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Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Galle Cricket Club v Sri Lanka Navy Sports Club ? Premier Limited ...
Galle Cricket Club v Sri Lanka Navy Sports Club ? Premier Limited Over Tournament, 2012/13 (Group B) ? Match Update ? Galle CC win by 44 runs
A 5-wicket haul from Kaushalya Gajasinghe played a pivotal role in enabling the Galle Cricket Club to secure a 44-run win over the Sri Lanka Navy Sports Club, in their match played during the Premier Limited Over Tournament, at the Galle International Stadium on December 11.
The Galle CC decided to bat first after winning the toss ? however, the Navy SC?s Dulanjana Mendis (10-4-16-5), Yohan Kumara (8-0-33-2), and Buddika de Alwis (10-1-26-2) did not allow them to rest easy.
The top-order batsmen failed to put up a fight and were polished off early ? Kumara took care of Dinidu Jayathilake (4) and Hirantha Wijesinghe (10), while Primal Buddika (6) was trapped lbw by Mendis in the 11th over, leaving the team at 23 for 3.
Coming in at number four, Rumesh Rangana (14) continued the disappointing trend, and de Alwis wasted no time in sweeping him, and his successor Kaushalya Gajasinghe (7), off the crease. Skipper Anil Rideegammanagedera top-scored for the team with a mediocre 27, and his innings was soon snuffed out by Mendis, who went on the rampage and cleaned up most of the middle and lower order.
Amila Weththasinghe (7), Rideegammanagedera, Rajith Priyan (2), and Umega Chaturanga (1) were all sent back to the pavilion by Mendis, and while the efforts of Irosh Samarasooriya (25) enabled the Galle CC to painstakingly work their way up to a triple-digit score, he too was eventually dismissed, by Supeshala Jayathilake. In the end, the team was cut off, all out, at a paltry final total of 125.
However, the Galle CC made up for their insipid batting performance by executing a successful defence of the team total. Kaushalya Gajasinghe (7.4-3-6-5) led the charge, bowling a spell which was characterised by astonishing economy, and was supported in his efforts by Umega Chaturanga (10-3-14-2) and Rajith Priyan (4-1-17-2).
Together, they managed to ensure that the Navy SC did not come anywhere near their target. Yohan Kumara (31) and Avishka Peiris (15) were the only two batsmen who were allowed to register double-digit scores, while the rest failed to put up a fight. Eventually, the Navy SC were bowled for a dismal 81, and the Galle CC went on to claim a comfortable 44-run win.
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Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Washington state bar owner tells pot smokers to light up
OLYMPIA, Washington (Reuters) - Thanks to a successful ballot initiative last month, Washington state residents can legally smoke marijuana in the privacy of their living rooms as of Thursday.
When that gets old, bar owner Frank Schnarr suggests, area stoners have another option: grab a booth at Frankie's Sports Bar & Grill in Olympia and toke up there.
Schnarr, 62, says he is not acting out of a love of cannabis - he says he hasn't smoked the stuff since he was a soldier stationed in Southeast Asia in the 1970s. Rather, he's looking for new sources of income.
"I stay up at night," he said. "I'm about to lose my business. So I've got to figure out some way to get people in here."
Schnarr, who waged an ultimately successful battle with local and state officials over Washington's 2006 smoking ban, appears to be the first restaurant or bar owner in the state to test the recently expanded limits on recreational marijuana use.
So, is he breaking the law?
Federal, state and local officials appear unsure. Or if they are, they're not saying.
"Marijuana remains illegal under federal law," said Emily Langlie, spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Seattle. "I can't tell you whether what he's doing is legal or not."
Says Tom Morrill, Olympia's city attorney: "We're looking into it. There are a lot of changes in state law right now. That's all I can say."
Mikhail Carpenter, spokesman for the state's Liquor Control Board, newly empowered to make rules for and oversee the state's planned regime for the cultivation, processing and sale of marijuana, is similarly noncommittal.
"The board is weighing its options with regard to Frankie's," he said. "It's not perfectly crystal clear as to who this falls to."
Carpenter said he knows of no other bar or restaurant in the state that allows marijuana smoking.
The legal gray area that Schnarr is exploiting exists in part thanks to his earlier fight over the smoking ban.
In order to flout it, Schnarr renamed his establishment's smoking-friendly second floor as "Friends of Frankie's," a private room limited to those who pay a $10 annual membership fee.
