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<title><![CDATA[Atlas do Rugby: Brasília e Harlequins]]></title>
<link>http://blogdorugby.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/atlas-do-rugby-brasilia-e-harlequins/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:55:46 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>francezzz</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Com certo atraso (justificado pelo terrível fim de semestre universitário), o Blog do Rugby traz o t]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Com certo atraso (justificado pelo terrível fim de semestre universitário), o Blog do Rugby traz o time candango do Brasília Rugby, campeão do Pequi Nations 2009, e os Harlequins, da Inglaterra.</p>
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<p>Nome: Brasília Rugby</p>
<p>Cidade/Estado: Brasília/DF</p>
<p>Campo: Estádio Vasco Viana de Andrade &#8211; Metropolitana &#8211; núcleo Bandeirante; e Asa Norte 307/308</p>
<p>Títulos: Campeão do Pequi Nations 2009; Campeão da IV Etapa do Campeonato Paulista do Interior 2007 &#8211; Campinas-SP; Campeão Taça Estímulo (Taça de Madeira) no Torneio Internacional de Sevens de São José dos Campos.</p>
<p>Site: <a href="http://www.quins.co.uk/">www.brasiliarugby.com.br<br />
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<p>O Brasília Rugby Clube, BRC, foi o primeiro clube de Rugby na capital federal. Criado em 2000, a equipe foi fundada por J.R. Zakrzewski e alguns estrangeiros praticantes de Rugby em seus países de origem. Juntamente com alguns brasilienses interessados, deram início às atividades do time em 2001. Em meados de 2002, um grupo de franceses liderados por Bruno Guerrard, e outros representades da Embaixada Francesa, criou o Rugby Sem Fronteiras, RSF; clube que chegou a participar de alguns campeonatos nacionais. Ambos os clubes contaram com a identificação de vários brasileiros com o esporte, e rapidamente angariaram vários atletas.<br />
Infelizmente a falta de apoio e de estrutura durante os anos que se seguiram acabou por diminuir o interesse dos atletas e aumentar a dificuldade em conseguir novos membros. Em meados de 2005, as diretorias dos clubes decidiram unir forças para o desenvolvimento do rugby no Distrito Federal. A fusão dos dois times foi feita com o objetivo de participar do Campeonato Brasileiro &#8211; 2ª Divisão no mesmo ano, e desenvolvimento de vários projetos para 2006 e anos seguintes.</p>
<p>Levando as cores e a bandeira do DF no brasão, o novo clube, o Brasília Rugby, teve rápida identificação com o povo candango. Com a experiência dos membros do RSF que já haviam disputado o Brasileiro em 2004 e a vontade dos membros do BRC, a primeira conquista veio logo. Em junho, o time foi Campeão da Taça Estímulo do Torneio Internacional de Sevens de São José dos Campos, dada ao melhor time estreiante. Teve também eleito o jogador revelação do campeonato, Cedric Wamba. No Brasileiro, a equipe conseguiu uma vitória em casa diante do BH Rugby e foi derrotada pela o Rio Union no Rio de Janeiro, terminando a competição em 3° lugar juntamente com o Pasteur.</p>
<p>Em 2008, o clube iniciou um projeto de fortalecimento interno e formação de equipes juvenis. Por fim, em 2009, o Brasilia ingressou no Pequi Nations, torneio que envolve equipes do Centro-Oeste brasileiro, e foi campeão.</p>
<p><em>Fonte: site oficial do clube</em></p>
<p><a rel="attachment wp-att-3223" href="http://blogdorugby.wordpress.com/2009/10/09/heineken-cup-raio-x-dos-grupos-4-5-e-6/harlequins_badge/"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-3223" title="Harlequins_badge" src="http://blogdorugby.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/harlequins_badge.png?w=55" alt="" width="68" height="118" /></a></p>
<p>Nome: Harlequin Football Club</p>
<p>Cidade/País: Londres, Inglaterra</p>
<p>Estádio: Twickenham Stoop Stadium (capacidade: 12,700)</p>
<p>Títulos: Copa da Inglaterra (John Player Cup/Pilkington Cup): 2; European Shield/Challenge Cup: 1 (2001 e 2004)</p>
<p>Site: <a href="http://www.quins.co.uk/">www.quins.co.uk</a></p>
<p>O genuíno clube londrino. O Harlequin F.C., mais conhecido como Harlequins, ou simplesmente Quins, é um dos mais famosos clubes de rugby da Inglaterra. E também um dos mais antigos. Fundado em 1866 com o nome de Hampstead Football Club, em alusão ao bairro central de Londres onde o clube foi fundado – um dos bairros mais caros da cidade. O clube foi fundado por jovens empregados que trabalhavam nas empresas financeiras da City londrina. Em 1870, contudo, buscando se desvincular de sua identidade restrita ao bairro de origem, o clube mudou de nome para Harlequin F.C. A mudança de nome foi curiosa. Para não precisar mudar as iniciais do nome (HFC), os membros recorreram ao dicionário. A palavra Harlequin foi escolhida, mas não sem criar polêmica. Um racha entre os membros se seguiu à mudança de nome. O antigo Hampstead foi dividido em dois clubes: o Harlequin F.C. e o Wasps F.C. (atual London Wasps).</p>
<p>A fama do clube vem de seu famoso e pitoresco uniforme, dividido em 4 partes no tronco, cada uma com sua cor, mais as mangas. A meias também são coloridas, fazendo jus ao nome da equipe – <em>harlequin</em> traduzido para o português é arlequim, um bufão ou um palhaço, muito comum como figura carnavalesca. A fama boêmia do clube e de seus torcedores também é notória, o que uma das agremiações de rugby com mais torcedores na Inglaterra, apesar de não possuir títulos expressivos. Não à toa que o nome “Harlequins” se espalhou pelo mundo e dá nome a uma porção de equipes nos mais variados países: de Dubai a Melbourne, de Hangzhou, na China, a Dallas, o nome e o tradicional uniforme são verdadeiros ícones do rugby.</p>
<p>Em 1906, a RFU convidou a equipe a usar o recém construído estádio de Twickenham como casa. Mesmo tendo passado por mais de 15 sedes diferentes, os Harlequins mantiveram sua identidade vinculado a Twickenham, e desde 1963 mandam suas partidas no The Stoop, pequeno porém muito atmosférico estádio vizinho ao grande templo do rugby inglês, o estádio de Twickenham.</p>
<p>Apesar de não ser conhecido pelos títulos, os Harlequins já tiveram grandes equipes. Tiveram um dos melhores times do país até a Primeira Guerra Mundial, e voltaram ter proeminência no cenário inglês na década de 1980, quando conquistaram a John Player Cup (a Copa da Inglaterra), em 1988. O segundo título da competição, já sob o nome de Pilkington Cup, veio em 1991, e atingiram mais três vezes as semi-finais. O primeiro título internacional veio em 2001, no European Shield (atual European Challenge Cup), ao derrotarem o Narbonne, da França, por incríveis 42 x 33. O bicampeonato da competição veio em 2004, com vitória na final sobre outra equipe francesa, o Montferrand (atual Clermont), por emocionantes 27 x 26. O sucesso europeu, contudo, foi eclipsado pelo rebaixamento no Campeonato Inglês, na temporada 2004-05. A promoção de volta à elite do rugby inglês veio no ano seguinte. Por questões de patrocínio, o time também era conhecido como NEC Harlequins. Agora, com patrocinador principal novo, a equipe principal voltou a ter apenas o nome do clube: Harlequins.</p>
