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∞ posted at 14:58 by laurahooperb
Preach it (like you did), Martin Luther King, Jr! Did you know his son Dexter is vegan? And that Coretta Scott King was vegan for the last ten years of her life? All true and extremely rad. An entire family of awesome, adopt me!
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You see this fool saving kangaroos from the Australian floods? »
Because I love him. If anyone has his number, I know some single Vegansaurs Imma hook his ass up with. He deserves it. Also, this dude who rescued a joey from the floods: Sir, marry me. I mean you're already married and I'm in an LTR but we could do this, allowances can be made.
If you're in Australia and can help take care some of the rescued animals (talking dogs and cats here, you ain't bringing home no koala so STOP DREAMING), do it up!
[Thanks to beautiful, hilarious, and insanely talented AP for the heads-up! If you're in NYC and see a gorgeous pair of gams in front of you, it's probably her!]
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City Light Acquires More Fish Habitat for Preservation
Posted: February 28th, 2014 under Power Lines.
Tags: conservation, endangered species, General Manager and CEO Jorge Carrasco, habitat, preservation, salmon, Seattle City Light
Seattle City Light Acquires 32.5 Acres of Salmon Habitat
Posted: December 19th, 2012 under Power Lines.
Tags: Chinook, conservation, habitat, Recreation and Conservation Office, salmon, Salmon Recovery Funding Board, Seattle City Light, Skagit River
City Light Land Purchase to Protect Important Fish Habitat
Posted: November 29th, 2011 under Power Lines.
Tags: bull trout, Chinook, conservation, Darrington, endangered species, habitat, preservation, salmon, Sauk River, Seattle City Light, Skagit Land Trust, Skagit River, steelhead
Gilligan Creek Habitat Restoration to Start in Skagit County
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deus ex machina (God out of a machine): In ancient Greece when a plot was complicated or tangled, the play writers would just insert a God in the final act in order to solve all the problems. Usually a crane machine was used to drop the actor on stage, hence the name.
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A man who police said objects to Hispanic workers getting construction jobs is accused of driving under the influence to a work site with an AK-47 assault rifle.
Charles Larson, 43, was arrested Wednesday. Police said he threatened construction workers at Northeast 11th and Church in Portland.
Officers were called to the scene and began positioning themselves around his truck when they said the man drove away.
An officer yelled for him to pull over and give up. Police said Larson did just that.
Investigators said he went to the construction site to threaten workers he believed were Hispanic, because police said he doesn't want them to have construction jobs.
Larson was booked into the Multnomah County Jail on charges of DUII, intimidation in the second degree, reckless driving and unlawful use of a weapon.
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Not much has been heard on the Jermaine Lawrence recruiting front in recent weeks, but that appears to be changing now. The 6-foot-10 forward from Pope John in Sparta, N.J., took an official visit to UNLV last weekend and heads on one to Cincinnati this weekend, his coach, Jason Hasson, told SNY.tv. "He said he liked UNLV a lot," Hasson said in a brief text message.
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Savings seen on diabetes supplies, other equipment
Wednesday - 1/30/2013, 3:59pm EST
WASHINGTON (AP) - Medicare is announcing a price cut.
Diabetes testing supplies now average about $16 a month for beneficiaries. That's going down to around $4.50.
Savings are also coming for many patients who rent home oxygen gear, hospital beds, wheelchairs and other equipment.
Medicare deputy administrator Jonathan Blum said Wednesday it's due to competitive bidding making inroads against wasteful spending.
Starting July 1, diabetes patients will get blood sugar testing supplies through a new national mail order program.
Competitive bidding for home medical equipment, now being piloted in nine cities, will expand to 100 metro areas, including New York, Los Angeles and Chicago.
Some seniors may have to switch suppliers, but taxpayers will save nearly $26 billion over 10 years.
Outside experts say Medicare should make even greater use of competitive bidding.
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01 7 / 2013
Anonymous said: Can you do a tickle fic for hetalia or one where cas is tickled by dean in front of Sam. Which then leads to a tickle war. And also can Gabriel get caught in it too?
I'm really sorry anon but I can't do the hetalia one cuz I don't know what that even is… I think Mirthful-moments is part of that fandom tho?
I love the cas prompt. Just a load of people tickling the snot out of him. Will see what I can so :)
01 7 / 2013
Anonymous said: Hi! I'm the anon who asked for more ticklish!Loki stories, i sent a prompt about after Loki's punishment he's sent to earth to give community service w/Avengers, he's depressed and Thor wants to cheer him up. Did you get it?
Hi anon yes I got it, thanks for sending it. Sorry I was a bit slow, haven't honestly been on tumblr that much but I'll try and work on some ticklish!loki fics this week cuz I'm away on holibobs next week
01 7 / 2013
Anonymous said: OOO ticklish!Loki prompt! Uh how about post Avengers, Loki is being held and Natasha is interegating him since she's the only one who can get Loki to reveal anything, and one session she gets exasperated and manhandles Loki a bit and discovers something about him that she would not have guessed
I love this as well
01 7 / 2013
Anonymous said: Oooo yes! I also love ticklish!Loki, a story I would like to see would be if Loki was part of the Avengers, either of his own choice or as part of his punishment some how, he doesn't want to take over the world so much anymore, rather he is continually frustrated with himself and anxious of worrying about further punishment. Most of the Avengers don't really care, still angry at Loki, but Thor and Steve want to help, so Thor tells Steve of a trick from his and Loki's childhood that used to work
01 7 / 2013
Anonymous said: A ticklish!Loki prompt? How about where Loki has to help the Avengers out, like community service, and he has been humbled to the point where he is depressed. Thor recognizes the need to punish Loki, but doesn't see that he should this low, so Thor endeavors to give Loki some cheering up, show him that Thor still cares about him, in a brotherly way, not Thorki way. Loki goes from being confused and embarrassed about these "cheer-ups" sessions, to enjoying the comfort and compassion from Thor
Awesome prompt! I'm a big fan of brotherly!thorki
01 7 / 2013
Anonymous said: Ticklish!Loki prompt, before the Avengers and Loki's failed attack, Loki had been held and tortured by the Others, which further warped his mind into the mess it was in New York. After being captured, Loki is held in Thor's care and watch with the other Avengers, they have joint rooms so Thor hears Loki's nightmares about the Others tortures. After continued pressing from Thor, Loki finally admits his nightmares and fears, Thor uses a technique from their childhood to "chase away the nightmares"
I love me some ticklish!loki. Leave it with me an I'll see what I can do
01 7 / 2013
Anonymous said: Do you like hetalia. If so can you do a tickle fic on South Korea with any other male character you choose.
