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ANTIOCH — A project to widen Somersville Road is about to go from inching forward at a snail's pace into the fast lane.
The major thoroughfare on Antioch's western edge will be closed for about four months starting May 15, allowing it to be widened from two to four lanes. Traffic will be diverted down Contra Loma Boulevard, city officials said.
"The goal is to get it done as quickly as possible, so there's as little impact to local schools as possible," said Ron Bernal, Antioch's public works director.
Somersville will be closed from the Contra Costa Canal south of Buchanan Road to near James Donlon Boulevard by the entrance to Black Diamond Mines Regional Park.
Work is slated to be completed by Sept. 1. Signs have been put up on local roads to give drivers ample time to prepare, Bernal said.
The construction is being handled by Discovery Builders as part of a 2003 development agreement between the city and homebuilder for the Black Diamond Estates subdivision.
The improvements will include adding bike paths, a sidewalk on the west side of the road, a landscaped median and lighting.
"It won't be to the old county standard, and it will allow traffic to move much more freely, be safer, and improve access to Black Diamond Mines," Bernal said.
The construction will also include a traffic signal at James Donlon and Somersville, an improvement Black Diamond Estates residents have asked for at city meetings the past few years.
The project, which has had to overcome several disputes over the years over costs, includes constructing a wider pipeline and road crossing for Markley Creek.
While waiting for it to happen, Antioch has made short-term asphalt fixes on that stretch.
Antioch and Discovery, an affiliate of Concord-based A.D. Seeno Construction, agreed earlier this month to the 105 days of closure, allowing a December deadline to be met.
Also included in the pact was an accord that gives Discovery the option not to build underground pipes for its Tuscany Meadows planned subdivision on a Seeno-owned former Chevron property but rather use an open earth ditch until the project is developed.
Antioch also agreed not to contest annexation of that property into Pittsburg, but it can challenge the project. Discovery, in return, will not challenge Antioch's recent annexation to its northeast, and not challenge the city's recent denial of its The Pointe project.
Antioch will also pay Seeno about $446,000 from its water fund to resolve a water tank fee credit dispute, and receive $72,000 from Seeno for Markley Creek work.
Discovery officials did not return calls this week seeking comment.
For information and updates on the project, go to the city's website www.ci.antioch.ca.us or call 925-779-7050.
Contact Paul Burgarino at 925-779-7164. Follow him at Twitter.com/paulburgarino.


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Vancouver, B.C.-based BC Hydro has issued a request for proposals (RFP) to encourage the development of clean or renewable energy alternatives.
The RFP will target up to 5,000 GWh of renewable energy per year from larger projects using proven technologies, such as hydro, wind, solar and geothermal energy. The structured RFP will be a competitive process involving independent power producers across the province.
To participate, a power facility would have to meet the province's guidelines for clean or renewable electricity. Awarded electricity purchase agreements will be filed with the British Columbia Utilities Commission.
Deadline: Nov. 25.
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According to Mother Jones there have been at least 62 mass shootings in America in the last 30 years. Their complete guide includes a comparison of the weapons used, the killers themselves and the places stricken by mass murders.
Of note as questions of gun control are raised once more is their report that more than three quarters of the guns used by the killers were legally obtained. Visit MotherJones.com for more details.


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Question from an out-of-towner... Is it warm enough in March in the bay to go with a 5/3 suit, gloves, boots, and a hood?
Up here in Oregon it's still a bit iffy, so I thought I would check. I keep having to travel to SF so frequently I figured it was time to start lugging the gear and getting some time behind a kite...
Also, any tips on forecasting, and wind reliability this time of year would be awesome.


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Just Over Half of Americans Have More Emergency Savings Than Credit Card Debt
Feb 25, 2013, 08:00 ET
NEW YORK, Feb. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Only 55% of Americans have more emergency savings than credit card debt, according to research published today by Bankrate.com (NYSE: RATE). Last year, Bankrate found that 54% of Americans had more emergency savings than credit card debt; the figure was 52% in 2011.
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"Consumers may be deleveraging, but the proportion of people with more emergency savings than credit card debt hasn't changed much," said Greg McBride, CFA, Bankrate.com's senior financial analyst. "Given the poll's 3.5% margin of error, one can make the argument that consumers haven't moved the needle at all over the past 24 months."
Bankrate also announced that its Financial Security Index dropped from 98.6 in January to 96.8 in February, surrendering most of the improvement that took place from December to January. A reading of 100 means consumers' feelings of financial security are unchanged from one year ago; the index has been below 100 – indicative of deteriorating financial security – in 25 of the 27 months since its inception.
Thanks to rebounding home prices and the buoyant stock market, net worth was the only component to improve from January to February. Job security, savings, debt and overall financial situation all declined. When consumers were asked whether they are feeling better, worse or about the same now versus one year ago, net worth was also the only component to register in positive territory. Among the highest-income households (income of $75,000 per year or more), all five components declined over the past month.
The survey was conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International (PSRAI) and can be seen in its entirety here:
PSRAI obtained telephone interviews with a nationally representative sample of 1,004 adults living in the continental United States. Interviews were conducted by landline (500) and cell phone (504, including 254 without a landline phone) in English by Princeton Data Source from February 7-10, 2013. Statistical results are weighted to correct known demographic discrepancies. The margin of sampling error for the complete set of weighted data is plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.
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I am writing a cover letter for a PhD admission. Could anyone correct my cover letter below, please?
Dear Prof. Dr. ABC,
It is with great pleasure that I submit my application for the PhD in Economics at the prestigious University of XYZ.
