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MANHATTAN, Kan. – Established tree windbreaks sheltering beef and dairy cattle operations can save producers money on feed costs, weight loss and milk production during the winter months.
A heavy winter coat protects beef cattle until temperatures drop below 18 degrees Fahrenheit, but beyond that point, Bob Atchison with the Kansas Forest Service said the animals require additional feed to maintain body temperatures. The presence of a windbreak can help remedy this problem.
"A 25 mph wind at zero degrees Fahrenheit creates a windchill of 44 degrees below zero," said Atchison. "By contrast, a properly designed windbreak will reduce the same windchill to 15 degrees below zero."
Atchison said windbreaks can reduce the spike in energy requirements cattle need to maintain their body temperature during extreme cold weather. He cited Canadian researchers who found that cattle on winter range, in unprotected sites, required a 50 percent increase in feed for normal activities.
"A properly designed windbreak will reduce these needs by half," he said.
Windbreaks enable cattle to gain and maintain weight better as well. He also cited studies in Montana indicating that during mild winters, beef cattle sheltered by windbreaks gained an average of 34 to 35 pounds more than cattle in an open feedlot. During severe winters, cattle in feedlots protected from the wind maintained 10.6 more pounds than cattle in unprotected lots.
The Kansas Forest Service is now accepting tree orders from producers interested in establishing livestock windbreaks. Foresters also are available to assist with planning a tree planting. For more information, contact the Kansas Forest Service at 785-532-3300 or visit www.KansasForests.org.


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PLANS have been approved to build Worcestershire's first state of the art radiotherapy centre.
NHS Midlands and East gave the go-ahead to build the county's first radiotherapy centre at Worcestershire Royal Hospital in Worcester.
With this final seal of approval Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs the Alexandra Hospital, can now finalise contracts for the new centre.
The news follows on from the Department of Health approving the £22.4million loan to fund the project and the three new Worcestershire Clinical Commissioning Groups agreeing to provide additional local funding.
Simon Hairsnape, speaking on behalf of NHS Worcestershire, said: "The new radiotherapy centre will ensure that the vast majority of radiotherapy and chemotherapy treatments will be delivered within Worcestershire - which is great news for local patients."
The radiotherapy facilities will provide treatment for the county's cancer patients and means that they will no longer face long journeys out of the county for care.
It is estimated it will save patients about one million miles of travel every year.
It will also mean more effective targeting of tumours, less damage to surrounding tissue and less risk of complications.
Adel Makar, lead cancer clinician, said: "This is excellent news for the population of Worcestershire.
"As important as this milestone is, it only represents a piece of the jigsaw (albeit a big piece) in the wider Worcestershire Oncology Project, which includes other developments like the Acute Oncology service, streamlining of multidisciplinary team workings and other, which are well underway."
Paul Crawford, a former patient and throat cancer survivor, added: "This is wonderful news for Worcestershire cancer patients and their carers.
"This new local radiotherapy centre will prevent patients from having to travel miles out of county for their treatment often in far from comfortable conditions.
"This centre will provide treatment for generations to come by giving Worcestershire its own well needed facility. Bring on the diggers and turn a dream into reality."
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OK - now that we're into the season I wanted to raise this issue and see what everyone thinks about it.
When I set up the league, the site offered two scoring methods - one where you set lineups daily, and one where you set them weekly. I chose daily because I thought it would be a way for owners to be more involved on a day-to-day basis and it would reward people who are very involved and check the site frequently. Plus I thought it would be more fun.
I still think all these things - I also think it's not a real good setup for a Keeper League because it penalizes owners who are keeping someone in hopes that he'll be a high-quality player - maybe a superstar - in a couple of years but isn't playing right now.
This doesn't bother me - my team has a bunch of guys playing big minutes who should be keepers for some time to come. But others may have drafted a Tyrus Thomas or be hanging onto a Robert Swift - a guy who may pay off down the road but probably won't help you much this year.
With the daily lineup settings, every player's scores will count on a fairly frequent basis and if you're holding 2-3 players in hopes of a big future payoff, you have an even bigger knock against you than you did before.
So now that we've all had a few days to work with the scoring system I wanted to throw this poll up there. I won't be voting in it (actually I'll use the "don't care" option) but I will take the results as of Monday morning and adjust the league settings appropriately (assuming it lets me - and that option's still there on the commish page so I think it will). This shouldn't have any implications for the ABA - that's a one-season only league so IMO that isn't an issue.
Please use this thread to discuss it.


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Albert H. Rochelle - WW2 - 801st Tank Destroyer Battalion
801st Tank Destroyer Battalion:
As 101st New York National Guard Antitank Battalion was federalized on 6 January 1941 and redesignated 801st Tank Destroyer Battalion on 15 December. Arrived in England as a towed battalion 11 March 1944. Landed at Utah Beach on 13 June and participated in capture of Cherbourg. Fought at Mortain in early August, reached outskirts of Paris on 25 August. Entered Belgium on 8 September and Germany on 12 September. Supported operations in Hürtgen Forest beginning late November. On the line in Ardennes when German offensive struck on 16 December. Moved to Aachen, Germany, in February 1945. Crossed Roer River on 25 February and reached Rhine south of Düsseldorf. Crossed Rhine near Wessel on 29 March and supported drive to the Ruhr and then east to the Elbe River. Transferred south and supported operations in Harz Mountains in late April. Converted to M18s in late April. Crossed Danube and reached Inn River outside Hitler's birthplace—Brunnau, Austria—by VE Day. Attached to: 2d, 13th Armored divisions; 2d, 4th, 9th, 83d, 99th Infantry divisions.
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The Herschel Space Observatory, launched in May 2009, has opened a new window to space, a view of the cold universe and the earliest phases of star formation and galactic evolution. So far, the models available to researchers about formation and evolution processes have not equaled actual observations. In addition to the atmosphere's opacity, the main reason for this is that such phenomena cannot be followed in visible light, but only in the far infrared and beyond. These wavelength bands are affected by heavy radiation absorption in the Earth's atmosphere. Herschel is overcoming these limits by providing temperature and matter-density measurements, ascertaining the chemical species involved and by yielding information about the dynamics of the objects investigated.
With its 3.5-meter diameter mirror, Herschel is the largest space telescope ever placed in orbit. Designed to benefit the world scientific community, the satellite carries a massive cryostat, holding 2,500 liters of helium, a superfluid liquid serving to cool instruments to temperatures lower than –271 °C. For astrophysicists, the aim is to minimize the infrared, and sub-millimeter emission from the new observatory and enhance contrast for the sources being observed.
Meeting the demands of the Herschel Space Observatory made a strong contribution to the development of bolometers for wavelengths shorter than 1 millimeter and to spurring research in this area.
CEA, with strong support from CNES, the French space research agency, contributed to the development, construction, and qualification of two of the three instruments carried by the Herschel satellite, two medium-resolution bolometric imaging spectrometers. One is a Photodetector Array Camera and Spectrometer (PACS), effective in the 60–210 mm spectral range, and the other is a Spectral and Photometric Imaging Receiver (SPIRE), which is effective in the 200–650 mm range.
Dense filaments of gas in the IC5146 interstellar cloud.
This image was taken by ESA's Herschel space observatory at infrared wavelengths 70, 250 and 500 microns. Stars are forming along these filaments.
A series of technological challenges
CEA's concrete contribution proved particularly significant with regard to the PACS imaging spectrometer through the involvement of a number of divisions and institutes, including the Nanosciences and Cryogenics Institute (INAC: Institut Nanosciences et cryogénie), and the Institute for Research on the Fundamental Laws of the Universe (IRFU). Second, it proved significant in that this cooperation enabled construction of a complete camera, including the detectors, the 0.3-K cryocooler, the mechanical and electronic systems required for control, and data acquisition purposes, along with, obviously, the bolometer arrays specifically developed for the mission.