I'm really sorry anon I've never heard of hetalia. Hopefully one of the other writers can pick this up tho
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Dean frowned at the book in front of him. Since Bobby had dug up, literally, some old books, he and Sam had been scouring them for anything useful, maybe something to kill Lilith, prevent the breaking of the seals. This could be helpful too, but in a different way. "Uuh… Cas? Can you hear me? I found this… spell… can you come down?"
Dean knew from experience that angels were tough. They were also dicks, or most of them were. Dean would feel more comfortable if he could do more than just tell them to bite him.
Castiel seemed different though. Dean didn't know how, he didn't even know if he was imagining it, but damn it, he liked that angel. Maybe it was because he was less uptight than other angels he had met, maybe it was because he had raised Dean from hell.
"Hello Dean." The familiar voice said and Dean turned to see Castiel had arrived. "You said you found a spell?"
Dean nodded. "Yeah, it's here…" To be honest being able to pray to the angel bothered Dean a little. He didn't often pray like a normal person would, and he wondered if Castiel could hear every time someone mentioned his name. That would get boring.
The angel stood next to him, squinting at the book. "Curious." He said, cocking his head.
18 6 / 2013
Anonymous said: Love your stories! I think my fav is where Loki is ticklish, do you think you could write another like that?
Thank you anon! I have a special weakness for ticklish!loki and there's not enough of those fics about. I will try my best to, did you have a prompt in mind?
18 6 / 2013
Anonymous said: I can't wait for your next 1D fic!! I'm screaming in excitement just from the fact that you want to write another :'D x
Wait how long has this been into inbox? I'm so sorry anon I wasn't ignoring you. I'd love to write some more 1D, any particular pairing or prompt you'd like to see? Also I can't promise on how long it will take me either


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Travel Photography Photos tagged as london and buildings
The River Thames and London skyline from the London Eye.
This is also from the London Eye. That's St. Paul's Cathedral to the right.
Another angle of the Houses of Parliament; this, with a statue of Richard the Lionheart. Robin Hood was his biggest fan.
We're staying at the Grand Plaza Apartments in Westminster, a hood of London. My parents posed in front of the apartment when we arrived. We love the old architecture and small streets.
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Estonia names nine new Ramsar Sites
On 17 June 1997, the Bureau received a welcome letter from Villu Reiljan, Minister of the Environment in the Republic of Estonia, announcing the designation of nine new wetland sites as Wetlands of International Importance. This boosts Estonia's total to 10 sites, covering more than 215,000 hectares of surface area. The nine sites are a varied lot and some of them are extremely interesting.
The Alam-Pedja Nature Reserve (26,000 hectares) is a large, mostly flat wilderness area comprising an integral complex of five mires separated by unregulated rivers with floodplain meadows shared by Tartu, Jõgeva, and Viljandi Counties. The area is the largest one left in Estonia with almost no human influence. In recent years, 191 bird species have been recorded. Almost half the area was possessed by the Soviet army until 1991, and some of that was used as a bombing training area, but the rest has almost no human influence, with only 15 to 20 permanent human inhabitants. The 90%-state-owned site is seasonally important for traditional berry-picking.
Emajõe Suursoo Mire and Piirissaar Island is a 32,600 ha. more or less flat wilderness area composed of different types of peatland, rivers, lakes, coasts and island, in Tartu County. The hydrology is largely influenced by Lake Peipsi. It's an important spawning ground for many fish species and an important moulting and staging area for waterfowl. Tourism and recreation are important pursuits, including sport fishing, waterfowl hunting, and boating, and birdwatching is being developed. In local villages, traditional land use, fishery and architecture practices have been preserved, and the Piirissar area presents a mix of Estonian and Russian cultures. The site is mainly state-owned at present, but many inhabited and formerly inhabited areas may be privatized in the near future.
The Endla Nature Reserve (8,020 ha), comprising peat bogs, lakes and rivers, and swamp forests across Jõgeva, Järva, and Lääne-Viru Counties in eastern Estonia, is one of the most important freshwater systems in the country. It is home to three rare and endangered species of orchid. With about 100 inhabitants, there is limited forest use and agriculture, and sport fishing, education, and scientific research are increasingly pursued.
The Hiiumaa Islets and Käina Bay site (17,700 ha) is a complex of coastline and small islands on the southeast coast of Hiiumaa Island, which in turns lies off the west coast of the Estonian mainland. The area is hydrologically highly prized for prevention of coastal erosion, sediment trapping, maintenance of water quality, and support of food chains. Here, too, rich communities of endangered orchids can be found. The mix of state and private lands supports about 100 inhabitants but is an important area for fishing and ecotourism, as well as for environmental education, scientific research, and curative sea mud (!).
Muraka Nature Reserve, in Ida-Viru Country, is one of the few extensive wilderness areas still surviving in northeastern Estonia, in the main industrial and most polluted part of the republic. The 12,400-ha. site and the surrounding area act as a buffer between the oil-shale basin and agricultural areas. Mostly peatland, with 60% bogs, 25% fens, and 15% transition bogs, within the site, primeval forests occur in the surrounding area. There are no permanent inhabitants in this state-owned site, but berry-picking is an important activity in season.
Nigula Nature Reserve, 4,651 ha in Pärnu County, is a mire complex about 9.5km long and 3.5km wide that can be divided into three parts. The western massif is the oldest part; its development started at the end of the preboreal climatic period (10,200-9,300 years ago). The younger northern and eastern massifs have been separated from it by four "bog islands." The site has very good possibilities for environmental education as there is a 6.8km footpath running through different mire biotopes and a bog island. Nigula is the only long-term monitoring site for mire birds in Estonia (since 1968), and now has a field research station and accommodations for 20+ visitors. The site was designated as an Important Bird Area in 1989.
