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I liked the music in very beginning of episode 4 from "Full Metal Alchemyst". That's when Al is talking about the past where their house is burning down.
If you guys have watched SaiKano then you gotta love the sound track. It touches your heart.
|2003-11-03, 23:13
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Quezon City, Philippines
Age: 40
No prob tsurumaru, and thanks for the welcome!
Now that I've listened to the anime mp3s in my comp, I may want to add Yakusoku by Yui Horie for the anime Love Hina. Very sweet. DNA^2's OP Blurry Eyes is very upbeat and sticks to your mind quite easily (earworms they call it). And I really, really like Mangetsu no Shiwaza from the anime Devil Hunter Yohko. And there's an english song that I like too: I'm a Pioneer by Sharyn Scott from the anime Tenchi Muyo. And two other english songs from that anime are also good, Washu's Lullaby by Scottie Haskell and Talent for Love, also by Sharyn Scott.
And there are also some anime BGM/Instrumentals that I like. I can't get enough of Saitoh Hajime's theme BGM Hoeru Miburo (from Rurouni Kenshin) , and the moving theme That Bittersweet Song from Ranma 1/2.
|2003-11-03, 23:41
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I was going to add the Saikano OP (Koi Suru Kimochi by Yato Yuria) to my list but didn't want to seem too long winded.
|2003-11-04, 00:53
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Location: On the Internet
I've got quite a list:
(From Kenshin - Reminiscene OST)
Shades of Revolution
In Memories
The Wars of the Last Wolves
(From Ghost in the Shell - SAC OST)
Fish ~ silent cruise
(From Macross Plus OST)
MYUNG Theme
(From Saint Seiya OST VI)
Polaris Hilda
Blue Dream Instrumental
(From Gundam SEED)
Shizukana Yoruni, sang by none other than Tanaka Rie
Akatsuki no Kuruma
|2003-11-04, 05:40
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Age: 36
I don't have a particular favourite song, but these are some of my
favourite anime songs at the moment:
Fullmetal Alchemist - Melissa & Kesenai Tsumi
Full Metal Panic Fumoffu - Sore ga, Ai deshou
Kimi ga Nozomu Eien - Rumbling Hearts
Last Exile - Over the sky
Stellvia - The end of the world
Slam Dunk - Sekai Ga Owaru Made Wa (Perhaps this is the all time favourite song I've been looking for...)
Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo - Kimi ga Irukara
and many more...
|2003-11-04, 05:48
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: LA
My current favorite songs are from the Gundam SEED OSTIII. The ultimate best is the first track, "Seigi to Jiyuu."
List of faves:
1. Asian Kung-Fu Generation - "Haruka Kanata" (Naruto OP2)
2. Shimokawa Mikuni - "Sore Ga, Ai Deshou" (Full Metal Panic Fumoffu OP)
3. Mika Nakashima - "Find The Way" (Gundam Seed ED4)
4. Mami Kawada - "Asu e no Namida" (Onegai Twins ED)
5. Hitomi Kurioshi - "Over The Sky" (Last Exile ED)
|2003-11-04, 06:01
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well id have to go with:
1-samurai deeper kyo opening
2-hellsing opening
3-fullmetal alhemist opening
4-hajime no ippo 2nd opening
5-the theme where hiko seijiro 13 (kenshins master) destroys the giant
6-aoishis theme from rouruni kenshin
7-scryed opening
|2003-11-04, 06:17
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2003
Dragonball Z - Cha-la Head Cha-la
Lodess War - Adesso E Fortuna
Macross 7 - Dynamite Explosion
Gundam F91 - Eternal Wind
Himiko Den - Pure Snow
Orange Road - Natsu no Miraju
Cowboy Bebop - Tank
and my current favourites...
Precious Memory & Hoshizora no Waltz both from Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien...
|2003-11-04, 08:11
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busy otaku
Some of my favorites:
- .hack//SIGN -
Fake Wings
Key of the Twilight
Open Your Heart
A Stray Child
- Naruto -
Sadness and Sorrow
- Ghost in the Shell -
Inner Universe
Lithium Flower
- Witch Hunter Robin -
Shell (tv size)
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The people have spoken:
- 216,000 emails
- 15,000 phone calls to Congress
- 32,000 tweets
- 26,000 petition signers
The result: The U.S. Senate voted 81-17 on July 16 to pass the bipartisan Every Child Achieves Act.
Among other things, it provides more opportunity for all students, and reduces the high-stakes associated with standardized tests. The NEA declared that it "returns decision-making to the people who know the names of the students they educate — a paradigm shift from No Child Left Behind that will help restore the original focus on providing opportunities for all students, especially those most in need."
The House of Representatives passed its own version (voting 218-213), the Student Success Act. The House tweaked it with help from educators, with an amendment to protect schools from being punished when parents choose to opt their children out of standardized tests.
Now members from the Senate and the House will meet in conference to hammer out a final bill that, if approved by both chambers, will then be sent to the White House. You can read more here and here.

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Politics are likely to remain in the spotlight for investors next week, as markets become more focused on the presidential election than economic figures.
Against the backdrop of the Federal Reserve's open-ended quantitative easing program launched a few weeks ago, some traders are discounting much of the economic fundamentals. They believe much of the upcoming data won't yet capture the liquidity the Fed just began to pump into markets.
"It doesn't matter what the numbers are because the Fed has tipped their hand," said Tommy Molly, chief dealer at FX Solutions. "The rest of the real economy doesn't matter much anymore. At the end of the day housing can go through the roof: if the unemployment remains elevated the Fed will continue easing."
Meanwhile, the presidential elections are having an increased impact on markets. The outcome is seen as key to resolving the fiscal cliff that hangs over the investment climate.
Any revelations from economic data will come mid-week, when the Fed's Beige Book—the central bank's closely monitored view of economic conditions—is released on Wednesday. Also of interest will be initial jobless claims, mortgage figures and consumer confidence later in the week.
In this environment, traders expect gold to continue a run that saw the precious metal stall out near the psychologically-important $1,800 barrier. Over in Europe, the 'will they or won't they' debate about Spain taking a bailout should whipsaw the euro .
The calendar could prompt investors to book profits, particularly with the impressive run-up in the Dow , Nasdaq and the S&P 500 — all of which sit near multi-year highs in the wake of Friday's encouraging payrolls data.
Expectations for the economy are fairly low, yet analysts still think corporate earnings will be supportive of more stock gains.
"The baseline forecast [for the economy] is more of the same, but in an environment in which earnings are still pretty good and interest rates are still very low, the baseline economic forecast does support higher equity prices from here," said Jan Hatzius, chief economist of Goldman Sachs, told CNBC on Friday.
The first test of that theory will come on Tuesday, when the third quarter earnings season kicks off in earnest. A clutch of companies, which include bellwether industry giants like Alcoa, Costco, andJ.P. Morgan, will report on their earnings, which are likely set the tone for the coming quarter.