<p>Em 2006, o clube iniciou sua empreitada no Rugby League, fundando o Harlequins Rugby League, única equipe londrina que disputa a Super League (divisão de elite do rugby league inglês). Todavia, a direção das equipes de rugby union e de rugby league são mantidas completamente separadas.</p>
<p>Dentre os grandes jogadores que vestiram a emblemática camisa dos Quins o brilhante hooker inglês Keith Wood (ex-melhor do mundo segundo a IRB), o ex-all black Andrew Mehrtens, o abertura francês Thierry Lacroix e os ex-centros ingleses Will Greenwood e Will Carling, que atuaram pelos British &#38; Irish Lions.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[ANTÓNIO BARROS SOBE AO PÓDIO POR DUAS VEZES ]]></title>
<link>http://bfphotoracing.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/antonio-barros-sobe-ao-podio-por-duas-vezes/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:43:37 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>bfphotoracing</dc:creator>
<guid>http://bfphotoracing.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/antonio-barros-sobe-ao-podio-por-duas-vezes/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Em três fins de semana, António Barros cometeu a proeza de vencer quatro corridas em que participou,]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><img src="http://bfnoticias.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dsc_0405_150.jpg" alt="DSC_0405 Foto Oficial" title="DSC_0405 Foto Oficial" width="150" height="100" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-439" />Em três fins de semana, António Barros cometeu a proeza de vencer quatro corridas em que participou, pois não será demais recordar, que o piloto agora residente em Vila Nova de Famalicão, mas a trabalhar na zona da Maia, começou por vencer a rampa da Penha, última prova do Campeonato Nacional de Montanha ao volante do seu BRC CM 05 Evolution, para uma semana mais tarde na 4.ª Super Especial de Vila nova de Famalicão rubricar nova vitória com o mesmo carro. <a href="http://bfnoticias.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/antonio-barros-sobe-ao-podio-por-duas-vezes/#more-438">Ler mais&#62;&#62;&#62;</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[ANTÓNIO BARROS SOBE AO PÓDIO POR DUAS VEZES ]]></title>
<link>http://bfnoticias.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/antonio-barros-sobe-ao-podio-por-duas-vezes/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:39:30 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>bfphotoracing</dc:creator>
<guid>http://bfnoticias.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/antonio-barros-sobe-ao-podio-por-duas-vezes/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Em três fins de semana, António Barros cometeu a proeza de vencer quatro corridas em que participou,]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><img src="http://bfnoticias.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dsc_0405_150.jpg" alt="DSC_0405 Foto Oficial" title="DSC_0405 Foto Oficial" width="150" height="100" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-439" />Em três fins de semana, António Barros cometeu a proeza de vencer quatro corridas em que participou, pois não será demais recordar, que o piloto agora residente em Vila Nova de Famalicão, mas a trabalhar na zona da Maia, começou por vencer a rampa da Penha, última prova do Campeonato Nacional de Montanha ao volante do seu BRC CM 05 Evolution, para uma semana mais tarde na 4.ª Super Especial de Vila nova de Famalicão rubricar nova vitória com o mesmo carro. <!--more-->No fim de semana que passou António Barros vence as duas derradeiras corridas do Nacional de Resistência ao volante do Ginetta, por isso após a cerimónia do pódio da 2.ª corrida, o piloto estava muito satisfeito com o fim de semana, como nos fez um resumo do que se passou “correu muito bem, melhor não era possível, só foi pena que não tivesse autoblocante no meu carro, mas penso que senão tivesse acontecido esse contratempo, as vitórias em pista seriam mais fáceis, mas também foi bom que assim sucedesse, pois obrigou-me a estar com mais atenção e não cometesse, erros objectivo esse atingido. Não queria terminar sem dedicar esta vitória, por sinal a quarta em três fins de semana, a todos aqueles que me têm apoiado, os meu patrocinadores, que sem eles nada poderia fazer, a minha família que me tem acompanhado, a minha mulher e as minhas filhas, toda a equipa da Rodrive, é para todos eles que dedico esta vitória, não esquecendo o público presente”.</p>
<p>Sobre 2010, António Barros ainda não se pode pronunciar “para já é ainda cedo, em finais de Novembro vou começar a reunir com os meus patrocinadores, para ver o que iremos fazer, mas ainda é cedo para falar o que se vai fazer, pois pode haver a possibilidade de voltar a fazer o Nacional de Montanha, Resistência, mas para já nada mais posso adiantar, talvez em Dezembro já haja decisões tomadas”.<br />
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COMUNICADO DE IMPRENSA</em></p>
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<title><![CDATA[ Yeni Bir Gıda Güvenliği Standardı ]]></title>
<link>http://evrenefe.wordpress.com/2009/11/07/pas-220-yeni-bir-gida-guvenligi-standardi/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:24:30 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>evrenefe</dc:creator>
<guid>http://evrenefe.wordpress.com/2009/11/07/pas-220-yeni-bir-gida-guvenligi-standardi/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Son zamanlarda bana en çok soru gelen konulardan biri PAS 220 standardı. PAS 220 nedir? ISO 22000]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="null"><img class="alignleft" title="Food Safety System Certification FSSC 22000 Standardı" src="http://www.fssc22000.com/gfx/head.jpg" alt="Food Safety System Certification FSSC 22000 Standardı" width="213" height="150" /></a>Son zamanlarda bana en çok soru gelen konulardan biri <strong>PAS 220</strong> standardı. <strong>PAS 220</strong> nedir? <strong>ISO 22000</strong>&#8216;den farkı nedir? <strong>BRC, IFS&#8217;e</strong> benzer mi? Denetimi nasıl yapılır? vs&#8230;</p>
