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Deployment of the rail signalling system ERTMS/ETCS
Deployment of the rail signalling system ERTMS/ETCS
Deployment of the rail signalling system ERTMS/ETCS
This summary has been archived and will not be updated, because the summarised document is no longer in force or does not reflect the current situation.
Deployment of the rail signalling system ERTMS/ETCS
The European Commission hopes to revitalise the rail sector by eliminating technical barriers to trade and to the interoperability of trains (their ability to run on any section of the network). This would enable the integration of the European rail network to be promoted, while ensuring increased safety and reducing costs.
Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the deployment of the European rail signalling system ERTMS/ETCS [COM(2005) 298 final - Not published in the Official Journal].
Europe has more than twenty different signalling and speed control systems for rail transport. Although expensive, on-board systems in locomotives fitted with transducers, which react to signals transmitted from the track, are necessary for both safety and traffic management. Nevertheless, the coexistence of various systems is a barrier to the development of international rail traffic, as locomotives have to be able to 'read' the signals from different networks when crossing borders. The Thalys train for example, which links Paris and Brussels in particular, has seven on-board systems. This results in increased costs and breakdown risk, as well as being a headache for drivers, who have to be able to juggle several interfaces. In addition, this segmentation represents an obstacle to the integration of rail transport on a European scale, while road transport benefits from the absence of such barriers.
Considering the abolition of these barriers to be fully in line with the Lisbon Strategy (since it will increase the competitiveness of the rail sector while promoting its integration), on 4 July 2005 the European Commission published a Communication on the deployment of the European rail signalling system ERTMS/ETCS.
The importance of signals for safety
The twenty different systems coexisting in Europe are currently developed on a national level. They are very different in terms of performance and safety. Several fatal accidents, including those in Bologna in 2005, Albacete in 2003 and London in 1999, show that a more effective signalling system with automatic train speed control could improve the safety of the railways.
A series of extra costs for operators
Locomotives operating internationally also have to be equipped with a variety of on-board systems able to process the information transmitted by track-side systems. As adding on-board systems is expensive, and sometimes even impossible, some trains have to stop at borders in order to change locomotive. As a result, for the Thalys train the numerous signalling systems to be integrated push up the cost of manufacturing each trainset by 60 %. Such obstacles make the connection and integration of the different European networks problematic.
The Commission therefore calls for the gradual transition to a system that is common to the various Member States: the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS).
This has two components:
The deployment of ETCS
While the deployment of GSM-R, based on successful public GSM technology, is taking place quickly, ETCS has been developed specifically for the rail sector and takes longer. It requires the installation of a specific module on board the train and for the transducers on the track to use the same ETCS format. Given the long service life of rail equipment (more than 20 years), it is impossible to renovate the entire network at once. The Commission therefore estimates that it is inevitable that there will often be at least one system coexisting with ETCS on board and/or on the track.
There is a lot at stake in the long term, especially with respect to reducing external costs, such as pollution, noise, safety and congestion. In addition, it appears that the costs of ETCS, used on its own, may be considerably lower than those of conventional systems. Having a single system would also reduce the complexity of the locomotives and thereby simplify maintenance operations. According to UNIFE (the Association of European Railway Industries), ETCS could consequently provide an increase in line capacity of between 2 and 20 % when compared with existing systems.
In favour of a rapid migration strategy
The Commission is planning a rapid migration strategy, with the aim of quickly reaching a critical mass of ETCS equipment. It therefore hopes that a sufficient number of traction units will be equipped over a period of ten or twelve years, while at the same time large interoperable international corridors are created.
The entire rail sector also hopes that such a strategy can be implemented, having endorsed a Memorandum of Understanding signed on 17 March 2005 with the Commission. In concrete terms this entails investments amounting to 5 billion in order to reach the critical mass by 2016. The Commission proposes to support up to 50 % of the investments. Support may diminish over time in order to speed up the migration. The rail sector has also pledged to assist the Member States in preparing national deployment plans.
The role of the European Railway Agency
In this context, it consequently has to be ensured that Community funds allocated elsewhere in the sector, and especially to infrastructure projects, do not work against the completion of an interoperable trans-European network. For this reason, the Commission hopes that failure to comply with the technical specifications of interoperability in general, and the use of systems other than ETCS in particular, even when legally justified, will be considered as minus points when evaluating the projects. In addition, it is important to guarantee that trains equipped with an ETCS and GSM-R module made by one manufacturer are able to run on a network equipped by another manufacturer.
The Commission therefore proposes to make the European Railway Agency, based in Lille/Valenciennes in France, responsible for these technical specifications. These specifications were first referred to by the Commission in 2002 and were supplemented in 2004. Consequently, for any project supported by Community funds and involving the implementation of ETCS or GSM-R, the final payment will be made subject to demonstration, by means of tests, of compliance with the specifications of interoperability.
A European coordinator
The Commission has also judged it appropriate to appoint a European coordinator, a prominent personality in the rail transport sector, to facilitate the coordinated deployment of ETRMS.
The certification of drivers
In addition, the Commission points out that the standardisation achieved through the implementation of ERTMS will permit less specific training for drivers, subject to the condition that they obtain the European Certificate. The European Railway Agency will also promote exchanges of drivers and trainers between railway companies in different Member States.
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Wind power supporters plan to release report on benefits
Credit: By DAN SEUFERT, Union Leader Correspondent | January 19, 2014 | www.unionleader.com ~~
An environmental group, two wind power company representatives and a state legislator will conduct a conference call with New Hampshire reporters on Tuesday, in what some say is an attempt to scuttle House Bill 580, which calls for a state moratorium on new wind projects.
"As the New Hampshire State House considers legislation impeding clean and renewable wind power, environmental groups, wind companies, and elected officials join with Environment New Hampshire to release a new report that documents the environmental benefits from the growth of wind and discuss the future of wind energy development in New Hampshire," read the press notification from Environment New Hampshire.
The report will reveal wind power's impact on air pollution and predicts "emission reductions and water saved through 2018 if wind energy development isn't stymied by short-sighted policies," Environment New Hampshire said.
The report "is being released as state lawmakers consider legislation that would halt wind development in New Hampshire and just weeks after Congress failed to extend critical federal incentives for wind energy."
Taking part in the phone call will be N.H. Rep. Robert Backus, District 19; Jack Kenworthy, CEO of Eolian Renewable Energy and a manager of Antrim Wind; a representative from Iberdrola Renewables, which operates Groton Wind and which is proposing Wild Meadows Wind Farm in Alexandria and Danbury; and Madeline Page, federal field associate for Environment New Hampshire.
Asked about a 2012 study by Dr. Benjamin Luce of Lyndon State University, which showed that New Hampshire would reap little benefit from wind energy, Page said there is still benefit to be had.
"New Hampshire doesn't have as much capacity as some places, and there is only so much wind, of course, but there is still a lot of potential in New Hampshire, and we think wind is an important part of New Hampshire's future," she said.
New Hampshire Wind Watch, a watchdog group that opposes Iberdrola's proposed Wild Meadows project, said the environmental group is serving wind development interests over the wishes of New Hampshire residents.
"We believe Environment NH, the wind industry and now, evidently, Rep. Backus are misstating the purpose and intent of the bill before the Legislature," Wind Watch said in a statement.
"HB 580 aims to protect NH's environment and our unique scenic landscape from the apparent reckless placement of wind energy facilities by allowing the time needed to develop proper siting guidelines. We agree with the Forest Society, AMC and a host of other environmental and citizens groups that New Hampshire should not be permitting new large-scale wind projects before these guidelines are in place."
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You're right Reg. I didn't read the press release. I see press releases like this all the time.
As far as the so-called wind turbine, it's nothing but hype and hot air.
And yes, a real wind turbine was always an option. There are real wind turbines at sanctuaries and parks and have been for years. I've written about them.