The remarkable scientific output, the relevant and absolute authority of the teaching staff and the entire research group, and the international dimension peculiar to the University of XYZ, is to me a fundamental stimulus to undertake a rigorous and prolific research path at your department, with the absolute conviction of being able to become part of a suitable environment for the shaping of my studies and research in the economic field.
During my university studies at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Sassari, I have had many opportunities to get involved with passion in the economic discipline, devoting myself especially to the study of Microeconomics, Macroeconomics and Industrial Organization, and in particular in the analysis and application of Game Theory. The latter field represented the basic methodology for the realization of my dissertation, having as object the auction theory with application to the Italian energetic market. I placed emphasis on the study of the equilibrium between the major auction mechanisms then used to describe the logic and functioning of the system of buying and selling on auction basis of quantities of electricity to be delivered to end users throughout the national Italian territory.
Lately I have got engaged in the development of a research project titled Compatibility between industrial production and environmental protection in international context. Partial cooperative game, which I would like to continue to carry out relatively to the Industrial Organisation project if admitted to the PhD program in Economics at the University of XYZ.
In this project I examine the strategic behaviour of two coalitions of individuals with conflicting interests, in which a coalition has an incentive to reach an agreement in order to protect the environment and the other coalition has no incentive to cooperate to reach the agreement. The result of the project will aim to demonstrate that if a coalition of co-operators is stable and reliable, then it may exercise an attractive force on the non-cooperating one. This research proposal will be the subject of attention by the Department of Science for Nature and Environmental Resources at the Faculty of Agriculture of the University of Sassari, which has dealing with the study of the influence of human activities on the environment long since and intends to apply the Game Theory to this study as a new method of analysis.
In case of acceptance, besides profitably attending with great diligence and care the set of lessons and other educational events, I will be an active and integral part in the spreading of the knowledge of economics among students of the University of XYZ, through the support and partnership that I will put at the disposal of University of XYZ professors during classes, exam sessions, office hours students, project works and student dissertations.
Hence, both my production of scientific publications and the final PhD dissertation will naturally take shape.
The activities I carried out so far have always had a steady and persevering approach both as a member of a team and independently.
Over time I have developed strong relational values, which make me able to interact positively with colleagues.
I am also a person able to adapt with ease and learn about more and new case studies, using my ability to deal with the various problems that may arise with seriousness and dedication. I am also a proactive person, with a propositional attitude and highly motivated to achieve my goals.
I appreciate your taking the time in considering my application to the PhD program in Economics at your department and I remain at your entire disposal for any further clarifications.
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Chelsea will be without midfielder Deco for the Barclays Premier League home clash with Everton at Stamford Bridge.
Deco misses out because his father is ill and defender Alex (thigh) and Salomon Kalou (thigh) are also sidelined.
However, both Alex and Kalou are expected to be fit for the home game with Portsmouth next week. Jose Bosingwa is out with a long-term knee injury.
Coach Carlo Ancelotti will recall Petr Cech, Branislav Ivanovic, Ashley Cole, Michael Ballack, Frank Lampard and Nicolas Anelka after resting them for the midweek Champions League game against APOEL.
Meanwhile, coach Carlo Ancelotti has given four key players permission to leave for the African Nations Cup at the end of the month.
It means Ivory Coast strikers Didier Drogba and Salomon Kalou plus Nigerian midfielder John Mikel Obi and Ghana's Michael Essien will miss five club games in January, including their FA Cup third-round tie against Watford at Stamford Bridge.
The African Nations Cup runs from January 10-31 but Ancelotti is happy for the quartet to leave early and join their respective pre-tournament training camps.
Essien is facing a battle to be fit in time after collecting a hamstring injury against APOEL in their final Champions League game in midweek.
Ancelotti is happy for Ghana to send over their doctor to examine Essien and the Italian coach insists the player should be fit in time to leave on December 28.
But it is unlikely that Essien will play for Chelsea before joining up with his country.
"The African players can all go on December 28," confirmed Ancelotti. "Michael had a scan and I think he will be out for between three and four weeks.
"The aim is to work to improve his injury but I think he will be ready to go on December 28, if he stays well.
"I have no problem with the Ghana doctor coming here. If they want to come here to see Essien, there is no problem."
Everton midfielder Tim Cahill is suspended for the match.
The Australia international accumulated his fifth booking of the season in last weekend's 2-2 draw with Tottenham and so must serve a one-match ban.
Manager David Moyes still has defensive problems with centre-half Joseph Yobo ruled out for four weeks with a hamstring problem.
That means full-back Tony Hibbert is likely to continue to deputise alongside Johnny Heitinga, who returns after suspension.
Moyes believes his side's only hope of escaping their current slump is to regress.
The Toffees have won just once in nine Barclays Premier League matches as they struggle to cope with a crippling injury list.
Shorn of some of their most creative and senior players Everton have fallen some way short of Moyes' expectations.
However, since going in 3-0 down at half-time against Hull just over a fortnight ago there has been a noticeable change in attitude - although not enough for the manager's liking.
"If you are not playing well you have to go back to good, old grinding endeavour and at this moment in time we are going to have to do that," said Moyes.
"I would say our typical performances would usually be the ones from last year and the year before.
"But the performances we are having to show now are the performances we had maybe three or four years before that when we were on a climb and trying to improve all the climb.
"But that is why you have got that and you use it as your building blocks.
"Maybe something changed from the second half at Hull. I think the players realise the effort they put in has to be greater if we are going to win games.
"There is a slight improvement, not as much as I'd like, but certainly with what I have available to me we are getting something out of the players."
