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Saturday's Races
The Harvard-Yale Regatta, the oldest intercollegiate sporting event will take place for the 144th time June 13, 2009 in New London, Conn.
For the first time since 1999 the racing will be held downstream. The races will be begin in the late afternoon with the freshman starting off the regatta at 2:30 p.m. The junior varsity race will begin at 3:15 p.m., followed by the varsity crews at 4:15 p.m. All three races will end at Gold Star Bridge with the freshman race starting at Mamacoke Hill, the junior varsity beginning upstream from the Coast Guard Academy and the varsities taking off from Bartlett's Cove.
Yale has won the last two downstream races, in 1996 and 1999, while the Crimson last tasted victory in 1992. The Crimson holds a slight, 34-26, lead in races held in this direction.
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The 2009 Harvard-Yale Regatta will be broadcast on WKNL Kool 101 (100.9), where Charlie Hamlin and Andy Card will again call the action. Hamlin, a 1970 Harvard graduate, was a standout Crimson oarsman who rowed in the 1968 Mexico City Olympics in the four without coxswain. Card is the head coach of Yale's lightweight crew, which he has led to four national titles. The broadcast can be heard via the internet at www.kool101fm.com.
144 and Counting
Crews from Harvard and Yale first met August 3, 1852 in a two-mile race on New Hampshire's Lake Winnipesaukee, marking the first time American colleges formally competed against each other in athletics. Harvard won that contest by two lengths and has built an 89-54 edge in the varsity series by winning seven of the last nine contests. Yale snapped Harvard's seven-year reign in 2007 with a come-from-behind win in the final strokes. The Crimson has won 21 of the last 24 and 42 of the last 50 races. Harvard swept all three races in the regatta from 2001-2004 and in 2008.
In 2008, Harvard won the second varsity eight by 20 seconds to increase its lead in the series to 69-37, while the freshman eight's seven-second margin of victory gave them a 64-40-1ead in the rivalry.
Last Time Out
Harvard heavyweight crews advanced to the grand finals of the Intercollegiate National Rowing (IRA) National Championships in four of the five races they entered last weekend.
The Crimson had its best showing in the freshman eight, as the Yardlings bounced back from a slow start and the sixth-place position 500 meters into the race to take the silver medal. Harvard rowed the fastest final 500 meters to claim its best finish since 2005.
The varsity eight took fifth in a very tough grand final, while the second varsity eight also battled against a strong field to finish fifth in its race.
Harvard was fifth in the varsity four and eighth (second in the petite final) of the open fours.
The 2008 H-Y Recap
Harvard came back from a significant Yale lead to win H-Y Regatta last June. The Crimson used a 20 stroke push two miles into the race to go from six seats down to six seats ahead and led the rest of the way. Harvard's time of 18:54.1 was the seventh-fastest time in Harvard history and fifth fastest upstream. Yale's performance cannot be overlooked, as the Bulldogs' time of 19:01.6 was the 11th-best time in regatta history.
Harvard won the second varsity eight race by 20 seconds to earn back the F. Valentine Chappell Trophy. The win capped off an unbeaten dual-racing season for the second varsity eight. After a strong start, the Crimson led from start to finish, opening its lead throughout the race. The Crimson rowed cleanly throughout the final 1.5 miles to finish in 14:03.2. Harvard's time was the fastest since 1997, when the Crimson rowed under 14 minutes. Yale finished in 14:23.4.
Harvard won the New London Cup for the second year in a row and seventh time in the last eight years as JV champion. Yale took an early lead off the start and led by two seats through the submarine base. The margin was less than a seat just before the mile marker, which is where Harvard took the lead for the first time and moved out to three-quarter length advantage. The Crimson maintained its lead through the finish and clocked in at 8:53.8. It was the third-fastest time by a winning crew in the freshman race. Yale finished with a time of 9:01.3.
Sprints Recap
Both the heavyweight and lightweight varsity eights finished second in their respective races at the EARC Sprints last month.
The lightweights won the Jope Cup as team champions for the 20th time in program history. Harvard claimed gold in the third varsity eight, silver in the varsity eight and freshman eight and bronze in the second varsity eight and freshman eight. The Crimson claimed the team trophy for the third in the last six years.
The heavyweights were second in the Rowe Cup standings after all five boats qualified for the grand final. The freshman eight and third varsity eight won silver as well, while the second freshman eight was third and the second varsity eight was fifth.
Dual Racing Recap
In the other four regattas this season, the varsity eight was 6-0, winning the Stein Cup (Brown), the Adams Cup (Navy and Penn), the Compton Cup (MIT and Princeton) and the Charlie Smith Cup (Northeastern).
The Varsity Boat
Harvard is looking for its 20th unbeaten dual racing season under Harry Parker, the Stone Family Head Coach for Harvard Crew. The varsity eight was second at the EARC Sprints and fifth at the IRA National Championships.
The varsity eight boat is made up of three seniors, three juniors and three sophomores, including the coxswain. Two members of the boat were in the 2007 boat that won gold at the Sprints and silver at IRAs.
The 1V has an international flare as six members of the boat hail from outside the United States. Two rowers and the coxswain hail from Europe (England and Germany) ,while three come from Canada.
First Time for Everything
Unlike previous years, the varsity eights from Harvard and Yale have not raced in the same heat (at San Diego or Sprints) during the spring. The 144th Regatta will be the first and only test between these two rivals in 2009.
The Unbeaten
The varsity eight will look to finish off an undefeated dual campaign when it races Yale. The Crimson has gone undefeated 19 times under Harry Parker, but has not done so since 2005. Harvard came close in 2007, winning four of its five regattas. Yale pulled off the upset in the 142nd edition of the Regatta with one of the closest finishes in series history 0.5- second margin.
Second Varsity Eight
The Crimson's 2V has spent most of this spring trying to find its speed and the best combination of oarsmen. After taking third in the Sharp Carbillo Cup race at the San Diego Crew Classic, Harvard went 3-2 in its first four dual races. The Crimson finished fifth in the grand final at Sprints and in the same spot at the IRA National Championships.
After playing around with the line-up several times this season, the second varsity eight line-up should remain the same as the IRA regatta crew. Sophomore Ben French, who won a bronze medal at the IRAs as a freshman moved into the stroke seat after Sprints, replacing senior Sam Kenary. Senior William Rueter returned to the boat to replace classmate Tom Fleming.
Rueter moved into the bow seat, while Duncan Gilchrist switched from bow tothe five seat, Mark Fuller moved from the two seat to six and John Stroh changed to the two seat from the six seat.
Harvard and Yale raced in their preliminary heat at Sprints earlier this year, with the Crimson edging the Bulldogs to move on to the grand final.
Freshman Eight
Harvard's 2009 freshman boat was edged by Brown in the grand final at Sprints. The Yardlings went 6-0 in dual racing action. Yale's rookie boat went 5-1 in dual action and finished sixth at the Sprints
Combination Boat
The combination boat, or third varsity crew, will be made up of rowers from last week's varsity fours and open fours and two seniors from the Sprints second varsity line-up.
Senior Class
The 11 seniors on the team have all rowed in the varsity eight and/or second varsity eight at some point in their careers. Harvard's seniors have combined to win 26 medals at the EARC Sprints. This class helped us win the 2007 Rowe Cup for the most points scored at Sprints in the top three races.
Simon Gawlik and Henrik Rummel were gold medal winners at Sprints and were a part of the 2007 boat that went on to win the Ladies Plate Challenge at the Henley Royal Regatta.
A Worldy Crew
The Crimson rowers come from the United States and nine other countries. Twenty-four oarsmen on this year's roster hail from three different Canadian provinces, Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, England, Germany, Serbia, the Ukraine and New Zealand.
Harvard and the National Championship
Harvard won its third-straight IRA National Championship in 2005 in Camden, N.J. The Crimson also won the Cincinnati Regatta in 1983, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989 and 1992. Harvard won "unofficial" national championships (undefeated against all major college competition) in 1966, 1967, 1968, 1973, 1974, 1975 and 1980.
On the Thames
This is the 35th-straight year and the 122nd time overall that the Harvard-Yale race is being held on the Thames River in New London, Conn. Harvard holds a 72-49 lead in varsity races at this location. The first time the Regatta was held in New London was on June 28, 1878, a downstream race won by Harvard. The last non-New London race took place on May 18, 1974, on the Charles River in Cambridge. Harvard was victorious in that contest as well.
Only five times in the last 128 years has the race not been held in New London. In addition to 1974, they are: June 25, 1897—in Poughkeepsie, NY; June 1, 1918—in Derby, Conn.; May 23, 1942—in Derby, Conn.; June 1, 1946—in Cambridge. Prior to settling in New London, the race was held in New Hampshire, Springfield (Mass.), Worcester (Mass.) and Saratoga (N.Y.).
Adding Up the Years
This is the 64th-consecutive year that Harvard and Yale are meeting in crew, as the series was renewed in 1946 with a 1.75-mile race on the Charles River, following a three-year hiatus during World War II. Since the first meeting between the schools in 1852, the only years the Harvard-Yale race was not held are: 1853, 1854, 1856, 1857, 1858, 1861, 1862, 1863, 1871, 1896, 1917, 1943, 1944 and 1945.
Upstream, Downstream
Harvard leads the upstream series, 38-23, and has won 17 of the last 18 upstream races (1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2008). Prior to Yale's win in 2007 its most recent upstream victory came in 1984.
In 1995, both Harvard and Yale shattered the upstream record with the Crimson winning in 18:41.9, one length ahead of the Elis' 18:45.5. Those times bettered Harvard's mark of 18:52.4, set in 1994. Harvard's time in 2004 (18.42.1) was the second fastest upstream time in regatta history.
Upstream regattas have been the norm in recent years; 26 of the last 33 have been held in this direction. In downstream races on the Thames, Harvard owns a 34-26 advantage. Harvard set the downstream and course record on June 7, 1980 with its time of 18:22.4. Yale has won the two most recent downstream races, held in 1996 and 1998. Harvard won the three downstreamers previous to that—in 1989, 1991 and 1992.
Getting Out the Broom
Momentum can be a big advantage as 15 of the last 22 Regattas have produced a sweep for one of the schools. Harvard has recorded 14 sweeps in this span (and four straight from 2001 to 2004), accomplishing the feat in 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2008. Yale swept the 1996 Regatta
Winning Streaks
Harvard's 11-year win streak that ran from 1985 to 1995 is the second-longest in Regatta history. The record is 18-straight wins, accomplished by Harvard between 1963 and 1980 (in Coach Harry Parker's first 18 years at the helm). The Crimson won 10 races in a row between 1936 and 1948 (the race wasn't held in 1943, 1944 and 1945). Yale's longest series winning streak is six, which it has accomplished three times (1893-1898, 1900-1905 and 1921-1926).
H-Y Series Leaders
Harvard has held the varsity series lead since 1941, when that year's Regatta win gave the Crimson a 40-39 advantage. Yale pulled within 47-46 with its victory in 1958 (completing a streak of five-straight Eli triumphs), but Harvard won the next three races to take a 50-46 lead after a Bulldog win in 1962, 18 straight by the Crimson gave Harvard a 68-47 lead. The Elis have only won seven times since then, most recently in 2007.
Harvard took over the lead in the freshman series in 1966, with a nine-second win that put the Crimson ahead, 32-31-1. It was the second of 11 consecutive frosh victories by Harvard.
The Crimson JVs won the first four races of their series and have never trailed in that rivalry. An eight-year winning streak from 1997 to 2004 by Harvard in that race padded the lead
Coaching Reigns
Harvard head coach Harry Parker (Penn '57), perhaps the most recognized figure in the sport of rowing, is in his 47th season as the head coach of Harvard heavyweight crew.
Entering the Yale race, his regatta record is an amazing 177-40 (.813), and his record vs. all dual opponents is an even more astounding 290-43-1 (.870). Highlights of his tenure include 19 undefeated seasons, 20 EARC Sprints varsity titles, nine official national championship victories, and eight unofficial national titles (undefeated varsity crews against all major competition) over the preceding two decades.
Parker's crews won official national championships in 1983, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989 and 1992, as well as back-to-back-to-back titles in 2003, 2004 and 2005. His 1985 crew scored what would be considered a Harvard grand-slam: a win at the Sprints, a triumph over Yale, a victory at Cincinnati and a win in the Grand Challenge Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta. He has led Harvard to seven San Diego Classic titles and two championships each at the Potomac Regatta and Redwood Shores Regatta. He has also led them to significant success at Henley, as 2002's varsity won the Ladies Challenge Plate, part of a three-boat sweep at the prestigious event. Harvard's 2V four captured the Britannia Cup, and the freshmen were victorious in the Temple Cup that year as well.
Under Parker, Harvard crews have competed on a world stage. The Crimson won the 1967 Pan American Games and captured the 1968 U.S. Olympic trials before taking sixth in the Games at Mexico City. Most recently, the 2004 varsity took sixth at the Bearing Point World Cup Regatta – an Olympic tune-up for national team boats – in Lucerne, Switzerland.
A long-time coach of U.S. Olympic Rowing, Parker himself was an Olympian in 1960. He was the U.S. single scull champion in 1959 and 1960, was the Pan Am Games winner in 1959 and placed fifth in that same event in the 1960 Games. He has coached 52 Olympians while at Harvard, most recently Malcolm Howard '05 and Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss '04, who all rowed in 2008 in Bejiing. Howard won a gold medal in the Canadian Eight, while the Winklevoss twins rowed together in the grand final of the men's pair.
Freshman Coach Bill Manning
Harvard's freshmen are coached by Bill Manning, a 1987 Holy Cross graduate now in his seventh season at the helm. He has a 68-8-1 coaching mark – including an 8-1 record vs. Yale – and has directed the Crimson Yardlings to five EARC Sprints titles (1999, 2001, 2002, 2004 and 2008) and the 2001 and 2002 Temple Cup victories at Henley.
Manning, formerly a coaching intern on the Crimson staff (where he worked with the varsity heavyweights), served as an assistant with the U.S. Junior National Team that won silver medals at the 1997 World Championships in Austria and 1998 Worlds in Belgium. He also worked with former Crimson oarsmen in 2004 as a member of the United States coaching staff in Athens at the Olympic Games.
A native of Plattsburgh, N.Y., Manning was a history teacher and crew coach at Buckingham, Brown & Nichols School in Cambridge prior to joining the Harvard staff. He earned a Ed.M. in administration, planning, and social policy from Harvard in 1998.
Sprints Title Leaders
Harvard heavyweight crew has captured a combined 64 Eastern Sprints crowns (1V, 2V and 1F), more than twice as many as any other school. Penn is second with 24.5 championships, while Brown is third with 20, followed by Cornell with 18, Navy with 17 and Yale with 15.5.
Harvard-Yale in the Spotlight
The Harvard-Yale crew rivalry was featured in the cover story of the June 2000 issue of Yankee Magazine. ABC then followed 2002's 150th anniversary race for an extended piece that ran on World News Tonight. Even Sports Illustrated, in its college sports issue in April 1997, called the Harvard-Yale crew race "college sports' most venerable rivalry." The magazine has also praised Harvard for having the largest athletic program in Division I (41 sports, 1500 athletes) and named it the 41st-best "jock school" in the country. In 1999, Sports Illustrated for Women labeled Harvard the ninth-best school in the country for women's collegiate athletics.
Last summer, Harry Parker, who graced the cover of SI in 1965, was the feature of an ESPN.com piece. Earlier in the year, Harvard rowers appeared on NBC's Today Show (Sunday) and ABC's Extreme Makeover Home Edition as well as in numerous publications in Boston.
And Don't Forget about Football
The Harvard-Yale football contest, known simply as "The Game," will have its 126th playing on Saturday, November 21, in New Haven, Conn. Harvard won the Ivy League title last November by defeating the Elis, 10-0. Yale leads the all-time series, 65-51-8.
Foes Can be Friends
The Harvard and Yale men's and women's track and field teams combined to compete against a squad from Oxford and Cambridge in the 42nd H-Y vs. O-C meet this past April in New Haven, Conn. The first meet was held in 1899 and has continued biannually. Every four years the Crimson and Bulldogs travel to Europe.
Overall vs. the Elis
Including Saturday's crew race, Crimson and Bulldog teams will have squared off in head-to-head competition 40 times during the 2008-09 athletic season — and that number doesn't include any number of league championship events or individual tournament matches. Yale fields 35 varsity sports and Harvard has 41, the most of any Division I school in the nation.
Crew Season Ends With 144th H-Y Regatta Saturday Afternoon
Saturday's Races


