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Revealed! Why Chelsea Are Very Confident Of Signing Timo Werner
West Londoners Chelsea are expected to splash the cash on players when the January transfer window reopens next month as they make up for the lack of signings this summer.
Chelsea were prevented from signing new players in the summer after the transfer ban imposed by FIFA for two windows for their dealings with young players.
Mateo Kovacic was the only arrival this summer as the Croatian international turned his loan spell in the previous season into a permanent transfer in a £40m deal.
The player was able to join Chelsea this summer since he has already been registered by the club during his loan spell during the 2018/19 season.
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Chelsea are eyeing a January swoop for a lot of players and RB Leipzig star Timo Werner is at the top of that list according to The Telegraph.
Timo Werner has been a top performer for his German Bundesliga side this season after netting 18 goals in just 17 appearances in the league.
His goals have propelled RB Leipzig to the top of the German Bundesliga table this season at the halfway stage.
RB Leipzig have a two-point lead at the top of the table.
Timo Werner has scored 23 goals in 24 games in all competitions for his club.
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EPL: Top Three Clubs For Chelsea Attacker Pedro Next Season
Chelsea winger Pedro Rodriguez is one of three first team players with serious doubts over their respective futures in West London. French World Cup champion Olivier Giroud and Brazilian international Willian are the other two players.
Pedro, Giroud and Willian will be free agents this summer if they fail to agree contract extension at Chelsea.
Spanish international Pedro has been at Chelsea since his £21m move from La Liga outfit Barcelona five years ago. He was part of the team that won the Premier League title during the 2016/17 season under the guidance of Italian tactician Antonio Conte.
Pedro Rodriguez signed his one and only contract extension at Chelsea in 2018. He signed a new one-year deal to take his time at Stamford Bridge to the summer of 2020.
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The Spanish winger has been a regular fixture in the Chelsea XI since his time at the club until this season. Blues manager Frank Lampard had Pedro Rodriguez in his team at the start of the season until he spent some weeks on the sidelines as a result of injury.
Pedro Rodriguez lost his place in the Chelsea XI upon his return from injury and he didn't reclaim a spot in the starting XI until February. Let's examine the potential clubs for him for next season as his Blues contract gradually comes to an end:
1. Aston Villa – Pedro was seriously linked with a January transfer to Aston Villa when he hardly played football for Chelsea. Aston Villa were unable to pull off a transfer for him.
2. Barcelona – The player has talked up the possibility of returning to the Nou Camp in his recent interviews. Pedro Rodriguez left Barcelona to join Chelsea in the summer of 2015.
3. Chelsea – Spanish international forward Pedro Rodriguez could still extend his stay at Stamford Bridge beyond this season. He has spent five years at Chelsea.
EPL: Does Giroud Deserves A New Chelsea Contract?
The suspension of Premier League due to the Coronavirus menace came at a wrong time for some clubs including West London giants Chelsea and their ageing striker Olivier Giroud.
Giroud and Chelsea were getting their groove back before the Coronavirus pandemic forced matches to be suspended until further notice.
Chelsea manager Frank Lampard didn't fancy French international Giroud as his main striker until February when results had completely taken a turn for the worse, especially in the Premier League. Blues boss Lampard started with Tammy Abraham as his first-choice striker, while Michy Batshuayi was his understudy leaving Olivier Giroud to be the third choice striker despite being the most experienced of the three players.
Giroud became the third choice striker under Frank Lampard and that restricted him to few leagues starts before February 2020 when he became the first choice partly because of the injury to Tammy Abraham as well as the inability of the aforementioned Batshuayi to fill the vacant striker void.
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Olivier Giroud is a World Cup winner having led the line for France at the last edition of the tournament in Russia some two years ago and all of his experience came to the fore for the Blues as he was a major catalyst as Chelsea improved their league results which had been very poor either side of the winter.
Lampard introduced Giroud back into the Chelsea starting XI during the home London Derby clash with Tottenham Hotspur and that decision led to 7 points from three Premier League clashes until the league was suspended. Giroud scored twice and also provided three assists in those three league games as he helped Chelsea maintain their place in the top four.
Giroud will be a free agent in the next few months but he would be hoping that he has done enough to get a new contract at Stamford Bridge despite coming close to leaving the club to Inter Milan FC of Italy in January. The picture will definitely be clearer in the coming weeks.
Premier League: Best Free Transfers This Summer
Premier League clubs have been left in a spot of bother as regards the players whose contract will expire this summer and this is due to the suspension of all things football including the top flight of English football.
When Premier League football will resume is yet to be certain though the 20 clubs agreed for April 30 which is not feasible going by the struggles of breaking free the dreaded Coronavirus. Football was suspended across the world because of the virus which started from Wuhan city in China.
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The uncertainty of a return date for the Premier League has left the 20 clubs with decisions to make concerning the players with contracts up by the end of May. Here are five of the best from those players:
1. Olivier Giroud – The French international hardly played football for Chelsea this season until February when manager Frank Lampard turned to him to partly save the club from losing their grip on a Champions League spot. Giroud was the third choice striker behind Tammy Abraham and Michy Batshuayi. The Frenchman was brought back into the Chelsea XI for the Spurs game in February and has scored two goals in three league games since then.
2. Claudio Bravo – The Manchester City shot-stopper is the back up to first-choice Ederson Moraes. The Chilean international has spent four years at the Etihad Stadium since his transfer from Barcelona.
3. Willian – The Brazilian winger is one of three Chelsea players who will be a free agent in the summer. He has been one of the best players at Stamford Bridge this season.
4. Jan Vertoghen – Age is not on the side of the Tottenham Hotspur centre back but the Belgian international is still a quality defender.
5. Pedro Rodriguez – Alongside Chelsea teammates Willian and Olivier Giroud, Spanish international Pedro Rodriguez will also be a free agent this summer.
Why Liverpool will not be crowned champions if EPL is cancelled
Liverpool are topping the English Premier League table and are expected to be crowned champions, but there is been a new twist as UEFA president, Aleksander Ceferin said Liverpool will not be the English Premier League champions if the coronavirus pandemic forces the season to end prematirely.
All the English football fixtures are currently on suspension until April 4, because of the coronavirus outbreak that originated in Wuhan China.
Liverpool are 25 points clear at the top of the EPL table, but are not sure to be crowned Champions this season – they last won the league 30 years ago.
Aleksander Čeferin has now puts through is argument on whether Liverpool should be awardedthe trophy, if the epl fixtures are not completed.
"I've seen and heard some again fake news that UEFA will advise leagues to finish the championships now and decide that the winners are the ones who are number one now.
"I can say that it's not true. Our goal is to finish the leagues and we didn't recommend anything like that to any association or league," Ceferin said according to Daily Mail.
EPL: Chelsea Star Rejects New Contract Offer
West London giants Chelsea have been rocked by the news that first choice striker Tammy Abraham has turned down the offer of a new contract from the club.
The Daily Mirror via its report stated that Tammy Abraham wants more money before signing a new deal.
Nigerian-born Three Lions of England striker was recently named the Player of the Year at the London Football Awards.
Tammy Abraham has two years left on his Chelsea contract and he's holding out for financial terms synonymous with the £180,000 weekly salary paid to fellow England international Callum Hudson-Odoi.
Chelsea winger Callum Hudson-Odoi is the biggest earning young player at the club and Tammy Abraham is said to be holding out for parity or more money than his £180,000 on a weekly basis.
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Tammy Abraham came through the ranks at Chelsea before becoming a regular in the starting XI this season. He spent last season on loan at Aston Villa when they were in the English Championship as well as a previous loan spell with Championship club Bristol City.
He was part of the Swansea City team that suffered relegation two seasons back. He was on loan at the Welsh club from Chelsea.
Young players like Mason Mount, Reece James, Billy Gilmour, Fikayo Tomori and Callum Hudson-Odoi have signed respective new contracts this season.
Tammy Abraham scored 26 goals in 40 games for Aston Villa in all competitions last season as he helped the team secure Premier League promotion at the expense of Derby County managed then by Frank Lampard.
Aston Villa beat Lampard and his Derby team 2-1 in the Championship play-off final to seal promotion to the top flight. Club legend Frank Lampard was named the Chelsea manager some weeks later.
Tammy Abraham has scored 15 goals in all competitions for Chelsea this season and he has been struggling with an ankle injury in recent games.
In other news, there are report that Chelsea might sack Frank Lampard.
EPL: Chelsea Eyeing Summer Swoop For £25m-rated Man United Loanee
Europa League holders Chelsea are said to be plotting a summer swoop on Manchester United for one of their players out of the club on loan.
According to the Daily Mirror, Chelsea are keen on signing £25m-rated Manchester United loanee Dean Henderson in the summer.
Dean Henderson has impressed a great deal during his loan spell at Sheffield United whom he joined from Manchester United at the start of the season.
The 22-year-old shot-stopper had earlier spent one year at Sheffield United on loan as he helped the Blades secure promotion to the Premier League via a second-placed finish in the English Championship last season.
Sheffield United secured his services on loan for another season and he has been immense for the Blades who have been the surprise package of the current Premier League season. The Blades are in the mix for Champions League football.
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They are in sixth position with 43 points and they are just two points off Chelsea in fourth place plus they have the same points with Wolverhampton Wanderers in fifth place.
Chelsea manager Frank Lampard has doubts over Kepa Arrizabalaga who was previously the first choice goalkeeper at the club before the Spanish international was dropped in January in favour of his deputy and 38-year-old Willy Caballero.
Kepa Arrizabalaga's form has been questionable this season despite the fact that he's the most expensive goalkeeper ever as a result of the £71m Chelsea paid to sign him from Athletic Bilbao at the start of the last campaign.
Lampard has identified Dean Henderson as the man to replace Kepa Arrizabalaga at Chelsea if the club is able to sell the Spaniard with former club Atheltic Bilbao interested in him.
Dean Henderson could also return to Manchester United as the number one goalkeeper if current recipient David De Gea leaves the club.
EPL: Defender In Talks With Chelsea Over Summer Transfer
VFL Bochum of Germany defender Armel Bella-Kochap is in talks with Chelsea over a transfer to the West London giants this summer according to the latest media reports in the United Kingdom.
According to Sun Sport, the 18-year-old has emerged as a target for the Blues for this summer and that the club has already contacted his representatives over a possible transfer in the summer.
The player has made 14 appearances for VFL Bochum in the German Bundesliga II this season and he has a contract that does not end until the summer of 2024.
Bochum officials are open to the idea of selling one of their prized assets.
The Paris-born German u-18 player is attracting interest from a lot of clubs on the European football stage.
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The likes of Real Madrid and Barcelona are also on his trail. Wolverhampton Wanderers, Sheffield United, Manchester City and Tottenham the four Premier League sides keen on his signature plus Chelsea thus making it five teams from the top flight of English football alone.
The defender is not expected to slot into first team football at Chelsea if they can pull off a move for him. Chelsea are still expected to make a move for a senior centre back this summer with two candidates mentioned in the Media.
The first candidate is former player Nathan Ake who is the best defender at Bournemouth. With the Cherries facing a bleak future in the Premier League, Chelsea could use that opportunity to re-sign their former player.
Bournemouth are in the relegation zone on goal difference with ten league matches left to play before the current season ends.
Chelsea are also said to be interested in Brighton and Hove Albion captain Lewis Dunk who has been an ever present for the Seagulls since they were promoted to the top flight three seasons ago.
EPL: Man United Target Sancho 'Rejected' Historic Offer Before Quitting Man City Academy
According to the Daily Star, Premier League target Jadon Sancho rejected a very good offer from English champions Manchester City before his transfer to German Bundesliga giants Borussia Dortmund.
Jadon Sancho moved to Borussia Dortmund from Manchester City in the summer of 2017 after the England international turned down an offer of £30,000 on a weekly basis.
The player had to leave Premier League champions Manchester City for Borussia Dortmund in search of regular first-team football.
Manchester City paid around 500,000 pounds for Jadon Sancho when they signed him from Watford at the age of 15. The Citizens were not able to hold on to his services despite their huge financial offer.
Jadon Sancho has grown from a player that hardly played first-team football at Manchester City to a world-beater at Borussia Dortmund.
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The 19-year-old has been a key player for Borussia Dortmund in the last two years and his form has attracted the interest of former club Manchester City as well as other Premier League sides like Manchester United, Liverpool and Chelsea.
Recent reports claimed that Jadon Sancho will cost any team a Premier League record of €140m if he leaves Borussia Dortmund for England this summer.
Manchester United are seen as alight favourites for his signature ahead of the other three interested teams.
Jadon Sancho has scored 31 goals in 88 games for Borussia Dortmund who are still in the mix for the German Bundesliga title and the Champions League title.
He has 14 league goals and 14 assists this season and the winger is expected to be an important player for the England national team ahead of the 2020 European Championships in the summer.
Jadon Sancho has been a regular for Gareth Southgate since he made his debut for the team during an away game at Croatia in the UEFA Nations League in 2018.


