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66% of adults in the US are overweight or obese (33% overweight, 33% obese)
~ Center for Disease Control
34% of children in New York State are overweight or obese. ~ New York State Health Commissioner Richard Daines, MD
50% of children between the ages of 2 – 15 have fatty streaks in their arteries, literally the beginning stages of heart disease.~ Bogalusa Heart Study
33% of children born in 2000 will develop type 2 diabetes at some point in their lives. For African Americans and Latinos, the numbers rise to a frightening 40 – 53%. This means more blindness, amputations, kidney dialysis, heart disease, poor quality of life, and early death. ~ Center for Disease Control
35% of all cancer deaths are caused by diet (and 33% are caused by tobacco). We already have the solution to 68% of cancer deaths – and it is called prevention. ~ Doll and Peto, Journal of the National Cancer Institute ~ American Cancer Society
1 hotdog or 2 slices of bologna a week are enough to increase colorectal cancer risk by 30 – 50% in adult women, and children are more susceptible to carcinogens than adults. ~ American Cancer Society, News Center: Eating Lots of Red Meat Linked to Colon Cancer
~Journal of the American Medical Association, Meat Consumption and Risk of Colorectal Cancer
~World Cancer Research Fund and American Institute for Cancer Research – Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity, and the Prevention of Cancer
There is a clear impact of nutrition on the potential development of Alzheimer's disease and other late-life cognitive disorders. Green vegetables, berries, and other plant foods reduce risk, whereas animal products and processed foods increase risk.1-4 In addition, the damaging effects of unhealthy foods on the brain occurs throughout life. Research suggests that the typical American childhood diet including burgers, pasta, pizza, chicken nuggets, French fries, processed sweetened cold cereals, sweets and soda negatively affects school performance and learning. Overall math performance in the U.S. lags far behind many other developed nations5, and it is likely that the nutrient-poor American diet is a significant contributing factor.
We want the best for our children. We protect them with car seats, bike helmets, warm clothes in the winter, and we take an active interest in their schooling; we do everything we can to make sure that they will be healthy and well educated and achieve their potential as adults. However, most of us don't realize the impact of food on our children's academic performance.
Early childhood:
We must give our children's brains the right raw materials with which to learn – and start early. Breast milk provides a DHA-rich foundation for a healthy brain, and when solid foods are added, their nutritional quality is of paramount importance for the brain's continued development. Several studies have now found that dietary patterns in early childhood affect IQ scores years later. In one study, greater consumption of fruits and vegetables upon introducing solid foods was associated with higher IQ and better memory skills when at 4 years of age.6 In another study, children who regularly ate cookies, chocolate, other sweets, soda, and chips during the first two years of life showed decreased IQ at age 8 compared to children who did not eat these foods. Nutrition during this formative period has a meaningful long-term effect, providing building blocks to construct the growing brain.7 The brain is highly susceptible to oxidative stress, so a healthful, plant-rich diet is especially beneficial.
Teenage years:
Young children who are fed processed, nutrient-poor foods are likely to become unhealthy teenagers, and eventually unhealthy adults. Now twenty-three percent of teens in the U.S. are pre-diabetic or diabetic, 22% have high or borderline high LDL cholesterol levels, and 14% have hypertension or prehypertension.8 Children as young as eight years old are being prescribed cholesterol and blood pressure lowering medications which have dangerous side effects, and this is completely preventable.
A recent study tested cognitive abilities and performed brain MRIs on teens with and without metabolic syndrome, a combination of at least three diet-related metabolic abnormalities among a list including insulin resistance, high triglycerides and hypertension. The teens with metabolic syndrome had lower spelling and math scores, lower IQs, and reduced attention span. Their brain MRIs showed a smaller hippocampus, especially in those with insulin resistance – extremely important since the hippocampus is a part of the brain involved in learning new information.9 This means that our obesity-promoting, diabetic promoting diet actually can cause parts of the brain to shrink. The researchers concluded that a poor diet may impair teenagers' academic performance, and maybe even their learning abilities throughout their lifetime.
A processed and animal-product rich diet causes real damage to our kids, but we wouldn't know if from following standard advice from the food industry and other sources. Feeding our children healthfully truly does make a difference in their future. A diet rich in greens, berries, other fruits and vegetables, beans, nuts and seeds is the only way to ensure that children get the array of phytochemicals, antioxidants, fatty acids and other micronutrients to adequately supply their growing and constantly learning brains.
Dr. Fuhrman is the #1 New York Times best-selling author of The Eat to Live Cookbook and Super Immunity and a board certified family physician specializing in lifestyle and nutritional medicine. Read more about feeding children healthfully in Dr. Fuhrman's book Disease Proof Your Child. Visit his informative website at DrFuhrman.com and blog at DiseaseProof.com, and follow Dr. Fuhrman at Facebook.com/DrFuhrman and on Twitter @DrFuhrman.
While genetics play a role in the expression of many diseases, and we all have genetic
weaknesses and predispositions, for the vast majority of diseases that occur in the modern world,
nutrition, exercise and environment play a much larger role than genetics. For example, those
living in rural China prior to 1980 have a lifetime risk of heart disease of less than two percent and
less than two percent risk of developing breast cancer, but when they move to America their
children have the same high risks as other Americans.(1) When we abuse our bodies many
different problems arise and what happens to you then may be influenced by your genetics.
Heart disease and diabetes are recent occurrences in the history of mankind. By 1916 it
was already hypothesized by the well-known French scientist, C.D. de Langen that overeating
and a diet rich in animal-fats appeared to be a factor in the populations of those European
countries experiencing a rise in heart attacks. We cannot consider heart disease to be primarily
genetic, because it did not occur much before the last hundred years and pockets of populations
inhabiting the world today have no heart disease. By the 1950's scientific investigations were
able to explain population differences in heart disease rates by differences in the consumption of
saturated fat (the most important determinant of serum cholesterol, found primarily in foods of
animal origin) and the inverse association with consumption of fresh produce. The less saturated
fat and the more fresh produce consumed the less heart disease that occurs. A significant
amount of modern research studies have documented that heart disease is almost totally
preventable through diet rich in plant produce and low in animal products and processed foods.(2)
Scientific Research Shows Food Is Our Greatest Weapon Against Disease
Over the last 50 years, this causal relationship between diet and heart disease has been
observed and documented by thousands of scientific studies. The reality is that heart disease,
the leading cause of death in the modern world, as well as the other leading causes of death,
including various cancers and strokes, are created by our diet and are avoidable. Very few
people have genetics so favorable that they can eat anything without concern. Heart disease is
discussed here as an example but strokes, dementia and especially most common cancers can
all be traced back to an unhealthful diet-style as the predominant causative factor; especially the
diet consumed in childhood.(3)
The Boyd Orr Study assessed food intake from almost 5000 families, tracking their risk of
disease over the next 60 years. One of the major findings from this fascinating study was that
higher levels of childhood fruit intake had dramatic effect at reducing incidence of all adult
cancers, such as cancer of the breast, prostate and colon. Children in the highest quartile of fruit
intake became adults with forty percent lower risk of all cancers.(4) However children who ate more
nutritionally empty calories and more calories in general had dramatically higher risk of cancer.(5)
These and numerous other studies illustrate that food choices, especially food choices
early in life are the primary cause of most chronic diseases and premature death. Inferior
childhood nutrition has led to a nation with high levels of chronic illnesses, and out of control
health care costs.
