text: Kosmor :: View topic - declaration of independence Imprint Search Log in Legal Memberlist Profile declaration of independence Kosmor Forum Index -> Questions and Answers View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message RagdollGuest Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2004 12:32 Post subject: declaration of independence In the game processor news I found that: Quote: * Member of the House Yukiko declares himself independent from the house Centaurus and now leads his own house Teshi. * Commander Archon_Gareth declares himself independent from the house Centaurus and now leads his own house Lyran_Alliance. * Commander gurkel declares himself independent from the house Centaurus and now leads his own house gurkenstein. As far as I know you need at least 10 system to be able to declare independet... I can't belive that these players have 10 or more planets in turn 8.... can somebody explain what I miss? bye Ragdoll Back to top CeldorGuest Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2004 12:39 Post subject: i think maelstroem has kickt us from his house because he´ll not play aktive... Celdor Back to top Eric_T_CartmanGuest Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2004 12:39 Post subject: well, i think maelstroem forced them to do this (he is the programmer, remember this ) damn it, this time, the other spammer was faster than me........Last edited by Eric_T_Cartman on Wed Feb 04, 2004 12:40; edited 1 time in total Back to top CeldorGuest Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2004 12:40 Post subject: hehe i was faster, i was faster Celdor Back to top Eric_T_CartmanGuest Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2004 12:40 Post subject: oh guy.... this cant go on like that...... Back to top MaelstroemCommanderJoined: 30 Jan 2004Posts: 432Location: Munich, Germany Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2004 14:47 Post subject: Yes, I declared them independent yesterday. Btw. Eric, Briac, Celdor, pleeaase stop the spam in all forums except the talk forum, where it is legitimate (more or less) Bye, Maelstroem_________________Commander Maelstroem in the house Nemesis Back to top AlteronGuest Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2004 08:21 Post subject: Hello, I wonder about the independence and the joining of other houses. If my lord joins another house, will I follow him automatically or will I end up as an independent imperator? And if I were to declare myself independent, will my subordinate(s) follow me in a new house, or will they stay in the old or will they become independent? I cannot quite understand this from the manual, so if someone could let me know? Alteron - programmed to serve - Back to top CeldorGuest Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2004 08:25 Post subject: 1. if your lord joins a other house you´ll get independent 2. if you declare yourself independent you subordinates will follow you automaticly Back to top AlteronGuest Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2004 17:46 Post subject: Hello, But this means that if one medium house decides (even by agreement of ALL the members) to join a larger house, the first house will fall apart in the process! Also if the lord of a large house is defeated, the entire house falls apart instead of being concoured? This was a suprise, really. Back to top AyatollahGuest Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2004 20:17 Post subject: hehe, if it werent this way we would have one big house in a few weeks The idea is to prevent the building of uber-houses(tm) - thats why there is no way to join an other house without being conquered. The other idea is to reward players who are going to declear themself independet from their old house - if they wouldnt keep their subordinates nobody would ever try to revolt this is preventing uber-houses(tm) too.... The other idea is to make a war more accurate - even the largest house can shatter into several small houses if their leader gets conquered..... without that war would be rather ineffective.... Back to top AlteronGuest Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 08:38 Post subject: Hello, This makes sence to me, I shall be on my guard... Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Kosmor Forum Index -> Questions and Answers All times are GMT - 6 Hours Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Information----------------NewsGalactic News Community----------------Kosmor TalkKosmor TradeKosmor TournamentsKosmor RPG Support/Feedback----------------Questions and AnswersFeedback / suggestions for improvementBug-Reports You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group


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Santa Monica Pier juts out into the Pacific like Jay Leno's jaw, a defiant, whimsical and improbable landing pad. Just 100 feet below, sharks are at play, scarfing the occasional hot dog and Coke cup that plop into their Sunday soup. Up on deck, L.A. is at play too. Here, on SoCal's splendid splinter.
Passing woman: "I just need to decompress."
Male companion: "How'd you get so compressed?"
Well, no doubt he had something to do with it. Besides, this is L.A. You can get "compressed" just waiting in line at Starbucks. Your vertebrae can fuse while praying for the light to change on Pico. Santa Monica Pier may not be the most relaxing place, certainly, but it's a start. The mere sight of the summer sea is like a sloppy kiss on the neck.
In two weeks, this sun-baked pier turns 100 years old. We're here to honor that; we're here to decompress. We're here, mostly, because it's not really summer until you've ridden a Ferris wheel or gotten cotton candy all over your smiling gob. We're here to bid goodbye to August.
So we climb aboard the roller coaster, the second most death-defying activity I will undertake all year (right after the Pasadena Freeway).
The good rides are five bucks a pop, so we invest in wrist bands ($22) that allow for unlimited access. "Madoff's bracelets," I call them, because it feels like a rip-off. Unfortunately, the pier is no great value. Like at a ballgame, everything costs twice what it should.
You can drop $20 at the midway games in a hiccup. In his prime, Nolan Ryan couldn't knock three milk bottles completely off a table with three very saggy bean bags. Yet we try. Three strikes and we're out.
We stroll the pier a while, pass that new trapeze school. Have you seen it yet? It's in a big area in the middle of the pier, open only a year. A gift certificate for this place would make a fine birthday present for someone you don't particularly like. The world is full of such people.
Honestly, I'll bet it's a buzz to swing high over the netting, the ocean as your backdrop. I make a note to try it some weekday when no one's around. "Forget fear," the sign says. "Worry about addiction." Never has a motto fit Santa Monica so well.
Soon we are at the end of the pier, watching urban anglers pull in the occasional perch and sea bass. Their sun-burnished skin looks like catcher's gloves.
Here's a tip. If, like that woman, you've come to the pier to "decompress," head for the elevator at the end of the pier.
For some reason, most people miss the viewing deck on the second level. It has glossy, varnished floors and a couple of empty benches. The viewing deck is usually a great place to steal some quiet.
Here's a tip (Part 2): In honor of its centennial, the pier will host a fireworks show Sept. 9, the first over Santa Monica Bay since 1991. The rub against L.A. is that it has no focal point. Believe me, this pier is a focal point. It's our Coney Island.
Back down we go. It's 4 o'clock now, on a Sunday afternoon. Santa Monica Pier has reached its bliss point. The crowd blossoms with the sun. Skimpy swimsuits. Big men carrying tiny dogs in their purses. Jugglers. Clowns.
My people.
At the pier's midsection, Alex "Fleks" Garibay is spinning like a roulette wheel in front of 200 happy witnesses. No one works harder, or attracts bigger crowds, than Fleks.
He's been here since 8 a.m., to stake out the right spot for his 4 to 7 p.m. break-dancing shift. His signature move is something called the "air-flare." It is the same flip-spin that cats make when you accidentally drive over their tail. At one break, he passes the bucket and collects a whopping $8.
"I do it for the looks on people's faces," he says.
Further along, we find Leeman Parker, 24, a droll magician with Steve Martin tendencies. He's got his back to a seafood joint, while making stuff appear and disappear. It's taken him 15 years to make his quick movements so invisible and smooth.
"There are entire groups of people who find this all very fascinating," he tells a crowd of 20. "They're called drunks. I wish you were all drunk right now."
Finally, we find Tim "The Bubbleman" Dillenbeck, who has been entertaining crowds with his homemade bubble machine for 15 years.
"Their happiness is my happiness," he says, as toddlers chase clouds of bubbles.
Dillenbeck is sort of an unofficial mayor. He's seen it all here. The vendors fighting for space. The city trying to police it. He has also seen shootings and huge crowds. Despite it all, he says, the pier enjoys a mostly mellow vibe.
Next time you're here, drop a dollar in the bucket and chat with the Bubbleman. He's part philosopher, part humorist and always a quirky-wonderful part of what makes a huge city so alive. "The wind is cagey. The wind is my mistress," he says as bubbles carry in the breeze.