CEA teams have mastered fabrication of focal planes involving several thousand pixels, by way of collective fabrication processes, derived from the silicon microtechnology developed by Leti, CEA's Laboratory for Electronics & Information Technology. This involves a technological leap forward compared to a few tens, or possibly hundreds, of detectors available from other laboratories. The limitations faced by these laboratories stem from the devices used to collect radiation – feed-horns positioned in front of each detector, integrating spheres – with each pixel requiring manual assembly, etc. The breakthroughs achieved at Leti benefited from the exceptional context of the 1990s, marked by the rise of microelectronics, with the advent, in particular, of chips affording the ability to hold a variety of sensors, obtained by deep, collective etching of the silicon (micro-accelerometers for the airbags fitted to automobiles, methane detectors for domestic use). This technological spurt was complemented by a more relaxed circulation of information than had prevailed in earlier years: older ideas, concerning the absorption of electromagnetic waves, were coming back in favor. Leti researchers tweaked these to meet the issue of detection to be compatible with collective fabrication processes. That was the last obstacle to the fabrication of large detector arrays.
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This blog post is part of the series on customizing the Adobe Integrated Content Review solution.
Integrated Content Review solution sends out system-generated email notifications to team members and participants, for various events. Templates used for these email can be customized as per your branding requirements.
This customization scenario involves the following top-level steps:
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This article was published 29/8/2014 (1089 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
A 16-year-old Winnipeg gang member accused of supplying the gun used in a fatal downtown nightclub shooting has lost his bid for bail.
The teen, who can't be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, is charged with manslaughter and weapons offences for his alleged role in the May incident outside Opera Ultralounge on Main Street. None of the allegations have been proven and he is presumed innocent.
He appeared in court Friday seeking to be released on strict conditions, including an absolute curfew. The Crown was opposed.
Provincial court Judge John Guy rejected the boy's bid following nearly an hour of submissions. A court-ordered ban prevents specific details of the hearing, including the evidence presented by the Crown, from being published at this time.
No trial dates have been set.
Rustom Paclipan, 23, was gunned down shortly after the popular club closed for the night. Two other men, aged 18 and 24, were shot and wounded.
Marcus Richard, 21, is accused of pulling the trigger. He was arrested on board an eastbound train in Ontario several days after the slaying. He is charged with first-degree murder, indicating justice officials believe the incident was planned and premeditated. He remains in custody in Winnipeg and has not applied for bail.
Police say the teen is accused of bringing the gun that was used - allegedly by Richard - to shoot at the group of people and kill Paclipan.
"We know there was not a firearm within the nightclub. We believe, and know, that firearm was brought to the scene," police Const. Natali Aitken said earlier this summer.
Police say this was not a "random act" of violence. The two accused are linked to the same criminal organization, police said, and Paclipan is a known associate of a rival gang. Both groups had gathered that night at Opera and had a prior dispute preceding the shooting, police said.
"This would have had a gang component to it. These two separate groups had engaged in a confrontation," said Aitken.
Police have also said surveillance video played a "critical role" in their investigation.
Family and friends of the victim said they believe Paclipan heroically pushed his friends aside and took the bullet that could have been meant for someone else. He has no prior criminal record and was set to graduate soon from Red River College.
Winnipeg police Chief Devon Clunis has since launched an internal investigation into how 911 calls from the nightclub were handled. He revealed an initial call came in at 1:39 a.m. from the owner of Opera, saying two groups of men appeared to be in conflict with each other.
The call was entered moments later, but then suddenly cancelled at 1:59 a.m. from within the 911 centre before being dispatched. Four minutes later, the second 911 call came in reporting shots had been fired. Police arrived to find Paclipan had already been rushed by friends to hospital, where he died of his injuries.
Who cancelled it and why are now the subject of the police review which has dragged on for nearly four months.


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Did you know?
Maritzburg Golf Club is the second oldest golf club in South Africa.
Champagne Sports Resort is constantly ranked among the top golf courses in South Africa and is highly recommended for anyone looking to spend some time in the northern Drakensberg. While this is arguably the region's flagship course, there are many others to try out.
In 2008 Mooi River's Gowrie Farm came full circle by returning to its 1920s golf course status. The design of the nine-hole, par-71 Gowrie Golf Course was influenced by the old courses of Scotland and the early 1900s courses of the United States.
Set in the Drakensberg foothills, the Mooi River Country Club boasts an 11-hole, 18-tee, par-72 course that's been described as one of the most beautiful courses in the Midlands. A bar, full menu and reasonable fees make this an appealing family destination.
With an elevated 6th hole known as Thrombosis Hill, the Glengarry course – on the Drakensberg Gardens Hotel grounds – is set to challenge all comers. The panoramic view of the mountainous surrounds is a fair exchange for the demands of some seriously undulating holes, water hazards and trees.
Sakabula Golf Club is a fenced, 18-hole, par-73 course featuring two totally different sets of nine holes, akin to playing two separate courses. You'll find Sakabula 15 minutes' drive from Pietermaritzburg in a relaxed rural setting.
Built in the early 1960s, the 9-hole, 18-tee, par-72 short Bosch Hoek Golf Estate in Balgowan winds around a lake, dams, streams and ancient trees to provide a challenging course. With water features on seven holes, abundant birdlife, indigenous surrounds and good, old-fashioned country tranquility Bosch Hoek invites Midlands travellers to stop in for a quick round. A strategically situated clubhouse overlooks the course and provides a welcome oasis.
In Pietermaritzburg you'll find the Maritzburg Golf Club, built in 1886. This course boasts lush, smooth cynodon greens and fairways lined with pine trees.
Just outside Pietermaritzburg the postcard-pretty Victoria Country Club invites golfers to a safe venue adjoining the Queen Elizabeth Nature Reserve. Over the years the parklands and grasslands of this meandering course have attracted many wonderful birds.
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Victoria Country Club
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Sakabula Golf Club & Country Estate
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Bosch Hoek Golf & Country Estate
Tel: +27 (0)234 4232
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Gowrie Golf Course
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Maritzburg Golf Club
Tel: +27 (0)33 396 2356
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How to get here
Your most convenient option is to hire a car from King Shaka International Airport and drive; the roads are in excellent condition.
Best time to visit
The winter months between May and October are generally cooler, quieter and rain-free.
What will it cost
A round of 18 holes will vary from approx. R200 to R600.
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Spend a week at least if you have the time; you'll find you enjoy the Midlands more each day.


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Faurecia NA employees donate 1.1 million meals to feed hungry families in annual #FUELS program!
Auburn Hills, MI--October 03, 2013: More than 1.1 million meals were donated to local food banks across North America in September as part of Faurecia North America's corporate-giving initiative, Faurecia Unites with Employees for Local Service (FUELS). Faurecia and its employees have provided more than 2.4 million meals since the program began in 2010.
Throughout September, which marks Hunger Action Month, more than 20,000 Faurecia employees from its 47 locations in North America used a variety of creative methods to gather donations, including dunk tanks, chili cook-offs, bake sales, carwashes and raffles to help hungry families.
Beyond food and dollar donations, Faurecia employees spent more than 1,300 hours volunteering with local partner food banks, lending their hands to everything from packaging rice and potatoes to packing boxes and serving meals. Employees were encouraged to contribute cash donations in addition to non-perishable food items. A $1 donation can provide three meals for hungry families. Cash donations are used to secure fresh food from local farmers to ensure access to nutritious, high-quality produce, often yielding more than 10 pounds of food per dollar donated.
"The donations raised through FUELS go a long way toward supporting local families throughout the fall and winter months and into the holiday season," said W. DeWayne Wells, president of Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan. "One in six people in the United States is facing hunger, and the impact from this year's donations has been remarkable. We'll be able to fill pantry shelves and provide thousands of additional meals thanks to the help from Faurecia."