The Puhtu-Laelatu-Nehatu Wetland Complex consists of two parts. The Puhtu-Laelatu wetland (4,050 ha) is a chain of shallow inland bays or lagoons on the coast of Läänemaa County, some 115 km southwest of Tallinn, and is an important stop-over and transit migration place for waterfowl. Nehatu mire (590 ha) lies a bit inland in a former lagoon. The complex boasts some 2000 species of invertebrates, some new to science.
Soomaa National Park, 37,169 ha in Pärnu and Viljandi Counties, is the most valuable part of the extensive wilderness area remaining in southwest Estonia. Part of the site, Kuresoo Bog, is one of the two best-preserved large bogs in the country, and its species diversity is among the highest. Regular flooding has led to interesting local architectural adaptations and use of archaic single-tree one-piece boats.
Vilsandi National Park in Saare County and the west side of Saaremaa Island covers a large wilderness area (24,100 ha) of varied coastal landscape with archipelago with as many as 160 islands and islets, as well as shallow bays and sand dunes. Along the shore are many relict lakes. Important historical and folk-cultural heritages are maintained in the area.


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Nebraska weather is notable for its wide seasonal variations in temperature, precipitation, and humidity. The average low temperature in Beatrice is 12 degrees Fahrenheit in January, and the average high is 90 degrees Fahrenheit in July. Since land heats and cools much faster than water; Nebraska's position in the center of the continent, away from major water bodies, leads to sudden fluctuations in temperature.
Nebraska receives cool, dry air from the Rocky Mountains in the west, as well as warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico in the south. The interaction of these air masses produces frequent and sometimes violent thunderstorms, particularly from April through September. Precipitation averages 28 inches per year in Beatrice. Tornadoes are common in spring months.
Homesteaders harnessed frequent winds with windmills, which pumped precious water supplies to the surface. By the 1870s, windmills were a common sight throughout the countryside. Many of these historic structures still stand today, testaments to the resourcefulness of those who took what benefit they could from an often adverse climate.
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Research Summaries
Using the drop-down menu below, read about highlighted scientific news for patients from ASCO's Annual Meetings, Symposia, and medical journals for the past three years. You can select a specific year, meeting or publication, and/or a specific topic, such as a type of cancer. Selecting "All" will take you to a complete list of articles that appear under all categories.
The 2014 event was held May 30-June 3. The next ASCO Annual Meeting will be held May 29-June 2, 2015, in Chicago. To read the Annual Meeting summaries compiled into a yearly newsletter, you can also review Research Round Up: News for Patients from the ASCO Annual Meeting. Don't forget to check out audio podcasts and videos about this news, as well. And a list of upcoming Symposia can be found here. And, in addition to the highlighted studies below, thousands of scientific abstracts are released each year at different ASCO meetings. To search the entire collection of meeting abstracts, visit ASCO's website.
According to new findings from a phase III clinical trial, women taking zoledronic acid (Zometa) for breast cancer that has spread to the bone, called metastases, can safely scale back to a once-every-three-months schedule after finishing a year of monthly treatments.
Results from a recent phase III clinical trial show that women who took goserelin (Zoladex) with chemotherapy for early-stage, hormone receptor-negative breast cancer were 64% less likely to develop premature ovarian failure, also called early menopause, compared with women who received chemotherapy alone.
A recent data analysis showed that obesity increases the risk of death from estrogen receptor (ER)-positive breast cancer for women who have not been through menopause.
A new model predicts that nationwide lung cancer screening for people enrolled in Medicare who have a high risk of the disease would double the percentage of early-stage lung cancers diagnosed over five years. In March 2014, the U.S Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommended that people age 55 to 80 with a high risk of lung cancer due to cigarette smoking receive screening for the disease each year with low dose computed tomography (CT).
Early-stage research suggests that a new targeted drug, PLX3397, could become a treatment option for people with a neoplastic joint disorder called pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS). PVNS is a rare joint condition that usually affects the hip or knee, causing tumors to form in these joints that destroy joint tissue and cause severe, life-changing symptoms. PVNS is a type of uncontrollable cell growth, similar to a cancer, but it is not considered a cancer because it usually does not spread to other parts of the body.
In a recent phase I clinical trial, about 50% of patients receiving a new targeted therapy for worsening non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) had the cancer shrink. Targeted therapy is a treatment that targets the cancer's specific genes, proteins, or the tissue environment that contributes to cancer growth and survival. Specifically, this new targeted therapy, AZD9291, targets changes or mutations to the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR).
According to a large study, men who have rising prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels after surgery or radiation therapy may be able to safely hold off on receiving hormone therapy until they experience symptoms or other signs that the cancer has returned.
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I made the decision to start everything off with a couple of hours of track time at dawn. The 1.48-mile circuit at Varano de' Melegari is extremely good for motorcycles and GT driving schools. It's tight and narrow in the turns, has average run-off areas and four straight sections. So for these four big exotic cars, a lot of braking and acceleration in rapid transition was going to be needed. Given their size, precision at the wheel was another biggie.
Controlled oversteer is possible with all four cars, even the all-wheel-drive Lamborghini. Switching off traction control is the obvious first step in this exercise. It's valuable to play like this since it shows how controllable the car is. While the Murcielago and Zonda have a natural tendency to want to correct themselves to straight, both the Carrera GT and MC12 will gladly hold a slide if that's what you want. It was thrilling to try this in these cars at last and all four, particularly the Porsche, showed that they can handle almost any amount of speed you might carry into a turn.
