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Ovenbaked Tradition Senior Chicken Recipe
Date of last review
Sat July 18, 2009
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Feeding guideline:
A 50lb dog should be fed 2 - 2.5 cups
Calorie Content
Calculated Metabolizable energy 3180 kcal/kg
360 kcal/cup
Chicken, ocean whitefish, ground brown rice, ground dehulled oats, ground rye, ground pearled barley, menhaden fishmeal, pea fiber, ground whole flaxseed, inulin, herring oil, chicken fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols and rosemary extract), dicalcium phosphate, yucca schidigera extract, garlic, lecithin, mixed tocopherols and rosemary extract, choline chloride, glucosamine hydrochloride, chondroitin sulphate, green tea extract, dried kelp, parsley, fresh whole blueberries, fresh whole sweet potatoes, fresh whole carrots, fresh whole apples, fresh spinach, lactobacillus acidophilus, lactobacillus lactis, and lactobacillus casei, vitamins and minerals (sodium bentonite, zinc proteinate, iron proteinate, mineral oil, vitamin E acetate, copper proteinate, manganous proteinate, B12 vitamin, niacin, sodium selenite, calcium D-pantothenate, folic acid, vitamin A acetate, riboflavin, calcium iodate, thiamine mononitrate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, vitamin D3 ), natural flavor. (This product may contain trace amounts of peanuts)
Guaranteed analysis
Crude protein Min. 20.0%
Crude fat Min. 8.0%
Crude fiber Max. 3.5%
Moisture Max. 10.0%
Calcium Min. 1.0%
Phophorus Min. 0.9%
Potassium Min. 1.0%
Sodium Min. 0.4%
Omega-6 Min. 1.85%
Omega-3 Min. 0.80%
Glucosamine Min. 600 mg/kg
Chondroitin sulfate Min. 500 mg/kg
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First two ingredients are named meat products
Insufficient meat content
The first two ingredients in this food are named meat products. These are not meal, but rather inclusive of water content. Once that is removed, as it must be to create a dehydrated product, the ingredients will weigh only around 20% of their wet weight. It is thus questionable that these are the true first ingredients in the food (ingredients are listed in order of weight) and might be more accurately placed much further down the ingredient list. There is a further meat (fish) ingredient seventh on the ingredient list, which is in meal form - but this is too far down the ingredient list to be relied upon as providing any significant meat content to the food. This is a fish meal, but we find no sign of a guarantee on packaging or the manufacturer website that this ingredient has been purchased free of ethoxyquin (ethoxyquin is a chemical preservative commonly added to ocean fish products destined for meal, but that is banned or heavily regulated in human food products due to the belief that it is carcinogenic).
The major ingredients in the food are likely to be grains, which are the 3rd - 6th ingredients. Rice, oats, rye and barley are all decent quality grains, but are still grains and not a natural foodstuff for a canine. Dog food products should be based primarily on meat rather than grain.
Flaxseed is a good source of omega EFAs, but pea fiber is filler. The food contains fruits and vegetables in very small amounts (less than the amount of salt or vit E supplement, for example). There is a decent range of probiotics.
Overall, this product appears to use generally good quality ingredients, but we are not convinced that the meat content is adequate. Users might consider supplementing this diet with real meat.
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F213 - PMC Carrier Board for 1 Mezzanine Card
3U CompactPCI
The F213 is a rugged single Eurocard CompactPCI carrier board supporting the PMC mezzanine standard or, as an option, the Mini PCI card standard.
Main Features
Technical Data
Mezzanine Slots
- One PMC slot
- 32-bit, 33MHz or 66MHz
- Or one Mini PCI card slot
- Type III (A and B)
- 32-bit/33MHz
CompactPCI Bus
- Compliance with CompactPCI Core Specification PICMG 2.0 R3.0
- Peripheral slot
- 32-bit/33-MHz PCI-to-PCI adapter
- V(I/O): +3.3V (or +5V adjustable via CompactPCI key)
Electrical Specifications
- Supply voltage/power consumption:
- +5V (±3% typ.), depending on mezzanine
- +3.3V (±3% typ.)
- +12V (-5%/+5%) for PMC
- -12V (-5%/+5%) for PMC
- MTBF: 4,888,478h @ 40°C according to IEC/TR 62380 (RDF 2000)
Mechanical Specifications
- Dimensions: conforming to CompactPCI specification for 3U boards
- Front panel: 4HP with ejector
- Weight: 124g (without PMC or Mini PCI card)
Environmental Specifications
- Temperature range (operation):
- Airflow: depending on mezzanine
- Temperature range (storage): -40..+85°C
- Relative humidity (operation): max. 95% non-condensing
- Relative humidity (storage): max. 95% non-condensing
- Altitude: -300m to + 3,000m
- Shock: according to EN 50155; EN61373 category 1;class B
- Bump: 10g/16ms
- Vibration (sinusoidal): 2g/10..150Hz
PCB manufactured with a flammability rating of 94V-0 by UL recognized manufacturers
Tested according to EN55011 Class A, EN50121-3-2 (radio disturbance); EN 50155, EN50121-3-2, EN61000-4-2 (ESD); EN 50121-3-2, EN 61000-4-5 (surge), EN 50155, EN50121-3-2, EN61000-4-4 (burst)
Mezzanine Slots
- 32-bit/33MHz or 66MHz PMC slot
- Mini PCI card slot
Cooling Concept
Also available with conduction cooling in MEN CCA frame
Some of these options may only be available for large volumes.
Please ask our sales staff for more information.
