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Are you a sleep texter?
Doctors say that this can be a sign of a sleep disorder and Dr. Fisch suggests that those who text in their sleep should see a Doctor. Sleep texter Fisher says that the real harm is the embarrassment that sometimes occurs the next morning when you are called on to explain a text that you composed and sent in your sleep. To avoid sleep texting, experts say that those affected should create a safe sleeping area and make sure that any cell phone is moved far from reach. And if you do suffer from this, don't think you're alone. There is a Facebook page dedicated to Sleep Texters which has over 1,000 members.
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1. SprintPower (Posts: 74; Member since: 29 Dec 2008)
Put the phone in Airplane Mode and assign a complicated password. Lock the phone, put it on the car charger, lock the car and set the car alarm. Lock the car keys in the safe.
Take a Nyquil and go to bed. Next!
2. vantenkiest (Posts: 313; Member since: 20 Apr 2011)
thumbs up but dont you think thats a bit extreme..
4. firebo14 (Posts: 77; Member since: 16 Aug 2011)
Lawl, best post ev4r!
3. anastasiabeaverhausen (Posts: 9; Member since: 05 Sep 2011)
vagine in nokia was text my counrty is fine
5. TechPsycho (banned) (Posts: 32; Member since: 05 Sep 2011)
hahaha good one sprintpwr
6. dakim (unregistered)
i answered my phone and had a conversation before...i didnt know about it until i went through my call logs and saw it! i had to call them and ask what we talked about lol
7. wassup (Posts: 565; Member since: 23 Jun 2011)
umm.... don't they know about PASSWORDS?
8. Dave (unregistered)
This happens to me every time I drink too much, I wonder if I have a disorder.
12. Synack (Posts: 682; Member since: 05 Jul 2011)
Its like sleep talking, which I do sometimes, but you're putting those thoughts into a text!
13. gallitoking (Posts: 4721; Member since: 17 May 2011)
if people take call their bank and pays bills while in the crapper... this doesnt suprise me...
14. bolaG (Posts: 468; Member since: 15 Aug 2011)
I hate that. I just dont get why people talk on their cell phones in the bathroom. Its freaking gross IMHO.
16. gallitoking (Posts: 4721; Member since: 17 May 2011)
where i work .. you go in, and they are people talkiing to their wifes, bank. u named it.. gross, specially after all the process food they eat, lol


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AUGUSTA, Maine — The Office of the State Monitor Advocate in conjunction with the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor and the SafetyWorks! program of the Maine Department of Labor will hold a series of outreach events for the blueberry workers this harvest season.
The events will take place at 5 p.m. at the labor camps of Wyman's (C & D Compound in Deblois) on Aug. 5; Cherryfield Foods (Blueberry Circle in Cherryfield, the old Kneeland Camp) on Aug. 6; and Merrill's Blueberries Labor Camp in Mariaville on Aug. 7.
The events will include safety training on working in the heat and heat stress taught by David Wacker, director of the Division of Workplace Safety and Health of the Bureau of Labor Standards. SafetyWorks! will provide refreshments to the migrant workers who attend.
Spanish speaking investigators from the U.S. Department of Labor's regional office in Boston will make a presentation to the workers regarding their rights and issues around wage and hour law including minimum wage, time cards and record keeping. The investigators will explain regulations addressing labor camp conditions, water quality and portable toilets and hand-washing facilities in the fields.
For more information about migrant workers issues, contact the Maine Department of Labor at 623-7900 or visit the State Monitor Advocate page on the department's website at http://www.maine.gov/labor/

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Madrid table 23M plus Callejón for Luis Suárez
Reports in England claim that Real Madrid have already reached an agreement with the player and have offered José Callejón as part payment in the operation.
Real Madrid are busy negotiating on a number of fronts as they seek to bolster the squad ahead of the new campaign. One name has figured highly in practically all of the ongoing transactions – José Callejón. The attacking midfielder, a product of Madrid's youth team set-up, returned to the club two seasons ago but now seems to be closer to leaving the Bernabéu than staying.
Madrid have designated Callejón to be used as part payment in one of a series summer transfer bids. His name appears in the operation to land Málaga's Isco and now, according to the Mirror, he has entered Madrid's plans to take Luis Suárez off Liverpool's hands.
In England, the Mirror reports that Real Madrid have already reached an agreement with the striker and although the Spanish club is not prepared to meet the player's 47 million euro buy-out fee, they have proposed a four-year deal, paying Liverpool 23 million euros plus Callejón.
Nacional keeping a close eye on events
Suárez's first club Nacional are keen to see the operation go through as they would in turn, receive between 2.5% and 3% of the final transfer fee as a bonus payment for holding the player's formation rights.
Nacional director José Fuentes told Uruguayan daily Ovación this week, "I hope the transfer goes through – the revenue we would gain will be more than welcome as it would allow us to cover our costs for one of the two months when we are inactive".


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Eczema and cradle cap
Eczema is a skin irritation that appears as patches of dry, red, scaly skin which may become moist. Most common places are the front of knees and ankles and insides of wrists.
What causes or aggravates eczema?
- It can run in families.
- Certain foods may provoke attacks in infants.
- Rough, scratchy tight clothes.
- Wools and synthetics (such as carpets, car seats, furniture).
- Frequent use of strong soap for bathing or washing clothes.
- Perfumed creams and lotions.
- Dust.
- Overheating.
- Dry air.
- Sand.
What can I do for eczema?
- Dress baby in light, soft, loose, smooth cotton clothes - don't overdress.
- Use lukewarm water in the bath.
- Avoid soaps and cleansing lotions - use sorbolene and glycerine cream for soap at bath time and change time.
- Put mittens or socks on baby's hands to stop them scratching.
- Wash baby's clothes in pure soap - don't use fabric softeners or wool mix. Rinse well in water.
- When putting baby on the floor to play, place on a cotton sheet, not the carpet.
- Regularly vacuum the house.
If the eczema doesn't get better, see a paediatric dermatologist.
If baby has eczema, reduce contact with people that have cold sores as baby can develop infections from this virus.
Cradle cap
This is a build up of natural oils and dry scaly skin, which can form a yellow/brown crust on baby's head, eyebrows or behind the ears.
What you can do for cradle cap
To remove the crusts, massage sorbolene and glycerine cream into the affected area two to three times a day. Leave on overnight, and wash off at bath time the next day, using a facewasher - or gently brush to stimulate the scalp, and lift off the softened crusts (don't pick off with your nails). Do this every day until it clears.
How can I prevent cradle cap?
Every day, wash and massage baby's scalp and gently brush their head, even if they don't have much hair.