As investors continue to price in good news and more Fed easing, some are questioning how much higher equities can go. The market's reigning uber-pessimist, Marc Faber, told CNBC.com's "Futures Now" earlier this week that he is bracing for a market correction.
"Unfortunately I have a lot of dollars," Faber said in an interview. "I just want to have a lot of cash because I think that within the next six to nine months we can buy just about anything 20 percent lower than it is now."
Because the global economy continues to confront a host of challenges – from a slowing China to a crisis hit Europe and a still sluggish U.S. economy – a number of investors believe the stock market is flying on a set of gossamer wings.
On Friday, markets got a fleeting boost from news that the Labor Department reported that the economy added 114,00 jobs last month – above the psychological threshold of 100,000 jobs yet still not sufficient to absorb an influx of new workers and current job seekers. In a surprise, the unemployment rate dropped to 7.8 percent, the lowest since January 2009. (Read more: What the Jobs Report Really Says About the Economy.)
Yet in an election year, most data is being sifted through a filter of politics.
Even in a booming economy, payrolls figures have both major political and economic implications. Yet even still, Friday's jobs data managed to unleash an unusually fierce torrent of controversy and conspiracy theory.
Some Republicans openly accused the Obama administration of manipulating jobs data to achieve favorable results ahead of Election Day, which triggered pushback from Labor Secretary Hilda Solis. She declared herself "insulted" by the implication. (Read more: New Employment Report More Politics Than Economics?)
With only one more jobs report left to go before voters go to the polls in November, the political debate about the economy is expected to get more acrimonious. The outcome of the presidential election is of particular importance as the so-called "fiscal cliff" draws nearer.
The resulting spending cuts and potential tax hikes is unnerving many companies, who have said they will delay hiring and investment decisions until a resolution has passed. With both Democrats and Republicans fixated on Election Day, many chief executives aren't holding out much hope that the polarized climate will lift.
"Unfortunately we're not seeing the level of civility or respect that we need," said Howard Schultz, CEO of coffee giant Starbucks, in an interview to CNBC. He avoided taking sides between President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, but said the economy faced massive challenges. (Read more: We Can't Wait For DC to Fix Economy: Starbucks CEO.)
"We're facing the fiscal cliff, the debt ceiling debacle that we saw a year ago is still hanging over the country," Schultz said. "We have serious problem."
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A school pupil has died while on a trip to Tanzania after suffering a "severe allergic reaction".
The 18-year-old male student, from Harton Technology College in South Shields, South Tyneside, had been part of a team completing a 28-day charity expedition.
The incident happened yesterday on day 19 of the trip and, although the pupil received immediate first aid and CPR, he could not be resuscitated.
Sir Ken Gibson, the college's executive headteacher, said: "We were devastated to hear the awful news about one of our sixth-form students.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends, and with the students and staff who are still in Tanzania.
"I have been in touch with the family and the parents of the other students, and will be keeping in close contact with the staff in Tanzania.
"We are hopeful that they will be flying home as soon as possible and we will have professional support in place for all concerned."
True Adventure, the company which organised the trip, said the cause of the reaction had not yet been confirmed.
A company spokesman said: "The thoughts and condolences of all at True Adventure are with their family and friends and the organisation's efforts are fully focused on ensuring they are supported in any way possible."
The spokesman said they had arranged the team's evacuation from their remote location by organising for an ambulance with an international medical support agency doctor and a medic to meet them at the nearest possible point.
A spokeswoman for South Tyneside Council said: "Our thoughts and sympathies are with his family and friends at this very sad time.
"We will be offering counselling and any other support that we can to those affected by this tragic incident."
A Foreign and Commonwealth Office spokesman said: "We are aware of the death of a British national in Tanzania on July 22. We are providing consular assistance at this sad time."
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Aging Baby Boomers Devoting Nutrition and Money to Maintain Eye Health
Nutritions role in eye health has become a topic of conversation, no doubt correlating at least somewhat with the aging of the baby boomers.
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Focus on Eye Health
It is believed the natural aging process with its attendance oxidative stresses plays the major role in the progressive degeneration of vision as we age. And with the increase in rates of obesity and the resulting increased incidence of type-2 diabetes comes another eye health issue: diabetic retinopathy.
We now hear regular reference to the term Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD). Cataracts have been and remain an issue of concern, especially for older people. While age plays an important role in eye health, recent medical research points to weight maintenance, micronutrient deficiency, macronutrient excess and cardiovascular disease as burgeoning causes of poor eye health.
However, it has only been in recent years the roles of diet and overall health have been investigated.
The vision thing
While maintaining the health of the cornea, lens, retina and optic nerve are critical, one area of the eye appears to be closely connected to the quality of eyesight as we age. This area, just behind the retina and associated with the connection between the optic nerve and the eye, is the macula.
Critical to the macula are carotenoid compounds, including vitamin A and beta-carotene, as well as lycopene, lutein and zeaxanthin. These compounds are oil-soluble but, through breakthroughs in microencapsulation, are now able to be effectively included in food and drink formulations, although they do impart color. They are found naturally in dark green leafy vegetables, such as spinach and kale, as well as in deep orange and red foods, such as paprika or berries.
"Americans continue to be deficient in fruits and vegetables, which are the major source of these nutrients critical to the healthy functioning of the eye," says David Turok, M.D., an ophthalmic surgeon in the Chicago area. "Vitamin A deficiency remains one of the top causes of blindness in the world. The Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS) — a major prospective study involving multiple universities — showed the vital role of micronutrients in retarding the progression of macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness in older Americans," emphasizes Turok.
Certain proteins in the macula appear to degrade over time, apparently at least partly in response the effects of strong light and other pro-oxidative stresses. The degraded proteins form deposits that interfere with vision.
The two main carotenoids found in the eye, lutein and zeaxanthin, accumulate in the macula. Current theory is that the presence of these specific carotenoid antioxidants in the macula may inhibit the oxidative processes that lead to macular protein degradation.
Carotenoids — beyond beta-carotene
Kalsec Inc. (www.kalsec.com), Kalamazoo, Mich., makes ZeaGold, a natural, highly bioavailable esterification of zeaxanthin from paprika. It's GRAS and exempt from color certification in the U.S. and may be used as a nutrient while also imparting color. It's available in a 3 percent or 10 percent concentration. The company also will soon market a 5 percent beadlet.
Parsippany, N.J.-based DSM Nutritional Products' (www.optisharp.com) Optisharp brand of zeaxanthin is being used to great success in powdered drink mixes in Asia and even in soup mixes in South America. The company also makes a number of vitamin A ingredients such as beta-carotene, lycopene and lutein for eye health formulations.
Since the carotenoids act as colorants, their use so far occurs mostly in bars and colored beverages. Coca Cola Co.'s Glaceau touts its Focus Vitaminwater flavor, with vitamin A (and ginkgo biloba), as helping to maintain eye health. Minneapolis-based Ardea Beverage Co. (www.nutrisoda.com), maker of functional carbonated beverages, is about to launch its newest flavor, Vision, a kiwi-clementine-flavored beverage with lutein and zeaxanthine.
