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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Ford ( F) has grown its global business at a clip that ought to make its American competitor, General Motors ( GM), stand up and take notice.GM reported a better-than-expected third-quarter profit last Wednesday Oct. 30, but compared to Ford's third-quarter numbers, GM was trumped. Ford reported on Oct. 24, that the company delivered record third-quarter 2013 pretax profit of $2.6 billion, reflecting continued strong performance in North America and a combined profit from the regions outside North America. In addition, the company's financial arm, Ford Credit, remained solidly profitable. Total company third-quarter pretax profit of $2.6 billion was $426 million higher than a year ago. Third-quarter earnings per share of 45 cents was 5 cents per share higher than a year ago. By comparison, GM's third-quarter net income attributable to common shareholders declined to $757 million, or 45 cents a share compared to $1.48 billion, or 89 cents a share, in the year-ago quarter. "Ford's record results in the third quarter show the strength of our One Ford plan around the world," said Alan Mulally, Ford president and CEO. "Working together, we remain committed to serving customers in all markets with a full family of vehicles, offering the very best quality, fuel efficiency, safety, smart design and value." Below is a 5-year price chart of Ford's stock and I've included its improving quarterly revenue per share. F data by YCharts
Ford has a lot to celebrate so far in 2013, including its top-line growth with wholesale volume and total company revenue up 16% and 12%, respectively, compared with a year ago. These are very impressive results. Its growth was supported by year-over-year market share gains in all regions.


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The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel
Edited by Torsten Persson (Stockholm University, Sweden)
Below is a list of the Laureates in Economic Sciences during the period 1991-1995 with a description of the work awarded with the Prize in Economic Sciences:
(1991) R H Coase - for his discovery and clarification of the significance of transaction costs and property rights for the institutional structure and functioning of the economy;
(1992) G S Becker - for having extended the domain of microeconomic analysis to a wide range of human behaviour and interaction, including nonmarket behaviour;
(1993) R W Fogel and DC North - for having renewed research in economic history by applying economic theory and quantitative methods in order to explain economic and institutional change;
(1994) J C Harsanyi, J F Nash and R Selten - for their pioneering analysis of equilibria in the theory of non-cooperative games;
(1995) R E Lucas - for having developed and applied the hypothesis of rational expectations, and thereby having transformed macroeconomic analysis and deepened our understanding of economic policy.
Pub. date: July 1997
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Video: Sam Bradford, Dustin Keller Anchor Panini America's Football Card Roundtable
Late last month at the W Hotel in Times Square, Panini America participated in the second annual NFL PLAYERS Rookie Debut, a star-studded event featuring some of the top 2011 NFL Rookies and a few headlining veteran supertars.
While the Debut proved invaluable on a number of fronts (not the least of which was acquiring a limited number of autographs for the innovative Rookie Debut Patches insert releasing today in 2011 Prestige Football), the hands-down highlight of the event was a unique football card roundtable discussion starring reigning NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year Sam Bradford, Pro Bowl tight end Dustin Keller, and fellow 2011 rookies Cameron Jordan and Daniel Thomas.
As you'll see in the unique three-part video that follows, the revealing open-forum discussion was informal, fun and informative, and touched on everything from the cards these players coveted as kids to the things they'd like to see on their own cards.
May 31, 2011 7:36 am
Nice videos. Yes, a one on one session with a player and a collector would be nice. Where is that contest?
Billy Yates-Matoy permalinkMay 31, 2011 1:12 pm
You guys giving any of the packs away, I would like to have some of the ones Sam Bradford opened even if it is just the commons and a letter signed by him stating he opened them for me, just saying that would be pretty cool.
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Please contact me when Sam Bradford will be signing in Southern California.


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COMPTON (CNS) – Two Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department deputies escaped injury when their patrol car collided with another vehicle in Compton, authorities said today.
The collision with a Chevrolet SUV occurred around 10:55 p.m. Friday at the intersection of Compton Boulevard and Aranbe Avenue, LASD Deputy Quiana Birkbeck said.
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Low Buck CJ5 Restoration
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Just remember this was all done with only $1500.00 out of pocket! As we all know when working on our own rigs, our time is not worth anything.
Well lets start from day one. I was out looking for a CJ5 to tow behind my truck to go canoeing. One to drop off at the end of the trip to get back to my truck.
First off I wanted a CJ5 with a straight six with a Half Cab. The first CJ5 I bought was a rusty 67 CJ5 with a frozen V6, but it had a koenig half cab on it. I paid $250.00 for it. I bought it just for the half cab. The bottom of the doors were very rusty though. Then I found a mint Half Cab with no doors down in Woodland Wa. on Craigslist for $175.00. So I bought it. Now I am up to $425.00. Next I found a Meyers full cab in Oregon City Oregon on craislist for $250.00 that was in great shape and the doors were mint. The owners late dad had bought the 76 CJ5 in the late 70's and took the doors off and put them in barn a few years after buying the Jeep. Now I am up to $675.00. Since I now have a real nice Half Cab and full cab for a CJ5 I decided to sell the 67 CJ5 with the Half Cab. The only problem was no one wanted to by the whole thing. So after several weeks of it being on Craigslist and everyone just wanting parts I decided to part it out. First I took the half cab off and put it up in the shop just to have an extra then I sold the factory seats and brackets for $100.00. Now I am at $575.00. It had an extra set of stock rims and hub caps in it when I bought it. A guy from Canada came down and gave me $200.00 for the rims and hub caps. He set the price. ($375.00) Then a guy from Oregon came up and bought the rest of the jeep from me for $475.00. Now I am plus $100.00 ahead into this jeep that I do not have yet. But I have two Half Cabs and a full cab.
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One day I was looking on the Portland Oregon Craigslist and I found a 1974 CJ5 4 spd 258 straight six on there for $1500.00. It was a one family owned jeep. So I went and looked at it. No one bought it yet because it did not run. It would turn over but did not run. After a few minute I figured out what was wrong with it and bought it for the $1500.00. Speedometer shown only 61,000 miles on it and by the pedals and talking to the owner I think that is all it had. it was mostly used on the family orchard. Now I am into it $1400.00, Remember I was $100.00 ahead up to this point. The spark plug wires were put on wrong. The son of the late owner tried to get it running but did not have any luck. He bought everything to give it a tune-up plugs, wires, cap, rotor, points, coil, and change the oil. But as he said he is not mechanically inclined. When I got it home I messed around with it. The biggest problem besides the wire being wrong, the distributor. I bought a new but cheap HEI distributor from a guy off of Craigslist again for $65.00. (now up to $1465.00) But it still had a bit of a miss. Drove it around for a few days then one day it over heated. Topped the water off and drove it the next day, it did it again. It acted just like a car i just replace the head gasket on so I started to pull the head after I had all the head bolts out I pulled thermostat housing off and I found the problem the thermostat was shoot. (Dummy Me!) Since I had all the head bolt out I pulled the head and I found another problem. Cylinder 3&4 had had water sitting in them for several years and really rusted up the cylinder wall. Badly pitted. Maybe that was where my miss was coming from. So I decided to find a different 258 engine.