That was evident last Sunday when Everton came from 2-0 down with 12 minutes remaining to draw 2-2 with high-flying Tottenham.
Moyes hopes that will signal a turning point in their faltering campaign.
"Sometimes you need something which moves your season on," he added.
"Last season we lost to Aston Villa (in December) and it looked like a devastating blow for us but we went on a great run and that propelled us up the table.
"Undoubtedly it is a tough game tomorrow but we'll go there and try to win.
"Sometimes when we are up against it we can come through - and we are certainly up against it this time."
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From the series "FakeShamus, Manifest Destinaut", images created with digital 3D models and raytracing software. FakeShamus is kind of an alter-ego and my nemesis at the same time. He is a digital golem; a mindless creation who follows every command and takes on any form. He is also the "Manifest Destinaut" - an explorer and conquerer in that deadly early-American frontier sense, only now the frontier is a digital world.
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- 2 Tablespoons olive oil
- ¾ pound lean pork cut into ½ inch cubes (or quicker, pork stir fry meat)
- 4 Tablespoons soy sauce divided
- 2 Tablespoons each: lemon juice from concentrate and sugar
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch
- ¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1 small red bell pepper chunked
- ½ of a small onion thinly sliced or chopped
- ¼ cup roasted peanuts (or for fun honey roasted)
- Combine pork and 2 Tablespoons soy sauce: refrigerate 30 minutes. Combine remaining 2 Tablespoons soy sauce, lemon juice, sugar, cornstarch, crushed pepper and ¼ cup water.
- In wok or large skillet, stir-fry pork and garlic in hot oil 3 minutes, or until brown. Add bell pepper and onion: stir-fry 3 minutes.
- Add cornstarch mixture and cook until slightly thickened.
- Add peanuts. Stir. Serve over hot rice.
Terri's Notes
- This was a real hit at my house! Would definitely just double the recipe.
- We wouldn't be afraid to add another of your favorite stir fry veggies, matchstick carrots, sliced mushrooms, pea pods, fresh green beansof course the steamed broccoli on the side was pretty yummy too.
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Total U.S. cotton production for 2009 is forecast at 12.6 million bales, according to USDA, up 1 percent from last month but down 2 percent from last year. Upland cotton production is forecast at 12.2 million bales, up 1 percent from last month but down 1 percent from last year.
According to USDA's Dec. 10 Crop Production Report, producers in the Southeast are expecting increased yields due to ideal weather conditions for this year's late-planted crop. Texas producers are also expecting higher yields.
Upland growers in California, Georgia, Kansas, North Carolina and Oklahoma are expecting record high yields.
The story is quite different in the Mid-South, where expected cotton yields continue to decline from the previous year in four states, as damage from late season rain is starting to come into focus.
Forecast Arkansas yields declined 186 pounds from 2008, to 826 pounds; Mississippi yields dropped 153 pounds from last year, to 758 pounds; Missouri yields fell 157 pounds to 949 pounds per acre; and Tennessee yields dropped from 909 pounds per acre to 891 pounds.
Forecast yield for Louisiana rose from 576 pounds in 2008 to a forecast 704 pounds for 2009, but only because the 2008 crop was hit by wind and rain from late-season hurricanes. Further declines in Mid-South yields are likely.
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Nice! My posters ended up in the hallway as well.One question I've been meaning to ask...how did you mount the Slave 1 vehicles to the wall? That's a cool way to display them and I might have to try that myself.
Thats a beautiful Collection Apoc, dough I like everithing cuz you are a soldier/warrior collector as me, what calls me the most is all the Tie fighters & vehicles that you have ... Anyway glad to find a clonist like me BTW: trade me your Slave 1
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A Look At the 2012 Bentley Mulsanne
The WSJ's Lee Hawkins talks to Bentley spokeswoman Valentine O'Connor about the 2012 Bentley Mulsanne, which starts at about $290,000 and can go up to nearly $400,000 and beyond. The car, which features a 2,200 watt stereo and a iPad Spec multimedia package, also includes an HD LED screen and wireless keyboards.
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Sales Growth at a Reasonable Price
Jack Hough takes a look at a rare commodity: companies that are growing sales but aren't especially expensive to invest in. Photo: AP.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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Improve Dist::Zilla's Tests, Documentation, and Structure
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Ricardo Signes
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Dist::Zilla is a tool that helps Perl programmers build distributions for the CPAN. It eliminates boilerplate, handles packaging, interfaces with changelogs and version control, improves prerequisite management, and generally makes it easier to be a CPAN author. This grant will fund work to make it easier for new users to adopt Dist::Zilla and for Dist::Zilla itself to be more easily extended, maintained, and understood.
Benefits to the Perl Community
Dist::Zilla makes the CPAN better. More code can be released because the work required to do so is greatly lessened. The code that is released can be of a higher quality because more time can be spent on the code rather than the packaging. It can also improve the lives of CPAN authors in general: if you don't want to spend the time that Dist::Zilla saves you on writing more code, you can spend it on anything else you like: skiing, sleeping, or eating ice cream.
Dist::Zilla has already been adopted by dozens of authors and used to release hundreds of distributions.
Each deliverable below is also an "inch-stone."
proper logging facility
Right now, Dist::Zilla logs with "print." It has always been meant to use Log::Dispatch (via Log::Dispatchouli) but these changes need to be made, presumably before testing begins, so that the testing system can incorporate logged data.
Estimated time: one half day
reusable testing tools
Dist::Zilla and most of its plugins (both core and otherwise) are not well tested, because testing it is tedious. This could be greatly improved by writing a few test classes or mock plugins.