The American Diet is Nutritionally Inadequate
Americans eat about 26 percent of calories from animal products, such as meat, eggs and
Animal products contain no antioxidants, bioflavonoids, carotenoids, folate, vitamin C,
vitamin K or those thousands of phytochemicals that are essential for cellular normalcy and
prevent DNA damage.
Americans eat about 62 percent of calories from processed foods such as oil, sugar, and
white flour products.
Processed foods contain almost no antioxidants, bioflavonoids, carotenoids, folate,
vitamin C, vitamin K or those thousands of phytochemicals that are essential for cellular normalcy
and prevent DNA damage.
To make matters worse, most of the animal products eaten by children such as butter,
cheese and milk are high in saturated fat. Saturated fat consumption correlates with cancer
incidence worldwide. It also raises cholesterol and causes heart disease. Scientific studies also
show that the combination of low micronutrient intake plus high saturated fat (found mostly in
foods of animal origin) is more disease causing than either alone.(6) The typical American diet,
high in both processed foods, animal fats, and unfavorable fats, is the perfect formula for a nation
of sickly children and adults.
The development of heart disease begins in childhood. Fifty percent of children ages 2 –
15 already have fatty streaks in their arteries, literally the beginning stages of heart disease. Not
only do unhealthy childhood diets high in saturated fat and low in the protective micronutrients
found in unprocessed plant foods accelerate heart disease, but they promote the aging process,
and create a cellular environment favorable for the development of cancer. To add insult to injury,
much of the processed foods children eat are rich in trans fat, a man-made fat that is also linked
to cancer and heart disease. While many processed food companies are switching over to nontrans
fats, they are replacing them with saturated fats, still very dangerous to health.
We could not have designed a cancer-causing environment more effectively if we
scientifically planned it. We feed our children a diet high in saturated fat, add lots of processed
foods with those dangerous (man-made) trans fats, and full of other non-food chemicals such as
artificial colors, flavors, preservatives, and artificial sweeteners, and combine it with an insufficient
intake of unrefined plant foods, to guarantee sufficient phytochemical deprivation and we have
created a nation rich in autoimmune illnesses, allergies, obesity, diabetes and finally heart
disease and cancer.
Research is Inconclusive…
The reason why some studies performed on adults did not show a relationship between diet (or certain components of diet) and disease is that the
changes made are not substantial enough and the populations investigated are past the age where dietary improvements can cause dramatic benefits. Childhood diets are the chief cause of adult cancers, not adult diets. When we are growing, the cells are more sensitive to the damaging effects of poor nutrition.
Nutrient Dense Food
Food has powerful disease–protecting and therapeutic effects and those who seek truly good health must consume a broad array of micronutrients via their food choices. It is not enough to merely avoid the bad fats, consume foods with a low glycemic index, or lower the intake of animal products; a truly healthy diet must do all of those things and be micronutrient rich. The foods with the highest micronutrient per calorie scores are green vegetables, colorful vegetables, and fresh fruits. For optimal health and to combat disease, it is necessary to consume enough of these foods to deliver the highest concentration of nutrients.
Adding up all the known and measurable micronutrients in an equal caloric portion of food gives each food a nutrient density score. Nutrient Density is a critical concept in devising and recommending dietary and nutritional advice to patients and to the public. Not merely vitamins and minerals, but adequate consumption of phytochemicals is essential for a normal immune system and to enable our body's detoxification and cellular repair mechanisms that protect us from cancer and other diseases.
Nutritional science in the last twenty years has demonstrated that colorful plant foods contain a huge assortment of protective compounds, mostly unnamed at this point. Only by eating an assortment of natural plant foods that are nutrient-rich, can we access these compounds and protect ourselves from the common diseases that afflict Americans. Our modern, low-nutrient eating style leads to an overweight population with common diseases of "nutritional ignorance" and medical costs spiraling out of control.
For superior health, green vegetables, fresh fruits, seeds and nuts, whole grains and beans or legumes should all be consumed each day. To achieve adequate micronutrient density both animal products and processed foods must be restricted to much lower levels than they are now, or even eliminated.
Protecting our children
We graduate from high school, college, even graduate and professional schools and yet most of us never learn some of the most important lessons in our lives - how to be in control of our health destiny. We live in a society that believes that we protect our health with access to medical care and drugs; it doesn't work. We also live in a society that makes it cheap and easy to eat poorly, and more difficult to eat healthfully. We can only win the fight against cancer, heart disease, and diabetes, not with more money put into medical interventions and drugs, but by unleashing the powerful tools found in our kitchens--berries, green vegetables, beans and seeds to name a few. The science is important and motivating because we are eating ourselves into a tremendous amount of needless and tragic diseases in this country and our cancer rates have increased unrelentingly each year for the last seventy years. The human suffering and financial cost are both devastating.
But aside from all the convincing scientific data, it is just as important to show people how they can deal with their picky eaters, get their family to like the healthful foods at the family table and make healthy eating great tasting and fun. After gaining the knowledge, people can transition their family over to a disease-preventive lifestyle and enjoy the change.
The food industry influences the policy decisions and legislation created by our government, and this means that we don't get the information which science has unmistakably demonstrated. The food industry attempts to confuse us by citing a few poorly designed or self-staged studies and saying the evidence is inconclusive.
The most amazing and satisfying aspect of promoting a high micronutrient diet-style and utilizing it as medical therapy is watching many diseases melt away. People faced with health challenges can often improve and even obtain complete recoveries from autoimmune diseases, digestive disorders, type 2 diabetes, headaches and heart disease to name a few, via nutritional excellence. The human body is a miraculous, self-healing machine when the optimal nutritional environment for healing is realized.
Joel Fuhrman, M.D is a family physician and best-selling author Eat To Live (2003), Eat For Health (2008), and the acclaimed Disease-Proof Your Child. (2005), essential reading for every parent in America.
Dr. Fuhrman's Website
Blog - Disease Proof
Dr. Fuhrman on YouTube
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this video is oh so beautiful. you have such an amazing talent :))ReplyDelete
-jocee <3
it was worth the wait! i love it.ReplyDelete
Yeay! I've been looking forward to seeing this...so lovely!ReplyDelete
i'm so glad i finally got to see this.ReplyDelete
So beautiful, you guys!!ReplyDelete
i played your video on repeat and absolutely loved, every freakin' time!ReplyDelete
where did you get those honey bottles???ReplyDelete
Delicious! The video is beautiful and that honey! Wow, now I crave honey toast... mmmm...ReplyDelete
so much beauty.ReplyDelete
drinking it in slowly.......
Oh wow, this is so so pretty!ReplyDelete
beautiful! looks so delicious!ReplyDelete
those bottles can be found on Dadant honey supplies btwReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 21, 2011 at 6:48 AM
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In your recent story about Tom Rose's "Ween" license plates ["WEEN win: DMV okays recalled plate," May 18], the DMV's primary concern was said to be the chance that the plates might have a "sexual connotation." Your article then says that Rose was upset by the implication that his plates related to weaning, or the cessation of breastfeeding.
This reinforces the misconception that breastfeeding is sexual. While nursing and sex are both loving acts that involve the breast, breastfeeding is no more sexual than bottle feeding. It is a way of nurturing and caring for babies.
