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Radio pranksters 'shattered' by nurse's death
Australian radio hosts Mel Greig and Michael Christian have spoken of being "shattered, gutted, heartbroken" by the death of a nurse they spoke to during the royal prank phone call last week.
The 2Day FM presenters have faced global condemnation after the death of Jacintha Saldanha, who put through their prank call to the nurse on duty on the Duchess of Cambridge's ward.
Greig and Christian broke their silence on this afternoon in a pair of interviews on Australian television.
In an interview on A Current Affair, Christian defended the pair's role in the broadcasting of the prank call.
"It's not up to us to make that decision (broadcasting the call). It goes to other departments to make the call."
A teary Greig agreed, saying there was no way they could've predicted what happened.
"We don't get to make those decisions. Our job is to record and get the audio ... and act upon as we're told."
Greig told the show Today Tonight of the sorrow the pair are going through.
"If we played any involvement in her death then we're very sorry for that. And time will only tell."
"We couldn't foresee what was going to happen in the future."
Christian told A Current Affair the idea for the call came in a brainstorming meeting with the rest of the show's team.
"It was just the team sitting down before the show - just had the idea for just a simple harmless phone call," Christian said. "... when we thought about making a call, it was going to go for 30 seconds. We were going to be hung up on, and that was it."
Greig added: "We thought a hundred people before us would've tried it. We thought it was such a silly idea and the accents were terrible and not for a second did we expect to speak to Kate, let alone have a conversation with anyone at the hospital. We wanted to be hung up on."
Asked how they reacted when told of the death of Saldanha both DJs broke down in tears. Greig said it was "gut wrenching", the worst phone call of her life.
Christian agreed, saying: "Shattered, gutted, heartbroken and obviously you know... our deepest sympathies are with the family and the friends".
Later in the interview, Christian was adamant the effect of the prank call could not have been foreseen.
"These prank calls are made every day, on every radio station in every country around the world and they have been for a long time and no-one could've imagined this to happen," Christian said.
Grimshaw told Fairfax Media this afternoon that the interview was "very intense" with a lot of people in the room, including radio station staff and supporters.
She felt sympathy for the pair.
"They're at a certain point on the food chain. There are other people who made the decision to put it to air, it wasn't live to air, there was a decision made after that prank call was recorded to put it to air, and virtually all the focus has been on them," Grimshaw said.
"So I have some sympathy for them in that regard."
Grimshaw said she was mindful that anyone in their situation would be fragile and the interview was a chance for the hosts to say what they wanted to say.
"What has happened with this poor nurse in England is not going to be helped by bullying these two people into some sort of breakdown. I was very mindful that anyone in their situation would be fragile, and very mindful of not becoming part of the problem.
Following the furore surrounding the radio station and it's hosts, Southern Cross Austereo, the owner of 2Day FM, has cancelled the Hot 30 show and issued a company-wide suspension of prank calls.
This follows the suspension of all advertising on 2Day FM that was announced at the weekend. Greig and Christian, were already indefinitely suspended after their prank call to the hospital where the Duchess of Cambridge was a patient.
"SCA and the hosts of the radio program have also decided that they will not return to the airwaves until further notice," the company said in a statement.
The boss of 2Day FM said this morning that staff from the station had tried at least five times to contact those involved in the prank call.
The station, along with Christian and Greig, are under fire after Saldanha died in an apparent suicide after the call gained worldwide notoriety.
Saldanha put the call through to the London hospital ward of the recovering Duchess of Cambridge.
Rhys Holleran, chief executive of Austereo, reiterated that what had occurred was "a deeply tragic, unforseen circumstance" but that he was satisfied that the appropriate checks were conducted before the pre-recorded segment was broadcast.
"It is absolutely true to say that we actually did attempt to contact those people on multiple occasions. We rang them up to discuss what we had recorded. We attempted to contact them on no less than five occasions. We did want to speak to them about it," he told Melbourne radio station 3AW.
Later, he said: "The day prior [to Saldahna's death], people took it as a harmless prank in good humour."
All Austereo staff were called to a meeting this morning; employees have been gagged from speaking publicly without permission.
Holleran's comments come as online vigilante group Anonymous is believed to have threatened the broadcaster in light of Saldanha's death.
Using a new account on YouTube with the group's branding, a person wearing a mask similar to that used by Anonymous members said 2Day FM was "directly responsible" for Saldanha's death.
The video, uploaded from an account named An-onym Oz, purports to be from Anonymous but contains a spelling error in its opening titles. ''Hello citizens of the world, we are Anonyomous,'' it reads.
"We have listened to your excuses. We have heard the word 'prank' a million times," the person in the video says, in a digitally altered voice.
"We have studied the facts and found you guilty of murder. You have placed yourself in an untenable position. You have placed your advertisers at risk - their databases, their websites, their online advertising.
"We are Anonymous and hereby demand you terminate the contracts of Mel Greig and Michael Christian. We will not listen to any more excuses. We will not let you escape your responsibility. You have a funeral to pay for. We are Anonymous. We are legion. We are amongst you. Expect us. This is not a prank call; this is no laughing matter. This is your one and only chance to make amends. You have one week to do so."
In Australia, New South Wales police are now helping Scotland Yard with its investigation into Saldanha's death.
Holleran said on Monday that he had not spoken to police "at this point in time".
He said he did not believe any Australian Communications and Media Authority codes governing radio broadcasts had been breached or that the station's licence was in jeopardy.
He said the company was happy to discuss the issue with any investigators.
He would not comment on how much the fallout was costing the station financially and rejected suggestions of cultural problems at the station in light of repeated scandals, largely ignited by host Kyle Sandilands.
Arrangements are being made to return Saldanha's body to India. Saldanha, who grew up in Goa, on India's west coast, married Benedict Barboza in 1993. They had lived in Britain for nearly a decade, after living in Oman.
Barboza wrote about his devastation in a post on his Facebook account. ''I am devastated with the tragic loss of my beloved wife Jacintha in tragic circumstances,'' he wrote.
Her mother-in-law, Carmine Barboza, said Saldanha had not mentioned the prank, or its aftermath, to her family in India.