San Joaquin Valley Concentrates (www.activin.com), Fresno, Calif., offers ActiVin brand of oligomeric proanthocyanidin (OPC), a polyphenolic bioflavanoid derived from grape seeds. OPCs are powerful antioxidants that were studied for their protective effect against cancer and heart disease but which also have shown to be powerfully protective against cataracts.
Kemin Health LC (www.kemin.com), Des Moines, provides Floraglo, its highly purified lutein for food and beverage applications derived from marigold flowers. Eggs from chickens fed with such marigold extracts as feed fortification provide a good source of bioavailable lutein.
A number of other ingredient companies have been taking the lead in providing commercial forms of naturally derived or synthetic (although nature-identical) lutein.
Perhaps the most significant recent news in eye health is the effect key eye carotenoids have on younger people.
"The results of a recent University of Georgia study conducted on healthy young adults aged 17-41 and published in Optometry and Vision Science showed supplementation with a combination of 10mg lutein and 2mg of zeaxanthin over six months increased macular pigment optical density (MPOD) as early as 60 days following supplementation and throughout the study period," says Richard Roberts, Ph.D., principal manager of scientific affairs and technical services for Kemin.
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The German tuning firm, Gemballa, is offering a new kit for both the GT2 and the Porsche Turbo, in the form of the Avalanche 600 EVO. As the name implies, Gemballa has coaxed 600 hp (not to mention 619 lb.-ft. of torque) from Porsche's turbocharged flat-six through the use of a new intercooler, race exhaust and a retuned ECU. The race to 60 mph is accomplished within a few heartbeats or 3.5 seconds. The top speed has been increased to 199 mph.
The body kit consists of the Avalanche body kit, a GT hood, Avalanche front skirt with additional cooling openings, GT2 front spoiler lip, GTR EVO tailgate skirt with diffuser and hot air outlets and GT2 EVO rear spoiler.
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NAMM 2009: Celemony presents Melodyne editor with DNA Direct Note Access
Celemony Software GmbH is presenting at the NAMM Show 2009 Melodyne editor, the first product with Direct Note Access.
The new Melodyne Editor:
DNA technology was first introduced at the Musikmesse Frankfurt 2008 and has aroused great interest worldwide. It allows for the first time to edit individual chord tones in audio recordings. Melodyne editor offers for single audio tracks all the possibilities that have made Melodyne legendary, and, with DNA, opens up in addition to these unique new possibilities for the correction and refashioning of audio material. Melodyne editor can run as a plug-in or stand-alone and will be available from spring 2009 for 349 US$/€.
Melodyne has for years been very highly regarded as a particularly musical audio software application delivering exceptional sound quality. Its unmatched ability to recognize and edit the pitch, timing and various other parameters of notes contained in audio material have elevated Melodyne worldwide to the status of an indispensable tool for music production-especially for the editing of vocals. With the development of the cutting-edge DNA technology and its introduction in Melodyne editor, Celemony is now opening the door to totally new applications. At the same time, Celemony is underlining the singularity of its multi-award-winning Melodyne software.
Melodyne editor represents both functionally and technically the next Melodyne generation. It brings all the perfected, tried-and-tested editing functions made famous by the existing editions of Melodyne and is therefore outstandingly well suited to the editing of vocals and other monophonic instruments. With the integration of DNA, however, even the harmonies in an audio file can now be seen, accessed and shaped-note by note. Users can quite literally intervene in the chords of their recordings and change individual notes within them. This offers sensational new possibilities for the correction and refashioning of audio.
Melodyne editor is designed for the editing of individual instrumental recordings such as vocals, guitar, saxophone or piano, but good results can also be obtained with more complex material such as string quartets. If two instruments sound the same note at the same time, Melodyne editor offers one note for editing. The user can alter the pitch, position and duration of the note detected, make it louder or quieter, copy or cut it and paste it in some other position, and so on. Adjustments can also be made to the formant register, vibrato and drift of the notes as well as any pitch, volume or formant transitions. Special copying functions also allow the transfer of selected attributes from one note to another.
Whilst in terms of intuitive access, musicality and sound quality Melodyne editor is in the finest Celemony tradition, its technical foundations are completely new. The new software base offers among other things optimized multi-threading that fully exploits the advantages of modern multicore processors. In addition, it allows many improvements in plug-in operation including freely selectable window size, the monitoring of pitch editing, scrubbing, and 'Edit Play' (playback not tied to the host).
"Our first product with DNA was intended to be an update to Melodyne plugin 2. Since, however, we have ended up developing a new product around DNA, with new technology and fully new application possibilities, and one that furthermore can also be used as a stand-alone application, we decided to give it a new name. Melodyne editor sums it up nicely: a Melodyne editing environment for individual tracks," says Carsten Gehle, Technical Director of Celemony Software GmbH.
When it appears in spring 2009, Melodyne editor will replace Melodyne plugin. In addition, Melodyne editor will also be a part of the Melodyne studio bundle. Naturally, even after the name change, the update options already announced for existing users of Melodyne plugin will still be valid, and anyone who registered Melodyne plugin after the 12th March 2008 will even receive Melodyne editor free of charge.
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It's 5:15 a.m. on a stormy Sunday morning in Sun City.
With only a 15-minute warning, an EF-4 tornado touches down near the Sun City Nature Trail on Col. Thomas Heyward Road. With wind speeds of 165 mph, it tears northeast, crossing over U.S. 278 and then over S.C. 170 into Riverbend before it disappears.
In seconds, the tornado leaves three miles of downed trees. More than 300 homes are damaged or destroyed. At least 60 people are hurt or killed. Landline telephones work, but cellular service is sporadic.
What happens next?
That's what about 40 officials from Sun City, Beaufort and Jasper County emergency services and utilities gathered to discuss for nearly two hours on May 8 during a disaster tabletop meeting hosted by the public safety committee. This exercise presented all the first-response authorities with a disaster scenario similar to those in Missouri and Alabama last year that could happen in the Lowcountry.
Representatives from the Bluffton Township Fire Department, Beaufort County Emergency Management and Beaufort County Sheriff's Office outlined the coordinated disaster recovery protocols they would follow after a devastating event such as a tornado. From a unified command center, they would manage the life safety demands of the community and clear debris so that emergency crews could help those injured and affected by the storm. Mutual aid from neighboring fire and police districts would be called in to help. Shelters would be activated in Bluffton and Beaufort for those who lost their homes.
To ensure safety and security, BCSO confirmed that the area would be secured to allow access to only the emergency and response teams who needed to enter the community.
The Red Cross would provide food and water. Representatives from South Carolina Energy, Palmetto Electric and Beaufort-Jasper Water and Sewer Authority said they have means to keep utilities online to assist emergency responders. The Community Association would use its emergency alert system to inform residents.
"We are glad we could do this scenario," said roundtable host David Cullen, chair of the public safety committee. "The major result of this disaster roundtable is that all local and state governmental agencies, Red Cross, utilities, National Guard, non-governmental organizations, Sun City community management and Pulte were all in the room at the same time to discuss options, plans, ideas and actions necessary to deal with such a catastrophic event. It truly was a learning experience for all."