The continued misconception that breastfeeding is sexual has the effect of discouraging mothers from breastfeeding in spite of its undisputed benefits and the superiority of breast milk to formula. This attitude also leads to women being asked not to breastfeed in public or to nurse in restrooms. (What could be less sanitary than eating in a public restroom?)
I'm glad that Rose was able to keep his license plate, but I'm terribly disappointed that the Hook would reinforce such an unhealthy and outdated attitude.
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Saturday, August 4, 2007
So you say you can't cook?
This woman has a variety of meals as long as you want great flavour and nothing remotely close to low fat. I mean, there is probably three recipes on there that don't require butter. She has great wit too, you can't help but smile as you read her blog. Essentially she goes through each recipe, step by step, with photos of each part of the recipe, and tips on how to make it turn out just right. From the assembled ingredients, to the finished product, it is all laid out clearly for you. The instructions and visual aids are so clear that you would have to be either allergic to kitchen utensils, or have attained my husband's level of culinary ineptitude to screw it up.
So next time you have that hot date, or maybe the in-laws are coming over and you want to impress, check out her website. She will get you through it....a few pounds heavier then you were when you started, but hey, nothing is perfect.
11 comments:
- kodak said...
It's too bad some of the great tasting meals are loaded with fat and not so good extras like preservatives, and high sodium. I'm a male and don't like cooking but have to, but in the past two years I have been eating better in general - cooking with olive oil, eating things that lower chlosterol, like walnuts, and garlic, eating more organic, and psyllium fiber. I used to make a wicked chilli, using extra lean ground beef. If you're going to do chilli, brown the meat in small bits, so that there is virtually no fat left in the pan. The thing is, even extra lean still has 10-15% fat in it to begin with.
Here is another low-calorie recipe site:
There is a local site called The Wellness Guide here that has general health and well being articles:
I added a couple of recipes for the site owners recently.
Weather's great here today on the rock, gotta love summer. All the best,
- August 7, 2007 at 2:25 p.m.
- nadinebc said...
Thanks! I will have to check that out!
- August 7, 2007 at 2:36 p.m.
Why are you so nasty and negative? You seem to think tearing down others on their blog or in your own, is blogging. What it truly is is you just being nasty! It only reflects that your an unhappy person who takes it out on other people. Does it make you feel better? It only shows you in a bad light and although I am sure you don't care what it makes you look like (because nasty people usual don't) but we don't want to read your negative comments. If it is not your liking then just keep on passing through...
Pissed off in Seattle!
- August 12, 2007 at 3:01 a.m.
- nadinebc said...
Pissed off in Seattle!
It would be helpful if I knew what you were talking about. I think I am free to say what I wish on my own blog. And you are free not to read it. Yet you are here- being nasty...mmmm
I have not been nasty on other blogs, quite the contrary. So you are either nuts or perhaps your reading level is not quite up to par.
So Nasty in Seattle (you can't even stand by what you say- you have to skulk behind a nickname) thank you for your post. Next time try to have something relevant to say.
- August 12, 2007 at 7:59 a.m.
Dear Pissed Off In Seattle,
Nadine was far from nasty in this post. In fact, the Pioneer Woman Cooks blog attained at least one new reader when I read Nadine's post. She compliments the writing style and the thoroughness of the instructions.
So, unless you are Nadine's husband and are upset at her dig about his level of culinary abilities, piss off!
Teeth baring in Moncton.
- August 12, 2007 at 8:57 a.m.
- nadinebc said...
Thank you Steve, or should I say Teeth baring in Moncton! Very kind.
- August 12, 2007 at 10:51 a.m.
I did not say that you were nasty (nasty = mean)on your blog. So, Steve take Nadines advice and check your reading level.
The below messages was what you left on someone else's blog. I felt you were nasty or maybe even a bit snotty. What happens so many times in blogging or comments, (much like emailing) we type something off and don't take the time to really think of how it sounds to that other person. Much like what I did you. You may have not meant to be mean sounding but it did read that way. By you telling me to "stop by when I have something "relavant" to say" is pretty much what I wrote to you - your delivery was just nicer but it had the same meaning!
Not hiding in Seattle, you just struck a nerve and I apologise for my nastiness on your blog. Two wrongs don't make a right!
Teresa in Seattle - sorry don't have a web page or a blog. Only choice left is Anonymous.
Here is yours:
Posted by: Nadine | August 04, 2007 at 09:47 PM
So this isn't lasagna so much as some kind of a prefab beef casserole?
Good to know if I also want to land a Midwestern husband and score the HomeDepotExpo pseudo gourmet kitchen!
In the interrim, my herbs don't come from jars; my cheese doesn't come from canisters, and I don't cook with ground beef and/or Jimmy Dean sausage that is squidged from a plastic roll.
- August 13, 2007 at 8:16 p.m.
- nadinebc said...
That is not my post you petty little illiterate. My post is under my name and it reads:
"I love your site- great recipes...now if only I can get you to do a bunch of tasty low sugar/fat meals!"
I have just blogged about your site."
So Teresa, the person who posted the comment you are flipping out about is:
Posted by: GardenShow | August 08, 2007 at 07:26 AM
Before you mouth off lady, it might be nice to get your facts straight. Go be a pest somewhere else. You probably don't have enough couth to come back and apologize for being wrong and ignorant (because nasty people usual don't- sound familiar?)
- August 13, 2007 at 8:42 p.m.
.... and the crowd chants....
Nadine! Nadine! Nadine!
- August 14, 2007 at 7:34 a.m.
- nadinebc said...
Ha! I must say I was a bit shocked to see her come back. I was more even tempered with her the first time- people make mistakes. But to come back a second time and insist she knew what she was talking about, and ten deny what she said about my blogging to you (even though it is clearly in writing: "You seem to think tearing down others on their blog or in your own, is blogging"), well that was too much. The gloves came off then- a gal can only take so much BS.
Doubt she will be back.
And now on to more important things like my son's dirty diaper.
- August 14, 2007 at 7:51 a.m.
Either way, you have shit to take care of! (sorry about that, I couldn't help myself!)
BTW... I added your blog to my LINKS list. I like your style of writing and the type of content you include. Just stuff from everyday life with a humourous twist. Link-worthy for sure. (Besides, you scared me, defending your blog like a mother bear!)
Keep up the good work...
- August 14, 2007 at 9:18 a.m.


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Look, we all have our weird dorky fascinations, right? Well I actually wanted to pick up Warehouse And Logistics Simulator, because that's one of mine. Well, it seems like it'll be a bit longer until I get into the simulator genre.
YouTuber Lextube gives us a pretty good run through Warehouse And Logistics Simulator, which is actually just a forklift simulator. Look, this is all I'm saying: If someone makes a game that looks like Prison Architect, except you're running an Amazon-style warehouse instead of a prison, I can guarantee you'll sell at least one copy.
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As one of the driest Septembers in state history comes to an end, the drought situation in Minnesota is being assessed by a number of state agencies as well as University of Minnesota Extension.
The fall season is a critical hydrological recharge period for our state in terms of soil moisture, lakes and streams. Usually a very high percentage of the rainfall and snowfall is utilized by the landscape and little runs off during October, November and December. So it is critical for the overall health of our soil and water resources that adequate or surplus precipitation falls before the landscape freezes up for the winter (usually in December).
