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Hello and welcome! I guess I may not be senior enough to say it, but I did. I was wondering, are you getting enough fat in your diet? I find it helps me not have cravings for sugar when I get enough fat in my daily meals. I don't see much in your descriptions...I'm no expert, but this was something I noticed. Cheers!Began Primal Living: 25 Sep 2012
Starting Weight: 82kg (180 lbs) - Lost 30 lbs since going Primal!
"I do not eat enough carbs to justify eating low-fat."
"Have some bread with your bread, pasta, bread, and HFCS." - Unicorn
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Hi hi bamabelle,
So I'm looking at what you're eating (sopressata and the cheeses) and I'm thinking, "she's either Italian or a NYer," but your name is bamabelle, so I'm thinking a transplant? And one who loves NY food.
Here's one way of getting through the McD urges (I haven't eaten there since the 1980s). Google how they raise their beef. The clear cutting of the rain forests. The hormones. The prodding of sick cows (illegal, but it goes on). Look at the nasty re-used oil they use for their french fries. The facts will make you ill. If you have to, write it on a card and pull it out when you have the urge to eat fast food - because they're all basically the same.
Substitute: Grass fed burger. If you have to have the bread, use sourdough with no additives (or an English muffin with no additives). Oh crap, I've been away so long that I almost forgot you have awesome bagels. Yep, if I were still in my child bearing years, I'm sure I'd PMS with a bagel occasionally. Buy duck fat and make duck fat french fries - you'll never go back to turd fries again. But only when you're PMSing or menstruating - everyone deserves a break now and then.
Good to meet you!"Right is right, even if no one is doing it; wrong is wrong, even if everyone is doing it." - St. Augustine
Who says back fat is a bad thing? Maybe on a hairy guy at the beach, but not on a crab.
Hey Amanda,
I've been meaning to come check out your thread for a while now - just finished up reading it. It looks like you are on the right track and are making pretty good food choices. Don't sweat the breaks in primal eating every now and then. Remember the 80/20 rule - shoot for primal 100% but as long as you are 80% primal you will still see the positive effects of the lifestyle change. As others have said don't beat yourself up over the slips that's the best way to end up in a full on spiral back into Carb and sugar hell! Keep going one foot in front of the other grok style!
Oh and welcome to the lifestyle sister!
Cheers�There are only two options regarding commitment, You�re either in or your out. There�s no such thing as life in between.� � Anonymous
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Thanks for the primal visits! I was beginning to feel very lonely here on my journel!!
Joanie, I am from Alabama now living in NYC. I love NYC food Learned of sopressato from an Italian friend. THe cheese I got from trying them in gormet grocery stores here in the big city. Thanks for the craving and cooking advise. I'll try your suggestions!
PBNewby, I've wondered about my fat intake as well. I may try to incorporate more of it in my diet. just going with what I want to eat now and learning how to add fat and cook differently.
Primal, thanks for the reminder about 80/20 and the encouragement. It is much needed and appreciated
I have a little more energy, but not much energy still in starting PB. I don't know if I've lost weight yet (I don't weigh), but I must have as I am eating much less and much better.
My biggest struggles right now are this:
so little energy that it is difficult to exercise
planning and preping appropriate meals for my long work days in such a way that I am satisfied and able to eat when hungry
Lunch: two eggs scrambled in kerrygold butter and mixed with pecorino romano cheese and 2 slices nitrite free uncured bacon plus a side of roasted cauliflower (roasted with EVOO, salt and pepper)
Dinner: sun dried tomato chicken sausage (from Trader Joe's---will read ingrediant list next time) and 2 cups of broccoli and 2 cloves fresh garlic chips tossed in EVOO, salt and pepper and roasted--then tossed in fresh squeezed lemon juice and freshly grated parmesan reg cheese and 3 glasses red wine
Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs with 2 tbsp. pecorino romano cheese and 2 slices bacon (organic, nitrate free)
Lunch: 1.5 oz. raw cashews
Dinner: 4 oz. filet mignon browned in butter and topped with butter and 1 1/2 cups roasted cauliflower (roasted after tossing with EVOO, salt and pepper)
Lots of walking and several stairs running errands today
Day 21:
Breakfast: 2 eggs scrambled in butter with a bit of pecorino romano in the mix and 2 slices bacon
Lunch/snack: sopressato and smoked gouda
Dinner: almond crusted tilapia pan fried in coconut oil (my first time using c. oil; it was OK), carrot ginger soup, a large piece of a pear and sparkling water infused with fresh squeezed lemon juice.
Ate a bit past full---shall pay better attention to that.
I tried a paleo experiment last night. I worked a super stimulating 12 1/2 hour work day and got home exhausted. Usually I turn on the TV and sign onto the internet. I decided to follow Mark's advise to stay away from digital stimulation. I got on just long enough to log meals for the day. By the time I washed my lunch dishes and my face I was too tired even to read. I took a melatonin, because I have a hard time falling asleep on work days without it. Then I listened to a deep sleep meditation and went to bed early. I felt a bit sad that I was without friends or family to spend time with, as recommended. I mean I have friends, but no roommate I do have two silly cats that I enjoy as they entertain me every day, so they are my companionship at home.
DAY 22 (working):
Breakfast: 2 eggs scrambled in butter with pec. romano cheese and 2 slices bacon
Lunch: buffalo chicken salad (buf. chicken, motz cheese, sun dried tomatoes, walnuts, bacon and ranch dressing over greens)
and kombucha
Today is a struggle because I have bare bones groceries and my budget is depleted until the 24th. Yikes! I thawed a pack of chicken thighs and a pack of chicken breasts; the breasts were rancid---grrr...sometimes easy to let happen with organic. That is a set back indeed. Trying to stretch the thighs, though they are small. I am going to try to shop smarter on next month's budget.
Brunch: small piece of levtover almond crusted tilapia and smoothie of 1/4 naval orange, hunk of pineapple, blackberries, blueberries, spinach and just enough water.
