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Level measurement is as old as the Nile, but some application problems simply will not go away. Editor in Chief Walt Boyes provides his thoughts on the results of the recent ControlGlobal.com Web Poll.
he very first recorded scientific measurement was the gauging of the rising and falling of the Nile using a level measurement device called a Nilometer several millennia ago. The Pharos used it as a process indicator for timing the planting cycle. Yet a recent CONTROL poll shows that level measurement is considered one of the two most vexing problems by process automation professionals. Another CONTROL poll indicated that the reasons advanced for this are either that the application was poorly designed, or that the level of the fluid (or solid) is itself very hard to measure, or that the measurement technology itself gives poor readings. If we've been measuring level for thousands of years, why do we still have so much trouble?
It's About the Design of Processes
Certainly part of the problem is that most process engineers do not think of "level" as a control function. They think of mixing, batching, storing, surge control, and other process segments, which, to them, and strictly as a side issue, involve a level measurement. Many simulator programs for processes treat level measurement equivalently, and conventional loop tuning software is not always optimized for level loops. (See Sidebar below).
A process engineer in a chemical or pharmaceutical plant looks at the reaction happening inside a reactor vessel, and not the fact that because the reactor is sparged or agitated, it is exceedingly difficult to measure the level in the reactor. In fact, in the case of an agitated vessel, there is no level when the agitator is running. There is a vortex. What the operator wants to see is an inferred value: what the level measurement would be if the vessel's contents were still. This is a very difficult value to present accurately, yet that is what the operator means when describing the "level" in that reactor vessel.
Many processes in the chemical industry, as well as in the pharmaceutical and even food processing sectors, are scaled up from pilot operations that may be as small as bench tops. In such cases, the controls are sometimes an afterthought, and not well integrated into the plant design. This, too, contributes to the difficulty of making a level measurement.
It's About Vessel Design
Vessels are generally designed for the purpose of holding or processing a liquid or solid and not for the ease in measuring their levels. You find vessels built through floors of plants, vessels with only inlets and outlets and no measurement ports, vessels where there are so many internals that there are few ways to measure level. If the engineer who orders the vessel does not understand the process control loop of which the vessel is a part, it is likely that the vessel will be difficult to instrument for level measurement.
So what sort of things should our process engineer know to do when specifying the vessel? It is important to know about the purpose for which the vessel is to be used, as well as the characteristics of the fluid it will contain and the measurement technology being proposed.
But in the end, it is the performance of the vessel and sensor within the entire process loop that matters. As Expertune's John Gerry says, "The performance goal of one level loop may be the opposite of another." (See Sidebar below.)
Some vendors, such as Endress+Hauser have built online selection wizards that help end users and engineers select the correct level measurement technology. These wizards are helpful especially for the process engineer who doesn't specify level measurement devices every day, and have the advantage that they are application specific, and not product-centric. Click on Product Selection Applicator to request a Free CD of the program, or just run it directly from the E+H website.
In his latest edition of the Instrument Engineer's Handbook (CRC Press, Fourth Edition) Béla Lipták, devotes over 160 closely written pages to the measurement of level alone. This section of the IEH should be required reading for process and control system engineers. (See Lipták's answer to a difficult level application in Ask the Experts.)
It's About the Fluid or Solid Itself
Most level measurement vendors will tell you that it is extremely important to know the physical characteristics of the solid or fluid you are going to be measuring. Not only temperature and pressure, but the actual physical characteristics are sometimes critical to the success of a measurement. One vendor, Magnetrol International, has for years provided the non-commercial "Technical Handbook" with selected physical constants, including dielectric constants, densities, viscosity tables, steam tables, specific gravity, and much more. This book, or one like it, is invaluable to the designer of a level measurement system.
It's About Measurement Technology
Some vendors make only one technology, others make a wide selection. They do this because it is easier to make a successful level measurement if you don't use a technology at the outer edge of its technical operating envelope. For example, if you need a non-contacting measurement, you can use an ultrasonic gauge, that is unless you are in a pressure vessel, or the vessel's contents have foam or large amounts of vapor or dust. In that case, you should specify non-contact radar, that only if you can get the sensor into the tank at the correct location. If not, then you are limited to using a nuclear gauge, or perhaps, a load cell. The advantage to choosing a vendor with a wide range of products and technologies for measuring level is that there is a better chance of getting a "do-over" if the first selection fails to perform as advertised.
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binocular wrote:Bhikkhu Pesala wrote:5. A hotch-potch of the teacher's personal opinions, labelled as "Modern" to make it look like he/she is not old-fashioned or narrow-minded and as "Theravāda" to give it an air of authority and orthodoxy.
I don't get this, though. If those teachers are so sure they know better than the Buddha, better than the Pali Canon and the tradition, why don't they just call it after themselves? Why rely on the traditional name for authority and orthodoxy?
To make is seem more down to earth than "mystical" mahayana? To some early buddhism and theravada are synonymous, so it makes sense to keep the name if you believe that is what you teach.


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Because those of us who write in magazines are human beings and easily distracted with shiny things, there's no lack of coverage for drones these days. Correction, there's no lack of coverage for "unmanned aerial vehicles" or UAVs.
Of course, we do want to call them UAVs and not drones. Too often the term "drone" has had "predator" in front of it or "strike" at the end of it. Neither of which sound particularly appealing to a suburban soccer mom. Just when ag professionals of all kinds have managed to gain more traction with the idea that we only use the inputs we need where we need them (think precision agriculture, 4Rs and environmental stewardship), along comes a term that puts us right down there with terror: drones.
So, for the moment, let's all call them "unmanned aerial vehicles" or UAVs, though that is decidedly bland. And, maybe, a little too close to "unidentified flying object (UFO)," or perhaps a note you would see on sunglasses: "protects against UAV rays." Yikes.
Since the term UAV is a little awkward, I suggest a few other possible more descriptive terms to describe "unmanned aerial vehicles" in agriculture. No, no, it's okay. For you there's no extra charge. Consider this list:
Aerial Plant Health Providers (APHP). Has a nice "Blue Cross" kind of feel to it, doesn't it? They could be painted to resemble ambulances maybe.
Aerial Crop Doctors (ACD). Illustrate this one with a cartoon drone with a stethoscope and one of those shiny mirror-on-the-head things. Plus, it has the benefit of a TLA (three-letter acronym).