"Everything seemed normal," she said. "But then we got a call last night from Benedict informing us that Jacintha had died. He was crying and couldn't speak much.''
Friends in her home town told reporters Saldanha was a caring woman who always put the needs of others first.
"She'd make sure others were comfortable or had eaten their food before looking into her own needs," a neighbour, Albert Fernandes, said.
Mental health groups said it was important to reach out to people who were depressed or distressed because the tragedy might stir suicidal feelings.
A spokesman for Lifeline Australia, John Mendel, said managers taking calls in recent days had heard from several people talking about the incident in the context of their own struggles.
''This can have an impact on other people in society, including people who have been bullied ... It can bring these thoughts to the surface again,'' Mandel said.
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Cobb salads occupy a delicious middle ground between the decadent (hello, bacon and blue cheese!) and the virtuous (lean turkey, and it is a salad after all). Whichever side you land on, there is no denying how awesome the mixture of tangy blue cheese, salty bacon, creamy avocados, ripe tomatoes, and crisp romaine lettuce is. It's not hard to imagine how good those ingredients would taste not tossed with cubes of cold roasted turkey, but atop a hot and juicy turkey burger. It makes perfect sense to me!–Bobby Flay
Turkey Cobb Burger Recipe
- Quick Glance
- Serves 4
- 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 clove garlic, finely chopped
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 1/2 pounds ground turkey (90 percent lean)
- 1 1/2 tablespoons canola oil
- 2 ounces crumbled blue cheese (about 1/2 cup), plus more for garnish (optional)
- 4 hamburger buns, split; toasted, if desired (see Note)
- 1 1/4 cups finely shredded romaine lettuce
- 1 large ripe beefsteak tomato, cut into 8 slices
- 1 ripe Hass avocado, halved, pitted, peeled, and sliced
- 8 slices crisp cooked bacon
- 1. To make the dressing, whisk together the vinegar, lemon juice, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, and garlic in a large bowl. Season with salt and pepper and then whisk in the olive oil.
- 2. Divide the meat into 4 equal portions (about 6 ounces each). Form each portion loosely into a 3/4-inch-thick burger and make a deep depression in the center with your thumb. Season both sides of each burger with salt and pepper.
- 3. Brush the burgers with the oil. Grill the burgers until golden brown and slightly charred on the first side, about 5 minutes for turkey. Flip over the burgers. Cook turkey burgers until cooked throughout, about 5 minutes on the second side, topping each one with some of the cheese and a basting cover during the last minute of cooking (see Note).
- 4. Place the burgers on the bun bottoms. Toss the romaine with the dressing and arrange over the burgers. Top each with 2 slices of bacon, 2 slices of tomato, sliced avocado, and additional blue cheese, if desired. Cover each burger with the bun tops and serve immediately.
- To toast a bun on a grill, grill pan, or griddle, split the bun open, place it cut side down on the grill, and grill until light golden brown, about 10 seconds.
- Getting the perfect melt is easy to accomplish, I use a basting cover, an inexpensive aluminum dome that short-order cooks use in diners. It looks like the lid of a saute pan, except that it is domed to fit over the burger. A basting cover allows just enough clearance, meaning the cheese doesn't touch and stick to it cot the cover can still hold in the heat to melt the cheese beautifully.
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At my home parish of St. Agnes in St. Paul, MN, there are orchestral Masses (Mozart, Schubert, Haydn, Beethoven, etc.) on 30 Sundays of the year, along with Gregorian chant Propers. This year they added a Mass to the repertory. … Continue reading
Biography about Mother Angelica
To decompress, I've been reading more 18th c. nautical fiction and some feudal Japanese murder mysteries. However, since the passing of Mother Angelica there is this. USA HERE – UK HERE – ITALY HERE
Whole-cloth speculation on my part
UPDATE: Now posted at ewtn.com: Mass of Christian Burial 4/1 12 PM ET Archbishop Charles J. Chaput presides over the Solemn Funeral Mass for EWTN Foundress, Mother Angelica, live from the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Hanceville, Al. … Continue reading
Some reactions to Mother Angelica's passing
CNA has this about reactions to Mother Angelica of the Annunciation's death. Benedict XVI responds to Mother Angelica's death Vatican City, Mar 28, 2016 / 02:54 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Benedict XVI had a special response to Mother Angelica's death falling … Continue reading
Mother Angelica – RIP
UPDATE: For a schedule of the rites surrounding Mother Angelica's funeral and interment: HERE ___ The amazing Mother Angelica has died. May she rest in peace. Mother was a titan. She did things that conferences of bishops failed to do, … Continue reading
CQ CQ CQ #HamRadio Saturday – Viva la Habana!
I don't have special news from the last week, since I have been traveling and otherwise busy. However, as I type, I have the EWTN feed on for Pope Francis' arrival in Cuba. The EWTN announcer reminded us that since … Continue reading
Blast From The Past: Mother Angelica 1993 – "My agenda is not hidden."
Back in 1993 Mother Angelica blew up when, at World Youth Day (10-15 August), there was a mimed Stations of the Cross during which a woman portrayed Christ. Someone gave me a recording of her reaction. She called out the … Continue reading
Prayers for Mother Angelica: UPDATED
UPDATE 22:39 GMT: I received this from a rep at EWTN: Dear Father, This was just released on our Official EWTN Facebook page: "Please be advised that contrary to some recent comments on the internet there has been no change … Continue reading
Mother Angelica Honored by Pope Benedict XVI
I picked this up from waaytv.com Mother Angelica Honored by Pope Benedict XVI The Alabama nun who founded EWTN is being recognized by Pope Benedict XVI. Mother Mary Angelica was given the Cross of Honor, which is the highest honor … Continue reading


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High refresh rates in LCD TVs
We explain TV refresh rates
Steve Kindig has been an electronics enthusiast for over 30 years. He has written extensively about home and car A/V gear for Crutchfield since 1985. Steve is also a volunteer DJ at community radio station WTJU, where he is a regular host of the American folk show "Atlantic Weekly," as well as the world music program "Radio Tropicale."