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Standard F213 Models
PMC carrier board, -40..+85°C qualified (carrier only)
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Kei Nishikori Hunts for Scalps at French Open
Japan's Kei Nishikori has been on a tear this season. Entering the year ranked World No. 21, the 24-year-old fought Rafael Nadal to two tie-breaks in a tight Australian Open match, then defended his title at the U.S. National Indoors championship in Memphis in February. Moving to the Miami Sony Open a month later, Nishikori dispatched Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria, then knocked out fourth-seeded Spaniard David Ferrer. The day after, the Japanese handed 17-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer a stunning upset. He is now only the third player – along with Nadal and Britain's Andy Murray – to have played Federer at least three times and maintained a winning record.


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I bought a new external hard drive to use with Time Machine: The Western Digital "My Passport for Mac" 1TB USB 3.0 Hard Disk Drive. This is the second hard drive Time Machine uses, the first one being my previous external disk. Therefore upon mounting my new disk, I did not receive the dialog box asking if I wanted Time Machine to make backups to this external disk (I believe you only get that dialog box if you haven't set up Time Machine before).
The icon for this new drive, both on the desktop and in the finder windows and sidebar, is the generic orange USB device. How do I get it to look like the hard drives seen in Time Machine preferences? I'm talking about the greenish-blue hard drive icon with the counter-clockwise arrow on it.
I thought when you set up a disk with Time Machine, it automatically changes its icon. Am I wrong about that?
[My first backup disk didn't have a traditional icon—it was a Toshiba disk and it came with its own red-and-black design, so I thought that overrode the Time Machine icon.]
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Funny, used to always boil water, iodine, then got a pump and replaced with another pump, and got turned on to this by a Triple Crowner. Been using for the last ten years and no problems, which I consider not just luck. Buy a new set each year. Makes a lot of potable water for its size. I wish we had this product when I was in the army, often had to drink some really nasty stuff in the jungles, we were issued iodine tabs back then and I've seen several really sick troops after a few weeks in the… Full review
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"I choose a lazy person to do a hard job. Because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it." Aquamira drops have been my go-to for water treatment for a few years now. I've used a Katadyn Basecamp gravity filter, which worked well until it just stopped one day. Pretty big and heavy in retrospect anyway. I've also used a gravity filter that I rigged up with a Platypus Big-Zip and a Sawyer Mini that worked brilliantly until it just stopped working one day no matter how hard I back-flushed… Full review
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I just got back from a 4-day backpacking trip with a new cycling friend who brought this product call Aquamira. It's two small bottles of liquids that when mixed together in about 7 drops each makes a tasteless way to purify water in the back country. I just looked it up online at: http://www.aquamira.com/products/aquamira-water-treatment-drops/ Comes in two small bottle weighing just around an ounce. Mixes in the white cap of Part B above, turns yellow after a 5 minute wait, then added to water… Full review
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Great for lightweight with no taste. I started using the pump filters and after many years went looking for something lighter and went to the Steripen which is great. That however you have to rely on batteries. Then it was the tablets for the absolute lightest thing out there, but ugh the taste was awful and you had a 30 minute wait time. Then I found these drops and several of my hiking friends now use them. I carry 3-4 little pre-made (that morning) capsules that are ready to drop into my coke… Full review
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Light, easy to use, safe for long term use. Safe for long term use. Easy to use; one tablet per litre, let sit for 30 minutes. No aftertaste but sometimes a bit of odor when you first open the water bottle. Approved and used by: NATO, WHO, Unicef, International Red Cross, Medecins Sans Frontieres, and Oxfam. Full review
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Saturday, October 02, 2010
My Free Range Mom Moment
So, last night I had a "Free Range Kid Moment". Jim was planning on taking the boys to a family friend's house for a camp fire. Evan asked if he could ride his bike. The friend lives about a mile away. 90% of that mile is a medium busy street (though partway down it does have a sidewalk). For a brief second I was about to say no. Then my Free Range Parenting skills kicked in and I said he could do it. He is ten. When I was ten I rode all over town on my bike with no helmet and the only expectation was that I'd be home when the street lights came on! So, with his helmet on, I sent him on his way. I also told him that he had to call me when he got there, to which Jim asked, "should we send the cell with him?" I told Jim that Evan wouldn't need the cell. He could use the house phone at the friend's house just like we did! :)
I encourage you to read the blog Free Range Kids and think about how you can loosen the apron strings a little and let your kids have some freedom today!
3 comments:
- Rebecca said...
at the risk of appearing to be a stalker, I will be the first commenter because I saw your new post up since your blog suddenly popped from the *bottom* of my sidebar to the *top*!!
Yay for you! I smiled over so many things in this post...including that your kiddos are wearing helmets, and also that I practiced my free-range parenting skills last night by letting my 15 year old go to a high school football game with a GIRL!
And what a great time we had when he got home and hung out with his dad and me for over an hour while we heard about how he *held her hand*! Wow...way TMI, but I feel safe, because who that could possibly make him feel exposed will follow from my blog to your blog to my comment? Right? (Hi, Pam!)
- Tooz said...
Great, Tara! I'm glad you're letting him do that. When Everett wasn't much older, he was riding his bike all over our county. One day he and I took a car ride to see how far he had gone, and I had no idea he had been that far from the house. It's a miracle he survived, as well as us! But we did, and Evan will, too.
It ought to be pointed out that Scam doesn't have a "house phone"... Evan called us on Scam's cell. LOL.


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Celline Collaud from Switzerland and Alberto Rondina from Italy performed best after five successful events throughout the most beautiful beaches in Europe.
Congratulations for taking the first European Championship Titles !
76 riders from 11 nations were attending the final stage of the Kitesurf Tour Europe in Swinoujscie. "It was a great pleasure to host the series for the first time and it will be not the last" , Wojciech Gagorowski CEO of Event Factory S.C. said right after the ceremony.
