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Island Princess came in to Kilcreggan Pier at 12.30 today for her inaugural passage to Gourock. Aboard her were her skipper and crew; Mark Aikman of Clydelink; the Clyde Port pilot Clydelink had asked to have for the starting period of their new operation – and the friskiest '79 year old' we've ever seen; Stephen Nielston, Rothesay-based Harbour Master General – well what else can you call a man responsible for all of Argyll and Bute Council's working piers and harbours; and a couple of joy-riding unofficial passengers.
The boat and her crew had spent the morning working up, making approaches to their berths at either end of the destination and getting their routines straightened out.
Yes, much of it was tentative but they were a new crew suffering from the political fallout of the almighty mess SPT and Argyll and Bute Council have made of the contract for this route and they knew they were under the keen eyes of a highly critical and rather hostile audience. We felt for them.
While the new service, replacing Clyde Marine's Seabus, has created seven new jobs, three council staff at Kilcreggan pierhead, one full time and two part time, are being made redundant because the new service is handling berthing shipside not shoreside.
With the men who are losing their jobs locally respected and popular – not to mention Bella and Stella, piermaster John Bellshaw's hardworking meeters and greeters who are also dispossessed – local resentment is understandable. This has been a cheerful and efficient team and they really will be missed.
Bella and Stella didn't quite know where to put themselves today, clearly feeling that the approach of a boat meant that they were on duty yet sensing somehow that this one wasn't for them. Bella (above) was dying to get involved, urging the crew on from above.
The standoff between the Kilcreggan community and the new service is largely because the boat and its crew are the visible and manifest evidence not just of change but of chaotic change – yet the primary fault is not theirs.
Any business is entitled to bid as it will for public sector tenders. The decision and the arrangements agreed are in the hands of the tenderers.
Anyone is entitled to take a job that's on offer and the Island Princess crew today were universally careful about what they were doing, good natured, open faced and philosophical about the markedly uncelebratory circumstances of their first sailings.
They refused to take fares from passengers, saying that they were practising all of their routines and were glad to have them aboard as guinea pigs.
Mark Aikman (above left, with the Pilot) was also visibly aboard to support his team. The same thing cannot be said of a notably craven no show.
Councillor Duncan Macintyre, Argyll and Bute Council's Transport Spokesperson and its main nominee to the SPT Board, was yesterday urging his colleagues representing the Helensburgh and Lomond Ward to turn up for the ferry's first sailing into Kilcreggan, asking for a good show.
Guess who didn't bother to be there today? Yes. Indeed. Councillor Duncan Macintyre.
Mark Aikman of Clydelink did nothing but submit a bid that was successful but has become the butt of transferred hostility. He was there.
SPT management have serious questions to answer about their handling of the tender – and we understand that legal firm Brodies are acting for Clyde Marine in the matter. Yet they were there – joining the ferry at Gourock for its return to Kilcreggan.
If these folk can front up, why can Councillor Duncan Macintyre not appear to support a service to whose introduction he has been party, not face up to the Kilcreggan pier staff who have lost their jobs and not eyeball Helensburgh residents who have lost their leg of this ferry service altogether? His was a pretty gutless absence.
Some of his colleagues – from all sides of the council, answered his call and were there throughout.
First to arrive was opposition Councillor George Freeman (above centre), Leader of the Argyll and Bute Independent Councillors Group. He is a vigorous critic of SPT's and the council administration's management of this tender; and is also a committed supporter of the pier head staff who are being made redundant.
Then Argyll and Bute's MP, Alan Reid (below, top), who lives in Dunoon and at Cardross near Helensburgh, arrived with administration Councilor Vivien Dance.
Kenneth Smith (above, bottom), the SNP candidate for Lomond North in the Helensburgh and Lomond Ward came too. All three taking the first ferry trip over to Gourock and back, as did we.
Kenneth Smith spent time on the crossing talking to the ever efficient, ever approachable and authoritative Harbour Master, Stephen Nielson (below, talking to Councillor Vivien Dance).
We have met Mr Nielson at Oban Harbour, Dunoon Pier and at Loch Striven when the Maersk B-class cargo ships were there on cold lay up. He also looks after all of the council's other piers and harbours – like Craignure, Port Askaig and Bruichladdich for examples. Always a reassuringly experienced presence, some day his memoirs will make fascinating reading.
As Island Princess came in to Kilcreggan for the second time, the pipes skirled across the water from the pierhead. Councillor Danny Kelly, a Kilcreggan resident, had arrived to welcome the boat and had persuaded his talented nephew (above) – who regularly does the honours for the paddlesteamer Waverly – to add to the occasion.
Bella and Stella – who is something of a diva – posed for the camera, one on each of John Bellshaw's feet.
So what did we think of how the first sailings went?
Let's start with the boat. It managed fine today in unchallenging weather and sea conditions and with few passengers aboard. Its relatively small and spartan cabin area in the bow will clearly not hold the numbers who use this route at busy times. Very many will have to travel in the open – and often the wet, on the large open after deck. If many crowd into the forecabin, as they will in wet and windy conditions, it looks to us as if the boat will bury its nose a bit. It appears to have that tendency as it is.
No one can, now or later, use the Island Princess upper deck on passage. In contrast, the Dunoon to Gourock passenger ferry's Argyll Flyer has a glorious top deck.
What is it with this attractively scenic route that serially condemns passengers hungry for the sights to be confined to water level or inside the passenger cabin where views are, of course, restricted? Seabus was just as unable and caused just as many mournful complaints – and she was commissioned for the route.
There was a large crew on board today and, in these early days, the back up is clearly worth while. Clyde Marine, with experience behind them ran Seabus with a skipper and one crewman, using the Kilcreggan pier staff for rope handling in berthing.
