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I would say he’s my version of a perfect man (awwwww) but apparently, or so research by Ladbrokes has shown, the ideal man is: 6 foot tall, blue eyes, short back and sides, suited and booted, Don Draper style, at least a 45k salary, great personality, managing director, David Beckham lookalike. Hmm, what do we all think about that? I’d say my boyfriend has a good 4-5 of those points but he’s definitely not a Don Draper kinda dude.
It’s weird how taste in guys varies per person. Before this guy right hurrr, I always went for clean shaven guys or scruffy indie types, but never with a beard. Now, I’m a beard convert (even though he’s complained that his looks crap here because he trimmed it, shhh) and I’ll never look back. Like 80% of the people surveyed, personality will always win over looks and my boyfriend is a wonderful person. Even if he does get overly excited when he works out a bit of code… Web designer problems.
So what makes up your perfect man? Should I drag this guy on the blog more often? He’ll probably protest haha.


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Is R-8.6 per inch even possible? The advertised R-value for Clopay’s model 9200 garage door strains credulity.
A good overhead door on an attached garage can keep the garage — and therefore the house — a little warmer than a leaky door.
Since cars can be hard to start in sub-zero weather, homeowners in very cold climates — even those with unheated garages — may want a garage door that limits heat loss.
If the garage is used for vehicle maintenance or woodworking projects, it may occasionally be heated.
So, how do you tell a high-performance garage door from a lemon?
advertises doors with R-17.09 polyurethane insulation.
advertises that some of its doors are R-17.2.
advertises garage doors with R-15 insulation.
Unfortunately, these advertised R-values are almost meaningless.
The R-value or U-factor of the entire door assembly.
The R-values that are trumpeted by garage-door manufacturers are measured at the center of one of the door panels. No manufacturer, as far as I can determine, reports the R-value of the entire door assembly (including the panel edges, the seams between panels, and the perimeter of the door) in their promotional materials. Moreover, manufacturers’ reported R-values tell us nothing about air leakage.
More than a decade ago, responsible window manufacturers realized that the reputation of their industry was being damaged by misleading R-value and U-factor claims. (U-factor is the inverse of R-value; in other words, U=1/R and R=1/U). To address these problems, industry leaders developed a method for testing and reporting whole-window U-factors. The U-factor reported on an NFRC label accurately describes the U-factor of the entire window, including the sash frame and the window frame — not just the center-of-glass U-factor.
When it comes to accurate reporting of U-factors or R-values, however, the garage door industry is years behind the window industry.
There’s nothing to prevent garage-door manufacturers from using the NFRC testing and labeling protocol — a protocol that yields a more honest and useful result than the center-of-panel numbers trumpeted by garage-door marketers. Alternatively, garage-door manufacturers could use the voluntary consensus standard (ANSI/DASMA 105) for reporting whole-door U-factors adopted by the Door and Access System Manufacturers Association (DASMA). A technical data sheet (DASMA TDS #163) describes this testing protocol, dubbed the “tested installed door” protocol by DASMA.
In fact, the percentage turns out to be much less than half.
Although it’s hard to obtain actual test results that report the whole-door U-factors of “tested installed doors,” I managed to obtain one report on a garage door from Clopay, and another on a garage door from Overhead Door.
While Clopay advertises that the 9200 door is R-17.2 — presumably, a claim based on a center-of-panel measurement — the test report for the installed door shows R-6.14.
While Overhead Door advertises that their model 494/495 Thermacore door has an R-value of 17.5 — a claim that, like competitors’ claims, is presumably based on a center-of-panel measurement — the test report for the installed door shows a U-factor of 0.16, equivalent to R-6.25.
Based on the only two test reports that I was able to track down, it seems logical to conclude that the R-value of a garage door is about one-third of the R-value claimed in a manufacturer’s brochure.
Mike Thoman, the director of thermal testing and simulation at Architectural Testing Incorporated, a Pennsylvania laboratory, has tested many garage doors.
Are the reported R-values even accurate?
There’s another potential problem with the R-values reported by garage-door manufacturers: even if one accepts the fact that the advertised R-values represent center-of-panel values rather than whole-door values, the numbers are still higher than most insulation experts believe are possible.
Several manufacturers report that their polyurethane-insulated door panels have R-values between R-8.6 and R-9.0 per inch — values that are highly unlikely if not technically impossible, even for the center of a door panel.
One garage-door distributor who doubts the accuracy of manufacturer’s R-value claims is Bill Feder, the president of Door Services Incorporated of Portland, Maine. On his own initiative, Feder sent a garage-door panel (Overhead Door model 194) to Yarbrough’s lab, R&D Services. The ASTM C518 test conducted by Yarbrough came up with a value of only R-7.83 for the 1 3/8-inch-thick panel. Yet Overhead Door advertises that the door is R-12.76 — or R-9.28 per inch.
Unfortunately, Feder’s admirable challenge has not yet shamed the garage-door industry into correcting the numerous exaggerations in their product specifications.
If the day ever comes when garage-door manufacturers follow the path blazed by their more honest brothers and sisters in the window industry — that is, if they ever decide to report whole-door U-factors or whole-door R-values — an important piece of the door-rating puzzle will still be missing. The reason: when it comes to the thermal performance of garage doors, air leakage matters much more than R-value.
Although some garage-door manufacturers have measured the whole-door U-factor and air-leakage characteristics of their doors, most won’t release the data. Until they do, purchasers of garage doors have to select their doors based on anecdotes.
If any readers have identified a garage door that limits air leakage, please tell us the brand. When you post your garage door recommendations, provide your full name — so we can tell the garage-door salespeople from the architects, builders, and homeowners.
Nice piece Martin! You have established the many problems of finding accurate whole door thermal performance information on garage doors. Now we know the problems but how do we sort the wheat from the shaft? Would you please consider writing a follow up blog post on which doors are "doing everything right" in the words of Mike Thoman? If you focused on exactly what "doing everything right" is in terms of door construction that could be very instructive. Thanks!
I'm depending on the community of GBA readers to contribute recommendations on good garage doors (and even installation tips that limit infiltration).
Sorting the wheat from the chaff is frustratingly difficult. Mike Thoman was unable to release specifics on the brand names of better doors because of confidentiality agreements signed with the manufacturers who submit their doors for testing.
Manufacturers are tight-lipped and reluctant to release lab reports.
-- Designs that minimize air leakage are the best, so look for good gaskets between panels and heavy-duty weatherstripping at the bottom of the door.
-- Thin-gauge steel doesn't last as long as heavier gauge steel, so avoid doors with thin 32-ga. steel. Look instead for 24 ga. or 25 ga. steel -- or just choose a wood-panel door.
Thanks for the thoughtful response Martin.
As you point out Martin... "and even installation tips that limit infiltration".
Even the most thoughtfully designed door's energy efficiency detailing will be defeated by the installer.
On a more positive note, I would say "may be defeated" instead of "will be defeated."
Sorry, the pessimistic tense I used just sub-consciously crept in! Perhaps it was based on experience.
On a slight tangent to the topic of the post I'd ask the question... "Should garages be attached to living spaces in a green home in the first place?"
That said, I know that many people use garages as their workshop so garage doors that are well sealed and insulated are nevertheless needed.
I'm not a fan of attached garages because of IAQ concerns.
In snowy or rainy climates, a detached garage can be connected to the house with a narrow unconditioned breezeway.
Well informed article, and very timely for me. I serve on a task group that is writing new building efficiency standards for Canada, and we are currently considering mandating U-values and test procedures for overhead doors. Thanks for the insight.
I'm glad the article was useful. And good luck with your efforts to mandate U-factors and test procedures for overhead doors. I look forward to seeing what your task group recommends.
You were to kind to the manufacturers of garage doors.
The true R-value of garage doors is closer to a 1/4 of what they publish.
By the way, we have increased our "R- Value Challenge" to $500.00.
I would like to hear your thoughts on the Garaga Standard Plus. I am a home owner currently shopping for a door. Your article confirmed many of my suspicions.
I've had no experience with the Garaga Standard +.
We install and repair doors all day, and, unfortunately, for a lot of people energy efficiency still isn't at the top of their list when it comes to the garage door. We try our best to educate, but often times the most homeowners are willing to go is repairing or adding rubber stop molding. I think what the industry needs is, like you mentioned, less anecdotes and more scientific evidence like the window manufacturers have. Some quantifiable facts about how installing the proper door is going to save them X dollars a year.
We are a manufacturer of carriage doors in Maine with weather all over the map. I have found that R-value is indeed misleading. We tell people exactly what you have stated here - that panel core and thickness do matter (we prefer polyiso instead of the cheap white foam board), but more important is the weather seal around the sides and the door bottom as well as integrity of the concrete surface the door sits on.
Also, look for a door section that has a good male/female interlocking frame - you'd be surprised by the weather that can sneak in between the panels. It's true that the entire "package" should be rated and results provided to the customer and yes, proper installation of both door and weather seal can make or break the entire system.
I just saw your post jim. We sell Garaga weather seal with our custom carriage doors. It's one of the best on the market with a double rubber seal around the top and side jambs. - Scott from Maine Doors.
Bill Feder is right. The testing is misleading and fairly expensive for a company to do because it's really not about the door - it's about the entire package. If it's installed improperly - you're wasting your money on a high R door.
If it's NOT installed properly - a waste of money on a high R value door!!
Sealing the door is the ticket!
Great article! In fact, it inspired me to post info on my own garage door replacement, since a number of people asked me how I did mine. Info is here... and again, thanks for the article.
Door manufactors have been doing this for years. When I get a call from a customer and the first thing they ask is R -value of our doors I know my work is cut out for me. I can show samples with the same insulation and thickness with wildly different claimed R values. If they are lying about this what else are they lying about??? The same applies to gauge of steel on panels. 25 gauge is not the same thickness among manufactors. This principles applies to track, hinges, rollers, springs, etc... Thermo breaks between panel and end stiles along with perimater and bottom seal is also very important.. Keep in mind this is the largest moving part on a home and there will be trade offs. Bottom line different types of insulation only have so much R per inch. Do the manufactors claims match this?