The top two collecting sites for 2013 were the Masonic (Fraser, Michigan) and the Puebla (Mexico) Atrium locations, which exceeded their collection goals by 6894 percent and 4001 percent, respectively. The two sites combined collected nearly 90,000 meals. Detroit's Gleaners Community Food Bank and Fundación Juconi will each receive $5,000 from Faurecia on behalf of the winning teams.
The overall top collecting sites in the U.S. and the food banks they supported are:
– Fraser (Masonic), MI (Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan) – Fraser, MI (Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan) – Auburn Hills, MI Technical Center (Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan) – Belvidere, IL (Belvidere – Boone County Food Pantry)
"Giving back to the communities we call home is a priority for our company," said Michael Heneka, president of Faurecia North America. "We are extremely proud of how the FUELS program has grown over the past four years. Faurecia employees go above and beyond to make a meaningful impact in the local communities outside our office and plant doors."
In addition to the annual FUELS initiative, Faurecia participates in a variety of ongoing service-oriented and charitable causes through its business groups and individual sites, including those associated with providing food, housing and education as well as opportunities for employee volunteerism.


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1. I have two little hands, folded snugly and tight.They are tiny and weak, yet they know what is right.During all the long hours till daylight is through,There is plenty indeed for my two hands to do.
2. Kind Father, I thank thee for two little handsAnd ask thee to bless them till each understandsThat children can only be happy all dayWhen two little hands have learned how to obey.
Words: Bertha A. Kleinman, 1877-1971Music: William Frederick Hanson, 1887-1969
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Here are some awesome photos by John Sciulli from the COVERGIRL Beauty Bar event at the Nine Zero One Salon in West Hollywood. You can see below Makeup Artist Amy Nadine applying blush, before I got my hair done. Read the post about the event here.
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And of course there were some celebs on hand. Rumer Willis, Karina Smirnoff, Stephanie Pratt, Demi Lovato, Taylor Armstrong, Lisa Vanderpump, and Aubrey O'Day made sure to get all dolled up! I'm kinda bummed I didn't get to meet any of them. I think I left before they got there. I wish I would have met Demi Lovato and Aubrey O'Day.
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Martha Gulati, MD, FACC, CardioSmart Editor-in-Chief
Your heart muscle needs oxygen and nutrients to work the way it should.
If the arteries supplying the heart (called the coronary arteries) become narrowed or blocked, the heart muscle can be starved of oxygen-rich blood. If this happens very suddenly, as is the case with heart attack, it can be very serious.
Acute coronary syndrome is a medical term used to describe problems that occur when there isn't enough blood flow to the heart. Heart attack and unstable angina (sudden chest pain that typically occurs when someone is at rest) are two examples.
If you are having a heart attack, you might feel pain or pressure in your chest; have shortness of breath; feel nauseated or have discomfort in one or both arms, the back, neck, jaw or stomach. Dial 9-1-1 right away. Time is muscle. Every second you delay means more damage to your heart—it could also be the difference between life and death.
The treatment you receive will depend on your symptoms and test results that can show how much your arteries are blocked. There are many things you can do to protect your future heart health. Use this condition center to learn more about acute coronary syndromes. You can keep up with the latest research, find questions to ask your doctor, and get tips to help you feel your best.
When patients are well-educated about the decision, fewer decide to undergo the procedure.
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Spider monkey
|Spider monkey[1]
|Black-headed spider monkey (Ateles fusciceps)
|Scientific classification
E. Geoffroy, 1806
|Type species
|Simia paniscus
Linnaeus, 1758
Ateles belzebuth
|Range of the spider monkeys
Spider monkeys of the genus Ateles are New World monkeys in the subfamily Atelinae, family Atelidae. Like other atelines, they are found in tropical forests of Central and South America, from southern Mexico to Brazil. The genus contains seven species, all of which are under threat; the black-headed spider monkey, and brown spider monkey are critically endangered.
Disproportionately long limbs and long prehensile tails make them one of the largest New World monkeys and give rise to their common name. Spider monkeys live in the upper layers of the rainforest, and forage in the high canopy, from 25 to 30 m (82 to 98 ft).[2] They primarily eat fruits, but will also occasionally consume leaves, flowers, and insects.[2] Due to their large size, spider monkeys require large tracts of moist evergreen forests, and prefer undisturbed primary rainforest.[2] They are social animals and live in bands of up to 35 individuals but will split up to forage during the day.[3]
Recent meta-analyses on primate cognition studies indicated spider monkeys are the most intelligent New World monkeys.[4] They can produce a wide range of sounds and will "bark" when threatened; other vocalisations include a whinny similar to a horse and prolonged screams.[3]
They are an important food source due to their large size, so are widely hunted by local human populations; they are also threatened by habitat destruction due to logging and land clearing.[3] Spider monkeys are susceptible to malaria and are used in laboratory studies of the disease.[3] The population trend for spider monkeys is decreasing; the IUCN Red List lists one species as vulnerable, four species as endangered and two species as critically endangered.
Evolutionary history
Theories abound about the evolution of the atelines; one theory is they are most closely related to the woolly spider monkeys (Bractyteles), and most likely split from such woolly monkeys as (Lagothrix and Oreonax) in the South American lowland forest, to evolve their unique locomotory system.[5] This theory is not supported by fossil evidence. Other theories include Brachyteles, Lagothrix and Ateles in an unresolved trichotomy,[6] and two clades, one composed of Ateles and Lagothrix and the other of Alouatta and Brachyteles.[7] More recent molecular evidence suggests the Atelinae split in the middle to late Miocene (13 Ma), separating spider monkeys from the woolly spider monkeys and the woolly monkeys.[8]
Taxonomic classification
The genus contains seven species, and seven subspecies.[1]
- Family Atelidae
- Subfamily Alouattinae: howler monkeys
- Subfamily Atelinae
- Genus Ateles: spider monkeys
- Red-faced spider monkey, Ateles paniscus
- White-fronted spider monkey, Ateles belzebuth
- Peruvian spider monkey, Ateles chamek
- Brown spider monkey, Ateles hybridus
- White-cheeked spider monkey, Ateles marginatus
- Black-headed spider monkey, Ateles fusciceps
- Brown-headed spider monkey, Ateles fusciceps fusciceps
- Colombian spider monkey, Ateles fusciceps rufiventris
- Geoffroy's spider monkey, Ateles geoffroyi
- Hooded spider monkey Ateles geoffroyi grisescens
- Yucatan spider monkey, Ateles geoffroyi yucatanensis
- Mexican spider monkey, Ateles geoffroyi vellerosus
- Nicaraguan spider monkey, Ateles geoffroyi geoffroyi
- Ornate spider monkey, Ateles geoffroyi ornatus
- Genus Brachyteles: muriquis (woolly spider monkeys)
- Genus Lagothrix: woolly monkeys
- Genus Oreonax: the yellow-tailed woolly monkey
- Genus Ateles: spider monkeys
Anatomy and physiology
Spider monkeys are among the largest New World monkeys; black-headed spider monkeys, the largest spider monkey, have an average weight of 11 kilograms (24 lb) for males and 9.66 kg (21.3 lb) for females.[9][10] Disproportionately long, spindly limbs inspired the spider monkey's common name. Their deftly prehensile tails,[11] which may be up to 89 cm (35 in) long, have very flexible, hairless tips and skin grooves similar to fingerprints. This adaptation to their strictly arboreal lifestyle serves as a fifth hand.[12] When the monkey walks, its arms practically drag on the ground. Unlike many monkeys, they do not use their arms for balance when walking, instead relying on their tails. The hands are long, narrow and hook-like, and have reduced or non-existent thumbs.[13] The fingers are elongated and recurved.[14]
Their hair is coarse, ranging in color from ruddy gold to brown and black, or white in a rare number of specimens.[15][16] The hands and feet are usually black. Heads are small with hairless faces. The nostrils are very far apart, which is a distinguishing feature of spider monkeys.[17]
Spider monkeys are highly agile, and they are said to be second only to the gibbons in this respect. They have been seen in the wild jumping from tree to tree.[18]