Crop Pest Strike Force (CPSF). This one might carry a little more aggressive image. Maybe it could borrow from some of the ads for crop protection products we see where weeds and bugs are being tortured into submission.
Wings of Crop Care (WCC). Was going to suggest "Angels of Mercy," but that's a bit much, don't you think? Wings of Crop Care suggests the angel part without coming out and blatantly aligning with divinity, though I would hasten to add that aligning with divinity is a good thing to do.
Aerial Crop Intelligence Device. I really liked this one to start with, then I realized the acronym was…uh, yeah: ACID. Maybe not a change for the better. Imagine the headline in your hometown: "Local Ag Business Serves Farmers with ACID."
It's difficult to inject a new term into the language and expect it to become the common term. But, shouldn't we try to get out ahead of this with something we can give a clearer, more positive message to? Which leads me to my personal favorite:
Aerial Crop Scouts (ACS). A bit more descriptive and friendly than UAV perhaps. Could this help those unfamiliar with the complexity of crop production feel better about agriculture's use of this new technology?
If you're considering using a UAV in your operation, you may want to recognize the branding opportunity it represents. Think about the language you will use to describe it in advance of putting it to use in the field. There's certainly some publicity inherent in these new crafts. As example, I suggest you click on the video at: http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-03/17/beer-drones
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chownah wrote:are all of these actions happening during jhana?
daverupa wrote:chownah wrote:are all of these actions happening during jhana?
It seems to me they must:
chownah wrote:Doesn't this seem at odds with what people usually consider about jhana?
chownah wrote:MN122 has 4th jhana followed by several different actions that could happen while a monk "is dwelling by means of this dwelling"........are all of these actions happening during jhana?....or is the jhana finished and this is all happening post jhana?
A portion of MN122: http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html
"So, Ananda, if a monk should wish, 'May I enter & remain in internal emptiness,'
chownah wrote:Doesn't this seem at odds with what people usually consider about jhana? Here you have someone apparently in 4th jhana who is walking back and forth and talking (presumably) to people....
daverupa wrote:chownah wrote:Doesn't this seem at odds with what people usually consider about jhana?
Of course. I find the Suttas are often at odds with what people think.
chownah wrote:...in the sutta which I referenced its says the monk "enters and remains in" each of the four jhanas...."remains" seems to be suggesting that it is more than a momentary event....but I don't know.
"And what, monks, is right concentration? (i) There is the case where a monk — quite withdrawn from sensuality, withdrawn from unskillful (mental) qualities — enters & remains in the first jhana: rapture & pleasure born from withdrawal, accompanied by directed thought & evaluation. (ii) With the stilling of directed thoughts & evaluations, he enters & remains in the second jhana: rapture & pleasure born of concentration, unification of awareness free from directed thought & evaluation — internal assurance. (iii) With the fading of rapture, he remains equanimous, mindful, & alert, and senses pleasure with the body. He enters & remains in the third jhana, of which the Noble Ones declare, 'Equanimous & mindful, he has a pleasant abiding.' (iv) With the abandoning of pleasure & pain — as with the earlier disappearance of elation & distress — he enters & remains in the fourth jhana: purity of equanimity & mindfulness, neither pleasure nor pain. This, monks, is called right concentration."
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html
chownah wrote:Are you suggesting that jhana is like a key to a door and once the door is unlocked it is no longer relevant?
chownah wrote:It seems that quite often in the suttas there is a case of a monk going up the ladder of jhana usually to the 4th jhana and then contemplating something, something like the body internally, the body externally, the body both internally and externally for example. (This is for example only and I'm not wanting to discuss the body here unless it is necessary.) My question is whether the 4th jhana is only the first part which consists of the concentration of the mind?...or is the contemplation part which happens after the mind has achieved concentration part of the jhana too?
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Prize Code UC02 - Food Play and Two Cake Books
UC03 - Mindless Eating and Three Cookbooks
Prize Code UC04 - Fruit Butters and a Surprise Gift
The adorable Mimi from French Kitchen in America is donating six delectable 9-ounce jars of fruit butter by American Spoon Foods from Petoskey, Michigan, her native state. The flavors are pumpkin butter, a spicy spread for fall; strawberry butter, a taste of springtime; blueberry butter, a summery spread made from Michigan blueberries; apple butter, spiced with cinnamon; crabapple butter, great paired with cheddar cheese; and cherry butter, made from Montmorency cherries. All are great on homemade breads, muffins, bagels, pancakes or waffles and stirred into yogurt. Mimi is including a surprise product from Wisconsin, her adopted state. (Due to the weight of the items, this prize is restricted for shipping to the continental U.S. and Canada.) Read more about this prize at French Kitchen in America.
Prize Code UC05 - Pasta Machine and Accessories
If you've been dying to make pasta at home, now you'll have no excuse not to. Annie from Bon Appegeek is donating a Pasta Machine set which includes a shiny new Atlas Marcato 150 pasta machine (Annie has the same one and says it's fantastic), an OXO natural bristle pastry brush to clean it, a sexy pair of gleaming pasta serving forks, and a fancy schmancy pastry crimper to jazz up your ravioli. Flour, eggs, and Italian background music not included. (Due to the weight of this item, shipping is limited to continental U.S., APO/FPO-U.S. military, and Canada.) Read more about this prize at Bon Appegeek.
Prize Code UC06 - Photo Studio in a Box
I raved about it when my brother gave me Photo Studio in a Box, and now Rand and Bradley have generously donated one from their website Untangled Life for Kalyn's Kitchen to sponsor as a Menu for Hope prize. The kit comes with adjustable camera stand, soft light box and background, 2 High output table top lights (2800K tungsten lamps 8" height with 8' power cord), nylon diffuser screen, and custom carrier. The light box dimensions are 16" x 16" x 16". When I photograph food for Kalyn's KItchen, I use another light source from above and use my own fabrics for the background. (This is large but not that heavy so it can be shipped anywhere in the world.) Read more about this prize at Untangled Life.