I recently bought new windows for my bedroom, and knowing what type and applying for the energy tax credit was real simple. The window industry just has their stuff together, whereas the garage door industry hasn't quite caught on to making things simple for the consumer. Found this resource that lists all the different door manufacturers and the models that qualify for the energy tax credit. Pretty helpful to have it all in one place.
2. Are promoted by deceitful manufacturers that exaggerate the doors' R-values.
It's scandalous -- more evidence, if any is needed, that these tax credits are designed to help manufacturers push products, not to help homeowners save energy.
Very useful information Martin. It helps me how I need to consider U-factor and R-value. As far as I know, the U-factor is typically used with windows as a measurement of how well the product insulates. And coming to R-value, if you find a garage door, for instance, that is thick, the R value might be as high as 6.5. However if you find a lower priced garage door that is made with inexpensive materials, the R value might be something like 4.3. While the numbers may not seem that different, they are. Thanks !
Thanks to Everyone who Posted!
Alaska has an energy rebate program (in addition to the federal program) - up to $10,000 for energy related improvements... some hoops to jump through, but its a great deal. The post on 5/27 gave me a good starting place compare products - plus, it is good to know about the Garaga product. I'll do some cost comparisons locally. Now for the windows, a new boiler/water unit... and some elbow grease to caulk/insulate the gaps!
Which door should I buy?
I can spend $1595 on a R 15.38 door (which as noted above is a misleading metric), that according to my installer has very good air leakage properties from the panel design.
Or I can spend $1050 on a R 8.72 door with poorer leakage problems, but still get the tax credit.
Since my garage is not heated, and between the wife and I the door will be opening and closing several times a day, I think saving the $500 is the smart way to go. There is a bedroom that's beside but above the garage that gets cold in the winter, but I'm thinking if I just open the attic above the garage and put in a good level of insulation along that wall we'll see much better energy savings than from the door we pick.
Finally some candid talk about the real value of insulation in a garage door. It is long overdue.
I just went back to this article you wrote last year and noticed all the comments and questions. There are a few I would like to respond to.
We did test Overhead Doors Model 190 series. The sample tested had an R-value of 7.83. They publish an R-value of 12.76. What’s interesting about this door is that Overhead’s certified statement says that the door has a U-value of .24 or an R-value of 4.17.
We tested a Garaga 138 sample and it came back with an R-value of 7.89. They publish a 12.
If you maintain a 65 degree temperature year round in your garage the actual savings between a door with an R-value of 12 and one with a 4 will be about 7.83 annually.
We recently tested in insulated rolling steel door. The manufacturer published an R-value of 8. The test came back with an R-value of 0.6. If you add air films you would have an R-value of 1.45. Unbelievable.
Thanks for sharing all of your updated test results. I wish the FTC would prosecute the door manufacturers that continue to lie in their advertising.
I sell and install garage doors and we use the manufacturer C.H.I. I believe they are actually honest in their R value publications, their brochures and their specifications sheets use the terminology DASMA TDS #163. I have been hurt as a business several times going up against the manufacturers you've mentioned in this article, because of their inflated values. How do people believe a garage door that's 1 1/2" thick is providing them an R value of 17? I'm sure because it's in writing right on the brochure! I do believe CHI is representing themselves accurately, but it appears to be at a cost. Please see their website at chiohd.com I think you will add them to your list of manufacturers that are trying to play by the real world rules even if it is at a cost.
We are looking for 2 garage doors/openers and have an estimate from Overhead Doors for their Thermacore 190 and 490 series and Overhead Door Legacy 696. Has anyone purchased these doors/openers? Any information would be helpful. Thanks.
I'm building a new garage and found this post very helpful. Thank you Martin. Despite this being a 2 year old post, it seems the industry isn't any more forthcoming with installed door testing now than it was at the time of writing.
Kudos to them. I would guess a lot of manufacturers making good doors are reluctant to publish this information for fear the uninformed consumer would incorrectly assume their doors offer inferior insulation properties. Haas posts it right next to the sectional R-Value, allowing you to see that they compare favorably to the rest of the industry on that (mostly meaningless) measure.
I'm probably going to choose them for my door simply because of their attempt to be honest (It doesn't hurt that they come recommended from a trusted source).
Does anybody else know of a company that posts this information publicly?
The door manufacturers claims could revolutionize the housing industry.
With R-15 to 17 ratings, prefinished and textured finish, it would be cheaper to clad the outside of a house and achieve an R-40 +/- wall rating, using garage door panels.
A challenge for the door people, if they read this.
Good article. However, if you live in Alaska (Climate Zone 7) and the garage is heated and contains mechanicals (Washer, Drier, and Water Heater), wouldn't the R-18 Clopay that is really an R-7 make sense (with improved sealing, of course)? Or should I just stick with my current wood-paneled door?
Q. "Wouldn't the R-18 Clopay that is really an R-7 make sense (with improved sealing, of course)? Or should I just stick with my current wood-paneled door?"
A. If you live in Alaska -- install both.
Finding your article was.. inspiring!
It has been 3yrs 6 months since you published it - Has anything changed?
Living in AK, building energy efficient, ironically, is NOT that easy. Considering the energy it takes to bring building material to the 49th state.
I am in the planning stage of building a house of small footprint size, and looking at the 'best' solution for a 'can-do-it-all' garage door is a big part of it.
Is it possible that nothing has changed or happened?
One like myself, coming from Europe, would think that garages (and their doors) would get especially in the USA, some attention!
Does anyone have an opinion or experience with HaasDoors, posted above from a member?
What if I would be willing to use my (future) house as a 'test-environment' - Who would be interested and able to process & publish the data?!
My garage is going to be heated, most likely a concrete slab with hydronic radiant floor heating, walls ICF's, in Talkeetna, AK.
Once again, thank you for your article and any help or update on garage doors is greatly appreciated.
As far as I know, the information in this article still applies, over three years since it was written.
Haas Doors look promising, if only because they are one of the few door manufacturers that doesn't exaggerate (in other words, lie) about the R-value of their doors. However, I have no independent verification of whether Haas Doors perform better than other similar doors.
I was in Talkeetna with my family last summer. We got off the train their for a few minutes -- we were taking the train from Denali National Park to Anchorage. Next time we go to Alaska, we'll have to stay longer.
I got a Garaga door after looking at many. BY FAR the best weather stripping I have ever seen. The interlock of the panels seemed better than any other. It allegedly has a thermal break as well. If nothing else get the Garaga weather strip and install it on your existing door/trim.
Forty years ago a company, by the name of Mckee Door, did testing on a 10’ x 10’ insulated door that didn’t have weatherseals around the perimeter. They determined that they may as well have a 12 inch diameter hole in the center of the door due to air leakage. Perimeter seals are a major factor in buying an insulated garage door. Regrettably no one in our industry provides anything close to the kind of seals that the window entry door industries provide on their products.
A Conditioned space and a door that is tested using a U factor that is based on the doors performance in the opening, not a sample of a door section.
The lesson here is if you want to upgrade your garage door to a steel sandwich door, which is typically stronger and quieter, do so for that reason and not for some fictitious high R-Factor that a manufacturer is promising. It’s obviously unrealistic and incapable of achieving without a conditioned space. Before you go out and spend $4-5000 dollars on making your garage conditioned, you might ask yourself, how often do you intend to really use that space for living type of environment?
For a minimally used garage which, like most garages, will mainly be for storage and workshop, I'm considering alternatives to the roll-top door, partly because I find segmented doors ugly, and partly because I think they are very difficult to make well. Two alternatives are the single piece tilt up and the barn door. The big drawback to the swinging barn door is that it takes up a lot of interior floor area. So what's wring with the good old solid tilt up like my grandmother had? Maybe the edges are difficult to weatherseal.
CHI specs show a U value of 0.058 for the CHI 2216 door (2" polyurethane insulated double steel door with R value 17.19). Can this be correct?
Other competitors that have a similar R value (Clopay 3720 for example listed under sandwich doors on this pdf show U value of 0.16, this one has R value of 18.4).
How is it possible for CHI to have a lower R value (17.19 vs 18.4) than Clopay and yet have a U value of 0.058 which is much better than the 0.16 of Clopay?
Is it possible that Clopay's marketing is that inflated? or is it CHI that is inflating the U value?
Seems to me that smart fans that accounted for temperature and dew point could be a partially effective alternative to conditioning a garage.
Q. "CHI specs show a U value of 0.058 for the CHI 2216 door (2" polyurethane insulated double steel door with R value 17.19). Can this be correct?"
A. While it is true that a U-factor of 0.058 is equivalent to an R-value of R-17.19, neither number is credible. The actual thickness of the urethane insulation is 1 7/8 inch, so the implied R-value of the insulation is R-9.17 per inch. This is not credible. To put it another way, it's a lie.
Q. "How is it possible for CHI to have a lower R value (17.19 vs 18.4) than Clopay and yet have a U value of 0.058 which is much better than the 0.16 of Clopay?"
A. Different manufacturers may be purchasing their foam insulation from different insulation manufacturers, so there is no reason to assume that the R-value per inch will be identical from one manufacturer to another. Here's my assessment of Clopay's claims: First, I can't find R-18.4 on the chart that your linked to. I do notice that Clopay has doors with a listed R-value of R-17.2. That would be equivalent to a U-factor of 0.058 (the same as CHI). It's unclear from the table whether the insulation is 2 inches thick, or whether the entire panel is 2 inches thick. If the insulation is 2 inches thick, this implies that the insulation has an R-value of R-8.6 per inch. If the insulation is 1 7/8 inch thick, this implies that the insulation has an R-value of R-9.17 per inch. Neither figure is credible. In other words, it's a lie.
Q. "Is it possible that Clopay's marketing is that inflated?"
A. Yes. Read my article for more examples of this type of lying.
Q. "Is it CHI that is inflating the U value?"
A. A high U-factor is not as desirable as a low U-factor. If CHI wants to exaggerate, they would deflate the U-factor (claim that it is low), not inflate the U-factor (claim that it is high).
Ah, so basically, they are just quoting the U values as the inverse of R values and since R values are vastly inflated, the U values would be vastly deflated....Yikes, have they no shame?
The information you linked to is no different from the information provided in my 2010 article.
The FTC has chosen to give the garage door industry a pass on these exaggerations -- presumably because the FTC lacks the resources to pay attention to every variety of R-value exaggeration, and because garage doors don't meet the legal definition of "insulation" under the Federal R-value Rule -- and the garage door industry lacks the guts to get together (as the window industry did) to agree to NFRC-like labels.
The result: It's the Wild West. Let the buyer beware.