Dinner: home made soup (chicken, celery and carrots cooked in home made sofrito, coconut oil and coconut milk) and carrots roasted in EVOO with salt/pepper---the soup was eh


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I have been thinking of a name for my cake business and need help. Basically I had a whole list of cutsie names but..
My brother passed away unexpectantly the day before Easter (he was 29) . He was my biggest fan and also helped me alot with designs, he was a fantastic artist. I wanted to do a name that is kind of in his honor. My brothers name was Nick, so I at first thought of Nicky's Cakes, but decided no. So, the bottom line is my brother was obsessed with our Italian heritage. He always added the emblem "GFP" at the bottom of his art and it stood for Goodfella Productions. In his honor I thought maybe I would call my "business" Goodfella Cakes.
I am just not sure how it sounds, what impression it may leave, etc. Of course I am biased because my heart is attached to that name for obvious reasons.
Any suggestions/advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
I like Goodfella Cakes.
This may be too corny:
Nick of Time Cakes
Honoring your brother is very sweet! Good luck w/ your business!
being italian myself... i LOVE it. of course some may not like it or get it but if you love it and want to honor your brother, go ahead. its a very nice name and i love it.
I like it. My only hesitation is that Godfellas is also the name of a not great pizza chain...
I like Goodfella Cakes.
This may be too corny:
Nick of Time Cakes
oring your brother is very sweet! Good luck w/ your business!
i like nick of time too!
I like it. My only hesitation is that Godfellas is also the name of a not great pizza chain...
Is that like Godfather's Pizza?
I'm so sorry to hear about your brother. I think it's absolutely appropriate for you to include him in your passion, since he was such a strong supporter of you.
I like the Goodfella Cakes idea. It honors your personal memory of him, and for those who don't know anything about you, it brings up an image of a nice regular guy/gal who people could work with easily.
I like the "Nick of Time Cakes", too - knowing your situation, it kind of keeps your brother with you as time goes on. BUT because customers won't generally know about him, my only concern with that would be that some people might think they can get their cake orders in at the last minute and get things done just "in the nick of time..."
Let us know what you decide.
Best wishes for your business!
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If you die in coastal waters and are not discovered and you are wearing a running shoe — especially one with with gas injected into the shoe soles — then one or both of your feet could end up as the newest case of the "Nike Phenomenon."
That's what happened to someone's foot Sunday on a Vancouver Island shoreline. The Canadian Press reported that a hiker exploring Botanical Beach near Port Renfrew "came across a running shoe containing a human foot in a sock." The B.C. Coroners Service is investigating but so far foul play is not suspected.
So far, since 2007, 13 feet have washed ashore in British Columbia. Others have washed ashore elsewhere in the Northwest and across the globe.
For instance, Canada.com reported in 2008 that a right foot in a sock was found in New Zealand, a right foot in a high-top runner in the Ottawa River in Ottawa, two feet on Chesil Beach in southern England, two in Spain, one in California and another in Merseyside in the U.K.
In a story I wrote about the phenomenon in 2011, Curtis Ebbesmeyer, world renown oceanographer and beachcomber extraordinaire, told me:
"I think you could probably trace it to the Nike phenomenon. Nike was the one that really brought in the air soles. Certainly in the '90s, Nike was a major producer of shoes with gas injected soles. Once you start doing that then you have at least part of the phenomenon."
Coroners have explained that hundreds of people are likely missing in coastal waters and over time their bodies will decompose and disarticulate and what will float will float. Of the more than a dozen feet found in shoes, non of them have been associated with murder and certainly not mechanical dismemberment.
Of the 12 previous incidents, coroners report that 10 feet have been identified as belonging to seven people.
The is the 13th foot is currently under investigation. Regional Coroner Matt Brown told CKNW radio that DNA tests will be used to try and identify who the foot belongs to.
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|Verizon's rollout of the blazingly fast 4G LTE network through 2013 threatens to surpass its Apple iPhone launch in hype, but the promise of the network wasn't evident in a recent 750-plus mile test around the Northeast.
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Valentine's day is coming Dragon Saga Players! It's the time of the year where you show the ones you love… how much you love them! It is also the time to woo others~ so what is the best way to do that? With a Loading Screen of course! We want YOU to create the most romantic lovely dubly loading screens for Dragon Saga! We will pick up to 10 loading screens to display in-game.
The Theme will be: Valentine/Spring Time!
To be consider for a loading screen images must follow these guidelines:
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- Make sure to leave a blank space on the bottom for us to add the loading screen bar.
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TELEVISION; How Do You Say 'Desperate' In Spanish?
By LARRY ROHTER
Published: August 13, 2006
FROM the moment ''Desperate Housewives'' began playing on Latin American cable channels last year, it was a success. Here, where telenovelas, the region's melodramatic, often campy answer to the soap opera, dominate prime-time programming, the antics on Wisteria Lane resonated with viewers who like their plots full of elaborate machinations.
Now the makers of this hit ABC series have taken the process a step further. In a novel gambit they are franchising Spanish- and Portuguese-language versions of the show's first season for broadcast by networks around the region, using star-studded local casts to re-enact the original scripts.
''Barriers are breaking down,'' Fernando Barbosa said in a phone interview from Miami. He is senior vice president for Latin America at Buena Vista International Television, a branch of the Walt Disney Company, which produces the program. '' 'Desperate Housewives' shares certain characteristics with the telenovela, but it is based more on real life and is not as dramatized. Latin American audiences want alternatives in their programming, and we are responding to that by offering them a menu of choices.''
Three versions of the series are under way, each tailored to a different area of Latin America. And three additional productions are a possibility, said Mr. Barbosa and executives here, depending on the outcome of discussions with networks in Mexico, Venezuela and Chile. First off the ground is the Argentine version, which will also be shown in neighboring countries including Uruguay and Paraguay and is scheduled to go on the air in six months or so. After that comes a production in Portuguese for Brazil and a second Spanish-language version made for Colombia and Ecuador.
For ''Desperate Housewives'' to succeed in Latin America, though, it must win over viewers like Maria Jose Garcias, a 29-year-old receptionist at a downtown hotel here. She faithfully watches the English-language show, broadcast each week on cable on the Sony Channel with Spanish subtitles, and afterward often discusses it with her friends.