Let's take a look at the current drought picture:
Though early growing-season rainfall was predominately at a surplus during April, May and June, drought's imprint on the state has expanded since July. Severe or extreme drought as designated by the U.S. Drought Monitor is now prevalent in 45 Minnesota counties, most notably southwestern, south-central and northwestern agricultural landscapes. You can view the geographic distribution of drought around the state at the University of Minnesota climatology website, by visiting z.umn.edu/climatejournal.
Since mid-July many counties have reported less than half of normal rainfall, while some areas also reported a record-setting dry September. Moorhead, Willmar and Morris were among those locations reporting a record dry September, with less than 0.20 in. in total rainfall. In addition, observations of stored soil moisture (top 5 ft.) routinely made at the University of Minnesota's Southern, Southwestern, and Northwestern Research and Outreach Centers are now showing near-record or record low values for the end of September.
Other signs of extreme dryness in the Minnesota landscape include lake levels that are drastically down, and flow volume on many Minnesota watersheds that is below the 10th percentile historically for this time of year. The danger of wild fires is very high in many areas of the state as well. Overall, the state has not seen this area and severity of drought since the fall of 2006.
At this point in time, the additional precipitation needed to alleviate drought in most of the counties currently affected ranges from 6 to 12 in. This is highly improbable considering that all-time record amounts of precipitation would be needed by December.
Only 17 of the past 117 years have produced a statewide average of 6 inches or more precipitation over the October through December period. This calculates to a historical probability of about 15%, or about one year in seven. The absolute wettest October through December period in state history (1971) produced a statewide average precipitation for the period of just less than 8.5 in.
Probably a more realistic expectation is that enough precipitation will fall before the end of the year that there will be some modest alleviation to the soil moisture deficits now in place. A wet spring will be needed for a decent 2013 crop in Minnesota.
Visit www.extension.umn.edu/drought for drought-related educational information, and climate.umn.edu for more information from the University of Minnesota's climatology working group.


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Wil Hahn returns from an early season injury to fill in for the injured Trey Canard.
Team Honda Muscle Milk announces today that current GEICO Honda rider Wil Hahn will fill in for Team Honda Muscle Milk rider Trey Canard at select Supercross races beginning with the Toronto round.
Team Honda Muscle Milk would like to thank the Troy Lee Designs/Lucas Oil/Honda team and all their sponsors for allowing Cole Seely to fill in aboard the factory CRF450R. Seely will now begin preparing for the final rounds of the Lites West class.
GEICO Honda's Wil Hahn has continued to improve since turning pro in 2007, including placing second overall in the 2010 Lites West championship. Hahn had a successful 2012 debut at the season opener in Anaheim with a heat-race win and eighth-place finish in the main. Hahn is ready to step up to the Supercross class and battle on the Team Honda Muscle Milk CRF450R during the Lites West break.
"Wil has shown considerable speed in the last few years in the Lites class, and we believe he has what it takes to run in the Supercross class," said Team Honda Muscle Milk Manager Erik Kehoe. "His focus and determination makes him a good fit for the team. I would like to thank everyone at GEICO Honda and all their sponsors for allowing Wil the opportunity to race a factory Honda in the Supercross class."


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Welcome to the CRG Discussion Forum!Forum registration problems: Make sure you enter your email correctly and you check your spam box first. *Then* email KurtS2@gmail for help.Classified ads are not allowed on the forum.
the rockers with the triangle are they also high performance rocker arms ?That is correct. Chevy sold them over the counter for many years.Have compared three different looking "O" sets (litte, big and sideways) with a "V" set side by side with calipers and micrometers, and can find no appreciable difference among any of the four.Gary. I always keep ball and rocker in sets. But... I would not be afraid to use a set that had been mixed. Just get them really clean, install, and reset your valve lash after initial run in and again in 500 miles (which you were going to do ANY WAY, right?)
Gary I would try to keep them matched up. on a side note the set i just got have groovedballs for better lubrication, all SB i have seen prior were not like this - OE or A/M? I can get some pics up later if needed I assume they are A/M
Just out of curiosity, I have heard it's best to keep the same pivot ball to the same rocker. Are there any exceptions or is it a must to get new pivots? Mine are all mixed up in a box, all look fine with no blueing, cracks, galling or score marks. I'm using roller tip stamped steel 1.5's at the moment and probably will continue using them when I finally pull the 350 and install the 302, but what if I did go back to the 'O' rockers?
If rebuilding an engine I'd not use used rockers. Why take a chance?
Quote from: 68camaroz28 on May 02, 2013, 11:43:38 PMIf rebuilding an engine I'd not use used rockers. Why take a chance?My original "O's" are still together after all these years, and I won't hesitate to use them again. I don't want to spend $600.00 on some NOS set from a speculator if I can keep from it. I rebuilt the engine in '75, and among the parts I changed in upper valvetrain were the springs, lash caps, keepers and retainers, but not the rockers. Kept all the original parts and ratholed them. I had a Sig Erson Hi Flow IIH stick, hydraulics and titanium retainers, double wound Erson springs. I'm going back all original from cam to upper train - I really missed soaking the splash aprons with oil and listening to solids sounding like a frantic Singer sewing machine. 20W50 Union 76 racing oil was pretty cheap in those days; I loved the purple color on the driveway after adjusting valves. Stock oil pump in the engine would push 80 psi on my Stewart Warner mechanical gauge at about 2500 rpm, and until I bought a set of Erson lash caps to fit over the oiling holes, would just about empty the pan of a quart or two from one side to the other. Had to work quick - Regards,Steve


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For people who had never travelled more that a few kilometres from their home, the first leg of their journey in a covered wagon must have seemed extraordinary. Please on as Jack tells us of his disappointment.
Only we weren't!
When the wagon stopped and the flaps were lifted Madge shouted, "This here's no New South Wales. It's only Woolwich. It's where that no good sailor thought he could hide. But…."
Before she could say another word, the geezer appeared and started shouting at some redcoats who'd come out of the fog that covered everything.
"Get these women out of the wagon and down to the end of the pier quickly. Make sure they stay together. I don't want any of them thinking they can escape."
There was no chance of that. Those redcoats shoved us this way and that down a path of wooden planks. One of them decided to get a bit fresh with me mum. He asked her name and told her his was Higgins before he pinched her on the bottom. She let out a yelp so I kicked him in the shins. He swore, grabbed hold of me and lifted me clear off the ground.
"Ya' little swine!"
I kicked again and got him in the belly. That made him let go of me. I fell in a heap on the planks. The geezer came rushing to see what was going on.
"Get to your feet, boy. Do you know the punishment for striking one of His Majesty's officers?" I shook my head as he poked me with his silver topped cane. "No! I thought not. You'll not do it again or I'll have you thrown into an orphanage. Your mother will have to go to New South Wales without out you."
Me mum started to cry. "Please, no! He's all I've got. Besides he was only protecting me from this man." She pointed at Higgins, but all the geezer said was "Hrrump," and waved his stick as he bustled back into the fog.
He was waiting for us at the top of some steps.
"Down you go!" he ordered. There was a little boat bobbing about against the bottom step. Mad Sarah refused to move so Higgins picked her up and carried her down. Me and Joe and our mums ran down after him and sat ourselves down on a hard wooden seat that went across one end of the boat. Elsie and Dolly followed us but Madge stood at the top of the steps with her arms folded across her chest.
"I'm not going anywhere in that thing. It's too small."