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As I was looking for a different engine I decided to mount the half cab on it. Again on Portland Oregon's Craigslist I found a guy parting out a 76 CJ5 with a 258 straight So down again I went to Portland and Bought for $150.00 a 258 straight six with a new weber carb and a new center force clutch on it. I also bought the power steering box with a 4 inch drop pitman arm, for an extra $120.00. Now I am into it $1745.00. Brought it home cleaned it all up and Painted it AMC Metalic Blue and I put the original one barrel on it.
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Before pulling the original engine while it was still running I decided to paint the Jeep. Now what color to paint it? I did not want to spend a lot for paint because I knew I was going to take the CJ5 out in the woods, scratch it up and possible put a few dents in it and I did not want to have to spend a lot for paint every time I wanted to fix it. I went to the local auto paint store and price a few different colors. All were way more then I wanted to spend. By the way I am building this thing on the cheap. I did not want to spend a whole lot like I did on the car I built for my daughter we call GT140T. Google GT140T and you will see. That paint (2008 Jeep Rescue Green) was over $800.00 a gallon and I used 2 gallons on it. It was a complete restoration.
It hit me John Deere Green is $49.93 a gallon and I bought their thinner and hardener also. So it came to a little over $100.00. We will just call it $100.00. So now I am up to $1845.00.
I bought a after market hood which was like $50.00 from a place I used to work several years ago. ($1895.00 now) I had everything to do the body work, sanding, primering and sealing, left over from work on the Mustang.
I started out painting it in the back yard but the rain was coming so I moved it into the garage.
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I went to install the engine I bought but for some reason it would not go on the trany. Come to find out the 76 CJ5 trany has a 1 1/8th input shaft and and I had a 1 1/16th input shaft. Luckly the original engine had a new clutch and pressure plate on it, so I put the original one on the 76 engine. Then sold that enter Force clutch, Pressure plate and throw out bearing for $200.00. (now I am down to 1695.00) Since the front end was off I painted the whole engine compartment Krylon semi gloss black that I had lying around. I also bought a new set of flares at a 4X4 swap meet in Enumclaw Washington for $20.00 and installed them. (up to $1715.00 now).
After it was back together I painted the dash and the half cab and doors. Which the white paint for the half cab cost $100.00 for a quart of Porcelain White from a 2006 Jaguar. ($1815)
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I next painted the dash and mounted the half cab and flares.
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Now the problem was the engine I bought smoked like the dickins when you first started it up and I just could not have that. So back to craigslist I went. Found a 1989 258 rebuilt engine with around 40,000 miles on it with a cracked 4.0 head for $300.00. ($2115.00) So I bought is pulled the head and bought a rebuild 1998 4.0 HO head with a bent valve from the engine throwing a rod for $90.00. ($2205.00). Replaced the valve and JB Welded the water jackets on the drivers side of the head and bolted it on. Then sold the 76 258 as a runner but smoked when first started for $200.00 ($2005.00) and sold the original 74 258 short block to a guy that just wanted the crank for $100.00. ($1905.00) When I bought the head he through in a factory header and intake. Pulled the front end off and installed the 1989 258 with the 1998 4.0 HO head. Also installed the power steering box.
I put the extra half cab I had on craigslist because I knew I was not going to use it. I bought a extra set of doors off of Craigslit in Portland Oregon from a guy for $20.00 that was going to just throw them away. ($1925.00) Sold the extra cab and both sets of doors for $550.00. ($1375.00)
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Now for the intake. At this time I do not want to run fuel injection so I built an intake out of a early fuel injection intake manifold to except a weber carb. But this was for the first head. It would work but the flow was blocked a little by the 4.0 HO head. So I built another out of the 1998 intake. But again I am just way to picky and did not like the way it turned out. So I bought a 2002 4.0 HO intake for $60.00. (Total now $1435.00)
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Brought the 2002 intake manifold home and started in on it. Went down to the parts store and told them I wanted a Motorcraft 2150 two barrel carb base gasket. As you can see they gave me the wrong one and at the time I did not know that. So I continued building the new intake. I cut out some aluminum plugs to plug off the injector hole so welding them would be easier. Then I found a 4"x6"x1" piece of aluminum to build a base for the carb to bolt to. I made it so I could use a Weber or a Motorcraft 2150 carb. Then I flared it out on the bottom for better air flow. Next I opened up the intake so I could weld it to it. Then I went over to a friends shop to use his bridgeport lathe to do a little work to the base I was going to be welding to the intake. That is where I went wrong I should not have cut out that one side of the base because the base of a 2150 is not like that. But a 2100 motorcraft is. I had to build a spacer out of 3/16th aluminum so the carb would seal to the gasket of a 2150.
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My friend said bring it over here I will weld that base on for you. How could I say no. He said he would not tig the injector holes up because he was worried about there being to much heat and since he sold his spool gun and I do not have one I only knew one other guy with one. So off to his shop I went. I had him weld up the injector holes on the inside and outside and also build up the outside of the runners some because I would be grinding the humps of the injector for better air flow. After getting eveyrthing where I liked it I got out the cast iron grey paint because after I bead blasted it it was just to much raw aluminum for me. Now to mount it on the engine. Originally I was going to run the Weber carb but after talking to a few friends that do a lot of Jeeping they talked me into the Motorcraft 2150 two barrel. So I mounted one I had lying around that was damn near new. Now just to rejet it.
Sold the Weber carb for $150.00 to a guy that seen my Craigslist ad selling some extra stuff I will not be using. Now I am at $1285.00.