Learn more about the tabletop meeting on Sun City TV News, which airs at 7 a.m., 10 a.m., 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. on Time Warner channel 5, Hargray channel 238 and on www.schhtv.com.


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Rihanna and Chris Brown's Most Memorable PDA Moments
Former lovebirds Chris Brown and Rihanna just can't stay apart.
Even with a restraining order after the Grammy Awards fiasco that left one half of the former love team bruised, the two megastars still found themselves sharing headline space.
After controversial tweets and unexpected collaborations, the ex-flames were allegedly spotted locking lips at a New York club Monday night (Oct. 1) feeding the media frenzy with more cray Chrianna-ness. We decided to take a stroll down memory lane and rekindle their most public displays of affection visually.


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(Gina Carano prepares for a showdown with Ronda Rousey by developing the Rouseybuster Armor MK II. / Photo via Getty)
And no, Dana White is not talking about a Facebook relationship status. He's referring to Zuffa's current contract negotiations with Gina Carano, the former "Face of Women's MMA."
Not too long ago, White triumphantly announced that the UFC would sign Carano and book her in a fight against UFC women's bantamweight champ Ronda Rousey. As the old saying goes, be wary of Dana White bearing promises. This boast, like almost every other thing Dana White has ever said since this fateful interview, turned out to be bullshit.
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A.G. Schneiderman & DEC Commissioner Martens Announce Continuing Air Pollution Reductions In Updated Settlement With Ravena Cement Plant
Modification Provides Albany County Company More Time To Build New Kiln While Continuing Air Pollution Emission Reductions Of Earlier Agreement
Company Required To Invest $1.5 Million In Additional Projects To Improve Air Quality In Local Communities
NEW YORK -- Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman and Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joe Martens, along with federal officials, today announced an amended settlement with Lafarge North America, which operates a cement plant in Albany County. The agreement extends by 18 months the deadline by which the company must build a new kiln with advanced air pollution controls.
In exchange for additional time, the settlement sets annual limits on allowable emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) and sulfur dioxide (SO2) by the Ravena plant that are at or below the limits contained in the original settlement. A separate agreement between New York and LaFarge limits mercury emissions to levels 25 percent lower than the plant's current air pollution control permit.
The revised settlement also commits Lafarge to funding $1.5 million in projects to further reduce pollution emissions at the plant and in the surrounding communities.
"This settlement will improve the air in Ravena and the surrounding area, while helping to ensure jobs stay in the community," Attorney General Schneiderman said. "My office will work to ensure Lafarge complies fully with this settlement, meets its obligations to modernize the Ravena operations, and continues to advance air quality in the Ravena area."
"DEC is committed to demonstrating that New York can preserve the quality of our environment while supporting economic development," said DEC Commissioner Joe Martens. "The amended settlement will yield cleaner air while enabling Lafarge to continue with its plan to modernize the Ravena plant, creating and preserving jobs in the process."
"Safeguarding the health of the community surrounding the Ravena plant is our top priority," said EPA Regional Administrator Judith A. Enck. "This agreement will reduce the pollution limits required by the settlement at this facility by providing a significant amount of funding for projects that will improve local air quality."
Today's announced settlement amends a 2010 consent decree that the federal Environmental Protection Agency, New York and 11 other states entered into with Lafarge requiring the company to limit pollutant emissions from its 13 plants nationwide. In New York, the company's Ravena plant was required to meet these limits by either retrofitting the plant's existing cement kilns with pollution controls or by constructing a new, state-of-the-art kiln with advanced pollution controls by January 1, 2015. Lafarge elected to construct a new kiln to comply with the consent decree, but approached the state and federal government about an extension of time to complete the construction because the recovery of the U.S. cement industry from the recent recession has been slower than expected, resulting in Lafarge delaying its investment in a new kiln at the Ravena plant. The amended consent decree, filed in federal court today, allows the company until July 1, 2016 to complete construction of the new kiln and requires Lafarge to follow a specific construction schedule that includes milestones and penalties if there are any further delays.
The 2010 consent decree required Lafarge to make substantial reductions in emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) and sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions from its Ravena cement plant. Emissions of these pollutants contribute to smog and soot pollution and acid rain.
The amended consent decree sets revised caps on the emissions of NOx and SO2 by the Ravena plant. Under the updated agreement, SO2 emissions will be capped at levels 20 percent lower than allowed under the previous agreement and NOx emissions will be reduced to the same level as required by the 2010 agreement. Under a separate stipulation executed by the company and the State, Lafarge must cut its annual mercury emissions by 25 percent this year from the current permitted level and further limit mercury emissions equivalent to levels that would have been met had the new kiln been up and running on January 1, 2015. Upon court approval of the amended consent decree, all three pollutant limits will be incorporated into the facility's operating permit, subject to public notice and comment.
In addition to emissions limits from the cement plant, the amended consent decree requires Lafarge to undertake $1.5 million of new emission reduction projects at the Ravena plant and in the surrounding area, including the replacement of its existing, old diesel-locomotive with a locomotive equipped with state-of-the-art air pollution controls. The state will be soliciting input from residents within 30 miles of the plant on other appropriate projects, such as funding additional energy efficiency or pollution reduction programs at nearby schools.
The amended consent decree was filed with the court (U.S. Southern District of Illinois) today and can be accessed here. The separate agreement signed by Lafarge and the State can be accessed here. Further information about the original 2010 consent decree between EPA, New York and Lafarge can be accessed here.
This matter is being handled by Assistant Attorney General Michael J. Myers and Policy Analyst Jeremy Magliaro of the Attorney General's Environmental Protection Bureau, under the supervision of Deputy Bureau Chief Lisa M. Burianek, Bureau Chief Lemuel M. Srolovic, Executive Deputy Attorney General for Social Justice Alvin Bragg, First Deputy for Affirmative Litigation Janet Sabel, and Assistant Counsel Blaise W. Constantakes of DEC's Office of General Counsel.
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The Oregon school district will be doing away with its middle schools starting in the 2013-14 year.
The Board of Education today in a 5-0 vote, approved a reconfiguration of grades five through eight that will convert the two middle schools -- Eisenhower and Fassett -- to an intermediate and junior high school, respectively. Eisenhower will house fifth and six grades and Fassett grades seven and eight.
The change addresses academic underperformance in those grades, where math and science scores have been lagging in state assessment tests. Most Ohio districts earning the highest rating, excellent with distinction, separate fifth graders from older students in an arrangement that is considered more developmentally age appropriate.
Oregon's state rating is effective, the rough equivalent of a B grade, and the board and Superintendent Michael Zalar have expressed their determination to put the district in the ranks of Ohio's high-achieving school systems. The vote marked the culmination of a nine-month process of study, analysis, and discussion that included a series of public meetings held across the district.