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text: Show Hide image Politics 23 May 2013 Sarah Wollaston: Doctor Sharp Eyes An MP David Cameron should find space for in his magic circle. Sign-up If David Cameron wanted an MP able to remove any prejudices that voters might have about "the nasty party", he could not have designed one better than Sarah Wollaston. Softly spoken and unfailingly polite, the former GP displays the kind of warmth and empathy rarely associated with the Tory tribe. But then it is often easy to forget that Wollaston is a Conservative at all. Elected in Totnes in 2010, after becoming Britain's first parliamentary candidate to be selected through a full open primary, she has cited her additional mandate as justification for her sharp criticisms of the government, most recently over its decision to abandon minimum alcohol pricing. "I'm going to keep banging on about this," she tells me when we meet at her office in Westminster. When I ask Wollaston what lies behind Cameron's change of heart, she replies unhesitatingly: "It's lobbying. And to those who think that lobbying doesn't work, well, if it didn't work they wouldn't be doing it." The Tories, she adds, must resist the temptation to "try and compete with Nigel Farage by looking like the party of booze and fags". The abandonment of minimum pricing for alcohol, plain cigarette packaging and a register of lobbyists have all coincided with the arrival of Lynton Crosby as the Tories' campaign manager. Wollaston is troubled by the influence of the man whose company Crosby Textor has lucrative ties to the alcohol and tobacco industries. "For someone giving direct advice at the heart of the government to have such close links with the industry internationally – I think that's something that we should all be aware of," she tells me. Would she like to see Crosby removed? "It's probably not sensible for me to be calling for somebody's removal, because I don't know enough about what else he's doing – he may be having some very positive effects of which I'm not aware," Wollaston replies, laughing in recognition of the lukewarm endorsement. When I quote Crosby's reported advice to Cameron to "scrape the barnacles off the boat" and focus on the "core issues" of the economy, immigration and welfare reform, she rolls her eyes. "Well, I'm sorry. Actually if you look at the Health and Social Care Act, the one area that was left with government was public health. In fact, [Andrew] Lansley at one point wanted to call it the Department of Public Health. So public health is core government business." Back in March, Wollaston warned Cameron that his inner circle looked "too white, male and privileged". After the appointment of two more Old Etonians – Jo Johnson and Jesse Norman – to prominent policy positions, does she feel that the situation has got even worse? "I don't think, genuinely, that anyone minds where any individual person went to school; I really don't think it matters. But, you know, I went to excellent state schools – but I bet you that there are not five people from my two state secondary schools at the heart of government right now." She speaks of "a kind of blindness to how this looks to other people and why it matters to other people . . . It's not just the message, it's the messenger." Shaking her head, she concludes: "This is something that they obviously don't see; they don't see something that, to me, seems pretty obvious." Wollaston is too modest to say so, but if Cameron wants to show that the Conservative Party is more than the political wing of the public school elite, he should find room for her in his magic circle. George Eaton is senior online editor of the New Statesman. Subscribe £1 per month This article first appeared in the 20 May 2013 issue of the New Statesman, The Dream Ticket SUBSCRIBE More