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Bought 5 new 31 10.50 15 from a guy on Craigslist in Grapeview Washington that bought a 2006 Wrangler with new tires on it took them off and put on 35. I paid him $400.00 for them. They might have 500 to 1000 miles on them max he said and by the looks of them he is right. Now I am at $1685.00. I also bought a set of 76 jeep seats back in the beginning that had new upholstery just like from the factory for $100.00 ($1785.00). Tried to install them but with the factory brackets I have they just sat way to high, so I sold them on Craigslist to a guy in Portland Oregon that restored a 76 CJ5 back to stock and all he needed was a set of factory seats to finish off he restoration and he said it was going to cost him way more the the price of these seats to have his reupholstered. He paid me $300.00 for them. They were real nice! So that puts me at $1485.00 into this jeep. As we all know our time into these thing is free. Cost me $60.00 to have the tires mounted and balanced. ($1545.00) But then I sold the tires off of the jeep for $100.00. So now I am at $1445.00.
Today I bought a piece of aluminum diamond plating from a friend for $5.00 ($1450.00 now) to make a set of side guards for the Jeep. Took them to Stoffer & Son sheet metal in Centralia Washington and had them shear it and bend it for me. That cost $15.00 ($1465.00 now) Then I brought them home trimmed them and mounted it on the CJ5. All I have left is to build a spare tire/jack/gas can/rear bumper and I am done! I think! At this time I am into this jeep $1465.00 money out of my pocket. I forgot I bought a set of front fender with flares from a guy but I decided to use the fenders I had. I paid him $40.00 for them ($1505.00) but I sold them a few weeks later for $80.00. ($1425.00) I also bought a Dana 44 detroit Locker and a power lock for $200.00 ($1625.00) Installed the Detroit Locker and sold the 19 spline power lock for $275.00. ($1350.00) I also bought all new brake pads, wheel cylinders, master cylinder, and brake hardware kit. which was just under $100.00. (1450.00) Also I bought a set of new front leaf spring that a guy had on Craigslist that he never used for $50.00 ($1500.00) He sold the jeep the way it was several years ago and he was cleaning out his garage before he was moving. They were for stock to 1" lift is all. Now that is it. So I am into this 1974 CJ5 with a Half Cab, recently rebuilt 1989 258 with a rebuilt 1998 4.0 HO head, new paint, 5 almost new 31 10.50 15 tires, and Detroit lock "$1500.00".
looks great!
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Rear Bumper, swing out spare tire and tail lights
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Built a rear bumper and spare tire swing out for the CJ5 the other day. Also put a set of LED tail light on the CJ5. Sold some other parts I had left over from the build so I am only $1560.00 out of pocket for this whole build as of now. Only thing left is rear corner diamond plate covers, build a new front bumper and mount a winch on it, then I will be done.
I wish I could do that with my 2 CJ's. I don't have the materials or experience but it makes me want to try to figure it out. Your Jeep looks absolutely awesome! What a great restoration! One day...:drool:
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LAHORE, March 16: The Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf Lahore chapter has started preparations for the party's public meeting on March 23 at Minar-i-Pakistan that will also kick off its general election campaign.
Party chief Imran Khan will administer oath to 80,000 newly-elected office-bearers and also present party's manifesto at the event.
Lahore PTI President Abdul Aleem Khan presided over a meeting on Saturday and formed various committees to ensure extensive and foolproof arrangements for the arrival of guests, sitting capacity and other requirements of the event.
Aleem informed the meeting the "historic party meeting" at Minar-i-Pakistan would attract at least a million people who would start a 'tsunami' in the country.
He said Imran had spent 17 years of his life for a noble cause and now it was time to begin practical work and bring about a positive change.
He said the PTI would help people get rid of traditional politics of the last three decades that had given nothing to the country.
He said those afraid of the popularity of the PTI and Imran Khan had already started a blame game. He said those elements had now lost their term and time to deliver.
Earlier, speaking to the media at Aiwan-i-Iqbal, where PTI Punjab body elections were under way, Aleem said Imran had given political awareness to the workers and they had chosen their own representatives in a democratic environment.
He said the tradition of intra-party elections of the PTI would be followed by other political parties sooner or later. Now, he claimed, political workers of all parties would reject politicians' sons or daughters becoming their leaders.


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A field on Dunrobin Road, just outside of the town of Dunrobin.
After deciding that the late season skiing was no longer much good, I checked the map for today's hash point. I saw that it was in an easily accessible location not to far from my house, so I figured out how to use my garmin for this and went for an early season bike ride.
This was my first ever geohash, as well as my first time riding this early in the season, so I had to get a few things sorted out first. I had plenty of warm athletic clothing from cross-country skiing, so that wasn't much of an issue. It didn't take me too long to figure out how to set my garmin to track a point, so I set it to the hash coordinates and got going.
I rode to the point along the road that was closest to the hash, got off, and started walking through the slushy field. At this point, I realized something a bit more sturdy than running shoes would have been a good idea. Oh well, the geohash was just under 100 meters from the road, so it was a easy walk regardless.
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I told LeBron James about Rob Ford Tuesday night, because that's what we do now in Toronto. I didn't bring it up, just as I didn't bring it up with Sidney Crosby at the morning skate of Game 4 of the Eastern Conference final against Boston, back in May. Then, Josh Yohe of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review told Crosby he had to hear some Rob Ford stories, so I told a couple of Rob Ford stories. As Josh recalls, "It seemed to brighten Sid's mood."
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On Tuesday, after someone asked him, I explained the mayor's situation as LeBron listened patiently. "Is he still mayor?" he asked, towards the end. Yes, we replied. "But is he a good mayor?" LeBron asked. Not so much, he was told. LeBron said he might look into it.
As Rob Ford races around the world as a global train-wreck celebrity, sports follows him, because Rob Ford follows sports. He has become the world's most famous Toronto sports fan, in addition to everything else. Yes, the rapper Drake has represented the Raptors as part of a business arrangement, but that's a relative blip.
Tuesday night, Jimmy Kimmel's Ford jokes included Ford's famous Grey Cup football fall in front of City Hall that launched a million GIFs. Jon Stewart said, "Wait, smoking crack and making racist and homophobic remarks? I believe in Canada that's referred to as a hat trick." Craig Ferguson called it a bad day for Canada, and said, "The real reason police knew Ford was smoking crack is that he predicted that the Leafs would win the Stanley Cup."
This is this city, and this is Rob Ford. When he trick-or-treated with his kids on Halloween night, the day police chief Bill Blair confirmed the existence of the infamous crack tape, Ford wore his No. 11 Leafs jersey with his name on the back. The first time he was photographed with alleged crack tape extortionist Sandro Lisi was at a Leafs playoff game, in his Leafs jersey. When he appeared on the cover of the Toronto Sun's throw-the-mayor-overboard issue last week — DEAD WEIGHT, rang the headline, over a picture of a mountainous Ford looming over a camera — he was wearing a red Toronto Raptors tie given to him by the team when it announced the 2016 NBA All-Star game and named Drake as the team's Global Ambassador.