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Heads up!Welcome to this article from the Crutchfield archives. Have fun reading it, but be aware that the information may be outdated and links may be broken.
Steve, Crutchfield TV expert, explains what LCD TV refresh rates really mean, and how refresh rates higher than 240Hz are achieved with backlight scanning. Find out if a TV with a high refresh rate is right for you.
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Steve: If you've been looking at LCD TVs you've probably seen a lot of references to higher refresh rates like 120Hz or 240Hz or even higher. And what higher refresh rates do is try to reduce motion blur which can be a problem with LCD TVs. And different TV makers have different names for this technology. Sony calls theirs Motionflow. Samsung calls theirs Auto Motion Plus. But it's all basically the same technology.
So what is the purpose of these higher refresh rates? Well it's to make the video look smoother. The standard refresh rate, or frame rate for video, is 60Hz, or 60 frames per second. And that's the rate that you get from video sources like your Blu-ray player or your cable box, and that's the display rate of basic LCD TVs. When you have TVs that have a higher refresh rate they're actually repeating the image more frequently so that the image looks smoother on screen so that, for instance, a 120Hz TV is actually creating one new frame for each actual frame. And then a 240Hz TV is creating three new frames for each actual frame. And when it adds these new frames, it inserts them into the video stream and adds motion compensation so that it all looks very smooth and natural and it gets rid of the motion blur.
So right now the fastest actual refresh rate that you'll find in a TV is 240Hz, but you will see TVs advertised with higher rates like 480Hz, even all the way up to 960Hz, and that's where it can get a little confusing. So let me just explain that.
What's happening with those higher refresh rates is actually a different process. It's called backlight scanning. And what happens there is the TV's LED backlight actually flashes, or blinks, at really high speed and that is synchronized with the screen's refresh rate to further reduce the amount of time each image is flashed onscreen. So the end result is that the image looks just that much smoother and clearer, and so that technology is great if you like, watch a lot of fast action sports. But a lot of people find, including me, that these refresh rates aren't so great for watching movies. They can make them look unnatural and kind of flat and video like. But luckily most TVs let you go into the menu and adjust the amount of motion blur and judder reduction that's going on. So you can end up with movies that look film like the way they should.
So do you need a TV with a higher refresh rate? Well, if you watch a lot of sports it's a good idea because it really does make fast action look smoother. Also, if you're shopping for a 3D LCD TV you should probably get one that's at least 240Hz because when a TV's in 3D mode it actually splits the refresh rate because it needs to send two separate images to create the 3D effect. So, say a 240Hz TV is sending 120Hz video to each eye.
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IT MAY have been a winter of discontent for the England team, but there is an air of positivity at St Peter's Fields as Droitwich Spa Cricket Club embarks on a new season.
The first ball of the new campaign will be bowled on Saturday, when Spa entertain Solihull Municipal in a friendly fixture, ahead of the Worcestershire County League Division One getting under way on Saturday, April 26.
With a buoyant membership and a will to develop young players, the club will be adding to its Saturday sides with a fourth team which will play friendly matches with a view to entering league competition next season if successful. Two Sunday teams, a T20 side and various youth teams up to under-16 level will also be fielded this summer.
Droitwich will be striving to improve on last year's ninth place in the Worcestershire County Cricket League Division One, where a poor run of 10 defeats in 13 matches defined the season.
Bolstering the ranks are top-order batsman Connor Grant, who has joined from Leamington, and opening bowler Kris Corbett, who is flying in from Queensland and brings with him experience of second and third grade Australian cricket.
Corbett, 28, will be the second-oldest player in the side that walks out at Pershore in the league opener,.
"I am looking forward to the new season and hoping for a positive start," said skipper Martyn Davies.
"Personally, I learned a lot last season and the team did too, but it's important that we improve and challenge at the right end of the table.
"Despite the horrendous run of results we had, there was still a lot of plus points and I want to build on these in our opening matches to get some early wins under our belts and create a buzz to cascade throughout the club.
"We're looking for our new-look side to play with enthusiasm and without fear and there will be plenty of opportunities for all of the youngsters to really step up and make a name for themselves over the coming months. However, I am looking for those of us with a few years of first team cricket under our belts to really set the example and take responsibility on and off the pitch too."
The club is still keen to recruit new players of any standard. Anyone who is interested can call Mr Davies on 07821 661974.


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A very wide range of legislation governs maternity, paternity, shared parental and adoption leave and pay. Most of the relevant legislation can be found consolidated into the Employment Rights Act 1996 or the Employment Relations Act 1999. A full list of the relevant legislation is given at the end of these Q&As.
However, the Employment Act 2002, the Work and Families Act 2006, the Children and Families Act 2014, and numerous regulations have also brought in some significant changes.
GOV.UK provides guidance and interactive tools on maternity, paternity and adoption leave and pay.
In Northern Ireland, information on maternity, paternity, shared parental and adoption leave and pay is available from nidirect
The terminology used in this area of employment law may cause confusion. The following terms are used in these Q&As:
Right to request flexible working – right to formally request more flexible working arrangements.
Unpaid parental leave – generally refers to the current right of up to 18 weeks' extra unpaid leave (available in addition to the primary paid leave). See the Parental rights and family-friendly provisions Q&As.
EWC – Expected week of childbirth/week the baby is due. In these Q&As, the term 'due' is used where possible.


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treehuggingoctopus wrote:gyougan wrote:One more proof that true Buddhist masters are nearly extinct.
Interesting. Do you think that Buddhist teachers of the past didn't hold such views? That they were on the whole freer from prejudice and everyday misconceptions than the contemporary ones are?
I certainly hope they were! What's "realization" good for if it doesn't even free you from the most ridiculous misconceptions and prejudices held by ordinary, uneducated idiots?


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Herds studied by the Penn State Profitability Assessment Dairy Tool show reproductive performance is often the most common bottleneck to profitability.
That's because reproductive performance impacts the bulk tank. Longer days open and extended calving intervals lead to fewer days of peak milk production.
To learn how to overcome reproductive challenges on your dairy and improve your reproductive knowledge, a series of workshops are being offered covering topics including:
- Heat synchronization methods.