After the vote, Mr. Zalar thanked the board for its unanimous support of his plan and said, "This truly is a historic night." He noted that this was a welcome change for the district, which has had to cut costs by eliminating staff and programs, and predicted that student achievement would improve in coming years.
School board members, for their part, expressed confidence that they were doing the right thing and praised Mr. Zalar and the district's administrators for formulating the reconfiguration plan and making the case for it.
Board member Jeffrey Ziviski noted that he initially opposed the plan but now "was definitely for this." The reconfiguration is projected to increase the district's operating costs by $551,554 annually, but Mr. Ziviski said this would not be new spending but rather "a different manner of spending . . . We're trying to do things differently, getting in front of the curve."
Mr. Zalar always emphasized that the switchover would not be a cost-cutting move. Extra expenses would result from changes in student transportation and increased staffing, but the superintendent's plan envisions more than offsetting these costs with the district's share of state casino money, belt-tightening, and through staffing adjustments.
Currently, Oregon's three elementary schools house kindergarten through fifth grades, and the two middle schools have the sixth, seventh, and eighth graders.
Under the reconfiguration, intermediate and junior high students will receive an additional 20 minutes of math instruction per day. The elementary schools will benefit as well, with 20 minutes of additional music and physical education time each week made possible by removing the fifth graders. The fifth grade again will have art instruction, which was cut.
The change also will permit better collaboration among teachers, who will be under one roof at their particular grade levels. Board member Carol Molnar said the change would mean more time for students to get extra help, and teachers would be able to do a better job.
"Teachers working together is a weak place in our system," she said.
Board president P.J. Kapfhammer exulted that the reconfiguration had been talked about for 20 years and finally was being achieved. He said he believed students would excel as a result of it.
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By: Parrys Raines, Category: Science, Date: 13 Jul 2009
Why climate change is important to me, what it is, the causes and what kids can do.
The most common question I get asked is 'why am I so interested in climate change and the environment?' The answer is that once I learnt that my generation will be the first generation to see and inherit serious issues that come with climate change I wanted to know more. I learnt that the main causes of climate change are made by human actions. So if we are causing climate change then we must surely be able to slow it down and stop it.
Climate change is caused by green house gases in our earth's atmosphere. The gases absorb the heat leaving the earth and then returning it. This makes our earth warmer all over. Some activities that produce green house gases are burning fossil fuels such as coal, oil and gas, using electricity made by burning fossil fuels, clearing of land and some industrial processes such as making aluminium and cement.
Some of the effects of climate change are rising temperatures, rising sea levels as ice sheets and glaciers melt, weather pattern changes such as droughts, heat waves, severe storms, floods, higher chances of bushfires and changes in rainfall patterns. Permanent damage to important and vulnerable ecosystems such as coral reefs, alpine areas and rainforests. As climate patterns change this will have negative impacts on plants, animals and human health.
Here in Australia we will experience hotter and drier conditions, lots more bushfires, loss of snow cover by 2050, water shortages, bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef and loss of many plant and animal species.
Climate Change is a huge problem and one that world leaders need to address urgently to ensure that future generations inherit a healthy and sustainable planet. While world leaders are developing policies and hopefully come to a positive agreement in Copenhagen in December, we can all develop good habits that may be small but together have a big impact on our own local environments. Here are my top ten tips for kids:
- Turn off any lights or appliances in your house you don't need on
- Have shorter showers or have baths
- Don't hold the fridge door open for long periods of time
- Ride, walk or catch the bus to school and car pool
- Get your school involved in environmental projects
- Recycle as much as you can, clothes, toys, books
- Set up a worn farm at home and at school
- Adopt an endangered animal
- Consume less, only buy what you really need
- The best thing you can do is plant a tree, trees take the carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, so the more trees the planet has the better!
Climate Change is a serious issue but we need to stay positive and remember that we can all make a difference.
Parrys, Earlier today someone showed me two fantastic videos on YouTube. The first entitled The Most Terrifying Video You'll Ever See shows climate change layed out logically on a grid of choices (true/false, do something/do nothing). The conclusion is a no-brainer. The second How It All Ends has the presenter playing the devil's advocate. They are 'must see' clips. I think that they are probably worth presenting as a separate blog entry - with neon lights if only that was possible.
In a natural world it's normal to see changes. The concern is that some of the changes we are seeing are not normal. The risk of doing nothing and not looking after our planet is to high. As World Leaders head to Copenhagen lets hope an agreement is made to ensure our planet's sustainability.


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 2nd May 2012 21:56 UTC
A few days I switched back to Windows Phone 7.5 as my main smartphone operating system. Why? Well, because I can. I like to change things up every now and then, and blessed as I am with an iPhone 3GS (currently pulling duty at my best friend as her portable gaming device), Galaxy SII with CM9, and an HTC HD7, I have the luxury of doing so. Now that I'm back in the neat, tidy, and straight-lined arms of Windows Phone 7 - three long-standing issues really break the illusion, which all come from one source: the networking stack.
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by gsyoungblood on Wed 2nd May 2012 22:43 UTC
I also have a variety of phones, though on Verizon. I have a Droid Incredible, Galaxy Nexus, and an HTC Trophy. My order of preference: MIUI rom on the Incredible, WP7, and Galaxy Nexus (though I'm enjoying the MIUI launcher on the Nexus right now).
I keep thinking I'm going to go back to the WP7 phone except that I like the larger screen and form factor of the Nexus over the 3.5" candy bars (Incredible/Trophy).
WP7 is a great phone with just a few minor issues, though my issues differed from yours; mostly lack of auto column width/rendering when zooming in/out on browser and lack of voice commands during navigation.
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Sophocles' "Electra" presents literature's ultimate parent-child showdown. For centuries, audiences have been drawn to this tale of a daughter and son driven to revenge - against their own mother no less.
Soon, Houstonians will experience the title character's wrath in a new performance and translation presented by the University of Houston's Center for Creative Work. "Electra" will be performed at 8 p.m., March 26, 27 and 28 at UH's Lyndall Finley Wortham Theatre (in the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts) and at 7 p.m., March 30 on the rooftop of Khon's Bar (2808 Milam St.). All performances are free. To reserve tickets, call 713-743-2929.
"Electra" follows the title character's quest to exact revenge on her mother, Clytemnestra, and her lover, Aegisthus, for the murder of her father, Agamemnon. Also hungry for vengeance is Electra's brother, Orestes.
"This is a family that tears itself apart," said John Harvey, director of the Center for Creative Work. "It's a fascinating story, but it's also horrifying. It is very focused on the human potential to devote one's self to justice."
Harvey is co-directing this production with Katelyn Halpern, coordinator for the Center for Creative Works. He also co-translated this version of Sophocles' masterpiece with Richard Armstrong, UH associate professor of classical studies.
"Richard really worked on making this a very faithful English translation. From there, I shaped the text for our performance," Harvey said. "My specific idea for Electra's voice was to pare her lines down, finding the right essential words for her character. As she speaks, she's always on a razor's edge."
