Twenty-six years have passed, but through the everlasting grief within this mother's heart, students saw and heard first-hand the devastation that will never go away because of a wrong decision.
These four speakers bared their souls in order for these students to have a chance at life. It is not easy to do this, as each time a messenger speaks; the wounds in their hearts grow deeper.
No one is immune from DUI. You don't have to be driving to be a victim.
Every day innocent people are injured or lose their lives at the hands of a DUI driver.
Drinking and driving is no accident; it is a poor choice that is completely preventable.
Alcohol is the No. 1 cause of death among teenagers.
For readers who are parents, please have that important conversation with your child before tragedy strikes.
Share with them the exit strategy that could save their lives. Make a plan that can save their lives.
Lake County is fortunate to have the dedication and courageousness of all the members of Team DUI. Because of the message Team DUI delivers, lives will be saved; maybe even your life.
Team DUI welcomes speakers and volunteers. For more information about Team DUI call 994-4886.
Judy Thein
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In light of IGN putting together the Top 100 RPGs of All Time, I decided to have a look at the effect RPGs have had had on me as a gamer and why I love them so. It's worth noting that when I refer to RPGs, I'm referring to sandbox RPGs and MMORPGs alone. Over the course of my life, I've played games that span a multitude of genres. In my earlier days, I preferred to play adventure/platforming games like Ape Escape! and Crash Bandicoot
, but I slowly broadened my horizons with games like Tony Hawk: Pro Skater and GTA I and II. But the past 3 years have awoken a side of me that lay dormant since I came into this world. My inside "RPG-er" had been released, with the aid of TES IV: Oblivion, and since then I've played a plethora of RPGs including: Mount & Blade, MapleStory, Fallout 3 and most recently Dragon's Dogma. I had never questioned why I loved these games, I just did. That is, until recently. I will try my best make sense of it all (under my misguided reasoning) and, hopefully, make you understand why I see RPGs as being on a whole other level in the gaming industry.
Now, one of the most appealing aspects of RPGs is the fact that it's all about you. You are the crux of the narrative. What you do and say has an effect on the story. Be it for better or worse, the choice is yours. It allows you to play through a story the way you want to, not the way some designer you've never heard of came up with. For instance, in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, you can play through the game as a fierce warrior who adventures through the world in hopes of acquiring fame and riches or you can live the placid life of a hunter-gatherer who sells his wares at the local marketplace for a small profit.
*Note: Not all games offer decent player choices
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Then comes the fact that you can enter a world of imagination. This aspect draws me in simply because when I play a game, I'm trying to escape the limitations of reality. Enter a world where I'm free of the rules that govern everyday life. I want to be able to throw fireballs at a troll or stave off super mutants with a flaming sword known as the Shish Kebab. I want to kill dragons just by yelling. Wouldn't you like to see what it's like to live in a world where magic exists, where fabled creatures of yore are not just myths, without the risks involved with actually being there?
I know at some point in our lives, we've all wanted to have super powers. Heck, whenever I'm alone, I attempt use the Force to grab the TV remote if it's out of reach. Games in general do give us the opportunity to use such super powers but RPGs allow you to use them with an avatar of your making. That's pretty much the only reason I bought Star Wars: The Old Republic (I must say, I thoroughly enjoyed the game. I've spent many a night on it.). That brings me to another point, avatars. Most RPGs give you the ability to create a unique alter ego. The ability to create the perfect you. Live a magical life where everyone loves you and you have friends (I use the term loosely), if your social life is a wreck, that is. And it probably is if you're as avid a gamer as I..
Also, there are few life lessons in store and few virtues to pick up. Particularly, patience. As most of you know, going from a beginner who can barely fight off some pigs to God-like killing machine can't be done in a few hours. Rome wasn't built in one night and neither was my level 81 Wood Elf in Skyrim. I've learned to persevere and set my priorities straight because of managing quests. I've improved my organizational skills whilst trying to sort my overly full inventory. My ability to multitask also improved in no small part to managing chats and combat in MMORPGs.
Then comes replay value. When a game costs $75, you ought to be able to play it for a long time and I can't stress that enough. The way RPGs work is: You build a character in any way you want, so when you finish the game, you can go back and play through it once again, but with a different build. You can potentially play for hundreds of hours depending on the game you choose. Take for example Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. In my review of the game, I mention how you can play as any class you want and even make hybrid classes. There are seven classes and each play-through takes about 20 hours. BOOM, just like that you've wasted 140 hours ( 5d 20h) and destroyed your social life. I'd say that's worth $75.