- Blood pregnancy tests.
- Using genomics to improve herd genetics.
- Managing reproductive diseases.
The sessions will be offered:
- March 15 in Huntingdon, Pa.
- March 17 in East Earl, Pa.
- March 22 in Mercer, Pa.
- March 24 in Canton, Pa.
Cost is $50 per person, and each workshop begins at 9 a.m. and concludes at 4 p.m.
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Cruise Night is back! Come join us every Wednesday night from 6 p.m. until 10 p.m. for Cruise Night at Elegant Builders Raceway Park in Lancaster!
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Capuano exits with strained left calf
LOS ANGELES -- Filling in for injured starter Zack Greinke, Chris Capuano left Tuesday's game against the Padres in the top of the third inning due to a strained left calf.
"It's a little sore. A strain, but not a full tear or anything like that," Capuano said after the Dodgers fell to the Padres, 9-2, at Dodger Stadium. "I don't anticipate it will be too long to heal."
Capuano will have an MRI either Wednesday or Thursday to determine the extent of the damage. He said he had a similar injury several years ago during Spring Training.
"It didn't take too long, a couple of weeks," Capuano said. "I hope the MRI shows it's not a very serious strain."
If Capuano requires a trip to the disabled list, the Dodgers will need to make a roster move, but with off-days on Thursday and Monday, the club won't need a fifth starter until April 24.
"We'll talk about it tonight," manager Don Mattingly said during his postgame media session. "[General manager] Ned [Colletti] was in my office before I came in here. We'll talk about what we want to do. We don't need a starter until the 24th. It's always nice to have an extra arm. But then we have to work through the roster and everything else."
Capuano said he felt his calf "pull" while covering first base on a grounder to end the second inning. The left-hander walked gingerly off the field and headed into the Dodgers' clubhouse. He returned for the third and walked the first batter he faced, Jesus Guzman, on four pitches. Mattingly, pitching coach Rick Honeycutt and team trainer Sue Falsone met with Capuano on the mound, watched him throw a few trial pitches, and then he headed off the field with the Dodgers trailing, 4-0.
"I came in between innings and we taped it tight around the ankle to take the pressure off the calf," Capuano said. "I felt I could sit back and push off, but the walk to Guzman, obviously, I wasn't able to drive off."
Capuano began the season in the bullpen and made his first start on Tuesday in place of Greinke, who fractured his left collarbone during Thursday's benches-clearing fracas in San Diego. Capuano allowed four runs in the first inning on five singles and a walk.
If Capuano is sidelined for more than a few days, Ted Lilly is likely to return to the rotation. Lilly has been on a rehab assignment in the Minor Leagues and appears ready to return to the big leagues after assistant pitching coach Ken Howell saw improvement in the lefty's outing with Class A Rancho Cucamonga on Tuesday.
Ken Gurnick is a reporter and Austin Laymance is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Sorry to report that Tinsley is averaging almost 5apg in 17mpg. Less than one ppg. He has a game of zero points and 14 assists at one point. Here's a guy who could always run an offense, IF HE FELT LIKE IT. Evidently he feels like it now.
He wouldn't do that when on the Pacers. He insisted that he wanted to the be Starbury of Indiana and play his playground trash ball.
Can't stand the guy.


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The San Diego Chargers reunited two North Platte High school football players on July 31 when they signed former NPHS and University of Idaho quarterback Nathan Enderle, pairing him with fellow NPHS graduate Danny Woodhead.
He was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the fifth round in 2011.
After one season as a backup in the Windy City, Enderle was released but picked up by the Jacksonville Jaguars in July 2012, but was released a couple of weeks before the season.
In January, Enderle signed with the Tennessee Titans but was released July 24.
The Chargers signed him a week later.
In San Diego, Enderle will battle against rookie Brad Sorensen of Southern Utah, a seventh-round draft pick, for a spot on the final roster for the regular season.
Philip Rivers, who will enter his 10th season with the team, is the incumbent Charger quarterback. Veteran Charlie Whitehurst is expected to be his backup.
Woodhead signed with the Chargers in March after three solid seasons with the New England Patriots.
The mighty Woodhead will be one of three running backs that San Diego is expected to use heavily this season, along with Ryan Mathews and Ronnie Brown.
Woodheads speed and versatility helped make him a fan favorite in New England, and his attributes should complement the size and power of Mathews and Brown, who weigh in at 220 and 230 pounds, respectively.
Woodhead has also reportedly developed some good chemistry with Rivers since signing with the Chargers.
Woodhead and Enderle graduated from NPHS two years apart. Woodhead was a 2004 graduate and Enderle graduated in 2006.
In Woodheads senior season, Enderle served as the backup quarterback to his older brother, Derek.
The next season, Enderle took the reigns as starting quarterback as a junior. That season was the last in the storied career of head coach Bob Zohner and is also the last time North Platte has qualified for the state playoffs.
Enderles older brother, Derek, graduated with Woodhead. He had quarterbacked the Bulldogs to two straight appearances in the state semifinals in 2002 and 2003.
In college, Nathan Enderle was a four-year starting quarterback for the Idaho Vandals.
As a junior he led the Vandals to an 8-5 season and a thrilling come-from-behind win in the Humanitarian Bowl, 43-42 over Bowling Green.
This report was first published Aug. 14 in the Bulletin's print edition.
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'And what should worry the Panthers, who visit Buffalo on Nov.'10, is that Sabres coach Lindy Ruff doesn't feel his team has played its best hockey, with the exception of its 9-1 dismantling of Philadelphia on Oct.'16.
"We're in search of the perfect game," Ruff said. "The coaching staff is, anyway. We've got to continue to create good habits, not get careless and not get sloppy. We need to … make smarter plays."'


