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Overbay's five RBIs net Girardi 500th win with Yanks
First baseman leads 16-hit attack vs. Royals with home run, four knocks
KANSAS CITY -- When Lyle Overbay first walked into the Yankees' clubhouse, he knew the desperation was thick for a temporary fix at first base. That was just fine to him, since he might have been 72 hours away from spending a summer on his living room couch.
Overbay may have been a last-minute addition slapped onto the Yankees' roster, but he has proven to be an invaluable pickup. The veteran hit a two-run homer, had four hits and drove in five runs as the Yankees outslugged the Royals, 11-6, on Friday at Kauffman Stadium.
"It's been a fun ride. I'm just enjoying it," Overbay said. "Three days before that, I was going to be going home. I didn't want to try to do too much and put pressure on myself. I just wanted to kind of enjoy it."
Overbay was released by the Red Sox late this spring before latching on with the Yankees. He said that working with hitting coach Kevin Long has helped his approach at the plate, which included his sixth homer of the season on Friday; a good jump after Overbay hit just two homers all of last season.
The bottom of New York's lineup was responsible for most of the heavy lifting as the Yankees pounded out 16 hits against Kansas City pitching. Ichiro Suzuki also slugged a two-run homer among three hits as the Yanks collected five doubles and a triple, lifting Joe Girardi to his 500th win as Yankees manager.
"I've been blessed to have this opportunity," said Girardi, who thanked the late George M. Steinbrenner and general manager Brian Cashman. "As a child, you dream about playing in the big leagues. I don't know if you dream about managing, but as I got older, it was something I really wanted to do. I got a great opportunity."
Girardi reached the milestone in his 844th game as Yankees skipper, one fewer than Billy Martin, also joining Casey Stengel, Joe McCarthy, Joe Torre, Miller Huggins and Ralph Houk in the exclusive club.
His tasks monitoring the lineup card must have seemed a little easier on a night when the Yankees pounded Wade Davis for seven runs in five-plus innings. New York batted around in a five-run sixth as the Yankees rapped Bruce Chen for another three runs in 1 2/3 innings.
"All their damage was on pitches up; fastballs, a cutter up to Overbay," Royals manager Ned Yost said. "[Davis] just struggled to command balls down consistently, and we just couldn't get Overbay out."
Phil Hughes started for the Yankees and was able to make use of the healthy cushion, but he also surrendered leads of 4-0 and 3-2 as he was hit for six runs in 5 2/3 innings in an ineffective outing.
"It wasn't very good," Hughes said. "The guys stepped up big and put up a bunch of runs. I gave away two leads, which is never a good thing, but those guys kept at it and scored a ton of runs. Thankfully, I was able to bring my not-so-good game on a day when we scored a lot of runs."
Hughes was hit by the long ball twice, serving up Jarrod Dyson's three-run homer in the second inning -- the speedster's first in the big leagues since Sept. 27, 2010, a span of 376 at-bats without a home run -- and Mike Moustakas' solo blast in the sixth.
"I mean, anybody can take me out of the park these days," Hughes said, with a laugh. "I don't really think about that part. These are professional hitters. [Dyson] might be a little guy, but he's still dangerous."
Alex Gordon also smoked a game-tying two-run double to deep left field in the fifth off Hughes, who walked two and struck out three in a 98-pitch outing.
"He made a few bad pitches that cost him," Girardi said. "He battled tonight and got us some important outs in the sixth."
Fortunately for the Yanks, support was in ample supply. Ichiro and Overbay connected for two-run homers in the second inning, and Overbay added a run-scoring double off Davis in the fourth.
In the big sixth, Overbay greeted Chen with a go-ahead RBI double off the right-field wall, Chris Nelson drilled a two-run single and both Brett Gardner and Robinson Cano added RBIs.
"There's never a time when everything is going perfect for a team," Ichiro said through an interpreter. "You're always going to have to have the pitchers or the hitters come through at certain points, guys stepping up. We always need to be ready, and everybody do their job, and we'll be OK."
The everyone-pitches-in mantra followed as Shawn Kelley provided strong relief for the Yanks, striking out five straight batters after entering in the sixth and retiring all seven batters he faced, with six strikeouts in all.
"I definitely wasn't trying to," Kelley said. "I was executing my pitches tonight and able to get ahead, and when you're 0-2, 1-2, you can get a little more picky with your location and go for it."
During Kelley's outing, Girardi had Boone Logan ready in the bullpen, but Kelley kept peeling through Kansas City's lineup and Girardi decided to ride that hot hand, a helpful reminder of one important lesson he has tried to absorb over the years.
"Sometimes baseball doesn't make sense," Girardi said. "On a night where we needed some runs, we got them. Everyone just seemed to help out tonight. It was a big night."
Bryan Hoch is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @bryanhoch and read his MLBlog, Bombers Beat. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

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Rising interest rates and a higher trending dollar could pull the value of orchard and specialty crop farmland lower over the next several years according to a new report from Rabobank International.
The report, called "Land Values Peaking Out—But Not Down," concludes that the single greatest risk to U.S. agricultural land values is looming higher interest rates.
The rise in interest rates—and corresponding pressure on land values—is not expected immediately. But higher interest rates could push up the value of the dollar and reduce the export competitiveness of U.S. fruits, vegetables and nuts. That could lower land values by double digit percentages within several years, according to the Rabobank report.
Rabobank Food & Agribusiness Research and Advisory senior analyst Sterling Liddell, author of the report, said current Federal Reserve policy seems to indicate no significant increase in interest rates until 2014 or 2015.
Late September interest rates for 10-year treasury notes are about 2.65 percent. The worst-case outlook for the rise in 10-year treasury note interest rates would see them top out at about 6 percent, according to Liddell.
The dollar has shown volatility and gained strength against the Mexican peso and Argentina real, Liddell said. "It's been volatile, but over time we would expect to see increasing interest rates increase the investment in U.S. dollars, which would drive up the value of the U.S. dollar."
The Rabobank report predicts a decline in farmland values in the central U.S. of 15 percent to 20 percent over the next three years, while the decline in land values in the Southeast and the western U.S. won't be as severe. Land planted to grain and oilseeds is most susceptible to decline, the report said, as rising stocks are lowering prices.
"While an increase in interest rates will have a similar impact on agricultural land values throughout the country, the amount of change will depend on the type of crop production and proximity to urban areas," he said. "The changes seen in land values in the West, especially those in California, should be less dramatic than that of the rest of the country," Rabobank senior analyst Vernon Crowder, report co-author, said in the report. "This is due in large part to the diversity of crops grown in the region."
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Duel Factor 5x5
I'm taking ChinpieceDave's advice and creating another journal. There's no point in continuing my training in the UD2.0 thread if I'm not even cutting right now. So, this way I can jump back and forth. This spring holds nothing but UD2.0 in my future.