For the final stage at the long white sandy beach of Swinoujscie the following riders reached the podium:
Italy's Alberto Rondina kept his winning streak for the year with a win at this final stop ahead of German Champion Mario Rodwald. Fellow German Stefan Permien finished in third followed by Christophe Tack (18 years old) from Belgium in fourth and Polish rider Marek Rowinski from Kozobrzeg in the south of Poland in fifth.
The difficult conditions with partly offshore and gusty winds obviously favoured the polish female Freestylers. The first three places are from Poland! Warszaw resident Joanna Asia Litwin beat internationally most experienced Polish rider Ania Grzelinska from Wrozlaw who just celebrated her 23rd birthday on Thursday in a close final. Michalina Laskowska from Weadyseawowo kicked out Johara Sykes-Davies from the UK to finish third. So Swinoujscie became a triumph for the Polish ladies.
In Racing Bruno Sroka from France dominated against Bjoern Rune Jensen who had been close on his heals for the year's rankings. Kathrin Borgwardt took the majority of the wins for the ladies taking the win for the final event.
Here are the results in brief – more please find here
Men's European Freestyle Overall 2010
1. Alberto Rondina (Italy)
2. Mario Rodwald (Germany)
3. Stefan Permien (Germany)
Women's European Freestyle Overall 2010
1. Celine Collaud (Switzerland)
2. Johara Sykes-Davies (UK)
3. Nicky Rudd (UK)
Men's European Racing Overall 2010
1. Bruno Sroka (France)
2. Bjoern Rune Jensen (Denmark)
3. Rolf van der Vlugt (Netherlands)
Women's European Racing Overall 2010
1. Katja Roose (Netherlands)
2. Kathrin Borgwardt (Germany)
3. Caroline Adrien (France)
The Kitesurf Tour Europe in 2010 was hosted in Austria, the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland and Poland and distributed a total Price Money of 60.000€. 152 riders from 17 nations participated in the fivecompetitions held in all kind of challenging conditions.
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The organisers of the MCE Ulster Grand Prix have confirmed that Guy Martin will not compete at Dundrod next month.
It had been hoped the Lincolnshire rider would return to the event for the first time since 2015 with the Honda Racing team, but a statement issued by the club on Friday morning said Martin will be a non-starter.
Clerk of the Course at the MCE UGP, Noel Johnston said: "Naturally I'm disappointed to have the news confirmed by Honda that Guy won't race at Dundrod next month, but it's not altogether surprising given the difficulties the team has experienced throughout the season.
"I had hoped for a different outcome as Guy is obviously a big fan favourite, and he's never made any secret in the past of his love for the circuit, which after all is the international where he's had the most success over the years.
"I'm sure the decision hasn't been taken lightly by him or the team and I wish Guy well, whatever the next step in his career may be.
"Putting this news aside, I'm very happy with the strength of this year's entry. We've seen some incredible performances this season from the likes of Peter Hickman, Michael Dunlop and Dean Harrison in particular, and I've no doubt they will bring the same spectacular form to Dundrod," he added.
"Everyone will be there trying to end their season on a high, and the field is wide open; I think we could see a few dark horses in the mix and ready to make their mark at the world's fastest road race."
After pulling out of the Senior TT in June, Martin delivered a scathing assessment of his Island return with Honda in the post TT-Zero race press conference.
The 35-year-old, who finished second behind his Mugen team-mate Bruce Anstey in the electric race, was announced as 23-time TT winner John McGuinness's team-mate by Honda in January.
Morecambe star McGuinness was ruled out of the TT after a crash in qualifying at the North West 200. He later said he felt his new SP2 Superbike didn't slow when he rolled the throttle on the approach to Primrose Corner, where the crash occurred. McGuinness suffered a compound fracture of his lower right leg, ruling him out of the rest of the season.
Honda withdrew from the Superbike and Superstock races at the North West on safety grounds, unable to rule out a technical issue with the CBR1000RR.
A test was held at Castle Combe prior to the TT and the team switched to the Motec electronics system run by Honda's BSB riders, ditching the kit system.
However, disaster was narrowly averted when Martin was fortunate to escape serious injury in a massive crash at the fast fourth-gear Doran's Bend on the opening lap of the RST Superbike race.
A false neutral was declared the cause of the incident and a visibly shocked Martin had the demeanour of a man who knew the outcome could have been very different.
While Honda put a brave face on things, Martin was less keen to toe the party line.
Rumours began to circulate over whether or not he would ride the Honda in the blue riband Senior TT and in a dramatic announcement on the morning of the race, the news came through that Martin had decided to pull out.
The official team statement declared a lack of set-up time as the reason for the withdrawal.
Following the TT Zero race, Martin's misgivings over the new Honda in its current guise were all too plain to see.
"We've had a bit of an – well I don't know what the right word is, I don't want to get my ear chewed. But we've had a bit of an interesting week," Martin said at the time.
"With what has gone on this week, I'm sick to the back teeth with it to be honest. The only good thing I can drag out of it is the whole Mugen thing. I ask myself why am I doing it and then I say, 'well I'm on a Mugen', and that's a good reason for doing it.
"If I get the chance to come back on the Mugen then yeah, but for owt else then I think I need to have a bit of a rethink.
"The TT's great, but you can never forget that it is only a motorbike race."
Asked if he had committed to the Southern 100, Martin said: "I need to twist George's [Peach, Race Secretary] arm and see if he'll let me enter my turbo bike!"
Pressed on whether he would ride the Honda SP2, Martin added: "Oh come on, you're getting political now! Hopefully we'll be out on the Honda – if not then we'll take something out of the shed."
