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City Hall rewards its own — free Justin and Jay Z tickets
City Hall handed out more than $25,000 in tickets to San Francisco politicians, department officials and their friends for Jay Z and Justin Timberlake's "Legends of the Summer" concert at Candlestick Park the other night. City records show the Recreation and Park Department, which runs city-owned Candlestick, gave out 106 tickets to the Friday night blockbuster — […] [Read More]
Off-again, on-again bridge opening is off — probably
After a brief glimmer of hope, prospects for the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge opening over the Labor Day weekend appear to be fading fast — if they aren't dead already. "Let's be clear — Labor Day is not back on the table," said Caltrans spokesman Andrew Gordon. Not for lack of trying, […] [Read More]
SFO worries over Asiana's landing record
Asiana Airline flight lands at SFO days after crash of Flight 214 raised questions about pilot training. AP Photo by Jeff Chiu Asiana Airlines has an unusually high rate of aborted landings at San Francisco International Airport — something has become an issue for officials from here to Washington, D.C., since one of the carrier's […] [Read More]
KTVU firings over airing of prank Asiana pilots' names
KTVU-TV has dismissed at least three veteran producers over the on-air gaffe involving the fake names of those Asiana airline pilots that became an instant YouTube hit — and major embarrassment to the station. Station sources confirmed late Wednesday that investigative producer Roland DeWolk, special projects producer Cristina Gastelu and producer Brad Belstock were all […] [Read More]
BART's golden ride into retirement
One issue that is not on the table in the talks between BART and its unions is the system's generous buy-back policy for unused sick, holiday and vacation leave — which can be a gold mine for all workers, but particularly for managers. The most prominent beneficiary of the policy was Dorothy Dugger, BART's former […] [Read More]
SF firefighter suspected in drunken crash may lose job
The San Francisco Fire Department is moving to terminate the firefighter who allegedly drove a ladder truck into a motorcyclist while drunk and then left the scene. Sources tell us Chief Joanne Hayes-White sent a letter to the Fire Commission on Thursday, asking that 20-year veteran Michael Quinn — who is in rehab outside the […] [Read More]
Oakland gets labor peace — but at what cost?
Oakland has reached a tentative agreement with two of its largest unions — paving the way to election-year labor peace, but also potentially costing the city big time down the road. The deal, which the City Council tentatively approved in closed session Thursday, gives 3,500 city workers their first raises in six years. […] [Read More]
New problem for Bay Bridge — this time it's the western span
While broken bolts on the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge are commanding everyone's attention, Caltrans has another problem on its hands — 96 seismic shock absorbers on the western span, some of which began leaking lubricant just three years after they were installed. The estimated cost of the fix — $13 million. And […] [Read More]
Union contract trumps plan for BART replacement drivers
BART workers warn that if they strike again early next month, they're prepared to stay out a long time — and they just might hold most of the cards. BART, by its own admission, wouldn't be able to train enough replacement train operators for months, thanks to its current contract with drivers. The transit agency […] [Read More]
Oakland keeps spending on sports dream
Coliseum City envisions new homes for Raiders, A's and Warriors After 16 months and $4.5 million in studies, Oakland officials' dream of a "sports city" so far is just that — a dream — but a very expensive one. And it may get even more expensive. The exclusive negotiating agreement that the city entered […] [Read More]
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When a Thank You isn't Enough
Note: this is longer than a bad Oscar speech, so skimming is recommended.
This year I am thankful:
For life, quite simply. For the first time, I'm think I'm actually starting to understand what that means.
For my life. I'm thankful to live a life that has afforded me the luxury of autonomy, freedom, and the ability to choose how I live it. Not many women have the support, resources, education, and power to ensure their own safety and well-being. I always had those things and I never even knew it. The people below are to thank for that life:
For my parents, who have given me every single opportunity in the world to thrive, succeed, and be happy. Who are always a phone call (or a quick plane ride) away, and have supported all my decisions, even when they had concerns. Who have given me everything I needed to cross unchartered waters. Who have taken the load off my shoulders without ever letting me know what that burden meant for them. Who have been my comfort, my warriors, and my keys to a future that wouldn't be possible without them. Who are worth everything they just continue to give and to give, but also just because they made me who I am and they're still helping me with that journey.
For Hope, who will share everything she has without even blinking. Who offers up her home, her family, her time, and unwavering support. Who always knows when to listen, and when to talk. Who has literally held me by the arms when I wasn't entirely sure I'd keep standing. And for both Hope and Chadd, who always looked me in the face (even when it wasn't pretty), and gave me a safe haven full of love, laughter, food, and fresh-cut flowers.
For Lauren, who was here (again, literally) when I needed her most. For her special blend of pragmatism, honesty, support, and strength. For always being someone I can talk to after any stretch of time and never makes me feel like the distance between us matters. And then for actively striving to bridge that distance. But mostly, for being the only person I know with a soul so solid that despite all of life's changes, is still so fundamentally the same that I can love her just as much now as I did when she was 14.
For Leah, to whom I still confess all my sins. Who is always there, no matter how near or far. I can stand on a roof with her, or stand on our respective patios with wine and Shermans and feel like I can do nothing too terribly wrong to ever be unlovable. For both Leah and Aaron who made a little girl who I can't wait to see grow up and become the type of amazing person that they are. For the friend who always takes my call, either when the shit hits the fan, or I'm up the clouds.
For Tamar, who is always a few steps ahead in life, and yet eerily similar enough to be able to impart meaningful advice. Who has been patient, understanding, supportive, welcoming, and entirely without judgment. Who offers both vintage gowns and pajama pants as needed. Who stocks her home with allergy remedies and thinks nothing of offering her guest room as a home and her garage as immediate storage space. And to Randy, who also listened and encouraged me to write again [he is not to blame for the tense-shifting and incomplete sentences in this letter]. Together, you have given me a peek into the ways a life can take the shape of several chapters, all worth experiencing.
For Krystal, who for nearly 30 years, has always managed to be around when I really take a hit, and who always understands the best of the best and the worst of the worst. For bring Rory in the world, a girl I don't yet know but I'm always ready to take care of in the way her mom has taken care of me. For being the one unchanging force in my life, since I can remember. For being kind of enough to be my friend when I asked in the first grade, and to still be my friend after all these years.