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Which also means they know how to maintain these WW2 beauties. Removing that Rolls-Royce engine is like getting out that BMW V12 from a McLaren F1: Wonderfully complex, but highly satisfying.
Check out how it's done here. Hint: you'll need a tractor.


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Marques Colston's very forward pass was one of the odder endings to a football game, and at first glance, one of the dumbest. But the Saints stayed strangely silent on the question of whether Colston was ad-libbing. Now we know: It was a designed play.
Rather then step out of bounds at the Seattle 37 with seven seconds left and at least one shot at the end zone, Colston fired the ball across the field for an attempted long-distance lateral to streaking RB Travaris Cadet. His pass fell well short and about five yards forward, a weak end to a furious comeback attempt. Immediately after the game, Sean Payton was asked about the play. "We'll look at the tape," Payton said. "Next question."
Why let Colston (who didn't talk to the media on Saturday) twist in the wind for two days? Payton has apparently looked at the tape and come clean—it was a called trick play that didn't work out so well.
"We're probably maybe a play early from it, but with no timeouts, we'd kind of seen something on tape, Marques has got a pretty good arm," Payton said. "You know, hindsight, a play where he could have caught it, stepped out and then maybe a Hail Mary to the end zone.
"But it was a play we had put in a week and a half ago, prior to this game, which was a deep throw to Marques and then across the field to Cadet. So, yeah, he wasn't freelancing."
It's pretty clear in hindsight. You can see Cadet hovering around the line of scrimmage, taking off only after Brees releases the ball. The cross-field lateral is one of the older trick plays in the book, though the Seahawks had this one guarded pretty well: Sitting in a prevent look, Byron Maxwell was waiting for Cadet. But that's only in retrospect, and maybe going for broke with time still on the clock—when Seattle might not have been expecting it—was the right thing to do.
(The weirdest part, when it's all done, is the Saints going to a play that was only installed a week prior. Surely there was some trickeration in the New Orleans playbook that they had, you know, practiced?)
All hypotheticals. Had Brees-to-Colston-to-Cadet worked, we're still coming down from the high of one of the greatest playoff endings ever. It didn't, but at least no one can slam Colston for being boneheaded. Just inaccurate.
Payton, Colston say final play vs. Seattle Seahawks was designed lateral [Times-Picayune]