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- Seven reasons why your newborn baby cries
- Understanding nappy rash
- Thrush and newborns
- Colic relief
- Understanding wind
- When to call the doctor
- Diagnosing your baby's reflux
- Failure to thrive
- Jaundice in newborn babies
- Your baby's first teeth
- The great circumcision debate
- Understanding colic
- Hearing tests for babies at birth
- What you need to know about poo
- Your premature baby
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Jemaine Clement: Please, Please Don't Quit "Flight Of The Conchords"
Dear Jemaine,
We heard that you're not sure you want to do another season of "Flight of the Conchords" because it's too much work. We totally sympathize but must beg you, please oh pleeease, don't stop! If we're forced to go without you and Bret's sugar lumps, your hilariously witty lyrics, your awesome dance moves and your gorgeous sideburns, we will (probably) give up on TV altogether. Seriously, I'm going through the five stages of grief over this.Denial: There's no way you can leave us like this—you're just causing a ruckus so we'll pay attention. I mean, remember when you got nominated for an Emmy? There's no way you can just give up two seasons in. That's not even long enough for half of America to realize you exist. Where are you going to plug all that pent-up talent? You need "Flight of the Conchords" as much as we do. Anger: Sure, "Eagle vs. Shark" was a great movie, but "Gentlemen Broncos" is not going to cut it. You're playing you only better—do you know what an opportunity that is? You must be an idiot to quit such a perfect venture. You're all, "We've got to write the series, but we've also got to write the songs, and just dividing your time into those two writing tasks is really tricky." You know what we have to say to that? Wah! Get over it! Hire some interns, already! Bargaining: Did we not buy enough paraphernalia? We'll get your I Told You I Was Freaky CD right now, OK? What, you hate America? We'll change and make it more New Zealand-esque, just don't leave us. We'll write a song for you. It will be called "Jemaine, You've Got It Going On," and it'll go something like this, but with more naked ladies.
Depression: What do you mean by this: "It very likely might not [return for a third season], It could come back in a shorter season or like a special."? Do you think we're going to watch a frickin' special? OK, we'll totally watch the special. But it'll feel like sex with an ex-boyfriend—the familiarity is nice but it's ultimately unsatisfying. What are we supposed to do without you? Locking ourselves in our room and crying sounds like the only option. Acceptance: Fat chance.
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NEW YORK — Procter & Gamble is exploring the divestiture of as many as 100 underperforming brands, according to a report in the New York Times published Monday.
Duracell batteries and Braun shavers are the two largest assets likely to be divested, NYT reported, citing people familiar with the discussions.
According to the report, sales of the brands under review collectively total as much as $900 million; Duracell accounts for $500 million in sales, and Braun accounts for $100 million.
The potential brand sale has attracted several private equity firms, NYT reported.


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Photoshop Artistic Filters
Photoshop has 15 artistic filters than be applied to image. The effects of each of the 15 Photoshop artistic filters is shown below. The left hand side of the images shows the effect of the particular filter while the right side shows the source image.
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1 Colored Pencil
The colored pencil filter makes an image look as if it were drawn with colored pencils. Image edges are given a crosshatch appearance and the background color shows through the indivudual pencil strokes.
- Pencil Width: Changes the thickness of the pencil strokes.
- Stroke Pressure: Changes the intensity of the pencil strokes.
- Paper Brightness: Modifies the brightness of the paper underneath.
2 Cutout
The Cutout filer makes an image look as if it were made from cut-out pieces of paper.
- Number of Levels : Determines the number of layers of colored paper. The smaller the numbers the simpler the final image.
- Edge Simplicity : Simplifies image edges. The larger the values the simpler the images.
- Edge Fidelity : Sets the image edge precision. The larger the values the more detailed the edges.
3 Dry Brush
The Dry Brush filter paints the edges with a dry brush effect.
- Brush Size : The smaller the brush size, the more detailed the final image.
- Brush Detail : The higher the Brush Detail value, the more detailed the final image.
- Texture: The higher the value, the rougher the texture of the final image.
4 Film Grain
The Film Grain filter adds noise or small dots to an image.
- Grain: Sets the size of the noise. Larger values display more dots.
- Highlight Area : The higher the value, the more highlights there will be in the image.
- Intensity: A smaller number adds dots to the entire image. Larger values add dots only to darker parts of the image.
5 Fresco
The Fresco filter imitates the fresco painting style from the Renaissance period. It does this by painting an image with short dabs, creating a darker image than the original.
- Brush Size: Sets the size of the brush. The smaller the size, the more detailed the image.
- Brush Detail: Higher Brush Detail values create images that are more detailed.
- Texture: Higher texture values create rougher textures in the image.
6 Neon Glow
The Neon Glow filter adds glow effets to an image. The filter uses the foreground color from the Toolbox as well as the color in the Neon Glow dialog box. To apply this filter to a text layer, you need to choose "Layer > Rasterize" before applying the filter.
- Glow Size : A large Glow Size value colors the highlights with the glow color and the shadows with the foreground color. Small values work in the opposite way.
- Glow Brightness : When this is set to 0, the image is filled with the foreground color. Larger values create highlights using the glow color.
- Glow Color : Sets the highlight color for the image.
7 Paint Daubs
The Paint Daubs filter creates an oil painting effect.
- Brush Size: Smaller brushes create more detail in the image.
- Sharpness: Increasing the Sharpness creates more defined edges.
- Brush Type: Choose from Simple, Light, Rough, Dark Rough, Wide Sharpm Wide Blurry and Sparkle brushes.
8 Palette Knife
The Palette Knife filter creates the effect of a palette knife being used on the image.
- Stroke Size: The higher the value, the more colors bunch together in the image.
- Stroke Detail: The higher the value, the more detailed the resulting image.
- Softness: Alters the degree of smearing in the image.
9 Plastic Wrap
The Plastic Wrap filter creates the appearance that the image has been wrapped in transparent plastic.
- Highlight Strength: Determines the shine of the plastic.
- Detail: Changes the detail of the texture created by plastic.
- Smoothness: Sets the smoothness of the plastic wrap.
10 Poster Edges
The Poster Edges filter reduces the colors in the image and creates dark images.
- Edge Thickness : Determines thickness of the dark edges.
- Edge Intensity: Changes the number of dark edges.
- Posterization: A low value creates a high contrast image, while a high value creates an image with more tones.
11 Rough Pastels
The Rough Pastels filter gives the image the appearance of coloured pastel chalks on a textured background.
- Stroke Length : Higher values create more obvious chalk strokes.
- Stroke Detail : Higher values increase the contrast and color in an image.
- Texture: Choose from Brick, Burlap, Canvas, and Sandstone Textures. The Load Texture feature aloows you to load a saves *.psd file containing a texture.