The geezer prodded her with his silver topped cane. "Move woman," he roared, but she wouldn't budge. Higgins and another redcoat got behind her and pushed as hard as they could till she toppled over. She rolled down the stairs and into the boat sending water splashing up all around it. The two redcoats followed her down as the geezer shouted to the sailors to move off. They put their oars in the water and we began to move away from the steps into the fog.
We didn't have far to go before we came smack up against a great wooden wall with a rope ladder hanging over it.
"Up you go," Higgins said to me and Joe as the sailors lifted their oars and took hold of the ladder so we could climb on to it. It swung about a bit but we worked our way up it. When we got near the top some hands reached down and pulled us the rest of the way. We found ourselves standing on the deck of a huge ship.
Me mum and Mary helped Dolly up the ladder and Elsie scrambled up after them but Mad Sarah had to be prodded and poked by Higgins before she'd move at all. When she was half way up she decided she wasn't going any further. Eventually one of the sailors from the ship had to scurry down and drag her the rest of the way. She hissed and spat at him like a frightened cat. Madge didn't give the redcoats or the sailors any trouble as she made her own way up the ladder on to the deck.
There were more redcoats on the ship lining us up in rows and telling us to be quiet as more women were brought out to the ship. The last to come on board was the geezer who was met by an angry man in a long black coat with lots of shiny buttons and a three cornered hat on his head.
"How dare you bring women out to my ship in such a wretched condition. They're covered in filth and their clothes are rags. I want none of their vermin infecting my clean ship. Do something about it."
"I gave orders that they were to be properly dressed, Captain," the geezer said in a much quieter voice than he used on us.
"Then you should have seen to it that your orders were obeyed." The captain turned his back on the geezer and stood in front of us.
"I am the captain of this ship, the Lady Penrhyn, and while you are here you will obey me and my officers at all times. You will not fight among yourselves. You will keep yourselves clean and you will not have anything to do with my crew."
Behind me Madge muttered, "Scurvy lot! Wouldn't touch them if you paid me."
The captain heard her.
"You speak when I'm talking, woman, and you'll spend the journey in the coal hole." He waited till there was real quiet. Then he roared. "Do you know what that's like?" Madge didn't answer. "It's a pitch black hole full of coals for the galley. And anyone one of you that misbehaves will spend time in there. Do I make myself clear?" With that he turned on his heel and disappeared through a door at the end of the ship.
The geezer's face was still pretty red when he ordered the redcoats to get us below.


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NEW YORK—Milwaukee's Carlos Gomez admitted he went too far with a hyped-up home run trot that ended in a benches-clearing scuffle against the Atlanta Braves.
Gomez was suspended Thursday along with Atlanta's Reed Johnson for one game by Major League Baseball for their actions during the Brewers-Braves game a day earlier. Both players were fined an undisclosed amount.
Atlanta first baseman Freddie Freeman and catcher Brian McCann also were fined for their involvement.
Gomez accepted the penalty and sat out the series opener against the New York Mets on Thursday. Johnson was contemplating an appeal, according Braves general manager Frank Wren.
"I was expecting it after what happened last night," Gomez said. "It's not good for baseball. Just take it like a man and be responsible for the stuff I did."
Batting second for the Brewers on Wednesday night in Atlanta, Gomez connected on Paul Maholm's 0-1 pitch in the first inning for a long homer to left-center field. Gomez, slammed his bat down and admired the drive in the batter's box before starting a slow trot while shouting at Maholm. Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman had words for Gomez as he rounded the bag.
Gomez continued shouting toward Maholm, and he pointed at his leg just before he rounded third base—Maholm hit Gomez in his leg with an 88 mph fastball on June 23.
An irate McCann, catcher's mask resting atop his head, greeted Gomez about 20 feet in front of home plate. Benches and bullpens then emptied, and Johnson, a reserve outfielder, raced out of the dugout and shoved Gomez. Gomez, Johnson, Freeman and reserve catcher Gerald Laird were ejected.
"It was such an unusual situation. Every time you get in a situation like this, in hindsight, there's probably things you wish you would have done differently, and I would say our players probably feel that way as well," Wren said before the Braves hosted the Phillies. "But I think the reaction was probably appropriate for the situation. It was one of the most unique things I've ever seen."
Gomez never finished his trot but was awarded his 23rd homer because of obstruction by McCann.
McCann was furious at Gomez for yelling on his way around the bases, and the catcher stood by his actions on Thursday.
"I thought he showed up our whole team," McCann said. "I did what any catcher would do in that situation—sticking up for his team."
After the game, Gomez was contrite and he apologized again Thursday.
"I apologize to people from MLB, to my teammates, my team, the organization and the Braves," he said. "It's not really fun when everything happened like that."
Brewers manager Ron Roenicke was satisfied with Gomez's apology and was hopeful that the incident wouldn't hinder the NL East champion Braves' final push for best record in the league.
"I don't want our actions to hurt what the Braves are doing." Roenicke said.
Milwaukee third baseman Aramis Ramirez aggravated a left knee injury during the scrum and was not in the lineup Thursday.


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Well, my guy may not have won the final prize, but there's no doubt that last night, Josh Hamilton owned Yankee Stadium. I'm not going to bore anyone with the umpteenth retelling of his sordid, drug-soaked past. Instead, I just want to congratulate him (yeah, I know he's not reading this, but humor me) in coming this far, and wish him much luck in the future. And of course, onto the pics!
This is too awesome for words.
And of course, the winner, Justin Morneau.
Ryan Dempster's son – so cute.
Kosuke Fukudome and his son.
Ryan Dempster and his son. (Can you tell I'm a mom?)
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This is very tiny, (see wine cork), but beautifully painted, people look Japanese to me, but parts look Chinese, but I am not smart at porcelain, and can not read bottom of teapot, also bottom or plate signed same. I think it is too beautiful for child's set. The three cups and tea pot fit perfect on the plate. Any information would be appreciated. Thanks toracat


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HP has rolled out a system that identifies eco-friendly features of its products to customers. It's called the Eco Highlights label, and it provides quick facts about the product that may or may not convince the customer that it's environmentally friendly. But as a company inextricably tied to the paper industry, how can HP promote sustainable consumption? We caught up with Michelle Price, HP's worldwide environmental strategic marketing manager, to ask her a few questions about HP's latest green initiatives.
Some of the features listed on the online version of the Eco Highlights label for the HP Deskjet D2545 printer, like "save paper with the print cancel button," are dubious at best. Personally, I think it's unwise to talk about saving paper when trying to sell someone a printer. But HP talks about saving paper a lot. I doubt that HP really helps its customers reduce paper consumption – another way the company claims to save paper is with the Smart Web Printing feature, which seems to serve the same function as cutting and pasting web content into Word. But the company has an extensive paper policy designed to reduce the amount of paper consumed in the course of business operations. Plus, they use advanced teleconferencing instead of having employees travel for work.
But is it possible for HP to be green if their printers are not?
I interviewed Michelle Price about HP and the Deskjet D2545, one of the first printers to feature the Eco Highlights label. The D2545 is made from 83% recycled materials, comes in packaging that is 100% recyclable, and is ENERGY STAR certified.
What does the Eco Highlights label indicate, specifically?
The HP Eco Highlights label is used to summarize features that reduce the environmental impact of a product, tool or service, such as energy use and recyclability. The label was created to help customers make better informed decisions when it comes to the environment and will be used across all of HP's businesses. The HP Deskjet D2545 printer was one of the first HP products to feature the HP Eco Highlights label. Customers will be able to locate the Eco Highlights label on packaging, the Web and in product data sheets.