Island Princess is unlikely to operate for long with the crew numbers she had on board today. That would make no financial sense set against the £20k it is saving in not using the pier staff at Kilcreggan.
Some routines set up for today – and some of the equipment – we would have thought are also likely to change as the service, the boat and the crew bed in.
Today there was a warp on a loose noose left in position over a bollard on Kilcreggan Pier, swinging over to the low water landing stage. Crew were catching this with a boathook to draw down the rest of the warp and secure the boat for disembarking and embarking. The same set up and routine was in place at the Gourock end.
In a choppy sea this would be a less certain manoevre; and the noose is very vulnerable to passing children with an eye for mischief. who could easily lift it clear of the bollard and drop iot down. What would the crew do on an approach to Kilcreggan if they found no warp to hook and they had no shore staff to take one thrown from the boat?
Then there is the gangway being used at the moment. This seems too narrow to operate safely in a swell where a small child or a less stable adult could easily pitch through or over the loose warps threaded through the stanchions at either side. These also allow no secure support for passengers to grab, as opposed to the steel tubed fixed side rails on the Seabus gangway (below).
Today the gangway was able to run more or less horizontally, but at different states of the tide it may have to be set at a sharp enough angle, supporting a solid line of passengers with luggage. We are not confident that this gangway is strong enough not to buckle in the middle under this sort of pressure. (As a comparison, the Seabus gangway is shown above coming down on to Kilcreggan Pier on a high tide.)
It will also be very difficult to handle when operated at an angle as it has no rollers to run it out and in. And when it is stowed aboard, it simply lies pretty much across the full width of the upper deck, isolating the wheelhouse. This cannot be safe.
When we were reviewing our photographs for this article, we realised that the gangway, as it was operated at Gourock today, seemed barely to connect with the shore facility (above). In a swell, rolling the boat to and fro at her berth, it would have taken little to drop the gangway here. The Seabus gangway, in the same position (below), covered a substantial area of the shoreside platform.
All of these things will of course change as this service beds in. Everyone is aware that the Island Primcess only got her MCA operating licence with minutes to spare before close of business on Friday afternoon. Of course, much of today's routines were improvisational to a degree – and this is an issue to be addressed squarely to SPT and to Argyll and Bute Council whose mismanagement has produced this situation.
Nothing in these remarks should be taken to refer to the new contractor but to the risible management capability shown here by these two bodies.
Argyll and Bute Council's Health and Safety management happily pronounced themselves satisfied with the arrangements proposed. They cannot knowledgeably set foot on boats very often.
It would be instructive to see them stagger ashore at Kilcreggan or Gourock on this gangway in the sort of chop or swell experienced often enough in the Clyde – and to see how they managed when they grabbed for this 'rail' in a rocky moment.
Treats at both destinations
Truffling around as we do, there is some useful information we can pass on to those using this lovely route.
At Gourock, Cafe Continental – up the main road across from the rail station where the ferry comes in, not only has good coffee, food and drinks but has a large observation eating area at the back (above), overlooking the Clyde waterway on three sides.
At Kilcreggan, across the road and to the right from the entrance to the pier, there is 'cafe at Kilcreggan' (above) – a bright, cool place. easy to be in, with great coffee and food. They do take away so, as we were off to explore, we carried off a coffee and a memorable slice of cherry tart. We'll be back.
Up the hill a bit to the left (north) of the entrance to the pier is the Kilcreggan Hotel (above) with regular returnees who come over simply to meet and lunch there.
In Cove, a little to the north of Kilcreggan on this Rosneath peninsula is the Knockderry Country House Hotel (above), an instantly attractive building with interior work by the renowned Glasgow architect William Lieper, with memorable rooms and with what reads like – and is five starred – fabulous food.
The Rosneath peninsula is, like so much of Argyll and the Isles, a world apart – timeless, gentle, waterbound, with rolling landscapes, shingle beaches and intriguing views over the Clyde, across Loch Long and to Ardentinny in east Cowal; and on the east side it has the panorama of the Queen's Harbour of the Gare Loch and the enormous UK submarine base at Faslane. These are complex and interesting neighbourly relationships.


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He is shoved forcefully against a stone wall. Blearily trying to take stock of his surroundings, he sees a copse of trees ahead, and feels a wall at his back. His frozen fingers pass over the rough surface of the stones, their jagged sandy edges lightly grazing his skin.
Van de Berg's mind pulses violently inside his skull. How long had they interrogated him? Hours? Days? Weeks? He was pretty sure he had told them everything he knew, and after that, all he could remember was screaming, begging, crying out for mercy. But they didn't stop. They continued to claw his mind, scour his soul, break him down into nothing – and then some more.
Soldiers stand in a line in front of him. Black Sun soldiers. Looking to his left, he sees Miller standing beside him, his face a dark swelling of cuts and bruises. The American's eyes appear lifeless, as if all that lay behind them was a hollow emptiness. However, as Van de Berg looks at him, he turns his head and weakly manages a wink, a crooked smile on his broken lips.
The troopers raise their rifles.
Van de Berg closes his eyes, breathing slowly.
The loud 'crack' of gunfire echoes around the trees.
No pain. No end. No biting kiss of hot lead. Van de Berg opens his eyes.
The Black Sun troopers lie dead on the ground, bodies riddled with bullet holes, blood staining the snowy ground. Then, he sees them – the men emerging from the trees. Men in pale camouflage gear, scanning the surroundings cautiously as they approach, weapons raised. Van de Berg turns to Miller, a bewildered look on his face. The American smiles.
"Now we're even."
The commando unit reaches the two captives, wrapping them in thick coats and ushering them away into the trees. His mind spinning, Van de Berg lets the Allied soldiers lead him through the snow-laden conifers, panting and trying not to stumble. What will he do? The Reich has abandoned him – and he would rather die than stand alongside men like Engel and Adam. But where can he go?