Female spider monkeys have a clitoris that is especially developed; it may be referred to as a pseudo-penis because it has an interior passage, or urethra, that makes it almost identical to the penis, and retains and distributes urine droplets as the female moves around. This urine "is voided at the bases of the clitoris, flows down the shallow groove on its perineal surface, and is held by the skin folds on each side of the groove".[19] Researchers and observers of spider monkeys of South America look for a scrotum to determine the animal sex because these female spider monkeys have pendulous and erectile clitorises long enough to be mistaken for a penis; researchers may also determine the animal's sex by identifying scent-marking glands that may be present on the clitoris.[20]
Spider monkeys form loose groups of 15 to 25 individuals,[21] but can have even 30[22] to 40.[23] During the day, groups break up into subgroups of two to eight animals. This social structure (fission-fusion) is found in only two other types of primates: chimpanzees and Homo sapiens. The size of subgroups and the degree to which they avoid each other during the day depends on food competition and the risk of predation. The average subgroup size is between 2 and 8[24] but can sometimes be up to 17 animals.[23] Also less common in primates, females rather than males disperse at puberty to join new groups. Males tend to stick together for their whole lives. Hence, males in a group are more likely to be related and have closer bonds than females. The strongest social bonds are formed between females and their young offspring.[25]
Spider monkeys communicate their intentions and observations using postures and stances, such as postures of sexual receptivity and of attack. When a spider monkey sees a human approaching, it barks loudly similar to a dog. When a monkey is approached, it climbs to the end of the branch it is on and shakes it vigorously to scare away the possible threat. It shakes the branches with its feet, hands, or a combination while hanging from its tail. It may also scratch its limbs or body with various parts of its hands and feet. Seated monkeys may sway and make noise. Males and occasionally adult females growl menacingly at the approach of a human. If the pursuer continues to advance, the monkeys often break off live or dead tree limbs weighing up to 4 kilograms (8.8 lb) and drop them towards the intruder. They do not actually throw the branches, but twist to cause the branch to fall closer to the threat.[clarification needed] The natives of the area know very well of this risk. The monkeys also defecate and urinate toward the intruder.[26]
Spider monkeys are diurnal and spend the night sleeping in carefully selected trees. Groups are thought to be directed by a lead female, which is responsible for planning an efficient feeding route each day. Grooming is not as important to social interaction, owing perhaps to a lack of thumbs.[27]
Spider monkeys have been observed avoiding the upper canopy of the trees for locomotion.[28] One researcher speculated this was because the thin branches at the tops of trees do not support the monkeys as well.[29]
At 107 grams (3.8 oz), the spider monkey brain is twice the size of the brain of a howler monkey of equivalent body size;[30] this is thought to be a result of the spider monkeys' complex social system and their frugivorous diets, which consist primarily of ripe fruit from a wide variety (over 150 species) of plants. This requires the monkeys to remember when and where fruit can be found. The slow development may also play a role: the monkeys may live from 20[31] to 27 years or more, and females give birth once every 17 to 45 months.[32] Gummy, presumably the oldest living spider monkey in captivity, is presumed to have been born wild in 1962 and currently resides at Fort Rickey Childrens Discovery Zoo located in Rome, NY.[33]
The diets of spider monkeys consist of about 71.4 to 84 percent of fruits[28] and nuts. They can live for long periods on only one or two kinds of fruits and nuts. They eat the fruits of many big forest trees, and because they swallow fruits whole, the seeds are eventually excreted and fertilized by the feces. Studies show the diet of spider monkeys changes their reproductive, social, and physical behavioral patterns. Most feeding happens from dawn to 10 am. Afterward, the adults rest while the young play. Through the rest of the day, they may feed infrequently until around 10 pm. If food is scarce, they may eat insects, leaves, bird eggs, bark and honey.[34]
Spider monkeys have a unique way of getting food: a lead female is generally responsible for finding food sources. If she cannot find enough food for the group, it splits into smaller groups that forage separately.[citation needed] The traveling groups have four to nine animals. Each group is closely associated with its territory.[35] If the group is big, it spreads out.
The female chooses a male from her group for mating. Both males and females use "anogenital sniffing" to check their mates for readiness for copulation. The gestation period ranges from 226 to 232 days. Each female bears only one offspring on average, every three to four years.[27]
Until six to ten months of age, infants rely completely on their mothers.[26] Males are not involved in raising the offspring.
A mother carries her infant around her belly for the first month after birth. After this, she carries it on her lower back. The infant wraps its tail around its mother's and tightly grabs her midsection.[31] Mothers are very protective of their young and are generally attentive mothers. They have been seen grabbing their young and putting them on their backs for protection and to help them navigate from tree to tree. They help the more independent young to cross by pulling branches closer together. Mothers also groom their young.
Male spider monkeys are one of the few primates who do not have a baculum.[36][37]
In Mesoamerican cultures
Spider monkeys are found in many aspects of the Mesoamerican cultures. In the Aztec 260-day calendar, Spider Monkey (Nahua Ozomatli) serves as the name for the 11th day. In the corresponding Maya calendar, Howler Monkey (Batz) is substituted for Spider Monkey.[38] In present-day Maya religious feasts, spider monkey impersonators serve as a kind of demonic clowns.[39] In Classical Maya art, they are ubiquitous, often shown carrying cacao pods.
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- ^ a b Jennifer Anne Weghorst (December 2007). "Behavioral Ecology and Fission-fusion Dynamics of Spider Monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) in Lowland Wet Forest". Department of Anthropology. St. Louis, Missouri: Washington University: 191–192.
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Jason Marquis didn't lose the game.
That distinction fell to left-handed reliever Tommy Layne -- who was beaten by a two-out, opposite-field, fifth-inning single by Arizona starting pitcher Patrick Corbin that broke a 4-4 tie and led the Diamondbacks to a 6-5 victory over the Padres before 27,639 in the rubber match of a three-game series at Chase Field.
But Marquis didn't win the game – missing a chance to match a feat last accomplished 22 seasons ago when Andy Benes was the winning pitcher in six straight starts.
"You want to win any time you go out there, if its two straight or 10 straight," said Marquis.
"But it wasn't to be. Chalk it up to one of those games."
The anticipated pitching duel between Corbin and the Padres Jason Marquis didn't materialize.
Marquis allowed four runs on seven hits and four walks in 3 1/3 innings in his shortest outing of the season.
The hits included the second, two-run, first-inning homer in as many games by San Diego product Eric Chavez. Twelve of the 21 hitters Marquis faced reached base as the Diamondbacks stranded four runners in the first four innings.
Meanwhile, Corbin entered the game not having given up more than two runs in any of his first nine starts while posting the second-lowest earned run average (1.44) in the National League. He allowed four runs (three earned) on seven hits and two walks in seven innings.
"They made a run, we made a run and they made another run that we didn't quite match," said Padres manager Bud Black. "Interesting game."
But not a totally unexpected outcome for Marquis.
Sure, he had won his last five starts with a 2.27 ERA during the run. But the right-hander had never won a game at Chase Field in Phoenix. Although his record is still 0-4 at Chase Field, his ERA climbed to 4.87.
"My ball doesn't do some things in Arizona that it does in other places," said Marquis. "I rely on movement, late movement. I don't know, maybe it's the dry air. I don't seem to get as good a grip on the ball here. I don't get the movement I do elsewhere.
"Sometimes, a place can be a nemesis."
Plus, as Marquis pointed out, the Diamondbacks had a "good plan" against him Sunday.
"They came out swinging and put the barrel on the ball. There were a couple positives, but more negatives. They attacked early in the count and I couldn't stop them."
"It just looked like Jason couldn't get anything going on back-to-back pitches," said Black, who made the decision to relieve Marquis after he walked back-to-back hitters in the fourth while the Padres were still in striking distance.
"He looked a little uncomfortable all day long and we had an extra arm in the bullpen."