As for his manic devotion to this old pier, he explains it all this way:
"No obsession is pure," he says, "unless it is carried to its ultimate and irresponsible extreme."
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It's easy to get overwhelmed in India—the people, the colors, the food! But starry skies and utter solitude are just a camel ride away. Here's how to get away from it all in India.
Nineteen hours of train travel across northern India in a sleeper car might leave anyone disoriented. So you'll understand my confusion when I emerged in Jaisalmer, in the western Indian state of Rajasthan, and marveled at what I thought was a lovely sunset. It was actually early afternoon.
It's an easy mistake to make. This ancient city positively glows. Sunbeams bounce off the honey-colored havelis, mansions wrapped in elaborately carved facades of sandstone and wood. Jaisalmer's 12th-century fort rises out of the ground like a sand castle. The city is small and walkable, with excellent food (rich, spicy dishes made with plenty of ghee, or clarified butter) and great shopping. Jaisalmer's artisans are known for their leather and textiles—the region's pagri, or turbans, are among India's most colorful—and their work is often exported to big American retailers, such as Anthropologie. It also has some of the best prices in Rajasthan, which is renowned for the opulent Amer Fort of Jaipur and the lake palace of Udaipur.
But it's the Thar Desert that defines Jaisalmer, rendering it remote and languid and utterly irresistible. Also called the Great Indian Desert, the Thar is 77,000 square miles of mostly scrubby, flat terrain dotted with dramatic sand dunes, like those near Khuri village that push 200 feet in height. Reaching those dunes is easier than you'd expect. Many Jaisalmer hoteliers depend as much on desert outings for income as they do on renting rooms. At Hotel Jeetmahal, a typical converted 18th-century haveli, you can book a trek right at the front desk.
A trip into the Thar generally begins with a Jeep—anything less intrepid wouldn't make a dent in the journey. About an hour in, we traded horsepower for that most ancient of transportation modes: camel power. The camels are every bit as gangly and awkward as you'd expect, but they bow down almost nobly, as if to invite their passengers aboard. As our modest party (two tourists, three guides) made its way across the bleached, rocky landscape, we passed goats and—not much else. For long stretches, the only sound was the musical clanging of pans hanging from a saddle. When the afternoon heat peaked, the guides set up canopies under a shaggy, evergreen khejri tree, and everyone climbed down for a vegetarian lunch and a nap as though it were the most natural thing in the world.
By day's end, although we'd traveled only a few miles farther, our surroundings had mellowed. The setting sun changed the temperature, the light, the air. Soft, tawny dunes suddenly rose and fell toward the horizon, and we slid off the camels and ran along the shifting crests. The two beers we requested in advance were delivered by a fourth guide, who quickly disappeared into the night.
Our camp consisted of nothing more than a few blankets spread across the sand, and even with our view of the security lights from the Pakistan border (15 miles away, the guides had said), we couldn't have felt more alone. At 2 a.m., we were awakened by the stars, startlingly bright in spite of the full moon. It might as well have been midday, we could see each other so clearly. India had supplied another trick of the light, only this time, we were all too happy to be fooled.


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My name is Joy Santee and I am representing the PEACEMAKERS Motorcycle Ministry.
We had a sleeping bag drive in Yakima for the homeless in the Yakima Valley and we were able to donate needed items to two homeless shelters in Yakima and also to one in Sunnyside.
I just want to say "Thank You" to each of the wonderful businesses in Sunnyside that supported our sleeping bag drive in Sunnyside. I want everyone in Sunnyside to know and support the following businesses which were and are phenomenal. Each of them gave from their hearts to the homeless. They include Pat and Ann from the Best Western Grapevine Inn, Carlos from the Sunnyside Thrift Store, Ron from Farmers Insurance, Erin from Dutch Bros. Coffee, Alfonzo and Antonio from Aaron's Sales & Lease Ownership, Gini from AFLAC Insurance, Rob and Kent from Sunnyside Ace Hardware, and Kathy and Jr. from Grandview, who donated two sleeping bags
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This is the first of two exercises developed by El Paso High School teachers as part of a two week workshop on nanotechnology education, part of the National Center for Learning and Teaching of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (NCLT) Professional Development Workshop held June 19-30, 2006 at the University of Texas at El Paso.
Developed for junior high school students, the presentation begins with an introduction to the nanoscale and the importance of nanotechnology. This is followed by several exercises focused on manipulating matter on the nanoscale.
Louie A. Baca is a high school teacher in El Paso TX.
Liliana Sepulveda is an undergraduate student at the University of Texas at El Paso. She was an NCN summer intern at UTEP, working on this project, in 2006. She is currently working on her middle school science certification and degree. Francine Rincon, a senior microbiology major, is an NCN student this fall and will continue in the spring as a graduate student.
Eric Hagedorn is an associate professor in the physics department at the University of Texas at El Paso. As program coordinator for the NCLT Professional Development Workshop 2006 he coordinated teacher workshops that included AFM modeling and stain resistant 'nanopants' activities, followed by assisting local teachers in developing nanoscience curricular materials. He continues to collaborate with UTEP physics and education faculty as well as with local science teachers through NSF GK-12 and Pathways to the Geosciences grants as well as NCLT support.
Eric's research focus is physics education and his article, "Speed and Acceleration Measurements for Skateboard Enthusiasts" (2005) in The Oregon Science Teacher. Vol. 47 (1) is an example of his ability to make physics pertinent to a junior high school student.
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Nutritional needs for a child who has been burned
A child who has been burned needs a diet higher in calories and proteins to help him or her heal and grow. Your child may have an intravenous line (IV) for extra fluids and possibly feeding when he or she first comes to the hospital. It is also possible that your child will be fed through a tube inserted through the nose that extends to the stomach (nasogastric tube). When your child is more alert and is feeling better, he or she can start to eat.
Most children don't eat as well when they are feeling sick or when they are in the hospital. After approval from your child's doctor, there are many ways parents can help encourage their children to eat, including:
Bring your child's favorite foods from home.
Serve your child small frequent meals.
Praise your child after eating, even if it was only a small amount eaten.
Offer your child high-calorie shakes and snacks (ice creams, puddings, and custards). Avoid candy and soda, as they do not contain any nutritional value. The dietitian will help you to set up snacks for your child.
Let older children help choose their own meals by filling out their own menus. Also let them help set up their tray.
Serve drinks with fun straws in fun cups.
What foods should I give my child?
Give your child a variety of foods that have good nutrients to help the skin heal. Vitamins A and C are important vitamins for the skin. Some foods that have Vitamin A and C are oranges, grapefruits, tomatoes, strawberries, broccoli, and carrots. Many enriched cereals also contain vitamins. Foods that contain protein, such as meat, fish, eggs, peanut butter, chicken, and milk, are also important to skin healing.
Talk with the child's dietitian for diet and nutritional information, including dietary needs after discharge from the hospital.
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The driver of this Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 spun out at Mt. Panorama during the big Bathurst Motorsports Festival last weekend and hit the wall. The damage wasn't too bad. And then these fellas showed up to tow it away.
Yes, the crunching sound you hear is a $500,000 racing Lamborghini scraping along the wall. Perhaps there's a better way to do this, guys? Total damage was about $22,000, though the percentage owed to the crash and owed to the recovery isn't clear.
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I met a wonderful guy Almost four years ago on a chat site, which I had rarely visited, just was lonely one night and needed a distraction and somebody to talk to.
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Muscle aches and pains are common and can involve more than one muscle. Muscle pain also can involve ligaments, tendons, and fascia, the soft tissues that connect muscles, bones, and organs.
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Alternative Names
Muscle pain; Myalgia; Pain – muscles
Muscle pain is most frequently related to tension, overuse, or muscle injury from exercise or physically-demanding work. In these situations, the pain tends to involve specific muscles and starts during or just after the activity. It is usually obvious which activity is causing the pain.