They reach a sheltered clearing in the woods – the commandos begin pulling branches and tarps off a concealed jeep, hidden from view. Miller looks Van de Berg in the eye with a knowing gaze, seeming to understand the confusion in his mind.
"Welcome to Section D," he says.

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Major league baseball comes to the dry climate in Arizona each spring toplay exhibition games before the regular season begins. The Super ChevyShow comes to Arizona to exhibit show cars and drag racing machines, butit's the real thing: the season is open. Too bad we didn't have anyapple pie, but two fer three ain't bad, as the saying goes.
Firebird Raceway in the Phoenix suburb of Chandler is a unique place tovisit. Had you been at the track during the weekend of March 23 through25, you would have experienced a sports car race, a driving school, andthe Super Chevy Show, which included non-stop drag racing as well as ashown-n-shine. It was enough to keep car people entertained regardlessof what kind of machine they enjoy. For most of the people, however, itwas all Super Chevy.
Just to add to the excitement, on Saturday afternoon we received theannouncement that Autostar's Roger Gustin decided to add another show tothe already action-packed 21-event schedule. The new stop (which bringsthe total to 22) is actually a return to a track the series last visitedin 1998-that being the new facility in Tucson, Arizona. The Super ChevyShow 18-wheeler will roll into Tucson November 9 through 11, which isthe weekend after the SEMA Show and right before the season finale inLas Vegas. Seems like the Southwest is the hot spot for Super ChevyShow action this year, and for good reason. We're definitely lookingforward to coming back to Tucson.
At Phoenix the Gold Class grew by a few entries, two of them owned byJack Shewmaker of Bentonville, Arkansas. One is a '56 Nomad and theother is a '57 Bel Air convertible. To give you an example of the workthat builder Ron Kissinger put into these cars, the chassis for the '57was displayed by itself at the Montgomery, Alabama, show last year andwas so stunning that we ran photos of it in our coverage (Mar. '01). Ironically, neither of these cars took home the top trophy (although the'57 was awarded Best Detail-Gold Class) and when the awards ceremony wasover, builder Kissinger went to the car show judges for constructivecriticism on how these cars could do better next time, and they toldhim. This illustrates two points about Super Chevy Shows: one, thecompetition is awesome, and two, any participant in any class has theability-and is encouraged-to talk with the judges about his or her car,and the judges will share their written notes made during the car'sexamination. Definitely nice to know.
Phoenix has become the home to many performance-oriented industries,following in the high-tech footsteps of many electronic firms that movedto the dry climate a few years back. Manufacturer's Midway hostedseveral local firms, including Ciadella Quality Chevy Industries, andMaster Street Rods. Between the enthusiast-related manufacturers here,and the large number of great Bow-Tie machines in the area, it's nowonder that the Super Chevy Show in Phoenix is one of the best we seeall year. What we've found is that Chevy people from all over thecountry have come here to live, and they've brought their hobby and carswith them. For that we say thanks for a great show. Hope to see all ofyou in Tucson and Las Vegas.
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Winner-Ken Passerby, Chino Valley, AZ, '71 Vega, 12.445 @ 107.30 mph
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Winner-Kyle Marley, Mesa, AZ, 11.955 @ 51.06 mph
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Tim Ebbett, Lake Havasu, AZ, '66 Nova
Vincent Foti, Phoenix, AZ, '91 Corvette
Jack Garrison, Phoenix, AZ, '70 Nova
Gregg Hopkins, Phoenix, AZ, '70 Camaro
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Otto Anderson, Albuquerque, NM, '57 Bel Air
Ron Anderson, Peoria, AZ, '65 Chevelle
Earl Bumpas, Scottsdale, AZ, '34 Chevy
Chuck & Cynthia Coulter, Sedona, AZ, '59 Suburban
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Lenn Pritchard, Paradise Valley, AZ, '57 Bel Air
Earl Randall, Odessa, TX, '69 Camaro
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Best Paint- Jim Hollamon, Glendale, AZ, '72 truck
Best Engine-Dave Lowther, Glendale, AZ, '55 Nomad
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Best Achievement Street-Ron Pehlman, Phoenix, AZ, '72 truck
Best Achievement Modified- Ernie Padilla, Phoenix, AZ, '72 Chevelle


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My kids are always collecting things in the yard! This was a great activity for them to put all those findings to work. I love how beautiful creations made from nature can be.
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September 29, 2009 8:55 PM PDT
Two-thirds of Americans object to online tracking
The more people know about how they're being tracked by online advertisers, the less they like it, a survey found.
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- "Marketers are arguing that advertising supports free online content. "
Like what? Loading my computer up with all them there FREE critters, malware, adware,and such? Sure, please load me up with all that wholesome free online content. I'm sure that my friendly computer tech will just love it too..........
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Ok so I don't want to be seen as defending online tracking because I think we should have privacy online but online advertising does actually support alot of good free content such as online video hosting (megavideo for example) and online tv catch up sites (Hulu and Channel 4 OD for example). Without advertisements online alot of good sites wouldnt be able to support their bandwith costs I mean heck look at Cnet they use banner advertisements.
I think that the argument the marketers are trying to put forward is that alot of free content such as this wouldnt be available without advertising support but this is completly beside the point of the article because it's about advertisers which track your personal data it just seems like a marketer has tried to defend overall advertising and not data tracking advertising.
Also your comment of refering to spyware malaware and adaware does apply but not completly as data tracking isn't just done through these mediums there are ways they do it whcih are much less harmfull to your computer such as cookie tracking but it's still harmful to your privacy.
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- The tracking can in fact be a bit scary. And a company like Google may also know A LOT about you (what you search for, your email, your photos (picasa), your documents (Google Docs)...) Sometimes I use search engines like logless.com or cuil.com that don't store the searches, just to keep a little bit of privacy...