The Nature Conservancy has been hornswaggled and someone should lose their job over this.


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June 21, 2012 | By Johanna Long
Welcome to my first blog entry for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. I'm excited to be given the opportunity to write about my experiences so far in the NASCAR Nationwide Series as well as my journey leading up to the Indy 250 with ML Motorsports. This year has been filled with many first time experiences, challenges and tons of excitement and I couldn't be more eager to share it with all of you.
I'll give you all a quick background of my career so far in racing. My dad raced Late Models when I was a little girl, so I grew up around the sport and absolutely loved everything about it. I started begging my dad to put me in a go-kart when I was five, but it took a few years of convincing him before he would give me a shot behind the wheel. When I turned eight, my dad took me to a go-kart track in Baker, FL which was a mistake on his part because I was NOT leaving without a go-kart or some type of agreement that he would let me race. He finally gave in and from that point forward I started racing and I haven't turned back since.
My dad moved me up to the Late Model series at age 14, and by the time I was 17, I had many wins and a couple of championships under my belt. When I turned 18, my dad started his own NASCAR truck team to give me that final opportunity to reach my long-time dream of making it to the elite level, but with limited funding it was extremely tough to get to the track week in and week out so we ended up doing a partial schedule in 2011. Over the offseason, I was unsure about my future in racing because our family team was only promised five races. Then, I was introduced to Mary Louise Miller, team owner of Warsaw, Indiana based NASCAR team, ML Motorsports. We both had similar goals and were eager to pave the way for women in racing, so we hit it off really well.
My dream of racing in the NASCAR Nationwide Series became a reality over the offseason as I signed with ML Motorsports to a 21-race schedule for the 2012 season. It was an awesome feeling to have someone believe in me enough to give me this opportunity. Growing up, I never imagined that I would be 20 years old racing at this level with the most talented drivers in the world at amazing tracks like the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
It has been a huge learning curve considering this is my rookie year. It has been all about learning the Nationwide Series cars as well as the tracks that I've never been to. My main objectives are to learn and gain as much seat time and experience that I possibly can, while proving that I belong in this series. It's extremely important to me as a driver to gain respect from my fellow competitors, the media and fans. So far, I feel like I'm gaining that respect one race at a time, which is rewarding in itself.
I'm now nine races into my season, and I feel pretty optimistic about my performances and future races. Don't get me wrong, I'm not content with where I'm currently at, but I feel like our team continuously progresses at each race that we attend and we are anxious to continue that momentum.
I hope you all have enjoyed reading my first blog. I can write for days, but I will stop and save some of my thoughts for next week's blog. I will call this entry my "Intro Blog." My next blog will be all about my experiences and challenges so far in the Nationwide Series as well as my quest leading up to the Indy250 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. I don't know about you all, but I'm getting EXCITED!


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Gov't takes action to limit short selling
The China Post news staff
After a steep slump on Nov. 21, the downward trend in Taiwan stock prices was checked somewhat by a government measure to rein in short selling and stem a flight of capital. The weighted index ended the day at 7000.03, down 42.61, on a turnover of NT$89.668 billion. Other stock markets in Asia saw steeper falls yesterday. The market opened on an upbeat note as the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC, 行政院金融監督管理委員會) moved to restrict short selling with borrowed securities as an indication of the government's resolve to prop up stock prices. Even market analysts were confident the move could somewhat mitigate the selling pressure on banking stocks as the volume of transactions in borrowed securities was capped at 20 percent of "the average daily volume of the immediate previous 30 trading days." The measure, coupled with an anticipated meeting between FSC Chairman Chen Yuh-chang (陳裕璋) and Shang Fulin (尚福林), Beijing's China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC), which was scheduled for yesterday, on a possible deregulation of investment in mainland China by Taiwan's banking sector, did induce a rally, most notably in banking shares.
Stocks in Mega Holdings (兆豐金), Fubon Financial (富邦金), Cathay Financial Holdings (國泰金), China Life Insurance Co. (中壽) and EnTie Bank (安泰銀) rose within a 1.3 percent to 3.5 percent range in mid-morning trading. Stocks in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (TSMC台積電), the China Steel Corp. (中鋼) and Hon Hai (鴻海) also went up within a 0.3 percent to 2.5 percent range. Mega Holdings, said to be a potential early beneficiary of a possible agreement between the two sides, last week secured approval from CBRC for its investment in a Suzhou Branch in the vicinity of the mainland coastal port city of Shanghai. The branch is expected to become operational early next year. The per share earning (EPS) of its stocks for the first 10 months of the year is estimated at NT$1.41. News that the U.S. deficit reduction negotiation had ended in an impasse trounced stock prices, however, shattering investors' confidence and dragging the weighted index to below 7,000 points before renewed volatility set in. According to a market analyst, this showed short selling was too rampant to rein in and that the government measure to curb short selling might be not effective in stemming the capital outflow. Foreign investors have more tricks up their sleeves than simply short selling, such as short selling in the spot market and futures options, Marbo Securities Consultant Co. (萬寶投顧) President Tsai Ming-chang (蔡明璋) said, adding local investors were short selling too.


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Carbon Monoxide Therapy for Severe Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (CO in PAH)
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01523548
Recruitment Status : Withdrawn (Lack of funding and subject acuity)
First Posted : February 1, 2012
Last Update Posted : June 9, 2017
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The purpose of this study is to examine the potential of carbon monoxide (CO) to decrease elevated blood pressure in the pulmonary artery. This symptom is seen in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension, a rare disease that causes fatigue, dizziness, and shortness of breath because the blood vessels that supply the lungs narrow, forcing the heart to work harder to push blood through. Previous studies in the laboratory have shown that carbon monoxide has promise in treating these symptoms.
Subjects in this study are being asked to undergo a new type of treatment to improve pulmonary arterial hypertension by breathing CO gas. CO is a colorless, tasteless, odorless gas usually found in car exhaust or cigarette smoke. It is administered with a continuous flow of air. Subjects will undergo a screening process during which it will be determined if they are eligible for the study. After the screening process, if subjects meet eligibility criteria for the study, they will begin carbon monoxide treatment through a cushioned mask that is placed over the nose and mouth. This treatment will last for sixteen weeks.
|Condition or disease
|Hypertension, Pulmonary
|Drug: Carbon Monoxide
|Phase 1 Phase 2
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) remains an uncommon debilitating and fatal disease, and is clinically marked by a progressive increase in pulmonary vascular resistance leading to right heart failure and ultimately death. Currently the treatment options available for those suffering from PAH target cellular dysfunction that leads to constriction of the vasculature. Although there is some evidence that available therapies have secondary effects on vascular remodeling there are currently no therapies that target abnormal cell proliferation in PAH.
Carbon monoxide (CO) is a gaseous molecule with known toxicity and lethality to living organisms when exposed to high concentrations for sustained periods. However, CO has shown promise in preclinical models of pulmonary hypertension. Recent studies have shown that mammalian cells have the ability to generate endogenous CO primarily through the catalysis of heme by the heme oxygenase enzymatic system and there is ample evidence demonstrating that CO behaves as a signaling molecule in cellular and biological processes. Furthermore, CO has been demonstrated to exert key physiological and protective functions in various models of tissue inflammation and injury.