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More and more in modern life, technology helps us to get the body beautiful which we desire. Plastic surgery is becoming ever more common, true, but there's many less invasive methods which can help improve your appearance. One can get contact lenses with colored irises, piercings and tattoos like tribal marks and rituals adorn the flesh of many, and jewelry can embroider and enrich anyone's appearance. But perhaps the most versatile of all body parts when it comes to beautification is one's hair. Styles as various as Farrah Fawcett's feathered look, the aggressive intent of the Mohawk, the synthetic colors and cut of the New Romantic, the teased voluminous hair of the Afro and "the Rachel from Friends" look have defined hairstyle fashion at various times. Hair can be long or short; it can be straight, curly, wavy or spiky; it can be feathered and layered or be sleek and sheer; it can be tied in bunches, ponytailed or pigtailed; and of course it can be dyed a rainbow of colors.
But not everyone has the time or patience to grow their hair into today's styles! Often using real hair rather than synthetic materials, hair extensions now look as natural as the real thing, and are practical and convenient. And they come in all different colors, lengths and styles, allowing stylists and consumers to select whatever they desire. Here at DHgate.com we have many hair extension products which would be ideal for your customers in their value, quality and range. There are clip-in extensions, which are probably the easiest to attach and detach. There are also loop/micro-ring extensions, which you physically attach to your existing hair using plastic or metal attachments. Hair bulk and hair weft extensions, to add volume and mass to your hair, are further options for these seeking new longer styles. Tools and accessories to attach, remove and care for extensions, such as micro-rings, extension clips and connector clamps are naturally available. What's more, we can offer custom hair extensions of almost any style, color & texture according to your wishes.
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20 July 2012
These are the Tigers that most experts said would win the AL Central. After taking three out of four games against the Los Angeles Angels, the Tigers now sit just 1.5 games behind the first place White Sox. Detroit hosts Chicago for a three game series over the weekend. If the Tigers take two out of three they will be just 0.5 games back and with a sweep they can take over the division lead. The Tigers, winners of 10 of their last 12 games, won five straight games prior to the All Star break and continued their strong play with five wins in seven games after the break.
Against the Angels, the Tigers offense was good, with the exception of the 13-0 loss in the second game. They scored at least five runs in all three of their wins. Prince Fielder had a good series, with six hits and three RBI. Brennan Boesch added four RBI on three extra-base hits. The Tigers are starting to get contributions from the bottom part of their lineup with Delmon Young, Boesch, Jhonny Peralta and Alex Avila all hitting much better than earlier in the year. The top of the lineup has been pretty consistent for most of the year.
In the final two games, Doug Fister and Max Scherzer were dominant, each allowing only one earned run. Fister lasted eight innings with 10 strikeouts while Scherzer lasted seven innings and struck out nine. Rick Porcello was shaky in the opening game of the series, allowing five runs over 5.2 innings. But the Tigers rallied to win 8-6 thanks to a late two-run homer by Boesch. Rookie Jacob Turner struggled mightily in the second game, allowing seven earned runs in just two innings. The right-hander served up three homeruns including a three-run shot by Mark Trumbo in the first inning.
The Tigers look to continue their hot streak against the White Sox at Comerica Park. Detroit will send out ace Justin Verlander in the opener to face Jake Peavy of Chicago. Detroit will go with Porcello on Saturday versus Chris Sale who leads the American League with a 2.11 ERA in 16 starts. Turner will get a chance to redeem himself on Sunday against Philip Humber. The White Sox just lost three out of four games to the Red Sox in Fenway. It's only July, but this Tigers-White Sox series should be very competitive and the crowd at Comerica Park should be ready.


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A Multi-professional Team Intervention on Physical Activity Referrals in Primary Care Patients With Cardiovascular Risk Factors—the Dalby Lifestyle Intervention Cohort (DALICO) Study (DALICO)
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Background The present study protocol describes the trial design of a primary care intervention cohort study, which examines whether an extended, multi-professional physical activity referral (PAR) intervention is more effective in enhancing and maintaining self-reported physical activity than ordinary physical activity recommendations. The study targets patients with newly diagnosed hypertension and/or type 2 diabetes.
Secondary outcomes include: need of pharmacological therapy; blood pressure/plasma glucose; physical fitness and anthropometric variables; mental health; health related quality of life; and cost-effectiveness. Methods/Design The study is designed as a long-term intervention. Three primary care centres are involved in the study, each constituting one of three treatment groups: 1) Intervention group (IG): multi-professional team intervention with PAR, lifestyle brochure; 2) Control group A (CA): ordinary recommendations on health behaviours, lifestyle brochure; and 3) Control group B: treatment as usual (retrospective data collection).
The intervention is based on self-determination theory and follows the principles of motivational interviewing. Physical activity is measured with the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) and expressed as metabolic equivalent of task (MET)-minutes per week. Physical fitness is estimated with the 6-minute walk test in IG only. Variables such as health behaviours; health-related quality of life; motivation to change; mental health; demographics and socioeconomic characteristics are assessed with an electronic study questionnaire that submits all data to a patient database, which automatically provides instant feed-back on the patients' health status.
Cost-effectiveness of the intervention is evaluated continuously and the intermediate
- 3 - outcomes of the intervention are extrapolated by economic modelling. The first statistical analyses and compilation of results will be performed one year after inclusion of the first patient or when the IG and CA have included 60 and 30 eligible patients respectively. Discussion By helping patients to overcome practical, social and cultural obstacles and increase their internal motivation for physical activity we aim to improve their physical health in a long-term perspective. The targeted patients belong to a patient category that is supposed to benefit from increased physical activity in terms of improved physiological values, mental status and quality of life, decreased risk of complications and maybe a decreased need of medication.