How does the energy consumption of the HP Deskjet D2545 printer compare to other printers by HP and its competitors?
The HP Deskjet D2545 printer was engineered for energy efficiency from the start and supports HP's commitment to reduce overall energy consumption for its printing products by a total of 40 percent (relative to 2005 models). As the worldwide leader in imaging and printing, HP is confident that its technology innovations and products will continue to compare favorably to competitive offerings in measuring quality, speed, ease of use or in this case, energy efficiency.
HP has been touting Smart Web Printing as part of its environmental efforts. Can you explain what Smart Web Printing is?
Many HP printers, including the HP Deskjet D2545, include HP Smart Web Printing technology. This technology saves paper and optimizes web printing by letting users easily combine text and graphics from numerous web pages onto one page. Users can automatically scale web page output to fit the paper in the printer, ensuring that the text and images seen onscreen are captured on the printed page and also eliminates right edge clipping.
HP Smart Web Printing also enables users to create personal digital scrapbooks by transferring text and graphics to a custom document where they can then be edited and resized. Users can save custom documents as an Adobe PDF file.
Which features earned the D2545 its Energy Star recognition?
The HP Deskjet D2545 is one of HP's most energy efficient Deskjet printers and earned ENERGY STAR® qualification by meeting the following criteria for printing devices:
· Produces less heat and reduced cooling loads by about 15%, and up to 30% in warmer climates
· Uses 40 percent less electricity – saving half in utility costs
The HP Deskjet D2545 automatically goes into sleep mode after periods of inactivity. Sleep mode uses less than 2 watts of electricity.
Has HP reduced the amount of packaging for its printers, including the D2545?
Packing and storing efficiency of the HP Deskjet D2545 has improved by over 28 percent which in turn reduces shipping cost and energy use. Additionally, the in box product end-caps are made from 100 percent recycled materials of molded pulp material and the product packaging.
HP has also engineered a new clear packaging design for its high-end printers that, on average, cuts the volume of packaging materials needed to ship these products in half…
In 2007, HP redesigned its print cartridge packaging in North America to eliminate the use of nearly 15 million pounds of materials, including 3 million pounds of corrugated cardboard. The packaging also eliminated the use of more than 6.8 million pounds of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastic through material reduction and substitution of recycled content plastic and paperboard.
Describe the HP Halo Collaboration Studios effort and how it will reduce HP's environmental impact.
HP Halo is a state-of-the-art telepresence solution that brings meeting attendees from around the globe together in an environment that feels as if they are in the same room. HP Halo Telepresence Solutions provide a digital alternative to business travel. While it may seem as though one person's reduced travel wouldn't have a huge impact on the environment, the cumulative effect of many individuals choosing to use HP Halo over travel could have a profound impact in reducing air travel and related carbon dioxide emissions.
For example, on one project an HP manufacturing team transferred an entire product line from its R&D beginnings in Oregon to its permanent home in Singapore. Not only did the use of Halo shave an estimated 44 international trips off the project, Halo also boosted productivity and cut the project time in half. The elimination of 44 international trips represents over 143 metric tons of CO2, the equivalent of the electricity usage of 18 U.S. households for one year or the equivalent of preserving 1.17 acres from deforestation.
As a company inextricably tied to the paper industry, how does HP promote sustainable consumption? How does the company reduce? How does it reuse? And how does it recycle?
Printing is important to HP's business, and so is being a good global citizen. HP makes it easier for customers to print responsibly with a variety of tools and services to help conserve paper, save energy, and reduce their carbon footprint.
…For decades HP has worked to manage its environmental impact by adopting environmentally responsible practices in its operations, which includes everything from efforts to automate duplex printing internally and make recycling widely available, to using renewable resources such as solar and wind power and offering incentives to employees to take public transportation. In another step towards furthering supply chain social and environmental responsibility within the technology industry, HP recently announced its list of top suppliers as well as the company's efforts to advance women's health issues among its suppliers.
Internally, HP's Imaging and Printing Group is doing many innovative things to reduce its impact on the environment. Here are just a few examples:
· HP pledged to reduce the environmental impact of the papers that the company buys, uses, and sells by establishing one of the most comprehensive paper policies in the industry. The new policy includes not only the paper used for printing everyday office documents, but also the papers used for HP's own marketing collateral materials. HP's paper policy outlines six guiding principles that apply worldwide to HP branded paper, as well as paper used for HP's internal operations, external marketing collateral and product packaging. The guiding principles include efficient use of raw materials, sustainable forestry practices, responsible and low carbon production, waste minimization, community and human well-being and environmental leadership and management.
· HP's efforts to automate duplex printing at HP sites will result in an estimated 25 percent paper savings – or 800 tons of paper a year – across the company.
· HP began electronics recycling back in 1987 and officially launched the HP Planet Partners return and recycling program for HP LaserJet print cartridges in 1991. Today, HP Planet Partners makes it easy for customers to recycle any brand of computer equipment or HP supplies to customers in more than 50 countries, regions and territories.
· HP developed an unprecedented, "closed loop" plastic recycling system that incorporates post-consumer recycled plastics – from sources such as water bottles and ink cartridges – into the manufacturing of new Original HP inkjet print cartridges.
· HP Halo Telepresence Solutions provide a digital alternative to business travel for HP employees (see above)
Give me an idea of the next eco-friendly printer to follow in the D2545's footprints. What sustainable features will it have?
In July, HP announced the HP Photosmart D5460. The HP Photosmart D5460 introduces a new use for recycled plastic. The printhead uses 55 percent recycled polyethylene terephthalate (RPET) plastic, which is derived from Original HP ink cartridges collected from customers through the HP Planet Partners return and recycling program and other sources, such as water bottles.
HP recently announced its commitment to increase the use of recycled materials – including plastics – in HP inkjet products by three times by 2010 (relative to 2007). As a leader in environmental stewardship and recycling, HP is always looking for ways to expand its innovative recycling process using various types and grades of recycled plastics to new product lines…
HP continually strives to develop new technologies that improve energy efficiency, reduce paper consumption, and decrease both our environmental impact and the environmental impact of our customers.


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|2010-11-12, 18:31
|Link #81
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Xanadu
Age: 24
Ionian Fervor sounds really strong in a way if you get ganged by 5 champions.. Of course you would die nonetheless. Equilibrium Strike sounds a bit OP.. Do we know the stun duration? Hiten Style sounds like it could be used very well with all sorts of things that can increase your attack speed.
|2010-11-12, 22:55
|Link #83
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Mt. Ordeals
Oh sorry, it just didn't compute even more as to why you would try to poke against a healer, when they'd heal it all back up by the time you come back and poke them again. That's why Taric/Soraka was such a force to reckon to with back then, because you can't harass them and their team with pokes, and they'd just tower defend all day long while they themselves poke you to death. Sona is just Sora/Taric combined lol.
As for assassins targeting Sona... well, if they're going after you instead of the team carry, I'd say your team is getting the better end of that deal. XD
|2010-11-13, 01:34
|Link #84
A Proud Lolicon
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: In front of my computer
Age: 32
I just find it's effective tactic at least in 80% of my matches against Sona. Beside, I prefer Taric/Janna in my team more than Sona any day. The only good thing about Sona is even bad player can be good with her, and that's why people prefer Sona more than other support, because the chance of getting good Taric/Janna is way lower than having a decent Sona on your team.