In this scenario, the Lamborghini roadster demonstrated its preference for public roads. In tight left-right transitions on track, the weighty Murcielago sways in the rear end due to its softer suspension settings and slightly higher center of gravity. This is one of the reasons why most owners should just leave the Lamborghini's TCS on. Meanwhile, the Porsche, Maserati and Pagani are so low and stiffly set up that it's really difficult to make big mistakes even though they're all rear-wheel-drive. The 34/66 front/rear weight distribution of the MC12 may seem a challenge, but the elaborate aerodynamic design keeps it glued to the asphalt.The Pagani and Maserati have fixed aerodynamics, though you can pre-set the single rear wing angle on both for the downforce you want. Meanwhile, the Lamborghini has an automated rear spoiler with three angles possible depending on your speed, and also the very serious-looking Variable Air-Flow Cooling System (VACS) that uses two moving air intake manifolds over the rear quarters-quite the spectacle to watch. The biggest showpiece on the Porsche is the rear spoiler that deploys to a height of 6.3 inches whenever speeds exceed 75 mph.
That the Lamborghini doesn't yet have ceramic brake discs available is bad planning. Even worse, the Maserati MC12 will never get the chance to have ceramics unless owners spend a lot of their own money to get a pair of Enzo CCM discs directly from Brembo, if this will even be allowed. Not surprisingly, therefore, stopping in corners with the Pagani and Porsche ceramics was outstanding, while stopping the other two without ceramics is merely great (Lamborghini) and good (Maserati).
Important to the chemistry of any supercar is the sound of the exhaust during performance exhibitions at the track. If a supercar roar is what you seek-and I definitely do-then both the Maserati MC12 Stradale and Pagani Zonda F are right for you. One step down from these is the Lamborghini Murcielago, which again is the most reasonable for every day driving. Though everyone who drives the Carrera GT loves it, everyone also comments on the uninspired exhaust note. I, too, don't quite understand why Porsche didn't have more fun with it.
All four cars run on independent double wishbone suspensions with a sophisticated and compact pushrod damper at each corner. This is the only way to go when the lateral g-forces are regularly so high, hard turning is frequent and the overall ride height is so low to the ground. Every car performed exceptionally well for on-track handling and stability, only the Murcielago, as I've said, showed a softer setting than the other three. The Carrera GT and Zonda F both use a 19-inch front and 20-inch rear wheel/tire setup with Michelin Pilot Sport 2 tires, and I felt these two behaved the best on track.
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The "Stradale" part of the name is misleading. Simply stated: If you really want to drive this car properly, take it to a large track. Its 630 bhp and 471 lb-ft of torque demand long straights and sweeping curves, especially given the car's length. The sound of the exhaust and the sensation inside the cockpit are both completely amazing. The racing Cambiocorsa transmission is fast and fun, though it would be better with a higher redline than just 7700 rpm. I hope Maserati survives, because it needs to make more cars like this if only to dominate the FIA GT1 class.
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In the process, the group broke down the doors for a new generation of guitar bands who became labeled as Brit-pop. With Damon Albarn's wry lyrics and the group's mastery of British pop tradition, Blur was the leader of Brit-pop, but they quickly became confined by the movement; since they were its biggest band, they nearly died when the movement itself died.
Through some reinvention, Blur reclaimed their position as an art pop band in the late '90s by incorporating indie rock and lo-fi influences, which finally gave them their elusive American success in 1997. But the band's legacy remained in Britain, where they helped revitalize guitar pop by skillfully updating the country's pop traditions.Originally called Seymour, the group was formed in London in 1989 by vocalist/keyboardist Damon Albarn, guitarist Graham Coxon, and bassist Alex James, with drummer Dave Rowntree joining the lineup shortly afterward. After performing a handful of gigs and recording a demo tape, the band signed to Food Records, a subsidiary of EMI run by journalist Andy Ross and former Teardrop Explodes keyboardist Dave Balfe. Balfe and Ross suggested that the band change their name, submitting a list of alternate names for the group's approval. From that list, the group took the name Blur."She's So High," the group's first single, made it into the Top 50 while the follow-up, "There's No Other Way," went Top Ten. Both singles were included on their 1991 Stephen Street-produced debut album, Leisure. Although it received favorable reviews, the album fit neatly into the dying Manchester pop scene, causing some journalists to dismiss the band as manufactured teen idols. For the next two years, Blur struggled to distance themselves from the scene associated with the sound of their first album.Released in 1992, the snarling "Pop Scene" was Blur's first attempt at changing their musical direction. A brash, spiteful rocker driven by horns, the neo-mod single was punkier than anything the band had previously recorded and its hooks were more immediate and catchy. Despite Blur's clear artistic growth, "Pop Scene" didn't fit into the climate of British pop and American grunge in 1992 and failed to make an impression on the U.K. charts. Following the single's commercial failure, the group began work on their second album, Modern Life Is Rubbish, a process that would take nearly a year and a half.XTC's Andy Partridge was originally slated to produce Modern Life Is Rubbish, but the relationship between Blur and Partridge quickly soured, so Street was again brought in to produce the band. After spending nearly a year in the studio, the band delivered the album to Food. The record company rejected the album, declaring that it needed a hit single. Blur went back into the studio and recorded Albarn's "For Tomorrow," which would turn out to be a British hit. Food was ready to release the record, but the group's U.S. record company, SBK, believed there was no American hit single on the record and asked them to return to the studio. Blur complied and recorded "Chemical World," which pleased SBK for a short while; the song would become a minor alternative hit in the U.S. and charted at number 28 in the U.K. Modern Life Is Rubbish was set for release in the spring of 1993 when SBK asked Blur to re-record the album with producer Butch Vig (Nirvana, Sonic Youth). The band refused and the record was released in May in Britain; it appeared in the United States that fall. Modern Life Is Rubbish received good reviews in Britain, peaking at number 15 on the charts, yet it failed to make much of an impression in the U.S.Modern Life Is Rubbish turned out to be a dry run for Blur's breakthrough album, Parklife. Released in April 1994, Parklife entered the charts at number one and catapulted the band to stardom in Britain. The stylized new wave dance-pop single "Girls and Boys" entered the charts at number five; the single managed to spend 15 weeks on the U.S. charts, peaking at number 52, but the album never cracked the charts. It was a completely different story in England, as Blur had a string of hit singles, including the ballad "To the End" and the mod anthem "Parklife," which featured narration by Phil Daniels, the star of the film version of the Who's Quadrophenia.With the success of Parklife, Blur opened the door for a flood of British indie guitar bands