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Chelation describes a particular way that ions and molecules bind metal ions.[1] According to the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), chelation involves the formation or presence of two or more separate coordinate bonds between a polydentate (multiple bonded) ligand and a single central atom.[2] Usually these ligands are organic compounds, and are called chelants, chelators, chelating agents, or sequestering agents.
Chelate effect
The chelate effect describes the enhanced affinity of chelating ligands for a metal ion compared to the affinity of a collection of similar nonchelating (monodentate) ligands for the same metal.
Consider the two equilibria, in aqueous solution, between the copper(II) ion, Cu2+ and ethylenediamine (en) on the one hand and methylamine, MeNH2 on the other.
- Cu2+ + en [Cu(en)]2+ (1)
- Cu2+ + 2 MeNH2 [Cu(MeNH2)2]2+ (2)
In (1) the bidentate ligand ethylene diamine forms a chelate complex with the copper ion. Chelation results in the formation of a five–membered ring. In (2) the bidentate ligand is replaced by two monodentate methylamine ligands of approximately the same donor power, meaning that the enthalpy of formation of Cu—N bonds is approximately the same in the two reactions. Under conditions of equal copper concentrations and when the concentration of methylamine is twice the concentration of ethylenediamine, the concentration of the complex (1) will be greater than the concentration of the complex (2). The effect increases with the number of chelate rings so the concentration of the EDTA complex, which has six chelate rings, is much much higher than a corresponding complex with two monodentate nitrogen donor ligands and four monodentate carboxylate ligands. Thus, the phenomenon of the chelate effect is a firmly established empirical fact.
The thermodynamic approach to explaining the chelate effect considers the equilibrium constant for the reaction: the larger the equilibrium constant, the higher the concentration of the complex.
- [Cu(en)] =β11[Cu][en]
- [Cu(MeNH2)2]= β12[Cu][MeNH2]2
Electrical charges have been omitted for simplicity of notation. The square brackets indicate concentration, and the subscripts to the stability constants, β, indicate the stoichiometry of the complex. When the analytical concentration of methylamine is twice that of ethylenediamine and the concentration of copper is the same in both reactions, the concentration [Cu(en)] is much higher than the concentration [Cu(MeNH2)2] because β11 >> β12.
An equilibrium constant, K, is related to the standard by
where R is the entropy change.
It has already been posited that the enthalpy term should be approximately the same for the two reactions. Therefore the difference between the two stability constants is due to the entropy term. In equation (1) there are two particles on the left and one on the right, whereas in equation (2) there are three particles on the left and one on the right. This means that less entropy of disorder is lost when the chelate complex is formed than when the complex with monodentate ligands is formed. This is one of the factors contributing to the entropy difference. Other factors include solvation changes and ring formation. Some experimental data to illustrate the effect are shown in the following table.[3]
Equilibrium log β ΔG ΔH /kJ mol−1 −TΔS /kJ mol−1 Cd2+ + 4 MeNH2 Cd(MeNH2)42+ 6.55 -37.4 -57.3 19.9 Cd2+ + 2 en Cd(en)22+ 10.62 -60.67 -56.48 -4.19
These data show that the standard enthalpy changes are indeed approximately equal for the two reactions and that the main reason for the greater stability of the chelate complex is the entropy term, which is much less unfavourable. In general it is difficult to account precisely for thermodynamic values in terms of changes in solution at the molecular level, but it is clear that the chelate effect is predominantly an effect of entropy.
Other explanations, including that of Schwarzenbach,[4] are discussed in Greenwood and Earnshaw (loc.cit).
In nature
Virtually all biochemicals exhibit the ability to dissolve certain metal cations. Thus, proteins, polysaccharides, and polynucleic acids are excellent polydentate ligands for many metal ions. Organic compounds such as the amino acids glutamic acid and histidine, organic diacids such as malate, and polypeptides such as phytochelatin are also typical chelators. In addition to these adventitious chelators, several biomolecules are specifically produced to bind certain metals (see next section).[5][6][7][8]
In biochemistry and microbiology
Virtually all metalloenzymes feature metals that are chelated, usually to peptides or cofactors and prosthetic groups.[8] Such chelating agents include the porphyrin rings in hemoglobin and chlorophyll. Many microbial species produce water-soluble pigments that serve as chelating agents, termed siderophores. For example, species of Pseudomonas are known to secrete pyocyanin and pyoverdin that bind iron. Enterobactin, produced by E. coli, is the strongest chelating agent known.
In geology
In earth science, chemical weathering is attributed to organic chelating agents, e.g. peptides and sugars, that extract metal ions from minerals and rocks.[9] Most metal complexes in the environment and in nature are bound in some form of chelate ring, e.g. with a humic acid or a protein. Thus, metal chelates are relevant to the mobilization of metals in the soil, the uptake and the accumulation of metals into plants and microorganisms. Selective chelation of heavy metals is relevant to bioremediation, e.g. removal of 137Cs from radioactive waste.[10]
Chelators are used in producing nutritional supplements, fertilizers, chemical analysis, as water softeners, commercial products such as shampoos and food preservatives, medicine, heavy metal detox, and industrial applications.
In 2010, the Asia-Pacific region was the largest outlet, generating about 45% of worldwide demand for chelating agents. The region was followed by Western Europe and North America. The global chelating agents market is expected to reach more than 5 million tonnes in 2018.[11]
Nutritional supplements
In the 1960s, scientists developed the concept of chelating a metal ion prior to feeding the element to the animal. They believed that this would create a neutral compound, protecting the mineral from being complexed with insoluble salts within the stomach, which would render the metal unavailable for absorption. Amino acids, being effective metal binders, were chosen as the prospective ligands, and research was conducted on the metal-amino acid combinations. The research supported that the metal-amino acid chelates were able to enhance mineral absorption.
During this period, synthetic chelates were also being developed. An example of such synthetics is ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA). These synthetics applied the same concept of chelation and did create chelated compounds; however, these synthetics were too stable and not nutritionally viable. If the mineral was taken from the EDTA ligand, the ligand could not be used by the body and would be expelled. During the expulsion process the EDTA ligand will randomly chelate and strip another mineral from the body.[12]
According to the Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO), a metal amino acid chelate is defined as the product resulting from the reaction of a metal ion from a soluble metal salt with a mole ratio of one to three (preferably two) moles of amino acids. The average weight of the hydrolyzed amino acids must be approximately 150 and the resulting molecular weight of the chelate must not exceed 800 Da.
Since the early development of these compounds, much more research has been conducted, and has been applied to human nutrition products in a similar manner to the animal nutrition experiments that pioneered the technology. Ferrous bis-glycinate is an example of one of these compounds that has been developed for human nutrition.[13]
Metal chelate compounds are common components of fertilizers to provide micronutrients. These micronutrients (manganese, iron, zinc, copper - are required for the overall health of the plants. Most fertilizers contain phosphate salts that, in the absence of chelating agents, typically convert these metal ions into insoluble solids that are of no nutritional value to the plants. EDTA is the typical chelating agent for this purpose.[14]
Heavy metal detoxification
Chelation therapy is the use of chelating agents to detoxify poisonous metal agents such as mercury, arsenic, and lead by converting them to a chemically inert form that can be excreted without further interaction with the body, and was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 1991. In alternative medicine, chelation is used as a treatment for autism, although this practice is controversial due to its potentially deadly side-effects, the absence of scientific plausibility, and the lack of FDA approval.[15]
Although they can be beneficial in cases of heavy metal poisoning, chelating agents can also be dangerous. Use of disodium EDTA instead of calcium EDTA has resulted in fatalities due to hypocalcemia.[16]
Other medical applications
Chelation in the intestinal tract is a cause of numerous interactions between drugs and metal ions (also known as "minerals" in nutrition). As examples, antibiotic drugs of the tetracycline and quinolone families are chelators of Fe2+, Ca2+ and Mg2+ ions.[17][18]
EDTA is also used in root canal treatment as an intracanal irrigant. EDTA softens the dentin which may improve access to the entire canal length and is utilized as an irrigant to assist in the removal of the smear layer.
Chelate complexes of gadolinium are often used as contrast agents in MRI scans.
Chemical applications
Homogeneous catalysts are often chelated complexes. A typical example is the ruthenium(II) chloride chelated with BINAP (a bidentate phosphine) used in e.g. Noyori asymmetric hydrogenation and asymmetric isomerization. The latter has the practical use of manufacture of synthetic (–)-menthol.
Citric acid is used to soften water in soaps and laundry detergents. A common synthetic chelator is EDTA. Phosphonates are also well-known chelating agents. Chelators are used in water treatment programs and specifically in steam engineering, e.g., boiler water treatment system: Chelant Water Treatment system.
Products such as Bio-Rust and Evapo-Rust are chelating agents sold for the removal of rust from iron and steel.
The ligand forms a chelate complex with the substrate. Chelate complexes are contrasted with coordination complexes composed of monodentate ligands, which form only one bond with the central atom. The word chelation is derived from Greek χηλή, chēlē, meaning "claw"; the ligands lie around the central atom like the claws of a lobster.[19]
|Look up chelate in , the free dictionary.