<p><strong>PAS 220</strong> standardı, <a title="CIAA resmi websitesi" href="http://www.ciaa.be/asp/index.asp" target="_blank"><strong>Avrupa Birliği Yiyecek ve İçecek Konfederasyonu (CIAA)</strong> </a>tarafından finanse edilmiştir.Standart 4 büyük gıda üreticisi olan <strong>Unilever, Kraft, Danone </strong>ve<strong> Nestle</strong> tarafından oluşturulmuş, hazırlık safhasında pek çok belgelendirme kuruluşu da çalışma grubunda yer almış ve standart <em><strong>25 Ekim 2008</strong></em> tarihinde yayımlanmıştır.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>ISO 22000</strong> standardını uygulayan firmalarda çalışanlar bilirler; standardın yapısı <strong><a title="BRC resmi websitesi" href="http://www.brc.org.uk" target="_blank">BRC</a></strong> veya <a title="IFS resmi websitesi" href="http://food-care.info" target="_blank"><strong>IFS</strong> </a>standartlarından oldukça farklıdır. Gereklilikler net bir şekilde, madde madde belirtilmemiş, düzyazı içerisinde genel ifadeler kullanılmıştır. Özellikle, ön gereklilik programları <strong>BRC </strong>ve <strong>IFS</strong>&#8216; te &#8220;pencereler kırılmaya karşı korumalı olmalı&#8221;, &#8220;dış kapılar kendinden kapanmalı&#8221; şeklinde betimlenirken,  <strong>ISO 22000</strong> standardında  sadece ana başlıklar verilip uygulamalar üretilen ürüne, sektöre, müşteri isteklerine ve ülke yasalarına göre, üretici firmanın yorumuna açık bırakılmıştır. İşte <strong>PAS 220</strong> standardı, bu yoruma açık olma durumunu ortadan kaldırmak ve <strong>ISO 22000</strong> standardının ön gereksinim programlarıyla ilgili gerekliliklerinin firmalarda tam olarak ne şekilde uygulanması gerektiğini detaylandırmak amacıyla, bir rehber döküman/guideline olarak hazırlanmıştır.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>PAS 220,</strong> denetlenebilir bir standart değil, rehber döküman olduğu için tekbaşına belgelendirilmesi mümkün değil. Ancak<strong> ISO 22000</strong> standardıyla beraber denetlendiği takdirde<strong> ISO 22000+PAS 220</strong> standardına <strong><a title="FSSC resmi websitesi" href="http://www.fssc22000.com/" target="_blank">FSSC(food safety system certification)</a></strong> adı verilmektedir.<strong>FSSC </strong>bir süre önce <strong><a title="GFSI websitesi" href="http://www.ciesnet.com/2-wwedo/2.2-programmes/2.2.foodsafety.gfsi.asp" target="_blank">GFSI(Global Food Safety Initiative)</a></strong> tanınmak için başvuruda bulunmuş, tamamen onaylanmasa da 27 Mayıs 2009 tarihinde ilk onayını almıştır. <strong>FSSC&#8217;</strong>nin <strong>CIES&#8217;</strong>in teknik komitesi olan <strong>GFSI</strong> tarafından onaylanması perakendecilere ürün üreten veya private label ürün üreten üreticilerin <strong>BRC, IFS</strong> standartlarına ihtiyaç duymadan <strong>FSSC </strong>standardını uygulayarak ürün satabilmeleri anlamına gelebilecektir.</p>
<p><strong>PAS 220:2008</strong> aşağıdaki konularda gereklilikler içermektedir:</p>
<p>-Kuruluş altyapısı, çalışma alanları ve personele ait alanlar<br />
-Su, enerji vb. diğer yardımcı malzemelerin tedariki<br />
-Atıklar ve çöpler gibi diğer üretim destek basamakları<br />
-Ekipman yapısı, ekipman temizliği ve bakım<br />
-Satınalma ve girdi yönetimi<br />
-Temizlik ve dezenfeksiyon<br />
-Haşere  kontrol<br />
-Personel hijyeni<br />
-Yeniden işleme<br />
-Ürün geri çağırma prosedürleri<br />
-Depolama<br />
-Gıda etiketleme bilgileri ve tüketicinin bilgilendirilmesi<br />
-Gıda terörü ve sabotaj yönetimi</p>
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<title><![CDATA[How can your business help us out of the recession?]]></title>
<link>http://businessadvantage.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/how-can-your-business-help-us-out-of-the-recession/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:01:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>BusinessAdvantage</dc:creator>
<guid>http://businessadvantage.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/how-can-your-business-help-us-out-of-the-recession/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[With Consumer confidence on the increase (recorded at it&#8217;s highest for 18 months) with the Bri]]></description>
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<p>However, with more and more people (66% according to the BRC&#8217;s figures) trying to save money on utilities such as gas and electricity and more cutting down on takeaways and other luxuries this suggests that the climb out of the recession is still likely to be long and slow.</p>
<p>Many business-analysts are suggesting that it is down to the consumer to spend more in order to help the country emerge from the economic recession. However, I am of the opinion, with the current unemployment levels still on the increase (predicted to be 2.75 million by November 2010) this is a relatively unhelpful statement, no matter how true!</p>
<p>So what can small businesses do to aid this revelation in becoming a reality?</p>
<p>Damn good question, let&#8217;s do a little &#8216;analysis&#8217; ourselves shall we:</p>
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<li>Cut prices where possible.</li>
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<li>Offer incentives to customers to encourage them to buy more.</li>
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<li>An interesting theory is not to encourage your customers to &#8216;buy more&#8217; but &#8216;buy better.&#8217; Let me to take a minute to explain this theory to you &#8211; if we take the example of someone looking to upgrade to a new car. Instead of the quick sell why not try and sell the car with better safety features and low emissions &#8211; this way growth will come from higher profits, not quicker, frequent sales. To read more on this then check out <a href="http://coolrulespronto.wordpress.com/2009/04/12/selling-more/">Cool Rules Pronto</a>&#8217;s blog for more information.</li>
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<li>What are your competitors doing? Take a walk around their stores one day and really take a close look at how they&#8217;re operating and why they remain so succesfull in a recession.</li>
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<li>What is the customer experience like and how can you enhance it to interest and encourage customers.</li>
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<p>These are only a few suggestions and there are many more examples that can be found on the internet,</p>
<p>why not check out:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.constructaquote.com/home/business-guides/social-media.aspx">The benefits of Social Media &#8211; the future of small business marketing</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.retailtechnologyreview.com/absolutenm/templates/retail_critical.aspx?articleid=805&#38;zoneid=25"><br />