Muscle pain also can be a sign of conditions affecting your whole body, like some infections (including
One common cause of muscle aches and pain is
Common Causes
The most common causes are:
- Injury or trauma including
sprainsand strains
- Overuse: using a muscle too much, too soon, too often
- Tension or stress
Muscle pain may also be due to:
- Certain drugs, including:
- ACE inhibitors for lowering blood pressure
- Cocaine
- Statins for lowering cholesterol
Dermatomyositis Electrolyteimbalances like too little potassium or calcium
- Fibromyalgia
- Infections, including:
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abscess Polio Rocky Mountain spotted fever Trichinosis(roundworm)
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For muscle pain from overuse or injury, rest that body part and take acetaminophen or ibuprofen. Apply ice for the first 24 – 72 hours of an injury to reduce pain and inflammation. After that, heat often feels more soothing.
Muscle aches from overuse and fibromyalgia often respond well to massage. Gentle stretching exercises after a long rest period are also helpful.
Regular exercise can help restore proper muscle tone. Walking, cycling, and swimming are good aerobic activities to try. A physical therapist can teach you stretching, toning, and aerobic exercises to feel better and stay pain-free. Begin slowly and increase workouts gradually. Avoid high-impact aerobic activities and weight lifting when injured or while in pain.
Be sure to get plenty of sleep and try to reduce stress. Yoga and meditation are excellent ways to help you sleep and relax.
If home measures aren't working, your health care provider may prescribe medication or physical therapy, or refer you to a specialized pain clinic.
If your muscle aches are due to a specific disease, follow the instructions of your health care provider to treat the primary illness.
Call your health care provider if
Call your health care provider if:
- Your muscle pain persists beyond 3 days
- You have severe, unexplained pain
- You have any sign of infection, like swelling or redness around the tender muscle
- You have poor circulation in the area where you have muscles aches (for example, in your legs)
- You have a tick bite or a rash
- Your muscle pain has been associated with starting or changing doses of a medicine, such as a statin
Call 911 if:
You have sudden weight gain, water retention, or you are urinating less than usual
You are short of breath or have difficulty swallowing
You have muscle weakness or cannot move any part of your body
You have vomiting, a very stiff neck, or high fever
What to expect at your health care provider's office
Your health care provider will perform a physical examination and ask questions about your muscle pain, such as:
- When did it start? How long did it last?
- Where is it exactly? Is it all over or only in a specific area?
- Is it always in the same location?
- What makes it better or worse?
- Do other symptoms occur at the same time, like joint pain,
fever, vomiting, weakness, malaise, or difficulty using the affected muscle?
- Is there a pattern to the muscle aches?
- Have you taken any new medications lately?
Tests that may be done include:
Complete blood count(CBC)
- Other blood tests to look at muscle enzymes (creatine kinase) and possibly a test for Lyme disease or a connective tissue disorder
Physical therapy may be helpful.
Warm up before exercising and cool down afterward.
Stretch before and after exercising.
Drink lots of fluids before, during, and after exercise.
If you work in the same position most of the day (like sitting at a computer), stretch at least every hour.


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Music of local interest (which may also be of general interest) is held by WFSA in various formats, chiefly on audio tapes. Local radio collections are full of interesting material, such as recordings of live concerts, reviews, interviews with musicians and composers, and series on organists, hymns, and big bands.
The Hampshire Youth Concert Band has deposited some of their performances, and we hold master tapes made by the Woodfidley Folk Group.
Local television companies have made programmes about music, such as that on the Wessex Youth Orchestra, Christchurch Folk Festival 1972, rock and roll stars, and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. The record label Beulah has produced Aldershot Command Searchlight Tattoo, 1932-1938, and a re-issue of Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra recordings with Constantin Silvestri in 1967.
The latter conductor was notable for having left over 400 audio tapes full of off-air recordings of classical music broadcasts in the 1960s, now held by WFSA, which were meticulously catalogued in two notebooks under composers' names


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2010-10-27 / Opinion
Some intriguing questions about government
Dear Editor, How come most female candidates who have falsified their résumés are vilified, while many male candidates who phony their backgrounds are given a pass? Does that mean the gender gap has become a chasm?
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Fresh Choices – Farmers Market:
Promote consumption of a healthy diet by encouraging WIC participants to use their Farmer's Direct checks and the WIC Fruit and Veggie vouchers at a Farmer's Market stand to purchase fresh fruits and vegetables.
Location: WIC Office – 110 NE 4th. St., Hermiston, OR 97838
For Information call: WIC Office 541-667-2545 or 541-564-6878
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Being a martial artist, it is possible to fall into the trap of overconfidence -- thinking that our skills will make us superior to an attacker. It is important to avoid this and, in fact, to think just the opposite. We must ask ourself:
Is the attacker alone? Does he have friends that we can see, or not see?Even an unskilled attacker can get in a lucky punch. It will be difficult for us to defend ourselves if we are injured and impossible if we are unconscious.
Is the attacker armed? Does he have a concealed knife or gun. Is he holding a bottle or glass in his hand?
Is the attacker skilled in a martial art, street fighting, boxing, etc.?
Is the attacker drunk, drugged, or deranged?
We have to take every attacker seriously and consider all our options. What is the best escape route? Are there any potential weapons in the area? Can we get help from someone?
Never underestimate an attacker. Be prepared in case there is more than one -- the one you don't see might hit you in back of the head with a brick! And don't get carried away. Look for the earliest opportunity to get away from the conflict.
Charles C. Goodin


text: Norwood Hockey Posted on November 12, 2012, updated on November 12, 2012 by Tom Utescher The hockey ball is hidden in a thicket of sticks at the mouth of the Norwood Fontbonne Academy goal during last Thursday's Catholic Academies League championship game. The two players at left are from Rosemont School of the Holy Child, which won the title bout, 3-0. NFA's eighth-grade goalie, Audrey Hinchey (at center wearing helmet) made 15 saves under heavy pressure. At right in the photo are two more Norwood Bears: eighth-grader Georgia Powell (left) and seventh-grader Julia Flynn. Two days earlier, Norwood (9-2-2 overall) had won a league semifinal match over Gwynedd Mercy, 1-0, thanks to a goal by seventh-grader Abby Schwenger. (Photo by Chris Thistle)


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Keytar Bear Fundraiser: Freezepop, DJ Chris Ewen of "HEROES" & more- 18+ $10 *NOTE: 7pm doors
Keytar Bear Fundraiser: Freezepop, DJ Chris Ewen of "HEROES" & more- 18+ $10 *NOTE: 7pm doors
Freezepop formed in 1999 in Boston, MA, and as legend has it they decided to form a synth pop band because the icy cool of the synthesizer was the perfect antidote to that summer's excruciating heat. The band consists of vocalist Liz Enthusiasm, programmer the Duke of Pannekoeken (aka the Duke of Belgian Waffles, aka the Duke of Candied Apples), and keyboardist the Other Sean T. Drinkwater, also of Lifestyle. While Freezepop shied away from their '80s retro image in interviews, their sound and '80s pop culture references (they have a song titled "Tracey Gold") are one of the reasons they have connected so well with Boston's large college student population and the national synth pop scene. Friends apparently call the Other Sean T. Drinkwater "That '80s Guy."
Freezepop, who play all of their music on a Yamaha QY-70 battery-powered sequencer, borrow both from the stylized new wave synth pop of the early '80s and the amateurish side of late-'90s punk-pop acts like Bis and Huggy Bear. After releasing two EPs in 2000, the band's debut, Forever, was issued in early 2001 to mixed reviews. Their follow-up, a deluxe EP entitled Fashion Impression Function, followed in early 2002 as the band's exposure increased when they won Best New Band at the American Synthpop Awards, became WBCN Rumble semifinalists, and had their "Science Genius Girl" featured in the Playstation 2 game Frequency. Fancy Ultra Fresh followed in spring 2004. Finding their niche in the video game market, the band licensed their material to the games Amplitude, Guitar Hero, and Dance Dance Revolutionand then embarked on a hefty North American and European tour.