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two of the fish - the one on the left with the stripy tail and the one on the far right with the turquoise face? The blue hippo and the red lobster would be fab.
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The doggie is made of soft plush. The doggie is 58 cm (22,5 inches) long and 25 cm (10 inches) tall. He is filled with high quality polyfill. Machine washabel and tumble dryable.
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The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth presents Kehinde Wiley: A New Republic, an overview highlighting the range of the artist's prolific 14-year career and comprising approximately 60 works. The exhibition begins with early examples of paintings inspired by Wiley's observations of street life in Harlem; these images of African-American men mark the onset of his focused exploration of the male figure.
The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth presents a new installation of the permanent collection. This re-arrangement consists of treasured favorites, rarely seen works from the vault, and new acquisitions.
Mexico City–based artist Mario García Torres creates cinematic narratives that explore obscure histories and personalities associated with conceptual art of the 1960s and 1970s. He presents his projects in a variety of media, including video, installation, photography, and sculpture, and he often uses antiquated technology, such as 16-mm film and slide projections, to parallel the era he is revisiting. For each work, García Torres researches evidence and myths related to relatively unknown events from the larger, more well-known moments of that specific period in art history.
The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth presents FRAMING DESIRE, an exhibition showcasing over 40 recent acquisitions alongside iconic photographs and videos from the permanent collection. The Museum has acquired key works by Cory Arcangel, Artemio, Larry Clark, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Rineke Dijkstra, Debbie Grossman, Candida Höfer, Misty Keasler, Ragnar Kjartansson, Vera Lutter, Robert Mapplethorpe, Gordon Matta-Clark, Ryan McGinley, Nicholas Nixon, Catherine Opie, Orit Raff, Laurie Simmons, Allison V. Smith, Arne Svenson, Frank Thiel, and Gillian Wearing.
The Modern's second Director's Council FOCUS exhibition for the 2014-2015 season features the work of the Chinese/Japanese collaborative team RongRong&inri.
The Modern's first Director's Council FOCUS exhibition for the 2014–2015 season features the work of New York-based artist Jules de Balincourt. The exhibition presents a selection of key works spanning the past few years of the artist's career alongside new works on view for the first time.
The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth presents URBAN THEATER: NEW YORK ART IN THE 1980s. Vibrant, vital, and discordant, the New York art scene of the 1980s gave rise to some of the contemporary art world's most recognizable features. As the artists who emerged in that decade now set records at auction, the era is ripe to be reexamined. Representing in turns a cool irony, reflections on media culture, consumerism, cartoons, and street art, the work collected here re-creates the tense energy of a grittier New York.
The Modern maintains one of the foremost collections of modern and contemporary international art in the central United States. Various movements, themes, and styles are represented, including Abstract Expressionism, Color Field painting, Pop art, and Minimalism, as well as aspects of New Image Painting from the 1970s and beyond, recent developments in abstraction and figurative sculpture, and contemporary movements in photography, video, and digital imagery.
NOTE: The first-floor galleries will be closed August 4 through August 21.
Conceptual artist Rirkrit Tiravanija (pronounced Rick-rit Tee-rah-vah-nit), born in 1961 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, grew up living between Thailand, Ethiopia, and Canada as the son of a Thai diplomat. His grandmother played an important role in his life. She taught cooking on Thai television and owned a restaurant in Bangkok, where Tiravanija spent time as a youth. This background influenced the artist's work, which often involves cooking in art-related places, such as museums and galleries.
The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth and the Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, present a joint exhibition of the work of artist David Bates on view February 9 through May 11, 2014. The exhibition is a retrospective of Bates's work installed in both locations with an emphasis on painting in Fort Worth and sculpture and works on paper in Dallas. This is the first collaboration between the two museums. The exhibition is organized by Dr. Marla Price, director of the Modern, and Jeremy Strick, director of the Nasher.


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A tubby suburban dad watching hunting and adventure shows on TV and wondering could I do that? This is the chronicle of my adventures as I learn to learn to Forage, Hunt and Fish for food that has lived as I would wish to myself - Wild and Free.
Wednesday, 12 September 2007
Sharpening and Reprofiling
Oh the pain! Whinge-moan. Whinge. Moan. Running club! Battered. Whinge moan.
Delicious fried food danced before my eyes.
Imaginary Elk snorted contemptuously and sauntered away over the great mountain range that separates my homeland from the lands of my dreams.
Have you ever heard an Elk laugh?
Well they did, safe in the knowledge that I'd never get my wheezing butt within rifle range. Bow range? Ha!! They're still laughing now.
The stunning picture is of the appropriately named cardiac range
2 comments:
- Pablo said...
Ha ha. Keep at it. No pain, no gain etc etc.
Did I mention I was an ex-army PTI? I can send you some extra 'homework' if you like... I take that snort as a 'no' then.
- 13 September 2007 at 19:51
- The Suburban Bushwacker said...
What's that sound Pablo? It's like someone clearing their throat in the distance.
Must be a 'far cough'!!
Love you.
- 13 September 2007 at 21:56
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October 25, 2005 • Posted By Shaun Lyon
According to the Serendipity website, toy manufacturer Character Options has announced a new set of Doctor Who figures and toys for release next year. The announcement, made at this week's Brand Licensing Expo, noted that the sets will include the Tenth Doctor in long overcoat (plus sonic screwdriver); Rose and K9; "Intergalactic Warlord", the Sycorax (complete with two weapons); the Lady Cassandra and Moxx of Balhoon; Slitheen action figure, with extendable claws; and the Tenth Doctor and radio-controlled K9 double pack. There will also be a TARDIS console room playset, including "six buttons control ten sound effects, plus chair, hat stand and lift-out access panels in the floor to reveal the TARDIS mechanisms and circuitry." The figures are said to be in the 5" size to tie in with the already released Dalek figure from this year.


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Learn how to set up a user-friendly workstation and practice stretches to help relieve computer-related aches and pains. This workshop is required to qualify for computer ergonomics matching funds. Enroll online through the UC Learning Center.
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Stuffed cheese puffs
Makes 18
Bake a batch of these puffs using all three fillings. One is never enough.
4 tablespoons chilled unsalted butter, cut into ½-inch pieces
½ cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
½ cup all-purpose flour
Dash of cayenne pepper
Dash of salt
24 fillings (select one or use a variety): pimiento-stuffed green Spanish olives, bottled cocktail onions, or dates
Combine the butter, cheese, flour, cayenne pepper, and salt, in a food processor; process until the mixture begins to come together. Remove and shape into a ball.
If using olives or onions, drain them well and pat dry with paper towels. If using dates, cut them in half crosswise and press into balls.
Pinch off about 1 teaspoon of the dough, flatten slightly, wrap around the filling, and roll the ball between your hands. Place on an ungreased or parchment-lined baking sheet. Repeat to form the remaining puffs.
Lightly cover the baking sheet with plastic wrap and refrigerate for about 1 hour.
Preheat the oven to 350° F. Put the chilled baking sheet in the oven and bake the puffs for about 15 minutes, or until lightly browned.
Serve warm or transfer to a wire rack and serve at room temperature.
Advance preparation
The puffs can be rolled up to 1 day in advance; cover and refrigerate. Bake just before serving. The completed puffs can be made up to 2 days in advance; cover and refrigerate. Serve at room temperature or reheat in a 350° F oven for about 5 minutes, or until warmed through.
Paulette Mitchell, a culinary instructor, television personality, spokesperson, freelance food writer, and the award-winning author of 13 cookbooks, is known internationally for her quick-to-prepare recipes with gourmet flair. Paulette's most recently published cookbook is "The Complete 15-Minute Gourmet: Creative Cuisine Made Fast and Fresh." She is also the author of "A Beautiful Bowl of Soup" and "The Spirited Vegetarian," which was voted "Best Book in the World on Cooking with Wine" at the 2005 Gourmand World Media Awards. Paulette says that international travel is her favorite source of culinary inspiration.