That was the left arm of Layne, who pitched the Padres out of the fourth-inning jam and was working in a tie game when a two-out double by A.J. Pollock in the fifth was followed by Corbin's second hit of the season – a ball lobbed down the line in left off a high, outside fastball.
"Not where I wanted to put that pitch," said Layne, who was optioned back to Triple-A Tucson after the game.
The Padres had tied the game in the top of the fifth on a two-run homer by left fielder Carlos Quentin.
Arizona widened its lead to two runs in the bottom of the seventh on a RBI double by Martin Prado, the second baseman's fourth hit of the game.
The Padres got one run back in the top of the eighth on line doubles to deep left by Quentin and Kyle Blanks – the second hits by both Padres.


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Steve Jones on evolution again: In a lecture for the Royal Society 11 April 2006 Steve Jones claimed that fossils were the best evidence for evolution and went on to describe what he called a "fossil virus" – an HIV virus found in a preserved pathology specimen from an African who died in 1959. Since then a number of variations of the HIV virus have been found and Jones showed a diagram of how the different variants relate to one another and explained that some of the recently discovered variants of the virus do not mix their genes with each other and are therefore becoming different species. He asks: "And if that isn't proof of descent with modification what is? I mean what more could you possibly want?"
Editorial Comment: Jones is doing no more than what Darwin and every evolutionist since has done, and it's a point we are stressing more and more in our debates. The evolutionist's modus operandi is to first "define evolution as change, then call all change evolution; next accept any change as proof of evolution and therefore dismiss creation as unthinkable.
In Jones case with HIV, notice he first defined evolution as change via "Genetics plus time", then he stated his evidence with a most remarkable use of the word fossil by referring to Fossil HIV (version1) 1959 as an assumed ancestor of HIV (version6) 2006. Therefore descent with modification over 47 years from 1959-2006 is true. , Therefore (Jones implies), Hydrogen gave people in 4.6 billion years, by chemicals naturally changing from minimal non life information (hydrogen) to maximum life information (Human DNA). Therefore, life is the inevitable result of the natural properties of universe, and therefore "creationists are liars", which is what he openly called John Mackay on BBC radio. John replied it was time everyone knew that Jones was not presenting evidence, but dressing up his atheism in scientific terms that were meant to fool most people into thinking he was using evidence.
To answer Jones' question, "And if that isn't proof of descent with modification what is? I mean what more could you possibly want?" Yes, HIV 1 giving HIV 6 is descent with modification, but it is not evolution. The variants of the virus are still HIV viruses, and all HIV variations that have been found over the last 50 or so years do not explain how the virus could have evolved from some other virus, let alone from simple organic molecules. (Ref. disease, genetics, mutations)
Evidence news 24 June 2006


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A look at the latest releases, plus what's new in paperback.
By Kate Whiting
New fiction
Harbour Nocturne by Joseph Wambaugh is published in hardback by Head of Zeus, priced £16.99. Available now.
The latest novel by veteran US crime writer Joseph Wambaugh finds him back on familiar ground - patrolling the mean streets of Hollywood.
You might expect the plot of his latest adventure - layabout longshoreman finds love and redemption when he falls for a Mexican stripper with a heart of gold - to be little more than a B-movie cliche, but the writing and the characters lift this tale out of the ordinary.
Wambaugh brings his crowd of cops to life and does the same for the supporting cast of petty criminals and illegal immigrants who are making a living from the bright lights and tourist traps of Hollywood Boulevard.
He does not rely on shocking twists and turns to keep the plot moving, but instead slowly builds up the tension, keeping the reader glued until the final page.
It's a great read by a writer at the top of his game.
(Review by Robert Dex)
Into That Forest by Louis Nowra is published in hardback by Egmont Books, priced £10.99. Available now.
The first thing you notice about Louis Nowra's latest novel is the language.
Disorienting and childlike, narrator Hannah immediately explains that she once "lost" her voice and had to relearn it many years ago.
What follows is a completely engrossing story of two children, Hannah and her friend Becky, lost in the Tasmanian wilderness for four years.
Their survival is due to an unlikely alliance with a pair of native hyenas, or "tigers", as Hannah calls them.
The animals lead the girls into a life of hunting, tracking, running on all fours and gorging on freshly killed meat, as the youngsters gradually lose all sense of their humanity.
Both joyful and heartbreaking, Nowra has created a truly extraordinary world which is difficult to leave.
It's a magical book for adults and teenagers.
(Review by Kathryn Gaw)
The Tombs by Clive Cussler and Thomas Perry is published in paperback by Michael Joseph, priced £13.99. Available now.
Sam and Remi Fargo battle their way through their latest archaeological adventure, dodging bullets and digging up antiquities and numerous skeletons as they go.
Their latest discovery is the final resting place of Attila the Hun, the high king who cut a swathe from his homeland in Eastern Europe all the way to France and nearly toppled the Roman Empire.
They fight to stop a bounty of treasure falling into the hands of a gangster who regards himself as a modern-day Attila.
As they journey through five tombs, will this husband-and-wife team manage to come out on top?
Clive Cussler is a prolific best-seller and has teamed up with award-winning novelist Thomas Perry.
Together they have produced a puzzle with an explosive finale.
(Review by Roddy Brooks)
The Engagement by Chloe Hooper is published in hardback by Jonathan Cape, priced £16.99. Available January 24.
Australian author Chloe Hooper returns with her first novel since she was nominated for the Orange Prize for fiction more than 10 years ago.
A dark tale of sex and obsession, it centres on a young Englishwoman, Liese Campbell, who flees mounting debts in the UK for a new life in Australia.
A new job brings her into contact with Alexander Colquhoun - heir to what was once thousands of acres of farmland.
Soon they are sleeping together and he is paying for the privilege, but a weekend at his family home reveals a dark side to their relationship and any certainties about who is using who soon disappear.
Hooper has crafted a terrific tale full of dark corners and dead-ends that leave the reader wondering what to believe.
The result is a creepy collision between a psychological thriller and a very dark romance that has something for fans of either genre.
(Review by Robert Dex)
Children's book of the week:
The Twyning by Terence Blacker is published in hardback by Head of Zeus, priced £16.99. Available now.
A story of love, war and rats.... is the strapline to The Twyning, which is an excellent summary of Independent columnist Terence Blacker's latest book for young adults.
Its unusual double first-person narrative entwines the perspectives of Dogboy, a 13-year-old living on the streets of Victorian London, and Efren, a young rat living beneath those streets.
Efren is a low-ranking creature in the rats' beehive-like society, but his curiosity leads him to the 'world above', where he becomes part of a war between humans and rodents that grows from overzealous paranoia to real danger once an obsessed scientist and ambitious politician get involved.
While The Twyning has strong characters and an addictive plot, Blacker's unflinching approach to violence makes it less suitable for younger teenagers.
(Review by Natalie Bowen)
Wild: A Journey From Lost To Found by Cheryl Strayed is published in paperback by Atlantic Books, priced £12.99. Available now.
Cheryl Strayed's memoir revolves around matters of the heart - of life, death and resurrection.
The sudden loss of her mother, the breakdown of her family life and crumbling marriage forms the basis of a miserable period before she decides to leave it all behind.
At rock bottom, she impulsively decides to take the 1,100-mile journey along the Pacific Crest Trail of the USA.
The promise of finding an inner peace is what drives her through the subsequent mental and physical torture as she attempts to piece her troubled life back together.
Through Strayed's recollections, we experience the raw agony of the mountainous terrain, and the characters she encounters.
It's an ultimately frank account of life experienced at both ends of the emotional scale, which will appeal to those willing to lose themselves in the adventure.
(Review by James Cleary)
Wonders Of Life by Professor Brian Cox and Andrew Cohen is published in hardback by Collins, priced £25. Available January 24.
Having examined our solar system and the universe, physicist Brian Cox turns his hand to life itself.
Travelling across the globe to display some of the more fascinating species of plants and animals, he uses his unavoidable charm and scientific knowledge to explain what defines life and why it is such a wonder.