In 2005, Freezepop released the long-running EP Fashion Impression Function before pairing with Cordless Recordings/Rykodisc to release Future Future Future Perfect in September 2007. Soon after, the Duke of Pannekoeken left the group to return working full-time at Harmonix. After some deliberation, Enthusiasm and Drinkwater picked up the slack with new members Robert John 'Bananas" Foster and Christmas Disco Marie Sagan for the 2010 follow-up Imaginary Friends. ~ Jason Damas, Rovi
Thu May 8 2014 7:00 PM Doors - 12:45 AM
Keytar Bear Fundraiser: Freezepop, DJ Chris Ewen of "HEROES" & more- 18+ $10 *NOTE: 7pm doors


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The Thrust Experts have spent decades buying, selling, maintaining, repairing and modifying aircraft. We know what needs to be accomplished in order to ensure a prompt and successful sale. We will oversee the pre-purchase inspection and negotiate any outstanding items. And, at inspection time, we are also the experts in negotiating squawk lists. This is part of the substantial value that Thrust brings to the brokerage process.
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September 14, 2012 — An abortion clinic in Birmingham, Ala., will remain closed after a state hearing officer denied a new operator's appeal to reopen the facility, CNN reports.
State regulators in April ordered the closure of the New Woman All Women Health Care facility, citing "multiple and serious violations of State Board of Health rules." Diane Derzis, the clinic's owner, agreed to surrender the clinic's license and closed the facility on May 18. Derzis owns three other facilities, including the sole abortion clinic in Mississippi, which has been targeted by that state for closure (Sutton, CNN, 9/13).
The Alabama Department of Public Health allowed Derzis to lease the Birmingham facility to a new operator, Kelley Rain-Water, with the stipulation that Rain-Water would run the facility independently of Derzis. However, the department denied Rain-Water's application for a license on the grounds that Derzis and her company would play an active role by profiting from the arrangement.
Rain-Water appealed to state hearing officer Dorothy Norwood, who agreed with the department. Rain-Water pledged to renegotiate the terms of the lease and submit another application. "I am very optimistic," she said, adding, "I cannot see a reason I would be denied if we have an acceptable lease" (Rawls, AP/Montgomery Advertiser, 9/12).
Brian Hale, deputy general counsel for the health department, said the state hearing officer's opinion is a recommendation to the state health officer and is not a final decision, which will likely be issued this month (CNN, 9/13).


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Happy December everyone. The snow is flying up here in Winterpeg (Winnipeg), and the holiday season is well upon us. As per usual, lots of good stuff to cover in the roundup this week. Titles I've chosen to take a look at this week:
New BlackBerry Software: CrackBerry: True Tales of BlackBerry Use and Abuse, Themes!, Quotebook, Cerberus Call Filter, VisualArts auto change wallpaper for the Storm, MP3 Ringtone Creator
Updated BlackBerry Software: Ring & Vibrate, Nintaii (BlackBerry Storm Edition), Adorno! MultiAlarm Pro, Solitaire Buddy Gold
Free BlackBerry Software: BBGSPGolf, CrackBerry.com Website Launcher
Cool Stuff: RIM Mobile Site
New BlackBerry Software
CrackBerry: True Tales of BlackBerry Use and Abuse
Ok, I realise this isn't an app, but it's in digital format, and I want you all to purchase it right now... you hear? The book is a must-read for anyone that loves their BlackBerry... just a little too much :) It's a fun look at BlackBerry Addiction that includes a lot of great stories, and even contains a 12-step recovery plan for those in real trouble. If you're a fan of CrackBerry.com... Get the book.
Pick up CrackBerry: True Tales of BlackBerry Use and Abuse for only $15.99 at ShopCrackBerry.com >
Themes, Themes, THEMES!
I don't think I really need to explain this any more than usual. Each and every week here at CrackBerry we get a ton of new themes added to the store! This week is no different. Lots of new great looking themes, (holiday ones especially) hitting the store for the 9000 series or whatever series you happen to be running.
Browse all Themes at ShopCrackBerry.com >
If you like to read and learn quotes from famous people through the ages, Quotebook is for you. It contains quotes (of course), aphorisms and old sayings that are all stored locally on on your Berry. Read more than 15,000 quotes, that are all searchable by keyword or author. The app is clean and easy to use, and when you purchase... you get free updates forever!
Get Quotebook for $8.99 at ShopCrackBerry.com >
Cerberus Call Filter
Need to block some incoming calls? If you do, Cerberus Call Filter could be your ideal solution. This fully featured app supports black and white lists, allows you to add single contacts or full contact groups, private, unknown numbers and a whole lot more. Lots of options and features to play with here. The app is tiny, weighing in at a measly 20KB, and when you purchase you get free unlimited updates.
Try Cerberus Call Filter for $4.99 at ShopCrackBerry.com >
VisualArts auto change wallpaper for the Storm
If you're an early adopter of the BlackBerry Storm, and are bored of the same old home screen... VisualArts has a great wallpaper treat for you. With this app your wallpaper can change randomly at a time interval selected by you... from 5 seconds to 6 hours. Images are pulled from a folder right on your Storm. You can also tell it to change wallpaper any time you turn on your device. Kinda cool.
Buy VisualArts auto change wallpaper for the Storm at ShopCrackBerry.com for $4.95 >
MP3 Ringtone Creator
Create your very own ringtones... directly from your BlackBerry! Use songs stored on your device or on a media card to generate your ringtones. It's simple and easy to use, and no computer software is required. The app only supports MP3 files though, so make sure you have that format handy before you make this purchase.
Pick up MP3 Ringtone Creator for $6.95 at ShopCrackBerry.com >
Note: A free trial is also available.
Updated BlackBerry Software
Ring & Vibrate
Ring & Vibrate is a small app that allows you to have a ringtone alert and vibration alert at the same time. Also built-in to the app is a feature that will automatically lock your Berry after a call has ended. You can set the number of times your Berry vibrates, adjust the time between each vibration, and a whole lot more.
Get Ring & Vibrate for $8.00 at ShopCrackBerry.com >
Nintaii (BlackBerry Storm Edition)
Nintaii has been updated for better functionality on the BlackBerry Storm. Gotta love playing this game on the Storm as the touchscreen controls really make the game a lot more fun and interactive. The game is made up of 100 levels, in which you must navigate your rectangular block through each stage by rolling it around... and depositing it into the square hole at the end. Trust me, it's a great game... and as you get further on into it, the levels get more and more challenging.
Pick up Nintaii for the BlackBerry Storm at ShopCrackBerry.com for only $9.99 >
Adorno! MultiAlarm Pro
Adorno! MultiAlarm is an alarm clock software that allows you to give yourself reminders of important events throughout the day. You can also use it to wake up or fall asleep with, while listening to music. Lots of user customization built into this one... So you can get it to work exactly the way you'd like it to.
Try Adorno! MultiAlarm Pro for $9.99 at ShopCrackBerry.com >
Solitaire Buddy Gold
Hold on to your shorts Solitaire Fans, one of our best-selling solitaire games has been updated. Within the game you'll find 13 of the most popular Solitaire games. Play Klondike, Freecell, Golf, Spider, 3-Peaks and many more. All of your favorites are here, trust me! There's lots of in-game features that will make your gaming experience fun and enjoyable too. A solid game for sure.