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The Top 7 Games we want announced in 2014
New year, new games
The future is NOW, and we want it to be as bright as can be. But when it comes to game reveals, this new year will have to work hard to even come close to 2013. Those 365 days saw the unveiling of the PS4 and Xbox One, along with Titanfall, Destiny, Smash Bros. Wii U/3DS, and dozens more massively hyped games. 2014 will need some big titles to match that, and we know just the games that could get our hearts racing.
This weeks top 7 has us dreaming up the releases that we not only want revealed in 2014, but are also the ones that the industry needs right now. But theres one important ground rule with this list: No Half-Life 3 Episode 3 (and HL3 is even less likely). Were not wasting valuable list space on a game that we all know will never come out--and no Last Guardian either. Our list is filled with games that at least have a remote possibility of happening, such as...
7. Star Fox Wii U
Why we need it in 2014: Because we deserve an honest-to-goodness reboot of the space fighting fox and friends. Not Star Fox Becomes King of the Dinosaurs. Not Starfox On Foot With A Bazooka. Not Star Fox 64 with Different Voice Actors in 3D. We need Fox, Peppy, Falco, and yes, even Slippy back in our lives, better than we remember them. Star Fox Command kinda had that, but it was burdened with gimmicky touch controls. This is the year to get it right.
Who should make it: Nintendo, clearly. Despite our gripes with previous games, theyve yet to truly messed up Star Fox--its just that Nintendo added things that werent the best fit for the series. Strip away all the new and strange mechanics, put the little critters back in their jets, give us Bill and Kat back, and you have yourself a new blockbuster. Of course, wed also be fine with Nintendo handing this big boy over to Platinum Games. Fans have been rumbling about this potential mash-up for a while, and with the developers track record, it might just be the refreshing pair of eyes that this old franchise needs.
6. Next-gen Crash Bandicoot
Why we need it in 2014: Because we know its coming. Well, maybe know is too strong a word, but hints have most definitely been dropped. For instance, this is an image of a brief moment in Sonys PS4 launch trailer. Notice Crashs outline in the background. Notice how its vaguely implying Hey, hes up ahead. We know what youre doing Sony--just spill the beans already.
Who should make it: This is a bit tricky. Thereve been a ton of developers and producers rifling through whats left of poor Crash since he stopped being a Sony exclusive. So who deserves to reboot the marsupial? Naughty Dog created him, but theyre kind of onto other things now. Sony just came out with the nostalgic Knack, which was packed with old-school gameplay, but kind of fell apart. Insomniac just came out with the newest Ratchet and Clank, so maybe they should keep their retro gears spinning. Or maybe a smaller, newer dev should take a chance with Crash. Theres definitely no shortage of developers to choose from should Activision and/or Sony choose to bring him back.
5. Star Wars: Rogue Leader II
Why we need it in 2014: Star Wars games saw a death and rebirth last year. It began with the unfortunate (but anticipated) closure of LucasArts--then EA signed a deal to develop new Star Wars games, beginning with a new Star Wars Battlefront. Youd think thatd cover the need for combat in a galaxy far, far away, but we doubt itll provide the kind of gorgeous, fun space battles that GameCubes Rogue Leader offered back in 2001. Yes, the 'Cube saw a Rogue Squadron III, but what we want is a direct sequel with at least one next-gen trench run through the Death Star.
Who should make it: EA has the current Star Wars rights, so it would seem that legally, the developer should be one of its internal studios. DICE is busy with Battlefront and Visceral has some other game on its plate, so lets go with the Burnout/Need for Speed guys at Criterion. That team has been slowly shrinking over the last year, so crafting X-Wings and TIE Fighters could get its motor running once more. Though as a gesture to fans, perhaps EA could hire one (or more) of the creative leads from the original Rogue Squadron games.
4. thatgamecompanys next journey
Why we need it in 2014: Because its games have only become exponentially more incredible as theyve been released. Flow? Cool. Flower? Oh, this is nice. Journey? Dear god. Whats next?! And thatgamecompany, while being coy about its next project, is definitely working on something. There's a slot for its unannounced game on its website, and the developer is hiring a bunch of new engineers. With the power of the next gen at its fingertips, its only a matter of time before thatgamecompany wows us again.
Who should make it: BioWare. No, thats obviously a joke--thatgamecompany has a flavor all of its own that no one else can touch. However, that flavor may have diminished as some heavy hitters left TGC after Journey was completed: among them being the producer of Journey, one of the lead designers, and the companys then-president. Well just have to wait and see how these absences will affect the next project, and we want to find out before December 31, 2014.
3. Doom 4
Why we need it in 2014: Doom just had its 20th anniversary, which got many older gamers nostalgic for a time when shooting demons with a BFG was all a game needed to be great. But even as the FPS genre thrives, id Software and owner Bethesda have done very little to keep the Doom franchise current. 2014 needs to be the year that the world finally gets to see the never-truly-announced Doom 4 in all its id Tech 5 glory.
Who should make it: But how do you do it without John Carmack? ids tech-wizard boss left the company in 2013 after teasing Doom 4 for years. That leaves the ball in Bethesdas court, and while it could keep the development internal, we think it should look outside to the guys behind Bulletstorm. A joint development between People Can Fly and id could give Doom 4 the creative violence it needs, while keeping the same level of technical savvy. Youd just have to convince the Epic-owned dev to work in ids game engine instead of Unreal 4.
2. A new, 2.5 Metroid
Why we need it in 2014: For the last three years, its felt like Nintendo forgot all about the Metroid franchise--and we wouldnt blame them after the lackluster Other M. That game should've been the triumphant return to Samus Aran's 2D glory, but what the cybernetic bounty hunter needs now is an actual return to form to reestablish her place as gaming royalty. Sure, Nintendo could make another Prime game, but wed rather see the first truly HD Metroid as a spiritual sequel to the SNES classic.
Who should make it: After the poor results from sharing the series with an outside developer, Nintendo should hand back Metroid to its internal studio, Retro. That team made the incredible Prime trilogy, but are now focused on recreating the Donkey Kong Country franchise. That experience with platforming gameplay is great practice for making a new 2.5D game in the style of Super Metroid, but only under the direction of Yoshio Sakamoto, the longtime creative lead of the series. Cmon Nintendo, this is long overdue.
1. Fallout 4
Why we need it in 2014: Look, we all know this one is happening, and its long overdue. Fallout 3 and New Vegas were massive hits, and Bethesda now owns all the rights to the franchise, making Fallout 4 all but inevitable. Rumors have been swirling for some time, with some convincing casting documents popping up recently, and were so in need for a return to the wasteland that we really want them to be true. Honestly, Skyrim was two years ago.
Who should make it: No offense to Obsidian, but when Fallout comes to next-gen, we want it made by Bethesdas Elder Scrolls team. Those guys found a way to modernize the series while staying true to its past, and they need to be the ones that lead us through post-Apocalypse Boston or whatever. Were not sure why they havent announced the game already (open world games arent easy), and were only hoping that the extended delay will mean that Fallout 4 wont be riddled with the countless bugs that Bethesda is infamous for.
Make 2014 great (or else)
Whew, it feels good to get those New Years wishes out in the open. Do you have any games you hope get announced in 2014? Feel free to share in the comments, but, seriously, nobody say Half-Life 3. Its never going to happen.
And if you're looking for more to celebrate, check out 2013's game of the year and our pick for what game you're looking forward to most in 2014.


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Port Dundas 21 Year Old single grain Lowland Scotch whiskey. 1992 vintage single refill hogshead #9452 bottled 2013 by Douglas Laing for the Clan Denny series.
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Port Dundas Distillery was established by Daniel McFarlane in 1811 in the Port Dundas area of Glasgow. The area developed rapidly into an industrial complex which included three distilleries all named Port Dundas. The first was established in 1811, the second in 1813 and the third operated for just a short period during the late 1830s. In 1845 both operating distilleries were producing grain spirit and in that year both installed Coffey stills. In 1877 they amalgamated and by 1885 Port Dundas Distillery had developed into the largest distillery in the world and was processing corn and barley and rye, and importing grain from America. In 1886 the distillery was operating with two malt kilns and five grain kilns, thirty-five washbacks, three Coffey stills and five pot stills. In 2010 port Dundas Distillery closed and demolition began shortly thereafter.