who dominated British pop culture in the mid-'90s. Oasis, Elastica, Pulp, the Boo Radleys, Supergrass, Gene, Echobelly, Menswear, and numerous other bands all benefited from the band's success. By the beginning of 1995, Parklife had gone triple platinum and the band had become superstars. The group spent the first half of 1995 recording their fourth album and playing various one-off concerts, including a sold-out stadium show. Blur released "Country House," the first single from their new album, in August amidst a flurry of media attention because Albarn had the single's release moved up a week to compete with the release of "Roll With It," a new single from Blur's chief rivals, Oasis. The strategy backfired. Although Blur won the battle, with "Country House" becoming the group's first number one single, they ultimately lost the war, as Oasis became Britain's biggest band with their second album, (What's the Story) Morning Glory?, completely overshadowing the follow-up to Parklife, The Great Escape. While The Great Escape entered the U.K. charts at number one and earned overwhelmingly positive reviews, it sold in smaller numbers, and by the beginning of 1996, Blur was seen as has-beens, especially since they once again failed to break the American market, where Oasis had been particularly successful.In the face of negative press and weak public support, Blur nearly broke up in early 1996, but they instead decided to spend the entire year out of the spotlight. By the end of the year, Albarn was declaring that he was no longer interested in British music and was fascinated with American indie rock, a genre that Graham Coxon had been supporting for years. These influences manifested themselves on Blur's fifth album, Blur, which was released in February of 1997 to generally positive reviews. The band's reinvention wasn't greeted warmly in the U.K. -- the album and its first single, "Beetlebum," debuted at number one and quickly fell down the charts -- as the group's mass audience didn't completely accept their new incarnation. However, the band's revamped sound earned them an audience in the U.S., where Blur received strong reviews and became a moderate hit, thanks largely to the popularity of the single "Song 2." The success in America eventually seeped over to Britain, and by the spring, the album had bounced back up the charts. 13 followed in 1999. Source: www.allmusic.com
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The Web is awash with tutorials on how to back up your email. Strangely, none of them covers probably the easiest and most efficient email backup system based on the excellent IMAP Grab utility. This tiny Python script acts as a user-friendly wrapper for the getmail tool. Using the script, you can set up a fool-proof email backup solution using just a single command.
Deploying the IMAP Grab backup solution is a cinch. First off, install the getmail package using your distro's package manager. Download then the latest IMAP Grab package, unzip it, and move the imapgrab.py file to the directory of your choosing. Make the script executable using the chmod +x imapgrab.py command.
To make sure that the script works properly and to obtain a list of the available mailboxes, run the following command in the terminal:
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Replace imap.mail.server, username, and password with the actual mail server address and your login credentials. The -l (or --list) argument instructs the script to fetch a list of IMAP folders on the specified email account. If everything works as it should, the command should return a list of the available mailboxes.
Now you can construct a command to back up emails. It may look something like tihs:
./imapgrab.py -d -v -M -f /home/user/emailbackup -s imap.mail.server -u username -p password -m "_ALL_,-INBOX.Trash,-INBOX.Junk Mail"
The -d (--download) argument instructs the script to download messages, while the -f (--folder) argument specifies the destination directory. By default, the script downloads emails in the Mbox format which stores all messages in a single file. However, IMAP Grab supports the Maildir format, too, and you can force the script to use this format by adding the -M (--maildir) argument.
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The -m (--mailboxes) argument lets you specify which IMAP folders you want the script to back up. The _ALL_ switch instructs the script to download all the available folders. To exclude certain folders from the backup, use the minus (-) character followed by the name of the mailbox you want the script to omit. So the -m "_ALL_,-INBOX.Trash,-INBOX.Junk Mail" argument instructs the script to download all folders except INBOX.Trash and INBOX.Junk Mail.
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If you can answer who the leader of the club that's made for you and me is, then The D Show is for you. Hard core Disney fans will jump at the chance to test their knowledge with this game from Disney Interactive. With two CDs containing 30 shows it's touted as "The Disney Trivia Game Show Everyone Can Play" but, let's face it, only those of us who have logged hundreds of hours watching everything Disney will get a kick out of it.
Starting with its catchy theme song, The D Show is done in typical Disney style. For example, players attempting to enter naughty names for themselves will be helpfully corrected. (Try it for yourself and see.) The show's tune crooning, Disney quoting, joke cracking hostess is perky and frenetically enthusiastic. (Imagine a cross between a cheerleader and a Wheel of Fortune contestant.) Up to three players answer Disney trivia questions to compete for D bucks, or, as our hostess calls them, D BUCKS! If you think you can rack up some points because you've seen The Lion King with your kids, think again. The questions cover everything Disney, from movies old and new, to television shows your parents will remember, to what the signs say at Disneyland Paris. (Just so you know, the Parisian Haunted Mansion is not called Le Chateau du Boo.)
The questions are interrupted from time to time by Bonus rounds, which include such things as Casting Call, where players guess the movie as character's faces are revealed, and Cel-o-Vision, in which players must match characters with the appropriate background drawing. (I told you it was for hard core fans.) Throughout the game questions include movie clips and original drawings, such as in Before and After, when contestants must match original sketches of characters with their current appearance. A minor disappointment here and in Cel-o-Vision is that some of the same clips are repeated, even after a contestant has rung in on them correctly. With all the years that Disney has been around, you'd think they could have pulled a few more clips from the archives. The show culminates in a round called the D-Fibulator, whether players must decide whether a series of statements are true or false. These statements range from the obviously true to those that only Walt would know for sure.
A slight problem with The D Show is that the game runs a little slowly. When a hyper hostess pauses for more than a second, you get a bit worried. Getting used to these pauses takes some time. Even when the game is over and the credits are rolling, the bouncing mouse head just can't keep up with the words to the sing along theme song. [Editor's Note: Becca performed this review on a Performa 6400/180; we're slightly faster on G3 machines we tested with, although not much]
The D Show is not for kids who aren't reading well yet. Hey, if they haven't been around long enough to learn to read, they haven't been around long enough to answer most of the questions. Kids over ten stand a better chance of enjoying this game, and they might even be able to beat their parents.