It's been a hell of a year. But I am still thankful and it's because of you. I hate that it took my own crisis to bring most of us closer together. And I don't know how I'll ever pay you back for everything you've done for me. But if I can even come close in the coming year(s), I'll do whatever I can. I hope you love and trust me as much as I do you, and I hope you know that I'm here for you as much as you've been here for me.
Cheers, and to another year with you,

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INTERMISSION: MIND AND SPACE1 Reviews
Oh yes. Felt a bit like Sailor Moon description, so please give me feedback. ^u^
Tumblr's body is cold. She died from that fall, HSG was right about that.
However, she landed on the stone slab that clinches her ascension to God Tier.
Her planet, the Land of Stumps and Dismay, is teeming with life like frogs and several thousand different types of bugs, one of which is the common green dragonfly.
One singular common green dragonfly breaks away from it's glowing, buzzing group to where Tumblr's corpse is. He lands gently on her forehead.
Another one lands on her arm. More and more flock to the body of this girl, wings humming as they land on her.
Nothing comes for free. Not even second chances. In order for Tumblr to reach her own God Tier status, she has to sacrifice her dream self.
As the injuries heal on her physical body, they appear on the body of her dream self. Eventually, Tumblr's Dream Self will succumb to her injuries and die.
Blood pools down Tumblr's arms as she rises off the rock slab. Her body remains horizontal, eyes still closed. She glows brighter and brighter as she ascends, skin shining pure white beneath the blood. Every single common green dragonfly on the Land of Stumps and Dismay flocks to her side, wings buzzing into a symphony.
Her heart begins to beat, and she starts to breathe again. Her clothes change from her dark blue t-shirt to a black shirt and loose pants, which are tucked into light grey boots. The hood of her outfit is black, and tapers to her midback. The blood on her arms vanishes, evaporating.
Last, but not least, the white, spiraling symbol of space forms in the middle of her new shirt.
Tumblr's Dream Self dies.
Her new God Tier self opens her eyes.
Looking down at her hands, and at the dragonflies buzzing around her in a cloud of green, Tumblr floats. She tries to retrace her steps, back to why she's suddenly in different clothes and what the hell is with these damn bugs. She braces her palms against one another, focussing, and drags them apart slowly. The blue-black space she creates thrills her. Portals have that effect on people.
She spends the rest of the day flying and stretching her new powers, which include but are not limited to flight, portal creation, growing and shrinking, and duplicating herself.
Tumblr, the Thief of Space, does not bother herself with the Prince of Rage, who is camped out in a cave twenty thousand feet below her.
MSPAF is still sitting in front of his computer, hoping it'll boot up. That nothing will go wrong.
That he made the right decision by ignoring the coin flip.
His fingernails dig into the bare flesh of his thighs below his shorts. "C'mon, c'mon, wake up!" he hisses. Behind his glasses, his eyes are focussed and alert, waiting to see if he was right.
When his computer wheezes to life, MSPAF goes apeshit, whooping like a warrior, jumping like an idiot, and flailing his arms with wild abandon.
On LOSAP, Youtube is lying at the bottom of a ravine on a rock slab. A moth dazedly flutters down to where she is, landing on her eyebrow. A second moth follows the first, feather-soft wings hushing down to where she lies. Youtube's white skin starts to glow as she rises off the rock slab, surrounded by a whirling cyclone of moths. Her hair pitches forwards over her face as her torso falls forwards. The tissue in her heart mends together, and starts to pump new blood as the old vanishes from her body.
The armor she worked so hard to customize starts to collapse. The built-up shoes shatter to reveal curly-toed slippers. Her pants are form-fitted, as with the shirt. Both are dark green. Light green short shorts are stretched over her pants. The jester collar of her shirt is also light green, as with her hood. Pulled up, her hood extends up almost a foot high above her head.
The cape she gets goes to her knees, a simple affair. The symbol of Mind forms on her chest, a light green circle with wavy lines branching off it.
On Prospit, Youtube's dream self dies.
Youtube's God Tier self awakens, crimson irises taking in the new world.
Youtube flinches, hard, head snapping down into her chest. Sound, noise, static, voices, and her own thoughts are crowding in her mind, so much so that it's tortuous. Youtube starts slapping at either side of her head, wanting all of it to go away. She wants to run far, far away from all of this sound like she's done every time before.
Snapping her eyes up to the sky, Youtube grits her teeth. She won't run this time. Not this time.
Bringing herself up to the sky, Youtube inhales until she feels her lungs will burst. The chlorine gas rushes in eagerly, not able to do as much damage as it could to a mortal, although it still hurts. However, it's not enough to stop her.
There would be no accurate words enough to describe what happens. The scream that tears out of her lungs is primal and desperate, a howl of lonely people.
"I'm in control now! NOT YOU! THIS IS MY MIND! I CONTROL MY OWN MIND!"
She drops out of the sky like a missile, cracking the surface of the LOSAP before she hits it. The ground breaks under her feet, splitting apart with the force of her own mind. White-blond hair curls around her head like seaweed at high tide. Light green mind energy pulses around her hands. Nobody's gonna fuck with her now.