- Scaling: Changes the size of the texture.
- Relief: Larger values create more depth in the texture, making it seem more embossed.
- Light: Set the direction of the light.
- Invert: Inverts the texture.
12 Smudge Stick
The Smudge Stick filter creates the appearance that the image was smeared before the paint dried.
- Stroke Length: Higher values increase the amount of smudging in the image.
- Highlight Area: Changes the amount of highlights in the image.
- Intensity: Higher values brighten the image and remove details from the highlights.
13 Sponge
The Sponge filter makes the image look as if it was sponged.
- Brush Size: Sets the size of the sponge.
- Definition: Sets the contrast.
- Smoothness: Larger values increase the sponging effect.
14 Underpainting
The Underpainting filter makes the image appear to have been painted on a textured background, giving it a softer focus.
- Brush Size: The smaller the brush size, the more detailed the image.
- Texture Coverage: Smaller values apply the texture to darker parts of the image. Larger valyes apply the texture to the whole image.
- Texture: Choose from Brick, Burlap, Canvas and Sanstone. The Load Texture feature allows you to load a saved *.psd file containing a texture.
14 Watercolor
The Watercolor filter creates a watercolor painting effect.
- Brush Detail: Higher values create a more detailed and smoother image.
- Show Intensity: Darkens the image.
- Texture: Higher values create less smooth images.
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Smartphones are all the rage with most 15-year-olds. But Ryan Ruffels' phone is a little different.
''It's pretty cool,'' he said. ''It looks pretty good when you're scrolling down the Ms in your phone and you see Rory McIlroy. Hopefully, he gives me a follow on Twitter or something.''
This has been some week for Ruffels, 15, a Victorian amateur considered one of golf's brightest prospects in the country.
After playing a practice round with Adam Scott - the best golfer in the country and the second-best in the world - at Royal Melbourne before last week's World Cup, he followed up with 12 holes at Royal Sydney on Tuesday with McIlroy - as a result of the pair's common association with Nike - ahead of this week's Australian Open.
''It was a bit intimidating at the start I guess, playing with such a good player,'' Ruffles said of McIlroy. ''But I started to relax a bit and I actually started to hit it really well towards the end. I felt like I kept up with him as good as I could.
''It was great playing with Adam last week. He is obviously known as one of the best ball strikers in the world at the moment. Rory is the same. Rory has to be one of the longest hitters I have ever played with, which was really cool to see. I keep saying it, it's a bit cliched now, but to see how good you can get at golf is pretty cool.''
Ruffels estimated McIlroy out-drove him by about 50 metres. Yet what the youngster found was that he was closer to the former world No. 1, and his like, than he had initially thought.
''They can hit it a lot further than me,'' he said. ''I can keep up with him with short irons, chipping and putting - I think I putt just as good as almost all of them.
''But with golf, it's how good your bad shots are. At the moment, their bad shots are a little bit better than mine. When I hit a good shot, and Rory hits a good shot, they're pretty similar. And I think everyone else in the field is like that. It's a matter of cleaning up the bad ones.
''With Adam last week, I didn't play very good at all. I was kind of embarrassed, almost. Today, I played actually really good. I hit a lot of mid-irons [to within a] couple of feet [of the pin], and I was making a lot of birdies. It was good to see my good golf was pretty close to his.''
While he has spent his time of late among golfing royalty, Ruffels has long been among sporting royalty. His father, Ray Ruffels, represented Australia in Davis Cup and later coached Mark Woodforde and Todd Woodbridge, while his mother, Anna-Maria Fernandez-Ruffels, played Federation Cup for the US. His younger sister, Gabriela, also excels at tennis.
Ryan did so, too, for a while but, having shot one-under in his first golf tournament at age 10 in southern California after losing a tennis match 6-0, 6-0 in the morning, he decided to make a good go of his golf.
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This classic animal print was seen all over the fall 2013 runways on everything from structured jackets to flirty skirts and sunglasses.
Qupid pointed-toe flats, $30, at pacsun.com
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Wren sleeveless fit-and-flare dress, $295, at the Rising States
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Mango cotton jacket, $110, at Mango, locations throughout the city; visit mango.com
Material Girl printed blouse, $38, at Macy�s
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Rebecca Taylor leopard-print dress, $450, at Rebecca Taylor
Patricia Field leopard-sleeved moto jacket, $98, at Patricia Field
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3.1 Phillip Lim for Target drawstring carryall, $50, available Sept 15 at Target, locations throughout the city
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Gap 1969 Always Skinny printed jeans, $70, at Gap, locations throughout the city
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Water aerobic classes continue through summer at Chatfield pool
All ages, abilities can benefit from exercising in the water
By Gretchen Mensink Lovejoy
Tuesday, July 22, 2014 9:58 AM
The Chatfield swimming pool's water aerobics class meets three times a week to noodle around in the water. GRETCHEN MENSINK LOVEJOY/CHATFIELD NEWS
Summertime provides a chance to be buoyant and aerobic, to defy the gravity of the situation. Area residents take advantage of that opportunity through water aerobics classes offered at the Chatfield swimming pool, three times a week during the summer.
"The water provides a buoyance effect which allows your body to perform exercises and moves without the impact and pressure of gravity on land," said Shari Hamann, water aerobics instructor. "In the water, you can reduce the gravity pull by about 60 percent."
Hamman said exercising underwater is a great thing to do for one's body. "The water also keeps you cooler so your heart doesn't have to work as hard," she added. "Any move you make in the water is beneficial, as you are working against the pressure of the water and it strengthens and improves the endurance of your muscles."
Hamann's class, which began June 9, meets three times a week at the pool, and participants get the benefits of a dry land workout without the stress on joints that land workouts can cause. Plus, they get to use pink water noodles to enhance their exercise.
Hamann highlighted, "Noodles are provided. This year we received new noodles, so they give you a great workout."
She explained she enjoys teaching the class for various reasons, beyond noodling around.
"I think this is my 16th year at the Chatfield pool. I have always loved water aerobics," she said. "It allows me to get a good workout and stay relatively cool in the water. Exercising to music is also fun, and by instructing, I have no excuse not to go and exercise."
She added that over the years, she has met many wonderful people.
"It is very satisfying to see the improvement of the class members," Hamann said. "Some have never exercised before and find it is easier in the water."
The class averages approximately 12 to 15 people, of all ages, each night this year. The most who've joined Hamann last year was 23 in one night, and 21 this summer.
The instructor is pleased to see a wide range of people in the pool – though the class is primarily comprised of women, she has had a few gentlemen join over the years.