If your idea of a honeymoon is a trip to the Magic Kingdom, then you'll agree The D Show is worth a 4. If you never even wanted to own mouse ears with your name on them, why did you read this review?
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Choux Pastry filled with fresh Durian filling! Durian is a pungent Asian fruit which some say has the aroma of smelly socks. But this is considered the King of the Fruits in South East Asia
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The year everything changed
Looking back at 2013 it was definitely the year everything changed. The revelations by the brave whistle blower Edvard Snowden will for ever change how we relate to technology and authorities. It was they year everyone realized that Stallman was the only sane person in the room.
It was also the year we woke up and realized some sneaky bastards had been busy stealing the web. The walls and silos built by large companies is a genuine threat to the open web as we know it. We need to act, as it is probably true that we lost the web. Over a year ago I decided to stop my personal blog and move over to writing short stuff on Tumblr. I am back.
I will starting following the guidelines of the Indie Web. I will work to get ownership of my identity online. First thing I have done is to start using my personal URL shortener. It is fairly simple and all you need is an additional short URL domain, I chose dlkn.co. If you're running WordPress you can simply use the Hum plugin for Word Press. In order to get it configured you can just follow the instructions in the post Hum – A Personal URL shortener for WordPress.
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Why sasu maa is called as Mother-In-Law ?
Tags: relationships, law, mother
Asked by subhash, 21 Jan '13 05:19 pm
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It comes from Middle English modyr in lawe. As far as I understand it, the term was first used in the fourteenth or fifteenth century. The idea behind it is that your mother-in-law has the same rights and duties as your biological mother and is given these rights and duties by the legal pact of marriage.Answered by LIPSIKA, 21 Jan '13 05:58 pm
If you decode it, the meaning will come up as : WOMAN HITLER, do it..and see :PAnswered by Nauty, 21 Jan '13 05:22 pm
To make you stay 'within the law'.Answered by kishore malhotra, 23 Jan '13 10:03 am
Because she has mother-like love and in-law like common over her daughter-in-law...!Answered by Dil Se, 21 Jan '13 08:12 pm
Like mother she is not normal and hence law and order is necessary for herAnswered by babu rao, 21 Jan '13 07:08 pm
Though not actual mother yet she is defined as mother in laws of the day.so she is refered to as mother in law.Answered by INDER VIG, 21 Jan '13 06:06 pm
By derfault and by social justice...Answered by vijay, 21 Jan '13 05:26 pm
Coz..she is keep searching law..in anything done by... bahu.. :)Answered by harpreet, 21 Jan '13 05:24 pm
Jaroorat pade to jail mein daal sakti hai. lekin apni maa kabhi aisa nehin karegi.Answered by tapas kumar, 21 Jan '13 05:23 pm
Law ke hisab sey mother hui na isliye.Answered by Avantika, 21 Jan '13 05:20 pm


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Listening to the unreleased Adele songs like
OMG I just heard about the leaked songs. Where my oxygen tanks at
Adele forgets the words to Chasing Pavements for the first time.
Adele covers Make You Feel My Love in remembrance of Amy Winehouse (1983-2011)
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Hello 2014.
Hello the smell of Adele's album omg.
Hello tears.
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e-learning is b-learning
e-learning is b-learning
First, let me say that I do appreciate Daphne Koller's initiative, to the extent that there is a vision of providing academic education to people who coulkd not otherwize afford it.
However, thus far e-learning is not developed enough to being able to offering a good alternative to on-campus education. Most e-learning (also higher e-education) involves little, if any, true interaction. There is even a risk that an increased trust in e-learning is used as a rationale for universities to rationalize and, thus, providing worse quality.
The kind of e-learning that Daphne Koller describes might be a good solution for the kind of learning that implies learning facts and memorizing. However, for the kind of learning that I would call academic, in which the students interact with teachers and other students in order to train on critical thinking nd becoming independent learners, current ways of arranging e-learning are of little use.
In my own subject - management and leadership - experiential learning has lately been introduced as a way to make the education more useful. In combination with critical thinking, I dare to say that management and leadership education has grown into a true academic discipline.
This positive development runs the risk of being ruined by focusing too much on an e-learning model that is not yet developed enough to offer true interaction. Beause higher education is about maturing, questionning, developing and growing, rather than memorizing or replicating.
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No, I am not (always) able to tell apart those who have studied at higher education from those who haven't. My intention by sticking to higher education in my reasoning was to keep to something I know well. I don'¨t know that much about school education (i.e. pre-university education). But I agree that such education is sometimes as academic or even more so that "higher" education. I also agree that such education should become more academic, in the sense of involving more questionning, people-development, exploring, and seeing-from-different-perspectives.
I am able, though, to tell those who see education as knowledge-filling from those who see education as mutual and continuous knowledge-creation. I wish all education was more like the latter. Since I am a university teacher and researcher, I mainly want to debate the education that universities and colleges provide. Such institutions are often called "higher educational institutions". I agree that the term "higher" might seem like it is something better thn other education. This was not my intention, sorry for that.
My main argument is that e-learning could be made and arranged so much better if we stop expecting that it should be time-flexible and not involve much interaction. There are so many other ways than traditional one-way lectures that we are using - at least at my university (University of Nottingham Ningbo) - that we must try to make available at online education. I refer to such teaching methods as problem-based learning, experience-based learning, service learning, learning by interviewing people, group tutorials, action learning, student-centred learning, role-plays, etc. As long as e-learning initiatives do not provide the tools for such teaching methods, there is a clear risk that initiatives like Koller's is step backwards.
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By Dianne Anderson
Making sure that every hungry mouth is fed at the Southwest Community Center is part of Jessie Allen's day job at the food pantry, but her life's philosophy as an academic advocate runs more along the lines of teaching parents and students to fish so they can eat for a lifetime.
The Santa Ana food pantry recently got a surprise when Leading Edge Learning Center stopped by to talk with parents during lunch hour about their free and low cost tutoring programs.
"We have access to a lot of parents of small children of elementary school age. [The representative] came here to talk to parents to get them access because a lot of parents just aren't familiar with it," said Mrs. Allen.