I'm bulking right now which to me means another cycle of Bill Starr's 5x5. It's very difficult, but the harder it is on me, the greater the reward. Here's the layout I'm going to use:
The 5X5:
Olympic Squats 5x5 (same weight)
Benching 5x5 (flat)(same weight)
JS Rows 5x5 (working up to max set) [1x5]
Accessory (Skullcrushers: 3x8-10)
Front Squats 5x5 (reduced 20% from Monday)
Standing Military Press 5x5 (same weight)
Weighted Pull ups 5x5 (same weight)
Deadlifts 5x5 (same weight)
Accessory (barbell/incline curls: 3x8-10) [Alternating each week]
Olympic Squats 5x5 (working up to max set) [1x5]
Benching 5x5 (incline)(same weight)
Rows 5x5 (same weight)
Accessory (weighted dips: 3x8-10)
*The first week, it is important to begin very conservatively and prepare to set new 5 rep maxes on about the 4th week, rather than the 1st or 2nd week. It will take some time for your body to grow accustomed to training this way, and in the beginning you're gonna be sore as hell.
*If you get all the sets and reps, then you increase the weight (5-10lbs) for the next week, and if not, you keep the weight the same.
*Try and set new 5 rep maxes on weeks 3-4 for veterans and then move to a 3x3 Deload for 2x per week.
*One point – during the initial phase where 5x5 is being used you MUST stick to the required volume and frequency. Back off the weight if you have to, but always get in all 5 sets of 5.
Full description found here.
Week 5 Deload (use same weight as last week of loading)
Olympic Squats: 3x3
Bench: 3x3
Rows: 3x3
Deadlifts: 3x3
Military Press: 3x3
Chins: 3x3
Light Olympic Squats (70% of Monday): 3x3
Bench: 3x3 (incline)
Rows: 3x3
*Finally, this is a description of the JS Rows I'm going to be doing:
If anyone wants to really research into this whole subject, there is a gigantic host of information available by clicking here. This link isn't the DFT sticky.
Article on reasons why full body is most optimal: [It's not a HST website!]
Also, for a great read about full body workouts being twice as optimal as the typical bodybuilder split, click here. They labelled the 'split' the, "Death of Modern Bodybuilding" :D
Unfortunately for now, I have to wait one more week since my gym is obviously closed for Saturday-Sunday (X-Mas)...
To tide me over, I've decided on this to better prepare me for what's to come. I was going to do upper on Tues, lower on Wed, then a full body on Fri....But that would IMO be pointless since it really has no bearing on what I'll be doing next week.
Tuesday: Full Body
Olympic Squats 5x5 (same weight)
Benching 5x5 (flat)(same weight)
JS Rows 5x5 (same weight)
Accessory (Skullcrushers: 3x8-10)
-After each exercise per bodypart, I'll do a loaded (DC) fascia stretch, each one running 60 seconds worth of pain.
Friday: Full Body
Oly. Squats [A2G]: 1x5 (5x5 pyramid to max set)
Incline Barbell: 5x5 (same weight)
Weighted Pull ups 5x5 (same weight)
Deadlifts 5x5 (same weight)
Accessory (incline curls: 3x8-10)
-After each exercise per bodypart, I'll do a loaded (DC) fascia stretch, each one running 60 seconds worth of pain.
-I was going to do standing military's instead of incline's on Friday, but I wanted to hit my chest twice this week. Plus, I'll be using a slightly wider grip so my anterior delts will get smoked regardless.
-This week will be a good guide to see about where I need to be in relation to my new RM's per exercise. I already know my standing military max from before stayed the same. Whatever I hit for weight, I will add it to my week three, then calculate new RM's for my final week. All this will consequently be entered into my spreadsheet I made for this training cycle. I'm sure my max probably went down from my last 5x5 run since I've been doing slower tempos and more "bodybuilding" (cosmetic/beach) work. :(
-So, my goal for this week is to find all RM's. I plan on picking a heavy enough weight to do all sets/reps with. This way, if I cannot finish every rep, then this could be my week 4 (new PR). If I got all of them easily, then I might add 5-10 lbs and factor that in. Normally, I would add 5% to all my PR's from my first run with the 5x5 and that would be that. Unfortunately, I know that it's been quite a while since working with heavy weights. For example, my first 5x5 (flat bench) PR for the final week was 305 lbs->5x5. This time I'd be very lucky to hit that. We'll see. I'll probably just do my first run through all over again.
My diet is a simple carb cycling one. Nothing complicated. This gives me all the carbs I need on workout days to refeed my muscles/anabolism, and low carbs (which is still a lot) on my days in-between lifting.
Nothing close to a "clean bulk" anything :rolleyes: which would limit my bulking potential. This doesn't mean that I think eating a basket of KFC is okay!...It just means that I'm personally not gonna waste my time eating egg whites, 2 pieces of whole wheat bread, brown rice, and whatever else is recommended on that F'ing sticky that's so popular ["clean bulking"] Gaining some bodyfat is obviously expected, shit happens when trying to gain muscle naturally!!
Back to the topic at hand. Carb-cuttoffs are at 6pm unless lifting at night. If I have to lift at night, then I'll have my PreWO meal with carbs, PWO shake, and my first PWO meal with plenty of carbs...Lots :D
Cardio is only once a week just to keep my body in good shape. Other than that, it's overeating and heavy lifting.
It'll look like this:
Wed- (5x5) high carb
Thurs- low carb
Fri- (5x5) high carb
Sat- low carb
Sun- (5x5) high carb
Mon- No/low Carb, Cardio
Tues- low carb
-Protein: Intake is the same as always: 300 grams rain or shine.
-Fat: Olive Oil shots all the way. :D Monosat. fats with 120 calories per tablespoon. Fish oil I cannot take while on X-Factor.
Supplements: Good grief....:rolleyes:
-X Factor: 4 pills per day. (any comments can be added into the thread I made X Factor)
-100% Whey Protein [Optimum Nutrition]
-Creatine Mono [Primaforce] 10 grams per day.
-Xtend BCAA's: Lots and lots.
-Dextrose: [AST brand]
That's all she wrote on that. The only thing I'm taking that isn't needed is X Factor. After my 50 days of that, it's back to the boring basics.
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This is A2G Olympic Squats....Which is absolutely necessary for success with this program.
One more post on A2G since it's relevant to the training.
*It is also the reason why my bench is higher than my squats. If I went parallel wearing wraps and/or a belt, I too would have the weight of the world on my shoulders! :D
good pic of A2G...