Prize Code UC07 - Apple Ipod Nano
I haven't entered the iPod age yet, but apparently a lot of you have, and the second prize generously donated by Untangled Life for Kalyn's Kitchen to sponsor is this Apple 1GB iPod nano which holds up to 240 songs or 15,000 photos. The 1GB iPod nano's ultra-portable design is thinner than a #2 pencil and features Apple's patent pending Click Wheel and the same gorgeous color screen as other iPod nano models. With its stunning, high-resolution color screen, iPod nano allows users to display album art while playing music, view photo slideshows or play games in full color. iPod nano also features the same 30-pin dock connector as the iPod and works effortlessly with a wide range of over 2,000 accessories developed for iPod. (Also included is a leather carrying case which is not pictured.)
Prize Code UC08 - Gourmet Treats and Cookbook
Tami of Running with Tweezers recently visited New York, and she brought back a huge tray of gourmet treats for A Menu for Hope. This prize includes green leather, two-handled serving tray filled with some of Tami's favorite gourmet goodies like Italian Apple Cider Balsamic Vinegar, first cold press organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil from Argentina, honey and gingerbread Dijon mustard, tomato/apple/raisin topper for soft cheeses, a trio of Bella Cucina Pestos and spreads, Stonewall Kitchen Vidalia Onion and Fig Sauce, a bottle of chamomile-infused Grappa from Smith and Vine in NYC, and a copy of Working the Plate, a great book with recipes and plating techniques. Read more about this prize at Running with Tweezers.
Prize Code UC09 - Autographed Photo Book
Alexander Talbot and Aki Kamozawa from Ideas in Food are donating a signed hardcover copy of their first book, Ideas in Food: the photographs, Book One. The book is all visual, with the focus on the sharing and spreding of ideas. If you enjoy seeing their interesting creations on Ideas in Food, you'll love this book. Read more about this prize at Ideas in Food.
Prize Code UC10 - A Day Stage at Alinea with Dinner
Pim herself has rounded up this fabulous prize of a day at the restaurant Gourmet magazine has named The Best Restaurant in America this year, Alinea, ending with a fantastic dinner. And since Alinea is in Chicago, a lot of you people in the central U.S. might be interested in bidding on this one! The winner will get to spend the entire day observing all the workings of Alinea, ending by a fantastic dinner from the tour menu.
Prize Code UC11 - Trio of Chocolate Preserves
From Welcome to My Pantry comes a trio of homemade Chocolate Preserves, with Chocolate Banana, Chocolate Rasberry, and Pears Belle-Helene or Pear Chocolate. The preserves are from recipes from Mes Confitures by Christine Ferber. (U. S. shipping only.) Read more about this item at Welcome to My Pantry.
Prize Code UC12 - Award-Winning Jeni's Ice Cream
Prize Code UC13 - Be a Lamb's Honorary Owner
From Susan of Farmgirl Fare comes a chance to be the "honorary" owner of the first ewe born on Farmgirl's Farm in 2007. No this is not your lamb! Yes, your lamb will be cute. You can carry photos around in your wallet and tell everyone it's your lamb if you want, but you don't get to take the lamb home, or visit it. But it will still be fun to be the honorary owner of a darling lamb. No shipping involved so you can be the lamb's honorary owner from anywhere in the world. Read more about the prize at Farmgirl Fare.
Prize Code UC14 - Another Photo Studio in a Box
Yes, you're seeing double here. Kalyn's Kitchen is sponsoring another Photo Studio in a Box. Use prize code UC14 to bid on the second Photo Studio in a Box. When I realized how popular this item was as a prize, I decided to use the money I'd budgeted for bidding on prizes myself and give people two chances to bid for this prize. (This prize added December 16; the one with prize code UC06 already has quite a few bids, so you decide what's your best strategy for winning one!) If you're a food blogger, here's why I'm sure you'll love this prize.
Prize Code UW25 - Blogher Conference Admission
One lucky man or woman will be going to Blogher 07 Conference in Chicago this summer to learn more about everything related to blogging! This prize covers free admission for all sessions and parties at the Blogher 07 Conference. Thank you to the beautiful trio of Lisa, Jory, and Elisa at Blogher who generously agreed to donate a pass to Blogher 07 as a prize for A Menu for Hope. (The amazing Sam and I are both listing this prize, since Blogher is in San Jose and the Conference is in Chicago, and we're both Blogher Food Editors. When registration for Blogher 07 opens, Kristy Sammis will create a code that will allow the winner to register for free. I will make sure the winner gets that code. Most meals are included with conference registration. Winner is responsible for airfare and hotel costs.)
Isn't that a great round-up of prizes from Central U.S. Bloggers? I know many other regions have a lot more blogs, hence more prizes, but I think the prizes from this region are all first-rate. Now, here's how you can donate for a chance to win one of these great prizes.
1. Go to the donation page at First Giving.
2. Make a donation. Each $10 will give you one raffle ticket towards a prize. Please specify which prize or prizes you'd like in the *Personal Message* section when confirming your donation.
3. If your company matches charity donations, please remember to check the box and fill in the information so A Menu for Hope can claim the corporate match.
4. Please also check the box to allow us to see your e-mail address so we can contact you in case you win.Your e-mail address will not be shared.
5. Check back at Chez Pim on January 15 to see who the winners are.
Good luck everyone, and thanks again to the generous donors and everyone else who donates by buying raffle tickets.
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Topic: The New Website
The first three months after Mark (my brother) was diagnosed I burst into tears many times as I had so completely immersed myself in research on his behalf that exhaustion, frustration and a desperate need to provide him with some hope often overtook me.
When Rick and I decided to do the discussion board, it was out of a need for us to connect with other families and patients that were suffering as we were, in the hope that perhaps we could find ways to share research and general information so that the burden could be spread and the load lightened.
The intent for this website was two-fold, that no one, having received a diagnosis of cholangiocarcinoma would have to feel alone and overwhelmed. And that we could gather all of the pertinent information and research into one place. That being said, we certainly won't be able to cover everything, and we will all still feel alone and overwhelmed at times, but we've made a good start and there is much more to come.
Both of those things have come to fruition and now we have additional goals as well, they are much bigger then any of us thought possible but I have no doubt that they will happen.
I wanted to thank everyone who has worked tirelessly on this project, especially Rick and Sara. The three of us are bonded for life over this labor of love.
Want you to know that as new updates and information sections come on-line we will put a post on the website so that you can check them out and feel free to give your suggestions.
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People will never stop painting grafiti. Here's a guy who paints over graffiti. That's my kind of anti! White it out. If only there was a way to erase shite music. The world premier of Vigilante Vigilante is August 12.