Estimated time: two days
extensive testing of the core
The reusable test tools will be put to use (and thus proven useful) when tests are written for all the core functionality. These tests may not be exhaustive, but they will be extensive and will be written with the goal of making contributors feel that they can trust the test suite to catch most regressions.
Estimated time: four days
simplification of the command line tool's code
Right now, a number of hookable events are defined only in the code implementing the dzil command, which too tightly couples the main class behavior to the command line tool. As much as is possible, the App::Cmd-based code for dzil will be turned into a very thin wrapper around Dist::Zilla's methods.
Estimated time: one half day
event structure for distribution creation
In other words, plugins will be able to attach more behavior to distribution creation, to create new source code repositories, start files, and so on.
Estimated time: one half day
core set of well-known FileFinder plugins
The FileFinder plugin role allows other plugins to operate on dynamically located sets of files like "all Perl modules that will be installed" or "all files marked executable." At present, there are no predefined FileFinder plugins with Dist::Zilla. By providing a few core finders with well-known names, it is easier for new third-party plugins to behave more like core plugins.
This requires writing the finders, testing them, and updating existing plugins to use them. It also must be possible for a user to override the behavior at the well-defined name.
Estimated time; one day
improved prerequisite handling
This will include improved methods for specifying versions required by allowing shorthand identifiers for the latest version of a prerequisite, or the version with which the author has tested.
(If the META.json 2.0 specification is sufficiently finalized by the time this work is approved, the core Dist::Zilla prerequisite system will be improved to match it. I am familiar with the proposed changes to META and have a plan for how to support them.)
Estimated time: one day
improvements for authoring distributions containing XS
I do not write XS code or C, but a number of users of Dist::Zilla do and have asked whether I can improve Dist::Zilla's ability to accomodate them. Florian Ragwitz has given me some ideas on how to do this, and I would like to carry out his plan so that Dist::Zilla does not discriminate against XS authors.
Estimated time: one half day
documentation: improved new user's guide
This will extend and supplement the existing Dist::Zila::Tutorial, starting from the position, "So you want to release code to the CPAN..." There will be a Pod version shipped with Dist::Zilla, but also an HTML document and slidecast or screencast to more clearly walk new users through the process.
Estimated time: four days
Project Schedule
I can begin work immediately upon receipt of first-third payment. I predict about ten or twelve Saturdays of work. I believe that work can be completed this quarter.
I'm RJBS on the CPAN. I have released or adopted hundreds of modules, and Dist::Zilla is the result of my own desire for a tool to make maintenance of CPAN distributions simpler. My previous TPF grant-supported work on Pod-munging tools was also in furtherance of making it easier to maintain CPAN distributions. That work was completed without problems and the released code has been succesfully adopted by a number of CPAN authors.


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DNR Board Approves Waterfowl Season Regulations
By Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division
Published: August 26, 2010
The Board of Natural Resources recently approved the 2010-2011 waterfowl hunting regulations.
"Changes to note for the 2010-2011 migratory bird and waterfowl regulations is that the bag limit on pintail ducks has increased from 1 to 2 and that the take of white-winged doves contributes towards the daily bag limit of 15 doves, whether they are mourning or white-winged doves," says Assistant Chief of Game Management John Bowers.
The September Canada goose season runs from Sept. 4-26 and the September teal season runs from Sept. 11-26. Hunting season for ducks is Nov. 20 - Nov. 28, 2010 and Dec. 11 - Jan. 30, 2011. A summary of migratory bird hunting season dates and bag limits can be found online at http://www.gohuntgeorgia.com . The "Late Season Georgia Migratory Bird Regulations 2010-2011" brochure will soon be available online and through division offices and at select hunting license agents.
Youth Waterfowl Days are Nov. 13-14, 2010. On these two days, youth age 15 or younger, may hunt specific migratory birds, such as ducks, Canada geese and mergansers, as long as they are accompanied by an adult of at least 18 years of age (only the youth may hunt).
In order to hunt waterfowl, hunters must have a hunting license, federal duck stamp, Georgia waterfowl conservation license and a HIP permit. If hunting on a wildlife management area, a WMA license is required.
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Shark finning in Sipadan/Mabul area
Posted 24 February 2009 - 09:48 PM
Despite the title of the article below, The Semporna Tourism Action Council (STAC), decided that "if the shark population can be restored through the implementation of the NPOA and that shark fishing can be proven to be sustainable then there would be no need for a ban on the activity". In Malaysian speak it means no plan of action, business goes on as usual, everything is ok. So for those of you planning to go to Sipadan/Mabul soon, just skip it, there's no point supporting a place where they think killing sharks is ok and endorsed by the Tourism Council. Just email the resort, telling why you're not going.
Ban shark finning activities: Council (24 Feb 2009)
For those of you wondering what is Malaysia's National Plan of Action (NPOA) on the Conservation and Management of Sharks, the first para of the Conclusion gives you an idea of what they think.
"Sharks are not targeted by fishers but are caught together with other commercially important species. They are brought back as a whole to the port and sold at a reasonable price with the fins fetching a better price. Similarly rays are caught and sold at a reasonable price."
It goes on to conclude that actions need to be taken are
Strengthen data collection on biology and related habitats.
Collect and compile list of dominant, vulnerable and endangered shark species
found in Malaysia
Monitor landings so that it stabilized at sustainable manner
Identify habitats for reproduction and nursery ground and these need to be protected
from destruction and fishing activities.
Strengthen data collection on socio-economic of fishers and traders
Strengthen data collection on trade
Encourage full utilisation of elasmobranch catches by improving value-added of
sharks product especially meat, skin and cartilage.