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Take I-95 north to the NH state line. Once in NH take exit 1. At the end of the off ramp go left 1/8 of a mile to a full set of lights. At lights take a right. The Seabrook Inn is on the left.
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Food and wine expert Michael Olivier introduces two wines from Italy to the Die Vine Intervention Tasting panel of Tsogo Sun’s Miguel Chan, Cova Advisory’s Duane Newman, and Interbrand’s Jeremy Sampson.
Unusual for the team to stray from South Africa, but still a lot of fun.
Could someone please save my bacon?
Do we really own our digital possessions?
ZAConfidential is sponsored by Tersos Business Solutions: Experience I.T. the way it should be.

industry_corpus2: Agriculture & Fisheries


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Saturday Creative Talks were developed with the purpose of sharing with the public the knowledge of the different areas of the audiovisual.
In a relaxed atmosphere, the first informal talk took place in Filmesdamente Studio, on November 10, 2018, with the prestigious actor Nuno Lopes.
More editions will be made during the months of January and February, with confirmations from Eddy Joseph, Jorge Pelicano and Gareth Wiley.


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During the Google I/O presentation on May 19th, Google’s Richard Gingras showed a slide that revealed the company has filters for featured snippets and rich results in the Google Search Console’s Search Analytics report.
Recently, Google had added an AMP filter to that report, and also said that they’re now tracking Knowledge Graph, local and Rich Snippets in the Search Console. It was also hinted by Google that there will be more filters coming to this report.
This is exciting news for a number of analytics users, as these filtering tools are a great addition to the toolset.


text: The summertime turn up it real! Get your social agenda in order because there are more events in the summer than you can even attend! I’m sharing tips on how you can narrow down which fete, festivals and summer events to attend. Check out some events on our Style & Vibes event list.