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The Taiwanese animators at Next Media Animation have turned their attention to the cyberwar between BART and Anonymous, turning in a characteristically odd video in which (spoiler!) an Anonymous operative in a Guy Fawkes mask uses ninja stars to attack Robocop. We think you will enjoy it! [Read More]
Zediva bows to court order, suspends online DVD service
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Walmart brings streaming movies to iPad, gives up on MP3 store
Wal-Mart is bringing its Vudu online video streaming service to the iPad even as the retail giant gives up on selling digital music. Vudu Starting Wednesday, iPad owners can access Vudu's library of 20,000 movies and TV episodes, which are available for rent or purchase. Vudu isn't releasing a new app. Instead, iPad users will […] [Read More]
MovieClips now showing on YouTube
For the past two years, MovieClips Inc. has been building a service aimed at movie buffs who love to watch their favorite scenes, whether it's from "Scarface" (login required) or "Casablanca." MovieClips Inc. Now the company hopes to build a bigger audience on YouTube. MovieClips and Mountain View's Google Inc. announced a partnership Tuesday that […] [Read More]
"Sesame Street" and "Naked Ambition," violent "Penguins" on Netflix lists
A Bay Area tech blogger's take on Netflix' recomendation engine showed that even the most sophisticated computer algorithms aren't always perfect. Readers of Davis Freeberg's Digital Connection sent in hundreds of instances of "Netflix Gone Wild," when the DVD-by-mail and online video service served up movie and TV pairings that were unintended but funny. The […] [Read More]
Hollywood studios haul movie streaming service Zediva into court
The nation's biggest Hollywood movie studies filed a copyright infringement lawsuit Monday against Zediva Inc., a Sunnyvale start up that rents newly-released DVDs by streaming the video online. In the suit filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, the members of the Motion Picture Association of the America claimed Zediva is illegally streaming the […] [Read More]
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Right now as I see it and from my experience when dealing with my daughter doll hair, I don't really see an issue? If you rough up any hair, it can get matted and lock. Now the question that comes into mind is whether the straightness of one hair increase the issue that comes while trying to get mature looking Sisterlocks? I think the fact that the hair is straighter; the issue that may arrive is the merging of one lock, huge amount of unravaling and slippages. Due to the increase issue mention, I would also imagine their retighten time would increase as well. I also believe getting Sisterlocks on straighter hair will require a lot more tendering loving care, and even now, a lot of blacks are not even willing to deal with that. I honestly believe straighter hair would do better on the route of interlocks though, and have them done a little bigger then Sisterlocks (Brotherlocks). The only reason I state that is because of my own experience with merging of my looser hair while my locks were maturing.


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What's the Hardest Year of Marriage?
Being married seems so easy at first: everything's new and fresh, from the bone china to the queen-sized comforter to "officially" sharing a last name. But at some point, the honeymoon's clearly over and you both find yourselves marveling at how tough being married can be.
The hardest year of marriage is something all couples face, and obviously it's different for everyone. But chances are good that it will happen either the second year of marriage, or the first year after you have a baby.
The second year of marriage can be very challenging because a couple is still developing a lifestyle together. "You're putting together a working marriage style," says Mary Jo Rapini, LPC, an intimacy/sex relationship psychotherapist. "But the second year, things start to catch up. It's typical for a couple to fight a lot since they have not yet learned the art of negotiation."
Following on the heels of that first sweet year, the second year definitely brings more of a routine that may be devoid of excitement. It's a time to work hard together, but many couples may be surprised by how trying it is.
While the second year of a marriage can be very difficult, the period after a baby is born can also test even the closest marital union.
"You're focusing on your child and you have to work double time on your relationship when you're both very tired," says Stacy Kaiser, MA, MFT, the author of How to Be a Grownup. "It's a critical year that can set the tone for the rest of your marriage."
Exhausted new parents tend to not have the energy for sex, which means that one of the prime ways of reconnecting fizzles. And for the husband, the abrupt shift of attention from him to a baby can be disconcerting and stressful, to say the least.
"Plus your finances are probably stressed out, and most couples don't go out much the first year that they have a baby," Kaiser points out.
Whatever year of marriage you're finding difficult, here are five tips to help you through.
● Think of yourselves as a team. "It's not about win win," Rapini says. "It's no longer my life, it's our life. Start thinking about the we, not the me."
● Set goals. "A marriage does best when there is joint vision," Rapini says. "Part of marital therapy is getting a couple to develop a vision that they share." Think about what you'd like to do, whether it is raise kids together or save for that house on the lake you've always wanted.
● Make time to talk to each other, just the two of you. "Focus on tending to yourselves as a pair," Kaiser says. This is especially important when you are brand new parents.
● Keep the "Four C's" in mind. They are: consider, compliment (one another), comfort and compromise. "If you are doing those four things most of the time, things will be humming along smoothly," Kaiser says.
● Make time for sex. And try to get enough sleep, since there's nothing like being well rested to give you enough energy to find time for intimacy.
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The latest round of nominees have been annonuced for the 2013 Teen Choice Awards, and all the biggest artists of the moment are well-represented, but in some categories BFFs will be facing off against each other.
In the Choice Single: Female Artist category, Taylor Swift and her bestie Selena Gomez are competing against one another, with "I Knew You Were Trouble" and "Come & Get It," respectively. And Selena's good friend Demi Lovato is also nominated in that category, for "Heart Attack." And speaking of Selena and Demi, yet another all-grown-up-now former Disney star is in that category as well: Miley Cyrus , with "We Can't Stop."
Over in the Choice Single: Male Artist category, it's Justin vs. Justin, as The Bieb goes up against Justin Timberlake with "Beauty and a Beat" and "Suit & Tie," respectively. JT is also up for Choice Love Song, with "Mirrors."
Other nominees for Choice Love Song include Bruno Mars ' "Treasure," Pink 's "Just Give Me a Reason," One Direction 's "Little Things" and Ariana Grande 's "The Way," which Jordin Sparks wrote about her man Jason Derulo .
Meanwhile, in the category of Choice Twitter Personality, there's a bizarre showdown: Justin Bieber, Katy Perry , Lady Gaga and Rihanna are competing against none other than President Obama .
Meanwhile, Demi Lovato, Emblem3 and The Wanted all will appear on the show, in addition to the previously announced One Direction and Paramore . The 2013 Teen Choice Awards air at 8 p.m. ET August 11, live on Fox.
Here are the latest nominees:
Choice Single: Female Artist
"Come & Get It," Selena Gomez
"Cups (Pitch Perfect's 'When I'm Gone')," Anna Kendrick
"Heart Attack," Demi Lovato
"I Knew You Were Trouble," Taylor Swift
"We Can't Stop," Miley Cyrus
Choice Single: Male Artist
"Beauty and a Beat," Justin Bieber featuring Nicki Minaj
"Blurred Lines," Robin Thicke featuring T.I + Pharrell
"Feel This Moment," Pitbull featuring Christina Aguilera
"Locked Out of Heaven," Bruno Mars
"Suit & Tie," Justin Timberlake featuring Jay-Z
Choice Single: Group
"Get Lucky," Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams
"I Love It," Icona Pop featuring Charli XCX
"Live While We're Young," One Direction
"Love Somebody," Maroon 5
"Thrift Shop," Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz
Choice R&B/Hip-Hop Song
"#Beautiful," Mariah Carey
"Can't Hold Us," Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Ray Dalton
"Diamonds," Rihanna
"Next to Me," Emeli Sandé
"Started from the Bottom," Drake
Choice Rock Song
"Carry On," fun.