This study will evaluate the safety and potential efficacy of inhaled CO in subjects with severe PAH. Over forty subjects with severe PAH despite best available therapy will be screened from the UIC pulmonary vascular disease clinic, of which twenty subjects will be recruited for participation in the trial. The trial will consist of an initial screening period to determine subjects' eligibility for the study. This will be based on a previous echocardiogram, a six minute walk test and right heart catheterization done as part of standard care for subjects with pulmonary arterial hypertension. Following the initial screening, the trial will last sixteen weeks, during which subjects will receive inhaled carbon monoxide up to three times weekly at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|0 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Single Group Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Carbon Monoxide Therapy for Severe Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
|Study Start Date :
|July 2012
|Estimated Primary Completion Date :
|December 2018
|Estimated Study Completion Date :
|December 2018
Experimental: Carbon Monoxide
Inhaled Carbon Monoxide therapy administered over 16 weeks
Drug: Carbon Monoxide
150 ppm x 3 hours once weekly (week 1) 150 ppm x 3 hours twice weekly (week 2) 150 ppm x 3 hours three times a week (week 3-16)
- Evidence of a 20% decrease in pulmonary vascular resistance post-therapy when compared to pre-therapy value [ Time Frame: At baseline and after 16 weeks ]
- Effect of 16-weeks CO inhalation on other pulmonary and systemic hemodynamic parameters [ Time Frame: 16 weeks ]
- Effect of 16-weeks CO inhalation on functional capacity assessed by six-minute walk test [ Time Frame: 16 weeks ]
- Effect of 16-weeks CO inhalation on Brain Natriuretic Peptide levels [ Time Frame: 16 weeks ]
- Effect of 16-weeks CO inhalation on right ventricular echocardiographic parameters [ Time Frame: 16 weeks ]
- Effect of 16-weeks CO inhalation on acute pulmonary vasoreactivity [ Time Frame: 16 weeks ]
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- male and female ≥ 18 years old , with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Right heart catheterization diagnosis of PAH:
- Mean Pulmonary Artery Pressure (mPAP)> 25 mmHg at rest
- Pulmonary Capillary Occlusion Pressure (PCOP) or Left Ventricular End Diastolic Pressure (LVEDP) < 15 mmHg
- Pulmonary Vascular Resistance (PVR) > 3 mmHg/L/min
- Must be Class 1.1, 1.2, or 1.3 PAH (see Appendix A)
- Echocardiographic evidence of Right Ventricular Dysfunction
On standard and stable PAH therapy (no dose changes in the 4 weeks prior to starting the study medication) including:
- A Prostacyclin (IV epoprostenol, IV or subcutaneous remodulin, inhaled iloprost or remodulin) unless willing or unable to tolerate therapy AND
- Phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor OR
- Endothelin Receptor Antagonist OR
- Any combination of a-c
- NYHA class III or IV despite 3 months of stable therapy as outlined above
- 6 minute walk distance ≤ 380m
- Negative serum pregnancy test
- Female of childbearing age either surgically sterilized or using acceptable method of contraception. Acceptable methods of contraception include oral contraceptives, IUD, or other barrier methods of contraception.
Exclusion Criteria:
- History of malignancy in 2 years prior to enrollment
Baseline cytopenia's:
- White blood cell count ≤ 3,000 i. Absolute Neutrophil Count (ANC) less than 1500 cells/mm3
- Hemoglobin ≤ 7
- Platelet ≤ 100,000
Baseline Liver Disease:
- ALT/AST, ALk phos > 2.5x ULN, INR > 1.5
- Bilirubin > 1.5 x ULN
- Coronary artery disease
- Any cause of pulmonary hypertension other than class 1.1, 1.2, or 1.3 PAH.
- Baseline Renal Disease: Cr ≥ 2
- Active Smoker
- Hypoxemia with SaO2 < 95% on oxygen 2 L/min
- Baseline COHb > 2%
- Pregnancy or lactation
- Inability to attend scheduled clinic visits
- Previous lung transplant
- Naive to available standard PAH therapy
- Pulmonary Capillary Occlusion Pressure (PCOP) or LEft Ventricular End Diastolic Pressure (LVEDP)< 15 mmHg
- Concomitant enrollment in another investigational treatment protocol for PAH or taking any off label drug therapy for PAH
- Recent enrollment in or plans to enroll in Pulmonary Rehabilitation during the study period
- Any condition that in the opinion of the investigator would prevent completion of study procedures
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01523548
|United States, Illinois
|University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center
|Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60612
|Principal Investigator:
|Roberto F Machado, MD
|University of Illinois at Chicago
|Responsible Party:
|Roberto Machado, M.D., Associate Professor of Pulmonary Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|Other Study ID Numbers:
K23HL098454 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|First Posted:
|February 1, 2012 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|June 9, 2017
|Last Verified:
|April 2017
Carbon Monoxide
Hypertension, Pulmonary
Hypertension, Pulmonary
Vascular Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Lung Diseases
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Carbon Monoxide
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
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Raquel and Harry are both teenage heartthrobs. People...
Truly, Madly, Deeply (A Harry Styles Love Story)18849199161
- by Raquelxx
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- Updated: 20 May 2013
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19 year old Raquel and Harry Styles from One Direction are both teenage heart throbs. they have been dating for a year and many people have been hating on raquel since shes dating harry. The words that people say to her ruin her career and her life. Her manager then forbids her to see Harry since he is ruining her career. They kept there relationship but it wont be for long.
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This was what I was most looking forward to on the whole trip and we had to wait until the last day! It was so random how you get there, and for some reason I thought it was on a cliff overlooking the ocean or something, but nope, it's in a huge field in the middle of nowhere. Seriously SO strange but hands down the coolest things I've seen! It was seriously huge and amazing, and I still can't wrap my mind around who did this and why! I don't know why I find this so intriguing, but I do!
At the entrance where you start to walk all the way around the stones. It was a little self guided audio tour so we listened to what people speculated about the site. The stones are all in pretty good shape still but I can't believe how long they've stood there and WHY are they there! The bigger stones on the outer circle are 40 tons and 1/3 of the stone is actually underground in the holes that they were placed in to hold them up.
Here's another picture of the best part of the stones that are on top of the other ones. Those are called the lentil stones on the top. The fact that they lifted them on top of the other stones is crazy! How did this happen and why! I want to know!
Here is the whole clan!
I was hungry for some stones! You had to stay pretty far away from the actual stones themselves, but it was still cool to be there and see it and wonder how and why it was all done. Seriously, google it, it will blow your mind. I get into weird stuff like this, like dinosaurs and crop circles. haha weird fascinations I guess and seeing this in real life just fueled the fire for learning more! Which is why I bought a book in the souvenir store about it!
TADA! that huge stones that were the highlight of my trip! It was really cool to be able to do a 360 around the stones and even though it was packed with people (about 4-7,000 people visit it daily) it was a great audio tour but man so many questions! Why! How! It's so strange, and exciting all at the same time!
After Stonehenge it was back to London for one night before catching our flight home, which was much better than the way over. Maybe it was the two anxiety pills and three glasses of wine, don't judge me, but we made it back safe and sound! B's two bottles of Whiskey made it through customs safely and I'm all set for winter with my new boots and peacoat! :) Overall it was a fun and gorgeous trip! I'm so thankful and still can't believe that I went to all those countries!
Now it's back on the wagon, since I didn't do ANY running or working out while over there. :(


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Long-time Dodger employees to be honored
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Dodgers will celebrate 86 employees with 25 or more years of service in ceremonies on the field at Dodger Stadium prior to Tuesday night's 7:10 p.m. game with the Arizona Diamondbacks, the club announced.
Heading the list of those to be recognized are Hall of Fame manager Tommy Lasorda and Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully, as well as long-time traveling secretary Billy DeLury, all with 64 seasons of service, pitching great Don Newcombe (56 seasons), Spanish language Hall of Fame broadcaster Jaime Jarrín (55 seasons), pinch-hitting wizard Manny Mota (44 years), 1965 World Series hero Lou Johnson (32 years), All-Star third baseman Ron Cey (29 seasons), All-Star outfielder and broadcaster Rick Monday (28 seasons) and organist Nancy Bea Hefley (26 seasons).