Jounal is missing something
its easy to not care about gaining extra fat when your married 0311 :D
personally, i dont think i'll ever really "Bulk" ever again. I'm just to dam concerned with my gut. But to each his own, and i'm sure you will have great success with your bulker.
huh I really need to start doing squats like that
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My mother was recently diagnosed with CC. SHe is 79 years young, takes no meds and looks like she is 60. This diagnosis has completely turned our worlds upside down. In May, she went to dinner with her friends and woke up in the middle of the night vomiting. SHe thought it was a virus. It happened two more times over the next three weeks. Her doctor ordered a blood test to reveal that her liver enzymes were elevated. She had an MRI which revealed a 2.5x2 cm mass partially blocking her bile duct. The GP said it was probably cancer and that she had maybe a year to live. My Mom lives in Florida alone (my Dad died 5 years ago from lung cancer) so I had her fly up to me in Philadelphia because I felt that she would have better treatment here. We went to Jefferson Hospital where we had more CTs, blood tests. The GI told her chemotherapy would only extend her life 2 months and that she should have photodynamic therapy to alleviate her symptoms. He also wanted to do an ERCP and put in a stent. After much research, I got her appointments at Hopkins and MSKCC (of course they were on the same day as they only see patients on Tuesdays). We decided on MSKCC probably because I grew up in NY and it was familiar and we have friends in NYC. We saw Dr. Jarnagin who told my mom that her tumor was nonresectable at this time because it was encased around the portal vein and hepatic artery. He wanted to try chemo to try to shrink back the tumor and perhaps operate. SHe had a liver biopsy on Monday to identify the tumor and she sees an oncologist (Dr. Lowery) next week.
Jarnagin sees no reason to put in a stent because she is not jaundiced. Mom as lost weight (13 lbs) over the last 2+ months and she is very limited in the foods her stomach can tolerate. She belches frequently. She recently told me she sometimes gets dizzy when standing or walking up stairs.
It's so hard to see such a transformation in mother physically and mentally. SHe went from an extremely active person to someone who is often tired. It's also really hard as I am an only child and my mom's life is in Florida where she has tons of friends. Here in Philly she knows no one except my friends and my kids. She feels like a burden in our house and she has taken over one of my kids rooms. She and I both know that the care is here and that she will need my help once chemo starts.
I pray that the chemo works and she can have surgery and resume her life. I am not very hopeful that will ever happen. I am glad that I found this site and I feel for all of you that have to endure this terrible illness. My dad died three months after diagnosis. The only good part is that he did not suffer. He was in tremendous pain as it had spread to his bones. I am so afraid of losing my mom. We are incredibly close and I can't imagine my life without her.
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THE owner of the site of a major music festival looks set to push for increased noise levels.
Licensing chiefs met in Winchester today to review Peveril Bruce's licence to stage events at his Matterley Bowl estate, just outside Winchester, following several noise-related breaches at last year's BoomTown festival.
The meeting heard that noise complaints dropped from 80 in 2012, to 12 in 2013, although Mr Bruce's lawyer accpeted that this may in part have been due to changes in wind direction. The licence was renewed with some further conditions attached.
The committee gathers again tomorrow to consider the licence of Boomtown themselves, who want to increase capacity from 30,000 in 2013, to 38,000 this year, and to 45,000 in 2015 and 49,999 in 2016.
That meeting coincides with the inquest today of Eleanor Rowe, 18, from Glastonbury, who died at BoomTown on August 8 last year. The possible cause is ketamine and alcohol toxicity.
Speaking after yesterday's meeting, Mr Bruce said: "We're proud of the cultural diversity we bring and we work bloody hard to minimise the impact of BoomTown on the community.
"The nationally accepted noise level for these events is 70dB and we're operating on an imposed level of 65dB. We strive to manage the effect on the community, but equally, if you're allowed to do 30mph in a 30mph, you should be able to go 30mph."
He added: "There is always going to be someone who complains. There is no activity in the world that everybody agrees with."
The new licence agreement includes a condition that Mr Bruce will submit a post-event evaluation.
Opponent David Pain, from Cheriton, said the number of events that Mr Bruce is allowed to stage at the Matterley Bowl should be cut from 24 days to just nine.
Peter Kilmister, of Tichborne, in a letter to the council, said the Matterley events had a history of crime, disorder, traffic problems, litter, deaths due to illegal drug abuse...anti-social behaviour and harm to wildlife: "The whole situation is unacceptable. We are victims. The perpetrators are able to continue unabated."
But many locals have said disruption from the event is acceptable and Chris Sparkes, of Alresford Road, opposite the BoomTown site, said noise pollution and organisation had improved in recent years.
Karen Wells, director of the Chestnut Horse pub in Easton, said the event brings in extra business.
"The event is well planned and excellently executed. Each year the organisers have listened to the concerns of the local communities and adapted or improved plans," she said.


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REDLANDS -- Children's author Richard Rosser entertained a handful of children inside the Frugal Frigate in downtown on Saturday, reading excerpts from his award-winning book, "Piggy Nation: A Day At Work With Dad."
The book tells the tale of Sammy, a young pig who learns manners through a series of events when he joins his dad on "Piggy Patrol."
As Sammy begins to ticket others for bad or rude behavior, the young pig soon learns that not everyone is an exception when it comes to "Piggy Behavior" -- including his own pop.
Rosser got the idea for his book -- which has spun into a series -- after watching a man steal a parking space from his mother-in-law.
He decided to channel his anger in a positive way, by creating the series to teach children -- and adults -- manners by avoiding "piggy behavior" such as littering or not picking up after their dog.
"And the best way to stop 'Big Piggies' is to teach them young," Rosser told store staff as he waited for children to arrive for the two-hour event.
Rosser discussed creative writing and explained why he chose a picture book to launch "Piggy Nation."
He enlisted the help of "Simpsons" and "King of the Hill" animator Shane Sowell to illustrate his story.
Since creating the book several years ago, Rosser has held a number of writing workshops in the Los Angeles area and helped create a musical based on the series, which premiered at the Pierson Playhouse in Pacific Palisades.
The musical is currently playing off-Broadway in New York, he said.
He has also discussed his works with several youngsters around the state, and plans on returning to Redlands in the near future to talk to children about "Piggy Nation" at school assemblies, he said.
"There's just an energy, an electricity when I perform with kids or reading with (them)," he said.
Before speaking at campus assemblies, Rosser gives teachers and administrators enough notice to introduce "Piggy Nation" to their students.
When he arrives, Rosser adds a little improv to his act in the hope children will recognize "Piggy Behavior" as he begins his presentation, he said.
Oftentimes, he said, he is seen "answering" his phone or eating with his mouth full. When students point out his "Piggy Behavior" he knows he has done his job.
"I do this because it gives kids a chance to latch on to something to voice their frustration with rude behavior," he said.
When not writing his series, Rosser works in the film industry, having worked for such shows as "Lizzie McGuire" on the Disney Channel and "The Adventures of Pete and Pete" on Nickeledeon.
More on Rosser and "Piggy Nation" can be found online at piggynation.com.


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After Kim Rothstein stole well over $1 million worth of jewelry, Rolex watches, and gold from her husband Scott Rothstein's Ponzi stash, she began to plot how to sell it for cash and keep her actions hidden from the government and the fraud victims who were entitled to it, the feds say.
Part of the plan was to make the government and bankruptcy lawyers believe that her husband had sold a missing 12-carat diamond ring to a man who was now dead and couldn't refute the story. She even went so far as to try to convince Scott Rothstein to back up her story under oath in a round of videotaped depositions he gave in June.
Involved was her best friend, Stacie Weisman, and her personal attorney, Scott Saidel. Weisman's job was to sell the jewelry, including a 12.08 carat yellow diamond ring that she unloaded for $175,000. Saidel's job was to hide the cash in increments under $10,000 in various bank accounts, including his law firm account.