Improve and develop framework for establishing and coordinating effective
consultation involving stakeholders in research, management and educational
initiatives within and between States.
Strengthen education and public awareness among fishers and people on
importance of conservation of shark resources.
Implement effective conservation and management strategies on shark resources.
You can get the NPOA from here
Posted 24 February 2009 - 10:05 PM
This is always so difficult!
Posted 24 February 2009 - 10:40 PM
From the article - "The council is headed by the District Officer and comprises members from the Tourism, Culture and Environment Ministry, Sabah Parks, Sabah Fisheries Department, Sabah Tourism Board, as well as non-governmental bodies such as WWF Malaysia and local tourism players and business communities."
Posted 25 February 2009 - 12:00 AM
Posted 25 February 2009 - 07:53 AM
As divers and photographers, I am not certain if we could boycott enough places and have our numbers mean much to the tourism industry. Even in the Bahamas where diving is "huge", I believe it is less then 6% of tourism (don't quote me). The problem is so much bigger than our industry. We need folks in all walks of life really mobilized if we are to end this destruction.
Posted 22 January 2011 - 10:57 AM
Recently, a WP member, Syam, was in Mabul staying at The Mabul Backpacker's Lodge. When returning from one of his dives, he saw something that should not be happening in an area where you pay RM40 for park fees in Sipadan. I'll let the pictures speak for themselves:
Yes, shark finning is happening on Mabul island as resorts are being built non-stop on Mabul and Kapalai for the tourist dollar. In this time of economic crisis, we divers should vote with our money in protecting the sharks from areas that are deemed protected, yet not. Mabul/Kapalai are not part of any marine protected area, but there is a park fee for diving in Sipadan. This fee goes to Sabah Parks, presumably for the protection of Sipadan.
The finners come from a fishing village on the island of Mabul and not attached to the resorts in any way. However, the resorts hire their staff from the islanders, and we are contributing to the resorts. What is the point of paying RM40 to protect Sipadan if the outlying areas will be decimated? At 120 divers per 1/2 day (240 per day), RM9600 a day is being given to Sabah park for the maintenance of the rest area and toilets?
We fully understand that the fishermen are autonomous and deserve the right to make a living. However, when they are making a living on an unsustainable resource, in an area where we tourists pay money to go to see that same particular resource, then the authorities have to decide whether to attract tourism or accede to a short term gain by 5 fishermen.
If the resorts are not contributing to the local community, being via employment, schools or other benefits, then they are also limited in their outlook for the future of tourism in the Ligitan Island group. As diving tourists, why should we contribute to the decline of a beautiful area by supporting the resorts which do not protect their own resources?
In conclusion, we strongly urge the resorts to campaign Sabah Parks to prohibit shark finning in the Ligitan island group area. If the area is not protected, we will choose to dive in other areas of South East Asia where the marine life is protected with the money collected.
As divers please write to these resorts and relevant Malaysian Authorities to ask them to reconsider their position, lest we reconsider how we spend our money. It is also VERY important to keep your emails civilized and non-confrontational, as a calm protest will always garner more respect:
Government authorities:
Minister of Tourism, Malaysia:
YB. Dato' Sri Azalina Dato' Othman Said
General Manager
Sabah Tourism Action Council
Environment Protection Department
Sabah Parks:
Rayner Stuel Galid
Director of the Department of Fisheries,
Sabah firstname.lastname@example.com
Borneo Divers:
Sipadan Water Village:
Sipadan Mabul Resort:
Sipadan Kapalai Resort:
Additional email addresses to follow on:
YB. Dato' Sri Sulaiman Abd. Rahman Abd. Taib
Pejabat Timbalan Menteri Pelancongan (Deputy Minister of Tourism)
Ministry of Tourism email Directory
Hi Drew,
My name is Kirk Lee, i run a facebook page "Save Our Sharks From A Bowl Of Soup"
The purpose of the page above is to create awareness n educate public about Shark Fin Crisis n not to consume SFS.
I came across your post on Wetpixel n similar one on MUW
I had called up The Star Online n they agree to look up the case n would post on The Star Online provided if i could gather more fact n info such as pictures n video, n not hear say...
Did you took those pictures? Do you have any video?
Kirk Lee
Here is our previous project on the star online
Posted 30 August 2011 - 06:25 AM
Wanting & doing & enforcing the ban are three different things, i'll wait till it happens before celebrating.
Posted 30 August 2011 - 06:42 AM
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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
An exchange of emails between young Jewish settlers has many in Israel worried that the nation could be inching toward civil war over the issue of future control of the land.
A cause of grave concern ever since the forced withdrawal of Jews from Gaza in 2005 has been the use of violence by both those carrying out the evacuation, and those being evacuated, a situation that could easily result in Jews spilling Jewish blood.
A number of times in recent months, Israeli authorities have demolished illegally built homes and structures in Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria, the so-called "West Bank." In the Samarian community of Yitzhar, in particular, these demolitions have been marked by violence.
It was in Yitzhar this week that residents belonging to a local email list began discussing whether or not it was permitted to kill an Israeli soldier in perceived defense of the community.
"I support throwing rocks (at Jews, and of course on Arabs without question). In certain circumstances - even if the rocks lead to the death of a soldier!" wrote one young woman who was later arrested for inciting violence.
A 17-year-old youth from the community responded, "There is no Halachtic (Jewish religious) issue with killing a soldier (who's tearing down our buildings)."
The exchange was immediately condemned by elders in the Yitzhar community, as well as by officials in the broader settler movement.