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Leaking roof is certainly a problem that is very difficult for someone. If you feel that handling the problem of a leaky roof is a very difficult thing for you, then you can use the services of a denver roofer. That way, then you can handle it well and no more problems on the roof of your house.
There are several problems that are often encountered on the roof of the house. Some of these problems are on a small scale and there are even large ones.
The roof needs to be examined and maintained at least once a year. Pay attention to each ridge, meeting the shape of the roof, and gutters. Changes in weather, especially extreme weather can make tiles easily broken and cement cracked. For this reason, coat tile, ridge and gutter connections with waterproofing.
The causes of porous roof loss vary, for example, seepage of water that drips from between the tiles and gutters. Changing the entire roof frame must be done if the damage is severe.
Whitening, just as its name suggests, this is the process of teeth whitening is very popular and layman. Some people do it to remove stains on the teeth. Some others do it to have a whiter color tooth. Teeth are yellow or stained usually caused by the consumption of certain drugs, coffee, tea, and cigarettes, or natural causes such as age factor. Meanwhile, you can find a great dental service at the Albuquerque Cosmetic Dentist.
The trick is very simple, just by applying a gel containing hydrogen peroxide on the tooth surface. Sure with a safe dose in the mouth. The principle works like when you use a facial cream, must be routine and maintained. drug. Astrid suggested that whitening is done for two hours at the dental clinic, then continued for two weeks at home to maintain the color. After that can be continued enough once a month at home.
Aside from that, make sure you only choose a trusted and reputable dentist to give you any kind of cosmetic dentistry service, so you can get the most satisfying result.


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Written by Paul D Marks — Paul Marks’s second Duke Rogers PI thriller is a follow-up to the recently reissued White Heat, a Shamus award-winner in 2013. Rogers, principal narrator of this entertaining tale, has the sly humour of a modern-day Philip Marlowe and a similar penchant for attracting trouble.
Out for a stroll with his new dog, Rogers encounters the neighbour’s housekeeper walking her employer’s Yorkies. Marisol Rivera is young, pretty, Mexican and illegal. And she has a problem. Her brother’s been found dead. The police say un accidente, but Marisol believes it was murder and that they’re reluctant to invest time and effort in the case because Carlos, too, was undocumented.
Rogers wants to help her, pro bono because she cannot afford him and because he believes bad things happen not because of bad people but because of those who don’t do anything about it.
Eventually he persuades Marisol to let him help her, but wading into a highly charged political swamp is a good way to encounter alligators, and soon there’s a second body to account for. This time it’s a man high in the bureaucracy of the Catholic church. When he turns up dead shortly after visiting Rogers, the local police figure him a person of particular interest. Though relations with the pair of detectives ready to cuff him are bad, this PI has established solid contacts with a number of other police operatives in the city and county who are willing to help him out from time to time, at least until he gets himself busted.
Marks writes with an easy style that carries you through the story and creates engaging characters to spike your interest. His Los Angeles is familiar and believable. He softens Rogers around the edges by giving him a new dog needing care, a friend who has earned and receives unswerving loyalty, and a woman he would like to reconnect with. She’s the sister of the dead starlet Teddie Matson, and his guilt over Matson’s death keeps him from picking up the phone. Yet he obsesses about her. Perhaps a bit too much.
Marks places this story in the broader political context of California Proposition 187, a 1994 ballot initiative aimed at curbing the flow of illegal immigrants into the state and denying them public services. Characters in the story represent various stakeholder groups and positions that resonate with the vicious public policy debates of today. Rogers’s best friend Jack – like Rogers, a former Navy SEAL – is strongly anti-immigrant, which enables some interesting discussion. But this is, of course, not a political essay, but a mystery. In the quest for Carlos’s killer Rogers must peel back the masks worn in public by these various elected officials and community leaders – including those in the church. It’s always a treat to see hypocrisy stripped bare, and Rogers finds that what these stalwarts say to their constituents about immigration is more a reflection of self-interest than principle.
Part of the story is told from the point of view of Eric Davies, a disbarred lawyer whose downward spiral has landed him in a cockroach-infested apartment in Venice, California. He is out of luck and out of prospects unless someone answers his desperate advert saying he will do anything for money. Someone does. The writing of Eric’s chapters is very close in. You are inside his addled, frustrated head and hope that when the time comes, despite all indications to the contrary, he will do the right thing. Rogers has a job of work to fit these irregular pieces together, including the suicide fall from Hollywood grace.
You might also like The Wanted by Robert Crais, or Michael Connelly’s Two Kinds of Truth.


text: We develop a Bayesian model for estimating ice thickness given sparse observations coupled with estimates of surface mass balance, surface elevation change, and surface velocity. These fields are related through mass conservation. We use the Metropolis-Hastings algorithm to sample from the posterior probability distribution of ice thickness for three cases: a synthetic mountain glacier, ̈ Storglaci aren, and Jakobshavn Isbræ. Use of continuity in interpolation improves thickness estimates where relative velocity and surface mass balance errors are small, a condition difficult to maintain in regions of slow flow and surface mass balance near zero. Estimates of thickness uncertainty depend sensitively on spatial correlation. When this structure is known, we suggest a thickness measurement spacing of one to two times the correlation length to take best advantage of continuity based interpolation techniques. To determine ideal measurement spacing, the structure of spatial correlation must be better quantified.

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Take a break from life and soak in our soothing blend of botanicals.
This relaxing blend is energizing with soft botanicals--great for those long days when your body and soul need to be reinvigorated. Fill organza sachet with tea and toss in your bath.


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In order to ensure that your lenses will fit your frames, we typically can only make lenses that fall into a +4.00 to -4.00 range — anything higher than those numbers may be too thick to fit your frames.
Need Rx lenses for your Arnette Squaresville AN4184? Send us your frames; we'll cut a custom pair of prescription lenses and install them for you. The whole process takes 2-5 weeks.

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The NZ Transport Agency advises Tauranga motorists that the Welcome Bay Road access to Hammond Street will be closed from Thursday September 24, as work on the Maungatapu underpass continues.
From Thursday morning, the Hammond Street access will be via a new temporary entrance from State Highway 29A (SH29A), until the $45 million underpass project is complete in 2018.
The Transport Agency says access from Hammond Street onto SH29A will be left hand turn only. People travelling towards Te Maunga will need to turn left and travel back around the Maungatapu roundabout.
Speed restrictions and traffic management will be in place around the underpass work site and motorists are advised to drive with care.
Once finished, the underpass will deliver a two lane link underneath the Maungatapu roundabout which will connect the Turret Road causeway directly to Welcome Bay Road.
The project includes new cycle links and a cycle and pedestrian bridge above SH29A. It has been designed to separate state highway and local traffic, reducing congestion at peak times and making travel safer for pedestrians and cyclists.

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text: American bison (Bison bison L.) have recovered from the brink of extinction over the past century. Bison offer potential environmental benefits as they re-occupy their native range, but many specific impacts of bison reintroduction are not well understood. Methane emissions are known to be a major climate impact of ruminants, but few measurements for bison exist due to challenges caused by their mobile grazing habits and safety issues associated with direct measurements. Here, we demonstrate measurement of methane and carbon dioxide fluxes from a bison herd on winter range using indirect eddy covariance measurements.


text: Located in the Aosta Valley in Italy, the ski resort of Breuil Cervinia sits at 1,524m and rises up to touch the 4,000m high peak of Piccolo Cervino - dominating the scenery, this infamous mountain is also known as the Matterhorn. Breuil Cervinia was one of the first purpose-built ski resorts in Europe, and continues to deliver excellent modern facilities. With an impressive 150km of marked slopes in the Breuil Cervinia Valtournenche ski area and international links to Zermatt in Switzerland, you'll find a total of 350km of slopes to enjoy - more than enough to ski or board every day of your holiday and never repeat the same run twice. The Indianpark in Breuil Cervinia is considered to be one of the best snowparks in the Alps, so snowboarders and freeskiers shouldn't miss it. And you can even ski and board during the summer on the Plateau Rosà glacier!On top of all these fantastic skiing and snowboarding facilities the Breuil Cervinia ski resort has a huge selection of other activities, on and off the snow. You can explore the frozen waterfalls in the area by ice climbing with a Cervino Mountain Guide, and you can try combining skiing and climbing with ski mountaineering on one of the three day courses. For pure fun and excitement you can fly down a 280m descent on a snow dinghy, go karting on an ice circuit, or ride through the snowy woodland on a snowmobile. More traditional activities are abundant in Breuil Cervinia too, with the natural ice rink, cross-country ski trails, and loads of snowshoe hikes. Non-snow based attractions include Europe's highest museum on the Plateau Rosà, and a cinema, bowling alley, sports centre, spa facilities, and plenty of shops in the village centre. For après ski you'll be spoilt for choice, the restaurants and bars in Breuil Cervinia all contain the characteristic Alpine atmosphere and cater for a wide range of tastes - families will be happy with the quieter, more relaxed establishments, and night owls can party until late in the clubs.