That's what federal prosecutors allege in an information made public yesterday. Weisman sold the diamond ring to Patrick Daoud, owner of Daoud's Fine Jewelry. The feds allege Daoud proceeded to lie in depositions about his role, leading to a perjury charge. Also charged with lying about the plot was Eddy Marin, a convicted cocaine dealer whose job was to unload the jewelry. All can be seen in video above.
The plan, according to the feds, was to claim that Scott Rothstein had sold the ring to a man named Robert Fuchs before his imprisonment. It's not clear if she ever told her husband of the plot -- or whether Scott Rothstein informed the feds of it.
But the diamond ring was only a small part of the treasure -- valued at more than $1 million -- Kim Rothstein allegedly stashed away from the FBI. Here's the list from the feds:
a. One ladies platinum and 18 kt yellow gold fancy colored diamond ring containing one Cut Cornered Rectangular Modified Brilliant center diamond, prong set. Estimated weight 12.08 ct
b. One ladies 12 kt white gold diamond, amethyst and pearl ring containing one rose cut center diamond
c. One ladies platinum and diamond engagement ring containing one radiant cut center diam ond prong set. Estimated weight 12.38 ct. Also containing two shield cut diam onds, prong set
one on each side of the center, with an estim ated 1.40 ct total weight. The ring also contains approximately three hundred round full cut diamonds bead set around the complete ring and shank at an estimated total weight 3.00 ct
d. One ladies platinum and diamond eternity wedding band containing 18 genuine emerald cut diamonds
e. One ladies platinum diamond and ruby bypass style cocktail ring containing sixty-fve round mixed cut diamonds that are pavé set with an estim ated 4.50 ct total w eight. Also containing seventy-three baguette cut rubies that are invisible set with an estim ated 6.00 ct total weight.
One men's 18 kt gold Rolex Datejust watch with a round green Rolex dial. Serial 9321541
g. One ladies 18 kt white gold and diam ond Gerald Genta Octo Limited Collection w atch with round pave dial of black and white diam onds
h. One ladies 18 kt gold and diamond Rolex Mastem Collection watch with mother of pearl dial
i. One ladies stainless steel Chopard Happy Sport watch with a round blue color dial
j. One 18 kt rose gold and diamond Harry Winston Premier Chronograph quartz watch w ith a round black pavé diamond dial, Arabic markers, three sub dials, sapphire crystal, diamond crown and snap down case back
k. One unisex platinum and diam ond Pierre Kllnz automatic watch with a square silver color pavé dial, one sub dial, sapphire crystal and screw down case back w ith exhibition window
1. One ladies 18 kt white gold and diamond rotating spider web cover Piaget watch w ith a round pavé diam ond dial surrounded by black onyx
m. One ladies 18 kt white gold and diamond Rolex President watch with a round pavé dial and blue roman numerical markers, sapphire crystal, screw down crown and case back
n. One ladies 18 kt white gold and diam ond Piaget Limelight Love Letter quarts watch with a V shape m other of pearl dial and twelve diamond markers and sapphire crystal
o. One 18 kt yellow gold diam ond and sapphire Rolex Daytona Cosmograph leopard print watch with a round leopard print dial, three sub dials, diamond markers, sapphire crystal,
three screw down crowns and screw on case back
p. One ladies 18 kt white gold and diamond large cuff bracelet with a concave wave pattern
q. One ladies 18 kt two tone gold fancy colored diamond bracelet containing sixteen yellow color pear shape diamonds
r. One ladies platinum and 18 kt yellow gold fancy colored diamond chandelier style necklace containing one pear shape center diamond
s. One 18 kt white gold diamond and pearl necklace containing 16 baroque Tahitian black pearls.
t. One ladies 18 kt white gold diamond and Tahitian black pearl necklace
u. One ladies 18 kt two tone gold and fancy colored diamond necklace
V. One pair of ladies 18 kt white gold diamond am ethyst and pearl earrings containing two round rose cut center diamonds prong set
w. One pair of ladies platinum diamond and ruby domed shape button earrings;
x. One pair of ladies platinum diam ond and pearl eanings containing two round black/gray Tahitian pearls surrounded by twenty-four round full cut diamonds
y. One pair of ladies 18 kt and platinum and pearl drop earings containing two round full cut center diamonds
z. One pair of platinum and 18 kt yellow gold fancy colored diamond drop earrings containing two oval shape yellow color diamonds, bezel set
aa. Twent-six l-ounce round South African Krugerrand gold coins
bb. Seven l-ounce gold 50 dollar Canadian Maple Leaf coins
dd. Six United States l-ounce 50 dollar Double Eagle coins
ee. Four United States 20 dollar Liberty Head gold coins
Four l-ounce gold 100 dollar Australian Kangaroo coins
Six United States Saint Gaudens 20 dollar gold coins
gg. Five United States 10 dollar Liberty Head gold coins
hh. One l-ounce .999 Fine Gold Chinese Panda coin
ll. Four United States 5 dollar Liberty Head coins
United States 10 dollar Gold Double Eagle Bullion coin
One quarter-ounce South African Krugerrand Bullion coin
Two Gold British Sovereigns
mm. Fifty l-ounce gold bars
nn. One lot consisting of eight sterling silver and enamel assorted David Oscarson fountain and rollerball pens and one outer pen casing
oo. $12,600 in United States Currency seized on July 2, 2012
PP. $2,500 in U.S. currency in the custody of the Internal Revenue Service,
Criminal lnvestigation
qq. $20,700 in United States Currency stized on July 1, 2012
t1. the contents of Wachovia Bank, N.A. tn/d/b/a W ells Fargo Bank, N.A.) trust account number 91 17668848 in the name of 'I'he Law Office of Scott Saidel, LLC


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I've been doing quite a bit of field work lately and decided to seek charity help. I would say professional but no such service exists. I'm maxing out around 320' field or actual golf d. I'm throwing low and hard(for me) due to nose issues. Putter distance with a KC Aviar is 240'. The video below is a 300' throw with 170ish a dx eagle. I'm frustrated with a lack of self improvement and am seeking advise.
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I attempted Vip. Med. by trying to observe just about everything in and around me - the thoughts inside, sounds outside, and so on. And every time I felt some strain in the legs, I simply made a verbal note 'strain'. Or, if some anxiety sprang up regarding some issue, I noted that too. Or if I suddenly started daydreaming, I noted that. I did it for over fifteen minutes, and it feels ... I don't know how to describe the experience. It's neither positive nor negative. It just is.
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Tyler Hansbrough epitomizes the recent trend of Pacers draft picks: light on tattoos and convictions but heavy on college experience.
Like Roy Hibbert and Danny Granger, Hansbrough was a four-year college player. He joins other Pacers such as Dahntay Jones, Brandon Rush, Earl Watson, Travis Diener, Mike Dunleavy, Luther Head, Solomon Jones, Troy Murphy and A.J. Price as players who spent three or more years playing college basketball.