|Motivation for Physical Activity
|Behavioral: Multi-professional team intervention with PAR, lifestyle brochure Behavioral: Ordinary recommendations on health behaviours, lifestyle brochure
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|Study Design:
|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Prevention
|Official Title:
|A Multi-professional Team Intervention on Physical Activity Referrals in Primary Care Patients With Cardiovascular Risk factors-the Dalby Lifestyle Intervention Cohort Study (DALICO) Study
- to examine whether an extended multi-professional PAR intervention, based on SDT, is effective in increasing and maintaining the self-reported physical activity level in patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes or hypertension or both. [ Time Frame: every 6 months ]
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|Study Start Date:
|November 2010
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|June 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Intervention
Multi-professional team intervention with PAR, lifestyle brochure
Behavioral: Multi-professional team intervention with PAR, lifestyle brochure
Multi-professional team intervention with PAR, lifestyle brochure
Active Comparator: Conventional treatment
Ordinary recommendations on health behaviours, lifestyle brochure
Behavioral: Ordinary recommendations on health behaviours, lifestyle brochure
Ordinary recommendations on health behaviours, lifestyle brochure
No Intervention: retrospective med history comparison
Treatment as usual (retrospective data collection)
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 95 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
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Inclusion Criteria:newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes or hypertension or both and consecutive primary care patients with suspected type 2 diabetes or hypertension will be screened for inclusion. The diagnose criterion for type 2 diabetes in both the Intervention and the Control groups is defined as a 2 x fasting plasma glucose (fP-glu) ≥ 7.0 mmol/l according to WHO guidelines [29]. The diagnose criterion for hypertension is defined as a resting systolic blood pressure ≥ 140 mmHg or a diastolic blood pressure ≥ 90 mmHg. Hypertension is confirmed by a 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring: a systolic blood pressure ≥ 135 mmHg and/or a
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Exclusion Criteria:
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01187576
|Contact: Rickard W Ekesbo, M.D.,Ph.D.
|+46 705 476144
|Dalby Vårdcentral
|Dalby, Sweden
|Contact: Rickard W Ekesbo
|Responsible Party:
|Region Skane
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01187576 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
CPF FaR 001
|Study First Received:
|August 23, 2010
|Last Updated:
|October 15, 2012
Keywords provided by Region Skane:
Physical activity
Diabetes mellitus
Motivational interviewing
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Forage testing equipment, methods and calibrations can vary from lab to lab. That means results can vary, too.
"Variation between labs doesn't necessarily mean that one lab is right and the other is wrong," says Chris Dschaak, dairy nutritionist with Mycogen Seeds. "But it is important to be aware of the potential for differences and to stick with one source of lab data when making ration decisions."
As an example, Mycogen Seeds recently sent samples from the same brown midrib corn silage pile to five different labs and found that dry matter readings varied from 27.7 percent to 31.2 percent, and neutral detergent fiber content ranged from 46.6 percent to 58.4 percent.
Establish a relationship with one lab to ensure consistent results, Dschaak advises. "Seek the advice of your herd nutritionist to identify a lab that meets your needs."
He suggests asking these questions before selecting a lab:
1. Is the lab certified by the National Forage Testing Association?
2. Does the lab do its own wet chemistry testing to develop near infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) calibration equations?
3. How frequently does the lab calibrate its NIRS equipment and monitor accuracy of calculations?
4. How long does it take to get results?
5. What are the lab's quality-control procedures?
Regardless of the lab, Dschaak stresses the importance of ongoing communication. "If you see something on a report that you don't understand, ask your nutritionist or lab representative to explain it."


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keltik wrote:@ JHern: didn't they ax the Squall?
keltik wrote:I wasn't sure. DGA doesn't get a lot of play around here (though they are carried at the local PIAS).
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A THIEF shouted: "I just got myself a new iPhone," as he targeted a man during a street robbery to fund his drugs habit.
Lewis Garland, of Dews Green, Vange, forced his victim to the ground before yelling "give me your stuff" during the robbery in Basildon in October.
Basildon Crown Court heard the terrified man handed over his iPhone, iPod Touch and bag while Garland shouted to waiting pals: "Whoop! I just got myself an iPhone 4".
Garland, 22, who admitted robbery, was sentenced to ten months in prison suspended for 18 months.
During the robbery the victim was ordered to hand over the passwords to his phone and iPod, the courtwas told. The victim was not injured, but Charlotte Davidson, prosecuting, said he had been left scared and physically shaken.
The victim later reported the robbery to his brother whowent to Garland and demanded he hand the phone and other items back.
Garland told the brother he had not touched the victim or threatened him.
In mitigation, Garland said he had carried out the robbery to raise money for drugs.
Addressing Judge Jonathan Black, he said: "This was an unplanned and opportunistic offence and nobody sought out the victim. We were anxious to get some money to pay for drugs.
"I have been in prison since I was arrested for this. It is not a place I would like to end up. I know unless I kick this drug habit I could end up there again."
Garland's suspended jail sentence comes with a requirement to attendadrugs' treatment programme.
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MESA, Ariz. -- Edwin Jackson had been mentioned as a possible Opening Day option for the Cubs after signing a four-year, $52 million contract, but manager Dale Sveum tabbed Jeff Samardzija. That's OK with Jackson.
"He's a great pitcher and I'm happy for him," Jackson said of Samardzija. "He's the face of the organization and he deserves it. ... At the end of the day, we all want to win. He wants to win, I want to win and every other pitcher wants to win. Whoever gets the Opening Day start, we're happy for each other, and we're just ready for whoever has Opening Day to start the ball rolling in a positive direction for everyone else to feed off of."
Does that mean Jackson could be No. 2 in the rotation?
"Everyone has to be No. 1 on their day -- that's my favorite quote," Jackson said. "Everyone has to be the ace on the day they're pitching."
OK, Jackson may be second in terms of sequence, and could follow Samardzija. It won't be Matt Garza, who remains sidelined with a strained lat.
"We'd definitely rather [Garza] in September when we're coming down the stretch and hopefully making the playoff push," Jackson said. "It's always tough when you're on the other side of it, it's always easier to say, 'Be patient' when you don't have to go through it.
"He'll be fine," Jackson said. "Right now, I'm sure he's anxious, but we'd all be anxious. If I was down, I'd be anxious to get out, too. You have to look for the future and take a deep breath and realize we'd rather have him playing later in the season."


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But Circuit Judge G. Thomas Cooper said Thursday he needed more time to consider requests to dismiss the case against Haley's office, the Department of Revenue, South Carolina's Division of Information Technology and a private data security company.
Former state Sen. John Hawkins' lawsuit accuses the agencies of failing to protect taxpayers.