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After first demanding members of the White House press corps ONLY ask questions about foreign cyberattacks on the U.S., Sarah Huckabee Sanders locked horns with CNN’s Jim Acosta during her press briefing on Thursday over President Trump’s repeated attacks on the media .
When Acosta pressed Sanders multiple times to say that the press “is not the enemy of the people”—a phrase Trump has deployed on numerous occasions—she not only refused to do so but went on an anti-press tirade.
“It’s ironic, Jim, that not only you and the media attack the president for his rhetoric when they frequently lower the level of conversation in this country,” she began.
Repeatedly, the media resorts to personal attacks without any content other than to incite anger.
The media has attacked me personally on a number of occasions—including your own network—said I should be harassed as a “life sentence,” that I should be choked. ICE officials are not welcome in their place of worship and their personal information is being shared on the internet.
When I was hosted by the [White House] Correspondents’ Association, of which almost all of you are members of, you brought a comedian up to attack my appearance and call me a traitor to my own gender.
As far as I know, I’m the first press secretary in the history of the united states to require Secret Service protection.
Acosta acknowledged that everyone, including politics reporters, gets “put through the meat grinder” of Washington D.C. He also apologized for how Sanders was treated at the annual dinner, but asked that “for the sake of this room,” “this democracy,” and the whole country, that the press secretary acknowledge that journalists are not the enemy.
“I appreciate your passion and I share it,” Sanders replied. She didn’t give Acosta what he asked for, and he tweeted that it was reason enough for him to walk out of the briefing.
That tense interaction came after Acosta was assailed by jeers from Trump’s supporters at a rally in Tampa earlier this week. Videos of those Americans shouting that Acosta “tell the truth” and swearing are not particularly pleasant to watch, just as it’s not heartening to hear Sanders refuse to issue even the most tepid show of support for the journalists she works with every single day.
But, as Politico’s Michael Calderone pointed out on Twitter, anyone who’s stunned by this turn of events hasn’t been paying attention. Trump has spent years—including before he was president—trying to delegitimize the press, a calling Sanders has been all too happy to take up as her own. Today was certainly a chance for Sanders to extend an olive branch, but doing so would’ve meant actively negating the White House’s stated position about the media. The damage is extensive—and it’s not going to get better any time soon, no matter how many times things get heated in the briefing room.


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As my children gleefully counted down days to the start of school, I felt dread in the pit of my stomach. The kind of dread I’ve always had in August and have never been able to explain. I loved school. I loved back to school shopping, new outfits, my birthday, which always occurs in the first few weeks, the changing season—I have always loved it all. But as the shadows lengthen and the days grow shorter, a large part of my heart mourns the end of summer every year, and even more so now that my children are affected.
I worked for most of Mirabella’s preschool years, but I also got a “bonus” year last year when I homeschooled her for kindergarten. I know beyond a shadow that she is ready for first grade, and her unbridled enthusiasm as she runs onto and off of the bus each day is such beautiful confirmation for me.
Still when I sat in the stale smelling gymnasium five days before school started, I felt panicked. I looked around at all the strangers, many of whom sat and chatted easily with each other, many of whom seemed older and more seasoned than I, others younger, and still others probably right where I am. I looked around and thought there’s no way this is here already. No way I am already out of the season of having all of my children home. Gone are the impromptu trips to visit family in the middle of the week in the middle of a month. Wait, we never really did that—why didn’t we do that while we had the chance? My mind raced. I fidgeted and attempted a couple of half-hearted smiles when I caught someone’s eye. It was just all too soon.
Later that night I stood in front of the women manning the PTA table, whose broad smiles overwhelmed me. When they asked me if I’d be interested in joining, I practically moaned my answer. “Don’t say it like that,” one woman scolded, sounding offended.
“I’m sorry,” I mumbled. “This is just it, right? This is a moment. It’s here and I wasn’t ready.” She laughed uncomfortably, perhaps because I don't laugh when I'm uncomfortable; I just keep talking.
These first few weeks have been so much adjustment. Waking early which, in theory, I like but which would be much easier if I weren’t (still!) up all night. Encouraging the children to own their tasks so I don’t have to nag all morning. Taking all three kids to the bus stop, bringing only two home. Three days per week, Emerie is in preschool for a few hours, so I run her a couple blocks away to school, then rush home to attempt to give the baby a nap. After lunch, I collect her again and rush home to try to get both littles to nap before waking them to hurry back to the bus stop. Somewhere between the stops and starts, in the surprisingly small windows of time, I attempt to clean something or procure something or cook something or talk to someone or rest. Before I know it each day, the day is gone and it’s bed time—it feels like it’s always almost bed time.
There is so much that is so good in this new season. The girls are ecstatic about school—the structure, the routines, the culture, the new friends, the new everything—each of them emerges bursting with excitement about her day. I am loving what the time apart is giving us, for the most part. They are excited to see each other, excited to play in the afternoons, excited to recount details to each other about their days. They are tired at bedtime, and for all the things that are harder, many are also easier.
But in this change, though I celebrate it, I feel a bit unmoored. I never had the chance, before, to be home with a baby. Recently as my four-year-old attended “big girl story time” at the library (no parents in the room), I sat on the floor while my infant played and while other moms around me chatted. This pace is uncharted for me. I don't always, as I have been in the habit of doing, narrate our days. Instead I listen to accounts of days I didn’t get to see. I try to think of creative, open-ended questions to elicit specific answers. I run errands with one child, or maybe two. Our days feature bursts of activity, but things at home are slow and quiet. I rock a baby and I read stories, I cook dinner in the middle of the afternoon; I spend a lot of time on the floor. It’s subtle, but I am shifting from the foreground.
And it is—all of it— as it should be. My little fledglings are soaring. I am finding time to breathe, to meet new people and actually start to get to know a few a little better. Lately I have had coffee dates and lunch dates and play dates that are intended as much for me as for my children. We are knitting ourselves into this community finally, mercifully, and it’s time. And if there’s anything bitter in the openness of my hand, it is all but overshadowed by all that is so sweet.