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Well-known for its major role in abolitionism, Cincinnati was home to Harriet Beecher Stowe and a famous stop on the Underground Railroad. This anti-slavery town bordered slavery towns in Kentucky and saw much tension during the Civil War. Today, the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center commemorates the era as a symbol of the past, present, and future struggle for freedom.
Walking among the streets of Clifton Heights or downtown, you can't help but breathe in the mouth-watering smells of hearty Bavarian cooking. Cincinnati's German heritage is alive and well, as evident by the countless restaurants in neighborhoods across the city. Want a more festive German celebration? Cincinnati hosts the world's fourth largest Oktoberfest each year.
While we're on the topic of food, Findlay Market deserves a mention. This home for dozens of food stalls and farmer's market events is Ohio's oldest continuously-operated public market. It is the last market of its kind among the many that once served the citizens of Cincinnati.
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BAYONNE, N.J. (AP) — Highly contagious norovirus was to blame for an outbreak on a cruise ship that sickened nearly 700 in one of the worst such incidents in 20 years, federal health investigators said Friday.
The Royal Caribbean's Explorer of the Seas returned to New Jersey on Wednesday after cutting a 10-day Caribbean voyage short because so many people were ill. It was set to sail again late Friday after having undergone another sanitation procedure.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said 630 passengers and 54 crewmembers were sickened. The ship was carrying 3,050 passengers.
The CDC said it has not yet pinpointed a source for the norovirus. It can be picked up from an infected person, from contaminated food or water, or by touching contaminated surfaces.
Norovirus is a hardy bug and it's possible that one or more passengers were infected before the cruise, came on, and ignited the outbreak by vomiting in a highly trafficked area or punching elevator buttons with feces-contaminated fingers, investigators said.
"It doesn't take a lot to spread this stuff," CDC spokeswoman Bernadette Burden said.
Passengers returning to port Wednesday reported enduring days of vomiting, pain, fatigue and diarrhea.
Royal Caribbean spokeswoman Cynthia Martinez said the CDC did not place any restrictions on the vessel as it prepared to leave dock late Friday on another Caribbean trip.
Passengers were to be asked to consider rescheduling if they had experienced any gastrointestinal symptoms within the last three days, and anyone uncomfortable with taking the cruise was to be offered the opportunity to reschedule.
Passengers will be prevented from serving themselves at buffets to prevent the spread of any illness.
AP Medical Writer Michael Stobbe in Atlanta contributed to this report.


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2020 Joppa Winter Newsletter
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We all have fancy things, but some of us have fancier things than everybody else. This safe is for those people. The new behemoth by Döttling boasts insurance coverage of up to $US1,000,000. And it's even got a built-in humidor for all your cigars! It's like they were reading your mind, right?
Billed as "safest luxury safe in the world," this pinnacle of security is called "the Fortress" and is clearly aimed at a very specific kind of person. A smoker with a lot of fancy watches. The safe comes in several configurations, one of which includes a whopping eight watch winders. And for the cigar connoisseur, there's the Spanish cedar humidor option, complete with electronic humidifying system, hygrometer, and barometer to keep you up-to-date on how them smokes are doing.
Döttling is making The Fortress available in several different security ratings, the highest of which is exclusive this particular safe (read: doesn't actually exist). Clearly this is not for everyone — arguably not for anyone — and as such, only 10 are to be made. And the price? Not listed. If you have to ask, you can't afford it. [Born Rich via Gizmag]


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CARPENTERSVILLE – A Crystal Lake man has filed a civil lawsuit against the village of Carpentersville and its police department, claiming that he was battered and racially mistreated during a traffic stop last year.
Johny Perez, 21, is seeking more than $50,000 in damages in relation to an incident more than a year ago when Officer Alan Webb arrested him for misdemeanor resisting a peace officer and aggravated battery, according to the lawsuit filed in Kane County earlier this month.
The 12-count lawsuit against the city and its police officers alleges that Perez was physically and verbally abused during a traffic stop March 16, 2011, on Route 25. It also states that the village's nonbinding resolution to make English its official language gives police a license to discriminate against Spanish-speaking people.
Perez was pulled over that day by a member of the Carpentersville Police Department for driving 5 mph over the posted speed limit, the lawsuit states. He then was asked to step out of the vehicle to read the speed limit sign and return to the car before Webb and several other officers arrived.
According to the lawsuit, Perez again was asked to exit his vehicle by Webb and was shoved in the chest. Webb punched him twice in the face, kneed him and struck him in the back of the head.
Other officers held Perez while the abuse occurred, his lawsuit states.
The officers also shouted racial slurs and verbally threatened Perez, a U.S. citizen who speaks Spanish and English, the lawsuit states. He suffered bruising on his face and body.
The charges later were dismissed, court records show.
Perez was treated for bruises to his face and body at Centegra Hospital – McHenry, which cost $3,000 in medical bills, according to the lawsuit.
Carpentersville Village Board members approved making English the official language in June 2007. At the time, proponents said it would strengthen the village and save taxpayers' money. Others argued that it would make the village a more difficult place to do business.
Latinos make up more than 44 percent of the village population, according to 2010 Census data.
The lawsuit alleges that resolution "was the product of pervasive racism of the village government, and some village residents against individuals of Mexican descent."
"Police officers were permitted and emboldened by the village's institutional racism to use force against individuals of Mexican descent at a frequency disproportionate to their use of force against other individuals," the lawsuit states.
The counts include civil-rights violations, false arrest and imprisonment, physical abuse, unlawful search and deprivation of liberty, excessive force, civil conspiracy, and assault and battery, among others.
The lawsuit also accuses Webb of lying in the subsequent police report by making it out as though Perez was the aggressor. That includes Perez yelling and bumping Webb, as well as refusing to be handcuffed.
Carpentersville Village Manager Mark Rooney said the village had not been served the lawsuit as of Tuesday afternoon, and could not comment on any litigation.


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2 comments:
- Unknown said...
Um, I see an arch?? McDonalds. hee hee
- May 23, 2010 at 12:16 AM
- julie said...
Of course not, silly! McDonald's arches are yellow! I wonder how much money McDonald's would give St. Louis to paint the Gateway Arch yellow for a few days? Or to establish a location underneath the arch, perhaps with an iconic single-arch McDonald's logo?
- May 23, 2010 at 9:22 PM
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Do you like this song? Do you know any other alphabet songs?
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that very sweet
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lol this song is very funny and helps you learn the alphabet
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the apple is best!!!! so beautiful i love the apple!!! CUTE!!!
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A is apple B is banana and C is cherry I like ABC :) : ) :) :) :) :) :)
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Wow, I didn't notice it!
For transport we have: Airplane, Bicycle and Car!
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I'm trying out the new Jacobi solver, but having a hard time figuring out
the workspace requirements. As a general comment, it would be very
helpful if this routine had the apparatus offered by many others, where
you can give LWORK = -1 and get a response indicating a suitable workspace
But anyway, take a 3x3 input matrix (M = N = 3), and say we want the left or
right singular vectors but not both. By my reading of dgejsv.f, the minimal
LWORK is supposed to be max(2*N+M,7) = 9. But if I give LWORK = 9, my
program aborts with
** On entry to DGEQP3 parameter number 8 had an illegal value
Param 8 is dgeqp3's LWORK, passed by dgejsv; and looking inside
dgejsv, the first such call is
With N = 3 and LWORK = 9 on input, this sends dgeqp3 an LWORK of 6
= 2*N. Yet inside dgeqp3 we find the requirement that LWORK >= 3*N+1.
So the abort is not surprising: dgejsv is making an illegal call to
dgeqp3. It seems to me that dgejsv has to specify a bigger minimal