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- The really sad part is that we encourage this kind of reprehensible marketing. I make it a point to keep a list of companies that really annoy me with ads. Then I just don't ever shop with them. It's bad enough that we sped over 25% of our TV watching time watching crummy TV ads. Now it's getting to be that the Internet is getting even worse. We need laws which strictly forbid this kind of advertising. And laws that would allow individual citizens to sue companies which place software (Including Tracking Cookies) on their PCs, with or without their knowledge. This needs to be reigned in badly. Enough is enough...
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Sorry to dissapoint you but the iCloud saving is next to useless on this occasion. The game is not universal and the save doesn't work across standard/hd versions. I contacted the dev to ask just that question and the reply confirmed my fears, ie it doesn't work across versions. It's therefore useless unless you play in x2 mode on iPad with standard version or u play on a touch as well as an iPhone.
Cut the Rope updated with new Buzz Box and iCloud support
Cut the Rope has been updated with a new Buzz Box and support for iCloud syncing. There is also a new hidden Om Nom drawing for you to collect.
I am so excited about iCloud support! I have both the iPhone and iPad version of Cut the Rope, but only play the iPhone version because I don't want to redo all the levels on my iPad. With this update, both devices with stay in sync!
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Recovery powders, bars and products containing either a single source or a blend of proteins (whey, casein, soy) with or without added carbohydrate.
Why use them?
The immediate post-exercise period presents a unique opportunity for maximising muscle recovery and replenishing carbohydrate stores. Consuming a protein supplement alongside carbohydrate can stimulate muscle synthesis, repair muscle damage and enhance glycogen storage, all of which improve recovery.
Specific recovery products contain either a single source of a blend of different proteins – namely casein, soy and whey. Although these proteins are all nutritionally 'complete' (they contain all of the essential amino acids needed by the body) they are digested at different rates.
A by-product of cheese production, whey is a 'fast-acting' protein which is rapidly digested. It also has the added benefit of high levels of branched chain amino acids, which have been shown to stimulate muscle synthesis. Thanks to its rapid absorption, studies show that whey is superior to casein or soy in stimulating muscle repair following resistance exercise.
In contrast, casein (also from cow's milk) is a slow-acting protein, which takes up to seven hours to digest, as it forms a 'gel' in the stomach providing a slower release of amino acids. Soy is somewhere in the middle, being an 'intermediate' acting protein, with different levels of amino acids which have been linked to improved immunity.
Although whey is usually the favoured protein in recovery products, research shows that a blend of proteins may be better, as this provides a timed release of amino acids to the muscle – the whey delivers quickly, while the soy and casein provide a more sustained rise, extending the window for muscle building.
How do I use them effectively?
Combining protein with carbohydrate at a ratio of 3:1 (carb:protein) offers maximum benefit in the recovery period. For the majority, this will equate to around 20-30g of protein – a scoop of whey powder typically contains around 20g.
Most protein supplements are designed to be added to water or milk to make a recovery drink. If you choose one without carbohydrate, you'll need to think about this too – aim for around 1-1.2g of carbohydrate per kilogram of body weight eg 70-84g for a 70kg adult.
Research shows that higher levels of protein aren't necessarily better. Instead, several protein doses of 20-30g are thought to be the most effective. To achieve this, try having a shake directly after your ride, and then follow up with a protein-containing meal in the next two-three hours.
Are they better than real foods?
Although recovery products are convenient, you can achieve a similar blend of proteins by eating a mixture of whole foods after a session on the bike (see 'protein power'). A smoothie containing one pint milk, one large banana, one tbsp honey and 100g Greek yoghurt will provide 30g of protein and 70g of carbohydrate for the ideal 3:1 ratio.
Chocolate milk has also shown to be as effective as other supplements in restoring carbohydrate and stimulating muscle protein synthesis – milk itself is 20 per cent whey to 80 per cent casein, which goes some way to explaining its benefit.
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10g of protein = two small eggs, or 300ml milk, or 30g cheese, or 100g Total yoghurt, or 50g meat/chicken, or 400ml soy milk, or 200g baked beans.
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PEORIA, Ariz. The Padres have some recent World Series experience.
There is no shame in reading that sentence a few times with confusion. The Padres have never won a World Series and have not made it to the big show since 1998. But a couple offseason moves gave the Padres some veteran leaders with valuable playoff experience, including a couple of World Series appearances
RHP Joaquin Benoit had been in the American League for 11 seasons before signing a 2-year, $15.5 million contract with the Padres in December. Benoit made the playoffs the last four seasons with the Tampa Bay Rays and the Detroit Tigers, including a run to the World Series in 2012.
OF Seth Smith made the playoffs in four of his six seasons before he was traded to the Padres in December. Of those four playoff appearances, Smith made a World Series run in 2007 and has a .262 batting average with 2 home runs in the playoffs. He said he is not sure what he can bring to the team based on playoff experience, other than a certain mentality.
"It's all about coming ready to play every day and trying to win that day's game," Smith said. "You're not worried about making the playoffs. You're worried about winning the game that day. That can kind of snowball and get to a point where if you're playing well, your confidence gets to a point where you go out there every day and you know you're going to win the game."
Bud Black hopes that the World Series experience will be infectious to the team and will create some good energy in the clubhouse.
"Anytime you have experience of championship caliber players, it helps, there's no doubt about it," Black said. "Obviously, this is the pinnacle when you win a World Series in our sport. It's great to have those players in around our clubhouse on a team that have won because then that experience can be shared, especially when you get into the second half of the season."