Retail Technology</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.gaviningham.com/2008/01/13/selling-in-a-recession-why-some-people-are-going-to-crash-and-others-are-going-to-fly/"><br />
Selling in a recession</a></p>
<p><a href="http://digg.com/"><br />
<img src="http://digg.com/img/badges/100x20-digg-button.gif" alt="Digg!" width="100" height="20" /><br />
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<title><![CDATA[Before I forget]]></title>
<link>http://stoplifting.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/before-i-forget/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:11:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>porteousdesign</dc:creator>
<guid>http://stoplifting.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/before-i-forget/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[One last thing before I pop off to bed. Came across the British Retail Consortium&#8217;s website (c]]></description>
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<p>Came across the <a title="BRC" href="http://www.brc.org.uk/policycontent04.asp?iCat=48&#38;iSubCat=451&#38;sPolicy=Retail+Crime&#38;sSubPolicy=Overview" target="_blank">British Retail Consortium&#8217;s website</a> (check my blogroll), and found one specific quote that hopefully backs up my chosen area of small business in relation to this project:</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;<strong>Independent retailers and crime</strong><br />
Many independent, and by definition, smaller retailers also suffer from crime &#8211; in a number of cases their experience of crime is more personal. Their ability to combat crime may also be more difficult because of financial circumstances, or the nature of the goods they sell, their location or the hours they trade. BRC has lobbied the Home Office on this issue and in response the government has set aside £15 million in grants for small retailers in deprived areas for physical crime prevention improvements. This is a first step and we look forward to working with the government in assessing and developing this programme further in the future.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>So both the BRC and the Home Office agree that small businesses are particularly vulnerable to the effects of retail crime. Good to know we&#8217;re all singing from the same hymn sheet.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[urning Man Festival 2009 Evolution. Early Entry!]]></title>
<link>http://kelseywinterkorn.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/urning-man-festival-2009-evolution-early-entry/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:23:35 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>kelsey winterkorn</dc:creator>
<guid>http://kelseywinterkorn.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/urning-man-festival-2009-evolution-early-entry/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[for more info on what burning man is go to burningman.com end of aug-sept 2009 more in other posts!]]></description>
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<link>http://kelseywinterkorn.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/urning-man-festival-2009-evolution-big-pix-sheets/</link>
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<dc:creator>kelsey winterkorn</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[for more info on what burning man is go to burningman.com end of aug-sept 2009 click on the thumbnai]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Burning Man Festival 2009 Evolution. Daytime!]]></title>
<link>http://kelseywinterkorn.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/burning-man-festival-2009-evolution-daytime/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:01:31 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>kelsey winterkorn</dc:creator>
<guid>http://kelseywinterkorn.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/burning-man-festival-2009-evolution-daytime/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[for more info on what burning man is go to burningman.com end of aug-sept 2009 Daytime on the playa!]]></description>
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Daytime on the playa!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Rampa da Penha . ANTÓNIO BARROS BRILHOU]]></title>
<link>http://bfphotoracing.wordpress.com/2009/10/28/rampa-da-penha-antonio-barros-brilhou/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:12:11 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>bfphotoracing</dc:creator>
<guid>http://bfphotoracing.wordpress.com/2009/10/28/rampa-da-penha-antonio-barros-brilhou/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Custou, mas António Barros conseguiu a vitória na rampa da Penha, na sua segunda passagem, e por sin]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><img src="http://bfnoticias.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/dsc_0246_150.jpg" alt="DSC_0246 Foto Oficial" title="DSC_0246 Foto Oficial" width="150" height="100" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-376" />Custou, mas António Barros conseguiu a vitória na rampa da Penha, na sua segunda passagem, e por sinal a derradeira de 2009 em termos do Campeonato Nacional de Montanha. Desde o inicio que Barros ameaçava, e por isso foi mesmo na última subida que o piloto da Maia, conseguiu suplantar o seu mais directo adversário, <a href="http://bfnoticias.wordpress.com/2009/10/28/rampa-da-penha-antonio-barros-brilhou/#more-375">Ler mais&#62;&#62;&#62;</a></p>
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<link>http://bfnoticias.wordpress.com/2009/10/28/rampa-da-penha-antonio-barros-brilhou/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:09:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>bfphotoracing</dc:creator>