Cox's background lies mainly in particle and astrophysics, however he has immersed himself in biology to help specify the crucial ingredients needed for life to form on Earth, and perhaps elsewhere.
Rather than being taught about life, it feels as though we are learning alongside him.
Unlike in his previous Wonders, when we were in awe of space and its vastness and complexity, Life feels too similar and doesn't distinguish itself enough from other wildlife documentaries.
Despite beautiful imagery coupled with passionate description, the book lacks Cox's trademark inspiration and majesty evident in prior works.
(Review by Wayne Walls)
Be Your Own Nutritionist: Rethink Your Relationship With Food by George Cooper is published in paperback by Short Books, priced £12.99. Available now.
Nutritionist George Cooper runs a busy acupuncture clinic in Bristol. In this, his first book, he claims to offer a "radical" approach to taking charge of your own digestive health.
"Forget everything you knew about healthy eating," instructs Cooper. It sounds a worryingly familiar phrase attached to faddy 'new' diets but, instead, Cooper gives the reader a history lesson.
He extols the virtues of the forgotten Victorian diet, where home-cooked, hearty food reigned before white flour became Westerners' downfall into diabetes and obesity.
Cooper repeatedly highlights the five most important factors when considering our food intake - emotion, climate, digestive function and food flavour and type - and translates the plan into easily prepared British dishes - all served hot.
Cutting out sugar and sweeteners and eating varied sweet-and-sour-flavoured meals isn't particularly 'radical', yet the encouragement to take control of your diet feels positive and recipes to the rear of the book will help get you started.
While Cooper's focus is on aiding digestion rather than a weight-loss plan, the book is by no means a comprehensive guide, but Cooper's aim is to re-educate, not spoon-feed.
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Trader Faulkner, the Australian-born actor with the unforgettable name, has produced an autobiography full of fascinating gossip about the golden years of the British stage.
Born Ronald Faulkner in 1927, he was the only child of John Faulkner, a handsome but boozy star of early Australian films, and his wife, Sheila Whytock, a former dancer in Diaghilev's Ballets Russes.
Faulkner's nickname of "Trader" came as a boy, after he was caught stealing bottles of his father's bootleg whisky, which he then bartered for marbles.
After moving to London in 1950, he auditioned for a play directed by John Gielgud, who dismissed the name 'Ronald' as "dreary" and rhapsodised over "Trader". The nickname took over permanently.
Trader achieved Stratford and West End success, appeared in films, and later branched out into flamenco dancing and writing.
In this funny, moving and sometimes spicy book, many famous names pop up. There are riveting vignettes about Laurence Olivier, his wife, Vivien Leigh, and her lover, Australian actor Peter Finch, about whom Trader later wrote a biography.
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While the media and lawmakers debate policy and solutions concerning violence in schools, Dave Jabas, veteran expert in high-security locks, electrified hardware and owner of Wholesale Locks, has answers for parents and concerned citizens. His e-book, We Can Protect Our Children: The Guide To Securing Our Schools and Daycares, explains how easy upgrades to existing locks and adding security hardware can keep deadly intrusions at bay and quickly controlled.
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My goal is to get this guidebook into as many hands as possible. When we have multiple sets of eyes watching out for each other and identifying weak points, it makes it much easier to find and solve any security issues, says Jabas.
His experience with security issues comes from providing hardware or security recommendations for military, the Olympic Games and varied mobile command unit zones throughout the world. Jabas has studied the tragic school shootings of recent years and believes intruders can be slowed and even deterred with the use of proper security on school property as demonstrated in We Can Protect Our Children.
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Discussion in 'Vendors' started by Spidi - on track, Dec 10, 2010.
it's a robbiano design.
Been looking at the 365 jacket and pants here as I need a new all-year, on-off road suit now (see thread elsewhere).
My big worry is that, despite even the non-pro jacket costing almost £700 here in the UK (!!) it looks to me like the system means in winter here (rain every day) the outer jacket will get sodden. I appreciate the inner layer will keep me dry, but that leaves me doing [ahem] MPH in temps barely above freezing in a jacket soaked with freezing water.
Seems that if you live in a cold/wet country like this there really isn't a genuine "all year" suit solution, because you need Gore-tex Pro Shell style weatherproofing in winter, and something totally different in the warmer months.
Which is a pity, coz these Spidi jackets look the absolute ***** otherwise and I love them.
Dear Isk,
thank you for your interest in Ergo 365 pro Jacket.
I don't know where you took information, but they're wrong.
Ergo 365 Pro jacket features a 3-layers external shield. More deeply, the external fabric is made by the following 3 layers:
1st layer: 100% Nylon Oxford with Teflon Water Repellant treatment (it's the black fabric on the outside:
2nd layer: H2Out® Hydropholic Membrane 3000 WP / 5000 TR (it's the white lamination in the middle)
3rd layer: 18D Tricot (it's the Comfort part in the inner)
This is just the external fabric.
Of course this is worn together with the removable membrane (separate jacket) and the thermal liner (separate jacket).
What does this mean?
If you ride in full winter time (in UK for example) you wear the 3 jackets together, while the external 3-layers-fabric doesn't get sodden at all, because of its water repellent treatment.
Again, if you ride in rainy condition in very hot climates, you just use the external 3-layers shield, close all the 6 big air intakes, stay dry, with high breathability, and don't get sodden.
PLease have a look to how our Step-in-clothing system works here.
Please reply for any question or doubts about Ergo or other Spidi H2Out® Serie items.
Thanks for your attention.
Matteo De Vito
Spidi Marketing Dept
Vicenza - Italy
It's a fair cop - I'll try to find a dealer and have a look at one.
Dear Isk,
let me know which city you're located in.
I'll try to find a dealer that stocks Ergo 365 Pro and eventually we'll organize a delivery for you to try the jacket, no problem at all.
Thanks for your attention.
Matteo De Vito
Spidi Marketing Dept
Vicenza - Italy
Thanks for this, really appreciate your help with it.
Really struggling this morning though. I've called the six Spidi stockists nearest me (although they're all 50+ miles away). Not one keeps the 365 suit. They say it's just too expensive for them to keep in stock. They can all get one for me, but of course if I'm spending that kind of money I need to try them on to find the best size.
All a bit frustrating.
Nearest city to me is Oxford, or Swindon - but I think my nearest dealers are in London.
Any news Matteo?
Dear ISK,
sorry for this delay in answering, we have been 3 days at Monza World Superbike WSBK race where our riders were involved in exciting races all along weekend.
You can visit grandprixlegends in London area, they should have Ergo 365 Pro in stock, around 1 hour from Oxford.
Unit 8 Quadrum Park
Old Portsmouth Road
ph. (0)8448878888
Let me know.
Matteo De Vito
Spidi Marketing Dept
Vicenza - Italy
I'm sorry Matteo, but they say no.
GPL say they do not keep the jackets in stock as they are too expensive. They say I can guess my size in jacket and pants from the on-line Spidi size chart, pay for both (£1000) then they'll order one, and then two weeks later it'll be in, and I can travel to Guilford (which is some long way from London and considerably further from me) and try it on at their "counter" (they don't have a shop).
If, after all that, it doesn't fit, I can have a refund, guess another size, pay again and do the whole thing again.
I know you're doing your best, but if you're asking people to spend upwards of £1000 and choose your kit above the likes of Rukka you have to do better than this.
I can travel to three Rukka dealers within 30 minutes of where I live, examine the range, try on sizes and then buy. Same for Hein Gericke kit.
Sorry if I sound frustrated, but in a recession my thinking of spending £1000+ with Spidi shouldn't leave me feeling like I'm privileged to have the chance to spend and should, therefore, do it blind.:dog
seems we found a solution for you!
Have look to this retailer, it's not yet listed in our website but it's stocking Spidi , is in Oxford area and has been alerted about you testing an Ergo.
Stay in touch!