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Vlado Jasovic necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 80 diseños de 16 diseñadores freelance.
ProTransport - trucking software is created by eXceLLe Technologies, 21st century company that's aiming to create most advanced, ultra functional, easy to use and modern-looking software for transportation companies.
Trucking companies.
Need overall logo redesign for ProTransport, eXceLLe Technologies' flagship product.
We have used attached angular stock icon for 5 years and would like to have custom-made logo so that it even better describes the market that ProTransport is designed for (over-the-road semi-truck companies).
We like the way current logo looks, it's just that we feel it would be better if it looks more similar to semi-truck from the second attached picture.
Please take a look at current icon for design guide-lines but feel free to experiment. We would like to see modern and web 2.0-ish looking logo to use on software itself, printed material, web-site, etc.
I have also attached picture of semi-truck for reference which is how new truck in the logo should look-alike. Trailer must be included.
Isometric view is preferred but not required so again, feel free to suggest better idea, we will look and consider all designs.
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Joey Logano's car fails Dover Nationwide postrace inspection
DOVER, Del.—Joey Logano celebrated a victory Saturday—his fourth consecutive triumph in the NASCAR Nationwide Series at Dover International Speedway—but his win was slightly tainted by the front of his Penske Racing car being too low in postrace inspection.
NASCAR typically issues a six-point penalty for such a violation and does not change the finishing order. Only under extreme circumstances does it strip a win from a driver for what would need to be a much more egregious technical violations.
With Logano not earning points in the Nationwide Series, any penalty would not impact the drivers championship.
It would impact the owners points race, where the Penske Racing No. 22 team (which has earned 11 wins this year with Logano, Brad Keselowski, AJ Allmendinger and Ryan Blaney) has a 34-point lead in the Joe Gibbs Racing No. 54 team. A six-point penalty would cut that to 28 points with five races left in the Nationwide season.
Logano led 106 laps on his way to the win Saturday.


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In not so shocking news, US Weekly is now confirming that Jon & Kate Plus 8 dad Jon Gosselin did indeed cheat on his wife Kate, with the same 23 year old he was photographed with last week.
The 23 year old is third grade school teacher Deanna Hummel. Deanna came out recently denying all allegation affairs but her brother and roomate tells US a very different story. Jason Hummel says Jon as always at their home locked up in a room with his sister, and even claims to have heard them having sex on several occasions. Wonder how much money this guy received to sell out his own sister?
He states, "A lot of the time, it was pretty, um, gross listening to her, you know, um — how do I say this? The walls are thin. Let's just say that. I mean, no one wants to hear his sister having sex, let alone with a married dude who's, like, almost twice her age and who has eight kids and a maybe-crazy wife. Ick. Nast."
Jason claims he is coming forward with this story to help "protect his naive sister," right Jason. US also claims to have gotten confirmation from other relatives that Jon cheated on Kate. While Kate is a major pain to Jon most of the time on the show, it is doesn't give him permission to have an affair. You either try to make it work, or go your separate ways. Kate has yet to comment on any of these cheating stories.


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Secretary of State Services > Apostille or Authentication
On behalf of the Secretary of State, the Vermont State Archives & Records Administration issues both apostille and authentication certificates for Vermont notarized documents and Vermont certified public records (provided that we have the signature of the respective Vermont notary public or Vermont public official on file). The determination of which certificate is issued is based on the country in which the document will be legalized for use.
The fee for an Apostille or authentication certificate is $10.00 per document, payable to the Vermont Secretary of State. Those needing an Apostille or authentication certificate may visit the Vermont State Archives & Records Administration in person in Middlesex, Vermont or submit a request by mail. A prepaid air bill is required if documents are to be returned via special means such as Federal Express or any other courier service. Unless otherwise instructed, documents are mailed back via first-class mail.
In 1981, the United States formally entered the Hague Convention on Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Documents. Today Vermont notarized documents and Vermont certified public records are admissible in member states and countries after the Secretary of State verifies the signature of the notary and attaches an Apostille. A current status listing of member states and countries is available at: http://www.hcch.net/index_en.php?act=conventions.status&cid=41.
Countries that are not members of the Hague Convention require a more traditional form of legalization called an "Authentication." The purpose of the certification mirrors the purpose of the Apostille but requires one further step of authentication where the Apostille does not. After the Secretary of State verifies the signature of the notary and attaches a certificate of authentication. the document must then be forwarded to the Office of Authentication, U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. In this final step, the signature of the Vermont Secretary of State is verified.
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Medical School's Burkle Selected by Institute of MedicineUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
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The prestigious Institute of Medicine (IOM) has announced the selection of Frederick M. Burkle, Jr., M.D., to its active membership, as one of only 65 new members.
In 2000, Dr. Burkle retired from the John A. Burns School of Medicine as Professor and Chair of the Division of Emergency Medicine in the Department of Surgery and Professor of Pediatrics and Public Health. He still holds a Clinical Professorship in the Department of Surgery and Adjunct Professorship in Tropical Medicine.
Being elected to the IOM is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of medicine.
"Members are elected through a highly selective process that recognizes people who have made major contributions to the advancement of the medical sciences, health care, and public health," said IOM President Harvey V. Fineberg.
Established in 1970 by the National Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Medicine has become recognized as a national resource for independent, scientifically informed analysis and recommendations on human health issues.
With their election, members make a commitment to devote a significant amount of volunteer time as members of IOM committees, which engage in a broad range of studies on health policy issues.
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The first question consumers should ask themselves before purchasing home rowing machines is whether or not they will actually use them. Many health-conscious individuals and families find that having this essential piece of fitness equipment in their homes helps to motivate them and makes it easier to keep up with home fitness routines as compared to having to leave home to head to the gym. Chances are if they choose the right model, readers will be equally happy with their new purchases.
Space Concerns
Once consumers have committed to purchasing a new piece of fitness equipment, they should evaluate how much space they actually have to accommodate it. Typical rowing machines have similar footprints to those of small sofas, but different models take up different amounts of space. Hydraulic-piston machines are usually smaller in size, while water and air resistance machines take up a larger footprint.
Determining a Budget
It's never a good idea to choose any piece of specialized fitness equipment based on price alone, but it is important to determine a budget and stick with it. Generally speaking, though, there's a reason for higher prices on some machines than others. These machines are often easier to use, have more user-friendly features, and will last longer than their cheaply produced counterparts.
Determining Use
If more than one person will be using the machine, it's important to buy one that has varying resistance strength. Different rowing machines have different height and weight capacities as well, which is important to consider when more than one person will be using it. Some more advanced machines also allow users to store different profiles, including workouts and programs, which can be helpful.
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The best way to find out if a rowing machine will actually live up to its manufacturer's claims is to find out what other fitness experts have to say about it. Look for reviews that offer information about pricing and machine footprints as well as useful features and user-friendliness. If consumers have complaints about the machines, take them seriously and find out whether they have any suggestions for other rowing machines that were better suited to meet their needs as well.


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