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Marlin 300 — By Capt. Ken Kreisler —
March 2004
Variation on a Theme
|Can one of boating's most successful designs be improved on? Grady-White thinks so.
What do you do when you're at the top of your game and want to take it to the next level? Professional athletes spend more hours exercising and training, while accomplished musicians will practice for days on end. But if you're a top-of-the-line boat manufacturer like Grady-White, you go back to your customers and see what you've done right and what you can improve. Then it's back to the drawing boards, literally.
Case in point is the Marlin 300, the highly successful model that's been in the Grady-White lineup since 1989. While I'd read about her redesign, I was skeptical until Joey Weller, Grady's marketing manager, invited me out for a day of fishing aboard a new Marlin 300 and visiting the company's new 46,000-square-foot plant in Greenville, North Carolina. Also along on the excursion was Jim Hardin, Grady's compliance manager, and PMY's Mid-Atlantic sales rep, Dave McGee.
When we arrived Weller suggested that a plant tour would be a good way to begin, and as we strolled through the cavernous facility, he explained that this new $6-million building would not only provide 450 employees with more space but with added plant features such as 35-foot ceilings, an evaporative-cooling system to better control the lamination process, a pair of overhead cranes, seven specially designed grinding booths, and a powerful air-filtration system. The bottom line, he told me, was higher quality and better consistency. I also noted that the plant's size would allow Grady to build significantly larger boats than its flagship Express 330.
Then he launched into why and how the company decided to redesign the 300. "Why change something that's already a proven and well-received design?" I asked Weller. His answer was simple: After polling current and past Marlin 300 owners and gathering data from forums held at boat shows and dealer meetings, as well looking at the success of the new 330, the conclusion was obvious. "It's what our customers wanted," Weller said.
But getting to that better boat meant leaving some things alone. The 300 still rides on the SeaV2 hull that Grady and C. Raymond Hunt Associates collaborated on and introduced back in 1989 as a solution to softening the ride of smaller fiberglass boats in rough water. (It was the 300 that first launched the SeaV2 hull, again at the behest of customer input.) The hull accomplishes this by providing a running surface where no two places have the same deadrise: It's 20 degrees at the transom and 30 degrees amidships. Grady left the original sharp entry and was satisfied with the way the strakes and chines knocked down spray. In addition, SeaV2 has a series of sea-cutting wedges that "also provide buoyancy as the boat moves through or up and over waves," says Weller. I'd fished a Marlin 300 several years back during a Grady outing at Hawks Cay in the Florida Keys. On that trip I noted excellent seakeeping in both calm seas (straight and true tracking) and rough seas (little or no pounding once the proper rpm and speed were attained). During my time on the new design, I noted minimal yawing or wallowing in the heaving seas we had for most of the day.
Grady-White also continues to hand-lay the hull and deck and fabricate the stringer system from marine plywood that is guaranteed not to rot for the life of the boat. The plywood is encapsulated in heavy woven fabric and closed-cell foam and glassed to the hull. There is also end-grain balsa coring above the waterline and, as with all Grady boats, basic foam flotation.
Next page > Part 2: The transom fishbox, borrowed from big sister 330's design, is also a welcome addition. > Page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
This article originally appeared in the February 2004 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.


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Got home last night, and my wife's PC greeted me with something that approximately equals: "Cannot read drive c:\, please insert a bootable drive."
Okay, that computer is seven years old, and I think its time to take it out in the pasture and shoot it. But over the past couple of years, I've max'ed it out and upgraded the hardware (64 bit Soundblaster card, ATI Radeon video card, Firewire card, etc.) And since Christmas, I've replaced the old CD R/W drive and added a DVD-ROM drive.
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(1) Is the hard drive really shot? OR did the d@m# thing just quit talking to the rest of the computer? Its a fairly new Maxtor 20 GByte drive, so I hope the data on it can be salvaged and that I can daisy-chain that drive to a drive on a new computer. But I'm afraid to try to re-partition it because I'm afraid of losing some of the data that's on it.
(2) If I buy a replacement computer, I think the standard video and sound cards that are included will not be as good as the ones sitting in my (currently) dead computer. I know you gamers will tell me that my video card isn't the latest and greatest anymore, but what I need to know if whether its better than the stardard video card in today's new computers.
If my stuff is better, does anybody know where I can buy a new computer that doesn't have built-in CD R/W and DVD drives, a built-in sound card, a built-in video card, etc.? I don't mind upgrading the thing myself but I don't want to pay for and immediately replace those components and I really don't want to build the computer from scratch (I'm a finance geek, not a computer geek )
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Exciting times for the Colts! So much money...so many options. This Tuesday is going to be HUGE for us and will help us see what happens in the draft!
I'm hoping F/A goes something like this:
Offensive Line:
The Colt's O-Line was a mess last year. The guard position is a problem as Luck had no virtually no pocket to step into his throws as DEs pushed the edge in. Castonzo is staying put at Left Guard, Ben Iiljana should be healthy and can play either Right Tackle or Right Guard effectively, and AQ Shipley will hopefully be able to mature and take over starting Center duties from Satele. Justice and Link are quality back ups, but are not starting caliber linemen and should be replaced. This is the biggest need and should be addressed in Free Agency. We should be targeting young maulers to help establish our new West Coast Offense and preferably linemen that are used to a man to man scheme as opposed to zone blocking. ***Salary = estimate of what they will command per a year. I try to been generous in this as people can and do get over paid in F/A.
High Profile Options:
Vasquez - top 10 pass blocker, good run blocker. Very big and is used to man to man. Heavy set, but not that mobile. Plays Right Guard. Only 25. Expected salary - 5-8.
Levitre - best guard pass blocker in league, ok run blocker. A tad undersized, but is stout and very mobile for a guard. Not afraid to get up field for secondary blocks. No injury history/durable. Biggest knock on him is that he is in a zone blocking scheme. Can move around the line pretty easily. Age= 26. Salary: 6-8 million a year
Vollmer - One of the best tackles in the league, missed most of last season with back issues. He is a tad old at 29, but would be worth the money if he stays healthy. Salary: 6-9
Loadholt - This guy is an absolute mauler and is great at setting up the run(he's been doing it for AP). 27 years old. Salary: 5-7.
Andre Smith - Once deemed to be a bust, Smith has finally blossomed during is contract year in Cinnci. He is the youngest of the bunch at 26 but should command big money in the range of 7-9.
Long - Long is a big boy and has had a number of injury issues after being a #1 overall pick. At 27 years old Long can still turn around his career and be a dominant LT if he can stay injury free. But he wants a huge pay day around 11 a year and someone will give him in the range of 9-11.
I think we will sign either 1 guard or maybe 1 guard and 2 tackles. There's a chance of us signing both Vasquez and Levitre(which would be awesome) but I'm not sure how high the Colts are on Levitre since Vasquez looks to be a better fit. Long is pretty much stern no as he wants too much and has too many injury issues. I don't trust Smith since he has had one good season in a contract year and wants to get paid. If we grab a RT our best bet would be either Vollmer or Loadholt. I'm not sure how willing Ben would be to moving to LG if this scenario takes place.
Wide Reciever:
We need 1 more decent receiver and really we need to start grooming someone to take over for Reggie soon. Hilton is great in the slot currently and could maybe move to the 2, but who then is going to fill in at the slot? Brazil? Whalen? I doubt it. There aren't very many F/As that intrigue me besides Denario Alexandria of the Chargers. But he has had injury issues and I think the Chargers may still try to retain him. Welker, Wallace, and Jennings either have age, attitude, or cost issues. We will probably draft a WR.
Lots of holes here! We need 1 CB opposite of Davis, 1 SS to replace Zibby, who is awful(a S will work too as Bethea can easily swap to SS), DE to replace Freeney, OLB. I believe that the Colts are still trying to retain Powers and maybe even Butler or Vaughn. I'm just not convinced they will be able to work out a good price for both parties.