Yes, the Pacers have come a long way since Stephen Jackson and Ron Artest were garnering bad press in the Hoosier State. Jermaine O'Neal, Jonathan Bender and Al Harrington (none of whom played any NCAA basketball) were once the foundation of the franchise. Now, polished, prepared and disciplined players fill Jim O'Brien's roster.
"It helps (Hansbrough) out a lot," said fellow rookie and four-year collegiate player Terrence Williams. "It helps him understand the game. It helps him be more mature about situations."
Maturity is key, particularly when you're winning Wooden and Naismith Awards and a National Championship at North Carolina one moment and struggling to find minutes off the Pacers bench the next.
"He's limited minutes-wise because of his shin difficulty," said O'Brien of Hansbrough who missed the first four games of the year as well as the entire preseason. "We're not throwing many things at him at once. We just want him to keep up his aggressiveness and he'll pick up things as he goes along. He studies a lot of tape with our coaches. He spends a lot of time with them."
"It's been pretty frustrating, but it's something I want to get better at," Hansbrough said of the injury bug. "I want to go out there and be the player they want me to be instead of just limping out there and (trying) to play hurt. I feel like the shin is getting better."
As the shin issues subsided, Hansbrough revealed his aggressive side.
Despite playing only 14 minutes in his first game, Hansbrough shot 10 free throws and finished with 13 points and five rebounds.
"It will come when it comes," O'Brien said of Hansbrough's playing time. "Meanwhile he's getting to the foul line, he's being aggressive and he is still trying to find his way because he didn't have a preseason."
For Hansbrough, staying aggressive is the only way to ensure he keeps himself in O'Brien's rotation.
"That's just my style," said Hansbrough. "I just try to play the way I play. I don't try to change up my game."
Hansbrough's aggressiveness, particularly in the paint, should pay dividends down the road for the Pacers. Indiana had a negative Player Efficiency Rating differential at the power forward position last year (18.6 compared to the opponents' 19.5) and sorely needed another interior presence when they took Hansbrough with the 13th pick in the 2009 draft.
The Pacers currently still have a negative PER differential at power forward (Troy Murphy's injury has been a major factor in this), but the early returns for Hansbrough have been encouraging.
"It's just a matter of getting used to the NBA – the quality of the athlete, the size and the quickness – and then learning the whole new system, defensively and offensively," explained O'Brien. "There's a lot thrown at rookies."
The biggest demand for some rookies – as O'Brien mentioned – is dealing with NBA athletes. And had he left UNC early like so many other college stars, Hansbrough might not have been able to handle bigger, faster players.
"He's a lot bigger (than in college)," said former college rival and current teammate Roy Hibbert. "He put on about 20 pounds of muscle, so he's like a tank. He's stronger and more durable."
"He started out last year at 245 and by the end of the year he was 235," added O'Brien. "He started this year at 245 and he'll probably lose 10 pounds along the way. But he's physically ready to play at this level. He's a very strong guy."
And that added strength could help turn Hibbert and himself into a formidable low post duo.
"He's been an extremely effective low post scorer and I'm trying to come into my own in the low post," Hibbert said. "When we're out there we try to hit the boards as much as possible and try to create as many offensive opportunities as we can while we're out there."
Currently Hibbert is averaging 11.7 ppg compared to Hansbrough's 7.75 ppg. For Hibbert, Hansbrough's acclimation wasn't much of a surprise.
"I knew what he could do," said the former Hoya. "I played against him in the Elite 8 a couple of years ago. I knew how effective he can be.
"I think Tyler and I can create damage down low," Hibbert continued. "And on the defensive end I think we can become a good defensive presence – both of us."
Last season the Pacers yielded nearly 110 points per 100 possessions, but as of Tuesday they ranked 11th overall in the NBA with a defensive efficiency rating of 100.2.
The improvements are encouraging, but as a rookie Hansbrough still sees opponents that give him fits.
Maggette is a quick guy," Hansbrough said of the Golden State forward who dropped 21 points on the Pacers. "He's pretty big… (I don't see guys that quick) every night."
But these are lessons that Hansbrough is sure to learn. The good news is that Hansbrough has the right attitude, patience and desire to improve.
"He's definitely a hard worker," said Williams. "He competes every play. He'll run through a wall for a rebound."
"You've got to pay attention," said Hansbrough. "Listen in practice and see what the coach wants."
Looks like four years of college paid off.


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Flags will fly at half-staff at state buildings today to honor a Korean War soldier from West Virginia whose remains went unidentified for years after he went missing in action during combat.
U.S. Army Cpl. Alva Clifford Groves died in captivity in 1951 during the Korean War. Services for Groves are being held today.
"Sixty-three years ago, Corporal Groves answered the call to serve our country and made the ultimate sacrifice," Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin said in a press release. "Today, we honor him and his memory after he returns home to American soil and to his family in West Virginia."
The West Virginia Army National Guard Honor Team will conduct full military rites at the service. They will also escort Groves with the Patriot Guard Riders to his final resting place at the West Virginia National Cemetery in Grafton.
Groves enlisted in the Army in 1949 and deployed to serve in North Korea in 1950.
Several months into his deployment, Groves and the 38th Infantry Regiment were engaged in battle defending the town of Kujang-dong, North Korea. After the battle, Groves was reported missing. Groves was captured and imprisoned by opposing forces in Pyokdong County, North Korea.
Groves' remains were recently identified after years of military investigation. After his death, he was promoted to corporal and awarded the Purple Heart, Army Good Conduct Medal, Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, National Defense Service Medal, Korean Service Medal with two Bronze Service Stars, United Nations Service Medal, Republic of Korea War Service Medal and a Combat Infantryman Badge.
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Owning a lowrider means never having to say, "I give up." Thirty-nine-year-old Chuck Linebaugh of Lone Tree, Colorado, is living proof of this, and he knows full well that when adversity comes in a project, you have to barrel through and make the best of it. Being raised in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Chuck grew accustomed to seeing amazing custom vehicles on the area's boulevards. Chuck recalls his introduction quite vividly. "My very first show was a Lowrider show in Miami in 1991," he adds, "I loved how everyone could express their own style." That sense of creative freedom inspired Chuck and it grew larger every year until he came across a '65 Chevrolet Impala sitting under a tree in Deland, Florida. After procuring the neglected American machine, Chuck decided to put his creativity to work.
It was at that time he also met his now-wife, Kim, and he began sharing his passion and love for the Impala with her. "It almost became his second girlfriend," Kim tells us. The tumultuous times began when the shop at which Chuck had his Impala parked was vandalized, and the rims were stolen off the vehicle. At the same point in time, Kim was offered a more lucrative job in mountainous Colorado. They both agreed to pack up their belongings and make the trip to better their lives. The Impala was loaded into an enclosed hauler, but the company hadn't secured the car down. When it arrived, it was completely damaged.