"The Dodgers are extremely grateful to all of our employees and we are particularly appreciative of the long-time service of those being recognized this evening," said Dodgers' President and CEO Stan Kasten. "Without the dedication of our employees it would be impossible for the Dodgers to fulfill our commitment to the greatest possible fan experience for those visiting Dodger Stadium."
Others with 40 or more years of service to be honored by the Dodgers include ticket seller Jerry Mickelsen (51), security manager Edward Gonzales (50), stand captain Robert Natelborg (47), ticket taker Miguel Yanez (44), batting practice pitcher Peter Bonfils (43), director of elevator operations James Harvey (43), ticket taker Eduardo Becerril (43), Vice President of Ticket Operations Billy Hunter (41) and usher Howard Levine (41).
The list of those to be feted includes: (38 years) Manager of Stadium Services April Thompson, usher captain Richard Angona, area scout Henry Jones; (37) stand captain Bruce Dinowitz; (36) stand associate Marcia Natelborg, ticket taker Errol Coffey, usher Andrea Garcia, usher captain Mario Villegas, Jr.; (35) stand associate Susan Meser, international scout Mike Brito, security officer Gildardo Garciacano, usher captain Anthony Lopez; (34) Special Advisor to the Vice President of Amateur Scouting Gilbert Bodet, manager of the visiting clubhouse Jerry Turner, manager of transportation Arn Douglass, ticket seller Robert Kanner; (33) ticket taker Juan Franco, stadium attendant Rafael Castellanos, stadium attendant Maria Miranda, stadium attendant Carlos DeLeon, professional scout Carl Loewenstine, usher Robert Allen, usher James Mims stadium attendant Adeline Tamez, security officer Fernando Sierra; (32) usher Mary Jane Babyak, stadium attendant James Jelks, security officer Richard Montano, security officer Louie Ocampo; (31) utility maintenance Kevin Waters, minor league team manager John Shoemaker gardener Petronilo Serna, stadium attendant Rosa Sandoval, security officer Juan de Dios Prada, security officer Eddie Alcala, area scout Arthur Darwin; (30) ticket seller Roy Tyler, stand captain David Richard, front office Dolores Buonauro; (29) ticket seller Paula Shorter, Senior Vice President and General Counsel Santiago Fernandez, ticket taker Valerie Jones, security officer Pedro Reynoso, usher Victoria Gutierrez; (28) stadium attendant Efren Gonzalez, manager, Dodger clubhouse Mitch Poole, stadium attendant Roberto Cervantes, security officer Gary Hedman, assistant stand captain Jaime Moreno; (27) ticket taker Rosendo Alvarez, stadium attendant Adelina Solano, DodgerVision crew Shane Shanahan; (26) usher Maria Ramirez, stand captain Patrick Cochran, stand associate Rosemary Cochran, stand associate Adriana Kano, stadium attendant Maria Salceda, stadium attendant Asminda Hernandez, front office George Barajas; (25) ticket seller Sharon McCabe, stand captain Marina Goungo, stadium attendant Margarita Fernandez, international scout Camilo Pascual, security officer Anthony Adams, security officer Manuel Guantez, grounds crew Francisco Torres, and usher captain James Terminel.


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What exactly does it mean to communicate effectively? It is the ability to speak in a way that exudes confidence, clarity and a command of the spoken word. This is much more easily accomplished when one has a strong self-image. Surprisingly, the ability to communicate effectively with others unnerves many people. In fact, there are many people who are utterly paralyzed by just the thought of making small talk, participating in group discussions or speaking in front of a large audience.
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It appears they let anybody turn 50 years old today. Even me.
As Sid Fernandez, Benny Agbayani, Rick Trlicek and a handful of others who — Trlicek-style — avoided distinguishing it could confirm, 50's a number, just like any other number. Yet when you reach a number that's considered enough of a milestone to rate commemorative-patch treatment, well, attention must be paid.
Goodness knows it got my attention the year I was 49 but barely noticed because I was laser-focused on turning 50. And now I have. It will take me a while to find out what the big deal is. I'm guessing it will sink in, so to speak, when my doctor tells me to make an appointment for one of those tests you get not because you're ill but because you're old. One year you're 49 and wondering what's up with Collin McHugh. The next year you're 50 and you're wondering what's up with your colonoscopy. (And, probably, Collin McHugh.)
I'll let those of you who are on the pre-Sid side of 50 in on a little secret. I've only been in my fifties for about half a day, but it's not so bad to get here. That bit about "older and wiser"? It really does happen. I hit a spot in my mid-thirties when I realized how much I didn't know about life. About a decade later, it began to dawn on me that I knew more than I realized and was learning more all the time. That's not the same as saying I've figured out what to do with any of it, but, to borrow a phrase from another sport, I'm amazed sometimes how I've gained the ability to see the entire field. I understand "stuff" more than I ever have before. There's plenty of stuff I don't, but that's part of the beauty of getting here, too. You know enough to know you don't know everything and you know things you didn't know you knew. You really start to put it together in your mind at some point.
Then nature apparently makes up for that great revelation by calculating ways to gradually chip away at that mind you're so proud you've honed for a half-century. Plus going for those tests. And not really wanting to climb all the way to the top of Promenade if you can help it, though I've never been a big fan of that, anyway. There's a tradeoff in there somewhere between wisdom absorbed and youth eroded. Like d'Arnaud for Dickey, a Mets fan can't have everything at once.
Of course we're all younger than we used to be if you follow the stereotypes associated with once ludicrously old-sounding ages like 40 and 50. My mother threw my father a surprise 50th birthday party 34 years ago next month. I was in charge of sending out the invitations from a store-bought pack whose cards said on the front, "Here's Looking At You." I decided to embellish what Hallmark or whoever printed by adding "Kid!" to the message…"Here's Looking At You Kid!" I'd heard it on TV and, besides, as I understood it, middle-aged people loved being flattered at how young they seemed.
This did not go over well with my 49-year-old mother, who informed me with her usual understated approach to intrafamilial relations that these people whose invitations I had desecrated with my personal touch were, in terms Ben Franklin would use, the cream of their colonies.
They're mature!
They're distinguished!
They're in business!
You don't go around calling an adult "Kid!"
It's an insult!
What kind of idiot are you?
From there followed the massive deployment of Liquid Paper to remove the offending passage. Moral crisis averted. Aesthetic disaster another story.
The party went on, as those mature, distinguished middle-aged people seemed frothy and uninsulted by the blotched-out "Kid!" while the whiskey sours and vodka tonics flowed. But they sure did seem older to me than I do to myself now. Times change. Social mores change. Commonly held values change. Technology changes (which is good, 'cause I'm pretty sure were low on Liquid Paper). Yet I'm still me, recognizable internally — prospective colonoscopy appointments notwithstanding — from 50 to when I was 16 and finding ways to allegedly ruin surprise parties that had nothing to do with ruining the surprise.
So either I don't feel 50 or I do feel 50, because this — rambling recollections about the old days sprinkled with semi-superfluous Mets references — might very well be what 50 is…for this kid, at any rate.
Finally, per Ralph Kiner, happy birthday to all you new years out there.


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The Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum was an instance of geologically sudden climate change that occurred about 55 million years ago. Over the span of approximately 10,000 years, the global temperature appears to have risen approximately 5-8°C. The rapid change was accompanied by major disruptions in the planet's ecosystem. Temperatures remained elevated for roughly 100,000 years, before returning to levels typical of that period.
The changes in temperature appear to have been caused by the addition of massive amounts of greenhouse gasses to the atmosphere. The ratio of carbon-12 to carbon-13 in the atmosphere experienced a rapid shift, as large amounts of isotopically light carbon was released from an unknown source. Since light isotopes are preferentially used by living matter, candidates for the source include methane clathrates and organic-rich sediments, both of which are generated by microbial activity.