"Official trailer for the upcoming feature documentary, "Vigilante Vigilante: The Battle for Expression." – Vigilantefilm
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This is a cool Copper Postcard Road Runner engraved on copper by Kopper Card Company. I actually found it inside of a book I purchased at a local yard sale. The seller was a retired professor who was selling all of his many books he has over the years. When I showed it to him he stated "you bought the book so you get everything that comes with it, I want to get rid of all of these books". We both laughed so I keep it as a book marker for my books.


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ORLANDO, Fla. - Orange County deputies say a man initially thought to have been killed in a bicycle accident was actually murdered. A suspect in the case was arrested Monday night.
Ronald Johnson suffered head injuries in the incident on Raeford Road in Orlando in June of 2005. He died several days later.
Deputies initially investigated the case as an accident involving a bicycle. The Unresolved Death Investigations division of the Sheriff's Office re-opened the case and say after extensive interviews with witnesses, were able to arrest 33-year-old Jason Gailey.
Gailey is charged with second degree murder. He was booked into the Orange County jail late Monday night.
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August Burns Red has a CD coming out on June 21. I hope it is as good as their last album.
Funny thing is, ABR is my 2nd favorite band lol. Props for the shout out.
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They are so awesome. Easily in my top 5. I want to go to Warped Tour just to see them.
Death Cab For A Cutie- Codes and Keys ( May 31 )
She Wants Revenge- Valleyheart ( May 24 )
*Seether- Holding On To Strings That Better Left To Fray ( May 17 )
Hate Eternal- Phoenix Amongst The Ashes ( May 10 )
Black Label Society- Song Remains Not The Same ( May 10 )
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My friend Greg has seen them and he said they are unreal. As most do he claims they are 10,000 times better live, which I believe.
I learned a couple of there songs awhile back, composure, The 11th Hour, and Truth of a Liar. Really hard stuff.
But their most recent release, has my favorite ABR song, and that is "Meddler" by a mile. It's so technical and heavy and the same time. Pretty much an ABR song lol.
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Re-releases of Blizzard of Ozz and Diary of a Madman come out this month too for those of you interested in old school metal.
My right hand man.
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That is sick! "Meddler" is my favorite song too lol. I also really like "Composure".
Getting weird lol. Composure is sick as hell. I'm gonna have to say Composure and The 11th Hour are in a tie for my favorite song from "Messengers".
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I've heard every song off of the new Death Cab and it's pretty good. Not as good as Narrow Stairs where every song was very solid, but still pretty good. I'm waiting for him to go back and get the long rumored new Postal Service record done.
Awesome, some Christian Metal fans. Anyone like Red?
Not a huge Red fan, but I can listen to it. I more into Metalcore.
Hibbert55 Top 10 Bands:
August Burns Red
More August Burns Red
As I Lay Dying
War of Ages
Haste The Day
Evergreen Terrace
In Flames
Parkway Drive
A Day To Remember
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That's right. I get down.
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No argument there. My list would pretty much look the same as yours.
There something about the genre, and those bands specifically, that just make life seem EPIC lol. Walk into a gas station and get a polar pop with War of Ages playing on your ipod. It's like a soundtrack for every footstep.
If you really want an EPIC time, go get groceries to As I Lay Dying, EPIC sauce.
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Heard Parkway Drive's recent album "Deep Blue" ?
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I love it.
It's so different from "Horizons". While I don't think it's better than Horizons, it's almost like a different band, but it's still Parkway Drive. They did what Killswitch Engage couldn't, which is ironic considering Adam D engineered their previous album.
"Deliver Me" is the best song on the album with "Unrest" coming very close imo.
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I pulled out "The Poison" album by BFMV at work today. I forgot how bad*** it was.
Bullet is a great band. I seen them at X-Fest a few years ago. Their new song "Bittersweet Memories" is an awesome song.
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At X-Fest '08? I was at that concert too. I also seen them at May Day last year. I really liked their last album. "Scream aim fire" was alright. Not my favorite.
Yep '08. THe only good song that came out "Scream Aim Fire" was "Waking The Demons".
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General Tendencies
Everyday Life / Profession: With the New Moon the emphasis on the sign of Virgo is blatantly clear now, and because Mercury is in an exact opposition with Neptune, it is also clear how much we need Virgo qualities (mindfulness, care, precision, discipline). Neptune in Pisces is extremely strong and stands for chaotic tendencies that you can only tackle with great effort, knowledge, reason, precaution and planning. We have to make an effort, if we want to go against the currents that lead into uncertainty. In principle we are powerless against the currents, we can only do our best to at least guide them in a sensible direction. In Virgo things depend on the details. Every single movement is valuable. Every reasonable word counts. Venus also knows this, as it moves into Virgo precisely during the New Moon. Partnership / Love: With the Virgo New Moon, Venus changes into Virgo and gets closer and closer to Mars. In relationships a careful approach is taking place. You have to make mental contact (Mars-Neptune at the end of the week) before you can make physical contact. Planets in Virgo enter an opposition to Neptune one after the other and then enter a tense aspect with Saturn. The longing is great. The hidden and forbidden are actually appealing; can you admit that?
Everyday Life / Profession: With the New Moon you become very mindful now. The most tempestuous Aries cannot prevent that and in the process you experience new dimensions of being (Mars-Neptune). Everything appears slower to you. You appear to have an infinite amount of time. These constellations can bring you close to spiritual themes. You can experience the spiritual through devotional work, above all if you have something to do with nature or natural materials. Or also through bodily exercises. The time from now until the middle of October is suited for creative work with visions or for a time-out, during which you can get regenerated. Either way you come into connection with higher spiritual worlds and a deeper satisfaction in everything you do, even if it seems so mundane and appears entirely ordinary. Partnership / Love: Partners can now do a lot of good for each other in everyday life. Partners have a need for devotion and attention and rejoice over small gestures. The program of indulgence does not need to be grand or expensive, rather should be expressed as a constant effort towards each other. You cannot take care of it quickly, and definitely not casually. It takes place in each moment, with each trivial opportunity. Each day anew.