Chuck enlisted Tomas and Alberto, of Quiroz Paint & Body in Longmont, Colorado, to repair the Impala. While in the shop, Alberto laid down rich layers of House of Kolor Kandy Cobalt Blue with two gallons of clear. As a working mechanic, Chuck was able to rebuild the motor himself to make sure it could handle the rough Colorado roads. Even with such a large trunk area, Chuck wanted to separate enough room to have a quality stereo system and a cleanly designed suspension setup. Handling all the work himself, he installed a Black Magic whammy setup using hard-lines. Above the setup, he added an enclosed amp rack with speakers. The Impala was then brought to Angel at American Upholstery in Aurora, Colorado, where a peanut butter and black vinyl cabin was installed.
As any lowrider enthusiast knows, their custom cars are never completed—there is always more to add or replace. Chuck spends countless hours in his home garage working on the Chevy while Kim patiently waits for him. "She is definitely the Mistress," Kim says with a smile. "It's when he starts sleeping in the car that I'll have to worry." Chuck wishes to thank his car club City Wide, Cesar, Tiffanie, and the one with the most important support during his build; the support of his loving and understanding wife, Kim.
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Owner: Chuck Linebaugh
Vehicle: 1965 Chevrolet Impala SS
City/State: Lone Tree, Colorado
Club: City Wide C.C.
Engine: Chuck rebuilt the motor in the comfort of his own home using his mechanical background and experience. The Chevy 350-cid was restored to look like new. The turbo 400 transmission was built up to make sure the Chevy has plenty of giddy-up. A competition cam, Edlebrock carburetor and aluminum-forged pistons round out the engine upgrades.
Body/Paint: The bodywork was handled by Tomas Quiroz, of Quiroz Paint and Body. His brother, Alberto, got to work in the paint booth coating the Impala with House of Kolor Kandy Cobalt Blue and secured it with two gallons of clearcoat. Chrome plating was done by Gabriel at Performance Motoring in Mesa, Arizona.
Interior: Angel, at American Upholstery in Aurora, Colorado, did all the necessary restorations and added a full peanut butter and black vinyl interior package. The water and oil pressure gauges were built into the center console and a custom molded package tray was added.
Sound System: Chuck added his own bumps, installing a Pioneer head unit using all JL Audio components. Two Phoenix Gold amplifiers make sure the four JL Audio 10-inch subwoofers rattle the windows. Fiberglass door pods were built to hold the mids and highs.
Setup: Ron at Black Magic in Las Vegas hooked Chuck up with the Black Magic whammy tank. Chuck installed it and hard-lined everything. Three Workaholic batteries handle all the necessary moves from the four-switch dash-mounted panel.
Tires: 155/80R13 Majestic rubber
Wheels: All chrome 13-inch cross-laced 72-spoke OG Wire Wheels


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Tintin, Snowy and Captain Haddock have a kidnapping on their hands. Professor Calculus has vanished. His disappearance is certainly connected with an ancient curse of the Incas, and the trail leads to Peru. But everyone fears the vengeance of the Prince of the Sun and only Zorrino, the young orange-seller, will help them. High into the Andes they go, but the perilous journey ends in a dungeon and the prisoners face a hideous end. In this sequel to The Seven Crystal Balls. Tintin is involved in one of his strangest and most colorful adventures.- Aaron Remick
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WWE's Use of John Cena and Zack Ryder
by, 12-14-2011 at 10:27 AM (5586 Views)
As I mentioned in my previous thread it is my belief WWE's trying to keep Cena a face by associating him with Ryder (the internet champion) and while I was given alot of justifications on how that wouldn't make sense cause it would make Piper's segment with Cena irrelevant I still believe it's what's going on. It's no secret that WWE creative keeps changing scripts last minute and changes ideas all the time sometimes going as far as to leave things in the air all together (see Brodus Clay's return and Misterious GM); this goes toward my point that WWE may not have known what they wanted out of the Piper's Pit segment or simply changed their minds because Vince wants to keep Cena a face no matter what. I think by now we can all agree on the fact that WWE's not trying to please us and simply wants to make money any way possible (see Twitter plugs and reason why Kane returned masked) so knowing what we know is it really that far of a stretch that Vince wants to force the fans to like Cena any way possible?
The name Zack Ryder seems to roll off Cena's tongue alot lately and while I get that Cena may be a fan of Ryder's and be all for Ryder getting a push we all know that WWE storyline don't work around how people are in real life most of the time and I see no reason to believe this angle is simply art imitating life. Rather I see this as Vince telling us that we should cheer for Cena cause he cheers for the guy we like. An example of this is the fact that WWE booked Cena against Ryder not long ago with the stipulation that only the winner would get his title shot. I can understand that Ryder isn't ready to go over Cena yet, but to me the only purpose of that match was so Cena could sacrifice his own shot for Ryder's and thus gain the the crowd's support. I mean why couldn't they just have Ryder get a win over someone else to gain his title shot? It was all about Cena even if it looked otherwise and to make it worse it made Ryder look weak like he can't earn his own title shot but luckily there was a super hero to give him the one he earned.
Another example, which I hated, was Cena's interference in the Mark Henry vs Ryder match. It was yet another moment when WWE made Ryder look weak by showing him unable to win without Cena's help. What bothers me most is how the crowd ate it up without a second thought. Last I checked when someone won due to outside interference they'd get booed and be considered heels, but no we love them so we can look the other way or think it's different than had the Miz helped R-Truth win a match by attacking Ryder for example.
WWE needs to stop forcing Cena down our throats and allow Ryder to shine on his own because he sure as hell doesn't need Cena to shine and if anything Ryder's one of the few links to Cena's face status remaining. I just hope for Ryder's sake that he's allowed to win the title on his own because if Cena helps him win it then it will only hurt Zack's credibility and make him look like he needs Cena to win or retain the belt. As for Cena I have no problem with seeing Kane destroy him a few more weeks just to keep him away from Ryder, but in all honesty WWE just needs to stop trying to force us to like him because it's not working, it's not gonna work and it's just sad at this point.


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UPDATE: Caleb Moore dies following crash
President Obama says if he had a son, he'd be leery about letting Barack Jr. play football.
It's safe to assume he's ordered the Secret Service to change the channel if his daughters turn on the Winter X Games.
Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be half-pipers. ESPN's snow festival is making football look like a water balloon fight. Caleb Moore, a 25-year-old Texan, is clinging to life after crashing his snowmobile.
"The prognosis is not good at all," his uncle, Charles Moore, told the Denver Post. "It's almost certain he's not going to make it."
Caleb's brother, Colten, separated his pelvis in a different accident. Another snowmobiler fell off during a jump. His snowmobile veered into the crowd and slightly injured a 13-year-old spectator.
Two more X-Gamers were carted off with knee and head injuries. Another fractured her back during the ski slope-style competition. Rose Battersby later posted an update on Facebook: "My spine has been put back together and I am pleased to say my toes can wiggle!!!"
Good for her. Now if she had any sense, she would never stick them back inside a ski boot and try a 360-degree double-spin with a twist.
That's my first reaction to the carnage. People certainly have the right to try to turn a snowmobile into a magic carpet. But what gives the X Games immunity from the reform movement sweeping America?