This carbon was almost certainly in the form of methane and/or carbon dioxide, which accounts for the sudden warming via greenhouse influences (methane in the atmosphere rapidly becomes oxidized to carbon dioxide, so the ultimate result is elevated CO2). The elevated carbon dioxide also produced ocean acidification, lowering the pH as it is dissolved. This triggered a significant extinction event in the oceans.
Terrestrial ecosystems did not suffer as much, but were severely altered by the sudden rise in temperature. As with modern climate change, growing zones shifted towards the poles; plants that had previously been found near the Gulf Coast of North America became common near the present US-Canadian border during the PETM.
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|Sticking it to the Littlest Guys: Obama Chooses Teacher Unions Over Inner-City Kids
By Troy Senik
Thursday, February 16 2012
The election of Barack Obama was supposed to be a penitential act. His ascension to office, we were told, was interpretable as an offer of atonement for a nation whose founding promise of equality and liberty was soiled by the original sin of slavery. As a controlling argument for his candidacy, it was thin gruel. It's an act of electoral malpractice, after all, to ignore a candidate's beliefs simply because he scratches the vestigial itch of collective guilt. But after Obama decisively carried the 2008 presidential election, even many conservatives consoled themselves with the thought that a new generation of minorities would grow up with factual proof that there was no glass ceiling impeding their ambitions.
Shamefully, however, the release of President Obama's budget proposal for the 2013 fiscal year earlier this week showed the glass ceiling very much in place. And the president himself was the glazier.
Buried within the document was a notation that the president proposed to end funding for the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program, a federal initiative providing vouchers that allow more than 1,600 poor students in the nation's capital to attend participating private schools.
The vast majority of students in the program are minorities. All of them are poor. And without the vouchers, they'd be trapped in Washington's notoriously inadequate public schools, where less than 50 percent of elementary school students are proficient in math or reading and where violence is widespread (in 2009, more than 11 percent of D.C. students reported being threatened or injured with a weapon while at school).
Even if the president had unearthed a newfound instinct for fiscal probity, this would not be the place to apply it. The Opportunity Scholarship Program actually saves taxpayers money. The vouchers are $6,000 a year cheaper than the cost of educating students in D.C.'s public high schools, and $10,000 a year cheaper than the going rate for an elementary school education. And, most important, that lower cost is accompanied by higher quality. While D.C. public schools graduate around 55 percent of students, kids in the Opportunity Scholarship Program currently have a 91 percent graduation rate.
Needless to say, however, penny-pinching was not the order of the day. Even with a series of wildly unrealistic projections, Obama's estimated budget deficit for the coming year was over $900 billion (in reality, it will easily surpass a trillion dollars). And he did manage to scrounge up the money to propose increasing subsidies for electric automobiles like the Chevy Volt– the average buyer of which makes $170,000 a year – to $10,000 per vehicle.
If you're keeping score at home, that means the President of the United States would rather spend the $20 million allocated to the Opportunity Scholarship program to put 2,000 rich people in new cars than to put 1,600 poor children into decent schools.
Despite talking a good game about education reform, the Obama Administration remains beholden – like the vast majority of Democrats – to politically powerful education unions such as the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers, two organizations which are so nakedly partisan that they have both endorsed the president's reelection campaign without so much as waiting to see who the Republican nominee will be. Both have opposed school choice on the ostensible grounds that it will strip resources from public schools. In reality, of course, they fear that the competition will start unspooling their monopoly – and its attendant money.
For Barack Obama, of course this remains an abstract exercise. The hardships of an inner city school were never visited upon him, thanks to a generous scholarship that allowed him to attend Hawaii's Punahou School, the Aloha State's most elite preparatory institution.
As for the first daughters, Sasha and Malia, they both attend Sidwell Friends School, one of the Beltway's most prestigious private schools. In a 2011 appearance on NBC's Today Show, Obama admitted to a questioner that the quality of education his daughters receive is unavailable to students in D.C. public schools. Yet now he proposes to gut the Opportunity Scholarship program – some of the beneficiaries of which have attended Sidwell.
For this president – who endlessly preaches the gospel of class warfare – there is a deep and appalling irony. If ever his ambitions to defund the Opportunity Scholarship Program come to pass, he will have to look his daughters in the eyes and explain to them why some of their friends can't attend school with them anymore. In that moment, it will be Obama who owes the debt of atonement.
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Mention the word "Victorian" today and — almost invariably — certain kinds of stereotypes tend to creep into the conversation.
Stuffy, strait-laced and hypocritical are just a few of the terms often used to describe the culture that dominated the globe during the time of England's longest reigning monarch, says Chrysler Museum of Art director William J. Hennessey.
Sentimental is just as common.
Visitors to the Chrysler's newest show, however, are seeing a vastly more complex and sometimes unexpectedly familiar world unfold as they take in the compelling canvases of "London Calling: Victorian Paintings from the Royal Holloway Collection."
Assembled by one of Great Britain's richest men during the early 1880s, the provocative paintings reflect the strong taste and character of a socially engaged, enterprising and ultimately self-made entrepreneur looking for emblems of guidance during a time of unprecedented economic and social upheaval.
"The Victorian era may have been the most dynamic, the most energetic period in history. More money was being made, more lives were being changed and more people were moving and being displaced than at any previous time because of the revolution that was giving birth to the modern world," Hennessey says.
"And the best artists of the day were making art that tried to come to terms with that world — one that was changing faster and more dramatically than anybody had ever imagined."
Born to an industrious baker and publican, Holloway grew up in the west of England and was apprenticed to a chemist at 16.
He lived in France for three years before returning to London and establishing himself in the import-export business.
He was already 37 when — inspired by an Italian patent-medicine tycoon — he concocted "Holloway's Universal Family Ointment" in his mother's kitchen. Though the resulting rivalry led to bankruptcy and debtor's prison, he soon bounced back, using aggressive, American-style advertising to build a wildly profitable global business.
Holloway ranked as one of Britain's richest men when he began buying contemporary British paintings for the pioneering women's college he founded outside London. His unusually patriotic choice was no accident.
"He wanted paintings that reflected the values he saw in successful businessmen like himself, and British art in 1880 was very well-crafted and often socially engaged," Hennessey says. "It also celebrated the English countryside as an expression of national character and virtue."
As a result, Holloway resisted the more conventional lure of Old Masters and classical subjects for such works as Daniel Maclise's large 1857 canvas "Peter the Great at Deptford Dockyard."
Not only does this enormous, detail-filled painting laud the ingenuity and craftsmanship behind England's shipbuilding industry but it also underscores the hands-on character of the enterprising Russian modernizer who wanted to replicate it.
Other scenes from British history captured Holloway's fancy, too, including Sir John Vincent Millais' evocative 1878 portrait of Prince Edward V and his brother Richard, who were imprisoned in the Tower of London at the ages of 12 and 10 and then murdered by their uncle.
"In a time of great national change, where do you look for identity? You look to the past," Hennessey says. "And the nice thing about the past is that it has a lot of stories with clear villains and innocent victims."
Holloway sought images of contemporary Victorian life just as avidly, paying unprecedented sums for such large, unmistakably emblematic works as William Powell Frith's 1862 masterpiece "The Railway Station."
The nearly 9-foot-long canvas fills one of the Victorian period's most definitive structures with more than 60 faces, Hennessey says. It also recreates the Paddington Station gateway where Holloway disembarked on his first trip from the West Country.
"Every era has a building that embodies its spirit and character. In the 19th century, that building was the railway station," he says.
"It was the one place where every part of this very stratified, quickly changing society came face to face. And every single figure in this painting — the wedding party, the detectives, the boys being sent off to boarding school — has a story."
Holloway showed similar interest in socially conscious paintings, including Sir Luke Fildes' portrayal of Victorian London's homeless in "Applicants for Admission to a Casual Ward."