In conclusion, RPGs = Awesome. They are the embodiment of everything a game should be. The quintessential game genre, if you will. Understandably, some of you may be angered by the fact that I haven't mentioned other, more linear RPGs like the Final Fantasy and Dragon Age series. I have nothing against them but I don't play them often either. I doubt I'd do them justice if I talked about them with such little background knowledge. What I can say is that Dragon Age: Origins and Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII were both fantastic games. But I digress. You never truly fathom the beauty of RPGs until you play them.
Here is a list of RPGs I'd suggest playing:
- Fallout 3 (and if you become a fan, Fallout: New Vegas)
- TES IV: Oblivion
- TES V: Skyrim
- Dragon's Dogma
- Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
- Guild Wars 2
To top this all off, the answer to the question "Why do I love RPGs?" and indeed "Why do we, as gamers, play games?".
Subscribe to IGN and START on youtube. (and Greg Miller's channel, just for kicks )
So, what do you think? Are you convinced? I hope so. Have your say in the comment section.


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— November 2001
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I observed similar display issues while testing some slick new software that enables live charting on various handheld devices that run under Microsoft's Pocket PC operating system. Noting that handheld PCs had acquired just enough memory and processor power to handle charting, a programmer named Richard Stephens took on the challenge. He chose to work with digital raster charts, which offer the familiarity of paper charts but are also computationally cumbersome. He did a bang-up job.
His Pocket Navigator program is blazingly fast and simple to operate. I tried it on a Fujitsu tablet computer that Stephens' Memory-Map Company markets as a complete, if unusual, chartplotter. You plug it into your home PC, select the charts you want for a particular trip, perhaps add some routes, and then download it all to the Fujitsu. Now you have a plotter with an eight-inch-diagonal screen that can accept a GPS card or connect to your boat's unit. The touch screen and stylus worked well for additional routing, zooming, and scrolling.
The Fujitsu comes with Pocket Word and Excel as well as e-mail and Web connectivity. In short, here's a chartplotter that might also be quite useful to a boater at anchor just about anywhere. Unfortunately, its long battery life is predicated on a reflective color screen with modest side lighting that I found even weaker than the Garmin's in medium-light and shade conditions.
There are all sorts of handheld PCs out there, and Maptech--recognizing the quality of Stephens's programming--has introduced a licensed version of Pocket Navigator that integrates with the rich mix of chart, topographic, and photo imagery bundled in its ChartKit PC products. Tim Sullivan, Maptech's business strategist, thinks small charting handheld PCs are useful for small boats and tenders and as back-up systems. I agree and also think they have a certain geek chic that would be a lot of fun to show off around a marina. (Rumor has it that Nobeltec is also working on a handheld product that will display its vector charts.) Sullivan showed me the system at work on a Compaq iPaq, whose reflective screen generates remarkably rich color in direct sunshine, though again it made me squint in medium light.
With the experience of four reflective/ transflective chart displays, I'm obviously disappointed with the handhelds' performance in certain light conditions, but I do see a "bright" future for the technology. It surely makes handheld charting possible, and I'm assuming that ambitious engineers will eventually get the small screens as bright and smooth as Simrad's big fixed unit. I'm also guessing the Simrad series may be the first of a new generation of more efficient and less expensive big displays (emphasis on guessing, as display technology is moving fast).
Unfortunately, comparing the performances of sunlight viewable screens when they're not at hand is darn difficult. For one thing, most product photographs are doctored; the screen image is actually a computer screen shot pasted in with a software program called PhotoShop. I don't fault the manufacturers for doing this, as I know how hard it is to photograph these units accurately in bright sunlight. Frankly, none of my photographs in this column do the displays justice. Reality lies somewhere between these images and the seductive shots you see in ads.
Wouldn't it be great if boat show producers set up an outside exhibit area for these electronics? Then, under a bright sun and with a piece of cardboard to simulate shade or cloud cover, we consumers might get a grip on the magnificent multitude of display types and technologies competing for our strained eyes.
Garmin Phone: (800) 800-1020. Fax: (913) 397-8282. www.garmin.com.