Concussions are forcing the NFL to reinvent the game. The government is trying to protect us from Big Gulps. Shouldn't somebody step in and save these daredevils from themselves?
The answer seems obvious, but it's not that simple. The complexities start with the name – extreme sports.
People compete as much against the limits of reason, physics and imagination as they do against the guy in the next snowmobile. Take away that quest, and you take away the essence of the sport.
"We are the modern-day explorers," snowmobiler Jimmy Fejes told the Post. "There are no new places in the world to see and discover, so you have to create new things."
Trite but true. Ernest Hemingway (or somebody like him) once said, "There are only three true sports – bullfighting, mountain climbing and motor racing. The rest are merely games."
If you can't die doing it, it doesn't count. X-Gamers know freestyle skier Sarah Burke died last year when her head slammed into a halfpipe wall.
They watched as Kevin Pearce spent four months in the hospital after a similar accident in 2009. He spent four months in the hospital and had to re-learn how to walk, talk and eat.
Deep down the X-Gamers must think it'll never happen to them. They know the risks, but they are compelled to explore the extreme.
Before Burke, no woman had ever landed a jump with a 180-degree rotation in competition. That's three complete spins in midair. Then it was on to the next limit.
"When is enough enough?" snowmobiler Paul Thacker said.
Don't ask him. Thacker was paralyzed from the waist down in a 2010 wreck. He's back competing in the X Games adaptive competition.
"It's kind of like you tell me I can't do something and I'll show you how I can," Thacker said. "It's how we are wired."
The X Games put out the usual press release saying how it puts safety first, and all procedures have been followed. But really, how safe can you make a competition that involves doing back-flips with 450-pound snowmobiles?
Moore had done it hundreds of times, but something went wrong last Thursday. He crashed face-first in the snow and the snowmobile landed on top of him.
He walked off with help and went to the hospital with a concussion. Then they found a heart contusion that required surgery. On Sunday, his family said Moore had a "brain complication."
Thousands have tweeted #prayforCaleb. Keep those hashtags handy because flipping snowmobiles is a growth industry.
Winter X Games ratings are up 32 percent from last year. The ski halfpipe has been added to next year's Sochi Olympic program.
This stuff makes undeniably great TV. More attention will mean more sponsors and money and reasons for people to push the limits. Not that they needed another reason.
They are doing what comes naturally, and it will never be safe. There will be another Burke and another Moore.
Their competitors will see it and pause.
Then they'll go back to pretending it can't happen to them.


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Topic: The waiting game
Here it is almost 4:00 in the morning and I havent yet been to bed. I had a scan on Monday and sleep has been evading me since. I woke up in the middle of Thursday night just crying. It doesnt make sense. I have been quite strong recently. There were days when CC wasnt a part of my thoughts-I had truly forgot. I was normal-if that makes sense. Then the scan happened and I remembered. And now I am so scared again. I feel terrible whining about it when others are in physical pain and not as healthy as I, but I just have to vent. I hate this system of scan and wait. I waited over a month last time to get my results! I will not wait that long this time, but I dont know when I will get them and this waiting is tearing me apart.
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Ukraine SIG is translating inscriptions from gravestone photos as well as a Chabad burial list for that large Jewish cemetery. The burial list has data for more than 4,000 burials. The gravestone photos were gathered by Janette Silverman. These two sources of Zhitomir burials have been merged into a Master dataset that is being processed (edited, proofread, and prepared for submission to JOWBR). Additional photos exist and will be processed as we receive them.
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Scientists from Temple University are about to head out on a three-week research cruise into the Gulf of Mexico. Their goal? To look at how carbon dioxide is impacting organisms such as deepwater coral reefs down on the ocean floor.
The Pulse's Maiken Scott sat down with lead researcher Erik Cordes to find out more about ocean acidification and life in the Alvin submersible. Here are excerpts from their conversation.
So tell me about this mission you're about to embark on.
This is a voyage out to the middle of the Gulf of Mexico on the research vessel Atlantis with two submersibles — the Alvin submersible, which is one of the most famous ones in the world, and an autonomous underwater vehicle, which is a really new type of technology, called Sentry.
So what is the goal of your mission?
This is a three-year project funded by the National Science Foundation to look at the effects of ocean acidification. We are specifically looking at ocean acidification and its effects in the deep sea, which is something that's really been understudied.
And ocean acidification is thought to be a byproduct of climate change?
Yes. About half of the CO2 that we're dumping in the atmosphere ends up in the oceans, and what that does in the oceans is, it's basically making soda water. As you bubble CO2 through it, it becomes an acid and lowers the pH of the seawater and this makes the seawater become corrosive to any organisms that lay down a skeleton or a shell made out of calcium carbonate. So that can be anything from oysters and clams and muscles, to the phytoplankton that form the base of the food chain, to corals and coral reefs. And that's what we're studying — coral reefs in the deep sea, which not a lot of people know about to begin with, and then the effects of this human-generated process of ocean acidification in the deep sea.
How deep do you go?
On this mission, we'll be going anywhere from about 500 meters to about 1,500 meters, so as deep as about a mile. I've personally been about two miles down with Alvin.
So, what's that like?
It's an amazing experience. It's one of the coolest things that I've ever done, and I actually get to do as part of my job, which is pretty remarkable. It's exciting. The best thing is you never know what you're gonna see when you get in the sub and every dive is unique. Every dive you get to see something that no one has ever seen before. There are very few experiences you can have where you can say that. The first time I was in Alvin, I got kind of claustrophobic. It's only about six feet in diameter inside and there are three of you in there and they seal you in from the outside.
Describe the way down.
They seal you in on deck and then you hit the water and you're rocking around a little bit. You can feel the waves moving. As soon as you get below the surface, all that motion goes away and it's still and it's quiet and you're slowly sinking down. Everything gets darker and darker around you as you descend and as you get a couple hundred feet down, it gets almost pitch black and you know you're leaving the surface world when that happens. It's really a pretty magical thing. If the pilot's not working, you get him to turn out all the lights and everything you bump into on the way down glows. It causes this bioluminescent reaction and this greenish light comes up and you can stare out the window and see all these little, tiny organisms like stars slipping past the windows. It's really a beautiful experience.
And how do you collect samples while you're down there?
We bring a lot of custom sampling gear with us. We equip the front of the sub with all boxes and tubes and cords. Alvin has two manipulator arms, so it can pick up our sampling gear, collect mud or pieces of coral, which is one of the primary things we'll be doing, or water samples so we can tell the water chemistry down there and then at the end of the dive when you've loaded all that gear up, you come back up and then the work really begins for all the scientists on the ship.
How long do you stay down there?
It's usually about six to eight hours so you get in the water right after 8 a.m. and you come up in the end of the afternoon around 4 p.m. or so.
And you dive every day?
Not me, personally. It's exhausting, actually. You wouldn't think that sitting on your butt for eight hours would be exhausting, but it really is. I'll probably go a few times, but we try and get everyone in. The Alvin dives every day, weather permitting and other contingincies.