Leading Edge Learning Center works with school districts to help children from Kindergarten through 12th grade, often at free or reduced costs, and travels to tutor children at their schools, in libraries or in their homes. College students are also involved in the tutoring process with special attention to reading and math skills.
Mrs. Allen said that their top concern at the food bank is getting resources to low income families and to bring them to a point of self-sufficiency. She's excited to see there are still some programs left with quality academic resources.
"We're between two schools and trying to get the children into the program," said Mrs. Allen, who is also a program director with College Bound/Tracey R. Young Scholarship Programs Community Mission Services Corporation. "They are part of the free school lunch program, and then the school district can set them up in the learning program."
Most of the homeless that come through the food panty are there for free hot meals, but she said the Southwest Community Center helps over 200 local families and children each month that use many of their services, including food, clothing, rental and utility assistance.
"They are the working poor," Jessie said. "They're stretching that income to pay for the exorbitant rent we have here."
Over the years, Leading Edge Learning Center has been reaching both children and adult learners with targeted educational support.
Jo Anna Battle, program operations coordinator, said children in their program typically raise test scores one to two grade levels after only 36 hours of tutoring. Specialized testing also helps determine where the child needs the most help, focusing on the weakest areas to bring the child up to potential.
She said the program is an African American run nonprofit, holding contracts with several school districts, not counting their individual children and adult clients. Altogether, they serve over 1,100 children in their services areas, primarily within the Inland Empire.
"We have dedicated staff, and we not only meet the needs of the children, but if there is a family need, we try to get with them to get resources and referrals," she said.
Through the SES [supplemental educational services] program, some school districts subsidize up to 23 hours of free tutoring. After that, she said the program can continue working with students on an affordable package. Qualifying parents that can't afford to stay can also access in-house scholarships.
If for some reason a student doesn't qualify for the Learning Center, she said that they refer out other resources so the child can receive the academic support they need.
"We just try to do whatever we can to work it out," she said. "We all have masters and bachelors degrees. It is an awesome program."
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It was supposed to be a happy sendoff for Lorenzo Wells as his family moved to Texas.
He would qualify for state in the 300 hurdles and help Portage's 400 relay earn a spot on the awards podium.
Then, something went terribly wrong.
"It was pretty much like, set, I went, and go," Wells recalled.
Wells jumped the start gun for the relay at the Portage Sectional, disqualifying his top-seeded team.
"I was feeling it every time I looked at a person on the relay team, that I let them down," Wells said.
Portage lost the sectional by seven points and the regional by five, margins they likely would've overcome without the DQ.
"It was like a festering sore that wouldn't go away," Indians coach John Kappes said. "From that point on, things didn't click for him. He's a passionate kid. He wants more than anything to be successful and he felt responsible for taking that opportunity away from the other guys.
"My heart certainly went out to him."
A few weeks later, Wells left for Frisco, Texas. He tried to run during the summer, but it just didn't feel the same. Fortunes didn't fall into place for the family in the Lone Star State, and Wells' mom talked to him and his sister about moving back.
"She asked me, 'What about track?' and I said there isn't anything that beats Portage track," he said. "I'd probably give my life to come back. It was the first time I've seen her break down and cry."
In January, as Kappes was in the process of updating the roster, Wells walked into the office. What he thought was just a visit turned out to be the best news he could get.
"He said they had moved back," Kappes said. "He was a sight for sore eyes. You could tell he was excited. 'Zo's got a great smile. When he walks through the door, it's the first thing you see, and it was great to see it again.
"He's one of those utility guys you can build a team around."
Wells' favorite race is the 300 hurdles, the event he qualified for regionals in last year. He is targeting Kyle Sweeney's record of 38.8.
"I can beat it," Wells said.
He's also one of Portage's top sprinters, a role taking on added importance with state medalist Jeron Blake recovering from a leg issue.
"I just want it for the team, to help them get points, to get the win," Wells said. "With Jeron out, I realized I have to be more of a leader, help the other guys get faster. When we're running and we're on rep eight of 10 reps, my legs hurt and I want to stop, I can't because I know that's how it's going to be feel at state on the final stretch.
"I'm determined to make it and I know I will accomplish my goal."
Long term, Wells figures to run the second leg on the 400 relay, but there will come a time when he's back in the same position he was in at the sectional.
"We're going to re-visit that situation," Kappes said. "I told him he came back here for a reason. He's got a renewed sense of purpose. It was an anomaly. He's going to learn from it, grow from it and we're going to put it to bed."
Wells would prefer to leave it in the past now. He doesn't want to start the relay, but deep inside, he knows he has to, for closure's sake.
"I have to do something to try to make it right," he said. "It still bothers me. It's something I should be able to overcome. My grandfather (David Peterson) told me to look at it like maybe it's a sign.
"It's somebody telling you you're at the bottom and now all you can do is get better, get faster. I'll use it as motivation to keep going."


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What is your greatest passion and how have you been able to develop and sustain it?
I am curious about when people developed a long standing passion and what caused them to become inspired by the topic/activity. Did you discover it on your own or was it the result of the modelling of others. Is there greater motivation to act primarily for self improvement or for the betterment of others?
Topics: Values kindness motivation service volunteerism
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Sep 3 2011: I know exactly my top 5 passions: 1> To be spiritually connected with God. 2> To be abundantly healthy. 3> To be in a intimate and passionate relationship with my husband. 4> To encourage and inspire the masses. 5> Living, laughing, learning, exploring life.
I was able to gain this clarity through the "Passion Test." I am a certified Passion Test Facilitator if you need help discovering your passions and purpose.
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The following table lists unplanned and planned production outages at U.S. refineries as reported by Dow Jones Newswires. The information is compiled from both official and unofficial refining sources and doesn't purport to be a comprehensive list.
Phillips 66 (PSX) on March 13 said maintenance at a key gasoline-making unit's wet gas compressor at its Borger, Texas, refinery has concluded. The planned work got under way on Feb. 27.
Chevron Corp. (CVX) on March 11 restarted a major electrical unit at its refinery in Richmond, Calif. The unspecified unit had been shut down to investigate the cause of the upset, a filing to local environmental regulators said.