So sensational was this dark, challenging depiction of the poor and down-and-out that when it debuted at the Royal Academy in 1874 it needed a policeman and rail to shield it from the crowds.
Even more daring was his choice of Sir Edwin Landseer's "Man Proposes, God Disposes," a bleak 1864 canvas that shows two fierce polar bears tearing at the remains of a failed expedition.
The panoramic format underscores the vastness and desolation of the Arctic, while the wreckage of the doomed explorers' ship speaks volumes about the savagery of nature and the limits of human ambition.
"It's just an astounding picture," Hennessey says. "Fierce, frightening and uncompromising on so many levels."
Want to go?
What: "London Calling: Victorian Paintings from the Royal Holloway Collection."
Where: Chrysler Museum of Art, 245 W. Olney Road, Norfolk
When: Through Jan. 2
Cost: Free
Info: 664-6200/www.chrysler.org
Online: Go to dailypress.com/Victorianart to see pictures from the show.


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Great review, br3ad! :thumb:
I've been waiting for this review. As soon as I saw it, I was thinking "yaaaaaaaaaaaay!". The Blood Brothers are greatness.
Album Rating: 4.0Thanks man. I might do "March On Electric Children" after I buy it on picture disc.
Album Rating: 4.0This CD is pretty overhyped but it's good. Definitely their best. Crimes is nards by comparison.
Album Rating: 4.0I love Crimes personally. At least some of the songs anyway. I didn't like it as much as this when I heard it, but after seeing them play most of it live I really dig it.
crazzzzzzy live show.
Album Rating: 4.0I have their live DVD and saw them last last February. Very fun.
Album Rating: 4.0The DVD is out of print isn't it?
Album Rating: 3.5I think this is an alright album.
I get kind of bored with some of their gimmicks.
Album Rating: 4.0You don't get bored with Johnny though.
Album Rating: 3.5Oh he's a cute boy.
I think it's their worst album. Far too concerned with writing poppy, scene anthems that would appeal to scenesters. This Adultery Is Ripe in unadulterated (no pun intended) greatness, completely about the song writing. Crimes also showed a bit of a movement away from the poppy scene style but is still quite pop influenced. Anyway, it's not a bad album, just far from their best. Oh and excellent review.
Album Rating: 4.0I agree on this being their best. Though it may be overproduced and the "point of selling out" for some, it's here that the wackiness became their trademark.
[quote=xcbmetalcorex]Crimes also showed a bit of a movement away from the poppy scene style.[/quote]
Not really.This Message Edited On 07.27.05
Album Rating: 4.0Crimes is much more poppy. Anyway, I think that this album is superior to the first and pretty close in quality to the second. But then I'm not much of a hardcore fan, so what would I know?
While Crimes was poppy, it added a more indie, weird feel which I liked and made the radio friendliness a bit more bearable. Meh, I'm not going to continue to rant as I've yet to find someone who agrees with me about this being their weakest.
[quote=something vague]Not really. Anyway, it's hard to believe what anyone with Xs in their name says.[/quote]
I don't know if you think you're hot sh[i][/i]it because you're top 15, but those useless, elitist comments you try to make in every review are unwanted. Stop making ignorant judgements and read my post before you try to act like you're so tough. This a temporary account in which I added x's as a joke and I presented my opinion in a educated fashion so stop trying to look like your so stop trying to be funny.
[quote=xcbmetalcorex]I presented my opinion in a educated fashion so stop trying to look like your so stop trying to be funny[/quote] Yes, you did present it in a well-mannered and education, I agree. But if you will take notice, that was a joke. Sure, it's a horrible joke, and it's not really funny. You can go and blame all of the "Atreyu iz hxc lolz!" kids for it.
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Album Rating: 4.0I agree actually. Something vague is a cool guy, but that was a pretty unecessary comment. Are you cbmartinez?
Meh. Sorry about all of that. I'll go delete those comments.
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Jobs report brings down debate high in Romney camp
The cheering stopped on Mitt Romney's campaign plane Friday morning.
The day before, aides had whistled and clapped when the Denver control tower commended the Republican presidential nominee's debate performance. It was a rare moment of exuberance for a campaign that had fallen behind President Barack Obama in a number of polls.
The euphoria ended after the morning report that the nation's unemployment rate had dropped to 7.8 percent, its lowest level in Obama's presidency. Romney and his team sat stone-faced and quiet on the flight to Virginia's coal country, taking in the good news for the country that's bad news for their political prospects.
The former businessman has staked his candidacy on the notion that the economy needs a turnaround. So, even as Republicans elsewhere conceded progress, Romney described the positive report in negative terms.
"This is not what a real recovery looks like," he declared in a written statement less than an hour after the job growth numbers came out.
Campaigning outside an Abingdon equipment company, Romney dismissed the report as evidence that millions of unemployed Americans had simply given up.
"The unemployment rate, as you know, this year has come down very, very slowly, but it's come down nonetheless," Romney told more than 3,000 supporters in this small western Virginia community. "The reason it's come down this year is primarily due to the fact that more and more people have just stopped looking for work."
Last month's improvement is attributed to more people finding work, according to data released by the Labor Department.
The unemployment rate fell to 7.8 percent in September, dropping below 8 percent for the first time in nearly four years. The Labor Department says employers added 114,000 jobs in September. The economy also created 86,000 more jobs in July and August than first estimated.
Wages rose in September and more people started looking for work.
The report gave Obama fresh evidence to argue that his economic policies are working. It also gave the president an opportunity to suggest that Romney is rooting against the economic recovery.
"Today's news certainly is not an excuse to try to talk down the economy to score a few political points," Obama said at a rally in northern Virginia. "It's a reminder that this country has come too far to turn back now."
Romney aides have long worried that circumstances out of their control - particularly an economic surge close to the election - could undermine Romney's candidacy. One more monthly unemployment report is due before Election Day, so Friday's numbers could leave a lasting impact on Americans who are already casting ballots in states that allow early voting.
Romney's campaign has adapted in recent months as noneconomic issues surfaced. In particular, the former Massachusetts governor has broadened his message to include more focus on foreign policy and the military. He's set to deliver a foreign policy speech on Monday.
But the longtime businessman launched his campaign on the premise that only he can repair the American economy. His central message in countless rallies, campaign ads and interviews is that Obama isn't doing enough to create jobs.
"These are tough times in this community," Romney said in Abingdon after meeting with coal miners who have been laid off. The crowd cheered as he added, "I'd take America in a very different direction."


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S01:E39 - Pets Peeved
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When Yuma's Heart Pieces are swiped by a pack of stray dogs, Cathy calls on her feline friends to help hunt them down. After finding the hounds' hideout, Cathy is challenged by the pack leader to a duel.
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S01:E01 - Go With the Flow, Part 1
It's sink or swim for Yuma when he puts his deck on the line and challenges Shark, the school bully, to a duel. Can Yuma beat the school's #1 duelist, or will Yuma's life points get reeled in by this ruthless opponent?
S01:E02 - Go With the Flow, Part 2
It's a dueling disaster for Yuma when a mysterious visitor from another galaxy suddenly appears, putting his duel with Shark in serious jeopardy!
S01:E03 - In the End, Part 1
When the city is thrust into chaos after several of its computers become infected by a malicious virus, Yuma and Tori set out to find the culprit.
S01:E04 - In the End, Part 2
Yuma must outduel his math teacher before his life points are subtracted and the virus planted in the city's computer system goes viral.
S01:E05 - Flipping Out, Part 1
When fellow classmate Flip offers Yuma an Xyz Monster, Tori and Bronk warn Yuma to stay clear of this two-faced trouble maker.
S01:E06 - Flipping Out, Part 2
Yuma must figure out a way to defeat Flip or risk losing his Utopia card… and Astral forever!