And you're totally on top of each other, right?
Yeah, it's a really small space and you're working literally elbow to elbow. The new Alvin — which I've never been in — just went through a three-year overhaul process. It's very different inside and it's a little bit bigger — a few inches in diameter, which doesn't sound like a lot but it's actually a pretty big volume. There are now five viewports instead of three. You can actually get right up next to the pilot and see what they're seeing.
What's the shape of the Alvin? I somehow am picturing it to be round but that's probably silly.
What you sit in is round, it's a perfect sphere. That's the best way to keep the pressure out. But the structure around it is kind of oblong and you have this little tail at the end with a propeller — sort of your prototypical submersible.
Is there a bathroom?
I always get this question. There is a bottle and you get two and everyone has their own and there's a female adapter that looks something like a triangular funnel. And everyone sort of turns around and looks out the window for a minute and pretends not to be listening. Some people try to dehydrate themselves and not pee in the sub, but I really think you should just do what you do.
So what have you found so far in terms of the science. Can you say anything about what is happening on the ocean floors?
We conducted a few studies over the past few years and we were actually really surprised at our results. We found these deepwater corals — Lophelia is the name of the species — form large coral reefs just like you would see in shallow water but they're down hundreds of meters where there's no light and they're totally cut off from photosynthetic productivity. They're reliant on everything raining down from the surface. But what we found in our previous studies was that these deepwater coral reefs are surviving at lower pH values than any other reefs on Earth. What we're going out to see if we can discover is how they're doing that. What is it that allows them to survive under these incredibly harsh conditions that shallow water corals would die under and if we can figure out how they're doing that, how they're able to still calcify and lay down their skeleton and survive under this acidification, we might be able to find some key to being able to save some of the shallow water coral reefs to see if maybe some of the shallow water corals could adapt to ocean acidification and survive the way that Lophelia is surviving.
Could you also be creating sort of a baseline in terms of understanding what's even there and how things are now so you can go back in 10 years and check on it again?
Yeah, so that was one of the big results from a few years ago. We were really surprised at what we found at how low the pH was already and that was when we really established the baseline, but that was only a few years ago. When we tried to go out and study Lophelia to begin with, we did our research and looked around at all the literature around acidification and no one knew anything. There are these global models that try to predict what will happen in the future and how climate change is affecting all these habitats and the Gulf of Mexico, as a whole, was not included in them. Which is really amazing considering all of our economic interests and the proximity to the U.S. and all of these vested interests we have, no one had done this basic research. When we got some results, we were really surprised at what we had found.
Have the levels changed again since your initial research?
That's one of the things we're really going to find out. If they have gone down in the last few years, we may be facing a more serious issue.
Is this your last trip? Will this complete the research cycle or how many more are there?
It never ends, I hope, as long as I'm funded. This is probably my only trip this year. I'm waiting to hear about another one but this is the only one that's affiliated with this research project, specifically, so the stakes are high. We have to get everything done that we planned to get done on this one cruise.
Do you think people are getting the importance of this kind of research? We hear about all these different problems as they relate to climate change and sometimes it's hard to process it all and how it all fits together.
It is hard to process. It's hard for me to process at some times. A lot of times it's hard to be hopeful when you're confronted with these different problems but I really think you do have to stay hopeful, I think there are solutions. I think that's one of the things I like about this project and what we're going to do is we're looking for solutions, we're not just going to document a problem. We really are trying to find hope for saving corals in the future and that's really what I like about it and what keeps me moving. It is hard to convey some of this to the general public and to make them understand the significance of ocean acidifation. You think 'oh that's not a big deal it won't affect me' but oyster hatcheries are having trouble in Washington, it's going to change the communities of plankton and it's going to affect the base of the food chain.


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A HAMPSHIRE headteacher made a heartfelt plea to county chiefs to improve road safety near her school – and save lives.
Janice Bernard, head of Perins School in Alresford, said the "extremely busy" junction of Jacklyns Lane and West Street was the main pedestrian access to the school.
Yet it was a "completely blind corner," so pupils trying to cross the road could not see around it and had to dodge between cars, buses and lorries.
Speaking to a meeting of the full council in Winchester on Thursday (Nov 29), Mrs Bernard quoted a pupil who said a few simple measures could "save lives."
She appealed to the council to act quickly.
Councillors heard pupils had already come up with ideas to improve safety, including hatching and a raised hump in the middle of the road to slow traffic.
Other proposals included a wider pavement and a flashing sign to warn drivers there was a school nearby.
Mrs Bernard asked to meet transport chief, Councillor Mel Kendal, and director of transport, Stuart Jarvis, in a bid to resolve the problem.
Watching from the public gallery of the council chamber were five Perins pupils: Ross Hunter, 14, Ben Pape, 15, Aliza Exelby, 14, India Gilmore, 14, and Douglas Wicks 15.


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How To Navigate The Home Insurance Claims Process
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Knowing the home insurance claim process gives you a better chance to recover the money you deserve in a reasonable time frame. Depending on the size of your home insurance claim, you may be asked to get repair estimates, set up a home inspection, submit pictures of damage, and provide a list of receipts for lost items. Although the process can be confusing and time consuming, you need to know how to work through the home insurance claim process correctly if you want to get compensated for your losses.
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The home insurance claims adjuster will review the damage and your policy to determine what is covered, and how much the company will pay. You will need to work with this person by getting them all the appropriate documents or evidence they require. You will be asked questions about how the damage happened, and what condition the home was in prior to the incident. Always keep in mind that the home insurance claims adjuster works for the insurance company!! Insurance companies make more money if they pay out very little on claims, and if there is a way to short pay you then the adjuster will find it.
You need to be very careful about what you say and convey to a home insurance claims adjuster. Do not ever lie, but be very cautious about the information you freely give out. Do not ever give the claims adjuster more than what they specifically ask for, and be sure to watch how you phrase your statements. You do not need to be hostile or difficult with an adjuster, but maintain a sense of patience and calm and be careful not to jeopardize your claim by saying something that gives the insurance company a way out of paying.
If the adjuster concludes the home insurance claim process with a low settlement offer, you should be prepared to show the process you used to value the claim and any contractor estimates that helped generate your damage figures. It is important to maintain calm, even if the adjuster provides a low offer. If you elect to respond to the adjuster without an attorney, do so in a professional manner and be ready to provide proof of damages in support of your position. If you are concerned that you cannot get a fair settlement you can contact a home insurance attorney for assistance.
How a Lawyer can Help with the Home Insurance Claims Process
If the home insurance claim process begins to get complicated and the money you deserve is at risk of being denied, you may want to consider consulting an experienced attorney. When the company unreasonably delays your payout, offers you a settlement amount that is inadequate, or denies your home insurance claim, then you need to reach out to an attorney immediately.
Attorney consultations are free, so do not hesitate to ask an attorney if you think your claim is wrongfully delayed or denied. If you would like the advice of an attorney for a bad faith home insurance claim, click here and one will review your case for free.Source: insurance.freeadvice.com
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