It was a high-risk strategy by Honda to sign such an ungovernable non-conformist as Martin and the trade off for unparalleled publicity has backfired spectacularly.
Martin did not appear at the Southern 100 and now that he won't be on the grid at the Ulster Grand Prix, it could well be the end of the road for motorcycle road racing's biggest star and his association with Honda.


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We're back with another good tutorial for "Back to Design School" month, and this time we're with Santosh Kashyap from TutorialBunch.com, and his tutorial on drawing a paint brush. It's interesting because of some of the techniques you'll be happy you learned.
Santosh writes:
Hi Friends -- I have a very interesting tutorial -- creating a paint brush using Adobe Photoshop -- and you learn how to draw a beautiful paint brush. I have described the process step by step to learn and make it easily. You will learn more about layer style, Gradient and Pen Tool because these tools play an important part in this creation. I sure hope you like and enjoy this free tutorial.
Start with a new layer by go to Fine menu > New, set any size as you required. Select Pen Tool (P key) and make a shape of the paint brush handle by some anchor point with selected "bb9d77" foreground color.
In this step I am going to apply wood effect, take a new layer and fill "bb9d77" color and apply noise filter by following this path (Filter menu > Noise > Add Noise) then set Amount "28.33". After applyig the noise filter, apply a motion blur on same layer by following this path (Filter menu > Blur > Motion Blur) and make settings as seen above, right.
Still selected layer, go to blend mode and change "Normal" to " Overlay", above.
The wood effect is completed.
Now apply bevel effect on the handle, follow this path (Layer menu > Layer style > Bevel and Emboss) a Window come on the screen and adjust all these settings as given at right.
After applied bevel style on the handle, follow this path (Layer menu > Layer Style > Stroke) and make same settings with changed color as here.
The brush's handle should be same.
NEXT: Use Photoshop's filters for the metalic steel ferrule
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I'm not a menswear expert. A menswear aficionado, yes. But an expert? No sir. I've asked Alex Yakovleff, one of my favorite stylish guys in Portland and blogger behind A Fistful of Style, to weigh in on what the heck guys should wear on New Years. He dipped into his closet to put together three looks that will be easy for any man to replicate.
Look One: A Maine New Year
If you're anything like me you have some friends throwing their shindig around a bonfire in their backyard or some similarly casual affair. No need to wear a tux. Dress up jeans and a fisherman's sweater with a navy blazer and black suede shoes. Taking a cue from black-tie, the dark jeans and navy jacket contrast with the cream sweater and white shirt. This keeps the look classy, but also rugged. Perfect for a bonfire on a cold New Year's Eve in Maine.
Jacket – Vtg. Stanley Blacker, Sweater – Vtg. Scotch House, Shirt – LLBean, Jeans – Penguin (Munsingwear), Shoes – Cole Haan, Pocket Square – Target
Look Two: Live-Blogging Your New Year
Most guys around this time break out their wedding and funeral suit, usually a black, boxy number with three high buttoning buttons. Ditch it. Take a cue from the new crop of menswear bloggers and stand out from a sea of navy and charcoal with a light gray double-breasted suit. Get it in a slim modern (or in this case, vintage) cut, pair it with a black knit tie and white French cuff shirt and you've got a great look for ringing in the new year while posting pictures from your smartphone of how much fun you're having.
Suit – Vtg. Benoits, Shirt – Neiman Marcus, Tie – Vtg. Brooks Bros, Cufflinks – Vtg., Shoes – N.E.W.S., Pocket Square – Vtg.
Look Three: The Black Tie Veteran
It's called "black tie" for a reason. You know. You're a veteran. You still wear a dinner jacket to dinner. You have a midnight blue tuxedo because you know it looks blacker than black under artificial lights. You have a set of vintage mother-of-pearl tux studs and cuff-links because they're just a little classier than black ones. You have a pair of wholecut oxfords because they're the most appropriate thing besides opera pumps. But most importantly you know that "black tie" under the right circumstances can be "black watch tie" and still be right.
Tuxedo – Vtg., Shirt – Vtg. Arrow, Tux Studs/Cufflinks/Pocket Square – Vtg., Bow Tie/Cummerbund (Set) – Vtg. Brooks Bros., Shoes – Sebago
Thanks Alex! And don't forget to check out his blog, A Fistful of Style, as a constant source of menswear inspiration.


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Mr. Vague: "I don't know. The bad kind, I guess."
A Blog detailing the insanity of my medical practice and the stupidity of everyday life.
Makes sense.
ponder. there are good and bad forms of diseases. a painless vascular death during sleep might be a good one.
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Name the good kind please.
I'll keep my fingers crossed that if I ever get it, I get the good kind.
No, not the bad kind, the lethal kind.
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In this webinar you will learn how to design and implement a PID controller when a plant model is not available. Through a DC motor control example, you will learn how to:
The webinar will specifically highlight the new Run on Target Hardware (RoTH) capability in Simulink in release R2012a that lets you run Simulink models directly on Arduino prototyping boards. The webinar will show how you can use this capability to easily collect input-output data using the Arduino board, and run the controller designed in Simulink on the Arduino board in real time.
About the Presenter: Pravallika Vinnakota is an Application Support Engineer with MathWorks. She has extensive experience with MATLAB and Simulink. Pravallika holds M.S. in Electrical Engineering with a major in Control Systems from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
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The term "Special Edition" or "Limited Edition" was ruined long ago but car dealerships putting stripes and a free CD player into a car and trying to con the public into thinking they were getting a great deal. Even when a manufacturer claims a limited edition, it usually indicates there will "only" be 5000 cars or something. But imagine owning a sports car that's one of three built? Obviously, there are very few people who can claim that privilege.