Maptech Phone: (888) 839-5551. Fax: (978) 792-1091. www.maptech.com.
Memory-Map Phone: (607) 532-4122. Fax: (607) 532-4278. www.memory-map.com.
Simrad Phone: (954) 922-7700. Fax: (954) 922-0707. www.simrad.com.
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Posted by Mike Florio on August 23, 2012, 2:21 PM EDT
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The ultimate reality show may have gotten a bit too real last week.
A bat landed on a fan during the Ravens August 17 home game against the Lions, according to NBCWashington.com. But the bat wasnt captured for testing. As a result, the bat may have been carrying rabies. (Or, possibly, the vampiric germ.)
The Maryland Department of Health urges anyone who possibly came in contact with the bat to contact their local health department.
Its good advice. If theres any doubt, folks need to be tested for rabies. You definitely dont want that, given that once it gets to the point that the symptoms can be detected its always fatal.
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Yankee Stadium brings out best in Zunino
NEW YORK -- Mariners catcher Mike Zunino had a career-high four hits in Tuesday's 6-3 victory over the Yankees, becoming the second-youngest player to record four or more hits in his first game at Yankee Stadium.
Zunino, 23, snapped an 0-for-13 streak with a 4-for-5 day that raised his batting average from .235 to .274. Only 14 other players had posted four-plus hits in their Yankee Stadium debuts, and the only one younger was Wayne Ambler, who was 22 with the Philadelphia A's when he went 5-for-5 against the Yankees on May 13, 1938.
Manager Lloyd McClendon said the effort was all the more impressive given Zunino had been sick with the flu for two days prior and it wasn't certain if he'd be able to play until earlier in the day on Tuesday.
"Considering he wasn't playing at full strength, it was pretty good on his part," McClendon said with a smile. "Maybe he should play sick all the time."
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The TORONTO BLUE JAYS have claimed RHP CHAD BECK off waivers from the Pittsburgh Pirates.
BECK, 27, returns to the club after being claimed by the Pittsburgh Pirates on October 25, 2012. The 6-4, 255 pound right-hander appeared in 14 games for the Blue Jays last season, posting a 6.32 ERA. In 43 games for Las Vegas (AAA), Beck recorded 18 saves, 4th in the PCL, along with a 2-0 record and a 1.31.
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Gallery 732 at the Akron Woman's City Club will highlight artist Diane Talmadge in March.
Talmadge has been painting and exhibiting her oils, pastels and acrylics for many years. She completed formal training with Jack Richard of Cuyhoga Falls and studied at the Ohio State University. She is a member of the Akron Society of Artists, Women's Art League, and Portrait Society of America.


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Fisher is a 6-foot-7, 305-pound offensive lineman from Central Michigan University. Central Michigan, you might recall, was not in the BCS national championship race last season. Fisher, however, is a projected first-round draft pick, a coveted offensive lineman. There are those who think he might go No. 1 overall.
Everybody except Central Michigan and Eastern Michigan passed on him coming out of high school.
"The only Big Ten schools I talked to were Michigan State and Purdue," Fisher said. "Neither of them really wanted anything to do with me."
See, that's why college signing day is such a farce on several levels. We rank players, project which college had a "top 10" recruiting class and don't think twice when guys like Fisher are overlooked.
Four or five years later, Fisher garners the attention of every NFL mover and shaker while dozens of hotshot one-time recruits send out resumes to the real world.
Fisher's development from overlooked prospect to potential No. 1 draft pick had everything to do with the deadly combination of work ethic and attitude.
"A lot has to do with coming from a small school," Fisher said. "I think that's the mentality of small-school guys. A lot of people don't hear about us until we get to this level.
"I play with a chip on my shoulder. I wouldn't say off the field I have a chip on my shoulder, but when it comes to football, that's who I am."
Fisher was more of a tight end than a tackle when he was attending Rochester Hills Stoney Creek High School outside Detroit, so maybe it's not fair to bash on Michigan State or Purdue coaches missing his potential. It shows the inexact science of recruiting, no question.
Fisher said he doesn't hold a grudge against those bigger schools that ignored him. He said he loved his time at Central Michigan and made the most of it.
There's the possibility, too, that Fisher benefited from the longer odds that required him to push his training to reach an elite level.