Valero Energy (VLO) on March 11 said the new 57,000 barrels-a-day hydrocracking unit at its Port Arthur, Texas, refinery was shut for compressor repairs. The same unit had returned to service on March 4 after a five-day unplanned shutdown. A second 45,000 barrels-a-day hydrocracking unit is operating normally, a company spokesman said.
Valero Energy on March 11 said a hydrogen plant upset at its Benicia, Calif., refinery forced the shutdown of a hydrocracking unit on March 10. A restart timing is not yet available.
Phillips 66 (PSX) on March 11 said power to its oil refinery in Sweeny, Texas, has been fully restored and the plant is in the process of restarting after a third-party provided power failure on March 10. It will take several days for the refinery to reach normal operations, a Phillips 66 spokesman said.
A malfunction at BP-Husky Refining LLC's (BP) Toledo-area refinery in Oregon, Ohio, had no impact on production, a person familiar with operations at the plant said on March 11. The refinery reported emissions due to a problem at the plant's tail gas thermal oxidizer on March 10 to the U.S. National Response Center.
Shell Oil Co. (RDSA) on March 9 reported flaring because of equipment failure at its joint venture Deer Park Refinery in Deer Park, Texas. The snag released emissions of acid gas to the plant's safety flare stack. No further information was provided in the report to local environmental regulators. Separately, Shell said a small fire on March 10 at the Deer Park Refinery was quickly extinguished. No further detail was provided and the impact to production was unclear.
PBF Energy Inc. (PBF) on March 9 reported flaring owing to a release of sulfur dioxide at its Delaware City Refinery in Delaware. The unit(s) involved in the event wasn't specified in the company's report to local environmental regulators. Impact to production also unclear.
For more detailed information, search Dow Jones Newswires using the code N/REF.
Operator Refinery Capacity Description Restart (in 000s bbl/day) UNPLANNED CANADA CARIBBEAN EAST COAST PBF Delaware 190.0 Emissions release and flaring on Energy City, DE March 9 reported to local envi- ronmental agency. Unit involved, and impact to production unclear. GULF COAST Phillips Sweeny, TX 247.0 Refinery in restart on March 10 Mar 14- 66 following loss of third-party 16 power earlier the same day. Power fully restored, the co. said on March 11; normal ops will take several days. Shell Deer Park 327.0 Small fire on March 10 quickly Oil TX extinguished by on-site first responders, to co. said. No further detail provided. Flaring of acid gas on March 9 due to equipment failure was re- ported to local environmental regulators. Impact on production unclear. Valero Port Arthur 290.0 New hydrocracking unit shut for Energy compressor repair on March 10. No restart estimate available. MIDWEST BP PLC Oregon, OH 160.0 Equipment malfunction on Mar. 10 at tail gas thermal oxidizer re- sults in hydrogen sulfide release. No impact to production, a per- son familiar with operations said. ROCKIES WEST COAST Chevron Richmond 245.0 Unspecified "major" electrical March 11 CA restarted on March 11 after tripping offline. The unit had been shut to investigate the cause of the upset. Valero Benicia 132.0 Hydrocracking unit shut due to Energy CA hydrogen plant upsest on March 10, the co. said on March 11. Restart timing not yet deter- mined. PLANNED CANADA Husky Saskatchewan Major turnaround to take place Spring Energy in spring of 2013. Plant-wide 2013 shutdown is planned for in- spection and equipment repairs. Valero Quebec 100.0 Plant-wide shutdown for turn- June Energy around work will begin in April 2013 and continue for nine weeks. CARIBBEAN Valero Aruba Refinery will be converted to a terminal while the company con- tinues to seek a buyer. EAST COAST PBF Delaware 182.2 Work will be done on fluid coker Q4 Energy City, DE during the Q4 2013. 2013 Paulsoboro 160.0 Crude unit maintenance in Q4 Q4 NJ 2013. 2013 GULF COAST Exxon Baytown 560.5 Coker unit undergoing planned Mobil TX maintenance, the company said Jan. 16. The start date and restart timing wasn't provided. Houston Houston 268.0 A crude and coker unit are in March Refining TX early stage of shutdown for 2013 turnaround maintenance, the company said on Feb. 1. Throughput reduced by 80,000 barrels a day until work concludes within first quarter. Phillips Borger, 146.0 Work on Unit 40 FCCU wet gas March 8 TX compressor concluded as of March 11, as planned, the co. The planned work started on Feb. 27. Valero Sunray TX 170.0 Five weeks of work on the crude May McKee unit to begin in April, the co. 2013 said on Jan. 29. Work was origi- nally set to begin in March for four weeks. Valero Norco 185.0 Hydrocracker project will 1st Qtr LA finish in first quarter of 2013 2013 and start operating in the second quarter, the company said on Oct. 10. Western El Paso 122.0 Company will perform turnaround TX on north side of refinery starting in February. MIDWEST BP Whiting 336.0 Largest of three CDUs shut for Mid-2013 IN replacement, the company said on Oct. 31 as part of major expansion project. Completion on track for second-half 2013. Husky Lima 160.0 45 days of major turnaround scheduled in 2014; 70% of units involved. Remaining 30% will undergo major turnaround in 2015, the company said Feb. 9. Phillips Wood River 328.0 Unspecified scheduled maintenance N/A 66 IL continues, the co. said on Mar. 13. ROCKIES WEST COAST Alon Bakersfield 94.0 Co. purchasing asphalt to supply Calif. Long Beach 2013 asphalt season. Refining Complex Paramount complex operations still sus- pended. Seeking permit to build rail line to supply mid-continent crude. Chevron Richmond 230.0 Permits received on Dec. 27 to Corp. CA proceed with needed repair to bring the plant back to full production following an August fire. The company still expects repairs to be completed in the first quarter of 2013. Tesoro Anacortes 120.0 FCCU shut in first quarter 2013 2nd Qtr Corp. WA as plant expands Bakken crude 2013 capacity to 50,000 barrels a day. The work will carry into the second quarter, the company said Feb. 6. Tesoro Kapolei 94.0 Refinery will stop production HI and convert to a storage, import
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