Everyday Life / Profession: Jupiter in Libra has already brought you a lot of health issues. The planets in Virgo show that you are working on these issues intensely now. For you, health begins with self-care. You should take time for yourself. You may take your daily thoughts seriously and write them down. Maybe you have chosen a diet and are paying very close attention to the quality of your food? Restrictions can be experienced with relish when you determine them for yourself. You are the boss in your life and, as boss, carry the responsibility. Because Mars enters an opposition with Neptune, you are not allowed to take on too much. You do not have infinite energy. You also have trouble setting a concrete goal. If you would like to set goals there should be small intermediate stages. Be kind and forgiving with yourself. Give yourself time. Partnership / Love: Venus moves into Virgo and intensifies the Virgo New Moon. This makes cleanliness and mindfulness important. Venus gradually approaches Mars (opposing Neptune), which points to two lovers who are still not aware of their affection. This week an indescribable longing grows. Something is missing, but you do not yet know what it exactly is. Maybe you do know it and cannot actually really believe that your wishes could come true.
Everyday Life / Profession: The Sun, Mars, Mercury and after Wednesday also Venus, plus the New Moon in Virgo show how active you are in your domestic sphere now, and fighting against chaos (Neptune) and obstacles (Saturn). The goal is a new order with much more clarity. Maybe a clearing is taking place, which is also meant in a figurative sense because you are even seeking clarity in your thoughts. Who or what is disturbing this need? Are you hearing and reading too much bad news? What do your four walls and your modest existence have to do with the big wide world? Would it be possible to simply turn off a machine to create silence? Neptune and Saturn desire silence. Make these planets your accomplices, then the fighting, thrashing and searching stops all on its own. Partnership / Love: The good news: Venus approaches Mars and will reach it in October (two lovers find each other). The not so good news: it will take a little while longer and you cannot take any shortcuts, even if you think it is possible with enough good will. And anyway: the stars do not compel… How about some more relaxation? Your mind is hyperactive and addicted to control when Mars and Mercury whirl together in Virgo.
Everyday Life / Profession: Mars and Mercury are in top form in Virgo, analyzing and pulling apart everything that comes under their magnifying glass. Mars and Mercury are opposing Neptune, which indicates the exact opposite (chaos, confusion, ambiguity, falsehood or also: the universe, the big picture), so that these two poles reinforce each other. This makes the hamster wheel turn faster and faster. It is time to bring the two poles to a common denominator. If too many details prevent you from seeing the big picture, you have to find your way back to your feeling and develop a sense for what is essential. The essentials can escape us if we poke around in the details too much. With the Virgo Moon the qualities of analysis and observing details are newly stimulated. You have to be able to look at the whole and the specifics at the same time. That cannot be so difficult after all. Partnership / Love: The planets in Virgo emphasize your own small world (of thought) and could make you quite lonely, if you are not able to allow room for other perspectives. If you can manage it though, you will experience a deep bond. Venus reaches Virgo where it will soon unite with Mars. Partners are well on their way to finding their common ground. If something is missing, it is confidence.
Everyday Life / Profession: Now Venus is moving into Virgo as well, and if you had still believed that you could absolutely not relinquish something, over the course of this week you will notice that in the end you actually can or already have. That isn't, or wasn't, so difficult. The Sun has learned its Saturn lesson (self-restraint, ambition, and overcoming ambition). With the New Moon, the Virgo lesson (modesty) enters a new round, or reaches a new level. We have an enormous potential to heal, which is coupled with mindfulness, temperance and taking care of the body. Where there are no obvious causes, spiritual causes have to be found, which brings us to Neptune's path, which in Pisces sensitizes us to such correspondences so that even diehard rationalists can discover a sense for it. Partnership / Love: Neptune pits your heavy intellect against your feelings and breaks your resistance, that is, it simply flushes it away. With a loving glance, strategies become superfluous. It could also be that your partner does not understand your perspective and would like to be in touch with you on a whole other level. Is it important to convince them of your opinion? Do they really have to penetrate so deeply into your subject? Do you need that in order to feel understood?
Everyday Life / Profession: The sign of Virgo is very emphasized now, and with Mars and Mercury close together you demonstrate your need to orient yourself. You analyze situations and people sharp as a razor, so that it nearly hurts. Actually you would like to explore why the situation or person is one way and not a different way. And of course you would like to improve something and make yourself useful. The Virgo New Moon receives your wishes and carries them into the next month and into the sign of Libra. Libra, where the Sun will move this weekend, would like to ensure balance. You make important preparations for that by defining situations and weaknesses and identifying possible solutions. Partnership / Love: Venus moves into Virgo and shows how important themes of relationship are. You have no desire to go through life alone, and if your tongue becomes a bit too sharp now, you will show a sign of reconciliation in order to make sure you have not destroyed anything. With a bit more mindfulness and self control you can spare your partner such rollercoasters. Do you want to try that?
Everyday Life / Profession: Venus moves into Virgo and, with the other planets in Virgo and opposing Neptune, expresses that you have arrived in a state free from wants. What a liberation from material and bodily necessities! If you can confirm that, you will also feel Jupiter in Libra opposing Uranus in this way. If not, you have a new opportunity with the Virgo New Moon to delve into the qualities of Virgo and gain increasing understanding of its good gifts. This weekend the Sun moves into Libra and indicates a new quality of life and new life force. You find yourself in a situation of regeneration and feel the first positive effects. Partnership / Love: Venus approaches Mars now and both of them will meet in Virgo, hold hands, and come really, really close. Until then, you have to endure the persnicketiness of the sign of Virgo, which indicate subterranean dissatisfaction and aggressions. If you are dissatisfied, you have to take a closer look and clarify what you could do differently and better. You are not a victim of the situation, and in the case you are, you will certainly not remain so. You feel this keenly this weekend (Sun in Libra).
Everyday Life / Profession: Mars and Mercury in Virgo work against uncertainties. Wherever ignorance prevails, they bring knowledge and clarity, where chaos reigns, they bring structure and order, where mistakes and weaknesses are, they create remedies. It would be nice if this would give you a feeling of competence and security. Saturn and Lilith depict a struggle with trust. There are moments when you almost trust blindly, and then there are also moments when you are extremely suspicious. This either/or is not good for you, always bringing you into difficult situations because you behave drastically and awkwardly in accordance. A bit more "Libra" (balance) would be good for you. When the Sun moves into Libra this weekend, you get an idea what "a bit more Libra" could mean for you. Partnership / Love: In your love life there is a great need for clarification. Have you been deceiving each other about something? Did you have a totally different conception of your partner? Recognizing reality can be painful, but simultaneously healing. You want a real relationship, not a sham. Were you always totally sincere and did you not gloss over anything? If you can discover such weaknesses in yourself, you are hopefully somewhat more lenient with your partner.