The pros noticed his drive as well as his production. General managers from the Lions, Bears, Seahawks and Chargers all came to scout him during his 2012 season. He performed well on and off the field at the combine, pushing Texas A&M's Luke Joeckel for best tackle available.
There are those, including NFL Network's Mike Mayock, who believe linemen on both sides of the ball belong among the top five picks. Alabama guard Chance Warmack and North Carolina guard Jonathan Cooper are also considered potential top picks. Oklahoma tackle Lane Johnson turned heads, as well.
Back to Fisher: When it comes to inspirational stories, his should resonate with high school players everywhere. He had a solid career, excelled in the Senior Bowl and turned more heads with his consistent, strong performance in the combine.
Offensive linemen are often among the most intelligent, thoughtful players on a football team, and it showed in Fisher's professional handling of the attention.
Fisher drew inspiration from San Francisco 49ers tackle Joe Staley, who also played at Central Michigan.
"It's great having a role model like him," Fisher said. "You see his picture up on the wall (at Central Michigan), a first-round pick. He came in with a tight-end body. He started the way I did. He got in touch with me recently, and it's great having someone like him to look up to and talk to about what to expect from the Senior Bowl, pro day and the combine."
Staley's advice was something he already heeded: Never take a play off.
Fisher and the combine is a needed jolt of reality after the hype of the college national signing day.
Recruiting is an inexact science. Don't buy the hype. Everyone wants to be the next big thing coming out of high school. Sometimes guys like Eric Fisher end up bigger, in more ways than one.


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Mayo (pictured) apparently owed Allen money from the game, and increasingly antagonized Allen over paying the debt. According to the report, Allen walked away to go to the bathroom, but was confronted by Mayo again when he returned. Eventually, the report says, Mayo inched close to Allen, and Allen hit him. Several players stepped in to stop the fight.
"Tony warned [Mayo] to watch his mouth, and [Mayo] wouldn't do it and just kept going off on him," a source told Yahoo! Sports.
The teammates met with coach Lionel Hollins on Monday about the incident, and spoke with each other on Monday and Tuesday, apparently settling the acrimony.
In response to the report, the Grizzlies released a statement admitting to a "brief altercation" between Mayo and Allen, saying the matter is closed.
The game the two were allegedly playing, "Boo-Ray," is the same card game Gilbert Arenas and Javaris Crittenton were reported to be playing last year, which led to their infamous locker room confrontation. After that incident, some teams starting banning gambling on team flights.


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A Wisconsin man has been charged after the discovery of dead cows on his farm.
Sheriff's deputies, investigating reports of a foul odor emanating from a barn, found at least 24 dead cattle inside.
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It's no secret that Ford Motor is determined to change the image of its Lincoln line. One important goal: Distinguish the look of Lincolns from the Ford cars they're based upon, such as the Taurus, Flex and Fusion. Lincoln dealers also want something different—a car that is exclusive to the Lincoln brand. And it appears certain that's exactly what they'll get.
These photos of a future Lincoln, possibly the 2014 model MKS, show that Lincoln is stepping out of its Ford bootstraps. Even though these prototypes are covered in camouflage, the changes slated for the new model are obvious and might even border on the sensational. From the side, the car looks bigger than the current MKS and no longer just like a dressed-up version of the Taurus.
The most striking and obvious change is in the curve of the roofline. Like many competitors, Lincoln is moving to a more streamlined shape when viewed from the side. Up front the hood offers a bulbous profile, indicating more power below. With the flat vertical grille, the front assumes a similar pugnacious stance. Note the headlight assembly that stretches well past the front wheel-well arches, another bow to designs seen in Lincoln's more upscale competitors.
While we can't see the grille and front fascia in definition, it is easy to see that Lincoln has ditched its recent "waterfall" theme in this design. Our guess is that the grille offers a wide oval frame with the thin vertical bars inside. A bumper forms the bottom of the opening, and cuts off the overlong stretch of today's waterfall design.
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MOTORISTS have been urged to take care with possible heavy downpours forecast for this weekend.
Worcestershire County Council is reminding drivers to take care with the MET Office forecasting periods of heavy rainfall and thunder tomorrow and possibly into Sunday and Monday.
The council said residents should be aware of the potential for localised surface water flooding at times.
County councillor John Smith OBE, said: "We would urge all motorists and residents to take care when walking or driving through water sodden or flooded roads and pathways.