"You can do water aerobics at any age," she said. "The ages in our group range from mid-30s to mid-80s. The water makes movement easier and not such a stress on your body joints and muscles, so no matter what your weight, height or ability, you can do exercise movements much easier in water. After water aerobics, you feel mentally, as well as physically, rejuvenated. There is great satisfaction from the participants when they can do movements in the water that they can't do on land comfortably."
Hamann stated the class has something for everyone and is flexible.
"I plan the class for the average workout. If you want a more strenuous workout or want less, it is not a problem," she said. "No matter what your physical ability, the water is good for you. You are strengthening and working your muscles by just moving them in water. There is a lift chair available if you are unable to climb up and down the ladder stairs."
She said the class is all about fun. "There is sometimes too much laughing and chatting, so I have to talk very loudly when giving instructions," Hamann said. "You do what your body allows you to do, and no one judges you on your abilities, size or age. It is fun to see the progress that is made by the group as they get stronger, gain endurance and confidence. The most feedback I have gotten from participants is that they feel great, relaxed and have more energy. I always feel better after the class, too."
She noted that her water aerobics students are "pretty die-hard ladies," in that they'll brave the water all 10 to 11 weeks, even if a chilly evening happens to descend.
"The times that class is cancelled is if there is thunder, lightning or the temperature outside is below 66 degrees," Hamann said. "We have had class in light rain when it is warm. The pool is heated, so it's pretty comfortable most of the time. We have very dedicated people who look forward to the class and don't want to miss a class."
Hamann invited anyone interested in working out buoyantly to put on their swimsuit and grab a water noodle for ultimate underwater exercise.
"Our class is held Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 5:45 p.m. until 6:45 p.m. You can join at any time. You can pay by the night or for the season. Come as many nights a week that fits your schedule," Hamann urged. "Cost is $30 for the season or $4 per time and if you come three times a week for the 10 weeks, it costs a $1 a time. That's pretty reasonable to get a fun workout."
She expressed her appreciation to the city for reopening the pool and reprising the class each summer.
"I am very thankful the city of Chatfield supports the pool. I was in elementary school when the pool was built," Hamann recalled. "You could purchase a block for the wall of the building. This pool has been there for my childhood swimming lessons, my children took lessons, were lifeguards at the pool, and now my grandchildren enjoy going to the pool when they visit."
She said she dreams that one day Chatfield will have an indoor-outdoor aquatic center.
"The time and availability is limited at the pool, and it would be great to be able to have enough time to have children's exercise classes," she concluded. "You can have so much fun doing movements to music in the water that you don't even realize you are exercising. All ages can benefit from being in the water!"
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Research on land markets in South Asia : what have we learned?
The authors review the literature on land markets in South Asia to clarify what's known and to highlight unresolved issues. They report that: (1) We have a good understanding of why sharecropping persists and why it can be superior to other standard agricultural contracts. We have less understanding of what determines the relative efficiency of sharecropping in different environments and why other apparently superior contractual relationships are rare. (2) Insecure rights to land adversely affect production and investment incentives in areas outside of South Asia, but in South Asia strong evidence linking investment and rights to production is scarce. (3) An inverse relationship between farm size and output per unit area is a recurrent feature in data from South Asia, apparently related to land-labor interactions. (4) Although small farms seem to be more efficient than large ones, small farmers have trouble raising their profitability and enlarging their holding, largely because of credit constraints, but also because of poverty and policy that discriminates against them. (5) Misguided land reform in the past has made tenancy unattractive to landowners, so large capital-intensive farms have developed. Political economic analysis is needed to explain the failure of past land reform, as well as distortions in agricultural input and output markets in (6) South Asia. Land fragmentation (as distinguished from farm size) has caused productivity losses. Those losses have not been quantified and the reasons fragmentation persists are poorly understood. (7) Transaction costs are a significant impediment to functioning land markets. In South Asia, transfers of land rights are complicated by lack of explicit title to land, and by informal and customary rights. (8) One pressing research problem is gender discrimination, an important factor in land market imperfections -especially (within the household) the separation of land management and its control. Research needs include more systematic regional comparisons, the use of more panel data, and an investigation of how agricultural productivity is affected by gender problems and land fragmentation.
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- Shaban, Radwan Ali, 1987. "Testing between Competing Models of Sharecropping," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 95(5), pages 893-920, October.
- Benjamin, Dwayne, 1995. "Can unobserved land quality explain the inverse productivity relationship?," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 46(1), pages 51-84, February.
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100 years after his death, William Booth (1829–1912) is remembered for the role he played in founding the Salvation Army, the evangelical organization that now operates in more than 120 countries. What few people know, though, is that Booth was also a prolific author, writing articles and speeches on topics such as Christian doctrine and women in ministry.
Roger J. Green, professor and chair of Biblical Studies and Christian Ministries and resident expert at Gordon on the Salvation Army, has compiled many of Booth's more important essays in a new book, Boundless Salvation: The Shorter Writings of William Booth. Green has written extensively on Booth, his theology, Catherine Booth and the organization. A lifelong Salvationist, he's also the co-editor of Word and Deed: A Journal of Salvation Army Theology and Ministry, and travels internationally for the Salvation Army on speaking engagements. He was the first layperson appointed to the Army's International Doctrine Council. Click here for more details on his new book.


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Authorities say the passengers and crew on board a Russian plane had no chance of survival when the aircraft slammed into the side of a mountain in Indonesia during a demonstration flight.
Search and rescue officers, who reached the crash site on foot late on Thursday afternoon, have confirmed that no survivors had been found.
The wreckage of the Russian-made Sukhoi Superjet-100, which was carrying about 50 people, was spotted from the air on Thursday morning at Mount Salak, a dormant volcano about 80km south of the Indonesian capital of Jakarta.
Aerial photographs of the crash site released by the Indonesian Air Force showed debris strewn across an almost vertical section of the mountain, indicating the plane slammed directly into a rock face.
Gagah Prakoso, an official with Indonesia's national search and rescue agency, said the team on the ground had not accounted for all the passengers, but added there was no chance of survival.
"The team has reached there and entered. There are dead bodies there," he said.
"Numbers, we have to be careful because the flight manifest, it's changing.
"But the plane hit the rock wall at high speed. It blew up and shattered."
The plane was on its second demonstration flight for the day when it disappeared from radar about 2.50pm (5.50pm AEST) on Wednesday, almost an hour after leaving an airport in Jakarta.
Shortly before the crash, it had descended from 10,000 feet to 6000 feet.
It was found on Thursday morning on the side of Mount Salak, about 3km from the town of Cijeruk.
Search and rescue officers were forced to make their way to the crash site on foot after earlier attempts to reach the wreckage by air had failed.