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I need an AED package. Can you help?
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Penelope Bryant receives funding from NHMRC to study the effect of antibiotics on the microbiome in children.
David Burgner receives funding from NHMRC, National Heart Foundation Australia, National Blood Authority, HeartKids, Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, and the DHB Foundation.
Nigel Curtis does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.
Half of Australian infants have received at least one course of antibiotics by their first birthday. This is one of the highest rates of antibiotic use in the world.
Although antibiotics are effective and potentially life-saving for bacterial infections in children, they are often prescribed for viral infections, for which they are ineffective.
The overuse of antibiotics also increases the risk of bacterial resistance in the wider community. This is when commonly used antibiotics become ineffective against some bacteria, making it difficult, or even impossible, to treat some infections.
Researchers are also beginning to realise there may be additional long-term health harms from antibiotic exposure in early life and before birth, including an increased risk of infection, obesity and asthma.
At the moment, most bacteria that cause childhood infections in Australia respond well to antibiotics. But this is likely to change, unless we use antibiotics more carefully.
We have vast numbers of bacteria in our gut, as well as viruses, fungi and other organisms. This microbial community is collectively known as the microbiome.
Our microbiome is essential for normal health and development and has been linked to an ever-growing list of health outcomes such as mental health, immunity, obesity, heart disease and cancer.
An infant’s first major contact with bacteria and other microbes occurs at birth. Babies born vaginally acquire their initial microbiome from the birth canal and gut. Those delivered by caesarean section are more likely to acquire bugs from their mother’s skin and the hospital.
Antibiotics during pregnancy can alter the mother’s microbiome and therefore the microbial profile her baby acquires.
Antibiotics kill off not only the bacteria causing the infection, but also bacteria of the microbiome, including those that are beneficial. The resulting imbalance of the microbiome is known as dysbiosis.
The baby’s early microbiome, acquired from the mother at delivery, “educates” the infant’s developing immune system in the first weeks and months of life.
Antibiotics in pregnancy can alter the mother’s and therefore the baby’s microbiome, affecting early immune responses. This may increase the risk of infection in childhood.
In a recent Danish study, a mother’s exposure to antibiotics in pregnancy was associated with increased risk her child would develop a severe infection (requiring hospital admission) in the first six years of life.
The increase in risk was greatest among children whose mothers were prescribed more antibiotics and who received them closer to delivery.
There was also some evidence the risk was higher in those delivering vaginally.
This suggests antibiotics affect the mother’s microbiome, with downstream effects for the offspring. Other genetic and environmental factors shared between mother and child are also likely to play a role.
Antibiotics are widely used in meat production as a growth promoter. An estimated 80% of all antibiotic use is in animals. Much of their effect is via the livestock’s microbiome, which has a major role in metabolism and energy harvesting.
Antibiotics may also play a similar role in promoting growth in humans. There is some evidence antibiotic exposure in pregnancy is associated with increased birth weight and obesity in early life. But large studies are needed to account for the other important factors that may also contribute.
The association between antibiotics in early childhood and obesity is clearer. Antibiotic exposure within the first year of life is associated with a 10-15% increased risk of obesity, although the importance of the type and timing of antibiotics is less well understood.
Childhood asthma has increased in parallel with antibiotic use, leading researchers to investigate a link.
Observational studies have shown an association between antibiotic use in pregnancy or infancy and later risk of asthma. This supports the concept of antibiotic-induced dysbiosis (imbalance of bacteria) and the effect on the immune system.
Read more: Healthy guts are swarming with bugs, so what do they do?
A large population-based Swedish study, however, found the link between asthma and antibiotics was largely attributable to a number of other factors, including respiratory infections contributing to asthma and unrecognised symptoms of asthma being inappropriately treated with antibiotics.
But other studies have found these factors don’t completely explain away the link between antibiotic use and asthma. A better understanding of the role of the microbiome in the development of asthma will help clarify the contribution of antibiotics.
Antibiotic use in early childhood, and particularly the first 12 months of life, is linked to gastrointestinal diseases such as Crohn’s and coeliac disease. The exact risk is difficult to quantify, but children receiving over seven courses of antibiotics were reported to be at a seven-fold risk of Crohn’s disease.
Other childhood inflammatory diseases, including juvenile idiopathic arthritis have shown a similar association.
However, as with asthma, because these are observational studies, the finding of an association does not prove causation: it’s possible these children were given antibiotics for symptoms of unrecognised gastrointestinal or inflammatory disease, or for an infection.
Finally, antibiotic use in early adulthood is associated with bowel cancer. The risk increases with more courses of antibiotic. Whether childhood antibiotic use is associated with adult bowel cancer risk has yet to be studied.
Antibiotics are one of the most important medical innovations and save lives when used appropriately. But inappropriate use leads to potentially untreatable resistant infections and long-term health problems in children and adults.