''I'll watch this Argentine version, but I don't know if I'm going to like it,'' she said in Spanish. ''They are all great actresses in the cast, and that's definitely an attraction. But the United States and Argentina are two totally different societies, each with their own customs and idiosyncracies, and I wonder if they are going to be able to translate that.''
Those cultural differences are very much on the minds of the people writing and filming ''Amas de Casa Desesperadas,'' as the series is called in Spanish. They have had to walk a tightrope in order to retain the flavor of the original while also accommodating Latin America's own values and customs.
One of the conditions that Buena Vista imposed on the Argentine producers of the series was that they adhere to the original American version. Bilingual Disney executives in the United States approve the scripts, a Disney representative periodically visits the set and film sequences are sent north for review.
''Mickey Mouse is watching us,'' joked Marcos Carnevale, who adapted the script and directs the Argentine version of the series. But certain details in the original script simply don't make sense when transferred to a Latin American setting and have had to be altered.
A plumber in Latin America, for example, would never make enough money to live in a plush upper-middle-class neighborhood like Wisteria Lane. So for the sake of credibility the show's hunky plumber has been transformed into the more prosperous owner of a plumbing supply company.
In addition Latin American funeral rites differ from those in the United States, so some scenes involving burials or wakes had to be modified. The death penalty? It has been outlawed here. Thanksgiving? Make that Easter dinner.
Comparable challenges emerged in translating the backgrounds of the main characters. For example a hyper-WASP type like Bree Van de Kamp (played by Marcia Cross), doesn't exist here, which meant that Mr. Carnevale had to find some kind of Argentine equivalent whose personality could plausibly seem just as pinched.
What he came up with was Vera, daughter of a military officer and a fervent Catholic with leanings toward the Opus Dei movement.
Similarly, in the Colombian version of the series, the nouveau riche couple Carlos and Gabrielle Solis will be Ecuadoreans. ''They are the ethnic couple on the block, the equivalent of Hispanics in that society,'' Mr. Barbosa said.
By shooting different versions of ''Desperate Housewives,'' producers can also take into account cultural and linguistic differences within Latin America. Argentine Spanish, for instance, is heavily influenced by Italian and has many usages and phrases that would sound odd in Mexico or Venezuela.
''There's not going to be any che, vos or m?'' in the non-Argentine versions, said Fernando Blanco, president of Pol-Ka, Buena Vista's Argentine partner in the series, referring to a pair of typically Argentine locutions and the bitter, tealike beverage that is the national drink here. ''We are trying to adapt the original script to the customs of each country.''
Casting proved to be another thorny issue for the producers. Should they seek actresses who look like their counterparts in the American show, or ignore that factor entirely?


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A free raingarden workshop will be held from 9 to 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 20 at Prairie Restorations in Scandia.
Tara Kline, a landscape designer with the Washington Conservation District, and Tom Groppoli, a Master Gardener and native plant expert with Prairie Restorations, will share their expertise on where, why and how to plant raingardens, as well as how to tap into free site visits, design assistance and even grants for raingardens and other water–friendly landscaping projects.
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Here is a patch against the cms gsoc branch showing my current progress after about 4 hours of work:
* Drag any drop any file to any folder (Edit: except the "assets" folder). :)
* Check the boxes next to multiple files, then grab a "Drag" handle next to one of them and drop it into a folder and all the selected files will be moved.
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Don't ignore your self-awareness blind spots.
Among the components of good management skills, self-awareness gets far less attention than it deserves. Beyond serving as a natural brake for emotional outbursts or antisocial behavior, self-awareness is a fundamental building block of effective communication.
Below are five cues indicating a lack of self-awareness, as well as steps to take to remedy the situation.
Your perspective is the most important. You primarily believe your point of view to be the most critical, and rarely consider the perspectives of your team members. Instead, when you have an important decision to make, purposely seek and consider your team members' opinions before moving forward.
"Motivation" by criticism. Thinking it will motivate, you use criticism destructively rather than constructively. The next time you feel the urge to tell an employee what he's doing wrong, try to recall when you last pointed out something he was doing right. Likewise, take opportunities to praise members of your team.
Zero pushback on your ideas. You bully direct reports into going along with your ideas by being antagonistic or negative, so they don't feel free to challenge you. Counter this by actively seeking feedback from team members on your ideas. And when that feedback happens to be negative, resist the temptation to argue.
You're doing everything. Shouldering all of the responsibility indicates that you tend to overdo and micromanage, lacking delegation skills. Give your employees opportunities that allow them to grow by stepping into areas of less experience. Be supportive by turning their inevitable mistakes into learning opportunities.
People don't really know you at work. You keep your distance and show little of your authentic, personal self. Your hands-off approach is actually a lack of engagement—when people need you to be a present partner offering specific contributions during critical decisions, you're out of sight. Make an effort to be a part of your team. Roll up your sleeves and get in the trenches with your employees.
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Efficacy and Safety of Levocetirizine Versus Loratadine for the Treatment of Perennial Allergic Rhinitis
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Efficacy and Safety of Levocetirizine Versus Loratadine for the Treatment of Perennial Allergic Rhinitis.
|Rhinitis Allergic Perennial
|Drug: levocetirizine dihydrochloride
|Phase 3
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Study Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of 5 mg Levocetirizine Oral Tablets, Once Daily Versus 10 mg Loratadine Oral Tablets, Once Daily for the Treatment of Perennial Allergic Rhinitis.