Get Solitaire Buddy Gold for $9.95 at ShopCrackBerry.com >
Free BlackBerry Software
Had to add this one here again, because it has seen a recent update. BBGSPGolf is still free, and offers all of the features you've come to love. With this one you can create and map your own golf course online, and then download the course directly to your Berry. If you play a lot of golf, but don't want to pay the big bucks for other GPS apps or stand-alone GPS units... You should give BBGSPGolf a try.
Get BBGSPGolf for free at ShopCrackBerry.com >
CrackBerry.com Website Launcher
It's been a little while since I've mentioned our website launcher. The launcher is simply a shortcut on your device's homescreen that will take you directly to the CrackBerry.com mobile site at wap.crackberry.com. If you're addicted to the site as much as your Berry... Go ahead and install it... and use it!
Get the CrackBerry.com Website Launcher for free at ShopCrackBerry.com >
Cool Stuff
RIM's BlackBerry Mobile Site Gets a Makeover
RIM has completed a facelift on the BlackBerry mobile site. Taking a brief look at it, it looks like you'll be able to find answers to technical questions a lot easier... and download some more free content such as wallpapers, ringtones and apps. From what I can tell so far, it looks like the site has been optimized a bit, as load times seem to be quicker for me for sure.
You can check it out for yourself on your Berry at mobile.blackberry.com
Until Next Week..
Have news on BlackBerry software? New software, upgraded software, freesoftware... it's all good! If you have any software news tips send themin to me at email@example.com. I can't do it without your help!
Of course, we also have many more New BlackBerry Software, Updated BlackBerry Software and Free BlackBerry software titles available at ShopCrackBerry.com. Be sure to visit our software store for more great deals on BlackBerry Software!


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Let's get one thing straight. The Dell Streak, due to be available from O2 in the U.K. and likely from AT&T in the U.S. sometime soon, is not an Android tablet PC, despite the company's self-declaration of same, and is not a competitor to the iPad or an iPad killer.
I got my hands on a pre-production Streak prototype, and Dell's more conventional Aero Android phone, for around a half-hour yesterday.
And now that I've held it and played with it, I can tell you the Streak is not a tablet, it's just a really large cellphone. A nice cellphone, but still a cellphone.
Why isn't the Streak a tablet? As Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart once described his legal definition of pornography, I know it when I see it. Streak has a 5-inch 800 x 480 pixel screen, and that's not large enough to be defined as a "PC," tablet or otherwise. It walks like an Android cellphone and it talks, literally, like an Android cellphone. Ergo, it's a cellphone.
Streak Features & Design
The Dell Streak is designed to be held in portrait mode – when you hold the Streak in its OS default landscape view, like a tablet, the now-familiar Android Home, Menu and Back buttons are stacked vertically on the side, unlike a tablet. When held in landscape, the Streak's volume and on/off switch are on the top left perimeter, requiring an untablet-like reach-around to get to these oft-used controls.
As noted, Dell futzed with Android to produce its own home screen, which has a customizable row of frequently-used apps. The Streak even has cellphone specs. It runs Android 1.6 and, even though Dell designed its own customizable home screen, Android has never run anything other than a cellphone (unlike iPhone OS, which is a derivative of Apple's desktop Mac OS).
The Streak has a 5 MP camera – a tablet is too clunky to be used as a camera – with dual LED flash. Even though it's a quarter the size of the iPad, Streak still is a bit large for anyone used to a pocket-sized point-and-shoot digital camera. Its front-facing VGA camera (video chatting "coming soon"), positioned to be used in portrait mode like a cellphone rather than in landscape like a netbook/notebook camera. I could not tell from the press prose or specs if the Streak has a video recorder.
Streak also has only a non-tablet-like 512 MB of user accessible memory (there's 2 GB dedicated to app storage), relying instead on a cellphone-like DIY microSD slot for store your data.
On a productivity level, there are thus far no Android word processing or presentation creation apps of any note (there are a couple of spreadsheet apps, but are you going to create a spreadsheet on a five-inch screen?), which means the Streak can't really replace a netbook. But even if the Streak had word processing capabilities, there's no room on even its 5-inch screen to type with two hands, much less touch type as you can on an iPad (or, at least attempt to touch type). This makes the Streak totally impractical as a prose creation device for anything beyond email and texting, and makes it a cellphone, not a tablet.
Externally, Streak's display is protected by a sheet of tough Corning Gorilla Glass. At the event, the Dell rep pounded the screen with a pen top, and I mean pounded, producing not a hint of damage. Unfortunately, the rest of the Streak is made of lightweight plastic, so caveat klutzes.
At 3.1 inches wide, the Streak will fit, barely, in a shirt breast pocket, but only in sub-cargo pants pockets, not in side slit or back pockets. But at 6 inches high it could tip out of said pockets and, even at a surprisingly light 7.6 ounces (which, quite frankly, makes Streak feel a bit insubstantial), it'll sag your blouse.
Phone Functionality
Don't get me wrong: I actually liked the Streak – as a cellphone. Its 5-inch screen makes a great viewfinder for the 5 MP camera and camcorder, if it has one, and is the perfect compromise size for mobile Web surfing. Its touch scroll is nearly iPhone smooth and offers multi-touch for pinch-and-zooming.
For social networking, Twitter and Facebook are built-in with home screen update bubbles, and of course you get the usual Android email functions.
And, finally, the 5-inch screen creates a wonderfully large phone touch dialpad, although one-handed thumb dialing is difficult.
With 7.2 Mbps 3G connectivity, mobile Web pages loaded in a speedy 3-4 seconds.
The specs did not indicate what processor is powering the Streak, but other sources say it's the 1 GHz Snapdragon chip cropping up on most new phones and tablets. But I still found the Streak slightly sluggish – but the test model I played with was a pre-production prototype, so benefit of the doubt and all that.
Battery Life
Streak's got a hefty 1530 mAh battery, which likely accounts for most of its weight, but we'll have to wait for a more formal review to determine real life battery life.


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Dear Black Friday,
It feels like just yesterday I won that $500 gift card to Sports Authority on that dark, chilly 2010 November morning. 4:55 a.m. I got there at 4:30. I waited in line sporting a Snuggie (or was that my Slanket?) and literally dropped to the cold, tile floor when I scratched off my "early bird" ticket to reveal my winnings. The winnings that bought my mom the kayak she always dreamed of having. That morning. That one morning. That's the reason why you and I will always be in love.
It wasn't always this way. There were a few years there back in 2004 when I felt like we had no future together. When I felt like I wasn't getting the good deals. I was frustrated by your big crowds and the fact that coffee shops just weren't jumping on the bandwagon, refusing to open their doors at 4:30 a.m. to provide the caffeine boost I needed to fuel my morning.
Regardless, you'll still always be better than Thanksgiving. For shopping, that is.
Can you tell me what's the big deal with stores opening on Thanksgiving? I thought the whole reason Black Friday was, well, on Friday, is because people need to recover from all that turkey tryptophan (and perhaps sober up from one-too-many egg nogs). First Courtney Stodden and Dough Hutchison separate and now stores are open all day on Turkey Day like it's no big thing? Is nothing sacred anymore?
OK. That was sorta lame. But seriously, it's kind of upsetting. Mostly because before stores changed their tune, I felt all sorts of hardcore meeting my girlfriends in the dimly lit parking lot off the highway at 4 a.m. on the Friday after Thanksgiving. Before, we would pile into one vehicle, blast Christmas music, and show up armed with gazillions of coupons we didn't need, but clipped 'em just because well, ya never know. Before, I still had a chance of snagging some great deals before items flew off the shelf.
Am I discouraged? Eh, only slightly. It's really not your fault, you haven't changed. You may be a bit later this year, but that wasn't your call. No matter how long passes, I'll always think of the one door buster that changed it all. I'll always encourage others to try, because maybe they'll find that one thing that'll make someone else smile. The one thing they could not afford otherwise. The one thing that will go down in your family as epic forever and ever.
The countdown has begun. See you soon, old friend.