Smith is hoping to get to the playoffs with a team that hasn't made the postseason since 2006, when the Padres won the NL West for the second year in a row. The Padres have been close a couple times since then, including losing a tiebreaker to get into the playoffs in 2007, when Smith's own Colorado Rockies beat the Padres in game 163.
"Last year was the first year I made the playoffs two years in a row," Smith said. "I've seen teams do well and then come back and not have the success that they had the year before for whatever reason, and then last year winning the division two years in a row. I think every year is a new year and people are rebuilding and things happen and it's kind of hard to tell what's going to happen."
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But SONGS has gone through an unbearably lengthy process – providing mountains of information and, according to Brown, performing 170,000 inspections and submitting to review by three independent international nuclear expert – precisely to ensure the safety of all area residents.
Unfazed, Atkins unleashed another attack as well, asking the CPUC "to relieve SDG&E ratepayers of having to pay for SONGS, since it has generated no electricity in a year," during which customers "have been paying $54 million each month toward shareholder returns, operations, and maintenance – and have received nothing in return. I think this is unfair."
This complaint, too, lacks merit, as Edison has already been "pursuing warranties and insurance to mitigate impacts to our customers," according to Brown, including receiving an initial warranty payment of $45 million from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, the manufacturer of the faulty generators.
Finally, in response to a separate complaint filed on behalf of a ratepayer by former San Diego City Attorney Mike Aguirre, a CPUC administrative law judge ordered Edison to provide an accounting of the monies it's expended on replacing its steam generators. Aguirre hailed the decision as "the first substantive victory for ratepayers."
Yet, unsurprisingly, Aguirre's claim is overblown. "The administrative law judge's order," Brown told me, "reflects the same time frame SCE previously announced" for producing exactly the same information.
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Inter Milan have completed the signing of Porto winger Alvaro Pereira, according to the Italian club's official website.
Yesterday the Portuguese outfit confirmed to the stock market the sale of the Uruguay international to I Nerazzurri for a fee of €10 million. And today the versatile 26-year-old, who can also play at left-back, spoke of his delight ahead of finalising his transfer to the San Siro.
Quoted on inter.it, he told reporters at Milano Malpensa airport: "Joining Inter is a dream. You can't imagine how much this club is loved and supported abroad.
"Playing for Inter would be a dream for anybody, but in South America even little children love watching their games. I'm so happy. It's simply incredible to think I'll be playing for Inter. I can't wait to undergo my medical and join the group."
After joining Porto in 2009, Pereira was part of the UEFA Europa League winning team of 2011, also claiming the Copa America with Uruguay that year. "We're hoping to win lots of titles with a style that will please all the Inter fans," he added.
"I'm with my friends (Walter) Gargano and (Fredy) Guarin, who will help me integrate quickly. What position will I play? At the moment I'm just happy to be at Inter and among friends. Inter is a fantastic club."


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"Dexter Meets True Blood."
That's how Tim Seeley described his new limited series Ex Sanguine to CBR at C2E2 this weekend. Ex Sanguine is a modern, realistic take on the incredibly popular vampire romance genre. If you're expecting Twilight, turn back now. To be released through Dark Horse Comics, Ex Sanguine will be a far darker take on the idea of a vampire romance then many of its modern contemporaries. Written by Josh Emmons and co-written and illustrated by Tim Seeley (Hack/Slash), the first issue of Ex Sanguine will be released this October, perfect for the Halloween season. Ex Sanguine will run for five issues.
The story follows a small town vampire named Saul Adams as he becomes romantically involved with the only type of person a vampire could realistically relate to, a serial killer. While Saul and Ashley, the serial killer, will be the main characters of the story and the focus of the twisted romance that will exist between them, there are other characters involved in the story. As can be expected in a story focusing on a vampire and serial killer there will be a police presence, investigating a series of murders that may have been committed by either of the main characters. Romance, Horror, Detective story, it seems there is very little this story won't have.
Seeley went on to talk about the mysticism that surrounds vampires and how he and Emmons had tried to remove the magical aspect from the vampires in their story. Emmons had tried to make the vampire character in this story unique but not absurdly so. Seeley was quoted as saying "They sparkle, or they have translucent skin, or whatever. For ours, we really wanted to do traditional vampire but take out the sort of magic of it" when comparing Ex Sanguine to other modern vampire stories.
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So here's the first of our new series of Modern Vintage: a series of articles dedicated to the 'vintage' format of vinyl as adopted by the 'modern' artist. It also serves as an excellent excuse for me to play with my instagram app for an actual purpose. This isn't just a review of the album, it's an M&S review, and by that I mean we talk about the presentation as much as we do the taste. And then we talk about the sound because vinyl doesn't taste half as tasty as it sounds.
For the first post I chose to discuss one of my favorite albums of late, which truly does sound so much better and, for lack of a better word, right on vinyl : 'Plains of the Purple Buffalo' by *shels.
To get your first indication as to the nature of this album you need only look at the beautiful cover and the album title.
The simple images and purple centered colour scheme give a real sense of unity to the album art, as well as that it elicits a sense of warmth and optimism which is something I always associated with *shels music. Their songs so often make me feel euphoric in an almost melancholic way. I'm not sure if that's deep and insightful or just an insight into my own tortured pysche…but either way it sounds pretty cool. As does every song on this album.
Tracks such as the heart wrenchingly beautiful 'Butterflies on Luci's Way' only benefit from the warmth and depth of the vinyl sound when compared to the compressed digital versions, in fact this is so much the case I find myself ripping the vinyl version of the album to MP3 to put on my iPod just so I can get something closer to the sounds I hear when watching the purple discs spin on the turn table. The sparse lyrical content is one of my favorite aspects of this album, which given I'm a vocalist myself strikes me as somewhat odd, but you don't need a thousand words when ten will say just as much. That is just one of the more unique dynamics to be found in *shels music, its rare to find acoustic guitar, brass sections and female vocals in the company of post-rock crescendos, walls of guitars and the occasional ferocious screams. Thus this an LP that feels truly organic and human in nature, nothing seems forced, or overtly digitized and yet the album's production is every bit as professional as the modern music world, especially that of alternative music, requires.