Oh well, theory crafting won't bring us anywhere. I just gathered everything from my experience, and that's all I know. Maybe I haven't met a really good Sona, or a good team that can protect both Sona and carry at the same time. I agree that Sona is strong, but saying she is OP is kinda like saying Tristana is OP. She is just good at what she is doing, with lesser margin for error than other support champions.
Btw, my computer went down the 2 days that Leblanc was released, and guess what? Even to this day I haven't even had one match that include her, seriously. Not in my team, or the opponent. Does the hotfix affect her that much?
|2010-11-13, 02:20
|Link #85
Senior Guest
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Athens (GMT+2)
Age: 30
New girl looks like a female Olaf (ok, not the looks, but the skills!) I guess she'll be very user-friendly.
|2010-11-13, 02:33
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Naval Base
My very issue with my friends when I'm using Sona is that 90% of the time during clashes, they forget about me getting raped by a carry. They don't appreciate me much when using support types which I am good at. When it comes to burst mages, it's a different story. They prefer me that way.
@Duo Maxwell
Thanks for the add. Maybe next time I'll get to play with you.
|2010-11-13, 03:14
|Link #87
A Proud Lolicon
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: In front of my computer
Age: 32
Truthfully, unless your tank is Galio/Shen/Rammus, most of the time the support must try to worry about themselves instead of depend on other by positioning. It's really hard to turn back to save our support from assassin, because it will mess up the formation.
At least Janna has several things to save her from getting killed, or Taric is beefy enough to endure the shitstorm. Soraka is just....powerless against assassin. She need a rework on her Starcall. Being a squishy support and need to standing in the middle of team clash makes no sense.
Not sure about Sona. Sometimes when I target her, she just run away, thus making it a 4vs5, or keep on resisting and die, but manage to drag me down with her, and it becomes another 4vs4. After that, it all depends on how well my teammates are.
|2010-11-13, 06:40
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Athens (GMT+2)
Age: 30
|2010-11-13, 23:24
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A Proud Lolicon
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: In front of my computer
Age: 32
There are more un-fun champions to lane against than her in my opinion.
|2010-11-13, 23:41
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
I guess I'm odd in that I usually choose the burst champs. At the moment or well last time I played I was using Akali and Veigar. Akali is slightly my favorite though since I really like what she can output with an AP build.
One of my favorite times with her was a losing game because as usual for me, bad teammates not using wards or oracles for an enemy twitch so they kept getting killed and I who had oracles spotted the really fed twitch and basically initiated against him during a team fight before he broke stealth and then as soon as he started trying to attack me I crippled him and killed him. Rest of the game he basically just kept going for me which sadly didn't go as well as that time because of how fed he was but it was a fun moment. Wish I could get good teammates but I have really terrible luck which sadly killed my appreciation with the game, I didn't win a single game above level 10 and I'm level 18 I think? Yeah it's sad. Of course I'll admit I'm not amazing but I'm not as dumb as the people who ran off by themselves into a lane with 3 enemy heroes...
|2010-11-14, 00:46
|Link #92
Not an expert on things
Join Date: Jun 2007
|2010-11-14, 04:12
|Link #93
Senior Guest
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Athens (GMT+2)
Age: 30
^ Gotta separate EU/NA About teams though, it's not always a good thing...I got paired up with a swe couple (I think, prolly married) and the woman threw a tantrum at everything I did (was playing Urgot). For example, enemy Annie and Rammus in my range, I kite Annie, fellow Ryze gets clawed to death, I kill Rammus.
"Why didn't you kill Rammus!"
Me:"Was I supposed to focus fire on the TANK?"
"What, you're a tank too"
.....anyways, long story short she pulled out the god ol'surrender paper as early as possible, although we weren't doing that bad. I vote yes to avoid the PMS crisis, but then the other guy votes no, and then comes the fit, "URGOT VOTE YES DAMMIT!". Lesigh...
In the meanwhile they were talking gibberish to me and our teamwork sucked as bad as possible. Next few games were pretty cool though, total strangers only need silence and pings to make a good team xD
EDIT - IGN: Kafxaeus, EU.
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|2010-11-14, 04:19
|Link #94
A Proud Lolicon
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: In front of my computer
Age: 32
/ignore is one of the best feature for this kind of game, trust me.
I'm not talking much when playing with stranger anyway.
Well, just post your IGN here, then we can add and play with each other.
|2010-11-14, 22:28
|Link #97
Graphic Designer
IGN: Monoe(Level 22) - NA
Note: Alt Account, Active, trying to get to level 30. Shared Account.
Edit: I will add my main when I see it. It was not I who made the name so don't troll me for STD...
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|2010-11-15, 01:00
|Link #100
Pisces no saint
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: France
Sona is the best support character in my opinion. I ban her in ranked game because she's annoying. And I ban Kogmaw too because he's really a badass carry. So I'm happy to see that she will have a nerf soon.
By the way, my account is PiscesNoAlbafica, I'm on EU server, feel free to add so we can play some games together . I love playing Sivir, she's really funny (but my main is Ashe). Well I always don't really like her range.
I have an US account too that I use sometimes: Suikyo, but I'm only level 16 on it.
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The TRUTH!
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Don't be fooled.
I am afraid at the bulk of clutter that there is online out there accouterment to the accomplish money online from home crowd, touting affairs biking as the avenue to abandon and riches. This accuracy is apparently the a lot of important actuality anyone will anytime acquaint you if you are just cerebration about entering the online biking business. Let me echo this for you one added time.
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Owning the biking artefact bureau that you are application anon with biking suppliers beneath your company's own contracts, you are not just reselling a biking artefact endemic by addition biking business, bout operator, biking bureau or biking consolidator. Your business creates the biking artefact by accomplishing deals anon with biking suppliers. Your affairs with the biking suppliers become your businesses own altered account for the biking articles you will be selling. The new biking artefact becomes your own brand. Your online biking business sells the biking artefact anon to consumers online or wholesales it too added biking agencies, biking agents, bout operators and resellers.
The Home based Biking Abettor Dilemma.
I apperceive I am aperture up a can of worms actuality by advice this advice but it's absolutely the truth. My absorbed is not to beating anyone down but to accommodate acumen into how the online biking business absolutely works and to appearance you WHO is absolutely authoritative the money and how you can accomplish absolute money by chief from the get go to in actuality body a business.
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The Internet is NOT causing Biking Agencies too shut down.
I accept that the capital acumen that brick and adhesive biking agencies are closing is not because of the Internet but because all they are absolutely accomplishing is reselling added companies biking products. The Internet contributed to the abolition of the acceptable brick and adhesive biking bureau but the bigger agency in the down abatement of biking agencies and biking agents in the biking industry is due to the actuality that they are not affairs annihilation altered or altered from anyone else. It's absolutely a business archetypal accustomed to abort in the continued run.
How do you own your own biking product? You can own your own biking artefact in two altered ways.
1. Your business acts as a biking supplier accouterment tours, guiding, biking and tourism accompanying activities or you own a abode property.
2. Your business ally with two or added biking suppliers to resell their alone biking articles beneath a altered amalgamation that you own.
What blazon of Online Biking Business do I charge to alpha breadth I can own my own biking product, advertise bales and body a absolute business?