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MARKET RASEN: It’s Summer Plate Day in Lincolnshire…….
NEWBURY: Four LIVE Races From The Berkshire Track…….
TQ: Jane Gives the Right ‘Intelligence’ To Members……..
Well this decent weather is still holding up. I know some parts of the country have had a bit of rain, but not much and really this has got to be the best summer we’ve had for a long time – right? Hopefully I’ve not jinxed it!!
Anyway, moving on to this Saturday and plenty to look forward to again with the ITV cameras taking in seven races across three venues. We’ve four at Newbury with the Group Three Hackwood Stakes and also the lucrative Weatherbys Super Sprint the two features. We’ve also one race at Newmarket – the Listed Aphrodite Stakes – a contest trainers John Gosden and Luca Cumani have won five times between them in the last 14 years and both are represented again this year.
Plus, jumping fans get their fix too as Market Rasen stages their biggest day on the calendar with the Summer Plate and Summer Hurdles the main races. The Summer Plate has attracted another decent field – including last year’s winner, Alcala, who will be looking to become the first back-to-back winner of the race.
All-in-all, a fascinating day to look forward to with SEVEN races to enjoy from Newbury, Newmarket and Market Rasen – as always, we’ll be hoping to find plenty more winners for you and as always, we’ve got it all covered with free tips and all key trends for the LIVE races. Enjoy!
Last weekend’s email went out before we had the chance to shout about Jane Chapple-Hyam’s top 33/1 winner – Naval Intelligence – at the end of last week at Newmarket. Her horse made it two-from-two after beating a decent Listed field at HQ over a mile and there should be more to come from this 3 year-old. He’s not got any entries at the moment but having now won over 7f and a mile then Jane will have options with him, plus his breeding suggests he might even get further in time. Exciting times for the yard, for sure!
After that we’ve also had another good week with winners for the Mark Loughnane, Mick Appleby, Michael Scudamore, Jamie Snowden and Harry Dunlop yards and at good prices too.
Scott’s San Souci Bay went in at 25/1 at Chester last Friday, while Michael Scudamore told us his Dinsdale would go well – he won at a tasty 9/1. The good form of the Jamie Snowden yard continued with his Lord Topper winning easily too – certainly a horse to note going forward, plus after a tough month for the Dunlop’s it was nice to see Harry get on the scoresheet with Flight of Fantasy at 6/1.
TQ VERDICT: Trainer Evan Williams won this race 12 months ago so anything he runs should be noted. At this stage he’s got the improving Voodoo Doll entered, who has won his last three in gutsy fashion. He’s up in class here but also up another 6lbs in the ratings but is clearly a horse loving life at the moment and with only 10-7 can’t be overlooked. Court Minstrel could also run for Evan Williams. Now 11 years-old, this horse is well-handicapped on old form and the last time he ran off a mark of 142 he won! He’s a strong-travelling sort that should be a lot fitter for a recent run at Newton Abbot and despite his advancing years connections must still feel he’s got a race left in him. Course and distance winner L’Inganno Felice has won three of his four hurdles races, but this will be a lot more competitive, so you’d think more is needed, but it is worth noting the Iain Jardine yard are 3-from-9 (33%) with their hurdlers here. The Dan Skelton camp are going great guns at the moment too and boast a decent 31% record with their hurdlers at the track – they also won this race in 2016. Their Fair Mountain would be a big player for them after winning well at Bangor and Uttoxeter recently. Those were in novice hurdles though so this would be his first run into a handicap but connections seem to like him and he was a useful sort on the flat over in Germany. Parthenius and Mister Universum could be other entries for the Skeltons. However, another yard that have won well in this race is the Dr Richard Newland team. They won the prize in 2015 and have a strong hand with Hassle and ARTFUL ARTIST. The first-named was a good winner over course and distance in June and ran well on the flat last time when 8th (of 19) in the Ascot Stakes. He is rated 9lbs higher than his last win though so more is needed. So, the call is Artful Artist. This one is the mount of Sam Twiston-Davies and has won very well the last day at Southwell. He gets into this handicap with only 10-5 in weight and that will be a huge help in conditions. Trip and ground look ideal and he looks a type that has been laid out for the race.
TQ VERDICT: A cracking renewal. The hero from 12 months ago – Alcala – will be looking become the first back-to-back winner of the race and is only rated a pound higher this time. The Paul Nicholls-trained runner should be spot-on for this too after a fair second to another possible runner and stablemate – Bagad Bihoue – at Newton Abbot last month. However, despite only being rated a pound higher does have 11-12 in weight to carry this time (carried 11-7 last year) and that might just be his downfall. Wadswick Court was less than a length back in second last year so would be respected from the Peter Bowen yard who has won this race five times before. Days Of Heaven also ran in last year’s race (7th) but is 6lbs lower this time and despite being pulled-up last time behind Bagad Bihoue this Henderson runner was still going well until making a bad mistake so can’t be discounted either. Geordie Des Champs, Shantou Village and Not A Role Model are others that a case can be made for but with the three I like here are TOO MANY DIAMONDS, SUMKINDOFKING and MORE BUCK’S. The first-named comes from the in-form Dan Skelton yard and has been a popular horse for summer jumping fans over the last few months after winning his last three. He’s up 9lbs again here but still only gets in with 10-0 in weight as this is a much better race. He’s won two of those three recent wins with 12-0 and 12-3 so this will feel like a featherweight. Skelton has a decent 27% record with this chasers at the track and brother Harry gets the leg-up. Sumkindofking hails from the Tom George yard that have a 38% record with their chasers here. He was a good winner over course and distance last time and a 4lb rise for that win looks fair. He’s also gets in with a light weight of just 10-6. Finally, as mentioned the Peter Bowen yard have won this race five times in the past so their More Buck’s is another to note. Formerly with Paul Nicholls, this 8 year-old won well on debut for his new yard up at Perth and with only 10-5 to carry is yet another that has a light burden. He stays a bit further than this trip so that will be made full use of and so far, has finished in the top three in 8 of his 13 races over fences.
Newbury: It’s John Smith’s Cup Day on the Knavesmire…….
TQ VERDICT: The ‘boys in blue’ of Godolphin have won three of the last 8 runnings of this race and with two entries it looks like they are going for it again. Their first runner, Emirates Flyer, was a fair fourth last time out at Chelmsford over a mile and the return to 1m2f looks sure to suit – however, for me, their other runner – EMOTIONLESS – looks to have a better chance. This 5 year-old returns from around 6 months off but had gone well in better races than this over in Meydan so should enjoy the drop in grade. William Buick rides and coming from the in-form Charlie Appleby yard then we can expect him to be fully tuned-up for this return to the track. Of the rest, it won’t be easy for First Sitting to give weight away, so this Chris Wall horse is overlooked. Course winners, Spark Plug and Desert Encounter, can’t be discounted on past form, while Autocratic is another that is weighted to go well but simply doesn’t win enough for me. I’ll be sticking with Godolphin here in a race they clearly love to target.
TQ VERDICT: All eyes here will be on a rare runner at the track from the Willie Mullins stable – Stratum – who we last saw running third in the Ascot Stakes over 2m4f last month. Jockey Robert Winston keeps the ride and the fact we know he stays further than this 2m trip could be a big asset. The ground will be fine too, and he’s had a month to get over those Ascot exertions. He looks a big player but is also likely to be poor value based on his connections. Owner Hamdan Al Maktoum has two in the race so the fact their number one stable jockey – Jim Crowley – opts to ride the Owen Burrows-trained Quloob would lean you to thinking this is the better of his runners – Almoghared is their other entry, who hails from the John Gosden team and is ridden by Andrea Atzeni. However, I suspect the choice might have been a tough one for Crowley as both head here off the back of only average recent runs – his choice would probably be made based on which one would have come on more for that last outing. Both look to have good, but similar chances, to me. Amazing Red is another to consider with Frankie riding. He actually beat Quloob by almost 7 lengths at Newmarket two starts back over 1m6f and can be expected to have his measure again. Yes, Quloob will be better for the run (first for 295 days) and the longer trip will suit but it’s still a fair bit of ground to make up. Amazing Red has since flopped in the Northumberland Plate but that was on the AW at Newcastle and might not have totally suited. So, I prefer to take a chance on two of the bigger-priced runners. The Hughie Morrison-trained BUZZ heads here on a three-timer after wins at Kempton and looks interesting upped to 2 miles. Those wins came over 1m3f and 1m4f so stamina is an unknown, but connections clearly feel he’s up to it. He gets in with just 8-11 in weight and regular pilot – Liam Keniry – continues in the saddle. Percy World is another unexposed sort that can’t be overlooked but over this trip we’ve only one proven distance winner in the field – step forward COEUR DE LION. This Alan King runner was a decent sixth in the Ascot Stakes so doesn’t have much ground to make up with Stratum but the slight drop in trip will help and he’s also run well here at Newbury this season, when a close second back in April. 8-9 on his back means he gets weight from most of the others and that will help in conditions, plus – as mentioned – we know he’s got the proven stamina for this gruelling trip.
TQ VERDICT: It might be worth giving another chance to the Charles Hills-trained EQUILATERAL here. The yard has a top record in this race – winning two of the last three – and this 3 year-old wasn’t disgraced when sixth in the Group One Commonwealth Cup at Ascot last time. This drop into a Group Three will make life easier and with only four career runs should have a lot more to come. William Buick rides for the first time but, don’t forget, he went into many a notebook after bolting-up at Doncaster back in May by 8 lengths so clearly has plenty of ability. Course winners Bacchus and Never Back Down are considered based on their proven track form, while the 112-rated pair of Projection and Invincible Army set a good standard. Of that pair, Invincible Army was ninth in the Commonwealth Cup but only beaten 4 lengths so is closely-matched with the selection and will also find this ease in grade more to his liking. Projection will also have his supporters as he ran a blinder to be fifth – only beaten just over 2 lengths – in the Group One Diamond Jubilee Stakes at Ascot which is form that would probably make him the one to beat. However, he’s a horse that despite running well in better races than this is now 10 races without a win so that resolve to get the job done is a slight question mark for me.
TQ VERDICT: A lucrative prize up for grabs here for these 2 year-olds. The Richard Fahey yard love to target the race and have won it in three times since 2013. They’ve several entered – Primeiro Boy, Zebzardee, Good Tyne Girl, Society Queen & Essenza, but their RED BALLOONS looks one of their better chances. This 2 year-old won well at Nottingham last time and prior to that wasn’t disgraced when 14th in the Queen Mary. That Ascot form has since been franked and now she’s got off the mark confidence should be sky-high, plus she’s also the mount of Paul Hanagan, who partnered Richard Fahey’s 2013 winner of this race. Society Queen looks next best of the Fahey runners after winning easily at Ayr last time out. Snazzy and the Richard Hannon-trained It’s The Only Way are others that can go well but the ratings and past form suggest Little Kim, Tin Hat and Kinks are big players too. Little Kim was a decent Group Three winner in France last time and only beaten two lengths in the Queen Mary. However, she does have to give weight away with that Group-winning penalty and that might not be easy. Tin Hat was fifth in the Windsor Castle last time and should in in the mix but the other one I like here is KINKS. This Mick Channon runner ran well to be sixth in the Norfolk Stakes at Ascot last time and actually beat Tin Hat earlier this season at Bath off level weights. However, he gets in here receiving 4lbs off Tin Hat this time and also gets a massive 10lbs off Little Kim. He was only beaten around 3 lengths the last day too and that effort was made to look even better as he didn’t get the best of runs in the closing stages too.
Newmarket: Plus, One LIVE Race From HQ……………..
TQ VERDICT: This has been a good race for the Luca Cumani yard in recent years – winning it in 2015 and 2017 – so it might pay to stick with them. They run ALWAYSANDFOREVER this year, who is a 4 year-old that has already run some solid races. She was a fair second in a Listed race at Pontefract last time out but seemed to have the job done that day until idling in front. She got chinned on the line that day but the first-time visor is on this time and that looks to be a good move by connections. It won’t be easy giving 11lbs away to the 3 year-olds but the trip and ground are fine, plus with just five career runs then we can expect more from this filly, who is yet to finish out of the first three. Melodic Motion sets the standard on the ratings (102) but despite winning the Group Three Lillie Langtry Stakes at Goodwood last season hasn’t built on that. She was a poor last of 8 on her return run at York too so even though she’s the highest-rated in the field does have a lot to prove at present. Queen Of Connaught is a proven course and distance winner at the track and can’t be ruled out with the Michael Bell horses in cracking form at present. Trainer John Gosden also has a good record in this race – winning it in three times in the last 14 runnings – so his Highgarden is another to note. However, she’s not really built on the promise she’s shown since winning on debut at Newbury last October. Yes, this drop in grade will help after running in the Musidora and Ribblesdale Stakes but she’s still not caught the eye and needs to show more for me.