(The tie belonged to an MLSE employee who donated it to the cause after Ford's office requested one; Ford called the game the "NDP All-Star Game"; the employee has not asked for the tie back.)
And when Ford made his admission that he had indeed smoked crack cocaine on Tuesday, a clip that raced around the world, he was wearing an NFL tie. The Internet immediately began a breakdown on the tie's origins, since it featured a Houston Oilers logo, and the Houston Oilers left for Tennessee in 1996.
It has been this way from the start, too. Don Cherry attended his inauguration, and rather unfortunately proclaimed, "He's going to be the greatest mayor this city has ever seen … put that in your pipes, you left-wing kooks." Ford has been a constant presence at Argos games, even on the road, and once wandered into the Calgary Stampeders locker room at halftime looking for a bathroom. He also wore an Argos shirt while meeting cameras after he famously chased and threatened Toronto Star reporter Daniel Dale behind his house. And he was thrown out of a Leafs game in 2006 when heavily inebriated. He denied it, until he couldn't anymore.
He has arm-wrestled Hulk Hogan — the Hulkster threw the match — and Wednesday the troubled Iron Sheik, a former crack addict himself in his wrestling days, dropped by his office and asked to do the same. According to reporters on the scene he was asked what the point of his presence at City Hall was, and the Sheik replied, drawn like a moth to the Hindenburg flames of the mayor of Toronto, "Talk to my agent."
And it is sad, in a way, because it seems like Rob Ford would be much happier if sports were all he did. There are 535 words in his official City Hall bio, and 158 of them talk about football. The bio details Ford's own experience playing in high school and university (at Carleton, which Ford attended in 1989-90). It talks about how he founded the football program at Don Bosco in 2002 with his own money, and coached both the junior and senior teams. It talks about his football foundation, and all the schools it has helped fund, and his summer work with young football via the Rexdale Raiders.
Perhaps most tellingly, the bio still states his coaching status at Don Bosco in the present tense despite Ford's removal as head coach in May of this year, after he coached the team all the way to the Metro Bowl final in 2012.
Maybe it's that his staff have been busy; maybe it's just wishful thinking. But people who have covered Ford say he was never happier than when he was coaching football. After Ford's final game of the 2010 season, in which Don Bosco lost a playoff game to Chaminade as opposing fans chanted "Gravy train! Gravy train!", Ford had said his schedule as mayor would probably mean he would have to quit coaching, one year removed from three consecutive division championships.
He didn't quit, though. He was consistently criticized for leaving City Hall early to run practice, and the conflict of interest case that came as close as anything to removing him as mayor was the result of using city letterhead and resources to raise funds for his football foundation. But he kept doing it until he was forced to stop, because his status as our cartoon mayor and his public comments were a distraction.
Rob Ford went into politics, people say, partly because his father was in politics. Maybe sports would have been better for him; he certainly wouldn't be the global laughingstock that he is now, hounded by cameras and allegations, the centre of ceaseless controversy and farce. Maybe the former offensive lineman just could have been a hard-ass coach who liked smash-mouth football, predictable football, ground and pound. Maybe sports could have helped save Rob Ford. Instead, he's dragging them around with him, plain as the sweat on his face.


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I am a new mother and my daughter is 4 months old. It's my first child and I need some advice. Where can I decide on the best things to buy my baby? My question is, where can I gather reliable information about baby food and other things.
What should I look for when buying food for my baby? Do you just go in the store or should I inform myself at home about the products before?
Thank you very much for your help. I am looking forward to rearing from you.
You little one is still quite young so you have plenty of time to research.
Have you come across baby led weaning? http://www.babyledweaning.com/ It's defiantly worth a read. I came across it shortly after we started solids with my first, because she just was not interested in me coming anywhere near her with a spoon. She was much happier picking up the food and feeding herself. Dispute all my worries about choking she was surprisingly good about spitting out things which turned out to be to chewy for her to handle.
In terms of what to feed we had quite a lot of allergies in our family so we went quite slowly introducing new foods so I could see if they were having any reactions and avoided things like dairy and eggs till they were a bit older.
Some easy options were sticks of steamed vegetables, chunks of avacardo, small pieces of fishcake/bean burgers.
Definitely go with baby led weaning. My son's first solid was the potato and pea insides of a samosa. Our daughter's first food was avocado.
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Thank you for your answers and help. So you would reccomend not to feed packaged baby food, right? What du you think is wrong with baby food? What do you miss? Because sometimes it is pretty handy and convenient.
It's not that anything is wrong with it, it's just completely unnecessary. Babies who are ready for solids don't need purees. Babies who are still nursing or taking a bottle will use milk as their primary source of nutrition for that first year at least so introducing solids is a supplement to that. The old saying goes "Solids under 1 are just for fun."
Solids are to give your baby the experience of getting ready to convert, eventually. We started with half bananas, mushy cooked veggies, shredded meats are great to start with.
So many people are hung up with spooning rice cereal in their baby when it's nutritionally void and is taking up lots of room that milk should be taking up. I've never read the Baby Led Weaning book but you might want to. It may explain the whys better than I am.
Of course we spoon fed things like soup and yogurt but honestly I would hold up the spoon close to their mouths and let them grab it and put it in their mouths. I think much of baby led weaning is not shoving food in their mouths for them. Helping them get a grip on a squishy banana is great but not "feeding" them.
And most commercially prepared foods for babies and toddlers are either purees or junk food like "puffs" or fruit snacks. I did buy rice rusks as a thing for them to work on as a longer-eating treat.
Just watch your baby and once he's at least 6 months, see what you think he's ready for development-wise. Some babies don't get interested in food until 7, 8, 9 months. Mine all went pretty gung ho at 7 months or so.
We did use a few jars, because yes it was handy to have something to take for a meal out or something when we didn't know what food would be available and I didn't want to mess with keeping food cold in my bag. On the whole the kids were never that keen on actually eating them so it didn't really work out. Also if I could give them say a chunk of something they could manage themselves then they would be occupied while I got to eat my meal while it was still hot.
I did find I spoon fed them more often when we were out, I wasn't t hat keen on putting their food on restaurant high chair trays (no idea how often they get cleaned or what they are cleaned with) so till they were more reliable about using a plate/napkin to put things on I spoon fed them.