Do you go out on Black Friday? What's been the best deal/ surprise you've experienced in the past?
Image via Emily Abbate


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I think I'm going to need to give Justice League a rewatch to figure out if I truly enjoyed it or not. With all its criticisms, my expectations couldn't have been any lower going into it, but I came out not disliking the film like I thought I would.
The highlights for me were Diana (surprise!) and the exploration of the new characters introduced, namely Aquaman, Flash, and Cyborg. They created such a powerhouse dynamic (making me realize how useless Batman is in battle) and their fight scenes together were gold. Revisiting Themyscira and Hippolyta's army of Amazon goddesses was a nice throwback to Wonder Woman. Following all the controversy over their new costumes, I awaited their arrival with unease. However, after seeing that most of the Amazons that actually appear on screen have full breastplates, and not just leather bikinis, I let out a sigh of relief.
Those are the only positives I can think of, but is Wonder Woman saving the world with her band of sidekicks enough for me to have a good time?
Yes, but that shouldn't be enough. Even superhero movies need a good script, which this one lacked. I thought the plot was dull with an even more uninteresting antagonist. Joss Whedon's cringe-worthy (and often sexist) dialogue didn't help either. Yeah, I get it, Diana's gorgeous, but constantly making it apparent that every male wants to bone her is incredibly tiresome. It's clear that Whedon trampled all over Zack Snyder's vision. I can only hope that we receive a director's cut in the future.
terrible film
terrible movie in all ways possible, this is like a d grade version of what The Avengers was SUCCESSFUL in doing
To my surprise, I enjoyed this film. Yes, there's little plot, minor characterization, and a B-grade production worth $240 million. In all, it's a worthy attempt to make these superheroes live inside a single picture; inside a 2+ hour experience that was highly enjoyable. That's what cinema is all about.
I thought it was a great movie. It was awesome
66 percent like it, so go away haters. Go watch emoji movie
Great movie. Dont listen to the haters! Go see it!
A sloppy mess and visually stagnant.
This was a GREAT Movie I highly recommend this movie to anyone.
Ggggggggaaaaaaaal gadot
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Panic disorder with agoraphobia is an anxiety disorder in which a person has attacks of intense fear and anxiety. There is also a fear of being in places where it is hard to escape, or where help might not be available.
Agoraphobia usually involves fear of crowds, bridges, or of being outside alone.
This article discusses panic disorder with agoraphobia. For information on panic disorder itself, see also:
Alternative Names
Agoraphobia; Anxiety disorder- agoraphobia
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
The exact causes of panic disorder and agoraphobia are unknown. Because panic attacks often occur in areas or situations where they have happened in the past, panic may be a learned behavior. Agoraphobia sometimes occurs when a person has had a panic attack and begins to fear situations that might lead to another panic attack.
Anyone can develop a panic disorder, but it usually starts around age 25. Panic disorder is more common in women than men.
Panic attacks involve short periods of intense anxiety symptoms, which peak within 10 minutes. Panic attack symptoms can include:
Chest painor discomfort
- Choking
Dizzinessor faintness
- Fear of being out of control
- Fear of dying
- Fear of "going crazy"
- Hot flashes or chills
- Nausea or other stomach distress
Numbnessor tingling
- Racing heart
Shortness of breath Sweating Trembling
With agoraphobia, you avoid places or situations because you do not feel safe in public places. The fear is worse when the place is crowded.
Symptoms of agoraphobia include:
- Being afraid of spending time alone
- Being afraid of places where escape might be hard
- Being afraid of losing control in a public place
- Depending on others
- Feeling detached or separated from others
- Feeling helpless
- Feeling that the body is not real
- Feeling that the environment is not real
- Having an unusual temper or
- Staying in the house for long periods of time
Signs and tests
People who first experience panic sometimes fear they have a serious illness, or are even dying. Often, people will go to an emergency room or other urgent care center because they think they are having a heart attack.
A physical examination and psychological evaluation can help diagnose panic disorder. It is important to rule out any medical disorders, such as problems involving the heart, hormones, breathing, nervous system, and substance abuse. Which tests are done to rule out these conditions depends on the symptoms.
The goal of treatment is to help you feel and function better. The success of treatment usually depends in part on how severe the agoraphobia is.
The standard treatment approach combines cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) with an antidepressant medication.
- Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are usually the first choice of antidepressant.
- Serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs) are another choice. Other antidepressants and some anti-seizure drugs may be used for more severe cases.
- Other anti-anxiety medications may also be prescribed. For example, your health care provider may recommend benzodiazepines when antidepressants don't help or before they take effect.
CBT involves 10 to 20 visits with a mental health professional over a number of weeks. CBT helps you change the thoughts that cause your condition. It may involve:
- Gaining understanding and control of distorted feelings or views of stressful events or situations
- Learning to recognize and replace panic-causing thoughts
- Learning stress management and relaxation techniques
- Relaxing, then imagining the things that cause the anxiety, working from the least fearful to the most fearful (called systematic desensitization and exposure therapy)
You may also be slowly exposed to the real-life situation that causes the fear to help you overcome it.
A healthy lifestyle that includes exercise, enough rest, and good nutrition can also help be helpful.
Expectations (prognosis)
Most patients can get better with medications or behavioral therapy. However, without early and effective help, the disorder may become more difficult to treat.
- Some people may abuse alcohol or other drugs while trying to self-medicate.
- Some people may be unable to function at work or in social situations.
- Some people may feel isolated, lonely, depressed, or suicidal.
Calling your health care provider
Call for an appointment with your health care provider if you have symptoms of panic attacks or agoraphobia.
Early treatment of panic disorder can often prevent agoraphobia.


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NEW PALTZ — Local fracking opponents staged rallies in New Paltz and Middletown Monday, urging Gov. Andrew Cuomo's public corruption commission to investigate millions donated to New York politicians by pro-natural gas drilling interests.
At Peace Park near New Paltz village hall, about 20 anti-frackers with signs called on Cuomo's Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption to look into the possible impact on the contributions on public policy. Organizer Jessica Wisneski of Citizen Action of New York said opponents were advocating for a campaign finance system where large contributions would be limited and public financing of elections would din the possible influence of big-money interests.
"Money plays too big a role in the political system," said Wisneski.
Organizers cited an analysis by good-government group Common Cause New York that found pro-fracking interests contributed more than $14 million to state and local candidates and committees from 2007 to March 2013.
The analysis included contributors from industries such as pipeline owners and engineering firms that would gain from the lifting of the state's de facto moratorium of hydraulic fracturing. The horizontal natural gas extraction method uses a mixture of water, sand and chemicals to blast shale and release gas.
Tony Stover of (the Town of) Rochester Defense Against Fracking said those with deep pockets can drown out the voice of those trying to get their voices heard.
"I just call them, I don't give them any money," said Stover.
But Tom Shepstone, a paid consultant for the natural gas industry and a planner for several Sullivan County towns, said charities that fund anti-fracking efforts are well-funded, too.
"Their money dwarfs anything we spent," Shepstone said.
Citing groups like the Ithaca-based Park Foundation, he said some groups that pay for influence dole out grants funding fracking research but don't need to register as lobbyists.
"It's all rich elitists' money keeping money out of New York," Shepstone said.
In Middletown, about a dozen people, including opponents of the Minisink Compressor Station, stood on the steps of Middletown City Hall and joined the call to investigate the role of pro-fracking campaign contributions. Several of the protesters mentioned Nixon Peabody, a law firm representing a number of energy industry clients — including Competitive Power Ventures, which is looking to build a natural-gas power plant in the Town of Wawayanda — which has made about $600,000 in political contributions.
"The only way to stop fracking in New York State is to stop this flow of polluted dollars to our politicians," said Vince Crescenzo of Middletown.