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Glover Quin:
Chris Clemons: 27 years old.
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Got lazy here. Lol. I don't think we will get a F/A CB. I think we will resign Vaghn or Butler for cheap as insurance and draft a starter. For Safety, I think we will pick one off F/A unless Grigs is hellbent on drafting Elam(which I doubt even though he is good). Quin, Clemons, and Landry are all young/good enough upper middle talent at safety and would be a big upgrade over Zibby. Only CB I see Colts potentially getting is Carry Williams.
Paul Kruger - He has had one good half season, albeit it led his team to a SB victory. I know he is a good fit but he wants way too much money. Anything over 8 million and you have to pass.
Connor Barwin - He had an off year, is going to be released and could be signed for us for a much better price than kruger. My guess is he will get around 5 mil.
I think we will get Kruger. It pains me to say it as I think he will demand too much money. Pagano loves him. He fits are system. He just had an amazing year, etc. I credit a lot of his success to a guy named Terrel Suggs. He's a prime candidate to get overpaid. But we will probably get him.
One semi-realistic scenario:
OL: sign Levitre and Vasquez giving us: Castonzo, Levitre, AQ, Vasquez, Ben - So much better than last year. Signing two top guards will cost: 12-15 mil.
DE: Sign Barwin for 5 mil
S: Sign Quin or Landry for 4-5 mil
Pretty much the rest goes to resigning our own F/As and acquiring lesser known backups/fill ins(we have already franchised Pat 3 mil, and tendered some O-Line men which I think were Reitz and Link, resigned Moala). It goes fast. We may be able to sign ONE more decent F/A in the 4-5 range depending on how other contracts go.
Let Powers walk, Resign Butler or Vaughn for small contract.
In draft target CB or WR in first round. Personally I want Xavier Rhoades, but I doubt he falls to us. It is a good draft class for us. We will get someone that we need this year or we might even trade down.


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Foodservice business continues to account for a large portion of sales for most major mushroom grower-shippers.
At Sebastopol, Calif.-based Gourmet Mushrooms Inc., for example, 70% of sales are to foodservice operators, usually through high-end produce distributors, said Bob Engel, chef liaison.
Most of the company's specialty mushrooms go to upscale restaurants. They're rarely served in chain restaurants, he said.
Gourmet Mushrooms doesn't have the volume necessary to service mainstream chains, even if the chains were willing to pay for specialty mushrooms, he said.
An exception is Il Fornaio Italian restaurants and bakeries, a group of 21 restaurants based in Corte Madera, Calif., with whom the company has participated in regional festival-type promotions, Engel said.
For the most part, Gourmet Mushrooms seeks out distributors, whether broadliners or produce specialists, who deal in premium-quality products.
"We need distributors willing to take the time to learn our product and whose customers are already into specialty items," Engel said.
Some restaurants want to create a stellar reputation for themselves by providing great food, Engel said.
Foodservice also makes up a large part of the business for Ponderosa Mushrooms & Specialty Foods, Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, said president Joe Salvo.
Business is increasing with the mostly high-end eateries that the company deals with, he said.
"Chefs are looking for variety, quality and something different to put on their menus," Salvo said.
They seek out the different textures and flavors that they can get from specialty mushrooms.
The firm's Chef's Mix, a mixture of six kinds of pre-cleaned, chopped and ready-to-go mushrooms, is especially popular as a side dish or appetizer, or it can be used in risotto or sauces, he said.
Even some chain and institutional accounts that are on tight budgets use Chef's Mix or variations of it because they want to offer something other than a sliced white mushroom, Salvo said.
"That's where a lot of our huge growth is going to be," he said.
A Seattle pizza chain conducted a monthlong promotion that featured chanterelle and shiitake mushrooms on pizzas.
"The volume was phenomenal," Salvo said. "The people are willing to pay the extra money for specialty mushrooms on their pizza."
The majority of foodservice sales to customers of Phillips Mushroom Farms, Kennett Square, Pa., continue to be white mushrooms, but more restaurants are buying varieties like portabellas, criminis and shiitakes, said Kevin Donovan, national sales manager.
And they're not limited to upscale restaurants.
"You're seeing portabellas on Wendy's hamburgers," he said, noting that he also has seen them advertised at Applebee's restaurants.
"It's filtered down from fine dining to casual and even to the fast food industry," Donovan said.
Dole Mushrooms, Kennett Square, does some foodservice business under the Oakshire brand, said Gary Schroeder, director.
The company has worked with some chains on various portabella programs that have been very successful, he said.
"Their growth has been wonderful."
The program has allowed the restaurants to improve sales on some meals that have not previously been strong movers, he said.
"Portabella has been a wonderful addition to some of these restaurants," Schroeder said.
Mushrooms grower-shippers say the recession has been felt to varying degrees in the foodservice category.
Foodservice operators are seeking out value-added items to save labor in the kitchen, said Paul Frederic, senior vice president of sales and marketing for To-Jo Mushrooms, Avondale, Pa.
The company offers a number of foodservice items, including sauteed, flavored and sliced portabella mushrooms that are fully prepared and just need to be heated up, he said.
To-Jo also offers customized flavors and blends for foodservice.
At Gourmet Mushrooms, Engel said the company experienced a bit of a decline at the height of the recession.
"I think that's over," he said.
"(Restaurants) still want good value, but they know their name is built in part by the ingredients they source," he said.
To some extent, foodservice business has rebounded for Phillips Mushroom Farms, but not the point where Donovan is willing to declare the recession over.


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Alessandro Del Piero to cut ties with Sydney FC
Alessandro Del Piero's stay with Sydney FC will end at the conclusion of the season after the club's board decided against offering the Italian superstar a contract extension.
Del Piero, who turns 40 in November, had been angling for a one-year deal on the same terms that he had been earning from the previous two, about $4 million a season.
However, Fairfax Media was told on Friday the club's board was uneasy with the figure. Having spent months deliberating about whether to offer a new deal, the board closed its monthly meeting this week by agreeing a contract offer would not be forthcoming.
Having only played professionally for Sydney FC and Juventus during an extraordinary 23-year career, Del Piero's desire to control the spread of his branding means it is unlikely that he would represent another A-League club.
Only if another club could offer the luxurious terms he enjoyed at Sydney would Del Piero consider moving elsewhere in Australia.
Del Piero's send-off to Australian football now appears almost certain to take place when he captains the A-League All Stars against Juventus in August. There is also a possibility that it will be the final match of his career.
If Del Piero is to play on outside Australia, it would seem unlikely that he would return to Italy's Serie A. While some of the striker's former national teammates, such as Paolo Maldini and Alessandro Costacurta, played into their 40s, Del Piero has previously stated his preference to avoid playing against Juventus in a competitive fixture.
A more likely option would be in Asia, where he could earn an even bigger salary in the Middle East, or in China or Japan, where he already holds iconic status and may look to exploit his brand potential.
Fairfax Media understands Sydney FC are interested in Frank Lampard, however the Chelsea star's wage demands may prove too expensive for the Sky Blues.
The A-League is likely to take on a radically different batch of foreign marquee players next season, with Del Piero about to join Western Sydney's Shinji Ono and Melbourne Victory's Pablo Contreras in heading for the exit door.
Ono has agreed to join J-League division two side Consadole Sapporo in June while Contreras has already announced he will retire at season's end.
Those three appear likely to be followed by Newcastle's Emile Heskey and Perth's William Gallas.
Heskey's career at Newcastle began brightly enough, scoring five goals in his first six games, but he now hasn't scored in over a year. His only chance for staying in Newcastle would be to accept a deal inside the salary cap.
That might be the same proposition put to Gallas, who turned up at Perth Glory lacking condition and providing questionable value at $750,000 per season.
While Del Piero has been the most expensive footballer of any code to set foot on Australian soil, the boost he has given the A-League over the past two seasons has been immeasurable.