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- Potomac Heritage Trail links three major trail routes along the Potomac River, including the C&O Canal and the Mount Vernon Trail; they're great for hiking, biking, and camping.
- The C&O Canal Trail stretches 185 miles west to Cumberland, Maryland, including a major visitors' center fifteen miles out at the Great Falls of the Potomac
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NEW VIDEO -- what to expect from judiciary chairman john conyers on july 11, 2007
07.09.07 -- 10:00 a.m.
as predicted, fred fielding
will not articulate the legal
basis for the white house's
claim of blanket executive
privilege -- setting up a
vote on contempt of congress,
once sara taylor, as many now
expect, appears, but asserts an
illusory executive privilege, in
sneering defiance of her subpoena
this coming wednesday at 10 a.m.
meanwhile, over in the house
judiciary committee, chairman john
conyers' notice is up for noon on 7/11. . .
official house judiciary
committee hearing notice:
Wednesday 07/11/2007 - 12:00 PM
2141 Rayburn House Office Building
Full Committee
Hearing on: The Use and Misuse of
Presidential Clemency Power for
Executive Branch Officials
Ambassador Joseph Wilson
Roger Adams,
US Department of Justice Pardon Attorney
Douglas A. Berman,
The William B. Saxbe
Professor of Law,
Moritz College of Law,
The Ohio State University
Tom Cochran,
Assistant Federal Public Defender,
Middle District of North Carolina
(Attorney for Victor A. Rita,
Rita v. US)
David Rifkin,
Baker & Hostetler LLP,
former Justice Department official
during the Reagan and Bush Sr. administrations.
Chairman Conyers added: "Congress must now look into presidential authority to grant clemency, and how such power may be abused. Taken to its extreme, and possibly in the case of the Libby clemency, the use of such authority could completely circumvent the law enforcement process and prevent credible efforts to investigate wrongdoing in the executive branch."
APPEAR HERE ON 07.11.07 a.m.
because so many events of this summer
clearly echo those of the summer of 1974,
it once again seems fitting to hear
from the entirely ethical former white
house counsel, under richard m. nixon, john
dean, on what we might expect from rep. john
conyers' house judiciary committee hearing july 11, 2007.
the subject, of course, is the process surrounding,
and the circumstances governing the decision by the
president to commute the 30 month sentence (on 4 counts
of felony perjury, and obstruction of justice) of i.
lewis "scooter" libby, while not commuting the sentence
of victor a. rita -- for two counts of felony perjury,
resulting in a sentence of 33 months. note also that,
as mr. dean later pointed out, the mere refusal -- by
president nixon -- to comply with a congressional sub-
poena for his documents, was what led to the first article
of his impeachment -- defiance of congressional subpoenas.
note also that nixon asserted a blanket executive privilege
over the papers and recordings sam ervin sought. finally,
note that the white house has until 10 a.m. monday, july 9,
2007 to explain the legal basis for its blanket assertion
of executive privilege against the subpeonas issued by the
house, and senate judiciary committees, for documents
re the n.s.a. warrantless wiretapping program, and the
firings of at least nine united states attorneys,
among other matters.
the video is only 1:15 long, and includes some
archival photos of a young john conyers, with the
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., from 1968. . . do enjoy.
it should be an interesting first
few days of next week, no?


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yo, where you been hiding these days lol
i added your MSN--No idea if that works cus I merged mine with skype
oh, sure, why not? we've already done some porn weirdness in that other topic--me singing soft kitty will be icing on the strange day cake
eh, you know they'll prob take zac efron to be light. maybe the guy from twilight will be L lol
::writes her skype name in his hand:: you can always call me that way, ya stud lmao
lol i live in NY, idk where you live
deathnote is good, i had stopped watching it a while back--but i've been meaning to get back into it. i heard they're making a hollywood movie out of it
lol maybe you need a glass of milk and someone to sing soft kitty to you xD
D: i get so cranky when i don't get enough sleep lol. i thought you were gonna go to bed, not stay on forums lol
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The Jordanian government's fall in Amman today appears to be the latest in the series of dominoes that first fell in Tunis and appears poised to tip over in Cairo.
At first glance, there are similarities: Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of Amman, Karak, Salt, and Irbid protesting difficult economic conditions, tax policies, government corruption, and other domestic maladies.
Demonstrators called for their leaders' resignation, tanks deployed to the cities, and barricades were erected.
Yet the government's toppling in Amman is not regime change and does not presage it. Instead, it is the removal of a government that leaves the throne well intact. The demonstrators in Jordan did not call for King Abdullah's removal; they called for better governance, economic reform, and the removal of Prime Minister Samir Rifai, who is blamed for rising commodity prices and political stagnation. Even demonstrating Islamists remain loyal to the monarchy. They want policy changes, not regime change.
Monarchies like Jordan are better insulated to absorb the wave of discontent sweeping the Arab world today. This is true for most of the monarchies in the Arab world, such as Morocco, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar. While the king retains ultimate control, power is also more diffused, allowing for a buffering of rage and resentment, and greater potential for real politics. It also means greater government accountability; the prime minister and his cabinet are not the venerated unassailable symbols of the nation, as many republican autocrats elsewhere in the region have come to view themselves. Jordanians can criticise their government without being accused of being disloyal to Jordan.
Such is not the case in Cairo, where criticism of the president long ago came to be viewed by the leadership as tantamount to criticism of Egypt. Such centralization of power in one set of hands, and the juxtaposition of fealty to the leader with loyalty to the state, does not bode well for authoritarian strongmen in Libya, Syria, or Sudan.
The peaceful change of government in Jordan does not mean that all is well. One of the core demands of the demonstrators–elections to choose a new prime minister–was not met. Moreover, the new prime minister–Marouf al-Bakhit–may not be the right man for the hour. He is an ex-general whose previous term as prime minister from 2005 to 2007 was not marked by promised reforms, but by perceived inaction. Upon announcement of Bakhit's appointment, opposition leaders criticised the choice of a non-reformist. They did not, however, criticise the Hashemite leader.
Ultimately, to maintain the basic compact that exists between the monarchy and the people, King Abdullah may yet need to institute greater and more fundamental change–new elections, more governance reform, rapid economic reform, greater social safety nets–lest Jordanians begin to question the legitimacy of his rule and propel Jordan onto the wave that is sweeping other parts of the Arab world.
This post originally appeared at CFR.org.
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The government official who called it that doesn't know his movies very well. Or... at least I hope he doesn't know his movies very well.
"We looked at the product and we objected to it because it used connective tissues instead of muscle. It was simply not nutritionally equivalent [to ground beef]. My main objection was that it was not meat."So the problem is not that the meat is the meat of the human animal.
By the way, "pink slime" is a movie reference too. Remember "The Green Slime"? That was back in the day when "green" seemed evil and gross. It was 1968, during that brief shining moment when American culture abounded with hippies, but the environmentalists had not yet arrived. I'm thinking of hippies, because I remember how "The Green Slime" was recommended to me at the time: "All the heads are seeing 'Green Slime.'"
Speaking of heads and reindulging in the green-or-pink slime of American pop culture in the 1960s, here's the bathroom scene from The Monkees movie "Head." Don't worry. It's a slime-free, meat-free bathroom, but don't open the medicine cabinet...
... and remember nobody ever lends money to a man with a sense of humor.


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The second is CARL GHERKINS, backed up by SMASHING PICKLES:
Wow, was that ROCK AND ROLL!!!???
Well, maybe not.
That's why we call this "The Battle of the Bums." Instead of seeing which band in the battle is better, we want to know which one is WORSE!!
Now it's YOUR turn--vote for which singer is WORSE. Who stinks up a song more--Bill or Carl? Vote on the poll in the upper left hand corner! The "winner" will appear in another music video, singing a song and wearing an outfit picked by Ellen. That's right, Ellen of the Girls Read Girls Rule (the World) blog. Yes, the same Ellen who went before the Court of Cosmic Justice and was called Evil Ellen by Darth Bill. Now Ellen has her chance for REVENGE! So go and VOTE!!! We'll anounce the "winner" on Monday.


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Bombing Civilians: A Brief History and Perspective
But this wasn't the first time anybody had bombed civilians. The French, Germans, and British had all partaken in limited civilian bombings in World War I -- killing thousands.
In 1925, France and Spain defeated a Berber uprising in Morocco by use of civilian bombings. American volunteers, under French command, bombed the city of Chechaouen, similar in size to Guernica. And from 1926 through 1928, the US Marines utilized civilian bombing to force regime change in Nicaragua. There was no public outcry within the United States for either of these actions. For some reason, these were not considered crimes.
But when Japan bombed civilians in Shanghai in 1932 and claimed thousands of lives, the New York Times reported that those bombings brought a "literal avalanche of denunciation" upon Japan (and rightfully so!) In fact, it is said that the Shanghai bombing caused Americans "to view the Japanese as 'butchers' and 'murderers'." And again in 1937, when Japan again bombed Shanghai, the bombing was viewed correctly by Americans as "an atrocity of the most appalling kind."
In 1938, as a result of all of these civilian massacres (and others), the League of Nations unanimously passed a resolution outlawing "the intentional bombing of civilian populations." In 1939, nearing the outbreak of World War II, FDR made a public plea that the warring parties refrain from the "inhuman barbarism" of bombing civilian populations, acts which "sicken[ed] the hearts of every civilized man and woman," and "profoundly shock[ed] the conscience of humanity." As a result, Hitler pledged he would limit his air force to attacking only military targets. And British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain stated that "Britain will never resort to the deliberate attack on women and children and other civilians for the purpose of mere terrorism."
In 1940, however, the British War Cabinet approved plans for "indiscriminate" bombing of civilian German targets even before the Germans had ever bombed British civilians. But Hitler drew first blood with the bombing of British civilians in August of 1940. Then, in a series of back-and-forths, the Germans and British exchanged civilian bombings in the cities of Munich, Coventry, Mannheim, and London.
By July of 1941, Winston Churchill wrote, "There is one thing that will bring [Hitler] down, and that is an absolutely devastating exterminating attack by very heavy bombers from this country upon the Nazi homeland." (Emphasis Added.) Soon enough, the British exterminated 42,000 people in Hamburg.
It wasn't until 1945 that the United States broke its oath to refrain from the bombing of civilians. With the protest of General Doolittle who went so far as to claim that such a course of conduct would amount to "terrorism," America went ahead with civilian bombings in Berlin. Then Dresden (killing approximately 60,000 civilians). Meanwhile, in the Pacific theater of the war, the US military brass decided that precision bombing of Japanese military targets was having limited success. Thus, tactics were changed.
Between November of 1944 and August of 1945, 160,000 tons of ordinance was dropped on 64 Japanese cities. 83,000 were killed in Tokyo alone! The Japanese condemned the American bombings of civilians (and rightfully so!).
August 6 will commemorate the 60th anniversary of the United States' atomic bombing of Hiroshima. On August 6, 1945, 70,000 lives were taken in the blink of an eye-- almost all were civilians, including a score of American prisoners of war held captive there. Within a few days of the bombing, 90,000 were dead. And the final count is put at about 200,000.
On August 9, 1945, another atomic bomb was dropped, this time on Nagasaki. This second bomb killed about 75,000 people.
While we most certainly must assign guilt to the then-fascist governments of Germany, Italy, and Japan for the indiscriminate killings of civilians, we must also hold the United States and Great Britain accountable. After all, by the end of the war, more than 1 million German and Japanese civlians had been killed, and another 7 million Germans and 8 million Japanese had been bombed out of their homes. Of these victims, it is estimated that twenty percent were children.
Before the outbreak of WWII, America was morally justifiable in its condemnation of the Guernica terror bombings of Spanish civilians. Unfortunately however, within years the US itself had perfected the terror on a much grander scale. Therefore, while Americans rightfully object to the failure of the Japanese to apologize to China for its war crimes or to cite them in the historical record taught to Japanese schoolchildren, Americans should not gloss over their nation's own attendance to terror bombings in WWII (and beyond!).
In fact, the failure of our society to recognize these faults may have impaired our own moral vision to the point where we confuse our reckless interventions abroad as noble and morally righteous endevours. Perhaps many of our fellow citizens fail to pay sufficient attention to the fact that we too have exterminated hundreds of thousands of civilians, be they Japanese, German, Vietnamese, Panamanian, or Iraqi. How could we still be so outraged by civilian attacks when we participate in such attacks in places like Nagasaki, Fallujah, or My Lai? How could we still be so outraged by barbarism when we participate in it?
Civilians are civilians.


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More information about the Lithuanian INTESE partners
BEF Lithuania
Baltic Environmental Forum Lithuania (BEF Lithuania)
BEF Lithuania is non-governmental, non-profit organization established in 2003. It is actively involved in promotion of environmental protection by developing co-operation and dialogue between various institutions and stakeholders, and by increasing their capacities in implementation of environmental management.
The main working areas of BEF Lithuania are as follows: to develop, to implement and to participate in projects contributing to responsible management of chemical substances, climate change, nature conservation, water resources management, waste management, education of consumers and developing competence of different stakeholders. BEF Lithuania also participates in the processes of development and decision-making in environmental policy.
Since 2003, energy issues have been of high priority on the programme of the organization. The target group has been local authorities and municipal enterprises. Until now several international events on use of energy sources and energy saving measures have been organized, as well as targeted publications on energy and environment related issues have been published.
BEF Lithuania is the partner of the project and as such takes responsibility for its smooth implementation. It performs as country coordinator for Lithuania and will have the co-lead over WP7.
Elektrėnai, Lithuania
Municipality of Elektrėnai
The municipality of Elektrėnai is one of the newest municipalities in Lithuania, founded in 2000, with 28,400 inhabitants on a total area of 509 km2. Only 5 per cent of it is urbanized. The main town - Elektrėnai, which also gave the municipality its name, was founded in 1961 as a living quarter for the local CHP, which has an installed capacity of 1800 MW of production of electricity. The town itself is supplied by the thermal energy of the power plant. The territory of Elektrėnai Municipality is crossed by the highway A1 and railway Vilnius-Kaunas.
In this project the role of the municipality of Elektrėnai is to perform and implement the tasks as a sample municipality for Lithuania in close co-operation with the country co-ordinator BEF Lithuania.


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EU-MIDIS interviewed a random sample of 23,500 immigrants and ethnic minorities from selected groups in each country, using a standardised questionnaire so that the results can be compared across groups and countries. In ten Member States the survey interviewed a randomly selected sample of majority population respondents living in or around the same areas as the minority respondents. The interviews with majority respondents, 500 per country, used a shorter questionnaire aimed at allowing a comparison between the experiences of the two respondent groups for key survey items.
The extensive face-to-face interviews covered a number of topics, most importantly respondents' experiences of discrimination, victimisation and police stops. In addition to the main topics, the survey also collected a wide range of socio-demographic information on the respondents, allowing for a detailed analysis of the results. For more information on the content of the survey please see the Survey Questionnaire.
The interviews, which took place in May-November 2008 (with a summer break from interviewing), were carried out by professional interviewers who received additional training on the purpose, content and procedures related to the survey. The data collection process was managed by Gallup Europe based on an open call for tender and following the project specifications of the FRA. Interviewers collected data from one to three persons in each selected household. The interviewer training programme, as well as the content of the survey and the sampling approach was developed based on the results of a pilot survey in six EU Member States in 2007. Representatives of the FRA attended both selected interviewer training sessions and interviews to monitor the execution of the survey.
Following the pilot survey and a consultation of a group of survey experts, the preferred approach to sampling the respondents was to use available population registries, where these were accessible for research purposes and where the registers contained information that allowed the selection of immigrant or ethnic minority respondents. However, this type of register data was not available in most of the EU Member States. In such cases the default approach for selection of respondents was the random route method in a sample of areas where the selected immigrant and ethnic minority groups were living. In a small number of countries random route sampling was not feasible, and respondents were contacted through interviewer-generated sampling. Full details on the data collection approach used in each Member State are available in the Technical Report.
Results of EU-MIDIS have been presented in a series of reports since 2009. Towards the end of 2012 the FRA intends to publish the sixth EU-MIDIS Data in Focus report on results concerning immigrants and ethnic minorities' experiences of criminal victimisation, including hate crime. Following the publication of this final EU-MIDIS Data in Focus report the FRA plans to make the survey micro data available to other researchers.
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SPRINGVILLE TWP., Pa. -- An explosion at a natural gas compressor station in Susquehanna County on Thursday morning blew a hole in the roof of the complex holding the engines, shaking homes as far as a half-mile away and drawing emergency responders from nearby counties.
The 11 a.m. blast at the Lathrop compressor station off Route 29 sent black and gray clouds billowing from the building for several hours, but the damage was contained to the site and no one was injured, said a spokeswoman for Williams Partners LP, which owns the Lathrop station.
Automated emergency shutdown procedures stopped gas from entering or leaving the compressors, and Williams will do a full investigation of the cause and damage as soon as it is safe to go back into the building, Williams spokeswoman Helen Humphreys said.
"The emergency shutdown equipment did work properly to isolate and minimize the incident," she said. "Emergency procedures were immediately activated. That included notifying local authorities and first responders, and evacuating all personnel."
The Lathrop station pressurizes and dehydrates natural gas from Marcellus Shale wells in the county for transport through interstate pipelines, including the Tennessee and Transco, which bring the gas to market. The station was sold to Williams by Cabot Oil and Gas Corp. as part of a deal announced in 2010 that also included a second compressor station and 75 miles of the natural gas drilling company's gathering pipelines.
Cabot spokesman George Stark said the company was working at its well sites Thursday to make sure they were not sending gas to the Lathrop station. He was unable to provide an estimate of how many wells were influenced by the interruption.
"We're working on rerouting the gas to other, operating compressor stations," he said. "We've got multiple ways we flow our gas."
In a press release Thursday, Cabot referred to the incident as a "flash fire, which extinguished itself immediately" and said it was moving approximately 365 million cubic feet of gas per day through the station before it was shut down.
"The investigation has just begun as to equipment damage, if any, the length of disruption or potential impact," Cabot CEO Dan O. Dinges said in the statement.
Colleen Connolly, a spokeswoman for the Department of Environmental Protection, said regulators were alerted to the explosion at around 11:30 a.m., and inspectors spent the afternoon monitoring air quality around the site after gas escaped from the station.
"The natural gas release valve was quickly shut off," she said. "So far, the levels are coming back acceptable, and there is no danger to the public."
The DEP has permitted seven compressor engines for the site, although it was unclear Thursday how many were running at the time of the fire.
"We're going to begin a full-scale investigation into how this happened," she said, "what was going on up there and the situation with the permits -- how many compressors were operating up there and how many they were allowed to operate."
Annette Allen was ready to evacuate with her cats late Thursday morning after she heard the boom.
Sitting in her home on Route 3004, Ms. Allen said she listened intently to the scanner as emergency officials spoke about using foam to put out a fire at the compressor station on state Route 29.
"I had my cat cages set, ready to go if they did evacuate us," she said. "It was a big explosion, a big whooshing sound."
She said she now worries that a larger explosion will destroy her home and others.
Peter Patel, owner of Checkered Express in the center of the town on state Route 29 at Route 3004, recalls seeing many firefighters and other officials passing by his store to the site.
"We saw everybody run and we knew something big happened," he said, adding it was the biggest event he has experienced in the last six years as the owner of the convenience store and gas station.
Springville Volunteer Fire Company First Assistant Chief Jason Rinker said more than seven fire companies responded.
"It was hectic," Assistant Chief Rinker said.
After the explosion, he said Williams officials shut down lines to the compressor station.
"We let the gas burn off itself," Assistant Chief Rinker said. "Once things calmed down, we extinguished the fire that was there."
He described the fire as smoldering and said the response to this incident was similar to how a fire company would respond to a propane tank explosion and fire.
"It was business as usual," he said.
Hilda Loch, who lives on Route 29 down the street from the site, did not think she was in danger, but she said the boom did catch her attention.
"I didn't think I was in too much danger down here," she said. "I thought it was thunder."
Mrs. Loch, who was speaking on the phone with a friend when the explosion happened, realized it was too loud to be thunder, however.
She and her friend ended their discussion on the phone.
Burton Miller, who lives about half a mile across a field from the compressor station, heard a "big bang" that shook his house.
"Nothing fell off the shelves," he said, "but it did shake everything pretty good."
He did not immediately connect the sound to the compressor, he said, so it wasn't until he got a phone call 30 minutes later about the incident that he first glanced at the station.
"I looked out the window and I saw the building all blown apart up there and smoke," he said. "A lot of the roof and metal siding is all gone."
Paul Karpich, who lives about a quarter mile from the compressor station, said he heard a "boom" but it was not remarkable.
"I hear a lot of noises from over there," he said.
He walked over the hill separating his home from the station to see part of the roof missing on the enclosure, a 12,000-square-foot building, he said.
An official with the Susquehanna County Emergency Management Agency said all questions about the incident were being directed to Williams. Wyoming and Lackawanna county fire companies were called to provide backup Thursday morning, including the Chinchilla Hose Company in South Abington Twp., which was asked to provided the foam material to help contain the gas and fire.
Vera Scroggins, a critic of natural gas development, said she followed fire trucks to the compressor station Thursday morning and could see "a black, dark gray smoke" coming from the middle of the complex, but no visible flames.
Fire crews were ringing the property and using a bucket to raise firefighters to get a better view of the structure enclosing the compressors, she said. All fire crews had left the scene by about 5 p.m.
Williams recently completed a 34-mile high-pressure pipeline from the Lathrop station to the interstate Transco pipeline in Dallas Twp., Luzerne County.
The connection and metering station is about half a mile from the Dallas district schools.
Dallas Twp. supervisor Liz Martin expressed concern Thursday morning that the explosion would send a surge of gas toward the metering station, but Ms. Humphreys from Williams said that was not possible.
"It's hitting so close to home it's not even funny," Ms. Martin said. "I'm still shaking inside because it could easily have been here."
Copyright 2012 - The Times-Tribune, Scranton, Pa.
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Greenpeace also released the report, "e[r] cluster" for a smart energy access – the role of micro-grids in promoting the integration of Renewable Energy, during the conference.
Greenpeace organised the International Renewable Energy Business Conference,"Energy [R]evolution Bihar" on May 15, 2012 in Hotel Maurya, Patna.
The conference witnessed active involvement of prominent Indian and international delegates from financial institutions, renewable energy developers, policy think-tanks, investors, bilateral agencies, industry associations, and civil society representatives.
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HTC Unveils Fingerprint-Reading One Max Phablet, Says Coming Later This Year to Verizon, Sprint
HTC on Monday is confirming its much-leaked One Max, a large-screen addition to the One family.
The device is similar to the HTC One, with the addition of a fingerprint reader on the back and, of course, the 5.9-inch screen and bigger overall size. The One Max also packs a larger 3,300mAh battery. A new version of HTC's Sense software allows One Max owners to save an offline copy of items from their BlinkFeed social slideshow for later reading. HTC also used the extra space in the device to include a microSD card reader.
The device will start shipping globally as early as the middle of the month, and is expected to be available this holiday season at both Sprint and Verizon.
As for the fingerprint reader, it is on the back of the device and requires a swipe of the finger. It can store up to three separate fingerprint-based algorithms, each of which can be used to perform a different function, such as launching the camera or unlocking the phone.
HTC said that, for now, the fingerprint reader can only be used to unlock the device and launch apps, but that it plans to open up the possibility for developers to use it as a means of authentication.
Information about the One Max has already been widely leaked, and HTC itself hinted at its arrival last week with an infographic on great trios in history. HTC is hoping that it has a powerful trio of its own with the One Max, One and One Mini — its lineup for the holidays.


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The Safety Training Seat easily converts any adult toilet into a potty that is perfectly sized for your little one. It fits comfortably under the toilet seat to provide a safe and secure way for your child to potty train! It is available in a variety of colors, and is designed for both boys and girls


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I have it on my iphoneand ipadlol
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Okay which ones of you play this addictive little game? Mr CF has asked me to start a thread for this game, as we play it and have created an in game clan, Canadian Rifles! come on in and we can start some clan wars.
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Just joined guys...not sure if anyone still plays..and may have a few other guys from work who may join..


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Chemotherapy is a treatment with chemicals that kills cells that divide or grow rapidly, like cancer cells. Unfortunately, some normal cells (e.g., the skin, lining of the digestive tract, hair follicles) also rapidly divide and grow. Chemotherapy can also affect those cells and that may cause unwanted side effects.
The kind(s) of chemotherapy your doctor recommends will depend on your individual situation. The type of lung cancer (non-small cell or small cell) you have been diagnosed with, your overall health, the goals of treatment, and your personal preferences will be taken into consideration.
Initial (first line) chemotherapy for lung cancer often includes a "platinum-based" drug such as cisplatin or carboplatin and another drug or drugs such as paclitaxel (Taxol), docetaxel (Taxotere), etoposide (VP-16), gemcitabine (Gemzar) or vinorelbine (Navelbine). Pemetrexed (Alimta) and bevacizumab (Avastin) may also be used instead of or in addition these drugs.
If first line chemotherapy is not decreasing the size of the cancer, or if it continues to grow, other drugs may be used, together or separately. Chemotherapy after the initial round is called second line.
Types of Chemotherapy
Neo-adjuvant chemotherapy
Neo-adjuvant chemotherapy is treatment with chemotherapy that is used before another treatment. In lung cancer, it is typically used to try to shrink the tumor so that surgery is possible.
Adjuvant chemotherapy
Adjuvant chemotherapy is treatment with chemotherapy that is used after another treatment. In lung cancer, it is typically used with the goal of killing stray cancer cells that may remain after surgery. Chemotherapy is not recommended after surgery for stage IA lung cancer. When lung cancer is stage II or above and can be removed with surgery, chemotherapy is typically recommended. The use of chemotherapy after surgery for stage IB lung cancer remains controversial. Be sure to talk with your doctor about the risks and benefits of adjuvant chemotherapy so that you can make an informed decision.
Maintenance chemotherapy
Maintenance chemotherapy is when chemotherapy is continued after the usual 4-6 cycles ("continuation maintenance"). "Switch maintenance" is when a new drug is given for a longer period after the first treatment cycle is completed. One type of chemotherapy, pemetrexed (Alimta) is approved as maintenance chemotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer but others may be used by your doctor or as part of a clinical trial setting. One targeted drug (erlotinib or Tarceva) is also approved for use as maintenance in non-small cell lung cancer under certain circumstances. Lung cancer specialists do not agree on if and how maintenance chemotherapy should be used.
If lung cancer comes back (recurs) after successful treatment, the same or different chemotherapy may be used, alone or together.


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Almaden's Pister Scholar: "This Is Just The Beginning."
Almaden resident Timothy Moos knew since he was a young boy that he wanted to grow up and have a career he was passionate about. A simple 9:00 to 5:00 job alone would not cut it for him.
Growing up in Seaside California, just outside Monterey, Tim was homeschooled along with his four siblings. His father was a Spanish Language instructor at the Defense Language Institute while his mother managed their household and the children's daily lessons.
When it came time to go to college, Tim went to check out several classes, surf their websites and tour their campuses, deciding on Mission College for his general education studies. More...


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Valentine's Day is February 14th and in the spirit of the season, we have been thinking of all of the reasons that we LOVE Forever! Of course, we can't list them all here, but here are a few of our favorite things that we can't stop talking about at Forever!
Another Great Reason to Be 5K
New in 2016, we are adding a fantastic new reason to qualify for Global Rally at the 5K level! Each NEW 5K FBO will be invited to attend Eagle Manager's Retreat the following year. We LOVE our Eagle Manager's Retreat and want to make sure those in our business that achieve 5K understand how much higher their business can soar with the Eagle Manager Incentive.
We know you'll love traveling around the world, experiencing amazing trainings and networking with other top leaders in our business so much you won't be able to help but qualify for Eagle Manager yourself! To learn more about Forever Incentives including Global Rally and Eagle Manager, visit our incentives page.
Take the Journey
How much do you know about Forever? With the interactive journey pages, you can learn more about how our Aloe is grown and cultivated, turned into your favorite products and used to drive the engine of the greatest business opportunity in the world! Take tours of the Forever facilities, meet the people at Forever who make it all possible and learn more about how Forever is bringing you some of the best things in the world. From plant to product to you! Take the Journey.
Personalize ForeverLiving.com with Your FBO ID
That's right! Now you can add your FBO ID to the beginning of the foreverliving.com URL to make sure your customers can shop and join under your ID without having to memorize a number. Just add your FBO ID to the beginning of the URL, followed by .fbo.foreverliving.com and send it to your customers for a simple way to sign up and shop under you. Example: ##FBOID##.fbo.foreverliving.com
Giving Back with Forever Giving
Forever Giving is one of the ways that we love giving back and supporting children and families around the world. Forever Giving works to support those affected by natural disasters, harsh living conditions, lack of access to food or clean water and so much more! We love having the opportunity to help others and encourage you to contribute by participating in one of our Forever Giving Global Rally events, by donating a portion of your bonus check or buying one of our adorable Aloe Babies. Learn more about Forever Giving at Forever-Giving.org.


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The Perfect Day in Key West
From brunch to beach to happy hour, follow our one-day itinerary of the best nine things to do in Key West.
- 9 Things to Do in Key West
- 8:00 Stroll the Beach
- Sugar-white sands draw an active morning crowd (runners, bikers) to Smathers Beach. Rent what you need to get out on the water from Sunset Watersports. sunsetwatersportskeywest.com or 305/296-2554
9:00 Have Brunch, Island Style
At Blue Heaven—the breakfast spot—order the Lobster Benedict or the daily special seafood omelet, and spare a few crumbs of homemade banana bread for the isle's friendly mascots: the legally protected (and free-roaming) hens and roosters. blueheavenkw.com or 305/296-8666
10:00 Ride a Beach Cruiser
Two wheels trump four in the narrow streets and slow traffic of the historic downtown. Rent a beach cruiser and breeze all over town (it's only 2 miles wide by 4 miles long). eatonbikes.com or 305/294-8188
11:00 Meet Hemingway's Cats
The dozens of felines that roam the Hemingway Home & Museum, a Spanish Colonial manse where the author lived throughout the 1930s, are alleged descendants of Snowball, a six-toed kitty that a sea captain gave to Hemingway's sons. hemingwayhome.com or 305/294-1136
12:00 Eat Local
Charlie Wilson has folks raving about her organic, unprocessed fare at Help Yourself!, from Korean BBQ chicken to healthy smoothies. helpyourselffoods.com or 305/296-7766
2:00 Explore Underwater Gardens
A step beyond snorkeling, Snuba diving gets you eye to eye with butterfly fish without bulky scuba tanks. You breathe through a hose connected to a boat—no diving certification required. snubakeywest.com or 305/292-4616
4:30 Try a Twist on Key Lime Pie
Blond Giraffe improves upon Key lime pie by dipping it in chocolate and freezing it on a stick. blondgiraffe.com or 888/874-7437
6:00 Raise a Glass
Grab a table on the front porch of Nine One Five, a bistro in an 1860s Victorian house. Start with Chipotle Conch Chowder and a glass of wine (they offer 20 by the glass). 915duval.com or 305/296-0669
7:45 Catch the Sunset
Join the crowd at Mallory Square to applaud the sunset. If you're lucky, you might see the fabled green flash said to occur the moment the sun sinks below the watery horizon.


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FADZ necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 559 diseños de 153 diseñadores freelance.
The logo needs to convey, trust, ease of use, friendly, transparent, innovative. We need a fresh, innovative and above all original logo that appeals to our customer base . It must have impact, be memorable convey professionalism while not being too corporate.We are about to redesign our website http://www.ticketsolve.com and the logo/brand identity will determine the look and feel
We are a on demand ticketing solutions provider. Whats does that mean..... well.......we provide software that allows venues, theaters, sports arenas etc sell tickets from their website and through their box office at a fraction of cost
The logo needs to be simple yet eye catching. The logo should give our customers a real feeling of our organisation/product. Our company is.
- Vibrant
- Innovative- Constantly evolving
- Customer Focused
- Trust worthy
- Increase Revenue for customers
- Fun yet professional
- New way of doing business
- Come with us you wont be disappointedThe logo needs to transfer well to collateral design i.e. stationery brochure ware etc.
When sized down the logo presents well
- Creativity... First and foremost
- http://ellislab.com/ is pretty cool as there is a whole concept to the logo with character illustration
- Logo to have a large recall value while simplistic without being over produced
- A logo that can be tweaked over time
- Needs to be part of the overall company image in print and web
- A logo that gives expression of our business (excellence but human)
- Colors are open
- Be creative .....
- Item 1...a too corporate unfriendly logo .. Logo needs to stand out from the crowd and seperate us from the competition
- Boring - No personality
Descubre cómo funciona un concurso de diseño u obtén más información sobre nuestros servicios de diseño de logo.


text: Updated: Android Revolution HD 2.1.2 (12/20/11) Proudly presenting you Android Revolution HD series ROM for Samsung Galaxy Nexus... Posted with permission from Mike1986 Android Revolution HD Developer - tp76 Users experience with Android Revolution HD "My phone is now perfectly smooth, fast, stable. I do not expect much more from my phone!" DarkAdrien "This release is amazing! ROM feels super fast! Great job Mike & the team! (...) Never noticed any lag. 1 word: brilliant." Selec1 "Feels a lot smoother in use - scrolling, swiping between sense screens. Much nicer feel. This is a real good one, Mike. Many thanks " dsm52 >>> Very fast, rock stable, stock look and great support <<< PLEASE READ THE F.A.Q. DOWN THIS POST !!! All images in this thread including screenshots, headlines, banners, etc. are copyrighted and you can't use it without permission If you appreciate my work, you can buy me a beer All my ROMs have great popularity and are a 100% success System details: Android 4.0.2 (Ice Cream Sandwich) - official Samsung Galaxy Nexus LTE firmware ICL53F This is improved version of stock ROM - no visual changes! Very fast, clean & stable! Multi-language (WWE) Full Arabic and Hebrew languages support! (ICS feature) Included kernel details: New kernel: 3.0.9-mck-r3+ Many CPU governors (Interactive, Ondemand, Performance, Conservative, UserSpace) deadline as default scheduler USB drive / keyboard / mouse support CIFS support Screen improvements You can find custom kernels here Kernel source (paulobrien) ROM details: Removed software (CPU) rendering - full PowerVR SGX 540 (GPU) rendering Fully optimized and tweaked ROOT (SU + SuperUser Permissions - Thanks to ChainsDD) Unsecured boot.img Newest BusyBox RAM optimizations Speed optimizations Data, cache and system partitions mounting tweaks Battery auto-calibration script (Thanks to seo) Bloatware applications removed All system applications updated to latest available Zipaligned (Improved RAM management) Zipalign on boot (for user applications on data partition) Fully de-odexed init.d scripts (BusyBox run-parts) support Excellent battery life! Device partitions mounted & formatted as fast EXT4 with many optimizations and EXT4 alignment You can replace Samsung boot animation with any custom boot animation Support almost 24h a day ...and many more! You need: Samsung Galaxy Nexus rooted with [MOD] Superboot - rooting the Galaxy Nexus ClockworkMod Recovery LTE Android Revolution HD 2.1.2 --- release date: 20 December 2011 --- Fixed charging issue (Thanks to steveeJ for spotting permissions issue) Fixed backgrounds effects (Thanks to gnufabio) BDI read_ahead_kb changed from 1024KB to 512KB SuperUser binary updated to latest 22.214.171.124 ES File Explorer updated to latest 22.214.171.124 Adobe Reader updated to latest 10.1.1 Minor fixed in instalation script Updated Super Wipe Lite script with fixes cache issue (Thanks to madmaxx82) Other minor changes and fixes - No need to use Super Wipe if you have 2.1.x already! Previous changelog How to flash: (Don't use ROM Manager! Flash ROM following the steps below:) Download ROM and place it on your virtual SD card Download "Super Wipe" script & place it on your virtual SD card (optionally if coming from earlier version of my ROM, obligatory if coming from stock or other custom ROM) Boot your phone in recovery mode (vol down + vol up + power) In main menu, select "install zip from sdcard" Select "choose zip from sdcard" and browse to the location of "Super Wipe" script Once again select "choose zip from sdcard" and browse to the location of Android Revolution ROM After flashing process is complete, reboot the device Here's a installation overview video of ARHD 2.1.2 made by DroidModderX, thanks bud! Galaxy Nexus CDMA LTE First Custom Rom Android Revolution HD 2.1.1 Install Overview Remember to check MD5 Checksum before flashing !!! *** Please do not post any mirrors. We are currently using fast servers, so there is no need for extra mirrors. Thank you! *** Android Revolution HD 2.1.2 --- MD5 Checksum: 7099E6FA21F615DA35AF78FE4A9B5972 *Android_Revolution_HD-Galaxy_Nexus_LTE_2.1.2.zip --- --- Direct link to 6 fast server that will randomly use one of our sources --- --- Thanks to Mavy170, Whiskey103, MarcoHD, Pili21181, Lizard & Denngie --- >>> Super Wipe Full <<< - COMING SOON! --- This script will erase and format your data, system and cache partition using EXT4 file-system --- --- Please note that the content of /data/media folder (internal virtual SD card) will be removed - do backup of necessary files! --- >>> Super Wipe Lite <<< --- This script will erase and format your system and cache partition using EXT4 file-system --- --- It will also wipe /data partition, but /data/media (virtual SD card) will be untouched--- Android Revolution HD 2.1.0 on DropBox --- Create your own DropBox account, if you see notification about too much traffic --- If you are Android Revolution HD user, feel free to use our special banner prepared for you: --- User banner prepared by KID_1194, adsamcik & sigeltek --- Q 1: After flashing Android Revolution HD my battery drains much faster. What can I do? A: Please charge your battery to 100%, boot your device in ClockworkMod Recovery and go to Advanced ---> Wipe Battery Stats. Also see Question 7. Also please read this ---> [GUIDE] Enlarge your battery life : an attempt to fix the battery drain And this ---> [How to] Brilliant Battery Life 100% working! For more details about wiping battery stats please read this Q 2: When recording HD video, the playback of the clip keeps freezing. How to fix it? A: This is probably SD card problem. Format your SD card (FAT32 recommended) to gain silky smooth playback. Q 3: Is there any alternative for SetCPU? I think it slows downy my phone. A: You can application called No-frills. Remember to check "Allow on boot" option. Q 4: After flashing Android Revolution HD my SD card is being mounted as ready only. What should I do? A: Connect your SD card to your PC and do defragmentation process. If you still have some problems with SD card, please read this. Mac users can use the repair function of the MacOS disk utility to solve the read only problem (Thanks to Calimero1205). Q 5: Do I need to wipe data partition when upgrading from old version of Android Revolution HD? A: I always recommend wiping data partition but it's absolutely necessary only if I mention that in the changelog. But normally you can live without it. Wipe data partition if you experience any issues. Q 6: I have some strange issues with my ROM that nobody reported before. What should I do in first place? A: In first place you should check, if the MD5 Checksum is correct. Then flash ROM again and see if the issue is gone. A lot of strange issues can be solved this way. Q 7: I had SetCPU installed on Android Revolution HD, then I flashed new version of AR HD and SetCPU doesn't work any more. How to fix it? A: Please reinstall SetCPU. Q 8: I can't send/receive MMS or I can't connect with mobile data connection. How can I fix it? A: Please check your MMS settings or mobile data connection APN settings. Q 9: My phone got random freezes or reboots. How can I fix it? A: Every CPU is different. It seems that your CPU doesn't like OC or UV (undervolt). Set your CPU to default 1GHz. If it doesn't help, then you need to flash default kernel from the second post. Q 10: My GPS signal is very weak or GPS is not working at all. How can I fix it? A: There are some solutions: 1. You can download and install FasterFix to improve your signal strength. 2. You can download and install GPS Status & Toolbox to manage your GPS settings. 3. Turn off "Fast boot" under "Settings" ---> "Power" and reboot your phone. 4. Wipe the EFS data in your device. Read this for further instuctions. This is very effective solution. 5. Read this, this, this & this 6. [Trick] Speed Up Satelite Fix for GPS on Android Q 11: My Quadrant score is not as high as on different ROM. What does it mean? A: It means absolutely nothing. Benchmarks on Android System are more or less lottery and they are not showing the real system performance. There are many settings that can force Quadrant to show more then 3000 points but it's faked performance, that actually can slow down your phone in some circumstances. What I always emphasize is a real performance, the one you can feel under your fingers. Remember that I/O has some limit and surpassing it shows just a numbers without true ratio. Also keep in mind that Quadrant has support for Android Gingerbread only in version 1.1.7 and higher. Q 12: My screen-lock sound and keypad sound while dialing numbers is very low. How can I fix it? A: Download "Quick Settings" application from Android Market and check system volume slider. Q 13: When I open up the call screen (where I see the recent calls and callers), the calls won't appear in the list. What to do? A: Probably you are using 3rd party launcher. Remove the dialer shortcut and re-add it. Q 14: My Wi-Fi doesn't reconnect automatically after boot. How to fix it? A: Disable fastboot in settings or check this solution. Credits and thanks goes to: ---- Android Revolution Team: ---- - mike1986 (ROM Creator & Team Founder) - Bumble-Bee aka Apache14 (Kernels Developer) - Dude360 (Mods Developer) - Euphorie (Site support) - faux123 (Kernels Developer) - jkoljo (Beta-tester & unlocking Android devices expert) - KID_1194 (Graphic Design) - Lizard (Files Hosting) - lukogriffioen (Mods & Homepage Developer) - madmaxx82 (4EXT Recovery Developer) - Mavy170 (Files Hosting) - Patrics83 (ROM Cleaner Developer) - Whiskey103 (Homepage Administrator, Hosting & Support) I also thank to seandk, TWioE, Moe|Joe, jonata, kill4l & MultiCulti for being in the team in the past. Thanks goes also to themes developers - he_stheone64, Vistagamer, liamstears and kalagas. ---- Others: ---- - Krzysiec, adsamcik, erikstar for graphic support - dsixda for his Android Kitchen - Everyone who made a donation Donations list Click here to view --- Please remember to mention your forum nick-name in the donation --- For Android Revolution HD [all versions] Change CPU max scaling frequency when screen is turned off from 700 MHz to 350 MHz - this is good for battery saving, but can cause reboots in random situations Remove Samsung default boot-animation - this will set Android Ice Cream Sandwich boot-animation Remove face-detection engine - this will remove the "Facelock" functionality. Safe to remove, if you don't use it


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Alix needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 78 designs submitted by 33 freelance designers.
A logo and web theme for a private training company
Desired Color Scheme:
Accepted File Formats:
Standard Web Formats (.jpg, .gif or .png)
I have run a personal development training company for years.
It's called Inside Out Teaching Ltd. My training is great fun, it gives people Ahah moments that help them for life!
The main things that I want in a logo design is I want it to be as 3D, shadowed and colourful as possible (cartoony would be brilliant)
I want it to reflect that learning comes from the Inside Out.
The final version needs to be transparent so that I can put it on any colour background
Please contact me if you want more info.
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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Port Metro Vancouver has approved a $200 million expansion project at North Vancouver's Neptune Bulk Terminals that will double the terminal's coal export capacity.
The decision, announced on the port's website Jan 23, is the first of two applications before the port authority that will help secure Metro Vancouver's role as North America's largest coal export hub. It comes at a time when public awareness is growing over coal exports, the role coal plays in global warming, and the port's procedure in approving the expansions in-house.
Neptune proposes doubling its capacity from 8.5 million tonnes of coal a year to 18.5 million tonnes. The terminal exports metallurgical coal – used in steelmaking – but it has become caught up in the controversy over thermal coal exports generated by an application from Fraser Surrey Docks to establish a terminal on the Fraser River for exporting American thermal coal to Asia. Port Metro Vancouver has yet to rule on that application. The two proposals, coupled with Westshore Terminal's coal exporting capacity, would push total coal exports from the region to over 50 million tonnes a year.
The port received 640 emails and letters concerned about possible environmental and health impacts of coal and 375 expressing general support for trading coal; issues that Jim Crandles, director of planning and consulting for the port said should be raised with the Canadian government. He said the letters have been forwarded to the responsible government ministers.
In its decision, the port stated: "Balancing the port's mandate to facilitate Canada's trade and taking into consideration technical and environmental information, as well as municipal, community and First Nations input, Port Metro Vancouver has made an informed decision to approve both Neptune project permits." The overall expansion project required two separate applications.
One of those letter writers, Simon Fraser University molecular biologist Lynne Quarmby, said she objects to the port making what she sees as a unilateral decision with broad implications regarding climate change.
"I was asking for them to slow down so we could have a public discussion of these issues. The thing I feel most strongly about is that it's a very small group of people doing business as usual and they feel that it's not their mandate to consult."
Crandles said the project was subjected to a rigorous review but most of the comments dealt with issues outside the port's mandate.
"We are seeing a project that speaks well for the port and the strength of Canadian commodities and our ability to export those through Port Metro Vancouver," he said of the Neptune expansion.
The coal is produced from mines in eastern B.C. operated by Teck Resources. The terminal project will support the long-term expansion of Teck's operations across the province, Teck spokesman Chris Stannell said.
When completed near the end of 2014, the increased coal capacity will mean one additional coal train a day and one additional bulk carrier a week at the terminal immediately west of the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge.
Neptune president Jim Belsheim called the project a significant investment that will create 185 new jobs as well as 100 temporary construction jobs. He said the expansion will be achieved by using the existing footprint and making the process of unloading coal trains and loading ships smoother, faster and more efficient.
He also make the distinction between the coal Neptune ships and thermal coal being shipped from the U.S. Midwest.
"They are completely different businesses," he said. "Our Canadian coal is steelmaking coal, metallurgical coal.
"The logistics chain, the supply source and the end use for steelmaking coal is a different discussion from the other. I appreciate it is confusing and people will lump coal together but they are two completely different businesses."
Metallurgical coal's role in steelmaking is vital to the global economy, including green energy projects, according to Karina Brino, president of the Mining Association of B.C., She has said that the towers for BC Hydro's new 344-kilometre Northwest Transmission Line, for example, will require over 8,000 tonnes of steelmaking coal.
However, Will Horter, executive director of The Dogwood Initiative, which is leading the anti-coal fight, said he makes no distinction. The local health issues arising from coal dust are the same, and burning coal in the steelmaking process still releases CO2.
He said by ignoring larger issues, the port authority is adopting a "cavalier" attitude to public input.
"It's an overly-narrow consideration of what their mandate and what their authority is. This is just the first skirmish in a much longer struggle," he said.


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Another great alternative to harsh cleaning product is baking soda, which is a natural deodorizer and gentle abrasive. I've mentioned it's beauty uses before, but here are some of its best household uses:
- The very well known – put an open box in the refrigerator or freezer to absorb odors
- Rub into sponges and dish rags to freshen
- Sprinkle on carpets before vacuuming
- If you're a cat owner, put a layer of baking soda underneath cat litter for maximum freshness
- Add 1/2 cup to your next load of laundry – the baking soda is a natural fabric softener that also provides added freshness AND makes both white and colored clothing brighter! (a great alternative for people with sensitive skin)