A full range of alcoholic beverages are for sale and the room is staffed by comely bartenders and cocktail waitresses. They are volunteers entitled to reimbursement for travel expenses and childcare but otherwise making their living off tips.
"Frank's ahead of the curve on (allowing marijuana use)," says Shawn Newman, Schnarr's attorney. "A lot of other taverns, bars and restaurants would like to do this, but they didn't have enough chutzpah to fight the smoking ban so they're locked into non-smoking operations."
Schnarr says "Friends of Frankie's" has over 10,000 members, with upwards of 40 joining in the two days since he announced that marijuana would be welcome.
To help appeal to his new target market, Schnarr has introduced a $4.20 appetizer menu ? included are breaded shrimp, breaded cheese sticks and breaded mushrooms ? and he is toying with the possibility of opening a medical marijuana dispensary on a nearby property.
But he isn't looking to attract Olympia's sizable transient crowd, or stoned college students.
"I'll have security in here, and if I see a bunch of guys just trying to get ripped, they're gone," he said.
Early last Friday evening, a few dozen customers played pool, drank beer, smoked cigarettes and loosened up for an impending shuffleboard tournament.
Only a small group at the back of the bar appeared to be smoking pot, a glass jar of the stuff sitting on the table between them.
Chris Sapp, 28, a long-haired diesel mechanic and longtime Frankie's member, said being able to smoke pot at the bar makes him feel like he's in Amsterdam.
"If I wasn't a friend of Frankie's already I'd be one now because you can come here and smoke and feel free," he said after taking a pull from a small pipe. "That's how it should be. We shouldn't have to hide weed."
Across the room, another patron commended Schnarr for welcoming pot use but begged off giving his name. As a volunteer firefighter, he said, he wasn't supposed to be in contact with marijuana smoke.
"I cannot be in this room," he lamented. "It's not like I'm sitting here smoking a joint or anything. My problem is that I'd love to, but I can't.
(Editing by Mary Wisniewski and Tim Gaynor; Desking by Christopher Wilson)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/washington-state-bar-owner-tells-pot-smokers-light-140233721--sector.html
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M POWER & HEALTH ? Cardio: ?You can do it?? tips and tricks to ...
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Many people struggle to find the motivation to do cardio- you know, that form of exercise that incorporates full-body movements, can be sustained for long durations of time, and exercises a key organ that keeps you alive (the heart), and most importantly burns a ton of calories. Common excuse for neglect: ?I don?t like it?, ?It?s boring?, ?It?s tiring?, ?It?s hard?, ?I don?t want to lose muscle mass?, ?I?m lazy?. Newflash: if you are looking to be lean and shed some fat, cardio is a key part of the equation.
This post will be brief, but it?s sole intent is to give you some strategies to overcome your cardio woes and ?get r? done?.
1. Distract yourself:
This may not be the most effective strategy, but if the alternative is NOT doing cardio these tips can be beneficial. Inevitably, distracting yourself from the task at hand (working hard) may result in a slight reduction in intensity but even lower-intensity cardio is effective. My favourite distraction techniques are:
a. Find a cardio buddy. Time flies when you have someone to talk to while you are sweating it out on the treadmill, stair stepper, elliptical or rower. In fact, my best friend and I essentially know everything about each other based on our conversations that took place on a stair climber one summer while I was writing my Masters thesis (exercise was my stress relief) and she was preparing for a fitness competition. When we have something important to discuss we literally ?meet on the stairs? and talk things over. Come to think of it, having a cardio-buddy does not actually necessitate a decrease in exercise intensity because you can motivate and challenge each other to increase the intensity or go that extra few minutes (where you might have tapped out earlier on your own).
b. Multi-task. Many fitness facilities have cardio-theatres, and one of my guilty pleasures is watching reality TV, the Price is Right, Jeoprady, or Sports (especially the Olympics or gymnastics) while on the elliptical machine. The Kardashians have a way of making an hour-long cardio session go by a little bit more quickly. You can over go so far as to plan your cardio to coincide with your favourite television program. Think of it this way: rather than sitting on your coach and eating empty calories while you the tubes, you still get the entertainment but you also burn calories. WIN. In addition to television, you can also train yourself to read while doing cardio. Whether it be magazines or books, I find that as long as you can train yourself to keep your head stable while your body moves, the reading/exercising combination is effective. In fact, I?d say that I studied for about 70% of my undergraduate exams and class-readings ON the elliptical (not math, stats, or chemistry courses though). The benefit, especially for dryer material, is that it is nearly impossible to fall asleep while in motion and the act of exercise got my nervous system activated and ready to absorb information. A word of caution: those susceptible to motion sickness may not have an easy time with reading, and not all machines are reading-friendly. It requires some practice, but once mastered it can make your workout session go by in the turn of a page (or pages as the case may be).