Ali Umri Lubis, a military official from an airbase near where the plane went down, said the crash site was about 6000 feet above sea level.
While the cause of the crash is not yet known, a villager from Tenjolaya district near Mount Salak, said he had seen the aircraft flying unsteadily just before it went down.
"It was still way above the trees, but veering left and right, and then it disappeared," Juanda, who has only one name, told AFP.
"I heard a sound like firecrackers, but I couldn't see it anymore."
Devastated relatives of some of those aboard plane had gathered on Thursday at Halim Perdanakusuma airport, where the plane had departed from on Wednesday, awaiting news from the crash site.
They had already feared the worst, with some providing DNA samples to help with the identification of the bodies.
By Thursday afternoon, their worst fears had been realised.
The exact number of fatalities remains unclear with conflicting reports putting the number of passengers on board the plane at between 46 and 50 people.
Authorities have confirmed, however, that eight of those aboard were Russians, including pilots and technicians.
It's understood a French national and a US citizen were also on the flight.
It was also carrying aviation industry representatives, diplomats and journalists.
The flights on Wednesday were part of an Asian tour aimed at promoting the new twin-engine Superjet - a joint venture between Sukhoi and Italy's Alenia Aeronautica.


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FOX Fall 2013 Premiere Schedule: 'Bones' to Friday, '24: Live Another Day' in May 2014
FOX has officially joined the ranks of broadcast networks to release their fall 2013-2014 premiere schedule, leaving ABC the lone holdout. Among the bigger changes on deck for the network, 'The X-Factor' will debut over two nights with a solid four hours, while 'Bones' moves to Fridays in November, and the much buzzed-about '24' revival '24: Live Another Day' has a semi-official premiere date set for May 2014.
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In an exclusive interview with Deadline's Nikki Finke, former 'American Idol' judge Simon Cowell revealed he wants Paula Abdul to join the judges' table on his upcoming reality series 'The X Factor.'
"I've always wanted Paula. Always been very vocal about that. I missed her the second she left the show," he said. "Always loved working with her even though she can be a pain. And I've been consistent about this. I don't know what it is about her, but I've always clicked with her."


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Liya Kebede is a supermodel, actress, former World Health Organization Goodwill Ambassador and now a designer. L-atitude introduces Lemlem, a brand that expresses Liya?s desire to inspire economic independence in her native country of Ethiopia.
1. What creative ventures are you working on at the moment?
I am continuing to work on the lemlem Fall 2012 collection ? we have a lot of exciting pieces coming down the pipeline. I am balancing that between modeling and acting at the moment!
2. What are your three favorite off-the-beaten-track stores in the world?
I love Merci in Paris, I'm not sure if it counts as off the beaten track anymore! But it's a great store where you can feel good about shopping because they donate all of their profits to a CO-OP for young women in Madagascar.
The bazaar in Turkey. It is incredible, there is a small cafe called Fez cafe in the middle of the bazaar where you can sit and just spend hours watching the commotion.
I also love visiting Daunt Books in London- it's amazing.?
3. How would you describe the signature style of the modern woman?
The modern woman is so busy balancing life and work ? I think the modern woman?s signature style is anything that can get her through her day ? even if that means an amazing pair of ballet flats, the perfect fitting skinny pant and white button down or 6 inch heels and a suit!
4. What is your favorite vacation destination? Where do you stay when there?
I like always visiting places I have not been to before, it is very rare for me to go to the same place twice even if I love it a lot.
5. How would you describe your personal style?
Anything I can run around in ? I am always running to different meetings throughout the day, so I would have to say my personal style is, polished yet casual and functional. I never leave the house without a great pair of flats.
6. Do you have any tricks or secrets for traveling in style?
Make sure you have a good bag to keep everything in. I find the lemlem Lila Bag is roomy enough for carrying all my essentials, and it's reversible so I get two different looks from one piece.
7. What are three things you have to bring every time you travel (aside from necessities like phone, wallet, passport, etc.)?
1. Dresses, the lemlem Helina Dress works as well in the city as it does on the beach. And it folds up to almost nothing in my suitcase.
2. Books , my favorite thing to do when traveling
3. Notebook , I always write a lot of ideas down on the plane.
8. What city has the best nightlife? What is your favorite spot to visit when there?
I love going out in Paris, I end up going to whatever is the new spot of the moment ?
9. What are three things every woman should have in her wardrobe?
1. A lemlem split scarf. It's become our iconic piece in our collection and something I always end up pulling out of my own wardrobe to wear.
The one we developed this season just looks like sunshine!
2. Ballets flats
3. Great super soft t-shirts
10. What are your top three picks from L-atitude.com?
To pick three things is so hard, I want everything!
1. The lemlem Helina Tunic is a great piece, it can be worn as a cover up over a bikini at the beach, with jeans in the day time, or even with skinny leather pants at night.
2.The Vaza ? Deeda Clutch is gorgeous and would be the perfect clutch to go from day to night
3.Bali Soles ? Resort Coral Sandals would be the perfect beach vacation shoe!
11. What is the best shopping find you've ever made while traveling?
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Matt Dillon
For Matt Dillon, the life of an actor is actually about acting, rather than pure fame. He picks films from his heart and not from his bank account. That's why you're just as likely to spot him in a crafty indie like the Bukowski-inspired Factotum as you are to watch him in a broad studio comedy like There's Something About Mary or a dark drama like Crash. An actor who chooses longevity over popularity, Matt Dillon has a simmering career that has remained consistent for the last 30 years through his successful and deliberate transformations as a performer.
AppealMatt Dillon's good looks and on-screen swagger make women buckle and guys move out of the way. He's one of Hollywood's coolest customers and was chosen by People as one of 2007's Sexiest Men Alive. It's easy to imagine him as a man breaking limbs and hearts in every corner of a New York bar, but even so, he's not nearly as brooding or troubled as many of his on-screen characters are. For that, he credits his family for having instilled in him the discipline necessary to keep him in line and out of trouble. One of the ways he stays out of trouble is by traveling and learning about other people. Cambodia was one of his most intriguing destinations, since it was there that he found the inspiration to write and direct City of Ghosts.
Matt Dillon's threesome with Neve Campbell and Denise Richards in Wild Things was far more risque than anything he's shared with the world where his personal relationships are concerned. That being said, we'd still like to shake his hand. Not for the threesome, but for having been a previous boyfriend of the lovely Diane Lane, and the former fiance of Cameron Diaz. Actually, forget shaking his hand. Where can we sign him up to be our new wingman?