Speaking of organic I love the spidery writing that composes the albums credits and track listing, that resembles the hair that covers the buffalos that plaster the cover of the LP. But the intricacy of the text belies the more chaotic nature of it as well. A perfectly apt analogy for much of *shels music, regardless as to whether its deliberate analogy or just a coincidence of aesthetics.
Hopefully by this point I've entirely convinced you that this vinyl version of 'Plains of the Purple Buffalo' is an incredible piece of art, and more than a collection of sounds. It's an album in the sense 'Swordfishtrombones', 'Dark Side of the Moon', 'Live and Dangerous' and 'Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band' is an album. And it looks prettier than any Jewel case or Digi-pack that I can think. Certainly better than a string of 1s and 0s. I can't think of any higher praise than that.
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By Loulla-Mae Eleftheriou-Smith, marketingmagazine.co.uk, Wednesday, 24 August 2011 11:51AM
The Unilever VIP programme, set up for 11 Unilever brands including Walls, PG Tips, Persil and Surf, invites consumers to offer personal opinions on new brand initiatives. Consumers will receive previews of advertising, branding, packaging and promotions.
Consumers become VIP members by signing up to the dedicated page. Participants will be rewarded through exclusive access to new products, money-off vouchers and invitations to Unilever VIP events.
Unilever has revealed that the first initiatives consumers will be involved in include seeing a "sneak preview" of Carte D'Or's new packaging, writing reviews for the Domestos new Toilet System range, and giving feedback on the new Surf TV ad.
Rachel Bristow, media director at Unilever UK, told Marketing: "We have been working on this initiative for several months. The UK is a pilot country and we wanted to build something scalable, interesting and rewarding for consumers."
Bristow said that Unilever is about to go into a phase of driving awareness around the initiative, through emails to its consumer database and adverts on Facebook. She said: "Already 6,000 people have liked the page and just under 90% of those consumers have gone on to be members."
"It is difficult to run outbound campaigns that allow consumers to interact with in their own time and in their own way. This is about getting consumer feedback and making them feel important in our decision making."
This month, Unilever posted a 4.1% year-on-year increase in first-half revenues to €22.8bn (£19.9bn), while revealing it reduced its first half marketing spend by 1.5%.
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'Jersey Shore' Angelina Thinks 'The Situation' Is Gay
EXCLUSIVE: Angelina Pivarnick isn't even on 'Jersey Shore' anymore, but that hasn't stopped the feisty Staten Islander from lobbing bombs at her former castmates. Her target this fine Monday is Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino, who she believes is -- mamma mia -- gay.
"I think Mike is gay," Angelina tells me, bluntly. "I think he's gay because of the way he talks and the way he abuses girls. He talks down to women."
Reached for comment, Mike's rep calls Angie's comments "ridiculous," telling me that "obviously the only way she can get press is to slander my client. She's become a circus sideshow. Kinda sad to see."
This isn't the first time gay rumors have been dismissed by Mike. After he was caught off guard appearing on the cover of the Village Voice's Queer Issue in 2010, Mike said he was happy to pose for his gay fan base, although he made it clear he was straight.
Angelina, who hooked up with Sitch, compared him to a dead fish, saying, "I didn't have sex with him but to be honest with you, to get a girl riled up to the point where you want to have sex, he doesn't even know how to do that. I honestly feel like he's in the closet right now; he doesn't want to come out."
Honey, just because a guy doesn't want to go all the way with you doesn't make him gay, that makes him smart -- a word I never thought I would use in the same sentence as "The Situation"!
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- Monday 14 MarchBy stu
u smelled his underwear davey.
- Monday 14 MarchBy youwantedhimLowest Rank Vote downVote upReport this
Think a st8 man would not pull up his shirt point at his abs and say look The Situation. A St8 man would pull his pants down and let The Situation point at you.
- Monday 14 MarchBy Polar Patrol
If you insist on using those stupid "textisms" instead of typing out a word, at least get them right. It would be str8, not st8.
- Monday 14 MarchBy thedatagal
Honey, just because a guy doesn't want to go all the way with you doesn't make him gay, that makes him smart -- a word I never thought I would use in the same sentence as "The Situation"!
Amen Rob!!!
- Monday 14 MarchBy Palari Pub
so, what difference does it make?
- Monday 14 MarchBy tjenny19
BAHHAHAHAHA! Who CARES if he's gay or not?! I can't believe there are people who are actually TAKING SIDES and DEFENDING these vapid, brain dead, drooling, shallow, wastes of space creatures. I didn't know that there were people on this planet that actually watched and enjoyed this show. Let alone actually LIKED the vermin on this "show".
- Monday 14 MarchLow Ranked Vote downVote upReport this
Well, he could go "both ways". If he discourages and objectifies women but cannot do the same with Vinny, Pauly D, and Ronnie, then there is a probable evidence or sign.
- Monday 14 March
If he's gay, she probably turned him..........
- Monday 14 MarchBy Carter
He doesn't look like a Pervert to me . I think she's wrong
- Tuesday 15 MarchBy mercuryson
IOW's he doesn't look like you. Got it.
- Monday 14 MarchBy ffjjackson
Who cares if he's gay? I wonder how OLD that guy is...he looks 25 years older than his Jersey Shore co-stars. Did he hang around the high-school parking lot for 25 years until someone offered him a spot in this really stupid reality show? Man, he looks ancient next to those kids.
- Monday 14 MarchBy NoDoubtGirl
Who cares-that whole cast is gross.