Audiences should expect a very traditional Greek theater complete with orchestra and altar at center stage. The cast, which includes a chorus, will take full advantage of the Wortham's spacious stage through organized yet organic choreography.
"One way we're using this theater is to draw the audience's attention to the possibility of movement and to voice," he said. "These are the two basic items in bringing these ancient works to life."
Punctuating Sophocles' classic take will be a live score composed and performed by Elliot Cole. Joining him on stage will two musicians playing a range of instruments - a harmonium, vibraphone, flute with pedal board, harp, drums and laptop.
"Electra" is serving as the centerpiece for the festival "Dionysia 2010." Presented by the Center for Creative Work in conjunction with the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the arts, the event will feature an art exhibition, scholarly conference, post-play talkback, and opening and closing receptions. Visit http://TheHonorsCollege.com/dionysia for a full schedule of events.


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- With the Hotel Del's reputed ghost sightings, some might say history is still alive at this famed old hotel.
Coronado is haunted
Across the bay, tales of the paranormal at the Hotel Del and Loews resort.
"You see that too, right?"
Lacey held her wine glass at half-mast, staring at the steps leading from the Hotel Del Coronado to the Pacific Ocean.
We were outdoors at Babcock & Story, the Del's sports bar, ordering every appetizer on the menu. Babcock's food is reasonable and savory, even if the restaurant is routinely understaffed – it adds to the charm. They're also open late, which is important. Because when two young(ish) moms have a ghost-hunt adventure sans child, the limoncello and girl talk flows into the night.
Twenty minutes in, Arizona tourists overheard our ghost talk and began "supporting" it by barraging us with free drinks.
"Look! That guy on TV just hit a free throw – buy those girls another round!"
"Hey, your room's probably haunted! Buy those girls another round!"
Which is probably why "Lacey" (who likes the idea of an alias) was unsure of what she saw coming up the stairs.
And I don't blame her. It's not every day the Victorian-Era ghost you came to "hunt" strolls to you, your friend and your Some Like It Hot liquored coffee.
"Do you think she'll pose for a picture?"
"I don't know. Ask." So I asked.
"Excuse me, are you Kate Morgan?"
The woman, her black-lace Victorian dress flowing with the ocean air, nodded.
"Can I take a picture with you?"
"Umm, I don't know, have to ask the camera crew."
And there it is. She was an actress. Of course she was. Playing the ghost of a woman who died on November 29, 1893. I looked past her, my view widening to see a bunch of twenty-somethings trailing her with heavy film gear. It was November 17 and time for the Del to plug its ghost story.
Kate Morgan is the most famous Del ghost. She was a lovely con woman, and she committed suicide on the very stairs that her actress was now following in from the Pacific.
Kate shot herself after being abandoned by a lover and left at the Del after he discovered her pregnancy. She waited for him for five days before firing the gun on November 29, 1893.
Everyone from local ghost tours to the acclaimed Ghost Hunters television show shines their spotlights on Kate in November. That's why I was able to take a picture with her (or the woman playing her).
After Babcock, Lacey and I wandered around the first two levels of the hotel. The lobby, hotel shops and historical exhibits are here. There are several tributes to Marilyn Monroe (the iconic film Some Like It Hot was filmed at the Del), and displays of guestbooks date back to the 1800s.
Kate is most frequently seen in her room, #302 (re-designated 3327), which is now the most popular room in the hotel, and in "Established in 1888" – a lobby-level store where, much to the astonishment of the staff, she routinely trashes the Marilyn exhibits.
But Kate is not the only Del ghost. Another woman is frequently seen. The woman, whose name is still a well-kept secret, is rumored to have been the mistress of the original Del owner, Elisha Babcock. Room 502, now 3502, was their love nest. She killed herself there after discovering an unwanted pregnancy, just like Kate, and she's reportedly never left.
In 1983 a Secret Service Agent serving under H.W. Bush ran from 3502 in the middle of the night when his curtains started to blow from behind closed windows and a glow emanated from the walls and floor.
We immediately saw why both a President and a mistress would be kept in 3502. We got there by climbing five flights of stairs to the top of the hotel and following twisting and unnecessary hallways. 3502 is isolated by locked and unidentified surrounding rooms, as well as oddly placed ice machines.
It took effort, patience and a little luck. I'm certain we would not have found it had we not been looking for it.
Although nothing happened – no flying bottles or apparitions – walking up to this room is the only time I wanted to run for the exit. Inexplicably but absolutely, run for a door, any door.
And that's when we called it a night.
I don't know if I believe in ghosts. Like most people, I've had experiences I can't logically explain (I seem to attract unmanned slamming doors). Nevertheless, I tend to think there's a reasonable explanation – construction, old air vents, thieves, etc.
But there's no denying that I wanted OUT of that hallway. And I can give no logical explanation. I would blame it on adrenaline from the thrill of the hunt, but by the time we got to the room I was more ready for bed than confronting an apparition.
The hallways at the Del are, by turn, uncomfortably small and oddly wide. It looks like a hotel that has been built up and redesigned over the course of several decades - because it has.
Balconies, rooms, walkways and windows have been added. Off-white paint covers the walls and ceilings. Carpeting is green floral and chandeliers-like fixtures are the primary light sources. Doorknobs are from different eras. A black and steel cage-elevator stands in the middle of it all, like a tiny jail transporting guests at a painfully slow speed.
If you want a hotel that's stayed true to its Victorian roots, this is your place. Bronze lamps are turned blue from time and oxidation. Chairs and couches are velvet with worn patches and lumpy seats.
And the Del routinely sells out. Even when low-end rooms cost $200. Even during a recession.
It lies at the foot of the Coronado beach, routinely rated as one of America's top beaches with its pristine white-and-gold flaked sand. Tourists from all over the world flock there for ocean and beauty.
The Del's public areas are lovely and welcoming. A skating rink with an ocean view is set up in winter. There's a gelato shop with the best product I've tasted outside of Italy, and my favorite sandwich (fresh turkey, fig jam and brie on a French roll) sells for $13.
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I recently stayed in the Hotel del Coronado with an American Indian woman who has the "curse", as she calls it. She can feel others' pain. We stayed in room 3343. In the room above us every night between 10 p.m. and 3 a.m., the same pattern of foot steps, back and forth across the floor. Then the sound of a door closing. Not opening. Just closing. The room was unoccupied. What I noticed was it was a heeled shoe or boot on hardwood flooring and not on carpet. My friend said what she felt was bad. That the man up there has done bad things in the hotel and it started in that room. We heard the sound of an old door lock repeatedly being locking and unlocked. She could not take the elevator and did not want to be near it. She said she could feel pain coming from it. The pain was from two young children. One child, a boy she told me, asked her to play with him. We both heard the laughing and running footsteps of children in the hallway when there were no people there. I know because I looked and saw nothing...just heard it. I also heard moaning, two moans come from the room next door on two nights. The room was not occupied. We also heard the distant clinging of glass as well. My friend said the hotel was nice but has very bad sprits and she would stay there again. It was an experience, to say the least.