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"Ho Hey," The Lumineers
"Radioactive," Imagine Dragons
"Sail," AWOLNATION
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"Just Give Me A Reason," Pink featuring Nate Ruess
"Little Things," One Direction
"Mirrors," Justin Timberlake
"Treasure," Bruno Mars
"The Way," Ariana Grande featuring Mac Miller
Choice Break-Up Song
"Come and Get It," Selena Gomez
"DONE.," The Band Perry
"Stay," Rihanna featuring Mikky Ekko
"We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together," Taylor Swift
"When I Was Your Man," Bruno Mars
Choice Music Breakout Artist
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Ariana Grande
Emeli Sandé
Ed Sheeran
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Imagine Dragons
The Lumineers
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
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Ariana Grande
Demi Lovato
Lea Michele
Emma Watson
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Justin Bieber
Lady Gaga
President Barack Obama
Katy Perry
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The October 13, 2010 Health section of the New York Times has an article discussing recent research on knees, arthritis, and vigorous exercise.
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(RNN) - An on-air personality and pundit who frequently appeared on CNN has been suspended after he sent out tweets during the Super Bowl that has the LGBT community up in arms.
"If a dude at your Super Bowl party is hyped about David Beckham's H&M underwear ad, smack the ish out of him! #superbowl," tweeted Roland Martin, a contributor for CNN since February 2007.
The news network released a statement Wednesday through the Washington Post that said, in part, that the tweets were "regrettable and offensive."
"Language that demeans is inconsistent with the values and culture of our organization, and is not tolerated," the statement said.
GLAAD, a national LGBT rights organization, called for CNN to fire the contributor on Sunday after he told the group through Twitter that they were "clearly out of touch and clueless with what I tweeted."
After CNN announced Martin's suspension the group applauded the move, calling it a "strong stand against anti-LGBT violence and language that demeans any community."
Attempts to reach Martin for comment were unsuccessful.
On Tuesday, Martin posted an apology to his website after he was criticized by GLAAD and the black LGBT rights group, the National Black Justice Coalition, for the tweet as well as another which encouraged violence against a football player dressed in pink.
"I'm disheartened that my words would embolden prejudice," Martin wrote. "While public debate over social issues is healthy, no matter which side someone takes, there is no room for debate as to whether we need to be respectful of others. Violence against gay people or against any other minority isn't a political opinion."
The apology came after he attempted to defend the tweets Monday, writing on his website that he was "not referring to sexuality directly or indirectly regarding the David Beckham ad," and that he was "sorry folks took it otherwise."
According to Martin, his Beckham tweet was meant to tease soccer fans.
"Even if he meant it in a jovial manner, Roland Martin's words carry a real impact on the everyday lives of black LGBT people, especially our youth," said Sharon Lettman-Hicks, executive director of the National Black Justice Coalition.
"Given the number of rash murders, attacks and violent acts involving LGBT people of color, we cannot let statements such as this go unchecked," she said.
The National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs found that violence against the LGBT community was on the rise in its most recent report, looking at numbers from 2010. The organization found a 23 percent increase in hate-related murders of LGBT people from 2009.
Martin has taken a negative stance toward LGBT issues in the past. In a Feb. 3, 2006 blog post, he compared the plight of alcoholics, kleptomaniacs and disobedient children to that of gay people.
Martin also was a staunch defendant of comedian Tracy Morgan after he told an audience during a stand-up routine that he would stab his son if he turned out to be gay.
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As I was learning more about the history of cross-country skiing, I came across several images of knitting patterns for traditional Nordic ski wear. I was inspired by these patterns and their Nordic heritage and wanted to use them in a non-traditional way. The patterns were created digitally, which resulted in an 8-bit version of them. The combination of these pixelated patterns and iconic imagery from Hennepin Avenue (this year's finish line location) the City of Lakes Loppet poster started to come together.
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Rich Poultry Broth
Notes: If making up to 2 days ahead, cover and chill broth and meats separately. Or save giblets to make gravy and use chicken broth for dressing.
This recipe goes with Cornbread-Chestnut Dressing
Yield: Makes 2 cups
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Nutritional Information
Amount per serving
- Calories: 27
- Calories from fat: 27%
- Protein: 1.8g
- Fat: 0.8g
- Saturated fat: 0.4g
- Carbohydrate: 3.6g
- Fiber: 0.7g
- Sodium: 68mg
- Cholesterol: 1.9mg
- Neck and giblets from a 14- to 23-pound turkey, rinsed
- 1 chicken breast half (about 1/2 lb.), rinsed
- 2 stalks celery (about 1/4 lb.), rinsed and cut into chunks
- 1 carrot (about 1/4 lb.), peeled and cut into chunks
- 1 onion (about 1/2 lb.), peeled and quartered
- 2 or 3 parsley sprigs
- 1 fresh or dried bay leaf
- 5 or 6 black peppercorns
- 3 whole cloves
- 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
- 1. Reserve turkey liver for other uses. In a 5- to 6-quart pan, combine turkey neck, gizzard, and heart with chicken breast, celery, carrot, onion, parsley, bay leaf, peppercorns, cloves, vinegar, and 6 cups water.
- 2. Bring to a boil over high heat; reduce heat and simmer until gizzard is tender when pierced, about 1 1/2 hours. Pour liquid through a fine strainer into a bowl; spoon off and discard fat. If you have more than 2 cups broth, return to pan and boil over high heat to reduce; if less, add water to make 2 cups total.
- 3. When meats are cool to touch, discard skin and bones; finely chop meats and reserve for cornbread-chestnut dressing. Discard vegetables.