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Summer is officially over (with September soon to follow) and autumn is setting in. HAPPY FIRST WEEK OF FALL! I’m dreaming off new fall bucket list items and dealing with deciding on what type of change I will be experiencing. Seasons are the perfect time for change, but change has never been easy for me. When it comes down to making the adjustment for me right now, it’s basically deciding what will be the most beneficial for me in the long run and my current situation.
This summer was a whirlwind for me, I feel like it could never end, yet it ended so abruptly. 2018 I feel will be doing the same, gone before we know it. It hasn’t been a bad year, it actually had a lot of great things, but it was a busy and full of a lot of mixed emotions. So, nonetheless here are five lessons that summer 2018 has taught me.
This summer, I found myself not enjoying my job and while it was making money and better than being unemployed it wasn’t great for my mental health. I decided that I needed to put in my two weeks and I wouldn’t be able to make it through the fall. Lucky for me, once September hit, we were only open on weekends. I told my boss the situation and I would make it through the last two weeks to get them through the busiest month. Ending things on a positive note is so important. They gave me a job to pay my bills and I’ve worked there for about seven seasons, but my time there was done.
TIP: This can include clients, memberships, relationships of any sorts. Do what is best for you, but make sure you never leave a sour taste in someones mouth with you leaving.
I spent the summer living in one of the most beautiful places, Nantucket Island. While it isn’t my ideal place in the world to live forever, it has a lot of “ups” that I tend to overlook. This summer, I had a hard time remembering to take a step back from everything going on and just enjoy where I was. Doing work outside, or being able to drive to the beach in minutes or being surrounded by great people, are all examples of things I overlook about where I am living right now.
TIP: Write weekly things you are thankful for or good things that happened that week. My Passion Planner has a spot for me to reflect each week (and monthly).
What do you need? Your body will usually let you know. Take the sick day, take that bubble bath, drink that glass of wine. When your body is telling you something, you should listen to It because sometimes, you just need it. This is both for self-care and for your body needing you. When your body is craving fish or beef, it usually means that it needs those vitamins provided. If you need rest, take the day and rest. Your body knows better than your brain sometimes, your mind can get fogged up by the responsibilities and surroundings, while your body is just speaking to you.
TIP: Scheduling out self-care days and rest days are always a plus, but make sure you leave room for adjustments and flexibility. Allow yourself for some fun and for some rest (and a little wine in between).
Lesson Four – Life is stressful and you can’t always do something about it, so embrace it.
Sometimes life is stressful and you can’t do anything about it. People always say you can conquer your stress and you can change your mind about being stressed. I don’t always find that true. I’m not telling you stress every little thing, but sometimes you need to let yourself stress out… to a point. Your body is meant to stress out, it means your thinking and making decisions and worried about what you are doing, but you shouldn’t let that consume you. You need to stress about it, sit down and write/ think out everything you’re feeling and your options, and then let the dice play where they will. Stressing out is easy, but working through your stress and using it to your benefit is worth the difficulty.
TIP: Write down all of your options and then pro/con and thought on each option on a piece of paper. When you’re done, throw it out. You will feel a little less stressed and it usually help you to make your decision.
Getting outside is so important for your mental state. I understand some days you don’t have time or it’s just plain gross outside, but when you can just going for a walk or reading your book somewhere quiet and outdoors is such a benefit for your body in so many different ways. You’re getting fresh air and sunlight all while enjoying yourself. For the get moving part, whether it be a walk, run or bike ride it really helps your body. Get sweating and let your body feel movement. I’m one of the number one people in making excuses for working out or going for a walk or bike ride, but I always forget how great I feel when I’m done and how much better my body feels once it gets moving.
TIP: Take a half hour walk every morning to get your body moving. You can listen to music or your favorite podcast, bring your flavored water for boost and enjoy yourself and your surroundings.
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EAST LANSING - It's a year for anniversaries at Michigan State University (MSU).
The university is celebrating its sesquicentennial year, and in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Agriculture and Natural Resources (ANR) Week will take place for the 90th time, March 4-12.
ANR Week programs focus on topics such as organic agriculture, heritage livestock, human-powered outdoor recreational equipment, pasteurization, horticulture, increasing literacy through storytelling, grazing livestock and youth development.
Participants can attend educational events about bats (March 8), bees (March 8,11-12), birds (March 4-5), fish (March 8-9), goats (March 12), horses (March 5 and 11-12), poultry (March 8) and rabbits (March 4-6).
For more information about ANR Week events, visit www.canr.msu.edu/anrweek/ or contact program coordinator Sandi Bauer at 517-353-3175, ext. 217, or e-mail bauer@msu.edu.


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Philip has been drawing and painting for nearly all his life, beginning with dinosaurs and spaceships at the age of 4, moving on to giant architectural cityscapes whilst at Leicester Polytechnic doing an Illustration degree aged 22, then indulging in a decade of portraits, patterns, model-making for museums, designing T-shirts, and mixing up multicultural influences in colourful ways.
Aged 32 he moved out of the city to the countryside of Somerset and changed his lifestyle from vegetarian to vegan. He spent the intervening years refining and exploring his chosen craft by learning how to process the experiences of everyday life through his artwork, forming a visual diary of his life in paintings, poetry, novels and videos.
During that time he became fully vegan when he joined Viva! (www.viva.org.uk) in 2003. This amazing organisation educated and inspired him, and all his personal artwork and writing became strongly influenced by animal rights/vegan themes. Since contacting the animal rights photographer Jo-Anne McArthur in 2014 and (with her support) creating a portrait of her and her work (‘The Ghost Camera’) everything just came together, and all the drawing/painting since the age of 4 suddenly had a purpose.
Now fully committed to the vegan/animal rights art movement, he\’s gained a following on social media, and produced a series of prints, cards, T-shirts as well as a series of hard-hitting ‘Anti-dairy’ and ‘Anti-pig farming’ canvases and videos for Viva!\’s campaigns (using their investigative footage).
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You have to see it to believe it — and unfortunately we only got a tease. We think of a smartphone screen as a rigid piece of glass that’s limited by the size of the device itself. But Samsung’s Infinity Flex Display folds, unfolds and refolds to pack up into a smaller form.
It’s about time for something new in phones. Samsung helped create the big-phone trend that’s become the standard with devices such as Apple’s iPhone XS Max. But across the industry, smartphone designs have been more about incremental improvements than bold new ideas — and consumers, unsurprisingly, have waited longer and longer to upgrade.
What will we do with that big screen? Koh has a few ideas — such as play games, watch video and multitask with up to three open apps — but realizes Samsung needs software and user experience help make the new kind of phone useful before it goes on sale. “We cannot make it happen on our own,” he said.
Samsung also sought help from Google, whose Android software powers the phone and will need to be tweaked to take advantage of it. “There’s lots of challenges we need to overcome together,” Koh said.