SuccessOnce a reliable on-screen rebel in films like The Outsiders, Matt Dillon's 40+ film resume now offers a breadth of work that is edgy and respectable. Some of his big-name cast mates from that film just can't make the same argument (yes, you Rob Lowe). On the record for saying that he favors character realism over likability, Matt Dillon's most memorable performances all come from a place of realism, whether it's his struggling junkie in Drugstore Cowboy, doomed husband in To Die For, or seedy counselor in Wild Things. These are characters we don't necessarily like, but we still find them fascinating. Nowhere was this more evident than in his Oscar-nominated turn as a corrupt L.A. cop in Crash, a racist lout we'd never want to meet or spend time with, but are compelled to observe.
Known for being choosy, Matt Dillon is one of the few actors who will publicly admit that he turned down a role -- that of Butch the boxer -- in Pulp Fiction. No one's slagging him for turning down The Blue Lagoon, but he does deserve a shot for agreeing to Herbie: Fully Loaded. We're just thankful he didn't get caught partying with Lindsay Lohan. Though he's done well at everything, the genre that Matt Dillon finds the most difficult is comedy. Ironically enough, this is also where he's found great success, both with the 1998 smash There's Something About Mary and the 2006 hit, You, Me, and Dupree. There's nothing funny about Matt Dillon's upcoming slate of films, which include Armored and Takers, a pair of thrillers that revolve around robberies gone wrong.
Matt Dillon BiographyMatt Dillon and his Entourage-inclined younger brother Kevin Dillon could've easily skipped acting and opted for comic strips instead. Despite being related to uncles who worked on Flash Gordon and Blondie, the Dillon brothers ended up having no inclination to draw, and in Matt Dillon's case, not much of an inclination for anything. A token New York badass, he was carving out a healthy niche as a wisecracking slacker who didn't think that school was in his best interest. Interestingly enough, he was proven right in 1979, when film scouts discovered him skipping school and thought he had the look of a future movie star.
Matt Dillon's early output included his debut as a troubled teenager in Over the Edge and his turn as a mean-spirited bully in 1980's My Bodyguard, but it was his role in 1982's Tex that began a streak of three films based on the works of S.E. Hinton. The subsequent two, Rumblefish and The Outsiders, were directed by Francis Ford Coppola, and gave him a reputation as a moody on-screen brooder, especially the latter film, which tossed him into a classic rainy screen fight that also included Patrick Swayze, Emilio Estevez, Tom Cruise, and Rob Lowe.
matt dillon stars in drugstore cowboy and there's something about maryIn 1989, director Gus Van Sant put Matt Dillon's acting chops to the test in the disturbing drug odyssey Drugstore Cowboy. As Bob, the leader of a drug-seeking junkie "family," he let every flaw of his fractured character hang out, and was rewarded with an Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead. Based on the positive experience of making the film, Matt Dillon stayed close to the independent film circuit, playing a Seattle rocker opposite Bridget Fonda in 1992's Singles before re-teaming with Gus Van Sant for 1995's To Die For, in which he played a clueless husband married to an adulterous woman (Nicole Kidman) who has literally been raised on television.
Once reluctant to try comedy, Matt Dillon took on two of them in 1998, starting with In & Out, for which he took a page from the Hollywood award show playbook to play an ego-drenched actor who outs his high school acting teacher. He went back to high school for his next film, the guilty pleasure known as Wild Things, which cast him as a high school counselor getting down and dirty with two of his students. After that kinky rendezvous, Matt Dillon stayed sleazy but went the comedy route again as insurance investigator Pat Healy, the man with the tough task of following Cameron Diaz around in There's Something About Mary. Though he was not present for the infamous "hair gel" scene, Matt Dillon did get the chance to sedate a dog on-screen and bring it back to life with electric lamps and some quick thinking. Audiences loved his flair for comedy (not to mention his sleazy mustache) and he walked away with the MTV Movie Award for Best Villain. The film was one of the year's biggest hits and remains the movie that Matt Dillon is recognized the most for.
matt dillon stars in crash and takersAn ill-advised role in the comedy flop One Night at McCool's was Matt Dillon's first notable post-Mary film. Instead of revisiting the comedy well yet again, Matt Dillon settled on making a very personal film, 2002's City of Ghosts, a twisty drama set in Cambodia, inspired by the actor's own travels in the country. The film also marked his writing and directorial debut. 2005 brought with it Matt Dillon's debut as a Best Supporting Actor nominee at the Oscars, following his gutsy performance as an L.A. cop letting racism and hostility cloud his judgment in the ensemble picture Crash. He didn't win the Academy Award, but he did win the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Supporting Lead and shared in a number of ensemble acting awards that the eventual Best Picture winner would earn on the road to the Oscars.
Post-Crash, Matt Dillon has stayed true to his own belief of picking projects out of interest rather than financial necessity. After playing Hank Chinaski, a thinly veiled take on Charles Bukowski, in Factotum, he guest-starred on The Simpsons (a requirement for celebs these days), before playing husband to Kate Hudson and home owner to unwelcome house guest Owen Wilson in the 2006 summer comedy You, Me and Dupree. In 2009, Matt Dillon will be seen in Armored with Skeet Ulrich and Laurence Fishburne, an intense crime thriller about the robbery of a money truck, and next year, in Takers, he will play a detective opposite Paul Walker and Hayden Christensen trying to nab the crooks responsible for a $20 million theft.
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Seton School play directors share bond and good memories
Almost 40 years ago, Ona Gabriel started the drama program at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton School. One of her students was Darlene Thiele.
Now, Thiele is the one directing plays at SEAS.
Last week, Gabriel came back to the school to meet with Thiele. For a short period of time last Thursday morning, the two shared their knowledge and memories about drama and what it has meant to them and their students.
Give them both a lot of credit.
Being involved in a drama program and in plays came naturally to Gabriel. She performed on stage in high school and in college. She had three majors in college - English, drama and speech. She loved them all, she said.
When she came to then Guardian Angels Catholic School in the early 1960s, there was no play and there were no drama classes.
"I thought - let's start it," she said. "So I started it. Drama is one of the greatest things."
The drama class has remained one of the required classes at the school since that time. Being in a play was part of the class and it still is.
"The arts appeal to some students who maybe don't like the other subjects too much," said Thiele. "They just love drama.
"For some students who usually are so quiet, or don't say a lot, the drama is what they look forward to. They have a blast."
When the drama program began, it was for seventh- and eighth-grade students, Gabriel recalled.
"In the seventh grade, we had three one-act plays (and) we did the comedies," said Gabriel "In eighth grade, it was the drama."
Both directors agreed on the hardest part of the drama class.
"The hardest part was finding a play," said Gabriel, "so that everyone had a part."
"Sometimes you write additional parts," said Thiele.
Gabriel nodded her head in agreement.