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The fight for justice continues for all the victims of the Phurnacite plant, for their many widows and families left behind and for those that will undoubtedly become victims in the future. There are still victims dying from their exposures to the emissions from the plant, be they employees or residents.
Residents and employees were promised an updated health study after an initial one showed some startling results. They were promised it a decade ago, but to date it as never been done. Makes you wonder if they're frightened as to what it will reveal. A look at the cancer stats for Wales shows that the numbers for all cancers are far higher in all years for South Wales than they are for North Wales, and undoubtedly the Phurnacite plant, labelled as 'Europe's Dirtiest Plant' by the Government's own Inspector's, has added to those much higher rates.
Sometimes the facts speak for themselves. Mother Nature was shouting out loudly a massive warning to everyone when the plant's dust emissions caused a whole forest of mature trees nearby to become blackened stubs for decades, that only began to grow back over a decade after it closed. If it did this to mature solid trees then what level of harm has it caused to the health of the residents of Abercwmboi and those down wind of it?
PJAG recently turned to our local MP for support and assistance on all these matters mentioned here in. Strong evidence was shown to her that she has foolishly chosen to ignore and the little she did do she made a complete mess of. Sadly, she chose to let all her constituents down, miserably and unnecessarily so. Despite our pleadings to her she continues to choose to turn her back on us, on her own constituents, just when we needed her the most.
The court case (which notably never included any residents some of whom must have been harmed also by the Phurnacite dust emissions, as it was only for employees) that concluded with a written judgement in October 2012, was not the huge success for most victims that it was portrayed to be in the media by the PR put out at that time. At best it was actually only 50% successful. This not only impacts on victims of the Phurnacite plant, but the whole of the coke oven industry as a whole in the future. Due to how and why decisions were made in court, it will also impact on any victim of lung cancer in the future no matter where they are from or what caused their cancer. So very wrong, so very unjust. The reported success hid a much larger injustice. Like with the Hillsborough, the real truth will out one day.
Many were failed and denied justice due to a failing legal system, and many have never seen the compensation promised and many cases are still being denied, perhaps wrongly so.
PJAG is now seeking fresh legal assistance from a new firm of solicitors on this matter and is seeking justice for all victims suffering any cancer or disease caused due to the dust emissions from the Phurnacite, and also either a Judicial review or public inquiry into how this has all been dealt with, whichever is deemed most appropriate.
Our battle for justice did not end with the court case and subsequent judgement, as most people seem to think, sadly it was only the beginning
The fight for justice will continue and it will last till the end of the world it seems. I am tired of watching it.


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Microsoft Excel Can't Handle Clinton and Obama's Moola
The Internet has made it easier to donate to presidential campaigns, so much so that the Federal Election Commission has had a hard time keeping up with the seemingly sudden influx of data they have to process.
The campaign finance reports filed by Obama and Clinton have grown so massive that they've strained the capacity of the Federal Election Commission, good government groups, the media and even software applications to process and make sense of the data.
Hold up. Even computers are buckling under the pressure? The first things that came to mind were crashing servers and tech maintenance pulling their graying hair out. Reading on though, "software" is a reference to Microsoft Excel 2003, which can't handle data files larger than 65,536 rows or 256 columns.
Phew, that was close. I mean, come on, this is nation-wide data. Give me a MySQL dump for Pete's sake.
Anyways, tt's certainly a good indicator for how times have changed data-wise. Excel 2007 can handle more. And on that note – it's still possible to open John McCain's monthly reports in Excel 2003.
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Time to trash Excel and Microsoft again. People are using a spreadsheet application as a database, and running into problems! Why couldn't Excel work like a database, instead of a spreadsheet? Obviously a flaw in Microsoft's design, not in our usage of the tools.
At least if you upgrade to Excel 2007, you'll have millions of rows, plenty of room. Never mind how slowly it will run, you get special visual effects which are so kewl, d00d
Why title it "Excel cant handle … " ?? Isnt it better to be honest and say Excell 2003 cant handle some data? I mean, what will people do next to get their blog readership up.
@Jon: as i was writing this post, i thought of you. i was expecting a slightly different reaction :)
@aj: a valid question, but like jon said, when you're dealing with a spreadsheet with hundreds of thousands of rows, Excel will work in the sense that it'll load, but the usability is just painful. So while excel can "handle" large datasets, it can't really.
This raises the question of why the FEC is using Excel 2K3 as its main computing tool, rather than an SQL flavor. Don't get me wrong, Excel is great and I use it for all sorts of things, including things that would be better on a database, because I'm more comfortable with Excel. But this is a federal agency with a budget and the ability to put the data in the proper container, not a once and future journalist in his home office with a cobbled-together collection of outdated commercial and more recent free software.
@Nathan: What response had you expected? Excel isn't a database (though it's great for analyzing databases), and people are blaming Excel for having this shortcoming, rather than using the proper tool for the job (the proper spanner to pound in the bolt?).
@Pierce: So why not use Excel 2003 and SQL to analyze the database? Excel makes a decent front end. I've used Excel/SQL to analyze Access databases, all manner of text dumps, and even other Excel workbooks. Filter the data before it even gets into Excel, and it will go much faster.
@Jon – Unfortunately Excel 2007 can't handle 'millions of rows', but rather about 1 million. Yes – I've bumped into this limit more than once.
Jon's suggestion to use Excel in conjunction with a database sounds interesting… Any pointers to tutorials on how to do this?
To do the Excel/SQL thing, just look at the Data tab and the "From Other Sources" dropdown. It'll bring up an ODBC dialog, and you can use that to point to an SQL table.
I tend to create specialized views that reflect what I want to show inside Excel so that I don't need to filter inside Excel.
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Londonderry man gets prison time for setting car fires
John Ramsey, 43, pleaded guilty to three counts of arson for the causing the explosive fires on the night of Sept. 6 , 2012, outside of a Charleston Avenue apartment complex.
Ramsey had initially denied to Londonderry police that he played any role in the fire. But witnesses and Ramsey's own statements made from jail to an ex-girlfriend eventually tied him to the late-night fire.
Ramsey had used a 150-foot fireworks fuse he bought from a neighbor, and put it into the gas tank of a Ford Escape, according to police.