Ryan Li from Fort Worth, TX happens to be one of the lucky souls with the rarest of the rare. His Isotope Green Lotus Exige S 260 is indeed one of only three examples finished in this eye-popping color, and one of in the US - the other is apparently in Canada...
Lotus built just 30 of the supercharged Lotus Exige S Final Edition in 2011 exclusively for the North American market. The name is derived from the limited availability of the Toyota 2ZZ 1.8-liter four-cylinder aluminum engine that would no longer be available on US soil again. After that, the Exige S would get the 345hp 3.5L V6.
Ryan stumbled across an ad for the Lotus Exige S sports car when the original owner put it up for sale. He'd previously owned several Minis but had graduated to an Exige and was aware of this car's scarcity. So he parted with his '05 Saffron Yellow model to buy it. "I wanted an Evora because it would have been easier for me to get into," he explained while cleaning bugs off his car for the photo shoot.
The insects are the result of regular excursions at several nearby racetracks, and it's also his daily driver. And with it weighing about 2000 lb, boasting 300hp, 0-60 in 3.7sec and a 12.3sec quarter-mile, who can blame him? "It's a real thrill to fling this lightweight sports car around the track," he told us while detailing the engine. "And it's even a blast to drive downtown."
Ryan had owned the car six month and already added plenty of performance parts. The stock 257hp Toyota 2ZZ engine, for example, has a smaller 3.1" supercharger pulley from Pulley Boys that increased boost pressure by 2psi. When used with new software and other mods, the Toyota engine is claimed to exceed 300hp. "The best performance increase came from Lotus software specialists Kold-Fire. Their ECU tune for the 2ZZ added 25hp and 10 lb-ft, and in such a light car it made a big difference," Ryan said.
The "other mods" included a bar-n-plate intercooler and aluminum tubing from Lotus parts specialist, Really Light Stuff (RLS). It's mounted on the top of the Toyota 2ZZ engine and is purple, so you can't miss it!
There's also an RLS carbon fiber shroud and carbon fiber heat shield to protect against heat from the PPE Engineering Race Headers with test pipe, plus several cosmetic parts fitted under the hood.
Exterior modifications are scant but effective. According to the car's owner, the Synthetic Designs' stripe always gets attention. After all, you can't have a track car without a racing stripe!
Follow the stripe to the rear bumper and you'll find the imposing aluminum Difflow Diffuser. Manufactured by a Montana company specializing in Lotus diffusers, Ryan opted for their popular "5 Element Railer Jr" diffuser that looks impressive and helps high-speed stability. You've also got to suspect it intimidates anybody following the Exige on the track!
Wanting it to match the exterior, he fitted Composite Worx SP-1 seats inside the car. Made from carbon fiber and Kevlar, the center panels were finished in grey suede with green stitching. And that's not all... For such a minimalist car he managed to jazz it up with RLS carbon fiber door panels, door pulls, sill pieces and center console. Not only do they look great but removed even more weight from the lean machine.
"It's a show stopper," Ryan exclaimed. He then showed us a trophy he'd won at last year's All British & European Car Day, which was held at White Rock Lake in Dallas. The Lotus Exige S was awarded "Best of Show, Modern", beating some very exotic vehicles. So while people have been paying millions at auction for a one-off car or a limited edition, Ryan admits that owning such a rare sports car makes him feel like a million dollars.
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2011 Lotus Exige S 260 Final Edition
Owner: Ryan Li
Location: Fort Worth, TX
Toyota 2ZZ 1.8-liter four-cylinder with Kold-Fire ECU tune, Really Light Stuff intercooler, intercooler, aluminum tubing and carbon fiber shroud, carbon fiber heat shield, Pulley Boys 3.1" supercharger pulley, PPE Engineering Racing headers and test pipe, BOE exhaust and catch can, BWR fuel surge tank, Moroso baffled oil pan
stock six-speed manual transmission with Launch Control and Torsen LSD
stock Lotus "Track Pack" with double-adjustable Ohlins dampers
Wheels & Tires:
16x7" f, 17x8" r forged Lotus wheels, 205/45 ZR16 f, 245/40 ZR17 r Yokohama A048R tires
Diffuser 5 Element Railer Jr Difflow aluminum diffuser, Synthetic Designs stripe kit
Composite Worx carbon/kevlar SP-1 seats in grey suede with green stitching, Really Light Stuff carbon fiber door panels, door pulls, sill covers and carbon fiber center console
Thomas at Really Light Stuff (www.reallylightstuff.com), Michele at Composite Worx (www.compositeworx.com), Glenn at Difflow (www.difflow.com), Angel at Synthetic Designs, www.kold-fire.com, Clif, Jeff and Blake from Ilfusion, Andrew, Galen, Aaron and Matt, North Texas Lotus Club (www.northtexaslotusclub.com)


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A recent Gallup article entitled "Four in 10 Americans Embrace Some Form of Socialism," by Mohamed Younis, featured the photograph above, credited to the source.
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Almighty God, thy Word is cast
Like seed into the ground;
Now let the dew of heav'n descend,
And righteous fruits abound.
Let not the foe of Christ and man
This holy seed remove,
But give it root in ev'ry heart
To bring forth fruits of love.
Let not the world's deceitful cares
The rising plant destroy,
But let it yield a hundredfold
The fruits of peace and joy.
Oft as the precious seed is sown,
Thy quick'ning grace bestow,
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You know those travel money belts that look super dorky? Only people who wear socks with sandals use those and they're not even that convenient. The sleek Bellroy Passport Sleeve is a much better option, and it has room for everything you need on your next trip.