<guid>http://bfnoticias.wordpress.com/2009/10/28/rampa-da-penha-antonio-barros-brilhou/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Custou, mas António Barros conseguiu a vitória na rampa da Penha, na sua segunda passagem, e por sin]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><img src="http://bfnoticias.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/dsc_0246_150.jpg" alt="DSC_0246 Foto Oficial" title="DSC_0246 Foto Oficial" width="150" height="100" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-376" />Custou, mas António Barros conseguiu a vitória na rampa da Penha, na sua segunda passagem, e por sinal a derradeira de 2009 em termos do Campeonato Nacional de Montanha. Desde o inicio que Barros ameaçava, e por isso foi mesmo na última subida que o piloto da Maia, conseguiu suplantar o seu mais directo adversário, <!--more-->o Juno de Paulo Ramalho. Por isso depois de ter tirado o capacete e ter conhecimento dos seus tempos, António Barros não mais escondeu a sua alegria, festejando junto das duas filhas, e disse-nos logo, “custou, mas consegui, mas não foi uma prova fácil, começa logo pelo tempo, péssimo, então na fase final da rampa, havia pontos que assustava, pois não se via nada com o nevoeiro. Depois o piso estava muito molhado, o que não dava para cometer erros, à mínima era para estragar tudo, por isso para a última subida, eu tinha de fazer tudo certo, e assim fiz, não cometi nenhum erro, sempre com muita atenção ao comportamento do carro. Dou os meus parabéns ao Paulo Ramalho, que foi um grande adversário, foi aquilo que eu chamo de lutar até ao fim, e foi mesmo na última subida que tudo ficou definido. Por outro lado dedico esta vitória aos meus patrocionadores e a toda a equipa do Carlos M.Rodrigues que foram infatigáveis, sempre na procura das melhores soluções técnicas para o carro, foi uma excelente equipa, para todos o meu obrigado”.<br />
<em>Comunicado de Imprensa</em></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Emexis-Webmail]]></title>
<link>http://borgesbruno.wordpress.com/2009/10/21/emexis-webmail/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:44:52 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>borgesbruno</dc:creator>
<guid>http://borgesbruno.wordpress.com/2009/10/21/emexis-webmail/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Emexis-Webmail é uma aplicação de email pela web ou webmail, baseado no SquirrelMail, desenvolvido p]]></description>
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<p>Emexis-Webmail é uma aplicação de email pela web ou webmail, baseado no SquirrelMail, desenvolvido pela equipe da BRconnection.  O SquirrelMail cliente por si só é um completo sistema de webmail, mas a preocupação em torná-lo compatível com diversos navegadores e sistemas, tornou a sua interface visualmente deficiente. Com objetivo de solucionar essa deficiência foi desenvolvido o Emexis-Webmail, contando com todas as funcionalidades do Squirrelmail original e com uma interface mais agradável ao usuário.  O Emexis-Webmail utiliza <!--more-->na íntegra os mecanismos de manipulação de mensagens do Squirrelmail a função do Emexis-Webmail é tratar apenas a interface do usuário melhorando a usabilidade e apresentação.  A BRconnection desenvolveu o Emexis-Webmail utilizando a mesma licença do SquirrelMail, ou seja, a licença (GPL).  Assim como o Squirrelmail, ele está disponível para qualquer plataforma sendo necessário como requisitos, o Apache, PHP 5 ou superior e O SGBD PostgreSql.  O Emexis-Webmail é escrito em PHP 5 e Ajax.</p>
<p>Recursos adicionados:</p>
<p>* Customização da Interface, tornando á muito mais intuitiva e agradável.</p>
<p>* Implementação de recursos em Ajax.</p>
<p>* Calendário para agendamento de eventos.</p>
<p>* Quota de disco.</p>
<p>* Estatística do Webmail.</p>
<p>* Visualização do Webmail nos modos horizontal e vertical.</p>
<p>Mais sobre o projeto em <a href="http://eos.brc.com.br/index.php/pt/emexis" target="_blank">http://eos.brc.com.br/index.php/pt/emexis</a></p>
<p>Acesse aqui a versão Demo do Emexis-Webmail <span style="font-family:courier new;color:#999999;"><a href="http://webmaildemo.brc.com.br:10005/">http://webmaildemo.brc.com.br:10005</a>.</span></p>
<p>Versão corrente 1.0.2 Stable baseado no SquirrelMail 1.4.19</p>
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<link>http://lushious.wordpress.com/2009/10/21/dusty-flight/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:26:15 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ryanicus</dc:creator>
<guid>http://lushious.wordpress.com/2009/10/21/dusty-flight/</guid>
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<link>http://lushious.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/ecstacy/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:15:56 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ryanicus</dc:creator>
<guid>http://lushious.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/ecstacy/</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[BRC: A Week with the Barefoot Contessa]]></title>
<link>http://barefootbloggers.wordpress.com/2009/10/14/brc-a-week-with-the-barefoot-contessa/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:33:18 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tara</dc:creator>
<guid>http://barefootbloggers.wordpress.com/2009/10/14/brc-a-week-with-the-barefoot-contessa/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I realize this BRC has been a long-time coming but I think you will be pleased.  Let me explain]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:center;">I realize this BRC has been a long-time coming but I think you will be pleased.  Let me explain&#8230;</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">In August 2008, I challenged myself to cook and post one Ina recipe everyday for a week.  I think I came pretty close to achieving my goal of posting everyday and wanted to repeat this idea this past summer by opening up the invitation to the BB group to join me.  Somehow the summer slipped away though and here we are in the second week of October&#8230;not that I <em>really </em>mind though because this season usually yields some of my favorite types of food so choosing these recipes wasn&#8217;t all that difficult.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">I&#8217;d love for you to join me in this challenge!  Please keep reading for the instructions and recipes&#8230;</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">1. Choose any or all of the recipes listed below and post about them during the week of <strong>November 2 &#8211; 6</strong>.  You don&#8217;t have the <em>make</em> all of the recipes during that week, just post about them. (HINT: schedule your posts early if you are unable to write a post everyday).</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">2. There is no set posting day for any of the recipes. The idea is to post one recipe each day (if you plan to make all 5 recipes) but feel free to post multiple recipes on one day if you want to.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">3. I want to do a round-up post here on the blog so after you&#8217;ve posted, please send me <strong>one</strong> photo from each of the recipes you&#8217;ve chosen to post about.  In this email, please include your first name, blog address, and the recipes for which you are sending me photos.