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Drug Information available for: Loratadine Levocetirizine Levocetirizine dihydrochloride Levocetirizine hydrochlorideU.S. FDA Resources
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- Total 5 Symptom Score (T5SS) rated by the investigator [ Time Frame: 2 weeks ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Investigators global efficacy evaluation at the end of treatment; subject's rating of T5SS and individual symptoms (over the last 24 hours) over first week and the total 2 weeks treatment period; the Symptoms Score Reducing Index (SSRI). [ Time Frame: 2 weeks ]
|Study Start Date:
|September 2003
|Study Completion Date:
|February 2004
|Primary Completion Date:
|February 2004 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 60 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
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- Male ore female, 16 to 60 years old (inclusive)
- two-year history of allergic rhinitis due to house dust mite
Exclusion Criteria:
- An ear, nose or throat (ENT) infection
- asthma requiring daily drug therapy other than ß2 inhaled agonists taken prn
- atopic dermatitis or urticaria requiring an antihistamine or corticosteroid treatment
- an associated ENT disease
- use of decongestants
- nasal or ocular topical treatment
- desensitivation
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Rhinitis, Allergic
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California Genealogy and History Archives
Sonoma County
|Armsted Goatley
Coming to California during the period of her most rapid growth in population, it so happened that Armsted Goatley found himself in Placerville on the day that the state was admitted into the Union, September 9, 1850, prepared to engage in mining. Between that day and the day of his death, April 23, 1904, he watched with interest the rapid development in this western commonwealth, and none was more keenly alive to her possibilities than was he. His mining experience was but a stepping stone to his real accomplishments in the west, his later and more profitable years being passed as a rancher in Sonoma county, and the work which he laid down at his death has been ably continued by his widow.
Mr. Goatley was of southern origin, his birth occurring in Kentucky in 1828, and he remained in the south until the attractions of California at the time of the gold fever proved too strong to be resisted longer. As stated, he reached the mines of Placerville on the day when the state was celebrating her admission into the Union, September 9, 1850. The records make no special comment as to his success as a miner, but it is known that he ultimately gave it up to undertake ranching, and at the time of his death was proprietor of one of the most thrifty and prosperous ranches in Sonoma county. Here on three hundred and fifty acres which he owned four miles west of Petaluma he undertook dairying on a large scale and as he was one of the first in the country round about to venture upon this branch of agriculture he rightly claimed the distinction of being a pioneer dairyman in this section of country. Forty head of cows of the Jersey and Durham breeds now constitute the dairy, besides which there are six horses and over one thousand chickens. Since the death of her husband Mrs. Goatley has continued the maintenance of the ranch along the lines which he had found to be successful, and she is also making a success of the undertaking.
Before her marriage Mrs. Goatley was Miss Charlotte Langford, born in Somersetshire, England in 1849. She came to California in 1884, and the following year she was married to Mr. Goatley in Oakland. Two children were born of their marriage, John L., and George A., the latter of whom graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in 1910, with a degree of B. S., and later engaged as an electrical engineer in San Francisco. John L. has the management and supervision of the ranch.
Mrs. Goatley was one in a family of ten children born to her parents, George and Caroline (Lloyd) Langford, who were born in England in 1825 and 1827 respectively. Besides Mrs. Goatley the children born to them were as follows: Thomas; George; John; Charles; Sarah, Mrs. Morton; Sophia; Mary, Mrs. Walters; Emma; and Amelia, Mrs. Watson, all residents of Eureka, except Mrs. Morton, who lives in San Francisco. Mr. Goatley has three sisters, viz.; Mrs. Williams and Mrs. Sims, whose families reside in Missouri, and Mrs. Martin, whose family are in California. One daughter, Mrs. R. F. Allen, is a resident of Petaluma.
Throughout his life Mr. Goatley espoused
Democratic principles, and always voted for the candidates of that
party. He was a member of the Methodist Church South and was a trustee
of the church in which he held membership. He was also identified with
the Grange, wherein he met his fellow-ranchers socially, and they as
well as all who were brought in contact with him in any way mourned his
death deeply, for they lost a true friend and well-wisher.
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Another big mistake of new authors is getting scene tense correct. IE, has vs have. Oddly enough, even I struggle with that somewhat. I think part of that comes from the way we speak. In literature we're required to exact perfect grammar. In speaking, not so much. I've gotten away with using things like "me and you" vs "you and I" so often it hurts. Or using mishmash hack words. For example, around here it's very, very common to use "fer" instead of "for", "gonna" instead of "going to" (I even use this word a bit in my writing because it just flows better in dialogue), "should've" instead of "should have" and so on.
On the flipside you can also get so cautious about using wrong words that you go overboard and start mentally eliminating conjunctions you should be using, such as writing "he had" instead of "he'd", or "we are" instead of "we're". I'm guilty more of this than the first, but I still do both periodically.
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City analyst warns consumer environment to get even tougher next year
A leading City analyst has warned that far from seeing an economic upturn in 2010, the second half of next year will witness an even tougher consumer environment.
Douglas Jack of Numis Securities said in a piece of research published today that in the short term the pub sector was benefitting from improved consumer confidence; weaker like-for-like comparatives; improved tourism; AWP machine upgrades and the boost to the banking system provided by quantative easing and other monetary measures.
While Jack said the outlook until mid-2010 was looking "reasonable", the consumer outlook "should toughen thereafter", with unemployment rising, plus hikes in VAT and personal taxes.
The analyst said JD Wetherspoon, followed by Restaurant Group and Fuller's, should be "best placed to ride out an uncertain economic outlook".
"Even if the property market does fall again, the pub to residential house conversion opportunity should still continue," wrote Jack.
"Either way, Punch Taverns should sell the vast majority of its tail-end pubs before the property market becomes an issue."
Jack was "less enthusiastic" about Enterprise Inns and Mitchells & Butlers, "which in our opinion are both locked into paying down bank debt with insufficient non-core disposal programmes".


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ATHENS, Ga. — There was no politically correct answer when Georgia outside linebacker Jordan Jenkins was asked if he was worried about the team's special teams play after Saturday's game.
"A little bit," the sophomore said.
North Texas scored touchdowns off a blocked punt and a 99-yard kickoff return for touchdown in its 45-21 loss to the Bulldogs.
The Georgia defense only had one touchdown scored against it by the Mean Green.
"Offense and defense played great," kicker Marshall Morgan said. "Special teams, things are going to happen. We tried to hold up our end."
Georgia already started addressing that by benching long-snapper Nathan Theus after a high snap on the blocked punt and replacing him with walk-on Trent Frix.