-Online Biking Agency
-Online Bout Operator
-Online Bout Guide
-Online Biking Broker
-Receptive Bout Operator
-the Hybrid
Let's altercate a little about anniversary type. There are abounding admonition you can go.
OTAs or Online Biking Agencies commonly advertise aggregate beneath the sun; including lodging, air, cars, vacation packages, and abundant more. On a bureaucracy akin of all online biking businesses, this would be the a lot of big-ticket and a lot of arduous blazon of online business to start. It's achievable don't get me amiss it would just yield abundant best and be added big-ticket to startup.
If you additional bank alcove and focus on application your own abode deals and application with action suppliers you could calmly body a abate added focused OTA. Addition advantage would be for you to advance the Global Distribution System (GDS) for air, car and for abode that you could not arrangement yourself. I don't acclaim this endure advantage as you'll be just reselling artefact you don't own but as continued as you can amalgamate the non-owned GDS articles with your own apprenticed biking articles you could actualize a nice win-win for the basal line.
Online Bout Operator's advertise dynamically packaged trips and pre-packaged trips to vacationers. I accept architecture an online bout abettor business is your best advantage at architecture a acknowledged online biking business.
Now let me aboriginal accompaniment that the name is a little absence conceiving because of the chat "Tour." There is a big aberration from a bout and a trip. On a bout there usually is a bout adviser or getting arch the bout with the biking participants. On a cruise the adventurer is traveling by themselves or with added humans but there is no bout adviser involved. In the biking business they alarm this a FIT trip, Drive vacation or Fly-Drive package.
I favor affairs trips, breadth the adventurer buys a bout or cruise artefact afresh attends the cruise by themselves on their own time. The acumen getting for this is two parts.
1. You don't accept to be the bout adviser and you don't accept to appoint one either.
2. You accept 100% added abandon by not in actuality accommodating in the bout itself. Just anticipate of the time complex of in actuality traveling on a bout with a accumulation or alone people.
We operated tours if my wife and I endemic the Yellow Breeches House Fly Fishing Lodge and B&B. We ran fly fishing excursions with abode and guiding. Guess who was one of the guides? Yes, you got it. Yours truly. I would not change the accomplished for anything. I abstruse so abundant from getting a fly fishing adviser and owning a abode property. I just wouldn't wish to run that blazon of business again. There are abundant bigger biking business models out there. That's allotment of the adorableness about this address is that I am able to allotment some accurate life, realities for you.
Sell Trips not Tours. This is the a lot of important affair I can acquaint you apropos absent to reside the Internet action appearance and alive from home adequate the abandon that comes from owning your own online biking company. You will not be active any Internet affairs if every anniversary you are giving tours.
Online Bout Guide's accommodate tours to individuals and or groups. If I didn't alarm you off from aloft that's ok, the bout adviser business is a abundant business and it's simple to get started with bound investment. This is a abundant business to access the biking business and starting acquirements about how to body a business.
If you adulation ambidextrous with humans and spending abundant of your time alfresco afresh this is apparently the best biking business for you. This is austere work, day-in-and-day-out, as you are consistently alfresco in the elements. This biking business could be a stepping-stone for you to afresh go advanced and body an online bout abettor business. I accept a absolutely acceptable acquaintance that owns a kayaking adviser service. He runs eco-adventures that cover island acquisitive for three to 5 nights. He just loves it.
Let me allotment a little action with you that will absolutely change the way you body or abound your absolute bout adviser business. Hopefully by now you'll already see it and be way advanced of me but if not actuality it is.
Create bales for your bout adviser business that includes lodging, commons and your adviser or bout service. You apparently advertise trips, allegorical and or tours as an alternate or day product. Yield the next footfall and amalgamation in abode and commons and maybe a third activity. Advertise bales to your audience and you will super-charge your acquirement in a actual big way.
Take an absolute kayak adviser that sells day trips for $250 for 2 people. Now actualize brief packages. Actualize a new artefact band for your business.
1. Arrangement with a abode supplier to buy abode for your kayak packages.
2. Arrangement with two bounded restaurants to buy dinners for your kayak packages.
3. Advertise a 2 night, 1-day kayak excursion, with 2-dinners. Accomplish money off the lodging, dinners and a 3rd action and you can actively alpha abacus added profits to your business.
Online Biking Agent – this is a new business class I stumbled upon. I accept this is a blazon of business you could alpha with actually no money. It's just a amount of compassionate the biking business. Actuality is how an online biking agent operates.
Every biking supplier needs sales representatives. Your biking agent business affairs with biking suppliers to represent their business and advice them advertise added of their biking products. Abounding abate biking businesses don't accept sales representatives. This may be your access into the online biking business industry.
Let's say you reside in a resort boondocks or breadth and there are 4 golf courses adjacent or 3 ski resorts. You represent the biking supplier's products, award beyond ally and or resellers that would resell or deliver your client's products. This business is just a amount of award added biking suppliers that charge sales assembly and award beyond companies searching for new biking articles to advertise and distribute. You accomplish money by earning a allotment of all approaching sales appointed or acquire a collapsed fee per arrangement you sign. This would be a abundant way to access the biking business as a part-time business. You could alpha with not abundant investment and body out slowly.
Receptive Bout Operators accept entering travelers from adopted countries. This is a B2B business (business-to-business). You body an Online Bout Abettor business but you don't advertise your biking articles anon to consumers or vacationers online, you advertise your endemic biking articles to wholesalers or added bout operators in adopted countries that afresh resell them anon to biking agencies and the consumers in their country. If you reside in a world- acclaimed destination breadth or arena breadth foreigners appear appointment you can body a acknowledged acceptant bout abettor business. The acceptant bout abettor business takes best to advance as the buyers of your biking articles will be added biking companies, bout operators and acclimatized biking business will not necessarily wish to do business with a aggregation that is new or just in startup mode. Adversity can be affected though, through focus, assurance and accepting an endemic biking artefact that a banker or adopted bout abettor believes he can advertise and accomplish money.
The Hybrid – body an Online Bout Abettor business that caters to alone vacation travelers. After the business starts affairs trips and or tours, alpha architecture a Acceptant Bout Abettor business component.
I achievement you accept enjoyed a little acumen into the apple and possibilities of the online biking business and what it will yield to alpha a home biking business.
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2013 WWPA All-Freshman Team
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2013: Played in 30 games…recorded 37 goals, 26 assists, 24 steals, and 35 earned ejections…scored the first goal of his college career in the first game of the season against UOP…had three goals and two steals against Iona College at the Princeton Invitational…scored three goals against UC Davis at Cal Invitational…scored three goals against Diablo Valley College at Cal Invitational…scored a goal against Stanford…earned two ejections against UCLA…scored a goal against Cal Baptist at the Rodeo Tournament…scored a goal and drew an ejection against Brown…scored a goal against Bucknell at Rodeo Tournament…scored two goals against LMU at WWPA Tournament
HIGH SCHOOL: 2013 graduate of Ponderosa HS in Shingle Springs, Calif. ... was named to All-League team all four years... All-Section in 2011 and 2012... scored 206 goals his senior year... named USA Water Polo All-American.. was apart of USA Youth National Training Team
PERSONAL: Father Mark and mother Jamie ... brother Casidhe also plays on the team ... aspires to own and operate his own company or firm... enjoys music, guitar and reading.
Why Santa Clara? I chose Santa Clara University because of the good water polo, great team environment, great people, amazing academics and post graduate opportunities. I am also very excited to play with my brother.