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">4. If you&#8217;re not a member of Barefoot Bloggers but have been hanging around here debating whether or not you want to join, I encourage you to join us for this challenge as well!  I think this will give you a decent idea about what the group is like and will also give you the opportunity to participate in the Musings posts that will go along with each recipe. Consider it a &#8220;trial run.&#8221; <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>A Week with the Barefoot Contessa Recipes</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/peanut-butter-and-jelly-bars-recipe/index.html" target="_blank">Peanut Butter and Jelly Bars</a> &#8211; Barefoot Contessa at Home, page 170</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/chicken-chili-recipe/index.html" target="_blank">Chicken Chili</a> &#8211; Barefoot Contessa Parties!, page 232</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/caramelized-butternut-squash-recipe/index.html" target="_blank">Caramelized Butternut Squash</a> &#8211; The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook, page 151</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/french-string-beans-recipe2/index.html" target="_blank">French String Beans</a> &#8211; Barefoot in Paris, page 160</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/roasted-potato-leek-soup-recipe/index.html" target="_blank">Roasted Potato Leek Soup</a> &#8211; Back to Basics, page 63</p>
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<link>http://liberaleye.wordpress.com/2009/10/14/how-unfriendly-prices-can-damage-your-wealth/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:26:33 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>liberaleye</dc:creator>
<guid>http://liberaleye.wordpress.com/2009/10/14/how-unfriendly-prices-can-damage-your-wealth/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Quickly now, at your local supermarket which is better value - 4 rolls of paper towels for £2.79 or ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Quickly now, at your local supermarket which is better value - 4 rolls of paper towels for £2.79 or 6 for £4.29?</p>
<p>Most people take some pride in being careful shoppers but it&#8217;s not easy when you have to do sums like that in your head (especially if you have a fretful toddler in tow).   These are what my wife, a chartered accountant, calls &#8217;unfriendly numbers&#8217; meaning ones that don&#8217;t lend themselves to mental arithmetic.   </p>
<p>This is no accident;  you&#8217;re not supposed to compare them because unfriendly numbers and similar tricks are at the heart of the &#8216;trick and trap&#8217; sales strategy now universally used by Big Retail.   The objective is to induce customers to overpay by confusing or misleading them about the price of items and, in particular, which about choices are best value.  </p>
<p>Although there are laws against misrepresentation Big Retail has discovered you can comply with the letter of the law while frustrating its purpose by exploiting psychological tricks.  These tricks don&#8217;t fool everyone all the time but they don&#8217;t have to.   It&#8217;s a matter of averages;  as long as they work for some people some of the time they serve their purpose and my guess is that they actually work for most people most of the time. </p>
<p>Nor is it just supermarkets that resort to price confusion strategies;  it&#8217;s endemic in many sectors.  Did the banks selling worthless securitized sub-prime loans really want price transparency whereby their customers would have understood the real value of what they were buying?   Do you really understand your telephone bill?  (Do you think you are <em>supposed</em> to?)   Confusing customers about true value is one of the oldest tricks in the book.  </p>
<p>Just how effective this can be in the case of supermarkets was dramatically illustrated by the <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00n5p60/Watchdog_08_10_2009/" target="_blank">BBC&#8217;s Watchdog consumer program this last week (video &#8211; package begins at about 40 minutes</a>).   They arranged for three couples to buy a list of just six items as cheaply as possible from a mocked-up supermarket stacked with retailing tricks taken from real life.   The cheapest it was possible to buy the list was just £11.96 but the three teams spent £14.52, £21.10 and £21.27 &#8211; equivalent to truly eye-watering premiums of 21%, 76% and 78% respectively over the best possible price.   While this obviously wasn&#8217;t a properly conducted scientific test it does show the effect of this chicanery is pretty huge.  Moreover, it&#8217;s reasonable to infer that it will disproportionately trap those lower down the social (and educational) scale.   </p>
<p>Watchdog&#8217;s package concludes with a spokesman from the British Retail Consortium (the lobby group for Big Retail) trying very unconvincingly to blame it all on &#8216;mistakes&#8217;.   The fact is that when your sales are in billions making just 1p more in every pound become hugely profitable and the supermarkets have a massive incentive to turn deceit  into a strategy.</p>
<p>Is it possible to estimate, however roughly, the scale of excess revenues garnered by the supermarkets?   Obviously not from Watchdog&#8217;s little test of the efficacy of &#8216;trick and trap&#8217; which is, in any case, only one of many strategies employed.   However, we can get one estimate of how much cheaper supermarkets could be from Aldi and Lidl both of which claim to be around a third cheaper than the established competition.  Combine this with supermarket sales of around $90 billion and you get excess revenues of £30 billion &#8211; equivalent to a staggering £500 per annum for every person in the UK.</p>
<p>Is this a reasonable figure?  The supermarkets and their apologists would obviously say not but Im going to stick my neck out and say that, for all that it&#8217;s a bit approximate, I suspect it&#8217;s about right.   But even if it&#8217;s a substantial overestimate, it still dwarfs anything the government has yet come up with to help ordinary folk as opposed to bankers.  </p>
<p>Oligarchs or people: hopefully that will be the choice at the next election.</p>
<p><em>By the way, the answer to the question at the head of this post is that the 6-pack costs 2.2% more than the 4-pack on a per unit basis.</em></p>