The $100 all-leather case has a pull-tab for easy access to your passport, as well as a pocket meant for your ticket. It also has places for your ID and credit cards, as well as a tiny pen for filling out your immigration forms. It's discreet, but it's also stylish. Just because you're organised doesn't mean you have to look like a big ol' tourist. [Bellroy via HypeBeast]


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Ask yourself, "Why are we homeschooling?" Have an overall purpose in mind, then set your goals to accomplish that purpose over the year. This will be quite valuable in about January, when you may be weary and feel like quitting. Put your reasons in writing!
According to Luke 2:52, "Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man." (NIV). What progress would you like your child to make in those four areas this year? Remember: while your purpose could be defined as your aim (for example, for your child to grow up to be a godly person), your goals should be measurable (to read one chapter of the Bible a day, to keep a prayer notebook, to be kinder to siblings, etc.). How will you know when a goal has been reached?
Intellectual: While this area is often the focus of home education, try to set specific goals for each child so your studies will have more direction. Rather than broad or vague goals such as "learn phonics," you may aim for him to recognize specific letters and sounds; other specific goals could include to improve reading speed, read ten biographies, keep a journal start a family newsletter, read about three foreign countries, improve multiplication speed, etc.
Physical: Don't limit your physical education to learning a sport. An active PE program is healthy, but go a step further by planning for him to learn to prepare nutritious snacks, walk as a family, work on a construction project, improve hygiene, learn how the body systems work, etc.
Spiritual: This is a good time to work on particular character traits and then plan appropriate activities and/or units. For example, you may want to see your student improve in patience, so you might include such activities as knot-tying and puzzles, while gratefulness or compassion could be encouraged by becoming pen pals with a missionary's kid or taking bananas to local nursing home residents, etc. You could set specific goals for Bible memory work or Bible reading, as well.
Social: For a younger child, this could be as basic as learning good telephone manners. This is a good time to identify potentially positive traits that are being misdirected or abused. An overly organized, compulsive, impatient child most likely has the capacity to be a very efficient person. The child who is always being taken advantage of is probably very patient with others and has a servant's heart (assuming he has a healthy, godly self-image). A spendthrift or wasteful child could learn to use his generosity to further God's kingdom. Look for ways to encourage the gifts to be used appropriately without breaking the child's spirit. This is also a good opportunity to evaluate outside activities and decide how the family's time will be most wisely spent. Are those outside activities helping to meet your goals? Could some of those activities be saved for another time, or dropped altogether?
Once you have set your goals, choose your curriculum and then schedule accordingly. There are many excellent resources available, but you don't have to use them all! Be selective—you are choosing the tools to help you lay a firm foundation and build wisely. Sketch out the year so you have a rough outline, then flesh out that outline each week (or each grading period, or whatever works best for you) with activities and assignments to accomplish your goals. Then take time throughout the year to evaluate your progress and possibly make adjustments. Ask yourself, "What is working and what is not working, and why? What can I adjust to meet our goals?"


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I am a co-owner of the Lacrosse store. We are both passionate about the sport of lacrosse, played it in college and now coach at both the youth and high school levels. Lacrosse is a sport that has an "X" game type feel and culture. The store will have a slightly industrial look and we want a logo that has an "edgy" feel and embodies motion, speed, action and possibly contact.
It needs to be cool and unique. The logo is something that we envision working well for signage, t-shirts and equipment.
Primary target audience is boys and girls ages 8 - 18 and their parents. Kids that play the sport are probably a little outside the mainstream from a sports perspective, more in the line of snowboarders or skateboarders. We will also be sponsoring boys and girls team under the SLASH Lacrosse brand.
We are based in Seattle Washington and we would be a new brick and mortor retail store with a website.
A clean, cool logo that can be used on all company signage, webisite, t-shirts/apparel, uniforms, equipment, letterhead, business cards, stationery, email correspondence and other marketing materials.
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17-year-old Helena Muffly wrote exactly 100 years ago today:
Tuesday, August 6, 1912: Ma cut out a dress for me or rather a part of it. When it's finished I suppose I'll wear it to school.
Her middle-aged granddaughter's comments 100 years later:
Grandma was going to begin her senior year at the end of August. I bet that she wanted to look really nice for this special year.
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|Clonmel souvenier purchased by my Grand Aunt Kathleen years ago
Happy St. Patrick's Day from someone with Irish roots, a face full of freckles and a birthday… today. I have always felt my strongest family connection is to my Irish families. Perhaps it is because I heard wonderful stories about the Coyles from my mother and her mother when I was a little girl. Perhaps it is because of my red hair and freckles. I cannot deny the connection.
I recently finished writing a book on my father's mother's family. Now I am turning my attention to my Irish families: Coyle, Mullane, Brady & more.
Here's the exciting news: I am going to Ireland! After years of dreaming about this, my oldest daughter and I have our tickets! We are going in early April. It will be an adventure. Despite never being there before (I have never been in Europe.) we are not taking a tour. We want to see some of the popular tourist attractions but we also want to see where our family came from. We have our airline tickets & a rental car all set.
Clonmel, County Tipperary was the home of the Mullanes. My great grandmother, Mary Jo Mullane, lived there until 1885 when she sailed from Cobh to New York City. We plan to visit both Clonmel & Cobh.
County Cavan was the home of the Coyles and the Bradys. I am still nailing down the sights we will see there.
We will also visit Dublin, Waterford, Blarney Castle, the Ring of Kerry, the Aran Island & more. My daughter & I are gathering maps, travel books, internet information, booking hotels & writing an agenda. Do you have travel tips? Do you have a suggestion on a place to visit, eat or stay? We would love to hear form you.