c. MUSIC. Never underestimate the value of a good playlist. I find that music that inspires and motivates ?me crucial when I am doing cardio solo. I try to make specific playlists depending on the type of cardio I am doing that day. If I am doing sprint intervals, songs will consist of upbeat tunes, while slower, steady state cardio is carried out to songs that are more mellow. Sometimes, if I am getting tired, I will switch the song to my all-time favorite song ?You Can Do It? by Ice cube (see link), and it has never failed to pull me through to the finish. If you don?t to cardio to music, you should, and if you don?t do cardio at all? make a cardio-playlist and GET ON THOSE MACHINES!
2. Try group a exercise class.
Most clubs offer a variety of cardio-based classes with engaging teachers and fast-paced, energetic music. The group atmosphere creates a sense of community and can inspire you to work harder (or at least not slack off!). Kick-boxing, step class, aerobics, and circuit-based, and spin (stationary bike) classes are just a few options. I have been spinning regularly 2-3 times per week for the past 9/10 years (and with the same instructor too!) and I absolutely LOVE it. My week really does not feel complete without getting to spin class. In a 50-75 minute ?ride? consists of a combinations sprints, interval training, hills (even Mountains!) in addition to warm-up and cool-down. It goes by in a blink, and I always feel energized afterwards- despite all of the energy that I?ve just spent. The seat takes getting used to (as it would with any bike), but after you get over that I think it is one of the most intense and effective forms of cardio out there. Another benefit of group classes is that you can modify the intensity to your level, and the instructor is always there to give ?alternative? options if you don?t feel comfortable with a specific skill or movement in the class. Think about which cardio-based class might appeal to you and try it today.
3. Think outside the box.
I?m a gym-rat, and the indoor, climate-controlled a pristine setting of my fitness facilities is an ideal environment for me . It may not be for you (it?s not for everyone). But that is NOT an excuse to skip out on working your heart and the associated calorie-burn. Skating, swimming, jogging, skiing, rollerblading, sports? many varieties of cardio are available both in the great outdoors or your local recreation centre. Make your cardio something that you enjoy- you will have fun, time will pass by quickly, and you will get your ?cardio quota? ?in in no time at all!
How much Cardio?
The Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology recommends that for??health ?benefits?, ?adults ?aged ?18-??64 ?years ?should ?accumulate ?at ?least ?150 ?minutes ?of ? moderate-?to-vigorous intensity ?aerobic ?physical ?activity ?per ?week, ?in ?bouts ?of ?10 ?minutes ?or ?more. Greater health benefits and improvements come about by increasing the amount of aerobic physical activity per week (within reason, obviously?unless you are an elite-level athlete in a cardiovasucular-based sport you should NOT be doing two hours of cardio per day, 7 days per week and expect to remain healthy and injury-free).
To increase aerobic fitness, you should be carrying out your aerobic training at a Heart rate between 65-90% of your age-predicted maximal heart rate. Your theoretical maximal hear rate (in beats per minute) is 220-age. Multiply this number by 0.65 and 0.9 gives you an estimation of where your heart rate should be while attempting to improve your aerobic capacity. Beginner/less fit exercisers should start on the lower end of the continuum, while more advanced exercisers can work at the upper end of the spectrum. Increasing the intensity, the time of training, and incorporating interval training (brief-periods of high-intensity exercise interspersed within moderate periods of aerobic activity) are all ways to increase your aerobic fitness.
In the words of Ice Cube, when it comes to cardio? ?you can do it ? put your back into it?.
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Source: http://mpowerhealth.ca/?p=621
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Demi Moore Kicked To The Curb By Boy Toy Vito Schnabel
Demi Moore, 50, has been dumped by her 26-year-old art dealer boyfriend, Vito Schnabel. Vito didn’t like all the attention of the paparazzi and was disgusted by Demi’s hard-partying ways, which are worrying her daughters and friends. Schnabel decided to end the short romance with Moore after her crazy shenanigans during the Art Basel festival ...
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Thursday, December 6, 2012
NASA twin spacecraft create most accurate gravity map of moon
ScienceDaily (Dec. 5, 2012) ? Twin NASA probes orbiting the moon have generated the highest resolution gravity field map of any celestial body.