On Yer Bike
A41 Bicester Road
Hp18 0JX
Tel 01296 655999
Matteo De Vito
Spidi Marketing Dept
Vicenza - Italy
Thanks Matteo - they're going to call me when they have a unit in and I believe tey've spoken to Spidi Italy to arrange that. Cheers. Will "report back" on the thread...
Hello Matteo,
I'm interested in the Trackster Tex jacket, and some questions since none of the retail locations in my area has it in stock for me to check in person.
It seems many SPIDI jackets can attach to SPIDI pants by zipper. Does the Trackster Tex have a zipper for this purpose, and would it be able to mate with a pair of PGrid pants that I currently own?
The SPIDI Web site makes no mention of a zipper for the Trackster, though there is mention of a Clip Stop feature "..to ensure jacket stays in position when attached to trousers." What is Clip Stop?
Thank you!
Trackster Tex Jacket features clip-stop system to be connected to pants.
Clip-stop ensures a snug fit at higher speeds; it's made of a high-resistance fabric tape locked by a button, that you can lock around your trousers' belt, or around belt loop.
Hopefully I've been clear enough.
Matteo De Vito
Spidi Marketing Dept
Vicenza - Italy
Just found this while searching for something else. It happen sometimes... Wrote to spidi many times for info about your tuta flux rainsuit... have to say that it was not a big success. Hope that Mrs martini have other strength....
Hi Klingklang,
hopefully I will be more prepared than my Italian collegues about Flux Rainsuit.
Let me know which info you need.
In the meanwhile, I remind you Flux Rainsuit is part of our Hi-visibility collection, that you can check at this address; as you probably know, Spidi is very serious about high visibility: our H2 Life Rain, for example, is certified EN 471, which is the European standard certification for high visibility in professional clothing (like policeman, fireman etc.).
Let me know which Tuta Flux features are you interested in.
Matteo De Vito
Spidi Marketing Dept
Vicenza - Italy
I was more looking a this one. Very Nice!!! I wrote them saying that after looking at their sizing chart I was missing one of the most important dim on a one piece suit (I think). So I asked what is the torso lenght and specially, beside the torso, I asked if they could give me the back dimension (base of the collar to inseam) so I could compare. I have no place where to try it. With my last triumph chevron suit, depend on how I was sitting, I was able to chose between wearing a leash pulling me or having a wedgie... . She answered with the link to the same the same sizing chart...... I reply that she wasn't really answering my questions. Than I receive a mail with just: 66cm
25inc (66cm) It is impossible... where you took it?..... and resend, and resend, and resend....... line is dead now.
sorry for my english
Not heard anything Matteo...
Thanks Matteo, yes this answers my questions.
and do you have mine? torso length or best back length?
Hi Klingklang.
Spidi Flux Rainsuit torso lenght is 88 cms in size XXL.
Size is taken from collar to bottom of torso (groin position).
Hope it's enough.
Matteo De Vito
Spidi Marketing Dept
Vicenza - Italy


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Hello All,
We are looking into Bidvertiser, Chitika, or Infolinks to generate some additional revenue for some of our partner sites.
The reason why we have selected these is that our partners want to be paid via PayPal (nobody likes waiting for a paper check in 2012 )
Which of these 3 have you had the best experiences with in terms of revenue?
I've not had dealings with any of these advertisers from a business point of view, but I do know from first-hand experience as a surfer that Infolinks is one of the most annoying advertising agencies I've come across, and any site owners that use Infolinks are likely to find that I visit one page and leave, never to return. I can't comment on the other two because I haven't noticed them in the same way, but if they use the same trick of hijacking content, turning your text into their links and then layering it with enough Javascript bloat to sink a battleship then I would steer well clear of them and go for a less intrusive and obnoxious form of advertising.
Hi there, this is Pamela from Infolinks. Norline, Infolinks is a fantastic way to earn money from your websites. We've just come out with new products and improved our existing products to better suit our publishers. You can use any combination of products that you choose. If you think InText ads aren't the right fit for one of your sites, choose another product or two to monetize your site. Check out our brand new website for more details and any questions you may have.
@Stevie -Infolinks has many different products and InText ads are only one of them. Sorry you feel that way!
Happy blogging all
I haven't had any experience wit Bidvertiser or Chitika. From memory when I looked into the various advertising options one or both of these was only available in specific countries and were not available in Australia.
I looked at several advertising services that convert parts of your text content into ad links and Infolinks has by far the smallest script that needs to be attached to your page in order to apply that advertising. Other advertisers typically had JavaScript that was around three to four times the length of the Infolinks script in order to do the same thing. This would make a significant difference to page load times.
Hi Stevie, felgall, and Pamela/Tammy,
OK I can imagine that some ad campaigns are enough to deter you from ever coming back to that site, point taken We'll be very careful in checking out what Infolinks has to offer if we decide to go down that road. On the other hand, if Pamela/Tammy says they have come out with new products, it's at least worth a trial run...
...the question of course is revenue! Will they come up with relevant ads? How much do we get per click? How fast do they load as felgall pointed out? Do they truly have different ad options that work for our diverse needs? Are they prompt in paying with PayPal?
We will see, and let you guys know!
Infolinks is prompt with paying with Paypal. I even had one month where the ad balance was just under the minimum for payout and they paid it anyway.
If I had to choose one, I'd choose Chitika. But, if your criteria is Paypal payments, almost all ad networks currently offer that option. I would stick with better ad-networks, such as Casale or AdSense.
Chitika is only good in certain Niches. Sometimes can bring nice CPC. Bidvertiser is more of a waste of your space. Infolinks is the leader now in text advertising.
Which niches is Chitika good in?
Chitika is good for all the niche, you can see EzineArticle.com is using Chitika.. it has some requirements so you have to fulfill it first and it is mainly related to traffic of your site. And it is good alternative to Adsense too.
Chitika now has inline ad links. I have used them all... I would test with Chitika and Infolinks and see how it does - then switch it up with just one, see how IT does... etc.
Never had any probs with them paying me... but the cost per click is only pennies on either. Kinda sucks.
We have implemented Chitika on some pages after we got "approved" for Silver Status. So far the ads are practically irrelevant. They are not even advertising real products, it just points to a bogus website. Perhaps we missed something somewhere, but so far, not impressed.
We have tried Bidvertiser on other pages, and had to take them out immediately. They simply took over the site. Banners flying from all over the place, pop ups that we had no idea about... When you configure your ad objects you only get to configure about 20% of what actually happens once you insert the code.
Norline - i'd be interested to see how you get on with infolinks as this is something i've been toying with too. I'll post any results if i opt for infolinks.
Unfortunately Chitika nor Infolinks are targeted to your sites content - just generally to your niche via category, which is why you can use them in conjunction with Adsense - which is highly targeted to content or even the visitor (re-targeting.. the ads follow them now matter what site they are on)
Infolinks finally came back to us.....
They approved some sites, but some not. We didn't get any explanation as to why some were not approved, so we'll just assume one of their interns or a bot is looking at this and sending automated messages. No need to work with a company that doesn't explain their actions, when Google takes everybody no questions asked...(don't they know this??)
So conclusion from us and our partners: Bye bye Infolinks!
Next up: Clickbank
according to me all three are good. Bidvertiser and Chitika works well with certain niches while infolinks is a in-text advertising. it works well with words. so, you don't have to worry about niches.So, my point, go for infolinks...
I think Chitika is the best ones. But its depend with your niche to be optimize. You can do research first about high paying keyword before optimize ones niche.
As there seems to be nothing new to say, and the OP has moved on to other things, thread closed.


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THORNBURY is getting ready to impress Britain in Bloom judges, who are set to pay two visits to the town.
Weeds are being removed, litter picked up and flowering plants dead headed as part of the work involved in preparing for the assessment s.
Sue Aitken, of the Thornbury in Bloom team, said the South West regional judge was due on Monday, July 21, to be followed on July 30 by the national competition judging.