"He lit the fuse, but the fuse didn't work," Assistant County Attorney Brad Bolton said.
Ramsey then pulled out a gas line from under the vehicle and used a rag to ignite it.
"There were three explosions, and he went to sleep," Bolton said.
Ramsey has already spent about 240 days in jail, which will count toward his state prison sentence. He received an additional 3½- to 7-year suspended prison sentence on two of the arson charges, according to terms of his plea deal.
Londonderry police were called to the apartment complex around midnight after several neighbors got into a dispute. Ramsey had told the police earlier in the night that he was upset at a neighbor because he touched his girlfriend and her two daughters, according an affidavit by Londonderry police Sgt. Kim Bernard.
"If you don't do something about him, I'm going to do something that will get me arrested," Ramsey allegedly told police.
The Ford Escape set on fire by Ramsey was owned by the sister of the man he was feuding with. The other two vehicles destroyed, a 2002 Ford Explorer and 2003 Honda Accord, were owned by other neighbors. Those vehicles caught fire because they were parked near the Ford Escape, prosecutors said.
A neighbor later told police that he moonlighted as a pyrotechnics expert and had sold Ramsey a 150-foot fuse after Ramsey asked for one to light off fireworks, police said.
Corrections officers also handed over to Londonderry police recorded phone calls that Ramsey made to his ex-girlfriend while being held at the county jail in an unrelated case. During at least one of the calls, he admitted to setting the fires, authorities said.
"Ramsey had confessed to her about the car fires and threatened to kill her," Bernard said in the affidavit. Ramsey also threatened that "if she told anyone, he would cut her up into small pieces," according to police.
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Poltergeist said...
I always felt that the first logical step towards implementing a raid finder was to bring the in game voice chat up to par with the sound quality provided by vent and mumble servers. The most important tool I could think of for any prospective raid lead thrown into a pug full of 24 strangers would be the ability to communicate quickly to all those in the raid. Most people are spoiled by the quality that paid servers provide and hate to use the in game voice chat by comparison, and for good reason.
An upgraded sound codec, coupled with a restriction where only the raid lead and those with /assist could broadcast, would have pushed the raid finder from good to perfect.
Having to type out instructions to strangers with little patience and a pug mentality must be a nightmare. This is something Blizzard has overlooked that could have gone a long way towards the success of the new feature. I'm sure the raid finder will work just fine without it, but better voice chat could have made things less frustrating.
No microphone, no interest in getting one. And I will be turning sound off if all I hear is a bunch of mouth-breathing kids.
If the fight is so complex that it can't be explained with a few typewritten instructions, then who is really to blame for the problems that follow? Yeah, the choreographers trying to force us to dance, i.e., the devs.
Scott Clark said...
Voice chat isn't there to explain the strategy before the fight. Voice chat is there to communicate changes to the strategy mid-fight, to account for things going wrong (such as unexpected deaths or disconnections). Voice chat is there to make minor adjustments based on the flow of the fight. Voice chat is there to coordinate assignments, tank swaps, bloodlust and heroism.
The raid leader needs to be able to communicate with the raid. There will be raiders that need to communicate information to the raid leader, so that the raid leader can make decisions. Typing is strictly inferior to voice as a coordination tool when raiders are watching their rotations as well as their feet.
The thesis statement of this article was that a raid requires a) a (competent) leader and b) a raid that is willing to take direction. Not every raider needs to be capable of leading; every raider DOES need to be capable of being led if they are to be successful. You don't need a mic to follow directions, so long as you make sure you're never in a position where you need to communicate anything to the raid mid-fight. For you to say that you don't need to listen to the RL mid-fight, makes you the problem raider this article was written about.
DarkAviator said...
I haven't tried the voice chat since it's been implemented. Back then it was way too low. Coupled with the fact I haven't met anyone using it (we are mainly using TeamSpeak 3, at least on the German servers here in Europe), I didn't try it again the last years.
Lee Weaver said...
Sam has it right. you shouldn't have to dance. just kill the boss. These gimmick fights are not fun. killing the boss and getting the loot is. Heck it's shouldn't even require more than 1 tank. all fights should follow this pattern. A. tank runs in and agros the boss, he now has agro and can't loose it unless he dies. B. dps proceeds to kill the boss... Heals keep the tank alive and heal any aoe damage to the raid. done. no stupid dancing moving round. none of that. I can see having to position a boss so he doesn't breath on the raid or something, but having to switch tanks, and all this crap is not fun.
Lee Weaver said...
What can I say... You are Wrong! the fun in in the getting of stuff not beating your head against a brick wall and wiping 15 times on a boss because the dev's thought it would be cool to add a Gimmick. the fun is in seeint the boss go down. not in how he got there.
Something I forgot in my first post. these raids that take forever to run are for the birds bring the raids like Obsidian Sanctum and Ruby Sanctum. jsut get rid of the gimmicks in those and they would be perfect
So all you care about is the loot, then? I gotta say that, while everyone is entitled to play how they want, that seems odd to me. The experience is what makes it fun. Sure, the feeling you get when a boss bites the dust is great, but a large part of what makes it great is that it was *challenging*. If each fight is simple then the sense of accomplishment is correspondingly smaller. And, unlike you I guess, loot is not the be-all-end-all for me. It's nice to have nice gear, but what color its name is doesn't matter much to me as long as I can work together with a raid group and do my job adequately.
I'm not prone to hyperbole, so know that I mean this:
I vehemently disagree with Lee Weaver. We could not possibly be more different if we tried.
I hope he's a troll because the proposal of "all bosses should be just tank it" is utterly ridiculous. I would absolutely drop out of raiding if that was the case, it would be so incredibly boring and dull.
Fortunately, I'm quite certain you are in the vast, vast minority Lee. I never say this, but if there is anyone that I want Blizzard to drive off, it's you. This game really is NOT for you, go find something else.
I don't think Lee Weaver is in a tiny minority. I certainly get tired myself of "interesting mechanics" and "Super Mario mini-games" often enough.
Remember that WoW IS a pure spank game from level 1-85. Now I know that many raiders like to pretend that the game starts at 85. But it doesn't.