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Nsala malongo! I've been learning about Palo cosmology and history over the last couple of months, and slowly unraveling some of the confusion I had about how the religion works. I thought I would offer up some of what I've learned, detailing a little of our worldview and the fact that there are different denominations, or ramas, of Palo. (By the way: any mistakes here are entirely mine, while the goodness in this piece must be credited to my teachers.)
And without further ado . . .
The dead
The dead are the basis of everything in Palo.
We call them the bakulu, which means ancestors, but the concept of "ancestors" tends to make Americans think of family trees. "Bakulu" can (and does) refer to lineal ancestors, but the dead are so much more than that. They are the basis of all life. They are the stuff of the material world, and the sea of possibilities that configure and reconfigure the fates of the living.
We do think about and work with individual dead people: named ancestors, spirit guides, the beloved dead uncle who always gave you good advice. Sometimes they come to us in dreams and intuitions; sometimes, if we're fortunate, they come to us in possession and bless us with their healing and wisdom.
But we also think of the dead as an anonymous collective, a force, a field, a sea. The KiKongo word "Kalunga" means simultaneously the collective dead, the saltwater ocean, and the cemetery. To the people of the kingdom of Kongo in central Africa, whose traditions gave birth to what would become Palo, the land of the dead lay below the sea. The surface of the sea was the demarcation between the living and the dead, a site of creative tension and power. Graves, too, were points of contact, and dirt from a grave carried the power of the deceased person within. You can still find seashells left on graves in Black family cemeteries in the United States, a trace of the old philosophy.
The spirals of conch shells symbolize the cyclical nature of existence in Kongo thought: death is hardly an end, merely a transition to a new existence. The dead are being continually reborn, crystallizing into their lineal descendants, or appearing as trees, pools and stones, plants and animals. Everything in the material world is a form of the dead, precipitating out of Kalunga like grains of salt out of seawater, to exist for a while before being dissolved again.
The source of the living and the dead is Nzambi a mpungu. Nzambi is neither male nor female, and is the ever-present majestic force that brought creation into being and permeates it. In Palo we tend to think of Nzambi in these terms, as the creator, because the Kongo traditions in general have been in continuous dialogue with Christianity for centuries. But Nzambi can also be thought of as the first ancestor, emphasizing the continuous cycle of life and death. In that sense, creation just is, with no beginning and no end.
The mpungos
And then there are the mpungos. Mpungu is a KiKongo word that refers to power generated by something, or, as my Tata once put it, "a hot stove can have an mpungu." So in essence, it's just a force. However, some lines of Palo have developed certain of the mpungos into major powers, even to the extent of conceiving of them as divinities. The Internet is full of descriptions of the mpungos, who have names such as Chola Wengue, Siete Rayos, and Zarabanda, and the tendency is to syncretize them with the Orishas of Santería. Not all ramas (which are, essentially, Palo denominations) work with the mpungos in this way, however.
The Ramas of Palo
The way a rama regards mpungos and the dead seems to be one of the major distinctions between lines of Palo. (There are many other distinctions, but they have to do with ways of conducting ritual.) There are numerous ramas, but the three main ones are Mayombe, Briyumba, and Kimbisa.
Palo Mayombe is probably the oldest one. It works primarily with the ancestors of blood and spiritual lineage, and in the past, if you were not of Bantu descent, you could not be initiated into Mayombe houses. ("Bantu" refers to a group of related African languages, of which KiKongo is one, and by extension to the ethnic groups that spoke these languages.) Mayomberos tend to see the mpungos as natural forces only, not divinities, and to downplay them in Palo practice.
Palo Briyumba developed out of Palo Mayombe and broke away from Mayombe's ancestral focus. Briyumberos began to initiate non-Bantus. They also developed pacts with dead spirits who had no blood or lineaged connection to the Paleros, putting them to work and in some cases effectively enslaving them. Briyumba came into its own during Cuba's wars of independence, and saw justice in conscripting the bones and souls of deceased oppressors to serve those they had formerly abused. In Briyumba, the mpungos are used to give attributes and direction to the dead who serve the Briyumbero.
Palo Kimbisa developed in Oriente, the eastern part of the island of Cuba, and has absorbed influences from several other traditions, including Haitian Vodou. (There is a long history of contact between Oriente and Haiti, which is only about forty miles away from the eastern tip of Cuba.) Some Kimbiseros make extensive use of Christian symbolism, and some work with the Catholic saints. One theory of Kimbisa's origins is that they lie with Kimpa Vita's Kongolese Christian reform movement, which blossomed in the kingdom of Kongo for a few years in the eighteenth century, before being brutally repressed. Kimpa Vita had thousands of followers, many of whom were subsequently sold into slavery in the Americas. It is an intriguing theory, but nobody knows for certain if it's true.
It is Kimbisa that regards the mpungos as divinities, finding parallels between them and the Orishas, and focusing much of their work and veneration upon them, instead of upon the dead. The dead in Kimbisa are the medium that the mpungos use to affect the world.
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Dear readers, I hope you enjoyed this. When I was starting out on this path and trying to read everything I could find on Palo, I was very confused about who or what Paleros worked with, and what was up with all the crucifixes and Orisha comparisons and whatnot. If I can straighten a little of that out for other readers and seekers, that's great. In fact, let me try this: if you have questions about Palo, bring them up in the comments section and I'll try to answer them in my next post. (Just bear in mind that I'm new at this and there may be things I can't answer due to ignorance or oath.) Malongo yaya!


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Asher Penn interviews Cooper Union School of Art alum, the designer, artist and director Mike Mills (A'89) in Issue 11 of Bad Day Magazine. Mills talks about his time at Cooper Union as well as his multidimensional creative work and singular career trajectory. An excerpt follows below.