He's scored 22 goals in 43 games, putting him third in the club's all-time scoring chart, needing only one goal to equal club legend Steve Corica. Del Piero's 14-goal haul in the 2012-13 campaign is a club record for a single season.
That's despite battling an array of injuries which limited his output, and at times this season Del Piero struggled to put together more than 45 minutes as back-related injuries took their toll.
While fitness issues concerned the club's hierarchy, they also publicly admitted to being frustrated at how much commercial value they were able to extract from Del Piero, whose own staff keep a tight rein on his image and non-football activities, such as sponsor events.
Despite this, the Sky Blues remain keen on acquiring a big-name marquee next season, albeit on a budget of closer to $1.5 million per season.
Sebastian Hassett is a football reporter with The Sydney Morning Herald.
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UW-Madison Short Course Preview Day set
The University of Wisconsin-Madison's Farm and Industry Short Course invites high school students and their parents to a Preview Day on campus on April 11. Prospective students will have a chance to talk to short course staff and students, tour the Short Course dorms, and learn about scholarship opportunities and the types of careers that a Short Course can lead to.
The one-or two-year UW short course program is designed for high school graduates interested in farming or one of Wisconsin's many other agricultural industries. It runs from November to mid-March and has an average enrollment of 135 students. Over 50 courses are offered annually in the areas of soils, crops, dairy, meat animals, general livestock, agricultural engineering and agricultural economics.
There is no cost for the Preview Day but space is limited and registration is required. Registration is accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis until April 7. To register go online to fisc.cals.wis.edu and select "prospective students."
Sioux Falls 4th grade classes to learn about agriculture
Nearly 325 Sioux Falls area fourth grade students will learn about several segments of South Dakota agriculture, March 11. Participating schools include: St. Michael, Laura B. Anderson, Eugene Field, Hayward Elementary, St. Lambert and Anne Sullivan Elementary.
From the Farm to you….More than the Oink will be held at the Sioux Empire Fair Armory building and will feature live farm animals and sessions about each segment of agriculture represented that day.
Fourth graders will have time at each of the eleven stations to meet farmers with their dairy calves, beef calves, chickens and lambs. These students will also get a chance to learn about grains grown in our state. The students will also hear from farmers at each of these stations where they will learn how the farmer cares for their livestock and the importance of agriculture to South Dakota's economy.
Warm-up makes manure runoff a risk; check advisory before spreading
With temperatures warming up, Wisconsin agriculture and water quality officials are asking farmers to check the Runoff Risk Advisory Forecast online before spreading manure.
They encourage farmers to avoid spreading manure during high-risk runoff times. If farmers must spread manure now, they should steer clear of high risk fields and have a spill response plan in place.
"The weather that is forecast could create a high risk of manure runoff to lakes, streams and groundwater if farmers spread it now," says Sara Walling, water quality section leader with the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection. "The online runoff risk advisory maps will give them a day-by-day forecast out 10 days, so they can avoid spreading, or if they must spread manure during that time, can take steps to minimize the risk of runoff."
The Runoff Risk Advisory Forecast is available at http://www.manureadvisorysystem.wi.gov/ and is part of the Wisconsin Manure Management Advisory System. The runoff forecast provides maps showing short-term runoff risk for daily application planning, taking into account factors including soil moisture, weather forecast, crop cover, snow cover, and slope. In winter, it gives a 10-day outlook day by day. It is updated three times daily by the National Weather Service.
Farmers should contact their crop consultants or county land conservation offices for help identifying alternatives to spreading, such as stacking manure away from lakes or rivers, drinking water wells, or area with sinkholes or exposed bedrock. If farmers must spread manure, crop consultants and county conservationists can help identify fields where the risk is lower. You can find contact information for county conservation offices at datcp.wi.gov, search for conservation directory.
"If you are unable to avoid spreading manure in the coming days, you need to use caution, and know what the conditions are on the fields where you're spreading. A winter spreading plan can help find these lower risk fields," says Amy Callis, Agricultural Nonpoint Source Implementation Coordinator with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. "You need to aim for the best outcome, but plan for the worst. You should also have a plan in place ahead of time about who to call and what steps to take if runoff or a spill occurs. How are you going to get it cleaned up and how are you going to prevent it from happening again?"
Information about preventing and planning for manure spills is available at http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/agbusiness/manurespills.html.
UW-Madison Dairy Science to host student open house
The University of Wisconsin-Madison's Department of Dairy Science invites prospective students and their parents to visit campus on Friday, April 11, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., to explore what the program has to offer. High school juniors who are looking to get a head start on their college search and transfer students are encouraged to attend.
Those attending will get a firsthand look at one of the world's leading dairy science departments as they tour the UW-Madison campus and Dairy Cattle Center, meet faculty, participate in hands-on workshops and learn about the wide variety of learning opportunities available to dairy science majors. Current students and alumni will be on hand to answer questions and share their experiences.
The UW-Madison undergrad dairy science program emphasizes a combination of cutting-edge, science-based knowledge and hands-on experience. Award-winning research and extension faculty teach more than 20 undergraduate courses covering nutrition, reproduction, mammary physiology, genetics and other aspects of dairy management. On-campus, state-of-the art dairy facilities enhance the learning experience.
For UW-Madison admission eligibility, it is recommended that high school students rank in the top 25 percent of their high school class. Transfer students must have completed at least 24 semester hours of college–level work. Most transfer students have a GPA of at least a 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.
To attend the Dairy Science Visit Day, register on-line by April 8 at dysci.wisc.edu/visitday/. For more information, contact Cathy Rook at (608) 263-3308 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Five vie for 59th South Dakota Dairy Princess
South Dakota's 59th State Dairy Princess will be crowned in Sioux Falls, March 25. Five candidates are seeking the current title to replace Audrey Souza, Milbank, who has served the dairy industry for the past year.
A program is scheduled to begin at 4:30 p.m. at the Sioux Falls Convention Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, in conjunction with the Central Plains Dairy Expo and Convention. The crowning of the 59th South Dakota Dairy Princess will be held at 6:30 p.m. during the Central Plains Dairy Expo's Welcome Reception.
The five candidates are:
• Katelyn Grehl, Hitchcock, daughter of Frank and Julie Grehl;
• Martha Hartway, Castlewood, daughter of Charles and Darlene Hartway;
• Emily Massey, Olivet, daughter of Jim and Deb Massey;
• Katie Merrill, Parker, daughter of Allen and Kristi Merrill; and
• Mercedes Zemlicka, Watertown, daughter of Daron and Val Zemlicka.
The new princess receives a $1,000 scholarship from Midwest Dairy Association. A $500 scholarship from the Central Plains Dairy Expo is awarded to the runner-up. Each candidate will receive a $250 scholarship from Midwest Dairy Association – South Dakota Division.
Throughout the year, the South Dakota Dairy Princess assists with promotion of dairy products, particularly with young children and on-farm events. The Dairy Princess program is sponsored by Midwest Dairy Association through the dairy checkoff.
Western Minnesota MAWQCP open house set
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) and the Buffalo-Red River Watershed District (BRRWD) invite farmers in the Whiskey Creek area to an open house on March 14, 9:30-11:30 a.m., to learn how they can get involved in the Minnesota Agricultural Water Quality Certification Program (MAWQCP).
MAWQCP is a voluntary program designed to accelerate adoption of on-farm conservation practices that protect Minnesota's rivers and streams. Producers who implement and maintain approved farm management practices will be certified and in turn assured that their operation will obtain regulatory certainty for a period of ten years. The Whiskey Creek area was selected as one of four pilots throughout the state to test and refine the program. This pilot area includes parts of Wilkin and west Otter Tail County.