S01:E07 - The Sparrow, Part 1
When Nelson Andrews, star of the hit TV series "The Sparrow," becomes possessed by a Number Card, Yuma challenges him to a duel, putting Astral's safety on the line.
S01:E08 - The Sparrow, Part 2
Yuma must figure out a way to defeat The Sparrow and his powerful Galaxy Queen before Nelson and Astral disappear forever!
S01:E09 - Feline Frenzy
In order to find his missing friend Tori, Yuma must face off against a feline fanatic who has the purr-fect answers to his every move.
S01:E10 - Shark Attack
Yuma discovers that Shark has started running with the wrong crowd and given up dueling. Can Yuma hook Shark back into battling, or are Shark's dueling days done forever?
S01:E11 - The Pack, Part 1
When Yuma learns that Shark is going to be set up to take the fall for stealing a priceless deck, Yuma challenges Shark's thug friends to a duel.
S01:E12 - The Pack, Part 2
Yuma and Shark's tag team battle against The Pack reaches a fevery pitch, for if Yuma loses, he also loses Utopia!
S01:E13 - The Number Hunter, Part 1
Yuma and Astral face their toughest battle ever when they are forced to duel a mysterious individual who hunts Number Cards.
S01:E14 - The Number Hunter, Part 2
As the back-and-forth battle between Yuma and the mysterious Number Hunter continues, Yuma must duel like he's never dueled before if he wants to save Astral, his Number Cards and his soul!
S01:E15 - Training Days, Part 1
The legendary Dark Magician and Blue-Eyes White Dragon come out of retirement when a wise old man named Master Roku challenges Yuma to a duel.
S01:E16 - Training Days, Part 2
After challenging Master Roku's former student to a duel, Yuma relies on his master's teachings in order to defeat the evil Kaze and save the Duel Sanctuary's Legendary Deck!
S01:E17 - It's in the Cards, Part 1
When a mysterious fortune teller agrees to help out Yuma's friends, they soon find themselves in a terrifying situation. Can Yuma rescue his pals, or will the all-knowing Fortuno see to it that Yuma fails?
S01:E18 - It's in the Cards, Part 2
Yuma must figure out a way to defeat the mysterious and all-knowing Fortuno if he wants to save his friends, his Number Card and his soul!
S01:E19 - The Edge of the World
While on the way to School Spirit Day, Yuma realizes the Golden Key his father gave him is missing. As Astral and Yuma retrace his steps, Yuma shares the exciting story behind the Golden Key's origins.
S01:E20 - Roots of the Problem
When Yuma gets into a fight with Bronk, their friendship is soon put to the ultimate test when an evil Number Card takes control of Yuma.
S01:E21 - Battle With the Bot
Yuma befriends a broken Litterbot only to discover that it has been programmed to do the dirty work for a wanted jewel thief. Can Yuma put a stop to this thief's thieving ways, or will Yuma's newest friend trash his plan to stop him?
S01:E22 - The Shark Hunter
Shark tries to stop Kite from stealing Yuma's Golden Key by challenging him to a duel. Can Shark sink his teeth into Kite's life points and save Yuma's prized possession, or will Kite's cunning skills sink any chance Shark has of winning?
S01:E23 - Hunting Down the Hunter, Part 1
With his Golden Key in Kite's possession, Yuma must hunt down the Number Hunter if he ever wants to see Astral again.
S01:E24 - Hunting Down the Hunter, Part 2
While Yuma continues to search for Astral and the Golden Key, while Astral looks for a way to defeat Kite and save all his Number Cards.
S01:E25 - Frozen in Time
When an unexpected phenomenon stops time, Kite is able to gain the upper hand by tapping into Astral's memories and witnessing firsthand the battles that he and Yuma have fought together.
S01:E26 - Let the Duels Begin
With the World Duel Carnival about to begin, Yuma gets set to take on the best duelists from around the world… that is, until he realizes he never entered. Can Yuma figure out a way to join the Carnival, or will Yuma's efforts fall short?
S01:E27 - A Team Performance
The World Duel Carnival kicks off when Yuma is challenged by Striker, a soccer player turned duelist who has one goal in mind: victory.
S01:E28 - Heavy Metal
Yuma rises up to the challenge of a pint-sized duelist and his deck of monster machines.
S01:E29 - Love Hurts
Yuma broke Anna's heart years ago, and now she's back for revenge. If Yuma loses, he has to be Anna's boyfriend forever.
S01:E30 - No Tomato
Yuma faces his toughest test to date when he challenges the tomato loving Tombo to a duel. Can Yuma overcome his hate for tomatoes and be victorious, or will his taste buds only be serving up defeat?
S01:E31 - Life Is a Carnival, Part 1
Yuma gets taken for a wild ride when Kari's friend steals an extremely lucky card from the local museum. Relying on pure skill, Yuma must figure out a way to beat the luckiest guy in the world.
S01:E32 - Life Is a Carnival, Part 2
Yuma's duel atop an out-of-control monorail takes a turn for the worse when his opponent plays a Number Card that guarantees a win every time.
S01:E33 - Foolish Fans
It's a dream come true for Caswell and Bronk when their favorite duelist in the world challenges them to a duel!
S01:E34 - Shark Bait
Shark looks to sink his teeth into a duel with Quattro, but instead gets hooked into an underwater battle with Quattro's sinister sibling.
S01:E35 - Bad Developments, Part 1
Yuma hunts down a photographer whose pictures can predict the future. Unfortunately for Yuma and his friend Tori, it's a future that's not so bright.
S01:E36 - Bad Developments, Part 2
Tori's future is up in the air when the damaged airship she is on takes a turn for the worse - just as Yuma's opponent Cameron predicted! Can Yuma save his best friend by winning his duel, or are the future photos Cameron snapped set in stone?
S01:E37 - Double Jeopardy, Part 1
After accidentally falling asleep, Flip wakes up to a nightmare realization – he just slept through the first day of the World Duel Carnival.
S01:E38 - Double Jeopardy, Part 2
With Astral missing, Yuma must rely on his skills alone if he wants to defeat Nistro and Dextra and save his deck and spot in the World Duel Carnival.
S01:E39 - Pets Peeved
When Yuma's Heart Pieces are swiped by a pack of stray dogs, Cathy calls on her feline friends to help hunt them down. After finding the hounds' hideout, Cathy is challenged by the pack leader to a duel.
S01:E40 - About Hart
After using his powers to escape from Heartland City, Hart unleashes a path of destruction that only Yuma can help stop!
S01:E41 - Losing Hart
As Kite desperately searches for his brother, Vetrix puts his diabolical plan for revenge in motion.
S01:E42 - A Dubious Duo
Vetrix continues his quest to drain Hart of all his powers.
S01:E43 - The Dragon Awakens
Kite must learn to work with Yuma if he wants to take down Trey and Quattro and rescue Hart. Can Kite put his pride aside and accept Yuma's help, or will Kite's ego end up sacrificing Hart's safety?
S01:E44 - Rock and a Hard Place
Faced with tough decisions, Yuma decides to run away from his problems and search for his father until Master Roku confronts him, forcing him to face a few hard truths.
S01:E45 - Ruffled Feathers
The race for entry into the World Duel Carnival sees Nistro clash with TV superhero The Sparrow.
S01:E46 - Family Leave
Trey makes an unexpected visit to Yuma's house and discovers the secret behind Yuma's incredible dueling skills.
S01:E47 - Sky's the Limit
After accepting Trey's challenge to a duel, Yuma soon learns that Trey has acquired a dark and dangerous new power.
S01:E48 - Exit: Astral
With the bond between Astral and Yuma broken, Trey takes aim at the rest of Yuma's life points.