"Worcestershire County Council has extra teams on standby to ensure that disruption to both residents and motorists is kept to a minimum.
"The weather is expected to be intermittent over the weekend and into Monday and as such residents and motorists should prepare appropriately."
A statement from the council read: "Worcestershire County Council has taken relevant precaution to minimise any disruption throughout the county.
"These measures include increasing the number of gully emptiers and gangs on out of hours and weekend cover.
"Motorists are being reminded when driving through larger puddles or smaller areas of standing water, drive slowly and steadily, allow oncoming traffic to pass and always test your brakes after leaving the water.
"If water has flooded across a section of road it may be difficult to tell exactly how deep it is. If you do come across a road that is flooded do not attempt to drive through the flood water.
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TOP jockey Tony McCoy surpassed Martin Pipe's total of career winners with a Cotswold-inspired 4,192nd success in the Betfred Summer Plate at Market Rasen.
The Ulsterman ensured bragging rights were his as the Jonjo O'Neill-trained It's A Gimme (2-1) repelled stablemate Lost Legend by one-and-three-quarter lengths.
Ex-jockey O'Neill, of Temple Guiting, said: "He rode a fantastic race. I thought he was beaten going down to the last, but it was a typical AP ride and he got there.
"It's great to be involved in this sport and AP is a great ambassador.
"When I was riding you would never have dreamt someone could have done what AP has done. You'd have said thinking about 4,000 winners would be lunacy.
"I rode some 900 winners and then gave up. I got the money and got out! We won't see anything like him (McCoy) again, certainly no jump jockey.
"It's A Gimme was just exhausted. It was a hot day and he gave every last ounce in that race."
Next Wednesday's thetote.com Galway Plate sees It's A Gimme (10st 6lb) rated as a 10-1 chance for owner JP McManus.
There were other Cotswold winners elsewhere, including Evervescent (9-1) for Stow-on-the-Wold trainer Graeme McPherson at Haydock by a short head.
Wyck Hill handler David Bridgwater toasted another success as Plum Pudding (11-4 second-favourite) provided a tasty treat at Newton Abbot by three-and-a-half lengths.
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Not sure what I totally think, but I do believe genetics probably plays the biggest role in our mortality.
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Not sure what I totally think, but I do believe genetics probably plays the biggest role in our mortality.
I love the over and over mentioning of the "if too much exercise is bad being published, then people who don't will just have another excuse".
Run smart, run happy, and live better
Seems like an article that has some truth to it, but maybe the editor came up with the headline and the first paragraph to make it "catchy." Yes, going crazy with exercise can probably be bad for your heart. But that's a boring story, so let's generalize the message and make an absurd comparison between running marathons and eating cheeseburgers. Yeah, that'll sell newspapers. Whatever.
BTW, how are you feeling?? Hope you are feeling better!
It is an interesting article, but I agree with you that genetics also plays a big part. I also believe that when God decides it's your time, it's your time...
I'm no expert, but I would think that death plays the biggest role in our mortality. On a serious note, All of our days are numbered and we don't know what that number is. Enjoy every one.
I run because it feels great. If I live longer, that's just a bonus. If it shortens my life, I'm okay with that, too.
There's a difference between running one or two marathons a year and running more, or running several close together. For me (and while I'm not a Ph. D. I do have a undergrad degree in biology) I think that running seasonally is important, that is taking a break after a big race will go a long way to reducing that damaging inflammation. How long and what kind of break? It depends. We also actually need that inflammation - it is what makes us stronger in the end. It is a balancing act. How much is too much? I think that is different for everyone...but absolutely you can run enough to mess up your heart. Most marathoners don't though. (and I think nature/nurture are about 50/50 in how much they influence life span.)
Everyone is different. You never know what day will be your day. Live like you are dying, just like Tim McGraw sings about...
Too much is too much. How do we know what too much is for each individual. Live happy, Love happy and enjoy your life. Life is for living.
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SHELTON, Conn. — BIC has expanded its Soleil portfolio with the new Soleil Shave & Trim, which is designed to simplify shaving and bikini trimming by combining flexible triple-blade shaving technology with a slide-on/slide off trimmer.
The product will be available in January and has a suggested retail price of $7.49 for a package of three razors and one slide-on/slide-off trimmer.
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