At the open houses, MDA and BRRWD staff will provide a brief presentation on the program and demonstrate the assessment tool used to evaluate individual operations. A panel discussion will feature local farmers, advisory committee members, and technical staff. Attendees will also have the opportunity to ask questions about the program and receive a free assessment of their farm.
No registration is required for the open house. Farmers with questions about the event can contact Bruce Albright, BRRWD Administrator, at 218-354-7710.
For more information on the Minnesota Agricultural Water Quality Certification Program visit www.mda.state.mn.us/awqcp or http://www.brrwd.org.
Ohio 'Farm Bill' meeting scheduled
Farmers interested in learning more about the 2014 farm bill and its impact on commodity programs can hear from experts who will provide insight into the legislation and its impact on agriculture during a meeting March 20.
The 2014 farm bill's safety net requires farmers and landowners to elect which program design they prefer based on what they think will be most effective for their operation, particularly in conjunction with crop insurance, said Sam Custer, an Ohio State University Extension educator.
OSU Extension, which is hosting the event, is the outreach arm of Ohio State University's College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences.
"Significant analysis is needed to compare the new programs and provide valuable information to the farm's decision makers, who will be locked into the program choice for the life of this farm bill," Custer said.
A panel discussion of the farm bill will include Jon Coppess, clinical professor of law and policy at the University of Illinois; Adam Sharp, vice president of public policy with the Ohio Farm Bureau; and Art Barnaby, professor of policy and risk management at Kansas State University.
The meeting will cover several issues including:
• Crop safety net decisions
• Commodity programs including dairy
• Crop insurance
The meeting begins at 7 p.m. at the Versailles High School, 280 Marker Road in Versailles. There is no cost to attend the meeting but registration is requested. An online registration form can be found at http://go.osu.edu/2014FarmBillMeeting. The deadline to register is March 17.
For more information contact Sam Custer at 937-548-5215 or email@example.com.
Competition gives crash course in dairy farm management
"Learning about farm management strategies in class is one thing," says University of Wisconsin-Madison junior Ryan Pralle. "But the real world is a different story. There are factors that we might not consider in class when discussing what research tells us is the best way to farm. Things like the existing infrastructure of the farm, or the farmer's financial standing, can be limiting factors."
Pralle had a chance to address some of those real-world issues when he joined 57 other dairy science students from 13 Midwestern schools at the 10th annual Midwest Dairy Challenge in Appleton, Wis. Pralle, from Humbird, was one of the six UW-Madison competitors.
Dairy Challenge was developed to expose students to opportunities the dairy industry. Working in four- or five-person teams, each with members from multiple universities, participants assessed all aspects of a working dairy farm and presented recommendations for improvement to a panel of judges and participating farm families.
Two Wisconsin farms, Sugar Creek Dairy LLC of New London and Country Aire Dairy of Greenleaf, hosted this year's contest.
Max Luchterhand, a junior from Spencer, Wis., says that he says he was "stunned" to learn that his took first place among the six that assessed Country Aire Dairy. The experience will always stick with him, and will be invaluable in helping him run his own farm after college, he adds.
The three-day competition offers students a crash course in practical dairy farm management—with opportunities to attend seminars on finance, nutrition and reproduction, play the roles of consultants, interview farm owners and inspect dairies—where they can apply their classroom learning out in the field.
As Pralle, whose team also took first in its group, puts it: "It is a rewarding feeling to know that what I learn in college is making me a well-educated dairy professional who knows his way around the barn."
Others UW-Madison students at the Midwest Dairy Challenge included Elizabeth Binversie, Joseph Mulcahy, Olivia Peter and Carrie Warmka. Dairy science professor Dave Combs and dairy management instructor Ted Halbach served as coaches.
The North American Intercollegiate Dairy Challenge was established to facilitate education, communication and an exchange of ideas among students, agribusiness, dairy producers and universities that enhances the development of the dairy industry and its leaders. In its 13-year history, the program has helped train more than 4,000 students through one national and four regional annual contests. NAIDC is supported through generous donations by 130 agribusinesses and dairy producers and coordinated by a volunteer board of directors.
For more information, visit www.dairychallenge.org or www.facebook.com/DairyChallenge.


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CHESTER -- Before addressing reporters, he swapped out his golf shirt in favor of a button-down. That was the first switcheroo of the night for Union interim manager John Hackworth, who flipped his mild-mannered demeanor upside-down when he entered the PPL Park media room.
"Why don't you guys start with questions, because honestly I don't think I can say much without losing my temper," Hackworth said, straight-faced.
Two wins shy of winning a championship and hanging a banner, the Union stumbled. Using a 65th-minute tally from Jacob Peterson, Sporting Kansas City eked past the Union, 2-0, Wednesday night in a Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup semifinal.
Graham Zusi also dropped one in from midfield just for good measure, scoring in the fourth minute of second-half stoppage time against Union goalkeeper Zac MacMath -- who had been drawn in to help the offense make one final push.
Despite failing to put shots on goal with regularity, the Union had a few shots to win this one.
Still, this was one of those "difficult-to-find-fault" moments for the third-year franchise. Happy to be on the doorstep of a title-game appearance -- absolutely. Disappointed with an unexpectedly premature exit -- no question.
That's probably because Hackworth and the Union believed they were victimized by the officiating of referee Jorge Gonzalez -- who whistled the Union for four yellow cards to Sporting's two bookings, and 21 fouls for the Union to SKC's 17.
"I felt like (Sporting) had a good game plan and they got some help," Hackworth said. "I'm surprised I was still on the field at the end of the game.
"It's completely baffling, is all I can say. I don't know how a player or a coach can stay and play their game, manage what they have to manage and that kind of stuff happens."
The Union had aspirations of winning the Open Cup. They printed shirts in support of it, then bid a few bags of money in order to host a semifinal to facilitate it. So winning three tournament games, en route to a semifinal showing, shouldn't be considered a foundering finish to their Open Cup campaign.
But that's the mood the Union conveyed as they walked off the pitch, sullen with their heads tilted downward.
That was especially true of MacMath, who felt as though he could have made the save on the marker by Sporting's Peterson.
With a monotone delivery, MacMath issued a makeshift apology for being out of position to stop Peterson, who headed in a free-kick cross from Zusi.
"Just snuck in there. That's all," MacMath said.
Did it get redirected?
"No," he said. "Right off his head. ... Obviously I know I can save that ball and I should save that ball. I shouldn't have let it in."
"Zac was pretty upset," Hackworth said. "He felt like he could've gotten it."
The Union tried everything to conjure up an equalizer. With nothing going in the first half, in which the Union managed one shot on goal, Hackworth went to spitfire striker Antoine Hoppenot in the 62nd minute, but the rookie -- who had scored two goals in as many games -- mustered nothing more than a 69th-minute challenge that Sporting's Seth Sinovic cleared away.
Sheanon Williams sold a takedown in the box by SKC's Matt Besler, too, but the sloppy stoppage-time tackle went for naught. Earlier in the second half, Williams absorbed a shoulder-to-chest shot from another KC defender.
This one made the Union's 4-0 trouncing of Sporting June 23 a distant memory.
"I think beating them, 4-0, didn't do us really any good because we knew they were going to come here, play physical and play to their strengths," forward Jack McInerney said.
Give credit to SKC's defense, with coach Peter Vermes playing his entire starting backline. They bunkered in and made life confounding for the Union's last-gasp attempts to find the back of the net.
"We'll come back from this and learn from this," said Union midfielder Michael Lahoud.
Visit Christopher A. Vito's blog, Union Tally, at delcotimes.com for more Union coverage.


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TRANSPORT UNION RMT confirmed today that it will be balloting nearly 500 members across Wilts and Dorset buses for both strike action and action short of a strike in response to an all-out attack by the company on working conditions.
Wilts and Dorset, part of the giant Go-Ahead Group southern buses division which racked up a 44 per cent increase in pre-tax profits to £9.447m in its last accounts, has unleashed a series of attacks that will mean enforced changes to shifts, sign-on and sign off times, the imposition of unpaid meal breaks and a general assault on working conditions that will leave staff working longer and harder hours for less in return under intolerable pressure.