Our food to go in that case was half an avacardo. Chopped in half it did start to brown a bit the the kids never cared and it was easy to transport in a little plastic tub and scoop out with a spoon.
http://wholesomebabyfood.momtastic.com/ is a pretty good site. Talks both about BLW and purees, what foods are considered safe at what age, and how to make baby food at home.
I bought jars mostly just for traveling. It's nice to have something you know they can eat with you.
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Prestigio Android Multiphone 5430
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Prestigio is a brand of the eastern European ASBIS group which launched the 5430 in its home markets in June and so there has been the opportunity to get over teething troubles (if any). There are not likely to be many in view of the fact that the phones are manufactured in China by the BYD Precision Manufacture Company which is no stranger to the mobile phone business.
The phone is 126 x 65 x 10mm and weighing 140g and is supplied with a slip case which provides a reasonable degree of protection. The back is removable to gain access to the SIM and microSD slots as well as the replaceable 2000mAh lithium battery.
It runs Android OS Ice Cream Sandwich (4.0) which, in due course, can be upgraded to Jelly Bean (4.1) and is based on a 1.2GHz Intel Atom processor which I found was fast enough for my usage in terms of loading and running apps. Very small text on the 960 x 540 pixel resolution screen was very readable and it should be OK for HD videos. However, I found the choice of screen wallpapers rather garish even though one can readily get others. I did find it a nuisance that it is difficult to see the Home and other keys at the bottom of the screen.
The 8Mpixel camera had a useful zoom and a reasonable range of features and was easy to use – including switching from front to back cameras. It was claimed that the back camera is able to shoot at up to 8 fps.
As well as the usual range of apps there is OfficeSuite 7 pro from Mobile Systems which includes WP, spreadsheet and presentation and an English dictionary plus, usefully, a reasonably extensive user guide. It could be used with voice input but, I suspect, that needs a fair amount of practice to make it really useful.
The Installer Prestigio gives convenient access to a range of third-party apps which can be downloaded. These included Skype, Twitter, Facebook and Google Translate as apart from those that can be obtained via Play Store.
There are, apparently, quite a number of free books which can be downloaded for the on-board eBook reader as well as those commercially available.
The overall impression is that the makers of the 5430 set out to achieve a versatile and workmanlike smartphone that would meet most people's needs. That, they seem to have done. At £199.99 from Maplin and elsewhere it is a competitively priced unlocked phone and offers a realistic alternative for those who are not swayed by the fact that it is a relatively unknown brand.
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Walter S. Rugland is the non-executive chairman of ThedaCare, Inc., a Wisconsin healthcare corporation.
He retired December 2002 as executive vice president of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Appleton, Wis. and Minneapolis, Minn. Thrivent Financial is an organization resulting from the 2001 merger of Aid Association for Lutherans (AAL) and Lutheran Brotherhood (LB), and is among America's largest non-stock life insurers. Rugland joined AAL in 1998 as chief operating officer. While at AAL, he managed internal operations and co-led the $55 billion merger of AAL with LB.
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The Nintendo DS is the perfect platform for Japanese role-playing games. Sprawling, 40-hour epic journeys are far better suited to a handheld device — which you can play on the train and put down at your convenience — than a TV-hogging game console.
In 2010, Japan agreed with me: With Dragon Quest IX, Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light and now Golden Sun: Dark Dawn, the Nintendo DS has become home to three excellent examples of the country's cartoony take on role-playing games.
So how does Dark Dawn stack up? On the Japanese RPG tradition spectrum, the series is far closer to conservative Dragon Quest than risk-taking Final Fantasy. It's not quite as good as either, lacking the former's charm and the latter's pizzazz. But Golden Sun: Dark Dawn is a solid, if somewhat generic, RPG that fans will enjoy absorbing in short or long doses.
Tradition, Tradition!
Like the Golden Sun series' previous entries for Game Boy Advance, Dark Dawn puts you in the role of a stock-standard group of adventurers out to save the world. The game, which hits U.S. stores Monday, boasts lots and lots of dialog, plenty of Psynergy (magic) and Djinns (summon creatures) to play with, and fistfuls of other JRPG tropes like pirate ships and ice queens.
In generic JRPG fashion, Dark Dawn's magic system revolves around the four alchemical elements, each of which can be used both in and outside of combat to kill bad guys and interact with the environment.
Dungeons are filled with all kinds of Zelda-style physical puzzles that must be traversed in order to progress through them. While some of them are laughably easy to solve with a few spells, others require some careful thinking and plotting. You eventually get a spell that shows the answers to most puzzles, but the game's more fun when you don't use it.
Enemies are rarely difficult. But for the first 15 to 20 hours of the game, you won't be able to revive characters from the dead without trekking back to town. This can prove very annoying, especially when you're trying to fight a boss that can use instant death attacks. You'll have to be very liberal with healing spells and hope you don't get screwed.
Fortunately, being able to save the game at any point helps alleviate these frustrations. If one of your characters accidentally falls, a quick reload can save you some time and energy.
Combat, for the most part, can be mastered by upgrading your equipment and hammering on the A button. Your mashing finger will get very tired, mostly because every line of combat requires a button press to scroll through. I presume this is so players won't miss any messages while fighting, but it's still kind of a pain.
Dark Dawn's production values are exceptional. I typically mute my DS audio, but Dark Dawn had me cranking the volume and rocking out to the harmonies. The cel-shaded characters and settings look great, and the camera captures the action exceptionally well, moving around as you do.
Loads of Chatter, Lots of Quests
Remember when I mentioned that Dark Dawn packs in lots and lots of dialog? I don't think I can stress that point enough. The game opens with a torrent of scrolling text meant to catch you up on the previous games' plot lines, which is a very ineffective form of storytelling. Your characters will often stop to talk … and talk, and talk, and talk, and never stop talking, regurgitating the same plot points over and over again to the point of absurdity.
The chatter is often broken up with prompts that ask you to choose from a number of facial reactions — sad, happy, angry, etc. — which do absolutely nothing other than slightly change the next line of dialog. At first I only picked angry, hoping that this would shame my party into shutting up. It didn't work, so now my character is sad all the time.
And just in case one quest wasn't enough for you, Golden Sun: Dark Dawn embeds quests inside your quests, like a Russian babushka doll. At many points, you'll take on a task for someone who can help you reach something that can eventually lead you to someone who will guide you to your eventual goal. It's an unremitting chain of chores that might lose you along the way.
The story can be overwhelming if you're not familiar with any of the names. Thankfully, the chat windows feature hotlinks to an in-game encyclopedia. Touch a proper name with your stylus and the top screen will give you a rundown of who or what it refers to. It still feels a bit messy, but it's manageable.