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<link>http://brewhaus.wordpress.com/2009/10/12/tecate-unofficial-beer-of-burning-man/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 04:10:24 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Tecate is kind of like the Budweiser of Mexico, and it doesn&#8217;t taste much better, or worse for]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-71" title="Burning Man " src="http://brewhaus.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/burners.jpg?w=300" alt="Burning Man " width="300" height="240" /><a href="http://cervezatecate.com/" target="_blank">Tecate</a> is kind of like the <a href="http://www.budweiser.com" target="_blank">Budweiser</a> of Mexico, and it doesn&#8217;t taste much better, or worse for that matter! I&#8217;m not sure exactly how it came about, or why, but one could say that Tecate is the brand of beer preferred 3 out of 4 burners (attendees of <a href="http://www.burningman.com/" target="_blank">Burning Man</a>).  It&#8217;s become so prevalent at Burning Man camp fund raisers and underground parties around San Francisco, that you can pretty much ask the bar tender for a &#8220;rave beer&#8221; and they&#8217;ll grab a Tecate for you.  It&#8217;s cheap, easy to drink, and stands up to the crazy dust storms that punish Black Rock City (<a href="http://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/fo/wfo/blm_programs/planning/Black_Rock_Desert-High_Rock_Canyon_Emigrant_Trails_National_Conservation_Area/black_rock_desert-high.html" target="_blank">Black Rock Desert BLM</a>) every summer.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll drink the stuff every so often, but it&#8217;s usually when one of my burner friends shows up to a party with an 18 pack of the stuff.  Tecate is one of those beers that people rarely drink out of the bottle, and almost always out of a can.  You know the class of beers I&#8217;m talking about (just think back to your college years); <a href="http://www.naturallight.com" target="_blank">Natty Ice</a>, <a href="http://www.pabstblueribbon.com" target="_blank">Pabst Blue Ribbon</a>, <a href="http://www.oldmilwaukee.com/" target="_blank">Old Milwaukee</a>, etc. The reason my friends bought stuff like Natty back then was because we were broke college kids.  If you&#8217;re paying $300 for a ticket to Burning Man, there&#8217;s a pretty good chance you can burn a little cash.  And with the throngs of tech geeks from Silicon Valley who flood the Black Rock City every year, there&#8217;s quite a presence of well to do white collar professionals looking to blow wads of cash in the middle of the desert- all in the pursuit of&#8230; Tecate?!?!  So yah, it makes sense that you probably shouldn&#8217;t go parading around drunk out of your gourd whilst drinking anything out of a glass bottle that could easily shatter into a thousand tiny shards of glass across the desert floor- which could become a real problem for the next shoeless hippie prancing across the desert just as drunk as you are.</p>
<p>Almost all my favorite beers come only come in bottles, except for maybe one or two, which really narrows down what you could drink at a place like Burning Man.  And with Budweiser, Miller, and Coors all being owned by non-American companies now, maybe drinking Tecate is the next most patriotic thing you could do.  Cuz hey, we all know that PBR is for those hipsters and they&#8217;re single geared bikes that hang out at the Beauty Bar in the Mission District.  I guess when you&#8217;re making $11 an hour at Amoeba records you can&#8217;t afford to drink anything that costs more than $2 a beer at your local bar.</p>
<p>Still, I haven&#8217;t figured out exactly why Tecate = Burning Man.  I&#8217;ve searched far and wide, drank the stuff til I damn near went blind, ate a mouthful of playa dust, and skinned the artificial pink fuzzy fur of a burner&#8217;s back, and I&#8217;m still just as clueless the first time I found out about this phenomenon.  If you have any insight into the mystery of Tecate and Burning Man, please give me a shout.  My head is starting to hurt trying to make sense out of this illogical matter, and I think it&#8217;s time for another beer review.  No, I&#8217;m not gonna review Tecate!  It wouldn&#8217;t be fair to review this party beer without being in the middle of nowhere with incredibly loud music, and no less than twelver of Tecate.  With that being said, I promise you such a review that meets all the requirements before the year&#8217;s over!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Burning Man Decompression]]></title>
<link>http://queryxircon.wordpress.com/2009/09/28/burning-man-decompression/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:43:43 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Been a while since I have posted in here but managed to make 3 posts today. Last one being the need ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Been a while since I have posted in here but managed to make 3 posts today. Last one being the need for decompression from burning man. If you are finding yourself in this position, I might be able to help.</p>
<p>What is decompression? I did not experience this my first year but did my second. After leaving BRC and burning man, I found myself wanting to talk with people about my experiences. I found myself planning and thinking about next year and I was not even home yet. I tried to talk to my co-workers but they were not there and really did not understand my experiences. I had this fun and excitement to share but no one to share it with. I called friends I was there with and tried talking to them on the phone but works over a phone was not enough.</p>
<p>Why decompression? All of the things I just mentioned is why decompression. Decompression events allow you to hang around fellow burners and just talk. You can share stories about what you saw, they saw, or wished you had done. Can also talk about ideas for the next year.</p>
<p>My plan is to return home for a large but private decompression event. Private in that we are not advertising it as an official event but still open to anyone who wishes to attend.</p>
<p>Your decompression plans? I recommend going to the official site, <a href="http://www.burningman.com/blackrockcity_yearround/special_events/decompression/">Burningman.com Decompression</a>. There they list a lot of decompression events as they come up and are reported in. Your next option is to get involved with local burners in your area. BurningMan.com has a whole section of <a href="information on this to ">events happening year round</a>. Other options is to find blogs, such as this one, and just read. Here is a more suited one at <a href="http://blog.burningman.com/?p=5613">Burningman.com</a> that might explain it a little better.</p>
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<link>http://superfeedrdemo.wordpress.com/2009/09/24/burning-man-2009-2/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:04:48 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Less stress more safety]]></title>