In addition, the company is now openly threatening that routes could be terminated and the company could pull out all together if staff don't bend the knee and accept severe cuts to their working conditions.
As a result, RMT will begin balloting for action from January 23.
RMT General Secretary Bob Crow said: "RMT will not sit back while the profitable Wilts and Dorset buses outfit, which is also benefitting from a whole range of tax-payer funded subsidies, launches an all-out attack on terms and conditions while bullying staff with a threat to pull the service if they don't bend the knee.
" The last accounts for the company show that pre-tax profits increased by 44% to £9.447m – money earned off the back of the workforce - but even that isn't enough for this crowd as they look to turn the screw with an assault on working conditions that would see staff running round like serfs with barely a minute for a breather.
"The ballot opens on the 23rd January and closes on the 7th February and RMT will be calling for a massive "yes" vote that reflects the anger on the shop floor. The union remains available for talks to resolve this dispute which is all about bleeding staff dry and threatening to walk away from services that have already been subsidised up to the eyeballs with taxpayers cash."


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Vegetables: A Biography
By Evelyne Bloch-Dano
The University of Chicago Press
112 pages, $20
"Because vegetables connect us to the earth, to that Mother Earth of whom the ancients spoke, they occupy a very specific place in the history of food, as well as in our imaginations, our myths, our customs, our family heritage." With that view at its core, Vegetables: A Biography takes root, as writer Evelyne Bloch-Dano profiles 11 plants—the artichoke, tomato, and chili pepper, among them.
Derived from presentations Bloch-Dano made at the Université Populaire du Goût ("the People's University of Taste"), each chapter eloquently details a single vegetable's life history and its present-day uses, its flavor profile and its versatility. The minutest of details—that pumpkins can be yellow, blue-gray, dark green or bright red, or that Jerusalem artichokes can be used as fuel after they're fermented and distilled—elevate these common veggies to a place of floral stardom.
Her chapter about cabbage, of all things, evokes family dinners and unlocks the secrets of the vegetable's many cousins, Brussels sprouts and kohlrabi included. "A vegetable that we have all known forever," she writes. "That's what cabbage is: a concentrate of affective memory, a substantial food for the body, but also a vegetable that speaks to us."
Simply put, Vegetables is a lovely book that makes you feel at once hungry for these plants and satiated by the knowledge you just reaped about them.
A review of Vegetables: A Biography originally ran in the March-April 2012 issue of Audubon.


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Use of Radiographic Contrast to Detect Dental Caries
This study has been completed.
Creighton University
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Douglas K Benn DDS, PhD, Creighton University
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First received: January 27, 2012
Last updated: June 15, 2016
Last verified: June 2016
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The proposed test is intended to enable dentists to differentiate between cavitated and non-cavitated tooth decay in the areas where teeth are in contact (interproximal surfaces). In these areas, dentists cannot visually inspect for caries, and currently bitewing X-rays (BWs) only correctly detect the presence of enamel decay 15-25% of the time. This low sensitivity can lead to late treatment resulting in unnecessarily large fillings, crowns, pain, root canals, and possible later loss of teeth.
Hypothesis: Use of radiographic contrast on teeth will increase the accuracy of detection of early cavitation from 58% to 90%.
|Dental Caries
|Device: Radiographic contrast agent. Sodium Iodide.
|Phase 1
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|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Diagnostic
|Official Title:
|The Use of Radiographic Contrast to Differentiate Cavitated From Non-cavitated Dental Caries
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MedlinePlus related topics: Tooth Decay
Drug Information available for: Iodine Sodium iodideU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Douglas K Benn DDS, PhD, Creighton University:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Presence of a radiopacity below the tooth surface at a site likely to develop tooth decay. [ Time Frame: Immediately after application of contrast agent. ]The PI will perform the clinical application of the contrast agent and radiograph the subject. In this way it will be known that the data has been collected. At a later date 3 independent dentists will be provided with blinded radiographs in a randomized order to report the presence or absence of cavitated caries lesions.
|Study Start Date:
|August 2012
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|May 2013
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|May 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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Experimental: Contrast
All subjects will be in one group who will have a control radiograph of teeth before applying the Sodium Iodide contrast agent topically between the teeth (the intervention) when another radiograph will be taken to test for the presence of contrast in a cavity.
Device: Radiographic contrast agent. Sodium Iodide.
Application of Sodium Iodide contrast topically to tooth immediately followed by radiograph.
Detailed Description:
Tooth sites will be recorded by tooth number, type of surface (mesial, distal,occlusal), cavitated, non-cavitated, healthy. Radiographs will similarly be scored.Although contrast agents are classified as drugs this is not a study of drug properties or effect on cells since the properties of the agent are already well know and its safety record well established. This study will be recording the radiopacity of the contrast agent on healthy tooth surfaces, non-cavitated tooth surfaces and cavitated tooth surfaces. The outcome for each surface type will be presence or absence of a radiopacity on a radiograph which will be made at the one and only visit for each study subject. The radiograph contains the data from the intervention (placement of contrast agent) and the outcome will be assessed some weeks later after the completion of the data collection.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|19 Years to 99 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- must have a minimum of 2 adjacent teeth so that interproximal surfaces of interest are in contact and hidden from direct visual inspection.
- the occlusal plane should be normal so that the interproximal contact regions are normal.
- English or Spanish speaker.
Exclusion Criteria:
- pregnant women
- a person who has participated in a similar study involving dental radiography within the last 12 months.
- fillings must not be present in the regions of interest.
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01523509
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01523509
|United States, Nebraska
|Creighton University School of Dentistry
|Omaha, Nebraska, United States, 68178
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Creighton University
|Principal Investigator:
|Douglas K Benn, DDS PhD
|Creighton University
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|Douglas K Benn DDS, PhD, Professor and PI, Creighton University
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|NCT01523509 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|January 27, 2012
|Last Updated:
|June 15, 2016
Keywords provided by Douglas K Benn DDS, PhD, Creighton University:
Dental Caries
Radiography, Dental
Contrast media
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Dental Caries
Tooth Demineralization
Tooth Diseases
Stomatognathic Diseases
Anti-Infective Agents, Local
Anti-Infective Agents
Trace Elements
Growth Substances
Physiological Effects of Drugs
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How's getting Love not make sense? You want em to wait until...what, Dwight's a FA? Love keeps his promise and opts out and they have nothing but the minimum to give him? I don't think they overpaid, Wiggins isn't a generational kid like Lebron was, he's probably Paul George. PG's great, he's not an all time great.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
This is about to be Lebron's 12th year, vast majority of them with deep playoff runs, plus Team USA, the guy's starting to put on miles, he's not "only 30." The guy needs help, there's no time to wait, or a reason to.
Cleveland just made the best trio in the league and people are looking for a reason to discount it, I don't get it. I seriously don't get the people saying this is anything but a win for both teams.


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Atlanta, GA (Sports Network) - The Atlanta Braves have placed outfielder Jordan Schafer on the 15-day disabled list with a right ankle contusion.
Schafer is hitting .312 with six doubles, three homers and 15 RBI in 61 games this season.
To fill the roster spot, Atlanta purchased the contract of outfielder Joey Terdoslavich from Triple-A Gwinnett. He was batting .318 with 24 doubles, 18 homers and 58 RBI in 85 games with Gwinnett this year.