Despite its flaws, Golden Sun: Dark Dawn is a very good game that JRPG fans won't want to miss. The obscure names and redundant dialog can reach levels of absurdity, and sometimes you'll want to yell at your characters to just shut up and get on with the adventuring, but the puzzles and presentation make the complex plot worth slogging through.
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WIRED Fantastic graphics and music, fun puzzles, lots of content.
TIRED Never-ending jabber, too much button-hammering.
$35, Nintendo
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Rugby:New Zealander Andrew Goodman will make his Heineken Cup debut in Leinster's midfield for Sunday's crucial away clash against Clermont Auvergne at the Stade Marcel Michelin (3.0pm Irish time).
The 30-year-old will play at inside centre alongside Gordon D'Arcy, who will become the most capped Leinster player in the competition with 88 on Sunday.
In total Leinster coach Joe Schmidt makes five changes from the side that hammered Zebre 37-7 last weekend, while there are a number of positional switches.
In the backs, Ian Madigan comes in at fullback with Isa Nacewa moving to the left wing and Fergus McFadden shifting over to the right flank, with Andrew Conway missing out. Isaac Boss has been named at scrumhalf ahead of Eoin Reddan.
Schmidt brings back in his first-choice props as Cian Healy and Mike Ross take over from Heinke van der Merwe and Michael Bent, but Seán Cronin holds on to the hooker's jersey, with Richardt Strauss named on the bench.
The final change comes in the backrow, with Jamie Heaslip coming back in at number eight as Seán O'Brien switches to openside flanker. Rhys Ruddock drops out of the matchday squad and will captain the 'A' side in their British and Irish Cup clash away to Jersey on Saturday.
Munster coach Rob Penney brings back in Ronan O'Gara, Keith Earls and James Coughlan for Saturday's game against Harlequins at Thomond Park after they missed the week two clash against Edinburgh through injury.
Felix Jones came on as a replacement in that game on his return from injury and is named at fullback, while Earls retains the outside centre berth ahead of Casey Laulala, with James Downey named at number 12.
With Niall Ronan joining fellow backrowers Sean Dougall and Tommy O'Donnell on the injured list, it means Dave O'Callaghan will start at blindside flanker, with Couglan at number eight and Peter O'Mahony at openside.
O'Callaghan, a 22-year-old development contracted player from Youghal, came on as a replacement in the final pool game last season against Northampton Saints and has started in seven league games, as well as making the bench against Racing Metro and Edinburgh in the Heineken Cup.
LEINSTER (v ASM Clermont Auvergne, Sunday, Marcel Michelin, 3pm Irish time):Ian Madigan; Fergus McFadden, Gordon D'Arcy, Andrew Goodman, Isa Nacewa; Jonathan Sexton, Isaac Boss; Cian Healy, Seán Cronin, Mike Ross, Leo Cullen (capt), Damian Browne, Kevin McLaughlin, Seán O'Brien, Jamie Heaslip. Replacements:Richardt Strauss, Jack McGrath, Michael Bent, Devin Toner, Shane Jennings, Eoin Reddan, Fionn Carr.
ASM CLERMONT AUVERGNE:Lee Byrne; Sitiveni Sivivatu, Aurelien Rougerie (capt), Wesley Fofana, Napolioni Nalaga; Brock James, Morgan Parra; Vincent Debaty, Benjamin Kayser, Davit Zirakashvili, Jamie Cudmore, Nathan Hines, Julien Bonnaire, Alexandre Lapandry, Damien Chouly. Replacements:Ti'I Paulo, Raphael Chaume, Daniel Kotze, Julien Pierre, Julien Bardy, Ludovic Radosavljevic, David Skrela, Regan King.
MUNSTER (v Saracens, Saturday, Thomond Park (6.0pm):Felix Jones; Doug Howlett (capt), Keith Earls, James Downey, Simon Zebo; Ronan O'Gara, Conor Murray; David Kilcoyne, Mike Sherry, BJ Botha; Donncha O'Callaghan, Donnacha Ryan; Dave O'Callaghan, Peter O'Mahony, James Coughlan. Replacements:Damien Varley, Wian du Preez, Stephen Archer, Billy Holland, Paddy Butler, Duncan Williams, Ian Keatley, Casey Laulala.
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ULSTER RAVENS (v Cardiff, Ravenhill, Saturday, 2.30pm):Adam D'Arcy; Ricky Andrew, Michael Allen, Niall O'Connor, Chris Cochrane; Stuart Olding, Michael Heaney; Conor Carey, Niall Annett, Richard Lutton, James Simpson, Neil McComb (capt), Conor Joyce, Ali Birch, Mike McComish. Replacements:Rob Herring, Adam Macklin, Alan O'Connor, Sean O'Connell, Blane McIlroy, Stuart McCloskey, Rory Scholes.


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Jeppesen has teamed with kit aircraft manufacturer Lancair to include charts and NavData service with the purchase of Lancair Evolution turboprop singles. The charts and data service are part of a PilotPak data bundle that also includes supplemental databases, such as obstacle, terrain, SafeTaxi and airport diagrams. In addition, as part of the data bundle service, access to Jeppesen Mobile FliteDeck on the iPad is included at no additional charge.
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" Manufacturer: Cyber-Dog / Animals Equipment Type: Dog Health "
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Keeping your dog's teeth clean is a vital part of being an owner regardless of your dogs age. I take the health of my dogs very seriously as apart from making sure they are happy and healthy I don't want to be landed with a high vets bill especially if it is for things that I myself could take care of. Dental care for my dogs is important and I make sure I do everything possible to help keep their teeth looking as good as possible by using a variety of products.
One such product I have bought for both my dogs at the puppy age was the Cyber Dog Dental Space Bone. It is made by a brand called Cyber-Dog, one of which I was not familiar with when I bought the toy originally but as it cost me less than £3.50 when I first bought it I wasn't going to worry about branding. However, from doing a little research Cyber Dog claim that their range of toys are recommended by many vets as well as breeders and are stocked in a wide variety of pet stores as well as online. With their moto being "Out of this world fun from Cyber-Dog".
What is the toy?
The Cyber-Dog Dental Space Bone (or dental bone as it will now be referred to as!) has been made to be a tough and durable toy for puppies. It is classed as an interactive toy which will encourage dental health by using it as a throw and retrieve toy - basically making teeth cleaning a bit more fun!