"And you know, the kids look back and they talk about being in the play," said Gabriel. "They remember it. It is such a confidence builder for them."
"The kids do remember it," said Thiele.
Several students she had in the class, Gabriel remembers, had challenges with their speech. But as soon as they got up on the stage, it was a different world.
"They had so much fun," she said.
"And you now, too, what I've observed, is that the kids love to dress up," said Thiele.
Through the years, some costumes, such as formals, have been donated. Some, like for this year's "The Worst (Best) Christmas Pageant," have been borrowed.
The two most famous ones this year were two Hastings firefighter's uniforms for Kirk Kranz and Dylan Lynch who played firefighters in the play. When they went to the Hastings Fire Department to ask to borrow the uniform, the two also learned about the fire station.
Except for one time (under Thiele's direction), the play has always gone on. She said one of actors had appendicitis; there were other considerations such as extremely icy weather conditions.
When Thiele "took over" the drama program, she said it was an honor, referring to Gabriel as a "fixture of the school."
"I have directed five of my own children in their eighth-grade play and have had a child at SEAS since 1994," she said. Her last child graduates from SEAS next year.
Gabriel was invited to "The Worst (Best) Christmas Pageant," last week, and it was a time to visit, catch up on news with everyone at the school and remember those days gone by.
"I still miss it," said Gabriel. "I was here 37 years, and every September, when school starts, I think about it again."
They are good memories ... and part of the school's ongoing traditions.


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- Okay, expect a review some time soon. ~Sir Frosty (Talk to me!) 23:59, July 13, 2011 (UTC)
|Alright, before I begin, I believe you have picked a really hard topic to make funny and that has shown in your article. The humor has extensive cracks in it and I'll attempt to help you fix them up here.
First off I'll say writing an entire article on the "political" side of Uncyclopedia is an odd choice. You are not the first to try this, nor do I think you will be the last. Most of them in the past have failed because they are far too in-jokey to be funny, perhaps this is unavoidable in most cases, but you have that exact line of writing in your article. Unless you make drastic alterations to it, the article don't survive for very long. So I'll go through your article section by section now.
Prelude to War - Ok when I read this section, my first thought was is this possible to make funny. At first I thought no, but I think if you cut the list of just random people, that bear absolutely no relevance to your article you have a good start towards making it funny. As for the rest of this section two things:
Two golden rules. I also think a better prompt for war to break out would be perhaps mass genocide (parody of WWII and slightly more believable!)
Sometime later - Marginal better, again cut out bits that are neither relevant or funny (I'm talking about your reference to Lindsay Lohan.) Stick to what this article is supposed to be about, an imaginary war, not drunk celebrities. This point also needs better explaining and expansion, quite simple add more detail to what you currently have.
War Begins - This section is kind of a mix of amusing and just randomness. The introduction is somewhat questionable as the first two words "That hermaphrodite" make me go what the fuck is going on here? The introduction to this section along with the rest of the article are extremely difficult to follow unless you have a taste for this style of writing (which most folks around here do not).
Now you proceed to tell the rest of this with images, a daring move which appears to pay off to some degree, the first few images look like what a war should look like and therefore are ok to leave the way they are. The image of the crab like creature and sponge bob square pants are very out of lace and should not be there, keep the theme consistent throughout this section.
As for the rest of this section, your use of teh internetz speks & por grmr isn't very good. Proper grammar would follow the proper formalities of war and would create more satire and humor than what you currently have. Again instead of specific character names use army ranks for example that would have the same effect whilst avoiding being injokey.
UN intervention - This somewhat better as it avoids in-jokes and sticks to the subject matter to a good enough extent. Try and make the article of a similar quality to this section and your article will become of a high enough quality to survive. Although slightly flawed in wording (try re-wording it slightly) it is none the less pretty good.
Plan goes wrong,Just like the Emmys - Lack of vanity cruft is good to see, but this is still too random to be funny. Try writting something that could actually go wrong rather than made up garbage. An example would be a surprise enemy attack of something to that efeect, this section needs to be re-done to a large extent!
The Master plan - The Zombiebaron reference must go. Thats all I have to say, give him a name like "The General" or somethin but vanity is not good, try something different that specifics like I said earlier. Also Chuck Norris jokes stopped being funny ages ago. Sorry.
battle at the barriers - Merge this idea with the previous one, once you have the previous once fixed up. That could do well as one big section, or make it a sub-section ewhat ever works with you. But I see no need to seperate them, it ruins the articles flow even more than it already is.
the final battle - Kill this section its basically repeating the previous two. It also has entirely too many Zombiebaron references.
Aftermath - Don't refer to Zombiebaron for god sake! Use some sort of more general term, in fact you could use the admins in general, because they are all evil overlords.
Sorry I had do be so harsh in this section, but it needs a lot of work to get up and running.
|Your choose of topic was an odd one as a stated before, in-jokey wiki wars are generally frowned upon at Uncyclopedia. Whats made it worse is you havent stuck to the same concept consistantly. As I said before cut out the random parts and it will not only become funnier but it will aos show you can pick a difficult concept and make it worth while to the reader.
Specifically cut out any bits that bare no relevvance to your article, as well as cutting ut any specific references to Users (especially Zombiebaron!)
|Prose and formatting:
|Alright I hve multiple issues with your formatting, luckily its easier to fix up than the humour, so I will outline the issues.
This is the biggest issue that makes your article look ugly, this will make it very attractive, and keep the reader interested.
Center images - Specificall in sections where your telling your story with images, go:
That simple, it would also be good if they were consistant in size.
Proofread - Go back through your article and go and fix up every typo you made, including all those pointless brackets lying all over your article.
|Some images are really good, some are really bad. The one of spongebob is certainly not relevant. Also Id try and look for higher quality and more consistant images to tell the sotry with, but thats just a thought. The main reason you didn't get a high score here is that they are poorly formatted as I stated above.
|My overall rating out of 10
|Final Score:
|Hope the feedback helps. Sorry I couldn't give you a good score, but don't get discourages, keep trying and get it up and running!
|~Sir Frosty (Talk to me!)


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I haven't been to Sweden in almost two full years now (!!!) so it was quite a refresher when my Stockholm-based friend Travis came to visit, with all the brands from his new showroom, We Shall Run, in tow. Travis was full of the latest Swedish fashion news, which I've been totally out of the loop on, and graciously also introduced me to a handful of new labels, most of which are based in Northern Europe.