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This weekend I played a large summer festival called Dominator about an hour and a half outside of Amsterdam in a area called Leidschendam. The event is put on by an organization named Art of Dance and they are one of a small group of companies that control the Dutch techno scene. There were a few stages ranging from 2-5,000 kids in front of them. It was a daytime festival and luckily it was all sun and there was a nice lake to sit by too. They put me in the Hilton at the airport and unfortunately we got stuck in traffic on the way to the gig so I arrived and had to rush to the stage and instantly start performing. It was only when I was plugging in my wires I realized I forgot my Macbook Pro's power adapter in the USA! I had to run the live show + M-Audio Firewire 410 (Amazon link) off the internal battery. Luckily it worked 100% fine and I had a great time performing. I have a checklist that I go over several times before I fly so it's strange I made such a basic mistake. At many of these large events like this one they only give live acts 30 minutes to play so I edited a lot of my songs down to the nifty neat parts. I played two new songs, jumped up on the turntables, ran down into the audience and made a costume change (took my coat off!). See you next summer!
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Mountain View High's Alison Lundberg slides safely into home in a recent game against Pinewood. The Spartans won 15-0.
The Mountain View High girls softball team is not only young but missing two starters, so coach Dave Campbell wasn't about to guarantee his Spartans would win league or make the playoffs. But the one bold prediction he made last week has come true.
"My expectations are to cause some problems for other teams in the league," Campbell said Thursday morning. "Look for us to upset a higher-seeded team or two as the year winds down."
Later that day, Mountain View did just that. The visiting Spartans stunned Milpitas 1-0.
Mountain View entered the game as the fourth-place team in the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League El Camino Division at 3-3, while the Trojans sat alone atop the standings at 6-0.
The Spartans scored in the sixth inning, which began with senior captain Brittany Baldwin reaching base on a walk. She moved to second on a two-out single by catcher Alison Lundberg. Junior captain Alison Fanton then scorched a single down the first-base line, scoring Baldwin.
The Mountain View defense took care of the rest. Sophomore pitcher Reanna Lancaster kept Milpitas in check for two more innings to earn the shutout victory. The sophomore southpaw allowed just three hits and walked only one batter in the game.
Lancaster received ample aid from her defense, according to Campbell. The outfield – sophomore Athena Bolin and freshmen Katie Moran and Serena Smith – "was too fast to let anything drop," the coach said, with Bolin and Moran making "highlight-reel catches on the run and jump."
The infield contributed to the cause as well, Campbell noted, as junior shortstop Nicole Nakahama and first baseman Fanton played "stellar defense." Fanton made a diving catch on a pop-up bunt in the third.
A day earlier, Mountain View clipped Cupertino 4-3. Bolin earned the win in relief, pitching two scoreless innings. The visiting Spartans trailed 3-1 after the first inning, but tied the game in the second and won it in the seventh. Moran – pinch running for junior Jordana Bischoff, who reached first on a fielder's choice – stole second, advanced to third on Lancaster's single and scored the winning run as the Pioneers caught Lancaster in a rundown.
Mountain View (6-7 overall) is on spring break until Saturday, when it is scheduled to open play in the Half Moon Bay Tournament.


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Softballer wins Charles Orsborn Award
May 14, 2014
Bailiegh Basham '14 is the first member of the Bradley University softball team to win the prestigious Charles Orsborn Athletic Award since 1995. Basham is graduating with honors in May with a degree from the Department of Communication in Advertising. The Charles Orsborn award is the Athletic Department's highest honor recognizing both athletic accomplishment and academic achievement. Basham has accepted a position in marketing in Decatur, IL following graduation.
The Bradley University softball team won the MVC title and travels to Columbia the NCAA Regional tournament.
A complete story of Basham's win is post by the Peoria Journal Star


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We think cheeseburgers are appropriate every day, but since September 18th has been deemed National Cheeseburger Day by...someone, you should feel more compelled to eat a cheeseburger today than other days. We've got plenty of burger recommendations, cooking tips, and recipes to get you on your merry cheeseburger way. Here's more cheese guidance from The Burger Lab:
- Cheese Sauce for Burgers, Fries, and Chips
- Cheeseburger Dip
- How To Make Any Cheese Melt Like American (This Time in Slices!)
- In Search of the Best American Cheese for Burgers
- Foolproof Jucy Lucy
If you want to go beyond cheeseburgers in burger-form, there are plenty of cheeseburger-inspired dishes out there. Like cheeseburger salad. And bacon cheeseburger puffs. And cheeseburger macaroni. And bacon double cheeseburger dip. And cheeseburger frittatas. And cheeseburger buns. And cheeseburger casserole. And cheeseburger soup. And mini cheeseburger pies. And probably much, much more.
How will you be celebrating National Cheeseburger Day?
About the author: Robyn Lee is the editor of A Hamburger Today and takes many of the photos for Serious Eats. She'll also doodle cute stuff when necessary. Read more from Robyn at her personal food blog, The Girl Who Ate Everything.
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One of my all-time favorite magazine features is "GQ Regrets," where the men's fashion bible pokes a little fun at itself for wardrobe oddities it once pushed as what every sharp-dressed man should be wearing.
Not surprisingly, many of the sartorial disasters ridiculed in the regrets department date from the 1960s and '70s: garish colors, seizure-induing patterns, collars wider than a banana leaf.
Fun stuff.
If you need a laugh — or maybe a not-so-subtle reminder to hit up that post-Christmas sale at Macy's — check it out.
Among the miscellaneous items in my filing cabinet here at Packer Mission Control are some yellowed old copies of the paper dating from the mid-20th century.
In these pages there are some features that we could call The Packer Regrets.
Rather than being clothing trends gone laughably stale, The Packer Regrets is all about produce recipes that time forgot.
My dubious favorite is for banana ham loaf, the fading black and white picture of which suggest it's basically a ham meatloaf with a couple of whole bananas stuffed in the middle — kind of a meat Twinkie with banana filling.
This lost gem appeared in a banana marketing section published April 22, 1967.
The section also boasts recipes for banana cheese pie and banana funcakes, which sound a lot like banana pancakes.
A mushroom marketing section from Oct. 14, 1967, featured plenty of recipe suggestions too, although none as memorable as banana ham loaf.
Among its promotional tips were these catchy one-liners:
- Love him? Serve him mushrooms!
- Mushrooms — the glamour food.
- Mushrooms, "food of the gods."
- Mushrooms, "the vegetable steak."
It's fun to look back at what now seem like hokey marketing tactics and food trends and feel a little superior.
But lest we feel a too smug, food trends are always changing, and what's trendy today may seem as dated as lime Jell-o with carrots in a few years.
Don't take your vitamins
Americans are always looking for a quick fix. Witness the proliferation of convenience packs in the produce aisle.
But sometimes this impulse can prove self-defeating.
Take multivitamins — or maybe don't.
New research recently chronicled in the medical journal Annals of Internal Medicine suggests multivitamins are no substitute for eating fruits and vegetables.
In fact, the study says taking vitamins isn't making people healthier — and may even be doing them harm, according to an excerpt at Time.com.
"We believe that the case is closed — supplementing the diet of well-nourished adults with (most) mineral or vitamin supplements has no clear benefit and might even be harmful," the study's authors wrote. "These vitamins should not be used for chronic disease prevention. Enough is enough."
These findings come after a review of previous studies and some new ones, one of which looked at past surveys of more than 350,000 people and found no significant decrease in risk of heart disease and only a marginal decrease in cancer risk among takers of multivitamins.
Nutrition studies frequently receive media attention, and it isn't rare for them to contradict previously established nutrition guidelines.
With that in mind and trusting your gut, it seems increasingly clear there is no magic pill (or single food item) that will ensure health and longevity.
But studies do, however, largely support that eating a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables daily correlates with greater health and a longer life.
The new research gives nutrition-oriented fresh produce marketers a nice talking point in their favor.