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Green Bay Packers Lose Bryan Bulaga To Season-Ending Injury
Green Bay Packers left tackle Bryan Bulaga has reportedly torn his anterior cruciate ligament in his knee. Bulaga tore his ACL during Saturday night's Family Night Scrimmage while he was playing for the first team offense. Pro Football Talk.com Mike Florio reported the season ending injury for the former Iowa standout.
Last year, Bulaga had a season-ending hip injury on November 4 against Arizona. In the offseason, Bulaga was moving from the right side to the left side.
Packers head coach Mike McCarthy will further address Bulaga's injury at the team's press conference on Monday afternoon.
In other Packers news, Green Bay will bring in Vince Young for a workout on Monday. Green Bay's current backup quarterbacks under Aaron Rodgers are Graham Harrell and B.J. Coleman.
Young is 31-19 as an NFL starter with 8,964 passing yards, 46 touchdowns and 51 interceptions. On the ground, Young has 1,459 rushing yards and 12 touchdowns.


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BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - October 11, 2012 --A woman who drunkenly wandered into a Colorado home before the homeowner shot her in the hip has pleaded guilty to first-degree criminal trespassing.
Zoey Ripple's lawyer says her client may have been under the influence of a date rape drug when she wandered into the Boulder home around 3:30 a.m. May 23.
The Daily Camera reports that after pleading guilty Wednesday, Ripple received a deferred sentence that could result in the felony being stripped from her record if she avoids another conviction in the next 18 months.
The homeowner who shot Ripple wasn't charged. Prosecutors said his actions were justified under Colorado's "Make My Day" law, which allows residents to defend themselves against intruders.
Ripple, who made the dean's list at the University of Colorado, has apologized.


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A Military History of the American Revolution, 1754–1783
Stephen Conway
The military history of the American Revolution is more than the history of the War of Independence. The Revolution itself had important military causes. The experience of the Seven Years' War (which started in 1754 in North America) conditioned British attitudes to the colonies after that conflict was over. From 1764, the British Parliament tried to raise taxes in America to pay for a new permanent military garrison. British politicians resisted colonial objections to parliamentary taxation at least partly because they feared that if the Americans established their right not to be taxed by Westminster, Parliament's right to regulate colonial overseas trade would then be challenged. If the Americans broke out of the system of trade regulation, British ministers, MPs, and peers worried, then the Royal Navy would be seriously weakened.
The War of Independence, which began in 1775, was not the great American triumph that most accounts suggest. The British army faced a difficult task in suppressing a rebellion three thousand miles from Britain itself. French intervention on the American side in 1778 (followed by the Spanish in 1779, and the Dutch in 1780) made the task still more difficult. In the end, the war in America was won by the French as much as by the Americans. But in the wider imperial conflict, affecting the Caribbean, Central America, Europe, West Africa, and South Asia, the British fared much better. Even in its American dimension, the outcome was less clear cut than we usually imagine. The British, the nominal losers, retained great influence in the independent United States, which in economic terms remained in an essentially dependent relationship with the former mother country.
The Significance of Society in the 18th Century: Conversations about Governance
Andrew Cayton
The American Revolution was an episode in a transatlantic outcry against the corruption of the British balance of power and liberty institutionalized in the Glorious Revolution of 1688–1689. English speakers during the 18th century reflected on this constitutional crisis within a larger conversation about the problem of human governance. Although many people excluded from Parliament supported political reform, if not revolution, they also sought remedies for the perversion of political power and influence in new forms of social power and influence. This article looks at the convergence of political and social discussions in a common discourse about the nature of power and the ways in which human beings influenced each other. The first section outlines the meanings of power and influence in British politics. The second section uses the novelist Sarah Fielding's Remarks on Clarissa (1759) to delineate revolutionary notions about social power and influence. The third section turns to the speeches and writings of Edmund Burke in the run-up to the American Revolution to look at how English speakers deployed notions of social power to advocate for political reform.


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SGMoon necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 418 diseños de 89 diseñadores freelance.
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Inner Truth is a full service market research and strategic planning agency first of its kind in Australia. It combines neuroscience, clinical psychology and marketing strategy expertise to advertising, branding, product development and packaging. The company brings world-class experts in neuroscience, psychology and marketing planning to develop better methods of understanding consumer thought, emotion, and behavior and translating the insight into highly effective marketing and communication strategies.
The primary neuroscientific research tools utilised by Inner Truth is high-density EEG data acquisition equipment supplied by our leading Australia-based medical diagnostic devices partner organisation Compumedics/Neuroscan (see http://www.neuroscan.com/systems.cfm for a brief look at the equipment for inspiration) and eye tracking technologies provided by Tobii (see http://www.tobii.com/corporate/start.aspx for more inspiration)
The company has a premium service position offering involving highly qualified experts in their fields utilising the latest technological and cognitive neuroscience advances and interpretative capabilities to deliver unseen before insight to clients in a creative, practical way.
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-major retailers in all categories
-any business that has significant advertising and communications budgets that require a truly objective ROI measurement
-the logo will be flexible such that is can be used across all marketing/communication mediums and types (e.g. web, print etc)
-The logo is crisp, stylish, and minimalistic conveying the highly academic and scientific nature of the company but also be appealing to the target audiences (e.g. ad agency creative; marketing managers; design agencies) so not too dull and boring (not an easy task to balance the two but thats why your the creatives!)
-Easy to read font that is transferable across font sizes -Transferable into any color (corporate colors are NOT established and will be guided by the logo but the colors to align to the premium positioning)
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Two months ago, on July 5, 1937 Amelia Earhart went missing, the government last heard from her when she was in Japan. The government thinks that the Japanese kidnapped her, held her prisoner, and possibly killed her! The Japanese deny that they held her prisoner, and killed her.
A woman (from an island that Japan took over) said that a plane crashed not too far from her home. Later, the U.S. found plane parts, and a heal of a womans 1937 shoe in the around the island, that the Japanese took over but there was no evidence it was Amelias shoe. The Japanese might NEVER say that they know where Amelia is. Still we will never give up looking for her.
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Cuomo's progressive agenda runs into legislative roadblocks
ALBANY – This was to be, according to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, the Year of the Progressive Agenda.
But the governor all but conceded defeat Monday on several key initiatives he had floated to restore his ties with the progressive wing of his party, from a new abortion rights measure to public financing of political campaigns. Not even on his lips these days is talk of lessening penalties for marijuana possession, among his top priorities earlier this year.
With just three days left on the 2013 legislative calendar, it remains uncertain what Cuomo's tongue-lashing and threats against the Legislature, made in a radio interview Monday, were meant to accomplish.
But one thing seems clear: The governor's major political victory in getting reluctant Republicans to go along with him in early January on a gun-control measure is not helping with his progressive agenda at the end of this session.
"I think it hurt all his endeavors for the rest of the year. He probably got people who voted for that gun bill who shouldn't have. That has made them gun-shy for the rest of the year," said Michael R. Long, chairman of the state Conservative Party.