I loved the surfer and hacker inspired collection of Stockholm based designer Anders Haal, who presented his first collection this season after a long stint designing for Ann-Sofie Back. I also got a peek at the androgynous line Patouf, which has been around for years, but which I never came across when I lived in Stockholm. Elegant, yet understated and casual, I was impressed by how many of the pieces from the collection could be worn by either sex. I'd also never heard of Claudia Ligari, an Italian designer whose collection also has a bit of an androgyne feel, with well crafted menswear style pieces made for the ladies.
My new favorite? A line called Frisur, with plenty of enhanced basics: casual sweatshirts with fun embroidery, custom designed knit fabrics that make for great sweaters and sweatpants, and well-fitting jackets. Most impressively, the collection is completely affordable, with plenty of styles priced under $100.
There was also an old favorite: FINSK. I'm probably most impressed that Travis is now representing this well established avant-garde shoe collection, as well as their secondary line Skin by Finsk. Known for their colorful and architectural, if sometimes dangerous looking designs, Finsk heels often resemble a carefully stacked Jenga set or pile of building blocks. They're a natural editorial/blogger favorite, and I immediately had to order their version of a stacked heel boot.
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In Kuopio, near Puutossalmi strait.
- Tilley
- Tilley's daughter
I can start this planning section by quoting my last expedition:"This general area about 15 km south from where I live seems to get a lot of hashpoints. Before I've visited one point and a few has slipped by, but now I had time to do another."
However, this time I'm not sure if I can get to the hashpoint, because if lies awfully near someone's house. When looking from Google street view, the hashpoint seems to be outside the fence surrounding the house, but the syncing to coordinates is sometimes a bit off in their map. The usually more accurate National Land Survey's map doesn't help either, because the fence is not visible there. The only way to be sure is to go there. I think I'll give it a go, it'll make nice cycling trip in any case.
This was going to be my longest cycling trip yet with my daughter. Although my average speed on our cargobike has been improving constantly during the spring, the day was quite windy, and I was afraid how big of an effect that would have. The wind speed was averaging 6-8 m/s and it was blowing from south, so on the way there I would have constant headwind.
I carefully prepared. Most important preparation was keeping the baby awake as long as possible, to gather some sleep-debt. :) Then, after a quick fill-up from the mothership, I packed her along. After setting off, she fell asleep within 3 minutes, as usual. I wonder if she has doubts whether we actually go anywhere ever, as all she ever sees from our trips is the same couple of kilometers, which puts us barely past the local mall, and when she wakes, we are back home again.
The headwind was strong, and sometimes my speed dropped to about 17 km/h, although I was pushing as hard as possible. The journey was nevertheless steadily advancing, and the baby was in deep sleep. The route was thoroughly familiar because of the earlier hashtrips to same direction. There were several open fields in way, so I didn't even have the luxury of forest shielding me from the wind in the stretches, where the road was not going directly to south.
At last I was on a point where I started to cover some new ground. I turned my GPS device to show the distance to the hash. 5 km to go. My excitement started to rise. Then only 1 km. 500 meters. Now I could probably see the house I was headed to, near the main road. Approaching the intersection, I still had no way of knowing if I could get to the point. Then I turned from the main road, and: disappointment. The point definitely was inside the fence. I could now also see, why there is a fence: there were three small dogs inside. The dogs hadn't noticed me, because I had approached from downwind. As I parked near the gate to ponder the situation, I managed to clang my cycle stand so loud, that the dogs came running towards me and started barking. I quickly decided to retreat. I didn't want to immerse myself in a lengthy conversation with the house folks about how it is absolutely necessary for me to walk 10 meters into their yard to take a picture of my GPS device. Especially when the dogs were constantly barking and the baby was already beginning to stir from the noise, and we probably were a strange-looking party, with the loaded bicycle and me wearing couldn't-be-farther-from-formal-attire gear (bicycle shorts and on top of them technical underwear bottoms, because I don't own thigh-type cycling trousers, and it was too hot for the skiing outfit I have earlier worn on expeditions, and too cold (about 10 °C) to wear the bicycle shorts by themselves).
I retreated back to the intersection, about 40 meters from hash, and luckily the dogs were well trained, they stopped barking. I then took a couple of pictures for the report, drank some water and home made mead, and started my journey back home. I didn't let my first failure affect my mood, as now I was looking forward to riding 17 km with tailwind. In Finnish we have a saying "A hill always pays its debt", meaning that after an uphill there is always a downhill. The same seems to apply for a wind, at least with this bike, probably because of the unaerodynamic structure. On level road and the strong tailwind blowing I occasionally recorded 35-37 km/h speeds. On the return trip my average speed was over 25 km/h, because the whole trip average was 22,6 km/h, and on the way there it was about 20 km/h (I didn't remember to look at the hashpoint what it precisely was). The whole trip was 34,5 km, and a nice cycling trip it was, although the hashing part wasn't successful this time. The baby slept the whole time and awakened when I parked the bike. :)
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Q: I've developed a strong hook the last couple of years. I've tried to fix it myself to no avail. I don't think it's my grip, I think it's something to do with weight shift, or lack of. What say you?
- John A.
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Q: I have a natural draw ball flight but I occasionally would like to hit a cut whenever warranted. When I take a steeper backswing, I tend to get under the ball and pop it up. What can I do to stop this and hit an effective cut? Thanks.
- Eric (Pewaukee, WI)
A: By my own experiences, I have found that taking a steeper backswing doesn't work very well to hit a fade. I have had far more success by aiming left of target at setup with feet, knees, hips, shoulders and even club face as if I were trying to hit a straight shot some 20 yards left of target. Make a backswing that matches that setup, then as you come through, unwind the hips faster than normal and keep the right hand behind, or under the left until well after impact. This should leave the club face slightly open to the path of your swing and hey, presto - - a fade. To date, this is the best way I know to hit a fade. Good luck.
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Q: Why doesn't anyone recommend the "wristy" method of putting? I watched some old golfing shows with Bobby Jones, Billy Casper, Arnie and others, using this method because the greens were so much slower then. Most of the courses I play on are very slow compared to the courses on the PGA TOUR. I have adopted this method and my putting stats have improved significantly.
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A: An excellent observation on your part, as Billy Casper is one of the greatest putters ever. I have no problem with a Bobby Jones "wristy"-type of stroke, as long as the path of the putter is on-line at contact, the face is square to the path at contact and you hit the ball the correct distance. Some would debate that the fewer moving parts you have (less wrist), the more likely you are to repeat it, but it seems to me there have been many who putt better with a bit of wrist. If what you are doing is working, keep doing it. If it isn't, change it or refine it. Nowhere in the rules of golf does it say you get a two-stroke penalty for using your wrists. All the best.
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Q: I've developed a strong hook the last couple of years. I've tried to fix it myself to no avail. I don't think it's my grip, I think it's something to do with weight shift, or lack of. What say you?