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The strength of the weakest link probably matters too and i'm afraid i might have a double threat. While i think that my grip strength in the fingers is a little lacking for anything but mid throws injury prevention might be the big issue. I can spin up a disc big time at low power as evidenced by high speed video but damned if i can get the same movements done at higher speeds. So it's either super straight approach shot or too fast to handle lower relative spin rate drive that goes farther. I have tried to combine the best of both worlds trying all different speeds and working out to eliminate too little muscle power as a reason. I've hit a wall there or sort of. I have pushed too far in practice too often and throwing light lids i obviously have a lacking wrist even compared to a lady in my club. Meh. Not training enough to equal that part with a woman throwing shorter than i do is discouraging and training harder leads to sick leave slowing down the progress. I guess i have strides to make in time as my arm gets stronger. It sucks to wait but i've only recently been able to use the Jenkins thumb grip so i guess slow progress is better than no progress no matter how frustrating it is. Having done different rail shapes and direction changes years ago i've found a way to spin up the disc that is too hard to produce at high enough power. I will need to explore different methods again to see if i could find a way that allows speeding up despite having no luck in years. It is always good to revisit the basics. You never can tell if you run into a light bulb moment until you have a hunch and at the time having had at least one step in the rail type of thinking years ago i can't tell if it is good enough or if there's room to improve.
You've written that people can get an immediate 50' boost in distance getting the wrist to snap versus a stiff wrist. My no wind line drive record is 70' more than my wrist locked record. With discs flying their best for respective distances. I haven't done that distance comparison with a single disc for both ways of throwing. Neither result was achieved with the method of spinning the disc as much as possible with my current knowledge.


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Yesterday the highly-anticipated exhibit, The Art of Videogames, opened at The Smithsonian's American Art Museum. The exhibit features games like the original Fallout, Fallout 3, and id Software's DOOM II on display — all voted in by members of the community.
If you're planning on visiting Washington, DC between now and September 30th, you should definitely check out the exhibit. With the Cherry Blossoms near full bloom, I'll soon be heading down to the National Mall to check it out and take some pics.


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Less bulky than a day-bag, but more practical than a clutch, the loop-strapped wristlet is ideal for big parties, at which you're often standing. Rosson recommends one in animal skin or patent leather since flimsier materials can make the accessory more teenage than elegant. Spice up your reliable black dress by choosing one in a rich hue, like this cobalt style.
Cole Haan Jitney Medium Zip Pouch in Cobalt Patent, $68, Zappos.
"Pumps are classic, timeless and the best bang for your buck," says Rosson. The right one, especially in black patent leather, can go from day to night, and add polish to the most casual outfits. A point-toe elongates the leg and foot, and a kitten heel ensures easy walking — even if your strut is out-of-practice. If you're hunting for one, go-anywhere shoe, shy away from anything with an additional platform, which makes pumps less versatile.
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REDWOOD CITY — A fire last month at an auto-recycling yard that spread a noxious odor across the South Bay may have been deliberately set, according to authorities.
In a Wednesday news release, Redwood City police and fire officials say the two-alarm blaze Dec. 17 at Sims Metal Management could have been the result of arson.
Officials did not release information about the exact cause of the fire because it remains under investigation.
Police and fire investigators are reviewing video footage taken from multiple locations within the Sims Metal facility in the 600 block of Seaport Boulevard, as well as video footage from other surrounding locations.
Firefighters responded to the recycling facility at 12:50 a.m. Dec. 17 following reports of an explosion and fire in a stockpile of "light iron" recyclable material.
The blaze was under control about eight hours later.
The fire resulted in several reports of a strong smell of burned plastic or metal in Santa Clara County, including one from a resident of Almaden Valley.
The blaze sparked two other fires in the area, according to the fire department.
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How welcoming is your blog? What impression does it make on new visitors?
I ask this because on Saturday, October 11, 2009, I will be giving a presentation entitled Become A Genealogy Blog User at the California Genealogical Society and Library in Oakland, CA. And during this one hour talk, I will be not only highlighting many different genealogy blogs in our blogroll here at GeneaBloggers, but my handouts will also list over 50 genealogy blogs and their URLs. It is likely that attendees will go home and visit most of these blogs at some point after the presentation.
And if that isn't incentive enough to think about shaking out your blog's welcome mat, consider that many web surfers make very quick decisions as to whether or not a blog or website are useful. As Mother said, first impressions are important!
I will have more posts on this subject soon – specifically on how to create a permanent landing pad area right below your banner and right above your latest post. A landing pad can give a quick glimpse as to what your blog is about, your best and most popular posts and more.
While I work on these posts, consider some of these tips and tricks:
- Where Are You? Not knowing where a blogger is based or the geographical area of their genealogy research can cause confusion for new visitors or force them to disregard your site as unimportant to their own research. Create a simple text widget or add a map for your side bar.
- Add a Search Engine. Many blog visitors won't take the time to go through your entire blog to look for information. Add a search engine widget similar to the one here on GeneaBloggers. For instructions on setting up Google Search and using the link on your blog, see this post on Bootcamp for GeneaBloggers.
- What Are Your Surnames? Sure Google and other search engines will pick up your blog posts with the surname in them, but having them on the front page of your blog gives them greater page ranking abilities for your site. Again, a small sidebar widget perhaps linking to the tab or label for that surname would be useful for visitors.
- A Simple Welcome. Here's a great example of a welcome mat at Everything's Relative – Researching Your Family History: Cindy has created a graphic for her sidebar which reads "Did you land on my blog because you searched for a name that's here? If so please contact me at firstname.lastname@example.com. I'm always looking for cousins and exploring possible family connections!"
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Oil Climbs From Four-Week Low as Iran Warns of Hormuz Supply Disruption
Grant Smith, Bloomberg
Oil climbed from the lowest price in almost four weeks as Iran said that a disruption to crude supplies through the Strait of Hormuz would cause a shock to markets that "no country" could manage.
(16 January 2012)
India to pay for Iran crude in rupees
Press TV (Iran)
In the wake of the US decision to impose fresh sanctions against the Islamic Republic that would target its oil exports, India announces plans to pay for the Iranian crude it imports in rupees.
A senior Indian government official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the issue will be addressed when a multi- disciplinary team visits Tehran on January 16 to discuss uninterrupted supply from the major oil producer, the Press Trust of India reported on Sunday.
Under the proposal, the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) will open a rupee account with Indian banks, and can use the money to purchase non-strategic commodities like railway imports.
India satisfies about three-quarters of its crude demands through imports; and Iran is its second-largest supplier after Saudi Arabia.
The South Asian country currently pays USD 1 billion every month to Iran for the 370,000 barrels per day of crude oil it purchases from the Islamic Republic. India uses Turkey as a conduit in order to pay for Iranian crude.
India has been looking for an alternative payment mechanism for crude from Iran after the Reserve Bank of India in December 2010 announced that payments for Iranian crude oil imports would have to be settled outside the existing Asian Clearing Union (ACU) mechanism.
(8 January 2012)
Commentary: What's Really Going On In The Straits Of Hormuz by by David Malone
Iran Hype undermined by Obama Administration Admissions
Juan Cole, Informed Comment
The announcement of the Iranian government that it will activate its Fordow nuclear enrichment site has predictably drawn forth a new round of war propaganda from the Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. In contrast, the Chinese media accurately report Iran's affirmation that the new site will be subject to UN inspections and so is perfectly legal.
Ironically, what Clinton says is diametrically opposite from the repeated assurances given by Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, that Iran is not trying to construct a nuclear warhead. True, he put it in a misleading way, saying that Iran "is not yet building a bomb," as though it is only a matter of time. But in order to build a bomb, Iran would have to deny access to UN inspectors and, well, initiate a program to build a bomb. That it has not done so is covered up in mainstream US political and journalistic discourse, to the point where the NYT had to apologize for stating (contrary to Panetta) that Iran has a nuclear weapons program (it does not, as far as anyone can tell).
And now, it turns out, the Obama administration is even willing to admit the truth. The sanctions regime on Iran is not even primarily about the civilian nuclear enrichment program (to which Iran has a right under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty), but about causing the regime to collapse. (Apparently the appearance in print with its admission of illegal motives provoked a sharp set of phone calls and a revision of the statement to merely a collapse of the nuclear program. I believe WaPo got it right the first time.)
I think blockading a civilian population for the purpose of instituting regime change in a state toward which no authorization of force has been issued by the UN Security Council may well be a war crime. Even advocating a war crime can under some circumstances be punishable, as happened at the Nuremberg trials.
Unlike Israel (Egypt 1956, 1967; Lebanon 1982, 2006) or the US (Iraq 2003), Iran has not unilaterally attacked a nation that had not attacked it, and Iran has not occupied other states' territory. Both Israel and the US have stockpiles of nuclear warheads. Iran doesn't have a single one and doesn't even have a nuclear weapons program. Since Iran has not attacked anyone (and hasn't done so for over a century), and since the UNSC has not authorized the use of force against Tehran, it would be illegal under the UN Charter for the US or Israel to attack Iran.
Juan Cole is Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History at the University of Michigan. For three decades, he has sought to put the relationship of the West and the Muslim world in historical context.
(11 January 2012)
Iran playing war games, but not in video arcades
Matt , Crude Oil Peak
As the world enters year 8 of peak oil with wafer thin spare capacity to offset any supply disruptions, war games around the heart of the Middle East oil supply system are absolutely dangerous. There may be miscalculations one day and the conflict gets out of control. One possible scenario is a stray "test" missile hitting a tanker, for example. We are concerned here with the Iranian oil supply situation:
- crude oil production has already peaked in 2008
- crude oil exports have also peaked at the same time
- petrol consumption has peaked in 2007
- petrol rationing and price increases as a result of the removal of subsidies has put motorists under pressure with the potential to spark social unrest
- sanctions in response to Iran's attempts to develop nuclear weapons have impacted on oil production and the planned expansion of refinery capacities for local consumption
In other words, this situation is unlikely to get better.
Those who know the UK born Australian singer John Paul Young (world hit in 1978: "Love is in the air") may remember his 1984 song (.mp3, 600 k) War Games which inspired me for the title of this post.
It is advisable to voluntarily get away from oil as fast as possible – to use the words of IEA Chief economist Fatih Birol – "before the oil gets away from us". That could happen very fast indeed if the ME ends up in a military confrontation. But governments still continue business as usual – shown for example in updated images of the M2 toll-way widening in Sydney at the end of this article.
(1) The situation in the Gulf
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ARKADELPHIA � U.S. Congressman Mike Ross presented his official papers and related material from his political career to Ouachita Baptist University during a Dec. 7 press conference on Ouachita's Arkadelphia campus.
ARKADELPHIA � U.S. Congressman Mike Ross presented his official papers and related material from his political career to Ouachita Baptist University during a Dec. 7 press conference on Ouachita�s Arkadelphia campus.
Congressman Ross, who has served six terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, did not seek reelection this year. He is returning to the private sector after his current term concludes on Jan. 3, 2013.
Noting that he had the opportunity to serve in Congress during �a very historic time,� he cited such major issues and events during his congressional tenure as the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, health care reform and economic recession.
He said his donation to Ouachita will include just over 200 boxes of material, approximately 16,000 digital photos and an estimated 300 gigabytes of data files.
Ouachita President Rex Horne accepted Congressman Ross� papers and related files on behalf of the university, with both men signing an agreement to house the papers in the archives of Ouachita�s Riley-Hickingbotham Library Special Collections. Riley-Hickingbotham also houses the political papers of Sen. John L. McClellan, Congressman Jay Dickey and Gov. Mike Huckabee.
The agreement specifies that Congressman Ross� materials presented to the archives will be �arranged, preserved and protected with the same care and in the same manner accorded its other collections.� Once the materials are processed, the resources will be �made available to students, scholars and other qualified researchers who wish to use them for research or educational purposes.�
�Congressman Ross is donating his papers of years and years of public service to Ouachita and to those who will come and study in the years to come,� Dr. Horne announced. �I appreciate the great service that he has rendered to our state and to our country. He has done so in an admirable way.
�We come today to show appreciation for Congressman Ross and for his service to us and to our country,� he added. �We come today, in a very real sense, receiving an honor that he has counted us worthy to add his papers to our great archives collection. It is something that is given that can be studied, something that can be admired, something that tells us in years to come about this man, a public servant, about the times in which he lived, about the crucial issues that were faced and the impact that he has had. These are things that can be studied by generations to come.�
Congressman Ross said he is �proud to announce that Ouachita Baptist University will receive all of my congressional, state Senate and campaign papers to archive. I�m extremely excited to embark on this joint partnership with OBU. This is an extra special moment for my family because my wife, Holly, is a graduate of Ouachita and I�m so happy that we can both be part of such an amazing university.
�I decided to donate my documents to OBU because I felt that this material needed to stay in Arkansas� Fourth Congressional District,� Congressman Ross said. �Additionally, OBU has a wealth of political archives that lend themselves to compelling study and research opportunities. I�m pleased that I can contribute to the dedicated folks at OBU and help continue making the university a statewide destination for the study of political science.�
Ouachita Baptist University, a private liberal arts university in Arkadelphia, Ark., has served since 1886 as a Christ-centered learning community. With a current enrollment of 1,532 students, Ouachita is educating students from 29 states and more than 30 nations.


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Yo. I've been playing for around 3-4 months now and am beginning to feel comfortable with pretty much any shot type. My distance is typically around 380' maxed out. I can hit 340' consistently. I feel that some hole in my bag are holding me back at the moment. My bag is pretty much a hodge-podge of whatever discs I could get cheap. I feel my biggest hole is not having a over-stable mid. I generally have to power-down one of my distance drivers to fill that slot. This seems to lead to some inconsistancy on short/midrange hyzers. I would love to know what over-stable mid yall would recommend (Drone/Zone/Wasp/etc.). Any other thoughts are welcome as well (such as what over-laps I have). I am trying to reduce my bag down to only a few molds. So far I am looking at (Surge - Teebird - Leopard - Over-stable Mid - Buzzz - Cobra - Wizard) since I don't really use the other discs much.
SS Wizard 175 - New. putter only. 95% of the courses I play are wooded and I don't want to beat it in until I can get another wizard, but the times I have driven with it, I was pleased with the straight line with late/gentle fade at the end.
Soft Magnet ?weight - supper beat. Is used for short straight shots or anny shots less than 200'
BB Star Aviar 170- beat. Driving putter I use this on pretty much anything less than 230'. Would love to replace this with another wizard. I find that I really don't like the deep rim.
Star Aviar P&A 175 - beat. hate it. Used only for putting practice anymore.
Z Buzzz 170 - new. Favorite mid for pretty much anything 280' or less. Can throw it straight, anny or gentle hyzer. Does what I want it to do. Would prefer a max weight for better consistency in wind.
Star SM Roc 177 - new. fairly straight flyer with a late fade. Throws ok for me, but I like the feel and control of my Buzzz better.
DX Cobra 178 - super beat. Used to hyzer-flip straight shots 280'-300' or sweeping annys.
Pro Leopard 175 - new. Love this thing for gentle annys or straight drives around 300-330.
DX Teebird 175 - new. Go-to driver along with my leopard. Fairly straight with late fade. Won't flip on me like the leopard if I want to rip one.
Z XS ?weight - beat. Pretty much the same as the Teebird but a bit longer/faster.
Pro-d XL ?weight (seems light) - super beat. Even with hard hyzer it flips to the right pretty badly. Only used on hard-right anny shots.
Champ Sidewinder 167 - new. Long S curve. Generally would rather use something else. Behaves like a longer/faster/ slightly more stable leopard.
Z Surge 169 - slightly beat. Over-stable driver/ forehand. Mostly only used for forehand drives. I will use it occasionally for max-d shots. In those cases I get about 380' with it flying straight with a hard late fade.


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