So while Cuomo was issuing his own 2014 electoral threats Monday against those lawmakers not supportive of his abortion rights and campaign finance plans, so, too, was Long, whose name recognition may not be as high with voters but whose title holds sway with Republicans eager to hold partial control of the Senate.
His message to Senate Republicans has been simple. "Hold firm," Long said. And has he made that clear to them? "I couldn't have made it any clearer."
M. Tracey Brooks, president of Family Planning Advocates, said women's organizations support Cuomo's vow to not press for passage of nine women's rights provisions he proposed – including the toughening of laws on sexual harassment and human trafficking – unless an abortion rights measure he and the groups want is included in the package.
Senate Republicans and four independent Senate Democrats say that isn't happening.
Brooks said that any link between the gun law and abortion measure is a "misread" of public opinion, which she says has shown support for the abortion provision.
Many lawmakers say they can't wait to leave Albany, but there are some matters still to be resolved:
• Casino gambling – Will Cuomo and lawmakers cut a deal to permit up to seven new casinos in New York before asking voters this fall to approve such a change to the State Constitution?
• "Tax-Free NY" – Will Cuomo get lawmakers to go along with a program giving tax breaks – including even no state income tax payments by employees – to firms willing to locate on state and private college campuses?
• Local government assistance – What will be the final form be of an expected deal to let localities ask a special state restructuring board for help with their structural deficits, and will there be real or window-dressing solutions for "distressed" municipalities to pay what they can afford in cases of binding arbitration with police and firefighters unions?
While those measures get the headlines, dozens of others are in the mix. Upstate lawmakers fear that momentum has stopped for a new public-private entity to help utilities finance improvements to electrical transmission lines, which could help Western New York power plants with more ways to sell energy to downstate.
Some parents are pressing for a ban on over-the-counter sales of certain cough medicines being abused by teenagers for their hallucinatory effects, while others, led by a Western New York contingent, want increased penalties for repeat child-abuse offenders.
"We have a framework for further discussions," Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, D-Manhattan, said of where the sides are on the various issues.
After more than an hour of closed-door talks, there was only one thing on which the sides appeared to agree. "We agreed we want to be finished by Thursday," said Senate co-leader Jeffrey D. Klein, D-Bronx.
On a public radio program, Cuomo threatened lawmakers with the creation of a panel with broad investigatory powers if they do not enact a taxpayer-funded campaign finance system along with other ideas he says will reduce corruption.
He also bashed the four independent Senate Democrats, who run the Senate with the GOP in a coalition, for refusing to bring his abortion rights bill to the floor; he said the matter will now be a factor in the 2014 legislative elections.
The governor also defended his newest casino idea, which calls for allowing slotlike devices into new gambling halls in certain parts of the state – Western New York would be excluded because of the new casino deal with the Seneca Nation of Indians – if a referendum to add seven full casinos with table games and real slots is defeated this fall by voters.
While some sources said the sides had agreed Monday to a casino-expansion measure, key lawmakers say the terms are still being negotiated.
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Muffinmom wrote:Can't help with the painting, sorry!!! And the desk move - does that mean its to an area that has LESS draft? Dare I hope?
Come oooooon. There's just the area under the stairs to paint now! My dad finally blocked up the mouse hole so it's all ready to go! You can even do it while I'm away this weekend!
How was everyone's Easters and weekends? Mine was pretty good. The Irresponsibles came over with my ex-BIL who we still like and I ate myself stupid. The Irresponsibles are pregnant again and I can't help but roll my eyes, but whatever. It's their lives. You'd also think two people with weird names would know not to name their kid ATHENA, but again... whatever.
In the meantime Fawkes (the new kitty) got some kind of wound on the pads of one of her feet, so her foot has been all swollen and she's been chewing on it. My sister kept insisting there was a needle or a pin embedded in it and although I KNOW I don't have either a needle or a pin small enough to disappear completely I got pretty paranoid about it. Took her to the vet today and had to help hold her down while he tried to shave down between her toes to get a better look at it, so that was fun. The good news is he said that there's no open wound and he gave me some powdered meds to sprinkle on it to help numb and heal it. So fingers crossed the swelling will go down soon!


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Born in Porto Alegre, Brazil in 1990, Luan Oliveira began skating at 9 years old when his Grandfather brought him home a skateboard from the supermarket. After he learned to ride the skateboard, he was hooked, and so began his life as a skateboarder. International sensation Luan Oliveira was discovered by Geoff Rowley and Flip skateboards. In 2008 and 2009 Luan won the Tampa Am competition, becoming the first skateboarder ever to have two consecutive wins. Shortly after his wins in Florida Luan Oliveira was featured in Flip Skateboard's video "Extremely Sorry" where he turned heads and dropped jaws with his tricks that seemed to defy the laws of physics.
Following his two consecutive wins at the Tampa Am and groundbreaking role in Flip's "Extremely Sorry" Luan turned professional with the Flip Skateboard team in 2010. In the same year Luan was invited to participate in the first ever Street League pro tour, but was unable to compete due to an injury. In 2011 Luan was able to skate two out of the three Street League stops and in 2012 he took 6th place overall. Luan Oliveira also has competed in the X Games where in 2011 he placed second and took home the silver medal. Aside from competitions Luan Oliveira has also been in a variety of internet clips such as Volcom's series showing Luan skating the streets of his home country, and Flip Skateboards and Matriz Skateshop's video of Luan skating and explaining the story behind the Flip x Matriz skateboard deck. Recently in 2012 Luan Oliveira became the newest member to join the Nike SB team.
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Life on Earth would be impossible without plants. Humans rely on plants for most clothing, furniture, food, as well as for many pharmaceuticals and other products. Plant genome sciences are essential to understanding how plants function and how to develop desirable plant characteristics. For example, plant genomic science can contribute to the development of plants that are drought-resistant, those that require less fertilizer, and those that are optimized for conversion to fuels such as ethanol and biodiesel. The National Plant Genome Initiative (NPGI) is a unique, cross-agency funding enterprise that has been funding and coordinating plant genome research successfully for nine years. Research breakthroughs from NPGI and the National Science Foundation's Arabidopsis 2010 Project, such as how the plant immune system controls pathogen defense, demonstrate that the plant genome science community is vibrant and capable of driving technological advancement. This report from the National Research Council concludes that these programs should continue so that applied programs on agriculture, bioenergy, and others will always be built on a strong foundation of fundamental plant biology research.
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- Because photosynthetic organisms play a central role in all of the Earth's major ecosystems, understanding how plants function, and how to modify and improve their ability to carry out specific physiological processes the goals of plant genome research are likely to have deep and far-reaching ultimate environmental impacts.
- IWG should capitalize on the research capacity built and important knowledge gained via NPGI to date and expand the program so that the member organizations current and future agency-specific and mission-oriented programs will always be built on a strong foundation of fundamental plant biology research.
- NPGI demonstrates that the plant genome science research community is vibrant and capable of continued imaginative breakthroughs that will drive technological advancement.
- