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Summer in Scotland: the heather's in bloom across the glens and the grouse are getting nervous. In Edinburgh, meanwhile, festival season is in full swing. The elegant capital shakes off its classic reserve at this time of year and starts to party: the brooding tenements, dramatic castle and Georgian crescents become a giant stage set for a cast of tourists, ticket touts, face-painters, jugglers, actors, authors and comedians.
Even during full-blown festival frenzy, however, Edinburgh has more to offer than raucous beer tents. The historic Signet Library has been turned into a pop-up Pommery Champagne Café Bar, with a tutored champagne tasting in the private Upper Library on 15 August at 5.30pm. Here, you can sample four seasonal vintages before choosing your favourite for another glass, then tuck into a roast lobster dinner. Tickets cost £50 per person and are available at the Fringe Box Office (0131-226 0000; www.edfringe.com).
If gin's more your style – it's certainly in vogue at the moment – Stac Polly (0131 556 2231; stacpolly.com) has just launched a gin bar above its restaurant, stocked with a range of Scottish brands, from Hendrick's to Caorunn: G&T with a chunk of apple. Meanwhile, at Timberyard (0131 221 1222; timberyard.co), an edgy new warehouse restaurant, they make their own tonic, along with other mixers, from herbs in the kitchen-garden and there are also mouthwatering cocktails.
Hip bars and gourmet restaurants are also available. Two have opened over the past year: the eponymous restaurant from Great British Menu's Mark Greenaway (0131 226 1155; markgreenaway.com); and Michelin-starred Tom Kitchin and Dominic Jack's latest venture, shabby-chic gastropub Scran & Scallie (0131 332 6281; scranandscallie.com).
Elsewhere, Dundee was once way down on the list of desirable destinations. Now it's the location for a new V&A Museum opening on the revamped waterfront in 2014 (01382 305665; vandaatdundee.com), and boutique hotel chain Malmaison (0871 943 0350; malmaison.com/dundee) is launching a new hotel there this autumn.
John O'Groats has undergone a multimillion-pound regeneration courtesy of Natural Retreats. The final phase is drawing to a close with the renovated The Inn at John O'Groats (0844 384 3166; naturalretreats.com) set to open next week. Built in 1875, this old hotel has been converted into a handful of contemporary self-catering flats, while the striking multicoloured Norse-inspired extension has the "wow" factor. There's a special offer to celebrate the opening: seven nights for the price of five and three nights for the price of two, with rates starting at £90 per night.
If you want to get around in olde-worlde style, board The Royal Scotsman (0845 217 0799; royalscotsman.com). This luxury train takes you through some of Scotland's most spectacular scenery, past soaring mountains, fairy-tale castles, thick forests and craggy stretches of coast. With only 36 guests in luxury en suite cabins and two dining cars, this is travelling in style. A three-day, two-night circular Highland Journey from Edinburgh costs from £2,350 per person full board, including a private tour of the Culloden battlefield, clay-pigeon shooting or fishing on the Rothiemurchus Estate, Cairngorms, and a visit to Strathisla, the oldest distillery in Scotland.
For more information, see Visit Scotland (0845 859 1006; visitscotland.com).
Take the high road
Scotland's highways are a joy to travel. In fact, this is the perfect landscape in which to fulfil a common fantasy: McKinlay Kidd (0844 873 6110; seescotlanddifferently.co.uk) offers breaks in classic, sports and prestige cars. Three two-night road trips in a Ferrari 360 Spider are available, picking up the car in Edinburgh or Inverness and bedding down in a five-star Highland castle at the end of each day.
One of the routes takes you to the far-flung north coast staying in the 15th-century Ackergill Tower, which oozes history, is decked out with antiques and comes complete with Barbours and wellies. From £1,025pp, based on two sharing and including breakfast, dinner and three days' car hire.
Or how about a VW Campervan? Scotland by Camper (0141 569 3265; scotlandbycamper.com) south of Glasgow offers a week's rental from 1 April until 30 September for £575. In low season, you can hire campervans from £85 per day.
Whisky galore
There are plenty of places to sip a wee dram, but the route along the Malt Whisky Trail (maltwhiskytrail.com) in Speyside has to be one of the best. At The Glenlivet (01340 821720; theglenlivet.com) you can take an exclusive "Spirit of the Malt" two- to three-hour tour and tasting for £30pp or fill your own bottle from the cask, then cork, cap and label it (£70).
Further north, at Glenmorangie in Ross-shire you can bed down in sumptuous Glenmorangie House (01862 871671; theglenmorangiehouse.com) from £140pp B&B or £185 half board. Alternatively, sign up for its Whisky Tasting Weekends from £450pp for two nights' full board, a tour of the distillery, tuition and ceilidh.
Next month in Edinburgh, a smart new Scotch Whisky Bar opens at The Balmoral (0131 556 2414; the balmoralhotel.com) stocked with more than 400 single malts.
Tee time
Forget Pringle jumpers and harlequin socks: even golf in Scotland has cranked up the style. Links House (01862 810279; linkshousedornoch.com) a luxurious eight-bedroom hotel in an old manse in Royal Dornoch, opened in May and has doubles from £215 with breakfast. The library is crammed with old sporting books; the drawing room is decked with antiques and oil paintings, and there's an outdoor fireplace where you can relax with a dram.
Five-star Georgian townhouse hotel Nira Caledonia (0131-225 2720; niracaledonia.com), in Edinburgh, has a new three-night Heli-Golf package from £1,699pp with breakfast, chauffeur-driven Bentley, airport transfers and a private Execair helicopter to whisk you to two of the world's greatest championship golf courses. You'll have a reserved tee time at St Andrews and you can test your swing at Gleneagles, which hosts next year's Ryder Cup.
Cruise control
A charmingly converted fishing trawler is an idyllic way to see the wildlife-rich waters of Hebrides and Argyll. The Majestic Line (01369 707951; themajesticline.co.uk) has two vessels with wood-panelled cabins. You can hire the whole boat for a private charter. (Three nights for 11 people costs £9,550 with all meals, wine, snacks and trips ashore.) Or book a three-night scheduled cruise around the Inlets of Mull and Loch Linnhe, which starts at £965pp, on the same basis.
Where to stay
Sumptuous castles, sleek self-catering – it's all about design: bespoke tweed rather than tartan tat. A clutch of exciting new places to stay includes Fonab Castle (01796 470140; fonabcastlehotel.com) in Pitlochry which has doubles from £170 including breakfast. The house, built in 1892 in the Scottish Baronial style for the Sandeman family (port and sherry merchants), sits on Loch Faskally and will have a spa and ultra-modern gym by the end of the year.
For self-catering in the Outer Hebrides, the two-bed Lewis Longhouse (lewislonghouse.com) on the Isle of Lewis is now open. On the east coast, near the beach, it has huge picture windows and sleek contemporary interiors and costs from £950 per week.
The Stonehouses is another stunning new property (01854 613 838; thestonehouses.co.uk). A vision of stone, timber, glass and turf, it is built into the hill above Ullapool, with views of the west coast. It has vaulted ceilings, limestone floors, a wood-burning stove and sauna. Sleeps four; from £900 per week.
Glamorous Glasgow
While Edinburgh grabs all the attention this month, don't ignore the charms of Scotland's biggest city. First thing's first: check out PeopleMakeGlasgow.com for a guide to what's on and to download a free app for exploring in style –from shops and galleries to the best bars. Then head to the new Meat bar (0141 204 3605; themeatbar.co.uk) where the mood is macho, the meat home smoked and sliders are the latest craze: pulled pork rubbed with ginger, chipotle and mustard.
Next, bed down at designer penthouse pad Grasshoppers (0141-222 2666; grasshoppersglasgow.com) above Central Station, where 30 rooms are decked out with handmade wallpaper and Caledonian oak floors. Doubles from £75, including breakfast.
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Placing vinyl tile over linoleum
I have linoleum tile in my kitchen. It's the original ugly green stuff from when the house was built 25 years ago. I want to change to something else. I would like wood, but that would be about $1,500. If I use stick on vinyl, it would only be about $300. Can I put the stick on vinyl tiles over the existing tile? I really don't want to have to scrape it all up. Thanks.
You've confused me.
Is it tile, linoleum, sheet vinyl or what?
If it's in sheets, they are probably 6' or 12' wide and have some kind of pattern. So, the answer is no, you will not be able to get good results applying self stick tile of that kind of flooring. In addition, it is very likely your old sheet vinyl (?) has a thin foam layer and so the answer would always be no even if there was no pattern.
Of course when people chose self stick tiles, they do so to cover a floor cheap. So if you don't expect long lasting results, vinyl tiles may be a good short term solution. But don't be surprised if the old pattern show thru and the new floor dents badly.
Alternatively you should remove the old floor along with any 1/4" underlayment that it's stuck to and then prep the floor with an appropriate new underlayment and then new flooring. You should not just scrape the old vinyl off because if it's real old the backing may contain asbestos, plus it's just easier the other way.
I'm not sure, it may be vinyl. It doesn't seem to be in sheets. More like one big piece cut out to fit the shape of the room. I could be wrong on that. I got down on my knees and looked, I couldn't find any seams. I also checked underneath it by pulling up a spot under the dishwasher. There wasn't anything under it but concrete.
OK. I'm not too familiar with flooring stuff. That's why I'm asking about it.
Peel and stick over vinyl would be a temporary solution. If you scrape up the old flooring be aware that the vinyl and/or adhesive "could" contain asbestos.
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China's palate ripens for European vineyards, chateaux
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HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese state-owned firms, private corporations and wealthy individuals are buying European vineyards as they look to capitalize on a growing domestic thirst for foreign wine.
Demand for French, Italian and Spanish wines has boomed in the world's second largest economy over the last few years, bolstered by the growth of China's super-rich and burgeoning middle class, who are knocking back the vino and the vin in record quantities.
David Guillon, of IFL, a Hong Kong based firm that sells French vineyards, castles and luxury properties, said IFL completed six multi-million euro (dollar) transactions of vineyards in France's Bordeaux region with Chinese investors in 2011, including state-owned grain trading giant COFCO. He expects this number could double in the coming year.
IFL is currently in close negotiations with two major state-owned companies, multiple private firms as well as Chinese celebrities and football players.
"The demand is getting very huge and it has been a very rapid evolution," said Guillon, adding that 80 percent of IFL's buyers in Asia come from Hong Kong and China.
"For the state-owned companies, these firms can be conglomerates which have nothing to do with the wine industry, hold a large amount of cash and want steady returns," he said.
While global wine prices have softened from skyrocketing levels set in the last two years, private auction house Christie's sold all lots at its February wine sale in Hong Kong, fetching results that were more than triple pre-sale estimates.
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|It's the Legendary Black Beast of Aaaaarrrrrrggghhh!!!!
|~ Brother Maynard menitioned the monster's name before devoured alive
The Black Beast of Argh is the quinary antagonist of the satirical movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
It is a legendary beast (which is ironically green-colored) who awaits and consumes anyone who enters the cave guarded by the Rabbit of Caerbannog, where the last words of Joseph of Arimathea can be found carved inside. It briefly seen when it revealing it's face on a cave that King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table passed during the journey for an enchanter that would guide them for the cave that guarded by Rabbit of Caerbannog.After killing Rabbit of Caerbannog, King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table found the engraving of Joseph of Arimathea and had Maynard to dechiper it. There, one of the knights, whom spotted the monster as he turned around, screamed in horror. Hilariously, the others believed him to incorrectly mentioned the monster's name, and started a brief argument. Eventually, all of them turned around simultaneously and realized what the screaming knight mean. Brother Maynard shouts the monster's name in horror as it devoured him alive, before it chased after King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table.
As the horrendous black beast lunged forward, escape for Arthur seemed hopeless... when suddenly, the animator suffered a fatal heart attack. Upon such narration, the scene switched into an animator who keeled over and fell to the ground dead, and as Arthur escaped, the beast stopped and dissolved, ceasing to exist. The cartoon peril was no more. The quest for the Holy Grail could continue.
Behavior and Traits
The monster obviously behaves much like other terrifying man-eating monsters such as Dinocroc or Supergator, where all of them are relentless in the pursuit for their prey, particulary humans. It's unknown whether it also rivaled Rabbit of Caerbannog or not considering the fact that they were man-eating beasts.
The beast's appearance is obviously reptillian albeit only having two legs, with numerous eyes and teeth, brown hair on it's head, and a pair of horns. Though the depiction supposedly showed him as terrifying beast, it instead depicted as the hilariously ugly monster that is not so horrifying.


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New York Times Fails To Disclose Op-Ed Writer Frank Luntz's Connection To Cantor Camp
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The New York Times failed to disclose Republican pollster and strategist Frank Luntz's financial ties to House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in an op-ed it published on Cantor's loss.
On June 11, the Times offered Luntz a platform to analyze the surprise primary defeat of Cantor by challenger Dave Brat and discuss the failings of polls, which had predicted a Cantor victory. At the end of the op-ed, the Times noted that Luntz works as "a communications adviser and Republican pollster" and "is president of Luntz Global Partners, a consulting firm," but did not disclose Luntz's direct ties to the Cantor camp.
What the Times didn't mention is that Luntz Global has received more than $15,000 in consulting fees from Cantor's campaign since 2012. According to documents filed with the Federal Election Commission, Cantor paid Luntz Global $2,354 for "seminar expenses" on February 27, $5,000 for "speech consulting" on December 12, and $8,000 for "speech writing" on April 9, 2012.
CBS News has already come under fire for a similar failure to disclose Luntz's connections to the Cantor campaign after it turned to Luntz for political analysis of Cantor's loss. As Media Matters reported, veteran media critics and reporters slammed the omission: former New York Times media writer and director of the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard University Alex S. Jones said that the lack of disclosure was either "bad" or "corrupt" journalism, and former Washington Post ombudsman Andy Alexander said:
It's Journalism 101. Anything that could impact the credibility of the person being interviewed should be disclosed. It's a matter of being honest and transparent with your audience.
Other media experts made similar points.
New York Times reporter Derek Willis responded to the Luntz piece by tweeting, "Did we really publish an oped from Frank Luntz without telling readers he *worked* for Cantor's campaign?"
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Congrat's Charlie Smith, you've done it again. Congrat's Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson...and Bob Engelman. I've been a part of a lot of films in our industry, as an actress, a choreographer, a director...and there are only a handful of great films you can point too, that you can watch over and over and over, and it never gets old. Dolphin Tale will be added to that list. From Morgan Freeman to Ashley Judd, all of the actors were phenomenal. The child actor Nathan Gamble pours his little heart into this one, and will become the new it young actor. Harry Connick Jr. is the dad of all dads, and the young actress Cozi Zuehlsdorff will will eventually become a wonderful little actress if she stays away from troublemakers in the industry. There were also a lot of successful actors in the supporting cast that helped make this film one for the ages. like, Frances Sternhagen, Kris Kristofferson, Ray McKinnon, Jim Fitzpatrick, Marc Macauly and Richard Libertini. And last but not least Winter. If you love animals and/or Dolphins..you too will love Dolphin Tale!
Without going into a dissertation of my life and background I went to
the Warner Brother's Premiere last night at the village theater in
Westwood and my eyes were watery almost the entire movie. Being an
animal lover and activist I would equate this film in it's quality to
several other extremely successful animal feature films, which I love
and watch, over and over again.
Dolphin Tale reminded me of some of the greatest animal films I've ever seen, such as 'My Dog Skip' 'Born Free' 'Babe' 'Old Yeller' 'Marley and Me' Benji' 'Free Willy' 'Lassie' and 'Flipper' but better! The family relationships between Ashley Judd and Nathan Gamble (mother & son) and then Gamble and Austin Stowell (1st cousins) and then Stowell and his parents Kim Ostrenko (Judd's sister) and Jim Fitzpatrick (Judd's brother in law & Stowell's father) and then Gamble and Winter the Dolphin and then Winter and Gamble and Cozi Zuehlsdorff (Gamble's new best friend) and her dad Harry Connick Jr (Marine Biologist) and then Connick and his dad Kris Kristofferson...was priceless.
The story of Winter obviously is what drives this film, but it the relationships is what makes this movie so emotional and visceral. Everyone will be able to associate themselves with these relationships.
Not to mention that the film is beautifully shot and it appears as though the town of Clearwater beach is a a cozy little beautiful place.
This may be THEE BEST animal movies EVER made...EVER!
*** This review may contain spoilers ***
This movie is a fun, feel good movie the whole family can enjoy. Don't let the PG rating scare off the little ones. The only reason I can figure they gave it a PG rating is because of the talk of prosthetics and because Winter loses her tail. It is based on the story of Winter the dolphin. A lot of it is true although they have "hollywooded" it up. I saw it in 3D. I think the cinematography was beautiful. The colors were very vibrant. Winter is an inspiration to us all. She shows kids that anyone can overcome obstacles.
I brought my 8 year old daughter with me to preview Dolphin Tale and we both LOVED it! This is a perfect family movie and I couldn't recommend it enough. The message was positive and although there were some heavy topics addressed - it wasn't over the top... you leave feeling good with lots to think about. This isn't just a movie that encourages you to never give up. It did a great job bringing up real issues like self-image, pride, acceptance of those who are different, self-worth, homeschooling, importance of family, the power of a good family, the value of family. It addresses family relationships, friendship with those who are different, public school issues... oh, and so much more! This movie opens opportunity for discussion with your kids OR you can just go and enjoy the story. Can't wait to see it again in September!
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Inspirational films are often difficult to review. The movie is
inspirational for a reason; therefore, it's usually telling a story of
someone making the best out of a bad situation. The problem is that no
one wants to be the person to say the movie isn't worth watching.
Thankfully, Dolphin Tale isn't one of those movies. Dolphin Tale tells
the true story of Winter, a dolphin who due to a very unfortunate
accident loses her tail and the group of people who help her to survive
despite her handicap.
Director Charles Martin Smith, best known for his roles in The Untouchables and Never Cry Wolf, takes a heartfelt story and presents it just as is. The movie's lead is a young actor named Nathan Gamble, who plays Sawyer Nelson. . Gamble is surrounded by high level talent, which you usually don't find in movies of this type; Ashley Judd, plays Lorraine Nelson, Sawyer's mom; Morgan Freeman, working alongside of Judd for the third time, plays Dr. McCarthy, a VA doctor tasked with trying to create a working prosthetic to replace Winter's tail; and Harry Connick Jr. is doctor Clay Haskett, who runs the Clearwater Marine Aquarium and along with his team is mostly responsible for saving Winter's life. Judd provides an endearing charm as Lorraine, and her enthusiasm shines through. There couldn't have been anyone better to play Dr. McCarthy than the great Morgan Freeman. Freeman gives credence to Dr. McCarthy and, thanks to him not being in the right frame of mind, his dedication to creating a new tail for Winter. The charismatic Harry Connick Jr. gives a stellar performance, providing Sawyer with a role model. Cozi Zuehlsdorf makes her acting debut as Hazel Haskett, Sawyer's best friend. Along with Sawyer, the two of them work together to make some magical happen. Zuehlsdorf's shining personality and adorable smile, along with her chattiness, reminded me of what makes my own daughter so special. Not to be overlooked or forgotten, Winter the Dolphin plays herself and is a wonder to watch.
Dolphin Tale teaches and inspires in so many ways. It teaches us to not judge anyone that may be different; it teaches us that family is forever; it inspires us to be role models; it inspires single parents to keep up the great work; and most importantly it inspires those that have set back to never give up. Winter's story is an incredible miracle. As I sat between my son, who's almost 8, and my daughter who is 5, I couldn't help but well up with tears at the determination of these extraordinary people as they all went above and beyond in the hopes of saving a fish; yes, I know that dolphins are mammals and are not really fish. At the end of the movie, I asked my kids how they liked it and they both said that they loved it. They then asked me how I liked it, and my response to them was "I think that may have been my favorite movie so far this summer." I no longer have to think about it, it IS my favorite movie so far this year.
Grade: A+
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This is the first review I have written, but I feel obligated as this
movie was so perfect for its genre. I'm not saying it is an academy
award winner, but as far as inspirational, age appropriate and
inspiring family movies go, if simply won't get much better than this.
Let me start by saying that I have a child with a physical disability, and during his second surgery, his school class gave him a book about Winter. This was way before the movie, and I had never heard of Winter. My son (age 5), who loves fish and sea life, was instantly taken with the idea of a dolphin that was special like he was. We read the book many times, and even at the hospital we promised that someday he would get to meet Winter.
About six months after his surgery, we traveled to Clearwater from our home on the opposite Florida Coast (4 hour drive). When we arrived we found the aquarium there very sparse and not all that impressive. That said, they were majorly renovating due to the money that they were paid to make this movie even though it still wasn't out yet. That said, Winter was well worth the trip. She is every bit as inspirational and real as what you see in the movie. I'm only bringing this up to focus on my movie review. This is for anyone that thought the movie was over the top sappy or cheesy. I'm sorry, but that part is true and to not make it look that way would be virtually impossible. Winter gives hope to people with special needs. My son even made her a card and got to hold her special tail.
The other features of the movie like the boy finding her and probably many other aspects are creative license. She was actually found by a boat on the East coast of Florida. But, I don't think that really matters. When we went there, even with no movie, and met Winter we knew that she was a movie star.
The movie itself was well produced, well-acted (Morgan Freeman was very good), and took on difficult themes subtly for young children. I guess the best comparison to this would be Free Willy, however that story was pure fantasy and simply not as good of a movie, in any way, to Dolphin Tale.
I highly recommend this movie for any family, especially anyone with a disability. And as far as the barely believable and possibly sappy plot, sometime real life is like that and that is a good thing!
"Family is forever."
Although Dolphin Tale is by far not my favorite film of the year, like Midnight in Paris, it is a solid kids' film, an adventure that treats animals and 11 year olds with respect and doesn't demonize adults.
A dolphin, Winter, needs a new tail to survive a crab-trap entanglement, and 11 year old Sawyer Nelson is the new friend to help her through the adjustment. His job: show us that being excited about something worthwhile is the answer to school blues and mother loss. The film is aces at showing that being engaged in helping a living being leads to success and happiness.
A slew of other good-willed people help Winter, from like-minded friends to doctors to grandpas. And that's the sweet point of the film, emblazoned on an all-purpose Swiss Army knife: "Family is Forever." With two crucial families needing a mother in one and a father in the other, "family" extends to the community that nurtures children, adults, and animals. Not only does a Clearwater, Florida, marine rescue hospital need financial support to continue, so also does a crippled soldier and Winter. The figurative connections are obvious but still carefully entered into the drama so as not to heighten the sugar content.
Besides, any movie that includes Kris Kristofferson as a benevolent grandpa and Morgan Freeman as a caring prosthetics doctor can't be all bad. For a supposedly sophisticated film critic, I'm veritably childlike in the presence of these accomplished actors. BTW, Ashley Judd as single mom gets my attention, as she always does.
Yet that Winter, she's all any man could want: smart and silky with mysterious eyes that seem to say, "With our help, you men will make it just fine." No man bashing in this film, just recognition that communal charity and mutual respect will win the day.
Something about this Disneyesque, retro children's adventure makes me happy.
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The story of Dolphin Tale is very inspirational and uplifting. It
teaches us not to give up when all seems hopeless. Winter lost her tail
and the aquarium was poised to close down due to financial issues.
After the aquarium exhausted all possible options, they had to sell the
aquarium, but no other centres are willing to accept Winter. The last
option they have was to put her down peacefully. Despite the
hopelessness, young Sawyer Nelson (played by Nathan Gamble) refuses to
give up. After witnessing a mother and her little girl who has only one
leg were willing to drive hours up from out of town just to see Winter,
Sawyer came up with a brilliant plan that can save this handicapped
dolphin. Although Sawyer failed many of his school subjects, he is
indeed brilliant. His mom was surprised by his knowledge, commitment
and intelligence, brought forth by what he was interested in.
There are many lessons that we can take from Dolphin Tale. One of the many lessons is that children who may not seem bright at first, just needs to find a subject of interest to them in order to display their intelligence. Moreover, miracles do happen, but sometimes we need to persevere long enough and never give up before we are able to see it happen. Dolphin Tale teaches us that there is hope even when all seems hopeless.
Dolphin Tale neither has a typical villain nor a big climax. It is simply an inspirational movie that I find to be emotional, entertaining and captivating. It is children friendly and excellent for the whole family to watch. I was astounded by this movie and I highly encourage everyone to watch it. The actors and actresses truly deliver. Moreover, I am once again dazzled by Gamble's acting as he brilliantly portrays the character of Sawyer Nelson. I look forward to his future projects and I believe he will continue to rise in the film industry.
This film was enjoyed by everyone in my family yesterday. My husband, 10 year old daughter and 12 year old son all fell in love with the characters in this movie. Not only does it have great actors, but it is chalk full of great messages; lots of lessons to be learned here. You will not be disappointed! Take your family, knowing you won't have to cringe due to, even a hint of, profanity or pornography. You can sit back, relax, laugh and learn while you enjoy a story that is not just about a dolphin, but about families who realize that nothing is impossible,even when faced with adversities that seem hopeless. Never give up!
We have been visiting Winter for years. She is very special and this
movie certainly captures her amazing spirit. With all the big names in
this movie, Winter is a star. This movie was sweet and fun. I am easily
bored by kids movies but this one kept me entertained and wanting more.
My 10 year old who wears a prosthesis LOVED this movie. Winter has
helped her understand she is not alone and Winter's "nothing's going to
stop me" attitude is fully displayed.
I was concerned how my 13 year old son would like the movie. It's hard to impress him these days. But he loved it!! He said he can't wait to see it again! Definitely is a movie that is worth seeing in the theater. I also think this movie is totally worth the 3D money! The 3D was REALLY fun!!
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The robots are taking charge. Rather than fearsome cyborgs created by Skynet, the march is by a friendly looking green droid, which emerged two years ago and now dominates the smartphone world.
This week Google revealed that 500,000 phones running its Android operating system (OS) are activated every day. Senior managers say this is only the beginning, as they look to expand the system to running homes and cars, adding that the UK will play a crucial role in its development.
Dave Burke, engineering director for Google in the UK, oversees Android development in the region and has been working on the system since its launch. He said the success of the platform so far had "exceeded our wildest dreams".
Google had already developed a "mobile excellence centre" before it bought mobile software developer Android in August 2005, which brought current Android head Andy Rubin with it. Yet despite rumours, Android did not emerge on a handset until October 2008, with the launch of T-Mobile's G1. Mr Burke said: "It was clear we were seeing a dominant source of traffic from smartphones. They were using a disproportionate amount of data. It became about usage not units."
Since then the popularity of the OS has soared and there are currently 310 Android devices available.
Mr Rubin revealed the latest Android statistics this week, which also showed the levels of activations were growing 4.4 per cent week on week. Mr Burke added: "We are only just over two years into this. This is still early for a hugely dynamic industry."
London's operations are a key part of Android development. Mr Burke's team focused on the system's mobile web browser and is responsible for the voice-recognition operations. He said there are huge developments in the space that has led to a "much faster interaction now".
Android has a 36 per cent share of the market up from 0.5 per cent in 2008, according to Gartner, overtaking Apple, which revolutionised the smartphone market with the launch of the iPhone in 2007. By May of this year, 100 million devices running Android had been activated.
Steve Brazier, chief executive of research group Canalys, said: "The success of Android on smartphones has been phenomenal thanks to their rapid innovation and the fact it is free to license." He added: "Android is popular because it is a modern operating system that isn't Apple. There were many who did not want an iPhone, for whatever reason, one of which is price."
Google has invested heavily in making the platform work. Analysts pointed to the strength in its engineering team to create a platform that consumers wanted. It has continued to develop the system, with the ninth update – codename Ice Cream Sandwich – due for release later this year. It has been designed to run smartphones and tablets. It makes its own phones, but normally as Mr Burke puts it, as "reference devices". Following from the Nexus One and the Nexus S, a phone is in development with the new platform and will launch this year.
Part of its success has been driven by the mobile operators. Francisco Jeronimo, research manager at IDC, said: "They were concerned first about the dominance of Nokia, then of Apple. They started pushing vendors to make Android devices. It snowballed." The handset makers were also keen as Google charges no licensing fee for the software.
Android is important for Google, despite not receiving fees for the software, as it has helped the group cement its position in mobile search. In the past two years the rise in mobile search traffic at the company has increased five-fold. On Android phones, it has risen 10 per cent.
The advance of innovation at the operating system has been helped by the arms race taking place in mobile phones. Smartphone makers Apple, HTC, Motorola and Samsung especially are packing ever more power into the devices.
This, along with the rise of cloud computing, has given the Android developers licence to be more creative. "You will see more and more processing power, while the cloud makes sense for some of the heavier lifting," Mr Burke said.
He is hugely excited about the prospects for Android. "Currently we are focused on tablets and phones, but we encourage innovation. People can take the system to places we hadn't even envisioned. It can be used in control systems for houses and cars, as well as to run cameras and televisions," he said.
This includes the software which is running lighting , home stereos and alarm clocks. Companies have also designed a protocol that extends to diswashers and thermostats. "People are building stuff right now. I'm pretty excited to drive in my first Android car," he said.
Google will face challenges, analysts said. Partly this is because the devices are becoming so widespread that operators will fear a lack of differentiation in the market. Another issue is the one that helped its rise. The operators are expected to back rivals, especially Microsoft, to avoid the dominance of Android and the iPhone.
"Android will get stronger, but this will become a problem for operators because it can get too powerful," Mr Jeronimo said. "No one wants a market dominated by two players."
Emerging markets have been hugely important for Android, but one critical country is limited.
Google has a chequered past with China. Currently, Android devices shipped into China do not have Google search. Others have raised privacy concerns over the devices tracking users. Mr Brazier added that for a young industry it was "perfectly possible new entrants can shake up the market. Android is only two years old and the iPhone is less than four."
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Geoff Blaber, an analyst at CCS Insight, said: "Android is critical for Google as mobile search is becoming increasingly important... This is a market in its infancy, but Android currently has a stranglehold".
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A vocal group of conspiracy theorists known as "birthers" are riling the White House with their persistent claim that Barack Obama is not an American citizen and therefore ineligible to be president.
The claim that the United States' first African-American president was born in Kenya, not Hawaii, first emerged during his presidential campaign, but it has garnered more media attention in the summer "silly season," a traditionally slow news period when many Americans are on vacation.
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs looked exasperated at his briefing on Monday when a reporter asked him, "Is there anything you can say that will make the birthers go away?"
"If I had some DNA, it wouldn't assuage those that don't believe he was born here," Gibbs replied. "But I have news for them and for all of us: The president was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, the 50th state of the greatest country on the face of the earth. He's a citizen.
"A year-and-a-half ago I asked that the birth certificate be put on the Internet because Lord knows, you got a birth certificate and you put it on the Internet, what else could be the story?"
The digitally scanned copy of the "certification of live birth" from Hawaii's Department of Health shows Obama was born in Honolulu at 7:24 p.m. on August 4, 1961.
The nonpartisan FactCheck.org, a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania, examined, handled and photographed the original certificate in an effort to put the controversy to rest.
"We conclude that it meets all of the requirements from the State Department for proving U.S. citizenship. Our conclusion: Obama was born in the USA, just as he has always said." Continued...


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I just finished a large cup of this mixed with a few delicious things I will tell you about. I tend to drink this tea bare, or with the spiced butter recipe mentioned previously on here (Faith) and a little cream (so indulgent and delicious!)
Dry: Beautiful combination of leaves and such fine coconut. Smells like buttery-rummy-deliciousness. Such large vanilla bean pieces! I'm impressed!
Liquor: Creamy coconutty vanilla with rum. Slightly astringent, but almost not even noticeable (Yay!) Smell is deliciously Malibu rum.
The smell of the mug after drinking this tea bare is fantastic! (Always a plus for me.. I like to really appreciate the layers of smells that my tongue could perhaps not decipher (yet?))
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After careful consideration, I can neither confirm nor deny that I would take action pertaining to the question at hand. It all depends on what your definition of "would" is.
This is a discussion on Would you defy a gun ban? within the The Second Amendment & Gun Legislation Discussion forums, part of the Related Topics category; I think this is what they wrote the 5th Ammendment for!...
I think this is what they wrote the 5th Ammendment for!
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After careful consideration, I can neither confirm nor deny that I would take action pertaining to the question at hand. It all depends on what your definition of "would" is.
I always follow the orders of the US government
Say 'what' again! I dare you! I double dare you!-Jules Winnfield aka Samuel L Jackson
I will just say that I will do my best to preserve,protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States. And that not lost to me the fact that all those politicians trying to destroy the Constitution swore that oath with their hand on a Bible, before God. Shame on those that break that sacred oath.
Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunder bolt...... Sun Tzu.
The supreme art of war is to defeat the enemy without fighting........ Sun Tzu.
Wut? O.o can I get you a beer or subthang?
Perhaps we should discuss this over at the Green Dragon Tavern.
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No Guns, No Safety, No Peace.
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I am a law abiding kind of guy. If a law to confiscate guns was passed today, by tommorrow afternoon I would have them all piled up high on the curb to make it easier for the goverment lackeys to just pick up and throw in the back of their truck.
Since I would no longer have any guns, I would probably just stack my ammo cans like bricks at the front of my yard by the guns.
If it was hot out, I would offer whoever came to pick up the stuff some ice cold lemonade. If it was cold out I would offer hot chocolate or coffee. I would do whatever I could to assist the gentlemen that were only doing their job.
I know that the powers that be are only trying to keep us safe and that they would never do anything to hurt us. I understand that its for our own good and that of our children. They want us to be a peacable society, so I figure that the least I could do is help them to achieve their goal. Since I am a "team" player, its the right thing to do.There ya have it. I should be good to go, right?And there are also certain things that you may want to show on your Internet Permanent Record Card anyway.
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Monday July 23rd, 2012 4:06pm
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The Oregon lacrosse team matched a school record with 22 goals in their season opener en route to a 22-6 victory over Jacksonville University on Saturday morning. The Ducks begin the year 1-0 while Jacksonville falls to 0-2.
Oregon tied the previous school record of 22 goals scored in one game that was set against Saint Mary's on April 3, 2006.
Freshman midfielder Maggie Kovacs came off the bench to lead the Ducks with six points on four goals and two assists. Overall 10 different players score two or more points in one of the most balanced Oregon offensive performances to date. Alex Brenier led all players with five goals.
"We played a very balanced game," said head coach Jen Larsen. "It was great to see 10 girls each contributing. We executed very well on offense and each of our goalies were solid as well. I'm very happy with our performance in the first game of the season."
Following the graduation of three-year starter Anna Poponyak, redshirt junior Hannah Jones made her first career start in the net for the Ducks, playing the first half and making three saves with three goals allowed. She earned the win. Senior Sam DeBow started the second half in the net and played 13 minutes, allowing one goal and making one save. Freshman Salliebeth Finnegan closed on the contest by playing the final 16 minutes and surrendering two goals while stopping two shots.
Oregon jumped out an early 3-0 led in the first half with scores by Erin Chisnell, Dominique Christiansen and Briener and led 9-3 at halftime. The Ducks turned it on in the second half, scoring 13 times and allowing only three more Jacksonville scores. In the second half Oregon went on a 9-1 run over 16:25 in the middle part of the period.
Oregon's returning point scorer from a year ago, Jana Drummond, had three goals on eight shots. In the midfield, Jess Drummond and Colleen Taggart each snagged four ground balls as the Ducks outpaced the Dolphins 35-28 in the category. Oregon outshot Jacksonville 40-16 and made 6-of-10 free position shots as opposed to 1-of-2 by Jacksonville.
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According to Jordan Weissman of Slate, David Brat thinks "mainstream economics is a bit of a lie."
Brat's "long, apparently unpublished reader on the history and philosophy of economic thought … argues, essentially, that the field suffers from a mass delusion of scientific impartiality."
Brat: " … the dominant methodology in economics is in serious question, if not dead … while many economists are very nervous about the methodological problems in their field, the theologian and philosopher are very used to seeing their fields collapse every few hundred years. Perhaps this knowledge and wisdom can be brought to bear on the economic transformation which is under way."
"The Tea Party's new favorite face isn't arguing that economics should be less concerned with ethics. He just seems to think we should be more open to alternative points of moral departure. He appears to be big on the work of Deirdre McCloskey, who believes that economics should be framed as a form of 'rhetoric'—which is to say, just part of the ancient art of persuasion."


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As the Vice President of Content, Digital & Communications, Michelle Klein oversees Smirnoff's global communications across a range of channels. For the past five years, she has focused on step changing the brand's digital and social presence, creating marketing programs that focus on consumer co-creation, both physically and digitally. More recently, Michelle orchestrated Smirnoff's worldwide participation platform – The Smirnoff Nightlife Exchange Project – where 50 countries swapped the best of their nightlife on one record-breaking night, engaging over 10 million people globally. The project featured Madonna, who, in partnership with Smirnoff, conducted a search for the world's best dancer to join her on her next tour.
Michelle kick started her career in PR in Australia. She has written for the Sydney Morning Herald and established an internal agency as part of The Illustrated London News Group and Sea Containers. She has worked agency-side, leading the British Airways global account at Agency.com. After too many years of living with London's bad weather, Michelle moved to New York to take on the role with Smirnoff. In 2011, Michelle was recognized by Ad Week as one of 10 marketing "Brand Geniuses" for her work on Smirnoff.
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text: Culture 6 August 2010 Teach us to care and not to care Lisa Hammond gets audiences thinking about disability. Sign up for our weekly email * Print HTML The British public, long used to arbitrating on the presence or otherwise of Talent and X Factor, has now been given a say in the devising of a show. Two actors went out on to the streets with a microphone and canvassed opinion on what their forthcoming play should be about, and the resulting performance is the wryly titled No Idea. It should be stated, for the record, that one of the performers, Lisa Hammond, is what the Americans preciously call a "little person"; her partner Rachael Spence is of average height. The pair have a knack of making each line appear box-fresh. As they present this show about a show, and road-test some of the public's ideas, there's an off-the-cuff feel of live improvisation which is actually more akin to the well-honed grooves of stand-up: this play has been carefully crafted, under the direction of Improbable's Lee Simpson. The public's suggestions are a springboard all right, but not in the direction the public intended. In the end, the laughs are on the unsuspecting contributors, and the show turns out to be very much about them and their perceptions of Hammond and Spence. When the actors play around with gilt frames, creating objectifying snapshots of various body parts, one senses that they were not the only ones to have been "framed". Even as you wince, you can't help but feel a teensy bit sorry for the hapless interviewees. Their accents and agendas alike are ruthlessly and, it must be said, hilariously nailed by the two performers. One passer-by gives them deeply patronising advice about starting out with free performances. In small spaces. Another simply can't imagine two women doing a comedy and being funny. A group of youngsters suggest they beef up their flimsy act with big-hitters like Davina, Beyoncé or Phil from EastEnders. And the tricksiest of all the tricksy issues is the public's response to the pint-sized pachyderm in the room, Hammond's disability. One assumption in particular tapped a well of frustration in Hammond, which is that an undersized person must be possessed of an outsized personality. It's what she calls the "Uh-oh, Here Comes Trouble!" syndrome. Cheeky girls Notably there are comments about her "cheeky, cheeky face", which the pair work up into a ribald music-hall number and push into the realms of savagely funny bad taste ("See the smile/of a paedophile . . ."). When, later in the show, Hammond fesses up to the misdemeanours that her condition enables her to get away with, and notes that we, the public, accept that "the freaky girl does freaky things", we revise our laughter at her song. Would it have been bearable, let alone funny, if sung by someone of standard size? Enthusiastic lip-service is paid to Hammond being the star of the show, but interestingly, agonisingly, when the public is asked to string a storyline together, she is given nothing whatsoever to do. It would seem we are loath to visit any kind of mishap on her, to double-dose her with misfortune. And we certainly don't see her as a romantic lead. So while Spence frets that she'll be cast in "some kind of ensemble capacity", or as a "chorus tramp", she actually gets all the action. While she gets to do a fabulously clownish "falling in love" montage of picnics, photo-booth capers and roller-coaster rides, Hammond is given the task of staying in the apartment, making a phone call. "I observe," she says acidly, "that I have had fuck all to do in that story." Though the show points up our hypocrisy and confusion with regard to the "dwarf or midget", it is also a warm celebration of the possible relationship between able-bodied and disabled, and the friendship between Spence and Hammond is held up as an example of best practice. Teach us to care and not to care, as T S Eliot would have it, and Spence strikes pretty much that balance towards her diminutive partner, finishing the show with a rousing chorus of "I Don't Give a Shit About You!". The yen towards didacticism -- all that messing around with body building-blocks can feel like a theatre-in-education workshop -- is playfully clocked, and the show just manages to pull back from the preachy. "We want entertaining, not cripples complaining!" larks Hammond, in the nick of time. Crucially, I left the theatre thinking about her stature, but as a performer, not as a person. And humming "Cheeky face, cheeky face . . ." › Watch our Labour leadership debate on iPlayer Subscribe from just £1 per issue More Related articles Everyday superheroes - how pop culture can help overcome trauma Upon Remembering Westminster Bridge Rachel Cusk: "Tristram Shandy looks more radical than anything being written today" Subscription offer 12 issues for £12 + FREE book LEARN MORE Close This week's magazine


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This set combines two African hardwoods - Bubinga and Wenge. Bubinga ranges from rich browns to deep reds and can have very mild to wild veining running through it. A very solid wood, it's perfect for grip panels. Wenge is always dark, but depending on how you cut it can have very straight graining or wild "all over the place" graining. Both of these woods give you a range from which to choose how you want the grips to look. This pair is simply a Bubinga stripe through a field of Wenge with all of it set on a base of Maple. Kind of gives things a "framed" look on the pistol that is quite cool.


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RPT-COLUMN-Rio, BHP investors may be too cautious on iron ore rally: Russell
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By Clyde Russell
LAUNCESTON, Australia May 5 (Reuters) - If you are looking for signs that the China-led surge in iron ore and steel prices is likely to fizzle, the fact that the share prices of producers are lagging miles behind is a strong indicator that the commodity rally may be shaky.
Spot iron ore for delivery to China .IO62-CNI=SI has surged almost 43 percent this year, closing on Wednesday at $61 a tonne. Those gains looked more impressive two weeks ago when prices hit $68.70, its highest since January last year.
In contrast, Rio Tinto, the Anglo-Australian miner that derives some 90 percent of its profits from the steel-making ingredient, is up just 7 percent this year in Australian dollar terms, and 9.5 percent in U.S. dollars.
Fellow major producer BHP Billiton, has gained 5.2 percent in Australian dollars and 7.8 percent in U.S. currency.
While top producer, Brazil's Vale, has done significantly better, gaining 35 percent in the local real since the start of the year, and 50 percent in greenbacks.
It's worth noting that iron ore, despite its surge so far this year, is still 68 percent below its all-time high above $190 a tonne, reached in February 2011.
Both Rio Tinto and BHP didn't fall quite as dramatically from the record iron ore price, having respectively declined 45 percent and 55.5 percent in Australian dollars and 60 percent and 67 percent in U.S dollars since then. Continuación...


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The Best of #YSLTF ('You Should Listen To' Friday) on Twitter
Last week radio producer Sam Greenspan of the design podcast 99 Percent Invisible gave a shout out to a new show from WFMU called "Why Oh Why" and added the hashtag #YSLTF ('You Should Listen To' Friday).
I saw the tweet a few days later and reached out to him, saying "Let's make #YSLTF a thing this Friday." Then we got Andrea Silenzi, host of "Why Oh Why" involved, and BOOM! a new Twitter trend was born.
The mini-meme is growing with tons of radio makers and radio lovers tweeting out the handles and links to their favorite podcasts, radio segments and audio storytelling.
Many people chose to honor the passing of Nelson Mandela with Nelson Mandela: An Audio History from Radio Diaries.
— Sarah Kate Kramer (@skk_wire) December 6, 2013
A lot of other great suggestions are coming in from long-form radio stories to audio essays.
#YSLTF wonderful short audio essay A Short History of Music as a Weapon http://t.co/D9EoqSzzF9
— sofia saldanha (@saldanhadesofia) December 6, 2013
People are also suggesting everything from found sound to favorite episodes of well-known shows like This American Life to lesser-known podcasts.
#YSLTF @leathau @mentalpod @thememorypalace @TheTruthFiction @ThirdCoastFest @OtherPeoplePod
— John Eastman (@Jeastmanny) December 6, 2013
Here are 10 to check out, recommended from our fellow #YSLTF followers...
Consider Eating Dust: A Cowboy Tale (Stanford Storytelling Project) — @atrufelman
Arctic Monkeys Serve Up a Hot Soundtrack, Cool Pudding (Dinner Party Download) — @manoushz
The Antidote: DNA Secrets (WNYC Radio) — @jimschachter
The Too Hard Basket (Third Coast International Audio Festival) — @Meg_Cramer
The Fighter Pilot (How Sound) — @samlistens
The Ballad of Daniel D. Portado (Radio Ambulante) — @stan_alcorn
Powerlifter Not Daunted By Down Syndrome (Only a Game) — @Laskowski_C
The Sunshine Hotel (Sound Portraits) — @s_nessen
Ministry of Presence (Unfictional) — @juliastmi
The Piano Van Recordings (Random Tape) — @ramsgatesounds
We're also happy to report that #YSLTF ("yissel-toff"?) is already turning into a verb (like Google).
Jeez, almost forgot to #YSLTF Pejk Malinowski's "Poetry, Texas" http://t.co/Ay3h8gzNUS …
— Julia Barton (@bartona104) December 6, 2013
We'll be sure to keep updating the list. And be sure to join the conversation!


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Cubicle Fever: Is There Life At Your Desk?
My hands feel alien after a long day at the office. It's like, they're losing the part that makes them human.
When the days are shortest, but feel the longest... when it's dark when you leave for work and dark when you get home... when those partition walls are closing in and you just don't think you can stand another minute at your desk... that's when you've got a bad case of Cubicle Fever. It's like cabin fever, but less rustic.


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"Goodness, we had some picks today," Richt said. "I think we probably had about three interceptions and the defense did a good job as a whole today. Mikey Henderson also caught a nice bomb from Matthew Stafford."
On Saturday, the Bulldogs will have a closed scrimmage at Sanford Stadium and give the January enrollees, such as Matthew Stafford, Asher Allen, Ricardo Crawford, Kris Durham and Kevin Perez, a chance to see some full-speed action in their home stadium.
Richt said the No. 1 offense is scheduled to square off against the No. 1 defense and both second-team squads will scrimmage against each other as well.
"Today was mostly about correcting mistakes and getting prepared for what we are going to run tomorrow," he said.
Georgia has six more spring practices scheduled after Saturday's scrimmage before the annual G-Day game arrives on April 8th.


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The Soghri field is located in Jand District, Punjab Province. The scope of work for this project involves the installation of 40 MMscfd Gas Sweetening Amine Plant and allied utilities at Dakhni Plant. The projected product yield upon completion is 15 MMscfd per day of gas and will be enhanced to 30 MMscfd upon completion of additional wells. The Amine plant has been shifted at Soghri site. Procurement of additional equipment is in progress. Hiring the services of PC Contractor for installation of plant in progress.
This project will enhance Dakhni Plant capacity Gas Sweetening capacity from 40 MMscfd to 80 MMscfd. The new unit will process Soghri Gas & the Old Plant will process Gas from Jand and Dakhni.
The Uch gas field is located about 67 kms south east of Dera Bugti in Balochistan province. OGDCL adopted a development plan under which production at the Uch gas field is to be increased up to 160 MMscfd per day of gas through UCH-II Development Project. This project involves installation of a gas gathering facility, gas sweetening plant, dehydration plant, allied utilities and gas delivery Station. GSA with UPL has been signed.
OGDCL started supplying dehydrated gas to Uch Power Ltd since Feb 2014. The UCH II project was partially commissioned and specification gas is being supplied to UPL as per demand since Feb 2015 from one amine unit through an interim scheme.
PROJECT COMPLETED. Overall project completion achieved on 12 JAN 2017 with the commissioning of Hot Oil System, Amine and Dehydration. System normalization in process.
Jhal Magsi gas field is located in District Jhal Magsi Baluchistan, and is a joint venture among OGDCL (56%), POL (24%), GHPL (20%), with OGDCL serving as the operator. The development project involves installation of dehydration/compression/ H2S removal plant to produce 15 MMscfd pipeline quality sales gas.
The project activities are on-hold due to delay in laying of sales gas line by SSGCL
Nashpa-Mela fields are located in Karak & Kohat Districts of KPK province. OGDCL is the operator of these fields while other JV partners include Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) and GHPL. Development of both the projects is under implementation phase. As per development plan, a centralized gas processing & LPG plant will be installed at Nashpa field. The crude stabilization and gas compressor will be installed at Mela. The gas of Mela will also be transported to Nashpa for extraction of LPG.
The contract has been signed on EPCC basis with M/s Hong Kong Hui Hua design/ supply/ installation and commissioning of Gas Processing & LPG Recovery Plants, Sales Gas Compressors and Allied Facilities at Nashpa Field. The expected incremental Production upon the completion from Nashpa & Mela will be: Gas: 10 MMscfd, Condensate: 1120 bbls/day and 370 Mton/Day of LPG.
KPD-TAY Plant is located adjacent to Company's existing Kunnar LPG plant in Sindh Province and about 25 Kilometers from Hyderabad City. OGDCL has completed the Early Production Facilities (Project Phase-I) and at present OGDCL is producing 1100 BPD of Oil and 100 MMSCFD gas without LPG/NGL extraction.
OGDCL plans to develop KPD-TAY Integrated (Project Phase-II) by installing Wellhead facilities and Flow lines for 29 wells, 25 Kilometer long Trunk Line (Dia 12"), gas gathering system, Dehydration plant, Amine plant, LPG Plants, Hot Oil system, Power Generation, Sale Gas/ Wellhead Compression, Sale Gas Metering, and Allied Utilities to process 250 MMSCFD raw gas. The production upon the completion of project is Gas 225 MMCFD, LPG 410 M.Tons/day and Oil 5100 BOPD.
The major part of project was awarded to M/S Shangdong Kerui on EPCC basis and remaining supplies & works was awarded to five (05) PC Contractors. All the contractors have completed the project activities in their scope.
PROJECT COMPLETED. Supply of On Spec Gas to SSGCL started from 01.09.2016, LPG production started on 14.12.2016. System normalization in process to achieve full capacity production.


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Supplement to the obesity and built environment study on overweight adolescents
The Foundation's Active Living Research program was designed to support investigator-initiated research to identify and assess structural, environmental, and policy changes with the potential to increase population levels of physical activity.This grant provides supplemental funds for a study originally funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) focusing on obesity and the built environment. The research team for this Obesity and the Built Environment (OBE) supplemental grant will evaluate the influence of community characteristics and the built environment on adolescent overweight in 26 communities scattered across Vermont and New Hampshire. The project will expand the set of observational measures used in the initial study to include features from the community level, parks and playgrounds, and trails. Data will be collected using observational measures that were produced from Active Living Research-supported projects, including the Irvine Minnesota Inventory, Physical Activity Resource Assessment (PARA) instrument, and the Path Environmental Audit Tool (PEAT). The additional observational measures will increase the number of community measures of the built environment.
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Awarded on: 6/27/2006
Time frame: 7/1/2006 - 12/31/2009
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Early Bird Montessori
Castro Valley, CA
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Note: a previous site on Heyer Ave. has closed. License #: 013418955
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I am interested in sending my two year old daughter to the Early Bird monterssori in Hayward that just opened in january. Were you able to get references for the teacher? How has your experience been so far? Any info would be appreciated. mom
Early Bird Montessori is oned by Sithy Mashoor. She is a Qualified Montessori directoress. Sithy was very kind and patient with kids,She worked with my daughter sience she was 3 years,now my daughter is 6 & she goes to Redwood day, we had wonderful experience with her,sithy motivates and engage students to learn,my daughter's math and phonics skills was really improved.We love her & still we are visiting her,e.g we went for her easter egg hunt. tina
I'm happy to provide a recommendation for Early Bird Montessori. Sithy is caring, attentive and patient.
There is nothing more important in one's life than the welfare of one's children. As someone who is a first time mother, I was very nervous at first about having my daughter in a day care. Sithy, however, made the transition for easy for me. During this period of time, Sithy updated me everyday on how my daughter was adjusting. She gave me much comfort.
In first meeting Sithy, it didn't take long for my daughter to warm to her. She enjoys playing, singing, laughing, and reading books to the children. My daughter arrives and leaves Early Bird Montessori with a smile. This means something. She's in a positive and safe environment.
I am grateful to Sithy. She has opened her home and her heart to my daughter. Pia
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This is a blog to chronicle this portion of the life of Staff Sgt. Jason Ross, my son, as he mends, after an I.E.D. explosion, on March 7, 2011, while serving his country in Afghanistan.
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
May 9, 2012
One we were done with the activity and with the appointments we headed back home. Jason was ready to sit back and eat lunch and so was I. We relaxed for a little bit and then received a call from the New York Times - one of their reporters who works on the artistic articles. She heard about the drawings that were done of Jason, by Victor Juhasz, while he was out at Bethesda and wanted to get Jason's take on what they mean. He and I spoke with Carol Kino for the better part of an hour and actually, Jason did most of the talking. It seems he likes to have new ears to hear his story and I think it makes him feel better, being able to tell it. I provided some details, though for the most part just watched.
We relaxed most of the rest of the day, except for some of the clean up I had to do around the house, and then the dinner I made. We were going to be going to the movies tonight but Jason wasn't feeling up to it, so our plans changed. I had most of the ingredients for beef stroganoff (spell check thinks its spelled wrong - I think its correct), so that is what I made. It tasted okay, but didn't have the "zing" I usually have when I make it. Oh well, next time. That's about it for today, and tomorrow we head back out for a few more appointments. As long as nothing else happens I just might go for a bike ride tomorrow.
Thanks, for all your support and continued prayers.
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- AnonymousMay 9, 2012 at 9:28 PM
Praying for continued healing for you, Jason. I'm glad you are taking care of youself and getting off "your feet" when you recognize the need for that. Today was a really pretty day here in Livermore, warm but not too hot. Unfortunately, the Giants aren't too hot either and it is painful to watch them melt down. Hope you have a good day tomorrow and continue to make progress in your healing.ReplyDelete
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Im just now getting on to comment, as I went right from San Diego to another trip...but I wanted to say that it was such a pleasure meeting Jason and we hope/plan to continue our partnership with you all and Livermore Veterans Assn. He truly helped make our tournament a success and we will continue to impact military families because of your support. Thank you George, Linda and Jason.ReplyDelete


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David Cameron arrived soaked for his Five Live Breakfast interview yesterday: "You're what we used to call a Tory wet," chortled host Nicky Campbell. Cameron deftly used the moment to polish his eco credentials, explaining he'd been caught on his bike in a downpour.
Ten minutes later he was on the Today programme (Radio 4), facing John Humphrys. Both interviews followed the same pattern, with Cameron smoothly countering accusations that the Tories are only doing well in the polls because the government is doing so badly, then moving on to his preferred theme: strengthening the family. "What about your promise to end Punch and Judy politics?" asked Humphrys. "I could not deliver on that," agreed Cameron. "You see a stunned look on my face," replied Humphrys, not quite believing a politician was admitting to shortcomings. He was right not to, for Cameron then spun an adroit line on the importance of "robust" Prime Minister's Questions.
Only at the end did Humphrys score a hit with a reference to the Bullingdon, the elitist drinking club Cameron joined at Oxford. "You shouldn't judge people by what they were a member of at university," managed Cameron, his fluency banished.


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Breaking the "rules" of web development
I've been developing for the web long enough — since my foray into PERL and HTML in 1994 — to know that there will always be a certain "rules" developers will adhere to when banging out lines of code. They are usually good rules because it is important for developers to follow them. However, developers need to know when to break from convention, when a higher purpose requires them to sacrifice the brilliance and elegance of their code. I personally have a few favorite examples from my own years of experience and from working with other developers…
The Almighty Framework
Frameworks are great for web development. The Model-View-Controller (MVC) framework, in its many interpretations for languages such as PHP, Ruby and Python, has made building web sites so much faster. And MVC frameworks make for nice clean code and a logical separation of data, business logic, actions and content. The view layer in and of itself is a godsend and the MVC framework has finally provided recognition for all the hard work put in by templating engine developers (i.e. Smarty).
What happens when the framework becomes a performance barrier? While developing our online project management software, Intervals, we've come across two main areas where we've had to lift the hood and require some of the framework internals.
First, web-based applications can be complex enough that the SQL queries can become cumbersome if they are not fine tuned. Using the default SELECT and JOIN conventions provided by the framework is not always ideal. When you start getting into the granular levels of optimizing SQL queries you have to get your hands dirty at the Model level. This means writing new queries, and tweaking and tuning them until they run as fast as possible. In some circumstances, this sometimes means associating a Model, especially list models, with a database table other than what it was intended. In addition, the framework is not going to optimize your database structure for you. Once the database is built you will need to tune the indices and learn about vacuuming and clustering.
Second, frameworks consume memory as they sift data up from the database, through layers of business logic, actions, and finally, into the view layer. For basic web-based applications that serve up limited information on a page, this is not a big concern and can usually be overcome using memcache if it does become one. However, if your web-based application is churning through a lot of data and presenting it to the user in real time, you will hit memory limits. This can happen, for example, with reports that contain a lot of data over a large date range (probably why Basecamp limits report data to a given number of months). In this case you will get the best performance with the View layer accessing the database directly using cursors. Yeah, I know developers won't like this, but there comes a time when providing speed to your customers is more important than the framework upon which it is built. Anyways, cutting out the middle man you remove most of the strain on memory and increase the speed of the reports.
The Normalized Database
When we design databases our primary goal is to reduce the redundancy of data through the use of multiple tables, foreign keys, and queries that rely on JOINs. Developers will nitpick over a normalized database until every last bit of redundancy is ironed out. This approach works great for most web-based applications but when traffic increases all of those carefully crafted tables and keys, along with the JOIN-heavy queries begin costing you milliseconds, then seconds, before the app becomes unusable.
The solution is to begin denormalizing data. We called this a "necessary redundancy" at Pelago. You begin by identifying the slowest queries and removing their JOINs by placed the JOINed data in multiple tables. Than it's up to stored procedures at the database level or developers at the code base level to make sure the redundant data is always kept redundant. The entire database doesn't have to be denormalized all at once. Just the tables requiring JOINs that are causing you performance issues.
One Database to Rule Them All
Another harsh reality of web development is that the database may become too large and unwieldy for handling the number of people using the web-based application. Sys admins will start throwing around the four-letter word "sharding" as developers begin to cringe. If your app starts growing large enough, sharding may become a necessity for the app to scale. Breaking up your database onto multiple servers and keeping each copy of the database in sync with the others is a laborious task and should be a last resort. However, to dismiss sharding altogether in favor of throwing hardware at the problem is shortsighted. If your web-based application is growing you should be thinking about how you would shard the database if it becomes necessary in the long term. It's better to have a plan in place before it's needed than to be scrambling at the last moment to relieve an overloaded web application.
In fact, all of the "rules" I mentioned above should be addressed by web developers at some point if they have plans on scaling their web-based applications. Meanwhile, let's hear from other web developers out there. What are some of the "rules" you've had to break?
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Insulation on Basement Ceiling
I recently moved into an old (1920) row home in Baltimore that has recently been renovated. The major work was done by a seemingly experienced contractor, but some of the more recent changes were completed by the homeowner.
One of the "improvements" I'm questioning is the addition of insulation on the basement ceiling as it tapers back from a standing height basement to more of a crawl space height.
I'm worried about the insulation harboring moisture, and plus I think it's installed backwards: the vapor barrier is facing the floor.
Should I rip the insulation out, or just leave it alone?
Thanks in advance.
Matt, is the house drafty or cold, or are you just concerned?
If you are worried about moisture you could rip it out and do foam (more expensive) or just replace it with the vapor barrier facing the right way.
Im also in Baltimore and experienced with the row houses here. If you need a insulation contractor send me a message.
Pictures will certainly help in this case as well.
Are the ribbon/band joist sealed up nicely?
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The house itself isn't particularly cold or drafty I'm really just concerned about the moisture buildup on the insulation down there. I guess I'm not even sure that I need insulation on that floor, the space doesn't get very cold.
However, while I'm thinking about it, the very back corner of the house does seem to have a cold draft sort of coming out of the bottom of the wall if that makes sense.
I'm not sure how the band joist applies to masonry walls...but I don't see anything that looks like a traditional band joist to me, maybe I'm missing something. I'll drag some lights down there and get better pictures tomorrow, but a few are below to give you some sense of what I'm dealing with.
That is a throw back there.
Probably a crawl that was excavated. How old is the home?
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