Everyday Life / Profession: You have taken on a thankless role with Saturn-Lilith, but you find very good arguments and thus gain security and recognition. The Virgo New Moon indicates the necessity of your actions, and that you consider yourself to be a service provider. It also shows how important it is to pay attention to the details so that people now experience Sagittarians as petty or even picky. It is part of your uncomfortable role to teach and correct those around you. You do not do this for your ego, but from a sense of responsibility. The New Moon also has an effect on your role in a team. Is there a pressure to change? Are you ready for a new, higher position, or are you already in one and just noticing how stressful and ungrateful it is? Partnership / Love: The Libra Moon follows the detail-obsessed and critical Virgo New Moon (Wednesday), which is a sign of the Sun's change into Libra (harmony, love, pleasant things) that takes place this weekend when the Moon has already reached Scorpio. You are dealing with normal conditions and always have the feeling that something is missing for the perfect situation. Neptune also expresses that as it opposes Mercury and Mars. As a spiritual person you will feel this deficit less intensely.
Everyday Life / Profession: Jupiter and Uranus are exactly opposed for the third and last time at the end of the month (it happened before in December 2016 and March 2017), and they indicate that we have just reached a goal that has to do with renewal, modernization and growth. When so many new things are happening like in recent months, an uncertainty arises that you have to master. With the Virgo New Moon and the planets in Virgo, this week emphasizes your efforts to combat the chaos with clear rules. Order and rules are comforting and can relax diffuse situations because everyone knows what they have to do when. However, Neptune opposed to the sign of Virgo would like that we do not overdo it and can turn a blind eye. Rules are good as long as you do not have to force them. Partnership / Love: Can you imagine that your focus soon will be more on your private life in the longer term? Jupiter and Uranus indicate that because you have almost achieved a professional or social goal, and you thus enter a quieter phase. The Lunar Node in Leo also indicates it and suggests that you have more time for partnership and love. Do you need a joint trip for these realizations?
Everyday Life / Profession: In the vernacular it is said: advice is not always nice. The emphasized sign of Virgo with its many well-meaning ideas for improvement can nearly kill you if you are used to living an unconventional, idiosyncratic and free life and now have the additional tendency to doubt yourself. Maybe you have run for cover too often when things got complicated? The planets in Virgo are stubborn, nothing is too complicated for them, quite the opposite, the more opaque and hopeless the situation, the more they get into gear. Is there a field where you are a specialist? If you are occupied with something that interests you a lot and where you are quite good, you can "adopt" the Virgo qualities and do not have to doubt yourself or even get exasperated. Partnership / Love: You feel the strong emphasis on Virgo most intensely in your love life. In a close relationship you open yourself up the most and become sensitive to critical tones. Mars and Mercury depict an especially sharp tongue. Who has it? If you should be of the opinion that it is your partner, that would be an indication that you need to develop your own sharp tongue. You could also confront verbal attacks with a great deal of love and patience and thus take the wind out of their sails.
Everyday Life / Profession: There is now a lot of interpersonal exchange, with details and specialized knowledge being in demand. You have to pay attention to many details and take some things more seriously than corresponds to your nature. Appointments can also play an important role, especially if you generally have trouble keeping them. Many things go wrong when you do not pay attention to details and appointments. Questions of health and nourishment are also matters of concern now, which depend on the right combination and this requires expertise. If you like to improvise, that is your particular strength, but with improvisation alone you begin to skid. If necessary and possible, get someone on your crew who has the necessary knowledge. The constellations offer a constructive partnership. Partnership / Love: The confrontation is now more direct, more clear. If you have a blind or sensitive spot, your partner will point you to them for your benefit. But do you find this to be good? Direct words can be hurtful, and you are a sensitive being who can be easily unsettled. Because sensitivity is your great strength you should use this opportunity to tell your partner how you feel and how their words come across to you.


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If you get past how aggravating it is conceptually, NHLPA special counsel Steve Fehr had some good news about the NHL lockout on Monday.
Fehr, speaking on a sports management panel at the Hockey Hall of Fame inductions in Toronto, said he and NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly agree: Once "the moment is right," a new CBA deal will be done "very quickly."
Daly, speaking for himself with The Canadian Press: "I hope he's right."
That brings up a couple questions—specifically, "when is 'the right moment'?" and, "why wasn't it in September?" It also reinforces that despite some weekend backsliding, particularly the owner's newfound dedication to enacting stricter player movement rules, the sides have made tangible progress after almost two months of official gridlock.
The chief disagreement remains how, and when, to drop the players from their previous 57-percent share to 50 percent. Owners want it to happen immediately, but proposed a deferred payback plan designed to recoup players' losses on existing deals. The union does not believe that "Make Whole" plan, as currently constituted, to be sufficient.
On Sunday, though, that wasn't the focal point—the 60-minute "negotiation session" centered on individual contracting rules, with the league not budging off a proposed five-year limit on deals, five-percent cap on salary variance, and two rules designed to stop players from signing huge second contracts.
The owners digging in at that spot was something of a surprise–lots of reliable reporters had them pegged as secondary issues that wouldn't stop a deal from getting done. That still could wind up as the case, but something to keep in mind: It's in the owners' interest to convince players that contracting rules are extra-important—even if they aren't.
That way, the league can eventually "budge," and use that perceived movement in an attempt to get the union to stop squeezing on Make Whole. "We dropped the five-year limit," they'd say in theory. "Now you need to come closer on the other stuff."
Either way, Fehr's "moment" needs to come soon—Monday was Day 57 of the lockout, and Dec. 1 is widely regarded as a deadline for a 60-game season.


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You did it! In a last minute rush, you fans rallied the troops and saved Castle Grayskull®. Not only were enough pre-orders placed to hit the minimum production goal needed to go into production, you went all He-Man® vs. Skeletor® on it and CRUSHED it!
At the end of next year, you'll be the proud owner of the biggest, most iconic, most detailed, most accessorized piece of Masters of the Universe real estate ever built! Pre-orders are now open again and all pre-orders placed between the original start date of October 16th through January 4th at 9am PT will include a first-ever exclusive Masters of the Universe Classics cross-sell poster. Not only that, but everyone who pre-orders will have the chance to vote on which MOTUC heroes and villains appear on new Rudy Obrero-designed packaging art (around spring 2013).