The town is being visited twice because its continuing success in the floral, environment and community challenge has again led to it being invited to represent the South West in the nationwide contest.
Sue said: "The national competition judging is the big date. That's when everything needs to be perfect so we are asking for volunteers to help with the clean up.
"We will be having a blitz on Sunday, July 20, and a final tidy up on Sunday, July 27. If anyone would like to turn up and be allocated a job, meet at the Castle Court car park at 9.30am with tools such as secateurs, a spade and hoe, as well as a bag for rubbish."
She said helpers could also be allocated a job in advance by contacting the team via the Thornbury in Bloom website.
Guy Rawlinson, chairman of Thornbury in Bloom and the town's mayor, said: "It's certainly a big year for us and it's also a special year for Britain in Bloom as it's their golden anniversary, so the theme is growing for gold.
"The centenary of the start of World War One is also being marked with a poppy theme."
He said Thornbury's town pump on The Plain had been decked out with golden flowers and there were also a number of features marking the wartime theme.
"Thornbury has been incredibly successful in the Britain in Bloom competitions, regularly winning gold medals and best in class categories. Our success is only possible due to the support we receive from everyone in the town," he said.


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Two homers help Lincecum, Giants grind out win
Righty limits damage despite seven walks; Panda, Pence go deep
LOS ANGELES -- The 80th victory of Tim Lincecum's Major League career looked nothing like the previous 79.
But in the wake of Lincecum's 10-15 finish in 2012, any game with a "W" by his name in the box score is a welcome one for him and the Giants, who outlasted the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday, 5-3.
Lincecum was flawed, matching a career high by walking seven. But he also was tough, limiting Los Angeles to one hit in nine at-bats with runners in scoring position. Bent on improving upon last year, he allowed just two unearned runs and three hits while lasting five innings.
"I felt like today I was more competing than pitching," said Lincecum, who barely threw more than 50 percent strikes -- 46 in 91 pitches.
Lincecum also was competitive enough as a hitter in the third inning to work the count to 2-2 against Dodgers starter Josh Beckett and produce a groundout that opened the scoring in a four-run uprising.
Lincecum's multifaceted effort hastened the Giants' second consecutive triumph that gave them the series victory -- though participants differed on the significance of that accomplishment.
"It is really satisfying for us," Lincecum said of subduing the Dodgers, who outspent every Major League team to build a perceived contender. "A lot of guys were looking forward to this series. I know I was, personally. We took it to heart and left it out there on the field."
Said Giants right fielder Hunter Pence, "It's meaningless. There's a long way to go. A Major League season is a lot more than the first series."
Dodgers center fielder Matt Kemp, who went 0-for-4 to extend his seven-game hitless streak against the Giants to 25 at-bats, echoed Pence. "Any loss is frustrating. This series is over. We're not worried about it anymore."
Still, the Giants made this a noteworthy series for themselves in various ways. Starters Matt Cain, Madison Bumgarner and Lincecum combined to throw 19 innings without surrendering an earned run. Sergio Romo saved both victories, lengthening his streak of converted save chances to 11, dating to Aug. 23.
The Giants relied on power, another unusual element for them. Pablo Sandoval tomahawked a two-run homer on a shoulder-high fastball from Beckett to highlight San Francisco's third-inning outburst.
"He's one of those guys who can expand the [strike] zone and find a way to get good wood on it," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said.
Pence added a two-out homer off Beckett in the sixth to conclude the scoring for the team that ranked last in the Majors in roundtrippers last year.
"I didn't have that much time to think because he had paused on me and I called time," Pence said, "and as soon as I got back in the box he was throwing. I happened to be ready to catch one."
Though both runs Lincecum permitted were unearned, the two-time National League Cy Young Award winner absorbed responsibility for each due to his shaky fastball command. He allowed a hit and walked two as Los Angeles scored in the first inning -- recalling the Major League-high 28 first-inning runs he surrendered last year -- then issued another free pass to christen the Dodgers' fifth when they trimmed the difference to 4-2.
Lincecum's departure didn't end the suspense, in which the Giants' bullpen played a starring role. The Dodgers loaded the bases with nobody out in the sixth inning against left-hander Jose Mijares. But George Kontos repeated history by coaxing Kemp's double-play grounder as a run scored. Kontos recorded the biggest out of his 2012 rookie season when he fanned Kemp to strand a runner at third base and preserve a one-run Giants lead in the seventh inning of an Oct. 2 game at Dodger Stadium. Javier Lopez stranded a runner on first base by striking out Adrian Gonzalez.
"At that point with no outs, you definitely want them to hit the ball on the ground," Kontos said. "We went at him with sinkers inside and with that closed-off stance, he doesn't really get to that inside heater [fastball] very well. I threw him an inside heater and he kind of had a little bit of a defensive swing on it and luckily he kind of rolled it over to third base and we were able to turn two."
Andre Ethier doubled to open Los Angeles' seventh. Chad Gaudin then relieved Lopez and retired the next three hitters without Ethier advancing to begin an effective two-inning stint. Gaudin also marooned a Dodger on first base in the eighth inning by slipping a 79-mph slider past Kemp for a called third strike.
San Francisco's six pitchers stranded 12 baserunners as the Dodgers went 1-for-14 with men in scoring position.
Chris Haft is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Government ministers have had to get used to an unusually truculent House of Lords in the last few weeks, as I wrote about last week.
Both the health and welfare bills might have to undergo serious change if they are to pass the upper house in time for the Queen's speech.
But peers are also debating another important bill at the moment: the legal aid bill. And that could end up being yet another source of tension. Read more


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TULARE, Calif. ― For farms that will be affected by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare), some major decisions are coming up soon.
Although the Act doesn't go into effect until next Jan. 1, management decisions that farms make in 2013 will have an impact on what they need to do in 2014, says Bryan Little, of Farm Employers Labor Service, which helps agricultural employers comply with state and federal labor regulations.
Little told a World Ag Expo seminar on Wednesday that some aspects of ObamaCare are known; other details are still being worked out by federal agencies such as Health and Human Services, Department of Labor and the Internal Revenue Service.
"The Internal Revenue Service is hiring 16,000 new agents to enforce this," Little said.
"We don't know yet how all of this is going to fall out," he added. ObamaCare is still a work in progress, even though it has been signed into law and upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court. In that regard, it's "like building an airplane while it's flying," he said.
Here are some things that are known:
- Farms with just a few employees don't have to worry about complying. It's the farms that employ 50 or more full-time equivalents (FTEs), on average, during a year that are affected. A FTE is a full-time employee who works 30 or more hours per week or a combination of part-time employees who work a certain number of hours. For instance, if there are eight full-time employees and each works 28 hours per week, the total number of hours they work per month (four weeks) is 896, divided by 120, which equals to 7.5 FTEs, according to Little's calculations.
- There is a seasonal employee exemption, which may work to the advantage of some farms. Employees who work fewer than 120 days per year do not count toward the 50-FTE threshold.
Therefore, staffing decisions made in 2013 will affect ObamaCare compliance in 2014.
If a farm ends up having to comply, it must decide whether to pay or play.
If it decides to provide health insurance, the insurance must be affordable and meet "minimum essential coverage" standards. But no one has defined minimum essential coverage standards, Little said.
If the farm decides not to provide health insurance to its full-time employees ― full-timers are the only ones a company has to cover ― and at least one of its employees seeks a taxpayer subsidy from a state health care exchange, then the farm is subject to a $2,000 annual penalty for each of its employees (minus the first 30 employees).
While giving these guidelines at Wednesday's seminar, Little joked that the audience might need a headache remedy trying to follow and make sense of the impending regulations.
Yet, he did offer some tangible advice:
- Work with a good insurance broker.
- If some exemption, such as the seasonal worker provision, allows a farm to escape the ObamaCare provisions in 2014, it might be just as well to wait a year or two until there is more time for the regulations to get worked out. The first year will be the hardest, he said.