But the mother of the arrested girl said the problem is only going to grow as the younger generations grow increasingly frustrated at seeing their government make concessions to Israel's enemies, even as it curtails what they see as the biblically mandated restoration of Jewish life in this land.
"The young generation is tired of walking around crouched and afraid," she told Yediot Ahronot. "The Israeli nation is alive and well. We need to build up our strength and be an example for other nations."
Another factor feeding the fears of a future civil war is the hostile manner in which most Jewish settlers are portrayed in the mainstream Israeli media. This portrayal is believed to be largely responsible for the harsh way police often treat settler youth, as well as pronouncements by some left-wing Jewish politicians in recent years that the settlers are no longer their brothers.
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… on chili night.
p.s. I just got an iPhone … Hello, 2007!
Indeed! Happy weekend, and I'm jealous of your iPhone! I'm still in the dark ages with a cheapie Virgin Mobile phone.
Your kitchen looks laid out about exactly like mine (minus dishwasher). Although there are cupboards that don't quite go to the ceiling on top of the refrigerator, and my cat likes to use that space in between the stove and fridge as her jumping-off point to get up there to the ceiling, even though she's not allowed on the counters.
Yay for an iPhone, I bet you're already in love with it. 🙂 I was going to ask if you got one when I saw the last entry but then happened on this!
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VIP needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
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The Twins are looking for a starting third baseman. What that means for Plouffe is unclear, but could entail him moving back to the outfield. It's also possible they come up with a left-handed bat platoon-type option.
That would seem to contradict what Ryan said in his 2013 Offseason Handbook interview:
"(Plouffe is) coming in as the third baseman. Yes, he will. I need to create some competition over there though. And we will. And he's aware of that. Nothing wrong with competition."
I won't believe they'll sign anyone to replace Plouffe until I see it. I could see them adding a left-handed option. (St. Paul's Jack Hannahan?) But of the problems the Twins needs to address, this needs to be towards the bottom of the list.


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|Whose Line Is It Anyway?
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Season 3(October 12, 2000 → June 21, 2001)
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|2011-06-13, 22:15
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X3 You wouldn't happen to mean THIS VIDEO:
Spoiler for Major Toradora spoiler:
And now I'm realizing the similiraties of Ryuji and Tooru. xDD
Both sport blue, same VA, love interest are both short girl with brown curly hair. Pfft.
And yes! It would be best to avoid a direct confession otherwise it´d land in the whole Ko situation all over again.
BTW, I wanna know if Tooru lives by himself or if he lives with his family. :/
Last edited by Pellissier; 2011-06-14 at 04:13. Reason: Put spoiler tags for other series' spoilers! Toradora is not that old to be considered a "classic" yet.
|2011-06-13, 22:36
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That's the one! Thanks! I'm way too lazy to dig out my external hard drives. I need to get an AirPort. I miss having disposable income...
Hmm, good question. He's 23, but that doesn't always matter with Japanese families. In one of my host families, the grandmother, parents, their daughters, the oldest daughter's husband and 2 kids all lived in the same house. But Tokyo is way more expensive than other areas. He's always at work, though... I bet he has his own place with a roommate.
|2011-06-13, 23:12
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haha. I don't think a Japanese guy would have a female roommate.
I'm betting that he didn't go to college. Because of the different school year, Japanese kids are usually 22+ when they graduate college and he seems like he's fairly far along in his apprenticeship. My host brother was interested in being a pastry chef so he was in a culinary school but he said that most people who are interested in traditional Japanese cooking (definitely the case for sushi-making!) find a chef to apprentice under. These can be pretty long apprenticeships (10+ years) so that's my reasoning. Kissuiso is a small operation and Ren seems to allow more hands-on work than a typical master but Tooru's pretty good and he's skilled with a knife (Getting permission to use a chef's knife in your apprenticeship is supposed to be a big deal). I think he's been an apprentice for a while.
|2011-06-13, 23:18
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So Tooru-baby didn't go to college? O: Normally I would find it kind of...how should I say it...umm...not very appealing? Not because of the meantility that people who don't study are "dumb"! Of course I don´t think like that. But because of the current economic status all around the world. I hope I'm not coming off as shallow.
But I suppose being a chef pays well and if he has talent he can make things work. I just wish we would get more development on Tooru already. He´s too much of a mystery. I hope they devote an entire episode to him sooner or later.
EDIT: But oh maaaaaan. How much more perfect can Tooru be??? He has a steady job, can cook, has a motorcycle, is adorable, dependable, and just woah. I would totally get married with him. xDD No seriously. I wouldn't mind one bit marrying at the age of 19 if I was marrying him. xD Actually, my dad's already telling me to get married, that I shouldn't worry and marry a guy if I want. That he´ll continue paying for my education even if I'm married. And I'm like: Daaad! I'm still in college!
xD But if a RL Tooru came along, I would say yes at the speed of light.
|2011-06-13, 23:40
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Haha, some people are saying that college isn't a good return on investment because of the current economic climate. I'd probably think differently if I had a ton of student loans and didn't have a job. But yeah, what works in anime doesn't work in real life. I probably wouldn't date someone without a college degree, mostly because I've been in school for so long that it's such a big part of my identity. And I work at a university so I don't actually meet a lot of people who don't have degrees or aren't in the process of getting them.
Ugh, I want a Tooru episode in the worst way. Can we have something? Anything? Everyone else has had significant screen time. Well, I don't care about Ren or mame-ji. I want to know how he decided he wanted to be a chef! And his dating history.
|2011-06-13, 23:50
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I doubt Tooru has much of a dating history. I mean, look at him in episode 10. A total elementary schooler when it comes to love.