The new map, created by the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission, is allowing scientists to learn about the moon's internal structure and composition in unprecedented detail. Data from the two washing machine-sized spacecraft also will provide a better understanding of how Earth and other rocky planets in the solar system formed and evolved.
The gravity field map reveals an abundance of features never before seen in detail, such as tectonic structures, volcanic landforms, basin rings, crater central peaks, and numerous simple, bowl-shaped craters. Data also show the moon's gravity field is unlike that of any terrestrial planet in our solar system.
These are the first scientific results from the prime phase of the mission, and they are published in three papers in the journal Science.
"What this map tells us is that more than any other celestial body we know of, the moon wears its gravity field on its sleeve," said GRAIL principal investigator Maria Zuber of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge. "When we see a notable change in the gravity field, we can sync up this change with surface topography features such as craters, rilles or mountains."
According to Zuber, the moon's gravity field preserves the record of impact bombardment that characterized all terrestrial planetary bodies and reveals evidence for fracturing of the interior extending to the deep crust and possibly the mantle. This impact record is preserved, and now precisely measured, on the moon.
The probes revealed the bulk density of the moon's highland crust is substantially lower than generally assumed. This low bulk crustal density agrees well with data obtained during the final Apollo lunar missions in early 1970s, indicating that local samples returned by astronauts are indicative of global processes.
"With our new crustal bulk density determination, we find that the average thickness of the moon's crust is between 21 and 27 miles (34 and 43 kilometers), which is about 6 to 12 miles (10 to 20 kilometers) thinner than previously thought." said GRAIL co-investigator Mark Wieczorek of the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris. "With this crustal thickness, the bulk composition of the moon is similar to that of Earth. This supports models where the moon is derived from Earth materials that were ejected during a giant impact event early in solar system history."
The map was created by the spacecraft transmitting radio signals to define precisely the distance between them as they orbit the moon in formation. As they fly over areas of greater and lesser gravity caused by both visible features, such as mountains and craters, and masses hidden beneath the lunar surface, the distance between the two spacecraft will change slightly.
"We used gradients of the gravity field in order to highlight smaller and narrower structures than could be seen in previous datasets," said Jeff Andrews-Hanna, a GRAIL guest scientist with the Colorado School of Mines in Golden. "This data revealed a population of long, linear, gravity anomalies, with lengths of hundreds of kilometers, crisscrossing the surface. These linear gravity anomalies indicate the presence of dikes, or long, thin, vertical bodies of solidified magma in the subsurface. The dikes are among the oldest features on the moon, and understanding them will tell us about its early history."
While results from the primary science mission are just beginning to be released, the collection of gravity science by the lunar twins continues. GRAIL's extended mission science phase began Aug. 30 and will conclude Dec. 17. As the end of mission nears, the spacecraft will operate at lower orbital altitudes above the moon.
When launched in September 2011, the probes were named GRAIL A and B. They were renamed Ebb and Flow in January by elementary students in Bozeman, Mont., in a nationwide contest. Ebb and Flow were placed in a near-polar, near-circular orbit at an altitude of approximately 34 miles (55 kilometers) on Dec. 31, 2011, and Jan. 1, 2012.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., manages the mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. GRAIL is part of the Discovery Program managed at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. Lockheed Martin Space Systems of Denver built the spacecraft.
To view the lunar gravity map, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html?media_id=156526301
For more information about the mission, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/grail
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Journal References:
- Maria T. Zuber, David E. Smith, Michael M. Watkins, Sami W. Asmar, Alexander S. Konopliv, Frank G. Lemoine, H. Jay Melosh, Gregory A. Neumann, Roger J. Phillips, Sean C. Solomon, Mark A. Wieczorek, James G. Williams, Sander J. Goossens, Gerhard Kruizinga, Erwan Mazarico, Ryan S. Park, and Dah-Ning Yuan. Gravity Field of the Moon from the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) Mission. Science, 2012; DOI: 10.1126/science.1231507
- Mark A. Wieczorek, Gregory A. Neumann, Francis Nimmo, Walter S. Kiefer, G. Jeffrey Taylor, H. Jay Melosh, Roger J. Phillips, Sean C. Solomon, Jeffrey C. Andrews-Hanna, Sami W. Asmar, Alexander S. Konopliv, Frank G. Lemoine, David E. Smith, Michael M. Watkins, James G. Williams, and Maria T. Zuber. The Crust of the Moon as Seen by GRAIL. Science, 2012; DOI: 10.1126/science.1231530
- Jeffrey C. Andrews-Hanna, Sami W. Asmar, James W. Head III, Walter S. Kiefer, Alexander S. Konopliv, Frank G. Lemoine, Isamu Matsuyama, Erwan Mazarico, Patrick J. McGovern, H. Jay Melosh, Gregory A. Neumann, Francis Nimmo, Roger J. Phillips, David E. Smith, Sean C. Solomon, G. Jeffrey Taylor, Mark A. Wieczorek, James G. Williams, and Maria T. Zuber. Ancient Igneous Intrusions and Early Expansion of the Moon Revealed by GRAIL Gravity Gradiometry. Science, 2012; DOI: 10.1126/science.1231753
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Source: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/12/121205124344.htm
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Who Is Responsible In A Virtual Company? - Marketing For Success
Ever have stuff fall through the cracks, meetings missed and follow through not there, or see fellow staff members make the same mistake over and over?