Oklahoma transfer Macus Trice blocked a Collin Barber punt and it was recovered in the end zone by Zac Whitfield. It was the first punt block for touchdown against Georgia since Central Florida in 1999.
"We've definitely got some things to clean up," coach Mark Richt said.
"We'll work hard on those things and we'll be excited about being back here next week."
That's when No. 6 Louisiana State comes to town for a 3:30 p.m. game.
Theus, recruited on scholarship, had a high snap on a field goal try in the loss at Clemson and had a snap of his dropped by Barber against South Carolina. And then came the TD Saturday.
DYE HONORED: Former Georgia All-American Pat Dye was recognized before the game for his selection to the school's Ring of Honor.
Dye grew up in Blythe and played his prep football at Richmond Academy.
Georgia asked Pro Football Hall of Famer Fran Tarkenton, a teammate of Dye's, to attend the game. It was the first time they were together on the Sanford Stadium field since a 1960 victory over Georgia Tech.
Wooten shows trickery with pass completion
Rantavious Wooten's trick-play pass attempt worked out better Saturday than it did on G-Day.
Aaron Murray tossed back to Wooten behind the line of scrimmage and the receiver completed a 42-yard pass to tight end Arthur Lynch to start off a 75-yard scoring drive that ended with a 16-yard Lynch touchdown catch on a pass from Murray.
"We've been practicing it for a while," Lynch said. "It was the same play we had in the spring game when I dropped it. Same play, same call. Thank God we executed it. Woot made a good throw for the fact that it was in the rain and he doesn't throw the ball every time."
Wooten threw an incompletion on his only previous pass attempt against Buffalo last season.
Murray said the pass this time should have gone for a score.
"It should have been a touchdown," Murray said. "I screwed Wooten. I threw it a little low so he had to dig it, catch it and then get up and throw it. …He played quarterback in high school so he can fling it around a little bit."
Weather doesn't affect offense
Georgia racked up 641 yards of total offense despite heavy rain falling in the second half.
Offensive coordinator Mike Bobo said he didn't think he could change anything as a play-caller even in the wet conditions.
"I kept asking if we were OK to throw the ball and we felt like we could throw it," Bobo said. "Obviously the first two passes of the second half were poor. I didn't know if that had to do a little bit mentally with the rain. We had to be able to throw the ball. They were committing guys in the box—the safeties or the corners — and we had to take advantage of that. It was good to see us come through and execute with the wet ball."
Richt, who had offseason hip replacement surgery, felt the conditions.
"It just got so sore," Richt said. "People say, 'Does the weather affect it?' I can honestly now say I think the weather affects it in an adverse way."
He was appreciative to those in the sold-out crowd for braving the weather.
"I want to thank our fans who weathered the storm, literally, and gave us the support that they did," Richt said.
Quick hits
Corey Moore got his first college start at safety. He lined up as a starting receiver against Ole Miss last year to block on the opening play. … Tight end Jay Rome left the game with a left ankle injury, but Richt wasn't sure the extent of it. Cornerback Damian Swann appeared to be wincing and limping some as he headed up the hill out the Georgia locker room. … Freshman offensive lineman Brandon Kublanow saw his first college action at left guard. Defensive lineman Chris Mayes and safety Shaquille Fluker made their Georgia debuts, as well. Both are junior college transfers. …


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How To Find Reliable Sandblast Services in Texas
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DREAM—a novel approach for robust, ultrafast, multislice B1 mapping
Version of Record online: 17 JAN 2012
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.24158
Copyright © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
Volume 68, Issue 5, pages 1517–1526, November 2012
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Nehrke, K. and Börnert, P. (2012), DREAM—a novel approach for robust, ultrafast, multislice B1 mapping. Magn Reson Med, 68: 1517–1526. doi: 10.1002/mrm.24158
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- Issue online: 22 OCT 2012
- Version of Record online: 17 JAN 2012
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New York (Feb. 24)
Master Sgt. Meyer Levin, Brooklyn Jewish youth who flew to fame in the Pacific aerial theatre, died as heroically as he had lived, it was reported today in a United Press dispatch from New Guinea. The three survivors of the crash which took Levin's life on January 7 revealed that his quick action saved their lives.
When the bomber, which had exhausted its gasoline supply trailing a Japanese convoy, crashed, Levin released the life raft on which three members of the crew floated until picked up by a rescue vessel, but was evidently knocked unconscious before he could escape. It was also revealed that Sgt. Levin had not been assigned to what proved to be his last flight but had volunteered to go along since he was an expert at identifying Japanese surface vessels.


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Enrico Weigelt wrote: > I'm often using writable views as interfaces to clients, so > they only see "virtual" objects and never have to cope with > the actual storage, ie. to give some client an totally > denormalized view of certain things, containing only those > information required for certain kind of operations. > > This method is nice for creating easy and robust client > interfaces - internal schema changes are not visible to > the client. In situations when many, many clients - often > coded/maintained by different people - have to access an > database which is still under development (typical for > many inhouse applications), it helps to circument interface > instabilities. > > Now I've got the strange feeling that this makes updates > slow, since it always has to run the whole view query to > fetch an record to be updated (ie. to get OLD.*). There is some overhead in rewriting the query, but it shouldn't be significantly slower than issuing the statements behind the view directly. I wouldn't worry about it, unless you have concrete evidence that it's causing problems. -- Heikki Linnakangas EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com
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Hypex UCD3xMP
2-6 channels @ 30w.... Sounds like an active speaker project. :-)
And very, very cheap!
70 euro 2channel, 103 euro 6 channel ex. taxes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's very small too. Too bad buying from hypex requires a bank transfer, shipping, and shipping taxes. I wish there was a USA distributor so I don't have to deal with the headache.
Looks nice. I see that the UcD32OEM module requires a buffer and is single ended. I see the Ucd3XMP having balanced inputs. Does this mean that it has a buffer on board? If so: what is it made of?
There must be a buffer onboard!