S01:E49 - Crestfallen
The back-and-forth battle between Trey and Yuma reaches its climactic conclusion! Can Yuma defeat Trey without Astral's assistance or will Trey triumph, leaving Yuma one Heart Piece short of making it to the finals?
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Host a Fresh Air kid
To the editor:
Summer vacation, that special time of year for all children, is upon us and members of the local community still have the chance to make it memorable for a child from New York City.
Thanks to the many families in Eastern Massachusetts and throughout 13 Northeastern states and Canada, more than 1.7 million New York City children from low-income neighborhoods have enjoyed free summer experiences in suburban and small town communities through The Fresh Air Fund. The Fund is seeking more families to give inner-city children a two-week experience this summer.
By volunteering as a host family for the Friendly Town program, a child can have a break from the heat and noise of the crowded city streets.
"Being able to run around and be outside is a freeing experience for her," says one of our Fresh Air hosts about her Fresh Air child. "I still enjoy watching her face as she takes joys in the simple things, like roasting a marshmallow or jumping into the lake."
Please read about the special experiences of other Fresh Air children and hosts by visiting our website, freshair.org, which includes photos, stories, videos and other helpful information.
There are no financial requirements for hosting a Fresh Air child. First-time visitors are six to 12 years old, and reinvited youngsters may participate in the Friendly Town program through age 18.
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Monday, December 14, 2009
Hong Kong Trip pt. 1 - Hackett does Rugby
17 comments:
what a shirt
- December 14, 2009 at 5:07 PM
- F.E. Castleberry said...
Hackett is coming to the US I believe in 2010...watch out :)
- December 14, 2009 at 8:01 PM
- Laguna Beach Fogey said...
Great post. Though I would argue, it's Rugby does Hackett. :)
- December 15, 2009 at 2:18 PM
- Enzo AGC said...
LBT - That's an argument I would love to hear argued convincingly...
- December 15, 2009 at 2:27 PM
I agree with Laguna, Rugby often copies from other firms. I have a friend who works at Bergdorf's who said that given the economy he's heard Ralph might close down such brands.
Anyway, great blog, keep up the good work.
- December 15, 2009 at 3:14 PM
- Enzo AGC said...
Anon - Everybody in the industry borrows from other companies, but blatant plagiaries like this one are not something that we often engage in. As for Rugby going out of business, your friend at BG is ill-informed. The head of Rugby design was promoted to SVP last week and there are currently plans for large domestic and overseas (think Japan) expansion. I would be very interested to see example of the things that we "copy" by the way...
- December 15, 2009 at 4:08 PM
Whoa, I didn't know you worked for Rugby. Sorry, my bad. I guess my friend is wrong, but you've got to agree that the clothing market has suffered greatly this past year.
Anyway, great blog.
- December 16, 2009 at 9:23 AM
- Enzo AGC said...
Anon - Don't sweat it at all. Thank you for your comment and your readership. If you disagree with something I say here, say so. Its all about a positive discourse. The only comments I moderate are the unthoughtful kind. The market has certainly suffered but, to be honest, I think it may be a positive thing. There are too many brands doing the same thing and I think a situation like this forces the cream to rise to the top.
- December 16, 2009 at 10:07 AM
- we could grow up 2gether said...
how was hong kong? was it your first time there?!
- December 17, 2009 at 5:11 AM
Whilst I am a fan of what Rugby do, I would agree with LBT that it's more a case of Rugby doing Hackett, though really it's neither.
The rugby shirt has been a staple of Hackett since his earliest ranges and that colourway is a fairly classic and good looking one for an A/W range. The logos and patches on the shirts both play into a trend of a British sporty look that you see at lots of the more "preppy" companies here in England and that I imagine is also appreciated in some US circles.
I'd say it really comes down to two successful companies knowing their markets and knowing what works within the styles they cater for.
Unless they are exactly the same, the who-copied-who arguments are futile on classic pieces like rugby shirts because really, how far could you end up tracing the history of the garment to find out who has been copying who since it's creation?
That aside, big fan of your blog!
- December 18, 2009 at 1:11 PM
- Enzo AGC said...
Hey Adam,
Thanks for stopping by and adding to the "debate" although I must tell you that the owner of the factory where this photo was taken told me that the Hackett guys bought our rugby, brought it to them and said "Do this." As for the logos (there are ones on the back that you can't see from this image), all but one are a compilation of logos and techniques that we have run in the last year. This is a direct plagiarism.
- December 18, 2009 at 1:53 PM
- tintin said...
What was that piece Flusser penned about the Italians stealing from the British and selling it back to them?
- December 18, 2009 at 2:54 PM
- Enzo AGC said...
Tintin - touche good sir. I wonder if Flusser knows that King Arthur was Roman...
- December 18, 2009 at 2:57 PM
- tintin said...
I don't think anyone has had an original thought in the last 2,000 years.
- December 18, 2009 at 3:01 PM
A good rugby is the easiest way to wear a contrast collar without feeling like Michael Douglas in the 80's.
That being said, the rugby is freaking awesome. Those colors are perfect. Glad to hear the trip was a success.
- December 19, 2009 at 3:55 PM
- brohammas said...
I find this "who copied who" conversation particularly curious in that it deals with rugby.
Are we still talking about Ralph's Rugby? The company that attempted to sue USA Rugby, as in the organization that controls the actual sport, over the use of the word "rugby"?
Your shirt, his shirt, lets just give Webb Ellis the credit and go have a pint.
- December 21, 2009 at 4:38 PM
- Mr Brown said...
Hackett have built a good business on 'taking inspiration' from others but not moving it forward in the slightest.
See Cording's particularly.
To this end they have very little to offer.
With regard to this shirt, the prospect of a British company putting out a rugby jersey with such a collection of inappropriate badges is laughable in the extreme.
Double shame on all the Hacketts involved.
- March 7, 2010 at 4:54 AM


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Google Now may soon escape the confines of Android, if the signs of a coming Web version are to be believed.
As the Google Operating System blog points out, numerous mentions of Google Now have appeared in the source code of a search page that's tested by Google. "Get started with Google Now. Just the right information at just the right time," says one reference, suggesting that users will have to opt into the service, just as they do on Android phones.
The page also prompts users to edit their home and work locations, promising to show "relevant information like weather, traffic conditions, and nearby places."
Google Now is the virtual assistant that made its debut in Android 4.1, as a feature within the Google Search app. Its goal is to automatically provide users with important information, such as traffic during the drive home, weather on upcoming trips, the arrival time of the next bus or train (when the user is at a public transit stop), and things to do nearby.
Engadget notes that the source code mentions "now_card" on several occasions. It seems likely that a Web version of Google Now would use the same card-based interface found in the Android version and in some existing Web searches. (For instance, a search for "weather" on Google brings up a card that looks similar to the one that appears in Google Now's Android app.) It's unclear whether a Web version of Google Now would appear only on the Google home page, or alongside other search results.
Expanding turf is logical
This isn't the first sign of Google Now expanding beyond its Android roots. Google has reportedly been working on bringing the virtual assistant to the Chrome browser, which would support desktop notifications. Google Now is also a major feature in Google Glass, the high-tech glasses that are based on Android. Google has hinted at an iPhone version of Google Now, but hasn't actually submitted it.
It makes sense for Google to try to bring its virtual assistant to other devices and platforms, though timing is uncertain. Google might want to hurry, however, because the idea doesn't seem all that difficult to copy. Just last week, an app called Osito emerged for the iPhone, and it provides almost the exact same functionality as Google Now. The idea of a virtual assistant is still new, but Google could make it a mainstream concept by branching out from Android to other platforms.
This story, "Google Now may migrate from Android to become a Web app" was originally published by TechHive.


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NCAA Nears Judgment Day
College sports may be changed forever if former UCLA star Ed O'Bannon case against the NCAA earns class-action status. Rachel Bachman reports.
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