The cyber-thief who hacked into the agency's computer servers last year took unencrypted data from 3.8 million individual tax filers and 700,000 businesses in the nation's largest hacking of a state agency.
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Chris Bosh - Lower Abdominal Strain (out indefinitely)
Jared Wade: Taking Away the Three and Marginalizing Miami�s Role Players
The Heat�s second best player has shot like trash in this series. After shooting 8-for-22
last night, as noted by Brian Windhorst of ESPN.com, Dwayne Wade is now 4-for-19
(21%) on jump shots in two games against Indiana. While Frank Vogel has credited this
to how well Paul George has been playing defense (which is mostly true), this isn�t just
a second-round issue for Wade. Including the Knicks series, he is now 12-for-49 (25%)
on jumpers during the playoffs. That is horrible and if he continues to shoot at that rate
outside the paint, the Miami Heat have no chance to beat the Pacers. They really don�t.
Most onlookers would expect Wade to turn it around, however. And even if he can�t get
out of his jump-shooting slump, he is such a dynamic and versatile scorer that he will
find ways to put points on the board. He is still among the most lethal penetrators in
league history, a Maserrati on the break and a fixture at the free-throw line. His
individual talent to score remains the second-biggest concern for the Pacers (following,
ya know, the talents of that other guy.)
Conversely, it really isn�t Wade that the Heat should be concerned about.
What they need to fix is the lack of production from their one-dimensional supporting
cast. Because the rest of the team is shooting just as poorly as Wade. In 160 combined
minutes during Game 2, the other eight players who entered the game other than
James and Wade scored just 23 points on 9-for-34 FGs (26.5%). In Game 1, over 140
combined minutes, Miami players not named LeBron, Wade or Bosh scored 21 points
on 7-for-21 (33%) shooting. And being even that useful required a 4-for-4, 9-point
performance from Joel Antony, a career 2.7 point per game scorer.
Part of the Plan
For the Pacers, this is all going according to strategy. Frank Vogel was on 1070 The
Fan radion in Indiana this morning and discussed how his team is focusing on taking
away Miami�s role players.
�[We're] very focused on what those guys� strengths are,� said Vogel. �All their role
players are capable of much greater production than they put forth last night. But
they are sort of limited in what can do. They�re either drivers or shooters or dunkers
at the basket. But they�re not versatile, they�re not multi-weapon type of guys. So if
you just dial in to taking away their one strength, they�re guys that can be limited.�
The number-one way to minimize the Heat�s bench is to take away their ability to
shoot open three-point looks. There are very few ways any of them can hurt you
other than by making triples. And it is something they do very well.
Throughout the regular season...CONTINUE READING AT 8p9s
|3-on-3 preview: Heat-Pacers, Game 3
In another installment of the Heat Index's 3-on-3 series, our writers give their takes on
the storylines before the Heat visit the Pacers for Game 3 of the Eastern Conference
1. Fact or Fiction: Dwyane Wade should have been suspended.
Tom Haberstroh: Fiction. Although, I've gone both ways on this one. Darren Collison
decelerated slightly for the pass, so I'm not sure it was all Wade's fault for the sheer
velocity of impact. But I can't shake the feeling that this wasn't a fully objective ruling. I
keep asking myself the following three "What Ifs": What if Collison and Wade switched
places? What if Chris Bosh wasn't out indefinitely? What if the Heat were up 2-0 instead of
split in the series? We'll never know.
Michael Wallace: Fiction. I thought a Flagrant 1 was adequate punishment to fit the
crime. As it turned out, that extra possession Indiana got as a result of Wade's message-
sending cheap shot ended up costing the Heat in a 3-point loss. I will say this: Had Wade
or LeBron been hit from behind like that, my guess is the call would have been more harsh
under the same circumstances.
Brian Windhorst: Fiction. It was a cheap shot hit and was properly called a flagrant
foul. It would've been interesting had it been called a flagrant-2 foul and they had to
review it and decide whether Wade should've stayed in the game. Joey Crawford was all
over the play, made the call and the league stood by him. It was proper.
2. Fact or Fiction: Heat need Haslem to step up more than Miller
Haberstroh: Fact. Haslem has played worse than just about anybody left in the
playoffs and the Heat don't have anyone who can score underneath. If they can just get
Haslem to provide 10 points with some mid-range jumpers and put-backs, it would open
up so much in LeBron James and Wade's games, especially in the pick-and-roll.
Wallace: Fact. Only because Shane Battier, Mario Chalmers or James Jones are
capable of giving Miami the shooting Mike Miller is supposed to provide. With Chris Bosh
out, Miami doesn't have any other bigs who as effective as Haslem could be in the pick-
and-roll game with Wade and LeBron. Who else is going to grab 10 rebounds if needed?
Haslem must first give Erik Spoelstra a reason to play him more than the 12 minutes he
got in Game 2.
Windhorst: Fact. Well, the Heat need somebody to step up, anyone. But Haslem
would be a bigger boost because if he was able to get his jumper going he would be a
threat in the pick-and-roll game. With Bosh gone, the Heat's favorite play has been
gutted because the Pacers do not respect whoever is in the play unless it is Wade and
3. Fact or Fiction: You expect the foul disparity to even out in Game 2.
Haberstroh: Fact. I would say that a breakout game of the Heat's supporting
cast is just around the corner, but I look at Haslem and Miller limping up and down
the floor and I can't help but wonder if there's something more that's plaguing this
team. The Pacers are healthy, hungry and home for the next two games. This is a
toss-up, to me.
Wallace: Fiction. I'd go 55/45 still in favor of the Heat. Miami still has the
league MVP in James and a top-5 player in Wade on the roster. Two more baskets
from anyone else on the roster the other night would've put the Heat ahead 2-0
right now. You could also look at it another way and say that if the refs didn't hold
back Indy in Game 1, the Pacers could also be up 2-0. So in essence, that does
mean this thing is essentially anyone's series to win.
Windhorst: Fiction. The Heat have the two-best players and overall more
experience. They still have the edge but it is much closer, there's a much smaller
margin for error with Bosh out.
|Zach Harper: Nice win, Indiana. Please get in the paint.