Might be, but is doesn't say so in the manual, and nothing of the sort can be seen on the picstures, though they are very bad and low-res, so that doesn't mean anything..
I asked Hypex: a buffer is still needed, so the UcD3xMP does not contain a buffer. Also, new versions of the UcD32 OEM has balanced input now.
Just a guess but I would expect some differences between the UcD3xMP and the UcD32OEM. In the past Bruno left out the input buffer on the OEM designs so 3rd party manufacturers could roll their own. If the UcD3xMP is a DIY / consumer product it most likely has all required parts.
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Australia is a country of diverse landscapes that seem endless. The flat plains of the outback give way to undulating mountain ranges, serpentine rivers and rugged coastlines. For the last 50 years, Richard Woldendorp has been photographing various parts of Australia from the air and has been acknowledged as a giant of landscape photography, receiving an Order of Australia for his contribution to the arts. His work has been featured in over twenty books and his new book of aerial photography is called Out of the Blue.
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07 Nov 2013 5:19:55pm
I'm interested in the Wandjina Ancestor Creator image formed by viewing the landscape from above - I noticed a very similar phenomena when viewing a Irish island from above, which looked exactly like a Celtic Creator Being that the old people rendered in stone - there is something profound and ineffable about our mythological stories that is linked to the land.


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2) Flashing ROMS. What exactly does this do? All I can find is that it allows me to customize my phone, but I don't seem to understand to what extent.
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Harold MacGrath (September 4, 1871 - October 30, 1932) was a bestselling American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter.
Also known occasionally as Harold McGrath, he was born in Syracuse, New York. As a young man, he worked as a reporter and columnist on the Syracuse Herald newspaper until the late 1890s when he published his first novel, a romance titled "Arms and the Woman." According to the New York Times, his next book, "The Puppet Crown," was the No.7 bestselling book in the United States for all of 1901. From that point on, MacGrath never looked back, writing novels for the mass market about love, adventure, mystery, spies, and the like at an average rate of more than one a year. He would have three more of his books that were among the top ten bestselling books of the year. At the same time, he penned a number of short stories for major American magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post, Ladies Home Journal, and Red Book magazine. Several of MacGrath's novels were serialized in these magazines and contributing to them was something he would continue to do until his death in 1932.
An old man, clothed in picturesque patches and tatters, paused and leaned on his stout oak staff. He was tired. He drew off his rusty felt hat, swept a sleeve across his forehead, and sighed. He had walked many miles that day, and even now the journey's end, near as it really was, seemed far away. Ah, but he would sleep soundly that night, whether the bed were of earth or of straw. His peasant garb rather enhanced his fine head. His eyes were blue and clear and far-seeing, the eyes of a hunter or a woodsman, of a man who watches the shadows in the forest at night or the dim, wavering lines on the horizon at daytime; things near or far or roundabout. His brow was high, his nose large and bridged; a face of more angles than contours, bristling with gray spikes, like one who has gone unshaven several days. His hands, folded over the round, polished knuckle of his staff, were tanned and soiled, but they were long and slender, and the callouses were pink, a certain indication that they were fresh.
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TOUCHTENNIS may use smaller nets, rackets and courts but the new format of the sport is now starting to make a big impression.
Regular tournaments are being held throughout Essex and beyond.
And, such is the growing popularity of the game, the world's first official touchtennis club — Essex Storm — has now been formed by Luke Mayes, a keen player of the sport.
"The response since I set up Essex Storm has been incredible," said Mayes.
"We've got a club crest already, our official shirt comes out soon and Essex touchtennis is leading the way in terms of the growth of the sport and it's starting to make other counties take note."
Some of the country's and even the world's best players can be found in Essex, regularly training at Thundersley's Seevic College.
The game is fairly similar to the normal version of the sport - only softer balls are used and no second serves are allowed.
That makes for exciting and action-packed encounters, which immediately had Mayes hooked.
"I first saw the game on Transworld sport on Sky Sports," said Mayes.
"They had a 15-minute feature on it, with players competing from all over Europe and I was hooked from the moment I saw it.
"I then literally went straight to purchase a racket and a set of balls, and became obsessed with it."
Within a week, Mayes had signed up to play in a tournament being held in Westcliff and was taken aback by how friendly his fellow players were.
From there he travelled further afield to play across the country and believes more people should now start to play touchtennis.
"It really is open for all standards of players, from the complete beginner to even the most experienced player," said Mayes.
"I love just being able to ask anyone for a game, even friends that have never picked up a racket before.
"Nothing ever feels like a waste of time, it's always fun and I always come away from the court feeling like I've had a great work out.
"This sport is seriously fun, I can't state that enough and more people should definitely come and try it."
Essex Storm is open to anyone and can be found on Facebook and Twitter just by searching Essex touchtennis.
They play at Seevic College during the week and run a number of competitions including doubles, singles, timed fastest matches and are running a league.


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If you want that classic roadster feel—and to feel like you're going fast without having to break triple digits—the 2010 Mazda MX-5 Miata delivers it with surprising frugality and practicality.
The 2010 Mazda MX-5 Miata brings the classic roadster look into the modern age with excellent reliability, great handling, and a weather-tight optional power-folding hardtop. For more than 20 years, the Miata has charmed those interested in a back-to-basics sports car that brings thrills but not necessarily a lot of frills.
From the outside, the Miata gets a more aggressive front end and a revised rear bumper last year, along with new lightweight 16- and 17-inch wheels. Overall, however, it keeps with a very classic roadster appearance, featuring a long hood, short cockpit-like cabin, and rear decklid.
The 2010 Miata's four-cylinder engine is very responsive and rev-happy, with sports car-perfect handling, quick short-ratio steering, and short-throw manual transmissions that are a joy to run through the gears. Beginning in 2009, the combination became even more enjoyable with redline for the engine pushed up and new carbon-coated synchros for the gearbox.
At the top of the Miata range is a PRHT (power retractable hardtop) model, which is very well executed; when the hardtop is retracted and folded away, the Miata still has 5.3 cubic feet of trunk space. While that's much smaller than any sedan, it's large enough for most overnight bags or a couple of duffels. The PRHT model adds very little extra weight, and the top stows away in just 12 seconds; unlike some other hardtop convertible models, it doesn't hamper the fun.