If you've already placed a pre-order, you'll receive an email confirming your order is going through. This is only an order confirmation — you will NOT be charged until your Castle Grayskull ships next year.
We realize you took a leap of faith by pre-ordering based only on a few drawings and a foam mockup. We're honored and grateful, and know we have the best fans anywhere. The design team is hot to get started on a sculpt that will rock your MOTUC world. We're hoping to reveal it around New York Toy Fair in February and will keep you updated every step of the way.
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The May jobs report is behind and a Federal Reserve meeting is on tap later this month. If the economic calendar were a baseball game, this week feels like the seventh-inning stretch. That's leaving aside indications that the economy has apparently cooled here a bit as the weather has, by contrast, warmed up.
We're not quite into the "dog days of summer" mode yet, but this could be a preview.
This week's likely highlights include:
- Retail sales for May from the government, due 8:30 a.m. Thursday (all times Eastern).
- Producer price index for May from the Labor Department, due 8:30 a.m. Friday.
- Industrial production for May from the Federal Reserve, due 9:15 a.m. Friday.
Economy alive and not unwell
With the release of the May jobs report on Friday, the economy essentially sent a message: "The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated." The Labor Department said that employers added 175,000 jobs last month, virtually mirroring the average number of jobs created over the previous 12 months. The unemployment rate rose slightly to 7.6 percent.
Consumers spend
While the overall recovery in the United States remains subpar by historical standards, a recovery has continued nonetheless. That was underscored by last week's Beige Book survey from the Federal Reserve, which described slight to moderate gains in consumer spending across most of the country. An improving housing market and rising stock prices have provided positive underpinnings for consumers.
As for this report, Sam Bullard, senior economist with Wells Fargo, looks for a slight improvement. "Driven by rebounding motor vehicle sales, we expect total retail sales to increase 0.3 percent in May from the 0.1 percent rise recorded in April. Ex-auto, retail sales should edge up 0.1 percent," says Bullard.
Smokestacks and power lines
Although not as sexy as some of the other data points (assuming one loves numbers), the Federal Reserve's industrial production reading is a key gauge of manufacturing, utility and mining output. Manufacturing has begun to struggle a bit lately, so this report could be more important than usual. For example, the recent Institute for Supply Management snapshot covering manufacturing for May showed the first month of contraction since November of last year. It was also the weakest since June 2009.
Chief economist Chad Moutray, with the National Association of Manufacturers, says, "We are hoping to see a pickup in industrial production at some point later this year. Right now, however, we continue to see weak growth in the manufacturing sector both domestically and globally."
Inflation, what inflation?
Although Americans continue to face plenty of economic challengers, broad-based inflation has not been one of them. That's expected to be reflected in this week's producer price index, the main gauge of inflation at the wholesale level. For central banks, deflation has been more of a worry lately. When the Labor Department reported the PPI for April, it declined 0.7 percent and was up less than 1 percent over the previous 12 months.
This week in business history: Riding around on a rail
Summer is prime time for theme parks. It was on June 14, 1959, that Disneyland's Monorail system opened in the Tomorrowland section of the Anaheim, Calif., park. It originally required an "E" ticket for a ride. General admission has since replaced the complex ticket system used then. Although the monorails were a vision of the future back in the time of President Dwight Eisenhower, they are still mostly associated with amusement rides. One successful example of a real mass transit system is the Tokyo Monorail and modern iterations include the magnetic levitation train, or maglev system.
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Custom Yachts 94 Carissima — By Diane M. Byrne
— March 2003
The Third Time's the Charm
|Part 2: The most striking touches are reserved for the master.
All of these details highlight a practical, open layout. "This is my floating house, not [just] a boat," Menzano says, referring to how comfortable he feels aboard. "I can enjoy staying in any one [room] for a while." For example, the saloon and dining area occupy the same deck space but are separated by a buffet-like room divider. That room divider in turn conceals a pop-up television, positioned for easy viewing from the bar in the aft port corner or the conversation area in the middle of the saloon. It's easy to imagine the Menzano children, ranging in age from three to 27 years old, watching one of their favorite videos or, if Carissima is en route to a major destination, the family calling up a chart of the area, as the yacht's integrated computer system allows information to be shown on all monitors and TVs. Regardless, the central seating area is definitely more convivial than the customary approach of flushing furnishings to each side of the room.
Also more convivial is the galley layout. As you'd expect of a 94-footer, Carissima has a country kitchen, featuring a C-shape settee and table. But it faces aft, a different configuration than previous Hargraves and even most other builders' offerings, treating the Menzanos to the finest show onboard. Also as an improvement over previous models, the galley contains two extra drawer-style refrigerators and freezers, beyond the customary stand-up unit; those will certainly be put to good use on the Menzanos' voyages.
The Menzanos could--and should, in my opinion--opt to dine outside on the upper deck. Most tridecks up to 100 feet LOA feature a rather small area that's really only suitable for stowing a tender, but Carissima features one of the largest upper aft decks I've seen on a yacht this size. Hargrave decided to extend the deck to fully overhang the main aft deck below. This created room for a C-shape banquette to port, opposite a sink and a space large enough to retrofit a grill, plus a davit and tender aft.
Back inside, in a step that's mindful of young children and even those adults who sometimes have two left feet, Hargrave placed glass panels alongside the floating staircase, opposite the dining area. It leads up to the enclosed bridge and sky lounge, which features more of the intricate design work mentioned previously. In the sky lounge, the bar to port is adorned with black-leather triangles and gold-tone diamonds. (I overheard one Hargrave staff member, referring to the bar's proximity to the helm, joke, "It's always good when the captain gets his own bar.") In a clever touch, when the family is seated aft in the sky lounge, they can watch the television that's to starboard either by simply bending down and opening the cabinet doors or pressing a button to have it rise up.
Continuing the emphasis on family, the 94 features all four staterooms off the same foyer, accessed via an aft staircase in the saloon. (In a smart move, that foyer also contains a concealed washer and dryer.) Shoji screens in each room--the master with double-door entry, two twin staterooms with Pullmans, and a queen stateroom--have a subtle bamboo pattern on them. But the most striking touches are reserved for the master. Leather and high-gloss wood cover bulkheads, and there are even decorative inlays on the closet doors. The woodwork is smoothly finished on all sides (I even ran my hand underneath the TV cabinet and above the vanity to check).