It has been specifically designed for oral care and hygiene and hopefully by using this toy it will help combat dental issues that can arise from poor oral care such as bad breath, loose teeth and gum disease to name a few. Of course, this toy will not stop those issues from happening it will help prevent them and should not be your only choice of oral care for your pooch.
According to Cyber-Dog the dental bone has been developed alongside veterinarians to ensure that it will do the job it is intended. Not only is it suitable for puppies being made from a non-toxic rubber type material but because of it's specific design it helps to reduce plaque and tartar build up. Also ideal for puppies cutting their teeth as just like a teether for a baby the toy helps to massage the gums helping to ease the sensitivity and discomfort.
What it looks like
Given it's quite important role to play within a young dog's life the toy is quite basic. It comes in purple, pink or blue (as far as I am aware) and is shaped like a bone with the two ends slightly off centre, as if they have been twisted round from the middle part of the toy. Regardless of the colour the toy does the same job - I have one in pink and purple - the main part of the toy is the darker shade and the smaller parts on the sides of the bone shaped ends are the paler colour.
The paler colour has small little nodules on it which give the texture to the toy as well as being specifically made for helping clean a dog's teeth. They are made from the same rubber type material and look like little paw shapes. The middle part of the bone is ribbed which again is all for helping to clean the dog's teeth.
The dental bone is about 15cm in length so it isn't the biggest toy but it is ideal for puppies and smaller breeds of adult dogs. Having said that my dogs still play with them and both are large breed dogs! Despite it's size as an owner it is easy to hold and throw because it is quite chunky so no issues there.
The Doggy Test
As I said above both my dogs have these toys (one each) and so far they are hold up pretty well. They are made of a durable material and so far they are perfectly in tact with a few bite marks but nothing serious has dented the rubber. They are not a favourite toy for either of my dogs but if I use it when playing outside or on a walk they are more than happy to chase after it and retrieve it.
It is a toy I still regularly use specifically to help their oral hygiene and they are still more than happy to play with it. Now they are adult dogs I do think they find it on the small side but it still serves the same purpose and the fact that it can withstand their chewing makes it a great durable toy. Also it is incredibly easy to clean especially if I have taken it out with me on a walk as it comes up as good as new (well nearly!) when given a quick wash.
My dogs regularly visit the vets for their check ups to make sure they are all ok and the vet has always commented on how good their teeth look so I must be doing something right or at least using the right toys to help keep their pearly whites white.
I am incredibly happy with my purchases considering I bought the second at the beginning of this year, two years after I had bought the first. I find it a useful toy which helps keep my dogs teeth clean and adds a bit of variety with their other dental toys. I really have no complaints about it, it is soft enough for puppies and older dogs so makes it a bit more versatile. Would be nice though if they did other sizes for puppies but that would only be a suggestion and not a fault! Definitely a recommendation and 5 stars from me.
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Brand: Cyber-Dog
Price: From £4.50
Availability: Pet stores and online
Colours: Pink, Purple and Blue
This is similar to the teething bone I have reviewed of which my pup found very boring. This toy however was one of the favourites.
Maybe its different shape made it exciting, it is off set by 90` and has a different surface on the bone parts which massage the gum.
My pup loved this one, It was easy to pick up as it always sat proud of the floor. When dropped or thrown it bounced erratically which made it more fun for the dog to play with!
The material is nice and soft and so kind to young gums. Saying that, it is very durable and even when the adult dogs play with it it is still around!
The colours are nice being pink and purple, not very good for a masculine dog though!
I bought this for about £2.99 so it was a really good buy and good value. It was bought from PEts at Home but can be sourced many places.
Before we even brought out little puppy (Todd) home we thought we had everything we needed for him. We had bought endless things, beds bowls, cuddly toys all sorts! But we didn't realise how much of a chewer he would be!! It took him about 10 minutes to "kill" his other toys!
So we nipped down to pets at home and saw this toy. It was priced at just under £3.00 and looked pretty tough! It come in a variety of really nice colour combinations, but poor little Todd ended up with one in pink! (My little girls choice!) Another thing that struck my eye was the fact that it had minimal packaging, which is always a bonus, not only is it good for the enviroment but saves struggling for hours to get into the toy!
The toy itself is a really good design, on each ends, on both sides, there are little raised bobbles which are not only good for removing plaque of his teeth, they were also nice for him to chew on when he was teething ( I used to put it in the fridge, like you would for a baby and he loved it!)
Its a really hardwearing toy, this and his Kong are the only things that have survived this long!
Overall I would reccommend this toy, as its brill for puppys, and such good value for money! Brill Xmas present for your pooch!
We've had this for our puppy Rufus since we first brought him home. Our version is a baby blue and pink bone but in the shop we purchased from there was many different colour combinations to choose from. The bone as a whole is made out of a tough type of plastic with the centre colour being bevelled into lots of little bumps. The bumps serve the purpose of cleaning the teeth and keeping gums healthy. I believe it must do this as when Rufus chew it you can hear them rubbing against his teeth making a squeaking noise.
I have to say Rufus has never really paid much attention to this toy, he might chew it for a few moments but that is about it. I think this is because it isn't an interactive toy - as in it doesn't make any noises, move or bounce. When he has so many more interesting toys this really does take the back seat. I have even tried rubbing doggie toothpaste onto the bone to try capturing his interest but to no avail. The bone does look as new as when be bought it and has no noticeable damage to it but this is probably because it hasn't really been played with. That said it has been left out in the garden quite a while and the plastic has shown no sign of rotting or losing its colour so I think even if it was chewed regularly the toy would last quite some time. Another bonus is that it is easily cleaned in warm water to keep it hygienic and looking nice.
Overall I wouldn't buy a toy like this again, but that is because my own dog prefers soft toys and balls. There is nothing wrong with the product, I dare say it is very long-lasting and so good value with it £3 price tag at pets at home so if your dog likes chewy rubber bone type toy this would be brilliant.
When we first took our pug puppy home I was very worried about her chewing the furniture as we had not long moved into a new house!
I went to pets at home and found this cyber dog puppy dental bone in the puppy section, great I thought chew this and not the furniture. It cost around £3.00 .
The one we got was pastel blue and pink and looked pretty.
They are around 16cm long and about 5 cm thick.
They are made of a hard rubber type material.
They are smooth around the outside with small teeth like shapes in the middle of each end with a ridge area in the middle. They are shaped like this to help remove plaque on the teeth and encourage chewing. It also designed to massage teething gums.
I would say they are quiet heavy toys and I found it not very suitable for my small pug puppy, maybe a larger breed would enjoy this more.