The standard soft top is easy to use and surprisingly weather-tight. Just flick the header latches and flip it over the shoulder (most will be able to use one arm) into a shallow holding area. The only downside of the soft top is noise; it's not as well-insulated as some pricier soft tops, and you'll get a fair amount of wind and road noise on the highway.
Inside, the MX-5 is small but roomier than you might think. The seats provide both better comfort and support, while the center console has more storage space; the tallest drivers will want to double-check for enough headroom and legroom, though. The interior is neatly trimmed with high-quality materials, and it's even a little more spacious than before, though no one will complain about too much shoulder room in a Miata.
The 2010 Mazda MX-5 Miata is a mixed bag for safety. There aren't any crash-test results to draw on and verify occupant protection, and the Miata doesn't include all the standard safety features that most other sports cars now include. Side airbags and anti-lock brakes are standard, but electronic stability control is only offered as part of a $1,650 Premium Package.
In its lower Sport or Touring forms, the 2010 Miata is strictly a no-frills sports car. Standard equipment, at least in terms of comforts, is about on par with that of budget-conscious small cars; features on all models include power windows, power mirrors, a CD player, and tilt steering. Touring models include upgraded wheels and tires, a trip computer, keyless entry, and cruise control, while Grand Touring models add leather trim, heated seats, and automatic climate control, among other features. Options include the six-speed automatic, Sirius Satellite Radio, steering-wheel audio controls, and a sport suspension.
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Well shit, here we are 3 years later. I still think the boss is the longest disc I've thrown to date (though I haven't been keeping up on all the new stuff). I keep one in the bag (clear, hard blue champ 173g) for long open drives. Great sheer distance disc that stays up and glides for a long time. Can be a little touchy on lines if you mis-throw it a bit. The boss will stall out and die if you throw too much nose up.
The R pro boss is fun for field practice but an impractical POS on the course. If you can miraculously keep it flat it will outfly anything easily. The problem is you have to finesse it greatly to keep it from flipping. Plastic blend is crap too.
I have a star boss but still haven't thrown it.


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Submitted to: Encyclopedia of Life Sciences
Publication Type: Review Article
Publication Acceptance Date: 9/14/2009
Publication Date: 1/15/2010
Citation: Boavida, L.C., Mccormick, S.M. 2010. A22316 Gametophyte and sporophyte (version 2.0). Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. DOI: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0002037.pub2 Interpretive Summary: This encyclopedia entry explains the life cycle of plants, which alternate between a diploid generation and a haploid generation.
Technical Abstract: Gametogenesis is the process of gamete formation, which includes micro- and megagametogenesis. Gametogenesis initiates after specialized cells in the sporophyte undergo meiosis, and subsequent mitotic divisions yield the gametophytic phase of the plant life cycle. In higher plants, microgametogenesis occurs in the anther, producing tricellular pollen with two sperm cells within a vegetative cell. Megagametogenesis occurs in the ovule, producing an embryo sac. The male gametes, the two sperm cells, and the female gametes, the egg and central cell, fuse to yield the zygote and the endosperm, respectively. Both micro- and megagametogenesis are under strict genetic control. Studies of gametophytic mutants have identified genes important for gametogenesis. Furthermore, high-throughput expression profiling techniques have helped identify gene regulatory networks that operate during gametogenesis.


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Verizon has halted pre-orders of the iPhone after less than a day, saying that they have sold out of their pre-sale units. Your only chance to get one now – short of waiting for the restocking, of course – is to wait until Feb. 9 at 3:01am and try to grab one online or show up at your local Verizon store at 7am on Feb. 10.
Don't expect a long wait for the restocking, of course – but this certainly underscores how big demand has been for the iPhone on Verizon's network. Initial reviews of the phones running on Verizon have been largely positive, with fewer dropped calls and reports of clearer reception.
One thing to keep in mind amidst this mad rush, Verizon is simply selling the iPhone 4 right now. In a few months, Apple will roll out the next generation of iPhones – which will lower the cost of this model and give you a newer version to lust after (or regret not waiting for). Something to keep in mind before you camp out for a new phone.


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Antarctic microbes could live on Mars
New Zealand and Canadian scientists have uncovered microbes in Antarctica that live in hostile conditions mirroring those on Mars.
The scientists discovered long-lived colonies of insecticidal fungi and a common species of Penicillium bacteria at two sites in Antarctica's Dry Valleys so-called because they are ice-free living three to eight centimetres beneath the surface.
They describe their findings in a paper in Icarus.
Professor William Mahaney, from York University in Canada, accompanied two New Zealand researchers on one of their field trips to the Antarctic a couple of years ago.
"He was desperate to get down there so we took him," said Dr Doug Sheppard of Geochemical Solutions in New Zealand, who was looking at the chemical conditions under which microbes try to survive in Antarctica.
"He's a specialist in particular types of glacial processes."
The group was investigating paleosols (ancient soils). By using a beryllium-10 isotope dating technique, they were able to focus on layers of soils that were 10 to 15 million years old. Then they dug holes in the ground and looked for microbes.
"There is a perception around that these soils don't contain any life, but that's not true. There is a limited range of bacteria and fungi," said Dr Sheppard. "But the population densities are quite low."
There is no such thing as a sterile place on Earth, he said: organisms live everywhere.
"Living is an interesting word actually they are 'existing'. They are mostly dormant until conditions are right to get them going."
If there was some snowfall, for example, which melted to form liquid water, the organisms would be activated.
The salt concentration in the soil containing the microbes was 3,000 parts per million, which is extremely salty. The advantage of the salt is that it lowers the freezing point, and therefore the temperature at which watery tissue is damaged.
Even apart from the salt, conditions where the microbes were found were particularly cold and dry. The mean annual temperature is between minus 30 and minus 35 degrees Celcius, and less than 10 mm of precipitation falls each year.
These very arid, cold soils formed under environmental conditions similar to those on Mars.