<link>http://kyle5mellon.wordpress.com/2009/09/15/less-stress-more-safety/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:46:57 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Well it feels like ages since I actually blogged, and truth be told I really don&#8217;t have much o]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Well it feels like ages since I actually blogged, and truth be told I really don&#8217;t have much of a desire to drum something up. People have been asking me how things are going and I really don&#8217;t have much to say. I surf, I ride my XR 650L and I&#8217;m working up a trip with my dad, I attend and host a lot of BBQs, drink with friends, workout, and go to work&#8230;. ok I play a little World of Warcraft too. My life is pretty damn stress free, and rarely filled with boredom and anything as stagnant and depressing as living in Seattle was for me. All good things.</p>
<p>Dive school as all readers and close friends know, is a go. To further the interesting circumstances of how I&#8217;ve got this far I&#8217;ll be going to school with not only guys I work with at the locker, but a few more I know. John H. whom I served with on the USCGC Baranof in the Persian Gulf last year with and Chris H. who was a diver and MLE/FP team member with me in Seattle fresh from making Coast Guard recruits as hard as they can get at boot camp in Cape May, New Jersey. With all that the Coast Guard will be &#8220;rollin&#8217; deep&#8221; into a mostly Army and Navy dive school. It&#8217;s great to know I&#8217;ll have good friends in the class that will without a doubt up all of our performances, I can&#8217;t wait.</p>
<p>I went to update my ribbon bar to prep my uniform when I report to dive school in Panama City, but eyeballed it. I came back missing four earned ribbons, but still managed to spend an astounding 35 dollars on fancy colored cloth. Damn the man.</p>
<p>In accordance with new military regulations all motorcycle riders who intend on riding on base must complete a motorcycle safety course. I was pretty excited to attend, as it&#8217;s kind of a perishable skill, riding safely at least. The course was put on by the California Motorcyclist Safety Program (www.ca-msp.org) for basic riding course or (BRC). The CMSP puts on other course from advanced skills to dirtbike courses, which I&#8217;m also interested in. Of course it costs money, but for the military it was free, and it MAY get some money knocked off your insurance. Anywho, the course was very informative and I was able to break off the rust and remember how to handle a motorcycle, which was a lot of fun. The instructors were very good, had a lot of experience, and made the class fun, which is saying a lot from someone who probably has undiagnosed ADD and did it over the weekend. If you&#8217;re in the military and ride ask your supervisor or another rider with a military sticker on their motorcycle, the course is well worth it. And for all your dumbasses riding your sportsbike at 95mph on the freeway with a white t-shirt, shorts, shoes, and a helmet with stupid mohawks on it&#8230;. I hope you crash and die in a fiery wreck.</p>
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<link>http://bfphotoracing.wordpress.com/2009/08/31/antonio-barros-na-luta-pela-2-%c2%aa-posicao/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:04:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>bfphotoracing</dc:creator>
<guid>http://bfphotoracing.wordpress.com/2009/08/31/antonio-barros-na-luta-pela-2-%c2%aa-posicao/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Depois de alguns problemas sentidos na prova anterior, António Barros está mais animado para a rampa]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><img src="http://bfnoticias.wordpress.com/files/2009/08/dsc_0124_150.jpg" alt="Foto Oficial: António Barros" title="Foto Oficial: António Barros" width="150" height="100" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-136" />Depois de alguns problemas sentidos na prova anterior, António Barros está mais animado para a rampa do Caramulo, que vai ter lugar este fim de semana no dia de sábado, onde vai estar presente ao volante do seu BRC CM 05 Evolution. <a href="http://bfnoticias.wordpress.com/2009/08/31/antonio-barros-na-luta-pela-2-%c2%aa-posicao/#more-135">Ler mais&#62;&#62;&#62;</a></p>
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<link>http://bfnoticias.wordpress.com/2009/08/31/antonio-barros-na-luta-pela-2-%c2%aa-posicao/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>bfphotoracing</dc:creator>
<guid>http://bfnoticias.wordpress.com/2009/08/31/antonio-barros-na-luta-pela-2-%c2%aa-posicao/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Depois de alguns problemas sentidos na prova anterior, António Barros está mais animado para a rampa]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-136" title="Foto Oficial: António Barros" src="http://bfnoticias.wordpress.com/files/2009/08/dsc_0124_150.jpg" alt="Foto Oficial: António Barros" width="150" height="100" />Depois de alguns problemas sentidos na prova anterior, António Barros está mais animado para a rampa do Caramulo, que vai ter lugar este fim de semana no dia de sábado, onde vai estar presente ao volante do seu BRC CM 05 Evolution. <!--more-->Numa rampa que não é nada favorável ao BRC CM 05 Evolution, António Barros falou-nos um pouco do que o espera ”esta prova está longe de ser favorável ao meu carro, não tenho qualquer hipótese de bater o Juno do Pedro Salvador, a não ser que ele tenha alguns problemas. Por outro lado, tenho de me acautelar também com o Juno do Paulo Ramalho que está a andar muito bem esta época, e é sempre um adversário de respeito.” Sobre a rampa acrescentou “é muito rápida, e estreita na fase final, mas não é favorável ao BRC, bem pelo contrário, espero que na rampa de Guimarães me possa aproximar mais dos Junos, pois esta rampa está mais de acordo com as características do meu carro”.</p>
<p>Fazendo um balanço da época “está a correr bem, no início esperava mais do carro, mas os Junos na Montanha são máquinas temíveis, e estamos a ver os resultados que têm feito, para o BRC é difícil lá chegar, mas o meu espírito é sempre o mesmo, nunca baixar os braços perante as dificuldades, e lutar por fazer sempre o melhor, é esse o meu lema, e assim será até à ultima prova do campeonato”.<br />
António Barros vai estar em prova no dia de sábado, com as sessões de subidas livres e treinos marcada a partir das 9h30m, com as subidas de prova para a parte da tarde.</p>
<p style="text-align:right;"><em>PRESS RELEASE</em></p>
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