- Monday 14 MarchBy stu
ur saying gays r perverts Carter=loser!
- Monday 14 MarchBy joe
He seems like a nice guy. Who really cares if he is gay or not. Angelina is probably mad because he wouldn't have sex with a skanky biotch like her. Maybe he is just smart and not really gay at all. There are plenty of straight guys who talk down women, if this makes him gay, then so is more than half the male population.
- Monday 14 MarchBy xflipside13
Oh please! He's not gay! She thinks this is a way to slam and belittle him. Which is insulting to gay people, ya buffoon, nothing wrong with being gay. And just because someone wasn't interested in getting with the likes of her, well, that just speaks to their taste, not sexuality.
- Monday 14 MarchBy Squeeezle
Splains last week's episode where he is seen bragging that a gal who smelled like cheese gave him a "B job", then he sent her home. And was glad he didn't even have to kiss her. Sounds pretty gay to me. Well that, and those tight, gay clothes he wears. And Jwow, well she looks about 25 years older than the rest of the cast too.....
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Mike's manager tells me Angelina is just saying it to remain in the spotlight...do you agree?
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my gaydar is kinda broken on this one.
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She's a circus sideshow?? They ALL belong under the big top. Especially that little troll.
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BIRDS' cells do it, bees' cells do it. Now it seems planets do it too, splitting apart into daughter worlds in a process reminiscent of mitosis.
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Something that happened recently, which I thought was pretty notable, was The BarackŌĆÖs limousine, nicknamed ŌĆ£The BeastŌĆØ (which I find very appropriate), breaking down in Israel. Truthfully, other than when this same car, or maybe one of its look alike copies was stuck on a sharply angled drive sometime back, I hadnŌĆÖt given the Presidential limo a lot of thought.
CNN on line recently ran an article concerning two World War II pilots. One had been returning to base in a badly torn B-17, his crew injured, dead and dying. The other was a German fighter pilot who saw the wounded aircraft and went after it. When he realized the condition of the crew, he took a protective stance and saw the Allied craft safe from German ground fire until close to safety ŌĆō despite the fact that one more ŌĆ£killŌĆØ would have made him an ace.
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There is an old saying, "Be careful what you wish for, you might get it." I escaped from the madness and turmoil of the oil boom in Midland and moved to Sweetwater on Nov. 8, 2012. I wanted a place to live where the pace of life was slow and easy. My father and grandfather are buried in the Sweetwater Cemetery and that is where I will be buried when the Lord calls me home. I found a nice community where people are friendly, etc.
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I heard on a commercial that an auto maker was going to install a laptop computer in one of their cars. Now what kind of sense does that make when states are making it illegal to talk or text on your cell phone. I guess they think that operation a computer while driving will not distract you like operating a cell phone does. Now I have heard about the dumbest thing lately with this idea. Hey you cannot talk or text but it's ok to operate a computer.
Clif Worsham, Sweetwater
So, here we are, a couple of weeks or so into the "sequestration" and basically nothing has happened. I mean other than Obama and the left having used the cover of the sequester to take pot shots at a few groups they don't like (apparently air traffic controllers are unpopular with The Barack). Additionally it seems they have used the opportunity presented by the budget non-cuts to close up or stop some things they must have already wanted to do away with.
Now that we're a week or so into the apocalypse, or as the media and the left like to call it, sequestration, I miss the United States as it used to be with a smooth running, efficient, people-friendly federal government. I guess now that all those necessary (critical) government services have come to an end what I probably miss the most is how efficiently and fairly the government gathered money from the masses and then used it for the common good (I would make a joke here about the stock market crashing, but the way things are right now, that might really happen).
ItŌĆÖs that time again ŌĆō by this time next week Sweetwater will have trebled in size, and we proudly hold forth with the WorldŌĆÖs Largest Rattlesnake Roundup. Newman Park will resemble a tent city, and parking any where near the coliseum is nearly impossible (although downtown will be deserted!). As the vendors offer their wares in the flea market, there are a few things to remember ŌĆō just to stay out of trouble!
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A family is asking for help in locating a missing teen.
Kyrsten Kirby, 14, of Waldorf was reported missing by her mother at about 2:30 a.m. Sunday.
Mary Kirby said she and her daughter had been watching television together before Kyrsten excused herself to go to get a drink. After a while of her not coming back, Kirby went to check on her daughter.
Kirby said Kyrsten said she wasn't feeling well. Kirby came back to check on her several minutes later and she was gone.
Kirby said it appeared that she left the fan and the light on in the bathroom to look as if she were in the bathroom.
Kyrsten had previously been caught either sneaking out of the house or sneaking back in and was on restriction at the time of her disappearance, Kirby said.
Kirby said she had thought the two of them had worked out any issues and they were gearing up for Kyrsten's first year of high school.
After discovering her daughter was missing, Kirby called the Charles County Sheriff's Office and an officer went to Kyrsten's boyfriend's to see if she was there.
Kirby said Kyrsten was at the boyfriend's house but fled when police arrived.
Since Sunday morning, there have been reports of people seeing Kyrsten in Waldorf neighborhoods, including Lancaster and Bannister.
Kirby has put out fliers with information and a photo of her daughter.
Kyrsten is 5 feet 3 inches with hazel-green eyes and dark brown hair.
"We just want her back," Kirby said.
Charles County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Diane Richardson said "certainly we want to hear from anyone who knows of her whereabouts."
Richardson said anyone with information can contact the sheriff's office at 301-932-2222.


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EU set to ban illegal timber by 2012Jeremy Hance
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The EU has been debating the issue for the past two years, but recently arrived at a provisional agreement. The deal will affect most timber products in 2012 including floors and furniture, but printed materials, such as books, will have until 2017 to comply.