Well, I really shouldn´t be talking myself since I fail in the romance department myself. xD;;
But maybe he did have a gf or two. But he kind of seems like the person who was never really interested in romance.
Oh P.A! Throw us a Tooru bone already!
|2011-06-14, 00:05
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I suspect he's left a string of broken-hearted girls behind. When he was younger, he probably complained occasionally about not being able get a date and his friends all went . He seems really dense, ya know? And he's really focused on cooking. I remember how he looked/sound in episode 4 when Ren called Tooru in to show his new dish. His face brightened and he practically bounced inside. I thought it was adorable.
They have to give us a Tooru ep sometime. I'll even settle for a general kitchen ep at this point. Maybe as Tooru and Ohana get to know each other better, PA will sneak in some Tooru tidbits?
(And now, off to bed with me!)
|2011-06-14, 12:42
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Or even better, what if he was this total badass fellow in high school. He was a troublemaker but never hooked up with women cuz that side of him was still innocent. Or what if he was in love with that one kind teacher? And..and...-gets slapped repeatedly by okami-
I'm sorry, I've read too many mangas. =.=
But still, I want to know what drove him to become a chef. He seems like a pretty ambicious person so why didn't he go into something more along the lines of an "upfront career"?
Am I making sense? D:
|2011-06-14, 13:54
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LOL. I don't think he was a troublemaker; he can be hot-tempered but he's pretty polite to adults.
I think committing to a ten year apprenticeships is pretty ambitious. I couldn't even commit to a major. I changed mine four times before I decided on East Asian Studies. I think he is ambitious, but he's decided that he wants to be a chef. It's not the same career that it is in the US. You work your way up. There aren't the sort of culinary diploma mills that you get here.
College in Japan is a little different. Students decide on the type of career they're interested in pursuing in high school, which is why Kou was scolding Ohana in episode 1. (That's another reason why I think Tooru has been an apprentice for a while. ) So if you were interested in being a doctor, you would take your exams and apply to start your studies at the undergraduate level instead of applying after you have a BA/BS. That's why you always see kids busting their butts for exams in anime. And the higher the rank of the college that you can get into, the better your chances of success are in your career. There's a reason why the last umpteen Prime Ministers have been Keio or Tokyo U grads.
|2011-06-14, 16:22
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|2011-06-19, 11:23
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Okay, Tooru. Where was all this tact and perceptiveness earlier in the series?! This makes me wonder how he doesn't know about Minchi's crush. I guess she was apprentice-zoned pretty hardcore.
Also, I love Tooru even more now. There were a lot of little things about Tooru in this episode. He forced Ohana to go looking for Kouichi, even though he has a crush on her, because he wanted her to feel better.
Also, I think it's hilarious that Satsuki's teasing him. Haha, she asked him to drink with her too. And they have similar tastes in music. I want them to become BFFs, for serious.
|2011-06-19, 12:17
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I felt really bad for Minchi in this episode. But when Satsuki was flirting with Tooru, she did have a really hilarious comment. I've never heard the word she used before but I think she was saying that "some people like older [women], some people like the same looks [as in family]."
And then Satsuki sirred things up by asking about Kou-chan when she noticed Minchi was depresed. I'm pretty sure she knew all the relationship dynamics in that car.
In all seriousness, I think I will be really sad if Tooru and Ohana don't end up together with Satsuki as a m-i-l. I like the relationship dynamics between them and I like how Tooru calls out both of them on their BS. Someone as direct as Tooru works really well there.
|2011-06-19, 13:35
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^ Exactly. xDD Tooru=husbando,son-in-law material
xD And yeah, I think Minko is starting to come to a resolution now. I mean, she was ready to ask Tooru about his feelings.
And I loved it when she wanted to ask Tooru: "Does it really bother you that much that Ohana is with another man right now?"
xDD One could tell that Tooru was pretty bothered. o3o Specially we he tried to keep himself busy so that he couldn't think about Ohana being with Ko.
And wow, didn't Tooru and Satsuki hit if off really well? xD Tooru, I think you've won the mother over. :P
|2011-06-19, 14:20
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|2011-06-19, 15:29
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|2011-06-19, 15:33
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|2011-06-19, 15:42
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Honestly? I don't see Tohru being mature enough to process Minko's interest in him, and deliberately apprentice zone her. He really doesn't see her as a girl. And he really doesn't act his age when it comes to Ohana, or girls period. In my eyes, he's an honorary high school boy-no, honorary middle school boy. HE FREAKING BINGE EATS WHEN HE'S ROMANTICALLY DEPRESSED.
(don't get me wrong-like this character, but let's not kid ourselves about any of the younger cast members' maturity.)
|2011-06-19, 15:54
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Tooru's a lot more mature in this episode than all the other ones... Although he's torturing Minchi. (Is he trying to make her dyslexic? xD)
I'm hoping for a moment where Satsuki teases Tooru about his feelings for Ohana. And a moment where Ohana realizes that Tooru has been referring to her as "Ohana" rather than "you"
Also, the preview for the next epi seems to infer that Tooru discovers something about Satsuki. "You're really light." Her weight? xD Or her attitude as a parent? Either way, Tooru's bonding with his possible future mother-in-law xD lol
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"The Great Gatsby" began on paper, with F. Scott Fitzgerald's celebrated novel, and on paper "Gatsby" sounds like quite the film. On screen, though, things start to fall apart.