Not from a philosophical standpoint: the spank-away levelling game is the first thing a player encounters, and it is the biggest part of WoW by far.
And not from an economic standpoint: the subscriptions from the ordinary players help finance the non-stop raiding development. The raiders are too few to finance it themselves.
Lee Weaver said...
I'm not a troll, here is a bit of where I'm coming from. Speaking from the standpoint of fun, if the game is a PITA it's not fun. Why isn't it seen as fun to see if you can kill the boss before he kills you? Maybe for the tanks it may not be the most engaging, but Blizz is working on that making you take a part in your own survival. For the record I Play all classes and have every class at least to 60 2 tanks at 85 a warrior and a DK. I have a mage at 85, and my main is a Boomkin with off-spec tree at 85 so I have "Done it all". I am currently actively leveling the 6 other classes and all are in the 60's the Pally is tanking, and the Priest and Shaman are healing. I participate in all roles of the game. But I rarely raid since currently it requires entirely too much of a time investment that you need to commit to a schedule for. I play the game for enjoyment, not for it to take on the aspects of a second job. If Raid design is fixed such that a random group of strangers without communications can manage it, (without doing a Dance Dance Revolution impression) then the raid finder will be a godsend for a huge group of players. Remember that a very small percentage of players currently see raids when they are current. most have to wait until they out gear them to go back and see them and can then ignore the asinine gimmicks.


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We bought a bottle, but haven't tried it yet.
My ten-year-old daughter and I really enjoyed Butterbeer, both the frozen and the "cold" versions. Her preference was "Icee-style" as we called it, while I believe I preferred the mug full of creamy, cold-but-not-frozen goodness. Yes, we sprang for the mug.
I think we both agreed that the Flying Cauldron version was kind of pegging the sweetness meter, at least for our taste buds. The cream soda element was much stronger than I remember from the Park, and also, I thought that the original butterbeer had just a touch of a root beer twist to it which was not present at all in the knock-off.
Also, here in Hawaii, they'll hit you up for $3 per bottle! No real surprise there, if you've ever been here or lived here. Everything is more expensive.
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Information about the Marcellus and Utica Shale formations, which are the underlying resource that created the natural gas play in PA.
Seismic testing is performed and/or reviewed by gas company geologists and other professionals in order to determine the existence and location of natural gas reservoirs. Gas companies also use the seismic testing results to establish the most effective drilling plan in an area.
Seismic testing involves seismic waves emitted from a source such as underground explosions or "thumper" trucks on the surface. These seismic waves travel down towards the center of the earth, but also reflect back towards the surface from the different underground layers. Geologists use sensitive equipment, called geophones, to record these reflections to identify and map underground geology. The geophones transmit the test data to seismic recording trucks which is then interpreted by geologists, geophysicists, and petroleum reservoir engineers.
Geologists seek to accurately map the underground formations with particular emphasis on the formation(s) associated with natural gas reserves. In Pennsylvania the current obvious focus is the Marcellus Shale formation. However, we are absolutely aware that gas companies are looking to explore other, and even deeper, formations from which they can extract natural gas. Seismic testing and mapping allows the geologists and companies to pin point areas to drill for gas production and is an invaluable tool for the gas company.
When approached by a company requesting to conduct seismic testing on your property, we recommend that you determine if the seismic testing company is working directly for the gas company that holds your gas lease. The seismic testing firm may be acting independently and not on behalf of the company who holds the gas lease for your land. Whether to permit seismic testing on your property is an individual choice that may or may not be authorized by your gas lease. Before agreeing to permit seismic testing, we recommend that you ask probing questions and determine whether you are obligated to comply with the seismic testing under the terms of your gas lease. If you are not obligated to agree to the testing, you must inquire as to what benefit is it to you to allow the seismic testing to occur.
Hydraulic fracturing, also called "fracking", "fracing", and "hydrofracturing", is the process of injecting a watery mixture of sand, lubricants, and special chemicals at extremely high pressure into the Marcellus Shale rock many thousands of feet deep below the surface for the purpose of creating cracks that allow for the extraction billions of cubic feet of natural gas, a very clean burning, highly valuable energy resource, found in the Marcellus shale region of Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York, and West Virginia.
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Gas companies are extremely interested in using horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing on your land in the Utica and Marcellus shale regions of the state of PA, to extract the valuable natural gas, and NGL (natural gas liquids) resource trapped deep inside the Utica and Marcellus shale layers of rock.
Attorney Doug Clark has years of experience helping hundreds of landowners like you in obtaining the best protection for your land. The Clark Law Firm has represented Pennsylvania landowners just like you to obtain tens of millions of dollars in royalty and bonus payments from gas and pipeline companies that were highly resistant to negotiation a fair deal for the landowner - until they learned the landowner was being represented by Attorney Doug Clark.
However, the Rule of Capture's impact is far to often misunderstood by Pennsylvania landowners, and even lawyers.
The Rule of Capture generally permits a landowner to drain or "capture" oil and natural gas from a neighboring property owner without liability or recourse.
HOWEVER, the Rule of Capture is often over stated by landmen and others when discussing the rule's impact in the Marcellus Shale formation.
Because of the need for horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, THE RULE OF CAPTURE IS OFTEN ONLY A VERY MINOR CONCERN, IF ANY, FOR LANDOWNERS INVOLVED IN MARCELLUS SHALE GAS EXTRACTION!!!
The vast majority of natural gas extracted from the horizontal directional drilling and hydraulic fracturing (fracking) techniques will be limited to a few hundred feet from the well bore. Thus, the natural gas tightly trapped in the Marcellus Shale formation under your property generally will not migrate and escape to a neighbor's well without dirctional horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracking directly under your property or to a well bore within a few hundred feet of your property.
Natural gas companies do NOT have the power to horizontally drill under your property if you have not entered into an Oil and Gas Lease! Moreover, advancements in directional drilling provide natural gas companies remarkable flexibility to direct horizontal wells to conform to uniquely shaped property boundary lines and odd property and unit configurations.
Do not be tricked or intimidated into signing an Oil and Gas Lease under the mistaken belief or misinformation that your Marcellus Shale natural gas will escape to the property of another under the Rule of Capture.