The US has already moved forward with such a ban. Under an amendment of the Lacey Act in 2008, the US has made it illegal for companies to possess or sell illegal timber products.
Members of European Parliament (MEPs) will vote on the issue in July; it is expected to pass.
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(03/31/2010) In May of last year federal agents raided Gibson Guitar headquarters in Nashville, Tennessee after they received information that the guitar-giant was using illegally logged rosewood from Madagascar in the construction of their musical instruments. The scandal forced Gibson's CEO to take a leave of absence as a member of Rainforest Alliance.


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Eat everything in Moderation.You need to get enough protein.All the studies contradict each other.
Took my Dad to the Dr. After 6 years of treatment I asked the Dr. if there was any improvement with the various treatments my Dad had received and he said no.
I asked the Dr. if there was anything about his diet that could help him.
The Dr. said "just continue taking the vitamins"
I asked him if he had taken any nutritional classes.
(He is starting to get apprehensive.)
Dr. said no.
I asked him about if there were any specific studies out about a plant based diet helping my Dads condition.
He said, One study will say this, and another study will say that, one says to eat carbohydrates one says to eat protein. He added that he eats meat and would not advise his patients to do anything different just eat in moderation.
I told him I had just gotten back from a nutritional conference and the Doctors there listed my Dads condition as one that could benefit from a plant based diet, and that the plant base diet was working for me.
He said, you look healthy, so it's working for you but his concerned would be about his patients getting enough protein and he would not recommend it.
I asked him him if he ever saw a patient with a protein deficiency, he said no and quickly exited the room.
Doctors out there, please study up on nutrition and studies that might be beneficial to your patients.
Thank you for sharing! It takes a village.
Susan Levin, MS, RDPCRM Director of Nutrition Education
Dontx: Doctors get about an hour of nutrition in med school, just as veterinarians get the same and prescribe their crappy Hills Science Diets like they have a clue about nutrition. I'm glad you said what you said to him, most people are too afraid to talk to their MD like they are regular people who just have a degree. Good for you for being such an advocate for your father!
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Contrary to belief that Takaful insurance is solely for Muslims, reports have shown that South-Easterners who are predominantly Christians now have the highest subscribers' rate of the products.
The Vice-Chairman, Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria (CIIN) Oyo State Chapter, Babatunde Omosola, who disclosed this at the 2013 Media Retreat Organised by CIIN, for members of National Association of Insurance Correspondents (NAICO) in Ibadan, said South-Easterners have embraced Takaful insurance products because of its simplicity.
He noted that though Takaful which means joint guarantee or share responsibility in Arabic, operates in accordance to Islamic laws, the products are designed to carter for Muslims and non- Muslims alike, adding that the products are meant to encourage saving culture and build capital, over a period of time to meet personal or business needs.
He said, "Under Takaful plan, you can save regularly for a fixed period that is convenient for you. The accumulated targeted amount can be used to fund obligations such as purchase of land, house, marriage or hajj. It could also be used to meet other long term financial objectives, such as retirement, children education, travelling expenses as well as expected commitment."
According to Omosola, reports have shown that in many countries, Takaful products have been bought by non-Muslims due to some of its attractive features, which are not offered under conventional insurance, adding that the implication of this trend is that there is a promising market and potential growth for Takaful business.
He said investment of Takaful funds is done in compliance with sharia law which prohibits gambling and profiteering and consumption of alcohol, including brewing alcohol, noting that the fund should not be invested into economic activities that negate Islam and sharia laws.
Meanwhile, President of CIIN Dr. Wole Adetimehin, said the institute has over the years remained focused in supporting the industry through building human capacity. He noted that aligning with the transformation agenda of the present government, the institute is poised to ensure that the insurance potentials in the nation are harnessed.
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Since Apple purportedly purchased the iCloud domain last month, there has been rampant speculation as to what the service will bring forth, both in terms of iOS integration and Apple's general plan for our mobile future.
The simplest suppositions seem to be a foregone conclusion: cloud storage for iTunes media, bookmarks, email, contacts, calendars, etc. These are almost certain to be unveiled as key highlights when the service is announced, but — until that big day (probably during June's WWDC event) — we're left with our own musings and ramblings about what's up for iCloud.
It's a good bet that iTunes services will account for most of what iCloud initially is. The real question, then, is what will iTunes eventually become? As a wholesale and cost-free replacement of the MobileMe service, Apple would have an instant installation of 200 million users. (That's part of the reason the process has taken so long: As soon as the switch is flipped, everything has to be seamless or there stands to be tremendous public backlash.)
However, between last week's OS X Lion developer build "Reading List" and yesterday's rumored iOS 5 over-the-air update functionality, more extended uses for the data center can be readily drawn into focus.
So, what else should we expect to see?
Many analysts think a premium video-streaming service beyond the current model for iTunes rentals is in line, as may be the hotly-debated plan to allow for the download and viewing of films currently in theaters. Others point to "a voice 'interface' or navigation service, based on [Apple's] Siri acquisition" and Steve Jobs' own admission of a forthcoming "traffic service."
There's enough solid speculation out there (and, probably, in your own head) to get you excited about iCloud's massive potential. But, as my editor posited in a conversation some days ago, we must take care not to view this only from a consumer standpoint. How, he asked me, will iCloud impact App Store developers if they are given API access to its data storage and streaming capabilities?
Well, I can't really answer that comprehensively. For these apps — like for iCloud itself — the sky is the limit. Any app that creates any kind of output (from writing, drawing, and painting to photos, music, and videos) can store its archives off-device.
If all this happens, future iDevices wouldn't need the copious amounts of expensive flash storage they're currently built around. Like the second-gen Apple TV, perhaps a scant 8 GB would more than suffice to serve virtually infinite amounts of data. (That mythical iPhone mini doesn't sound too crazy anymore, huh?)
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