"There's not a lot of water on Mars, and what water there is will be at depths in the soils," explained Dr Sheppard.
"So the types of living conditions you have got in those soils are likely to be pretty similar to those we find in some parts of Antarctica."
New Zealand researcher, Dr Iain Campbell of Land and Soil Consultancy Services, and two planetary scientists from the University of Arizona also collaborated on the project.
In another discovery this week, US researchers report in Nature that they have found microbes able to produce energy from hydrogen in geothermal water 200 metres underground at Hot Springs in Idaho.


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By Anonymous Coward
Nov 14, 2002
|Climbed the north route in December 2001, before three bolts were removed. Route could certainly take gear, so bolts were not necessary. You will probably have an audience from all the tourists. Alway fun explaining to them how you got the rope up there (lasso, shot an arrow, rope was already there etc.)
By Jon Ruland
From: Tucson, AZ
Nov 16, 2007
|anyone have any pro advice? it looks like the northwest face has the best pro, is this true? any up-to-date information on how many bolts are still on this route?
By RyanJohnson
From: Tucson, Arizona
Nov 16, 2007
|When I climbed this last I went up the north face route. I believe I only placed about three pieces, two in the horizontals down low and then one in the very top of the crack that happens to have a bolt right in the middle of said crack. What I did place was on the smaller size.
By Christian
From: Casa do Cacete
Nov 16, 2007
Jon, I'll lend you my Aliens for the 5.7 if I get to dress up like a U of A fratboy and shout: "Killlerrr, Duuuuude!' as you're heading up.
I believe Steve Grossman chopped the extra bolts Ben Burnham put up a few years ago, as explained on in the climbaz.com news section for 2001..("Steve Grossman in town for the holidays")
So now there is one bolt that is actually on the 5.7 and one bolt that actually belongs to the 5.8, but which you could probably clip if you wanted to, as seen in the picture posted under the 5.7 called "clipping the second bolt". Although a longer sling than the one used would probably be better.
By Jon Ruland
From: Tucson, AZ
Nov 16, 2007
thanks d00dz.
and christian you can do that but first you have to pass new member initiation by picking up a cherry with your butt cheeks and dropping it into a glass of beer then drinking it.
By Christian
From: Casa do Cacete
Nov 16, 2007
|Hmmm dude you seem to know those frat rituals a little too well :_0
By Luke W.
From: Prescott
Apr 3, 2009
|I remember years ago Rock and Ice featured this pinnacle with a group on top barbecuing. I would sure love to see that picture again.
By Andrew Ryder
From: Flagstaff
Apr 3, 2009
|I am 95% sure that photo is in Squeezing The Lemmon.
By enkoopa
Feb 20, 2013
|Honestly, on the 5.7 there is no place for pro between the first and second bolt. Don't fall.
By Adrian Montano
Feb 26, 2017
|Today (2/26/17) I encountered a quickdraw left on the highest bolt of the pinnacle. Send me a message with its description and I will ensure its return!


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Albert Pugliese; Lewis Ercoli; Fernando Di Leo; Augusto Caminito; Georgio Capitani; Van Heflin; Gilbert Roland; Klaus Kinski; George Hilton; Chris McIntyre; Glenn Ford; Michael Ansara; Charlene Tilton; Jeff Kaake; Michael Horse; Russell Todd; Cody Glenn; Sergio Calderone; Elmore Leonard; Direct Source Special Products Inc.
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|The ruthless four was released as a motion picture in 1968. Border Shootout was released as a motion picture in 1990.
|The ruthless four : produced by Albert Pugliese and Lewis Ercoli ; directed by Georgio Capitani ; screenplay by Fernando Di Leo and Augusto Caminito. Border shootout : written for the screen and directed by Chris McIntyre ; based on a novel by Elmore Leonard.
|The ruthless four : Van Heflin, Gilbert Roland, Klaus Kinski, George Hilton. Border Shootout : Glenn Ford, Michael Ansara, Charlene Tilton, Jeff Kaake, Michael Horse, Russell Todd, Cody Glenn, Sergio Calderone.
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The ruthless four : After a lifetime of prospecting, Sam Cooper has struck gold. But he can't get it without partners, without trusting someone. The person he trusted to be his partner has betrayed him and now he must deal with a streak of bad luck as he fights off bandits, losing his horse and gun. In order to retrieve the gold, he must go back to the desert where it is hidden. Accompanied by his adopted son and some of his sinister friends, Cooper finds he still can't trust anyone to help him retrieve the gold. Border Shootout : A young rancher named Kirby Frye is appointed deputy in a small town that is being terrorized by a local gang of cattle rustlers. The aging sheriff cannot stop the gang's activities. While the sheriff is gone, Frye finds himself in charge and must find a way to deal with the outlaws.
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Reading List: Space, Joe DiMaggio and Tommy Tutone
Here's a reading list related to prior Numbers Guy columns and blog posts: Objects kept crashing into each other in unlikely settings earlier this year, which prompted me to analyze the probability of so many collisions. One of these collisions involved two space satellites. At The Space Review, Brian Weeden sorts through disparate numbers about just what's in orbit. One problem: The original cataloging systems may not be big enough to encompass all orbiting objects, a problem in other numbering systems that can outlive their usefulness.


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EHV1 Outbreak in Gloucestershire
last updated on March 13, 2013 11:13
BD would like to inform members of an outbreak of Equine Herpes Virus – 1 (EHV1) on a dressage yard in Gloucestershire. Four horses on the yard have tested positive. The yard has been isolated and along with veterinary support the owners are taking all necessary precautions to limit the spread. Three horses from the yard have competed in BD competition in the last 2 weeks however those horses have tested negative for the virus at this stage.
Whilst EHV is quite common, British Dressage is taking the outbreak seriously and is putting relevant bio-security measures in place to assist in containing the outbreak. Members are advised not to panic but to be vigilant. Further updates will be posted on the BD website if required. BD would also like to thank the yard involved for their quick response and cooperation in helping the whole equestrian community tackle this outbreak.