Attorney Douglas Clark understands the Clean and Green Statute and it's consequences. The Clark Law Frim fights to construct ALL agreements with gas and pipeline companies to protect themselves from potentially significant tax bills.
NOT ALL CLEAN AND GREEN PROVISIONS ARE CREATED EQUAL!!! Clean and Green language must be carefully crafted and negotiated to provide complete protection for the property owner.
Do not be fooled into believing you have complete Clean and Green protection simply because your Oil and Gas Lease or pipeline right-of-way agreement contains an addendum entitled "Clean and Green." Many landowners are very disappointed and surprised to learn that the Clean and Green provision in their Oil and Gas Lease or other agreement is insufficient and fails to insulate them from "any and all" taxes and penalties.
By way of explanation of the program, the Pennsylvania Farmland and Forest Land Assessment Act of 1974, more commonly known as "Clean and Green," is a preferential tax assessment statute that affects the rights of some Pennsylvania landowners. Clean and Green applies to all counties in Pennsylvania. HOWEVER, each county assessment officer is responsible for administering the program within its jurisdiction. This has resulted in different interpretations and applications of the Clean and Green statute by counties across Pennsylvania.
It is important that landowners seek to determine how their County is interpreting and enforcing the Clean and Green statute relating to gas development activities. However, a county's current interpretation of the Clean and Green Statute may unexpectedly change in the future. These contingencies must be accounted for, whenever possible, when negotiating a contract with an energy company. The Clark Law Firm understands the techniques and "tricks" used in company favored provisions and will combat and counter unfriendly company proposed Clean and Green language.
Clean and Green is a Pennsylvania state law that allows qualifying land that is devoted to agricultural and forest land use to be assessed at a value for that use rather than the fair market value. In other words, Clean and Green is, in essence, a land conversation program that reduces the property tax rate for the landowners who enroll in the program. The intent of Clean and Green is to encourage property owners to retain their land in agricultural, open space, or forest land use, by providing real estate tax relief. Thus, if a landowner enrolls in the program, he/she is then obligated to devote their land to agricultural use, agricultural reserve use, of forest reserve use in order to qualify for reduced property taxes. Landowners who exit the program may be required to pay up to seven (7) years worth of "roll-back" taxes, plus interest.
Landowners who wish to enroll into the Clean and Green program must submit an application to their county assessment office. Once a landowner is enrolled, the general rule is that the landowner is obligated to continue using the land in a qualified use indefinitely or face roll-back taxes for the most recent seven (7) years, plus interest.
Once enrolled into the Clean and Green program, a landowner cannot voluntarily remove their land from Clean and Green without a land use change. When a land use change takes place, and rollback taxes have been paid, the landowner has the option of removing any portion of the land that remains eligible, or the land that remains eligible may be re-enrolled.
A landowner who breaches the Clean and Green covenant of land use is subject to a roll-back tax. A roll-back tax is imposed for changes in the use of Clean and Green property. The roll-back tax is the difference between the real estate taxes the owner would have paid if the property was assessed under the Fair Market Value valuation system and the reduced taxes the owner paid under the Clean and Green Use Value assessment.
As a general rule, the roll-back tax is imposed on the entire portion of the land enrolled under the application. However, county interpretations and enforcement of this general rule may very. To defend against a potentially heavy tax burden, ALL contracts should account for the possibility that all lands may be taxed in the future. Remember, a county who enforces the Clean and Green Statute one way today, may change it's interpretation of the Clean and Green statute in the future. It is imperative that the landowner's contract specifically addresses these issues in as much clarity and detail as possible.
Roll-back taxes are due for the year of the change in use and the six previous tax years for a total of seven (7) years. Land that has been enrolled in Clean and Green for more than seven (7) years is only subject to roll-back taxes for the seven (7) most recent tax years, and land that has been in Clean and Green for less than seven (7) years is subject to roll-back taxes only for the years it has been in the program. In addition to the tax, interest is imposed on each year's roll-back tax at the rate of six percent (6%) per year.
and extends from West Virginia across Pennsylvania to the Southern tip of New York. The Marcellus Shale formation is an organic-rich black shale that was deposited over 300 million years ago and thought to be the 3rd largest gas field in the world.
The depth and thickness of the Marcellus Shale formation varies throughout Pennsylvania. The target depth for horizontal drilling in the Marcellus Shale, as illustrated in natural gas company drilling permits, establishes the drilling range between 5,000 to 10,000 feet below the ground.
The thickness of the Marcellus shale formation ranges from 20 feet in northwestern Pennsylvania to over 250 feet in northeastern Pennsylvania.
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Thanks to advances in drilling technologies, including directional horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing ("fracking"), and high energy costs, the natural gas rich Marcellus Shale formation is now heavily targeted by energy companies for natural gas extraction.
Estimates vary widely, but it is believed that the Marcellus Shale may hold up to 500 trillion of cubic feet of natural gas - enough to power the entire United States for approximately 20 years.
It is widely thought the Marcellus Shale natural gas horizontal drilling extraction may greatly reduce the United State's dependency on foreign oil.


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pretty cool! totally could have used this when in vegas a couple weeks ago! oh well, next time for sure!
So is it basically a more organized google? It sounds interesting, but the WebApp aspect of it is fishy to me.
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I live in Las Vegas and this town is in constant change. When I started looking at the details, I found the data woefully outdated. Sometimes 3 or 4 years out of date. That might be good in Middletown, Nowhere. It doesn't do a lot of good here. I don't know where their data base comes from. I haven't even looked to see if we can add our own updates or send in suggestions. I strongly discourage anyone from using this as a guide for a Vegas vacation.


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According to Yahoo, they are now transcoding videos from user uploads to 700kpbs. Previously they were transcoding at only 300kpbs. This comes shortly after Youtube started offering higher quality and other video sharing sites like Dailymotion announced support for HD video. Again, this was one of our online video predictions for 2008. I expect that many more video platforms will announce higher quality video support and many will release HD video content throughout the year.
The change on Yahoo is obviously for new videos that are uploaded as videos uploaded previously can not be re-encoded and clearly this depends on the orginal quality of the video file that you upload.
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