If the Menzanos decide to stay in port for a while and give the crew some time off but still want extra friends or family to stay aboard, the crew area, accessed forward of the galley, could certainly do the trick. A bunk-berth stateroom shares a head with a double cabin below decks. Since the area was designed for crew, however, there's a dining mess (which also contains a concealed washer and dryer) and, in the bunk stateroom, a ladder leading to a foredeck hatch.
And even though guests typically don't venture into engine rooms, Hargrave gave it the same spacious treatment as the relaxation areas. I paced off about eight feet of space from the entrance to the twin Caterpillar 3412s, and headroom appeared to be about six and a half feet. There's also one step down between the engines, although there isn't outboard walking space.
When Menzano and I last spoke via satphone while he was still in the Bahamas, he had just finished telling me how he wanted to help make Hargrave more of a national name, and even an international name, by exhibiting the yacht at shows in Newport, California; Seattle, Washington; and Sydney, Australia, when his three-year-old daughter entered the room. She kept asking who was on the line, so he simply handed her the phone, and the two of us promptly had a short but sweet conversation, ending with her telling me she was blowing kisses ("besos!"). Not until she's much older will she realize how fitingly she embodied the sharing spirit of so many Hargrave owners, just like her dad.
Hargrave Custom Yachts Phone: (954) 463-0555. www.hargrave-usa.com.
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This article originally appeared in the March 2003 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.


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According to the Wall Street Journal, "pink slime" is back. Better known as finely textured beef by producers, this beef mixture is making a comeback led by Beef Products Inc. and Cargill Inc.
The apparent comeback is being credited to a raise in beef prices due to drought-stricken, herd shrinkage.
According to Cargill, finely texture beef is made, "When steaks and roasts are carved from a side of beef, small pieces of quality meat are left behind. In a process similar to separating milk from cream, those small pieces of beef are separated from the fat. The result is 100-percent beef that is exceptionally lean. The fat that has been separated is turned into tallow*. It is not added back to the ground beef."
If you remember, back in 2012 social media platforms across the board shunned finely textured beef after TV reports questioned its legitimacy, and whispers of the term "pink slime" came into play.
Gregory Page, Executive chairman of Cargill, said they have almost recovered from the 2012 blitz with sales jumping threefold. Overall production still remains below what is was before 2012.
Hy-Vee Inc. was one grocery chain that dropped products containing the beef mixture in 2012, only to bring back the product because of consumer requests. Any product sold in their stores containing the mixture is aptly labeled as such.
Although some consumers have vowed never to eat "pink slime" again, the consumption of the product is on the rise, once again.
*Tallow is a form of rendered beef fat
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I'm trying to make a chart of contemporary Theravada teachers as well as their own teachers that they mention in their talks.
But I can't track down Ajaan Fuang's date of ordination. Does anyone know it?
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Scott Tolentino, Bear Lake Project Leader for the UDWR, sent in this report on Bear lake and some other local waters.
Wednesday, December 5, 2012 Bear Lake Fishing Report: Surface water temp is at 44 degrees. The Bonneville whitefish are in the middle of their spawning season and it should last another 7-10 days. They can be caught along rocky shorelines in 5-15' of water using small jigs (1/16-1/8 oz.), small spinners (#0 - #2), and small spoons. It helps if you tip your lure with a small piece of nightcrawler or meal worm. Fish the lures so they are bumping along the bottom. If you are fishing correctly, then you will get snagged on the rocks once in a while. Sometimes the bites are very light and you need to be able to feel them, so anglers using light tackle (4-8lb line) and a light action rod are doing better than using a heavy action rod. Fishing for both cutthroat trout and lake trout has been fair to good. Anglers jigging with tube jigs tipped with cisco or sucker meat are finding fish in 50-70' of water. Boat anglers are trolling off the Utah State Park marina rockpiles and the Ideal Beach rockpile areas in 50-100' of water using flatfish and rapalas close to the bottom. Garden City Community Fishery PondFishing remains very good for rainbows and the angler pressure has been light. Try small spinners (#1 - #2) and smaller spoons. The rainbows are still very aggressive at this time of year. Fly fishermen have also been catching fish using small streamers, wooly buggers and leach patterns. Of course worms, marshmallows and powerbait will work too. Try fishing the bait under a bobber about 2 feet down or fished right on the bottom. Laketown ReservoirWater level is full and there was a late stocking of catchable-sized (10") triploid rainbow trout was made in October. Fishing has been good for the newly stocked fish, but there are still some hold-over fish from previous years. These fish are 16-19" long and up to almost 3 pounds. Try wet flies such as wooly buggers and leeches. Bank fishermen are having the best luck on worms fished on the bottom.


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Fredi: Teheran's pickoff move best by righty
ATLANTA -- After seeing their players victimized by Julio Teheran's effective pickoff move this week, Dodgers manager Don Mattingly and A's manager Bob Melvin both suggested that Teheran balks with his move to first base.
As all of the great pickoff artists of the past will attest, this is an accusation Teheran will hear numerous times if he continues to be as successful as he has in the pickoff department.
Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez obviously doesn't agree with the opinions expressed by Mattingly and Melvin.
Instead, Gonzalez says Teheran has "maybe the best [pickoff move] I've ever seen for a right-hander. He's got quick feet and he's got a short throw. Some guys have quick feet and it takes them a long time to get the ball to first base. But that's not the case with him. He has both quick feet and a short arm."
After recording eight successful pickoff attempts last season, Teheran has found opposing baserunners being more cautious with him in 2014. He notched just two pickoffs through his first 24 starts of the season. But he nabbed two Dodgers -- Carl Crawford and Yasiel Puig -- on Monday and then made A's outfielder Josh Reddick his latest victim on Saturday night.
"That was a balk," Melvin said after Saturday's game. "That's a balk. Buckle your knees, it's a balk."
Teheran has recorded 13 pickoffs since the start of the 2013 season. No other right-handed pitcher has recorded more than six.
"I know that I have quick feet," Teheran said. "Sometimes, I feel I don't need it. But when I see them getting a big lead, that's when I try to make my best move."
Mark Bowman is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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