It happens all the time in virtual companies.
Why?
They forget to look at the bigger picture, that they are part of a team. So when they someone else in the company make a mistake, they just ignore it.
I had this happen just yesterday. I had scheduled an important meeting with another member of our staff and an outside vendor, but somehow forgot to dial in for the call.
So what did my fellow staff member do, who had the call on his calendar too?
Absolutely nothing.
He figured it was my stupid mistake, which it was, and he had no responsibility for helping me out. None. Zero.
Whoops!
Imagine if that was how professional football teams played. Now, I?ll admit I know next to nothing about football other than my father in-law played in college after World War II and was on an undefeated team at his college, and loved the sport.
But what I do know is this success tip: if one player has the ball, and for some reason fumbles it, the rest of the team doesn?t just walk away and ignore him. They jump all over it trying to cover for his mistake, to fix it.
Everyone on the team knows that their individual success is linked to the success of the team and depends on working together. They know they?re bound to make a mistake of their own, too, and they?re going to need help from the rest of the team also.
Good teams, football and business teams practice a simple concept called 100% responsibility. If they see something that needs to be done, they step in and do it, if it?s going to help the team.
How about you?
What could you be doing to practice 100% responsibility at your company to improve teamwork and help your company grow?
Here are a couple of tips to help you be more successful:
When you have a scheduled meeting and for some reason one of the other people forgets to dial in, remind them, and they?ll do the same for you.
If you get a promotion and pass on your projects/ clients to a new hire, check in with them to make sure they have all the information they need to succeed.
When you see a staff member struggling to get a response to their emails, help them out by showing them which email subject lines get a response.
If you?re new to the company or even a seasoned veteran, and for whatever reason don?t have all the information you need to complete a project. Don?t wait. Ask for help ASAP.
Speaking of waiting, if you?ve asked someone for information you need or to complete a task and it didn?t happen, yes, remind them.
And I?m sure there are hundreds more examples of ways to be more of a team player, to take responsibility for growing your company?
When I?ve explained this concept of 100% responsibility to people over the years I?ve had some tell me,
?Hey it?s not my job to babysit other people in the company. They should take responsibility for getting their own work done, not me.?
Which is true, but it ignores reality.
In a perfect world, everyone would do what they say they?re going to do. And they?d do it on time and do it exactly right? and the streets would be paved with gold, all marriages would be blissful, and teenage children would actually listen to their parents?
Right!
We?re human, and stuff happens. Even football players making millions a year fumble the ball and need support from their team.
Which is why the success of your company and your team depends on you and everyone else taking 100% responsibility.
Here?s how it can work at all levels.
My partner and I meet daily and when one of us forgets to dial in for our calls, the other calls or instant messages the other to make sure we get together.
As writer in chief at one of my companies, I?m responsible for reviewing all content and on occasion I forget to edit a particular piece for the newsletter or a needed email. What does our content manager do? She sends me regular emails and instant messages me to remind me of the deadlines.
And then there is the janitor in my building, I mean maintenance man who knows I like to use special filters in our HVAC system, so when I run out, he takes it upon himself to remind me to order them and then checks to make sure they?ve come in.
How about in your company, what does 100% responsibility mean for you?
Hit reply and send me two examples of how you could do an even better job of supporting your company and your team.
To your success,
P.S. The same applies to non-virtual companies too.
P.P.S. Ready to take responsibility for growing your company from one million to five million over the next few years? Email Lauren@marketingforsuccess.com with your contact information.
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