Fracking opponents call for state investigation of campaign contributions
NEW PALTZ — Local fracking opponents staged rallies in New Paltz and Middletown Monday, urging Gov. Andrew Cuomo's public corruption commission to investigate millions donated to New York politicians by pro-natural gas drilling interests.


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SOURCE: Tsakos Energy Navigation
November 21, 2012 08:15 ET
Nine New Charters With Minimum Revenue of $220 Million Over a 2.4 Year Period; Operating Income at $11.9 Million (a 159% Increase)
Nine New Charters With Minimum Revenue of $220 Million Over a 2.4 Year Period; Operating Income at $11.9 Million (a 159% Increase)
ATHENS, GREECE--(Marketwire - Nov 21, 2012) - Tsakos Energy Navigation Limited (NYSE: TNP)
Tsakos Energy Navigation Limited (TEN or the "Company") (NYSE: TNP) today reported results (unaudited) for the first nine months of 2012 and third quarter.
Revenues, net of voyage expenses and commissions, in the first nine months of 2012, totaled $202.4 million, an improvement of $10.6 million over the first nine months of 2011. TEN operated an average of 48.0 vessels as compared with 47.7 vessels in the first nine months of 2011, although the VLCC La Prudencia did not operate in the first nine months of 2012, and the La Madrina operated only for five months. The average daily time charter equivalent rate per vessel was $17,152 compared to $16,146 in the first nine-months of 2011. Voyage expenses were significantly reduced due to the absence of the long repositioning voyages taking place in 2011 and reduced bunker consumption.
Operating costs for the first nine months of 2012 were at $100.8 million. For the nine-months 2012, depreciation and dry-docking amortization costs were $74.9 million compared to $78.5 million in the previous year first nine-months. General and administrative expenses totaled $2.8 million, compared to $3.0 million in the first nine months of 2011.
Interest and finance costs decreased in the first nine months of 2012 to $37.8 million from $38.9 million in the prior nine month period, mainly due to positive non-hedging swap valuation movements.
In the first nine months of 2012, there was a net loss of $24.9 million, compared to a $32.9 million net loss in the prior nine month period.
Revenues, net of voyage expenses and commissions, were $64.2 million in the third quarter of 2012, an increase of 15.5% over the third quarter of 2011, in a market that fell to depressingly low levels as seasonal weakness combined with tanker oversupply forced rates down.
On average, TEN's fleet had 48.0 vessels (including the non-operating VLCCs La Prudencia and La Madrina which are held for sale) versus 47.7 vessels in the prior year quarter. Excluding these two inactive VLCC vessels, fleet utilization remained high at 98%. The average daily time charter equivalent rate per vessel was $16,602 compared to $14,055 in the third quarter of 2011. Rates for all vessel categories were better than those of the third quarter of 2011 except for the suezmaxes where rates achieved by those on spot or profit-share were down, but again this was outweighed by the impact of the LNG carrier, Neo Energy, earning substantially more than in the third quarter of 2011.
There was little change in total operating costs for the third quarter of 2012 at $33.1 million versus the $33.0 million for the third quarter of 2011. Similarly, average daily operating costs per vessel were $7,663 in the third quarter of 2012 compared to $7,681 in the same period of 2011, with higher repair costs due to extra dry-dockings being offset by reductions in most other categories of expense, in part due to a strengthening of the dollar over the Euro by 11.5%. Again, the technical managers were able to achieve cost savings on purchases in a difficult environment while striving to maintain the highest standards in safety and quality of the vessels and the operations.
Depreciation and dry-docking amortization costs totaled $25.2 million in the third quarter of 2012 compared to $27.1 million in the third quarter of 2011, the decrease being mainly due to ending of depreciation following the categorization as held for sale of the two older VLCCS at the end of 2011. Technical and commercial management fees were approximately the same as in the previous third quarter at just under $4.0 million. G&A costs increased by over $200 thousand mainly due to professional fees associated with new growth projects the Company has been investigating.
Interest and finance costs at $11.3 million were nearly 27% less in the third quarter of 2012 than the previous third quarter. This was mainly due to positive swings over the twelve months from the previous valuations of non-hedging interest rate and bunker swaps attained in the third quarter of 2011.
The third quarter of 2012 ended in a net loss of $10.4 million or $0.18 loss per share compared to a net loss of $24.1 million or $0.52 loss per share in the third quarter of 2011.
TEN's liquidity at the end of the third quarter of 2012 remained strong. Total cash and liquid investments amounted to $164 million. Cash flow from net income before depreciation, amortization and finance costs ("EBITDA") was $26.2 million. Despite the very difficult market, apart from the two non-active VLCCs and four other vessels, all the other vessels generated positive EBITDA in the quarter and all active vessels in the nine-months generated positive EBITDA. Total indebtedness since the third quarter of 2011, was reduced by $76 million to September 30, 2012. TEN continues to pay all its debt service obligations as they become due and believes it is capable of maintaining that record.
As announced today, the Board of Directors has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.05 per share payable on December 20, 2012 to shareholders of record as of December 14, 2012. This brings the total dividends for calendar 2012 to $0.50 per share. Inclusive of this distribution, TEN has distributed in total $9.575 per share in dividends to its shareholders since the Company was listed on the NYSE in March 2002.
Although the third quarter is seasonally the weakest for energy transportation demand, certain glimpses in trading patterns and rates did emerge which offered insights of things that may come. During this quarter, crude tanker spot rates improved somewhat and exhibited a certain stability. On the product side, rates experienced a noticeable uplift thanks to refinery closures in Europe and the US which, coupled with increased refinery capacity in the Far East and notably in Saudi Arabia, India and China produced increased ton-mile demand and hence a healthier market environment.
As freight rates seem to be slowly negotiating themselves out of the doldrums, we enter the expected "strong" fourth quarter of the year in the hope that the sector upturn evident in the prior quarter will eventually return to exhibit signs of a sustainable recovery. The improving supply situation is helping in that direction as the orderbook continues its downward trend. According to Clarkson Research Services, today it stands at 11.7% of the fleet as opposed to 12.6% in June 2012 and 14.4% at end of 2011. By comparison, at end of 2010, the year when shipping rates took an abrupt and severe turn for the worse, the fleet orderbook stood at 22.3%. This declining orderbook is coupled with a healthy oil demand outlook for 2013, 90.5mbpd vs. 89.7mbpd in 2012 according to the International Energy Agency. In addition, special attention should be paid to certain geopolitical events around the world as they tend to increase oil demand and freight rates.
Looking ahead, management remains cautiously optimistic for the medium to long-term outlook of the tanker industry and is of the opinion that shipping will present interesting opportunities for longer term investments. Moreover, the expected delivery of the two shuttle tanker newbuildings just a few months away, the ice-class features in 21 vessels of the fleet particularly with the upcoming winter months in Northern Europe and North America, together with the Company's presence in LNG markets provide the necessary versatility to maintain its long stated objective of healthy shareholder returns including dividend payments.
"High fleet utilization, tight cost control, fleet modernity, our long term employment profile, together with our strong balance sheet have allowed TEN to navigate safely through this market downturn that started in late 2008," stated Mr. George V. Saroglou, Chief Operating Officer of TEN. "Looking ahead, we think the worst is behind us as supply of vessels shrinks while global oil demand continues to increase," Mr. Saroglou concluded.
Conference Call
As previously announced, today at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time, TEN will host a conference call to review the results as well as management's outlook for the business. The call, which will be hosted by TEN's senior management, may contain information beyond what is included in this earnings press release.
Conference Call details:
Participants should dial into the call 10 minutes before the scheduled time using the following numbers: 1 866 819 7111 (US Toll Free Dial In), 0800 953 0329 (UK Toll Free Dial In) or +44 (0)1452 542 301 (Standard International Dial In). Please quote "Tsakos" to the operator.