Unfortunatly my pug had no interest in this no matter how much I encouraged her to play with it. Even now 2 years on she still has no interest in this. My 2 other pug pups also had no interest in this toy.


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Corrupción y captura en la regulación de los servicios públicos
Regulation plays a key part in public service reforms. However, corruption and the risk of capture may undermine the purposes of these reforms. Both cost and incentive based regulations carry corruption and capture risks. This document shows that capture is a minor problem compared with market failures in different sectors, and thus proposes reforms to generate transparency and accountability in the regulatory processes.
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National League Standings, September 24, 1999
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Well Lynne, your son pitched a damn good game against us that night. I got tickets from my rabid Phillies fan uncle for my birthday, and I made the trip to the Vet to meet him there. This was one of those games where Bobby Valentine tried to get too cute with things, tried to fix things when they weren't broke, so to speak. He yanked Masato Yoshii after the 7th inning, when he was pitching great. In rare poor performances, Wendell and Cook both struggled. Then Mr. Agita (Armando Benitez) blew the game for us. My uncle let me hear it all the way out of the stadium. I was never so pissed after a game. I remember both Cincinnati and Atlanta won that night, and as I was walking back to my car, I thought it'd be another collapse like the year before. Luckily, that wasn't the case and the Mets got that Wild Card in the end!
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Phillies fan here. Even though I'm the enemy, I do enjoy reading about Phils-Mets memories from the opposing point of view so to speak
I went to this game with my then-girlfriend. I was 19 at the time. I usually like to get to the ballpark at least an hour before the game starts, but on this night we got stuck in a massive traffic jam (Bruce Springsteen was playing across the street at the Spectrum that same night) and didn't arrive until the fourth inning. I thought that was a bit ironic because my girlfriend was always running late, but this time she was early and we end up sitting in traffic three hours for what was normally about a 30-45 minute drive
Anyhow, it was a well-pitched game by both Joe Grahe and Masato Yoshii. With two outs in the bottom of the eighth, Bobby Abreu hit a game-tying double off Armando Benitez, then Mike Lieberthal hit a bloop single to score Abreu with the decisive run. Grahe got his only win as a Phillie, Scott Aldred worked a 1-2-3 ninth for his only save as a Phillie.
The Phillies went on to sweep that series, one of the rare highlights from the end of what for a while was a promising 1999 season. The Phils had been within striking distance of the Mets and Braves into early August, but then Scott Rolen and Curt Schilling got hurt, Paul Byrd came crashing back to earth after an incredible first half, and that was the end of that. From August 7 on, the Phillies went 16-37. That three-game sweep was the only time during that span the Phils won more than two games in a row.
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hmm. Humans with tech strong enough to be a threat to both Autobots and Decepticons, potentially becoming decepticons themselves? Totally a dumb idea. I'm going to stop watching the whole series because of how dumb this one ineffective concept is.
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Dr. Donat is an amazing doctor in all respects. He's a medical genius and a compassionate down to earth human being. I also have four close friends who go to him for various lung conditions, and I'll say first-hand there are many people in Rhode Island who may not be commenting here but are singing his praises in various casual situations. He deserves it!!!
My wife and I are both long term patients of Dr. Donat. He saved my life in 2003 when doctors at Rhode Island Hospital repeatedly misdiagnosed my problem and sent me home unable to breathe or function properly. My wife referred me to Dr. Donat (who she credits with saving her), and he quickly determined that I needed to immediately have a pacemaker implanted. It saved my life, and I've been his patient ever since. He always makes you feel comfortable with his warm and caring manner. Also, his wife Susan and the rest of his staff are great!
Hey I'm almost jealous! I though Dr. Donat only produced that magic between patient/Dr. with me alone! He treats me for Cystic Fibrosis & I have no complaints about him. He is HONEST, He is wonderful, kind, warm, and looks beneath the exterior to provide the up most care for me. I truly adore this Dr. & no for sure I'm in GREAT hands.
Dr. Donat is an extraordinary doctor who has excellent diagnostic intelligence and skills. He is truly interested in and committed to the health and well-being of his patients. I cannot rate him highly enough. He helped me recover from a devastating lung illness and has monitored my recovery carefully for eight years. Additionally, the office staff are always kind and hospitable. I would never have done as well as I have without Dr. Donat's help!
Dr. Donat was in over his head with my husbands illness, admitting that he was shooting from the hip with treatment but refusing to refer him to a Doctor in Boston saying, " you think those doctors are smarter than me but they are not". Eventually he relented but not until after he treated my husband, who had a fungal infection, with steroids (something that should not be done unless the patient is on an anti fungal medication). My husband eventually got treatment in Boston but it was too late due to Dr Donat's inappropriate treatment. The short and long of it... Run, don't walk away from Dr. Donat. He let his ego get in the way of appropriate care and it cost my husband his life.
RI Hospital sent me to him because they thought I had lymphoma at 33, turned out to be sarcoidosis. DR DONAT is the best at this. He is caring, attentive and won't stop until he is satisfied. A true blessing. One of those Dr's you are so comfortable you can tell anything!
I love Dr. Donat. I can't say enoungh about him.He loves his patients and goes out of his way ,even when he's in the hospital. He's the BEST!!!
Dr. Donat is an extraordinary physician for his diagnostic intelligence, sincere care for his patients, and his general professional character. He listened to my story so carefully during my first office visit that I left feeling a burst of hope for the first time in months (since illness onset). This doctor is the just who you want when you are in an extreme condition.
Dr. Donat is a genius. I'd make up symptoms to go see him. Kent County misread a cat scan and misdiagnosed me and Dr. Donat caught it.
Saw me when I was very sick with asthma. Very helpful.
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Three artists with Wabash College connections will show their work as part of an exhibit opening at the Tippecanoe Arts Federation in Lafayette, IN on November 1. The Montgomery County Athens of Indiana Arts Gallery artists are part of the "Passions & Pursuits" portion of the exhibit, which will feature watercolor, oil, glass, wood turning, steel/glass sculpture, bronze and photography.
The Wabash College artists are: Dr. John Zimmerman H'67, chemistry professor emeritus (photography), Dr. Robert Foote, professor of mathematics and computer science (wood turning), and C.J. Charles, wife of Wabash Magazine editor Steve Charles (watercolor).
The reception for the exhibit on November 1 is from 6:00-8:00pm at the Wells Community Cultural Center, 638 North St. in Lafayette, admission is free. The exhibit runs from November 1 – December 6.