I�d like to congratulate the Indiana Pacers on stealing a road playoff game against one
of the best home teams in the NBA. It wasn�t pretty by any means and it seemed like
both teams were giving the game away throughout the final couple minutes. However,
a win is a win in the playoffs and even the poor play by Indiana down the stretch
doesn�t change the fact that the series is now evened up at one game apiece.
That�s pretty huge for the Pacers to be heading back to Indiana after stealing home
court advantage.
Here�s the thing though: The Pacers are in some serious trouble.
The Heat looked completely disjointed on offense while trying to adjust to life without
Chris Bosh. Sure they scored 53 points in the second half of Game 1, but last night
was a fantastic combination of really good, aggressive defense by the Pacers and
utter confusion and a stalemate execution by Miami.
I think the Pacers defense will be fine against the Miami Heat. Paul George seems to
have figured out that his length can make up for any physical advantage Dwyane
Wade might have over him. Until Dwyane adjusts and figures out that he needs to do
his damage away from the ball and heading toward the basket coming off of screens,
George should be able to bother him and hope Wade isn�t just making really hard
Granger�s effort on LeBron in the second half was great because he seemed to know
exactly how to get him to dribble toward the help and take away his driving lanes.
We�ve seen a lot in LeBron�s career recently that if he doesn�t have any daylight to
dribble into the paint, he seems to get confused on what he should do. He gets
complacent with his offensive attack and just relies on bad pull-up jumpers. In the
first half of Game 2, he got into the paint and used that floater he�s been perfecting.
When the Pacers took away the paint in the second half, he had to rely on a lot of
effort plays (offensive rebounds, quick post-ups for position) to get points inside.
The thing I worry about with the Pacers is their offense. It�s extremely basic and it�s
going away from everything they�re good at.
Want to know why Danny Granger has been so bad in the first two games? Aside
from LeBron James suffocating him like an insecure and overbearing boyfriend
that is dating out of his league, the Pacers fail to recognize whenever Granger
might actually have an advantage.
On this play in particular, the Pacers have a chance to post Granger on the right
block with Mike Miller guarding him. If George makes the pass right away, Turiaf
probably dives toward the post to help and it gives Hibbert and his unending
length a clear area right at the basket. It looks like LeBron is anticipating a lob
pass here but a quick fake reversal pass to David West at his sweet spot
probably makes LeBron retreat. Instead George just seems completely lost with
the basketball.
When Paul George misses the entry pass right away, it allows Ronny Turiaf to
help over from Hibbert and that takes away the pass altogether. The problem I
have with this play is it seems like it was designed as misdirection on the post-
up to run Granger off of a screen to get him a jumper from 20 feet.
When Granger comes off the screen, LeBron is there in help defense to knock
the pass away (he jumps the screen perfectly) and get the Heat a transition
score the other way.
It�s really impossible to see why George Hill thought it was a good idea to make
this pass. LeBron is right there waiting to switch on the screen.
This steal leads to many people being shocked that Norris Cole can dunk a
basketball and me wanting to pull my hair out. They had a post up with Granger
on a guy who can�t check him and instead of making the easy post-entry pass
or adjusting their play...CONTINUE READING AT HOOPSPEAK
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Lake Nicaragua, where some of the prototypes are being tested. (Photo by jeffr_travel / CC BY-SA 2.0)
The next agricultural innovation is embodied by a raft of floating greens, gliding glibly across the surface of a lake. The design, pioneered by researchers in Costa Rica, is built with parts of the world like sub-Saharan Africa in mind, where there may be large lakes, but conversely, little rainfall for successful crop irrigation.
The researchers call their effort 'aquatic agriculture'—the art of growing food crops on freshwater bodies—most commonly, lakes. They are currently testing the system on Lake Nicaragua in Nicaragua, and Lake Arenal in Costa Rica, showcasing different floating prototypes ranging from domed metal frameworks seeded with plants to floating tent structures that function like greenhouses. The team is motivated by the recognition that, increasingly, ensuring food security means moving beyond a fixation on land space alone.
"The key issue is water," said Ricardo Radulovich, one of the researchers, and a professor of water science at the University of Costa Rica, to the Guardian UK. "We have land, but water is the limiting element. You can have agriculture if you have water. If we use that lake surface to produce crops, aquatic plants, we won't waste water."
The research team estimates that there are in excess of 300 million lakes around the world, and often, these occur in regions where rainfall is scarce. In some drier countries, rainfall is highly seasonal, with prolonged dry seasons that make crop farming unrewarding, if not improbable. And yet, some of these same regions harbor extensive lakes—such as Lake Victoria's 26, 800 square mile stretch, bordered by Tanzania, Uganda, and Kenya.
Both natural and man-made lakes would be equally valuable for aquatic farming, the researchers say, since the technique they incorporate depends on the same simple mechanism: letting floating plants suck up lake water at an amount that wouldn't exceed what naturally evaporates from the body of water itself.
The plants playing sailor on the current rafts are 'watered' as their roots hang through the bottom of the platform and sweep the water, or through ropes that are fixed to the bottom of plant pots, threaded through the platform, and left dangling in the lake, so transporting water up the filament to the plant.
The prototypes already carry bobbing cucumbers, melons, and heads of lettuce, the Guardian UK reports. The group's project website even shows a miniature crop of tomato vines, waving in the breeze. Where water is contaminated, flowers could be grown instead of food.
The researchers suggest that other 'crops' aren't beyond the scope of lake farming, either. "If people need it, and they do, the water environment must be used intelligently, and even changed, to an extent, without biological or environmental chaos," Radulovich told the Guardian UK.
Lake space could be employed to farm fish, for instance, and even some river weeds like water hyacinth have potential, Radulovich reckons. This notorious stifler of the lake environment could be cultivated in a controlled way, and then processed to make animal feed, or even, at a stretch, a kind of nutritious flour for humans, he told the Guardian UK.
"Seventy per cent of the world's available water is used for irrigation," Radulovich told SciDev.Net, flagging the intensity of the problem. Perhaps that problem will someday be met with an undulating sea of lettuce, tomatoes, and—who knows—a floating orchard or two.
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