Directed by razzle-dazzle impresario Baz Luhrmann, this "Gatsby" boasts the charismatic duo of Leonardo DiCaprio and Carey Mulligan as romantic leads, 3-D as its format, a soundtrack rife with proven hitmakers, a Jazz Age setting and a theme of the American Dream gone sour that still resonates today. Whatever could go wrong? With some exceptions, a whole lot.
Though it is gorgeously written and often cited as one of the great American novels, Fitzgerald's "Gatsby" is in fact very much a slender reed, a tragedy in a minor key. What's problematic in Luhrmann's version is that while his screenplay (co-written with frequent collaborator Craig Pearce) takes pains to parallel the book's tale of Jay Gatsby's star-crossed love for Daisy Buchanan, his filmmaking point of view suffocates beyond resuscitation any dramatic interest the story might have generated.
The director has steadfastly proclaimed his passion for the novel, but the film he's made of it too often plays as no more than an excuse to display his frantic, frenetic personal style. A filmmaker who has increasingly made a fetish of excess and a religion of artificiality, Luhrmann and his team ("Moulin Rouge," "Romeo + Juliet") pile on the spectacle and the glitter until we are gasping for air. It's all so chaotic that the fact that the soundtrack is filled with anachronistic songs by 21st century performers like Jay-Z and Lana Del Rey barely registers.
A parallel problem, as if this film needed one, is that Luhrmann's direction of his actors cudgels every instinct of naturalness out of them and pushes everyone, even as instinctively genuine an actress as Mulligan, toward overblown characterizations and stilted line readings.
The use of 3-D, unusual for a straight drama, plays into that difficulty. It works well in New York street scenes and panoramas — such as the novel's celebrated vision of Manhattan glimpsed from the Queensborough Bridge ("the city seen for the first time, in its first wild promise of all the mystery and beauty in the world") — but it makes the actors look more like mannequins than people. If you believe that artifice is the new reality, that cliché is the way to approach truth, you will find a kindred spirit here.
Except for Indian star Amitabh Bachchan's unexpected cameo as Jewish gambler Meyer Wolfsheim, the only character who survives this onslaught of insincerity is, paradoxically, the man who can be seen as the story's master of deception, Jay Gatsby. Introduced smiling the most beguiling smile imaginable, a look Fitzgerald describes as "one of those rare smiles with a quality of reassurance about it," DiCaprio successfully calls on all his movie star charisma to become the film's only person of interest.
As the impeccably dressed but indisputably modest millionaire who calls people "old sport" more than he should and seems to live only to give the most elaborate parties in all Christendom, Gatsby in DiCaprio's hands is reminiscent of Orson Welles' youthful and energetic Charles Foster Kane.
It's not only audiences who will prefer Gatsby; so does the story's narrator, Nick Carraway (an unpersuasive Tobey Maguire). It is a conceit of the screenplay that we meet Carraway in a sanitarium in 1929, a few months after the stock market crash and seven years after the book's central story. Looking unconvincingly dissolute, Carraway is trying to recover from being "morbidly alcoholic," and his doctor encourages him to write the novel we see unfolding in flashback.
A graduate of Yale with more connections than capital, Carraway comes to New York in 1922 to work in the bond market and ends up by chance living in a humble cottage next door to Gatsby's huge baronial establishment in fictional West Egg, the nouveau riche enclave on Long Island.
Just across the water, in old money East Egg, lives Daisy Buchanan (Mulligan), Carraway's second cousin. She's married to the fabulously wealthy Tom Buchanan (Joel Edgerton), but she spends much of her time with gal pal and professional golfer Jordan Baker (Elizabeth Debicki). That's because her husband is a serial adulterer given to swinish behavior with tawdry women like Myrtle Wilson (Isla Fisher), married to woebegone garage owner George Wilson (Jason Clarke of "Zero Dark Thirty").
Ties of blood make Carraway a frequent visitor at East Egg, but a kind of affinity allows him to hang out with Gatsby as well. And it turns out there is something of a past between Gatsby and Daisy, a past that Gatsby very much wants to re-create in the here and now.
Once this aspirational man and his love for Daisy enter the picture, "The Great Gatsby" calms down as much as it can, and scenes like Gatsby displaying a veritable waterfall of shirts for Daisy's pleasure allow us to catch a glimpse of what it is about the novel that has intrigued so many.
But the film's efforts to gain a sense of balance parallel its protagonist's attempts to achieve something solid with Daisy: It's all way too little, and far too late.
'The Great Gatsby'
MPAA rating: PG-13 for some violent images, sexual content, smoking, partying and brief language
Running time: 2 hours, 21 minutes
Playing: In general release


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The squeaking wheel may get the oil, but the grinding wheel rim usually gets pulled over.
For nearly 3 miles, accused DUI driver Stephen Matthew Sisson drove on two flat tires with his rims scraping the road while repeatedly pausing for and then running red lights, while troopers and deputies tried to pull him over early Sunday, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports, quoting an arrest report filed in the case.
Shortly after being stopped, the 45-year-old Cooper City man reportedly registered a blood-alcohol concentration of .320 and .326 -- four times over the legal limit.
Sisson allegedly told the deputies that his mom gave him meds to treat alcoholism -- but he did not know the name of it.
Here are a few other rim-riders who managed to get some special attention from law enforcement officers.
Gainesville: Sparking tire rim led to DUI bust, cops say
Palm Coast: Duo busted after alleged high-speed chase on I-95 in SUV with two tires, two metal rims
Jacksonville: DUI arrest follows wild ride for 5 kids with mom's wheel rim sparking over speed bumps, deputies say
Get the DUHtails at the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.