A telephonic replay of the conference call will be available until Wednesday, November 28, 2012 by dialing 1 866 247 4222 (US Toll Free Dial In), 0800 953 1533 (UK Toll Free Dial In) or +44 (0)1452 550 000 (Standard International Dial In). Access Code: 90295809#
Simultaneous Slides and Audio Webcast:
There will also be a simultaneous live, and then archived, slides webcast of the conference call, available through TEN's website (www.tenn.gr). The slides webcast will also provide details related to fleet composition and deployment and other related company information. This presentation will be available on the Company's corporate website reception page at www.tenn.gr. Participants for the live webcast should register on the website approximately 10 minutes prior to the start of the webcast.
To date, TEN's pro forma fleet consists of 51 double-hull vessels of 5.5 million dwt. This figure includes one LNG carrier and two DP2 suezmax shuttle tankers under construction totaling 400,000 dwt. It also includes two non operational VLCCs held for sale. TEN's balanced fleet profile is reflected in 23 crude tankers ranging from VLCCs to aframaxes and 26 product carriers ranging from aframaxes to handysize and two LNG carriers. The Company has an option for a third LNG carrier to be declared no later than end November 2012.
TEN's employment profile (operating fleet as of November 21, 2012):
Period Employment - Fixed, fixed w/profit share & min max (27)
Pool - market related (4)
Spot - market related (15)
TEN's current newbuilding program:
(All vessels are Double Hull -- Option vessel technical specs subject to change depending on charterer/employment)
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements (as defined in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and in Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended). Words such as "expects," "intends," "plans," "believes," "anticipates," "hopes," "estimates" and variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Statements contained in this press release are based upon information presently available to the Company and assumptions that the Company believes to be reasonable. The Company is not assuming any duty to update this information should those facts change or should the Company no longer believe the assumptions to be reasonable. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, including without limitation, general market conditions, the market for the Company's common shares, the performance of the Company's business and other risks detailed from time-to-time in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Riverboat Ron Rivera took some time away from analyzing fourth-down statistics Monday night and watched his upcoming opponent, the New Orleans Saints, get whooped up on by the Seattle Seahawks.
The Carolina Panthers coach had one distinct takeaway.
"I learned that they're beatable," he said Wednesday at his news conference. "I thought Seattle played a very good game and I thought some things were off for New Orleans. But it was good to see, give you a little bit of a jump, a little bit of a head start on our next opponent."
The Panthers and Saints will meet Sunday night in New Orleans with the NFC South division lead on the line. The Panthers, on an eight-game winning streak, are playing as well as any team in the NFL. The Saints, on the other hand, are coming off a disheartening pummeling.
The Saints' offense, after not moving the ball against a stalwart Seahawks defense, gets to face a group that is even more ferocious up front.
The positive for New Orleans is that the Panthers' secondary is more nondescript than the one they faced Monday. However, if the Saints can't block the Panthers' rush -- which expects to get their best pass rusher in Charles Johnson back after missing two weeks -- Drew Brees might not have a chance to exploit the advantage.
The Saints are a much better offensive team in their home dome, but some of that advantage could be shaved due to a plane delay that kept the team in Seattle an extra day.
Rivera said he doesn't believe that hiccup will slow down the Saints. His defense has to do that job.
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In a year without the massive tent-pole festivity that is Glastonbury, how have things changed?
"I think everyone thought Glastonbury not being here would mean other people go to other festivals, but I don't think that has happened," says Rob Da Bank, Radio1 DJ and founder of Bestival and Camp Bestival.
Rob Da Bank is hoping festival season this year will get a second wind
As the man in charge of Bestival, one of the most popular music festivals in the UK, you'd think Da Bank would be happy to see the kingpin of the UK festival season have a one-year hiatus, but he explains: "Glastonbury creates this sort of real buzz to the start of the festival season. I think it's still there to an extent but I think the media are more keen on the story that two or three festivals have cancelled...
"Glastonbury makes a very positive story to the start of the season, it's the reason that most of us are doing it. I miss it anyway because it's my birthday weekend and I like going there and hanging out."
And it's not just the absence of Glastonbury that he thinks has subdued the summer music festival mood, Da Bank also says he'll be glad when the Olympics is over, hinting that perhaps that has overshadowed a lot of the usual excitement.
Despite this, Bestival, which is now in its ninth year, is on track to sell out like last year, as is it's younger sister Camp Bestival, which he describes as the place "to get the kids ready for when they're old enough to go to Bestival".
"I'm really pleased. I can definitely see how some people are struggling, I'm not so blasé to say it won't affect us... It's definitely a tense year for finances," says Da Bank.
Florence + the Machine will be at Bestival this year
Talking about this year's Bestival line-up, Da Bank calls it "diverse", with headliners including Florence + The Machine, Sigur Ros and Stevie Wonder.
Florence Welch made the announcement that she would be headlining dressed as a bear - was that Da Bank's idea?
"I asked her to do something special, she was on tour in Australia and they hired out a studio and made that film with their own costumes. I was really chuffed with the end result. We also asked Stevie Wonder and he did an audio bit," he explains.
Bestival, which takes place on the second weekend of September on the Isle of Wight, puts mainstream artists at the top of the bill but there are still 300-plus indie, electro and folk acts further down. I wonder if Da Bank would turn any artists away, TV talent show contestants for example?
"I'd never say never to anyone. I'm not averse to having pop music down there. It doesn't matter if you've sold a lot of records or one record, if there are people that want to see it then I'll book it.
"But I think people sort of see the route I'm going down, we don't book a lot of popular stuff, at the same time if they happen to be in the charts that's fine. I still think Bestival is a very underground festival with 50,0000 people - the line-up is still cutting edge," he reasons.
As a festival veteran, Da Bank has seen it all, including his favourite Bestival costume, "it was Cowboys and Indians year and there was a girl who turned up as an Indian takeaway, she had £3.90 scribbled on the top, it was really clever," so how have festivals changed in a decade?
"What people expect from a festival. When I went 20 years ago you turned up with your bog standard tent and a sleeping bag if you're really feeling luxurious.
"Now everything is expensive, we're partly responsible for that with Bestival because we set really high standards and now people want the best of everything. They're not happy with beer if it's not absolutely the right temperature and they don't want hills or stones.
"People are paying good money to go to a festival so they want it all just perfect."
Bestival takes place 6, 7, 8, 9 September 2012 at Robin Hill Country Park, Isle of Wight.


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Throughout his career in the United States Congress, Reed has been an advocate for working-class families. A leader on defense, education, and health care issues, he is a senior member of the Armed Services Committee and a former Army Ranger.
In 1996, Reed was elected to succeed Claiborne Pell (D-RI) as Rhode Island's 46th United States Senator. Prior to serving in the Senate, he was a three-term member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Rhode Island's 2nd Congressional District. During his tenure he championed child health care, public libraries, and campaign finance reform. He also helped strengthen national defense and found innovative ways to promote Rhode Island's economy.
As a member of the powerful Appropriations Committee, which controls the purse strings of Congress, Reed works to secure federal funding for the Ocean State, such as mass transit funding and community development projects. In an effort to reduce crime at home, he helped pass legislation to put more police officers on the streets and enact common sense gun safety laws. To ensure that America stays strong abroad, he has sought to increase the size of our armed forces.
As a senior member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, Reed's key economic priorities include promoting responsible budgets, bringing business to Rhode Island, and strengthening the national economy.
Reed was born and raised in Cranston. He excelled at LaSalle Academy, which earned him an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1971.
After graduating from West Point and receiving an active duty commission in the United States Army, Reed attended the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University where he received a master's degree in Public Policy. An Army Ranger and a paratrooper, served in the 82nd Airborne Division as an Infantry Platoon leader, a Company Commander, and a Battalion Staff Officer. He returned to West Point in 1978 as an associate professor in the Department of Social Sciences.
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