Over the past two decades, Mike Mills' quiet, consistent contribution to popular culture is difficult to quantify. Looking over his resumé of music videos and design work, it's hard not to exclaim, "He did that, too?" The art for Air's Moon Safari, as well as their music videos; the Washing Machine cover for Sonic Youth; that Supreme logo with the accent over the 'e'; and all the X-Girl graphics. Constantly evolving, Mills has moved from design to videos to feature films, bringing to these projects a direct sensibility that is disarmingly human. His latest film, Beginners was released this June.
Asher Penn: I read in an interview that when you graduated from Cooper Union in 1989, you didn't really want to participate in the art world; that it would be more interesting to infiltrate culture at large. How did you come to that decision?
Mike Mills: Well, it would be unfair for me to just write off the art world. The first thing I do when I go to London is I go to the Tate; when I go to Paris I visit the Pompidou, and I am a museum director's son. So it's not like I have disregarded the art world completely, and the few times I do get to have gallery shows I embrace it, I enjoy it. But when I was graduating from Cooper, I was a very good little Hans Haacke student—


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New air traffic control procedures have been put in place at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport to try to eliminate the risk of midair collisions over a pair of runways, after two near misses last year raised serious concerns, federal officials said Wednesday.
The planes involved in the incidents, which occurred three months apart in 2011, came within a few hundred feet of each other, according to a preliminary report released this week by the National Transportation Safety Board. No one was hurt, but the crew of one of the planes had to delay their takeoff and stay low to avoid a collision even though they were rapidly approaching the end of the runway.
Revised procedures put in place since last year include the extension of a warning system to automatically alert controllers if a plane is approaching to land on one of the runways as an aircraft is taking off on the other, the Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday. The runways fall short of physically intersecting, but are close enough that air traffic can cross paths in takeoffs and landings.
The two air traffic controllers responsible for the runways also are now seated beside each other so they can better communicate. And a work station for supervisors that was located in the center of the control tower has been removed after controllers complained it obstructed their view and forced them to yell vital information across the room.
In a statement, the FAA said safety was the agency's top priority and it "moved swiftly to develop measures that would eliminate similar occurrences." There have been no similar incidents since then, it said.
The first of the near misses, on May 16, 2011, involved a SkyWest Airlines plane en route from Michigan approaching one runway and an ExpressJet Airlines jet taking off on the other runway for Buffalo, N.Y.
The ExpressJet captain told investigators his plane began roaring down a runway when he heard a distressed air traffic controller make a "grunting uhh" sound. Seconds later, the captain saw the landing SkyWest plane heading straight for his and frantically told his co-pilot to "stay low."
After the danger passed and he regained his composure, the captain radioed the tower after "nearly getting killed" and screamed at the air traffic controller, "What the (expletive) was that?" according to the NTSB report. The controller responded, "Sorry about that."
The other near miss took place Aug. 8, 2011. A Chautauqua Airlines flight from La Crosse, Wis., was landing and nearly struck a Trans State Airlines flight taking off for Moline, in western Illinois.
The Trans State's pilot said he and his co-pilot spotted the incoming plane themselves but it was too late to abort their takeoff and their plane was "running out of pavement." Had they not taken evasive action on their own by slightly delaying takeoff, the warning from the tower might "have been too late," the captain told investigators.
The FAA's changes also include new guidelines on when to order an aircraft to abort its final approach and circle the airport, and controllers will get additional simulator training for handling such situations. To assist the controllers, an additional monitor will listen for clearances for both runways.
Aircraft taking off on one of the runways are now issued "line up and wait" orders before receiving final takeoff clearance.
Work under way to modernize O'Hare eventually will eliminate the problem by reconfiguring crisscrossing runways into a more efficient parallel layout.
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Almost a quarter of Europeans can't be bothered with the net
It ain't just cost keeping them offline
The European Commission is renewing its effort to get every European hooked up to the net - whether they want to or not.
The Commission's latest study into Europeans' digital world showed that 43 per cent of EU households "still do not have internet access". This, the Commission believes, is simply not good enough.
It notes that "almost one in five households surveyed mentioned the high costs associated with the internet being the reason for having no internet connection at home".
Thus, the Commission concludes, "Enhancing competition to get the prices down, an important objective of the Digital Agenda, would therefore be likely to encourage more people to get an internet connection."
Fair enough - most people are unlikely to argue with cheaper broadband access. Though it still seems the figures suggest that around 23 per cent of Europeans are simply not particularly interested in having internet access, whatever the price.
It might not help that many are not particularly happy with the service they're getting, with 30 per cent point to fluctuating speeds, 36 per cent experiencing breakdowns, and 24 per cent saying performance doesn't match what they signed up for. Just over a fifth reckoned their provider was blocking specific content or applications.
But politicians and bureaucrats just seem to love the idea of every home being hooked up to the grid, and seem unlikely to let people off just because they don't see the point of Twitter and are content to just have real world friends.
Still, perhaps Brussels expects the hold-outs to simply die off in the end, like their phone phobic predecessors. The survey showed that overall telephone access now stands at 98 per cent, up up 3 per cent on the previous survey in 2007. This includes mobile and telephone access. Breaking those figures down, 87 per cent of Europeans have mobile access, up 4 percentage points, while 73 per cent have fixed phone access, up 3 points.
A lucky 62 per cent have fixed and mobile access - up 5 points - while 25 per have mobile but no fixed access.
And 11 per cent only fixed telephone access, a decline of 3 percentage points since 2007.
TV access is almost as complete as phone access, at 98 per cent, up 2 percentage points. ®
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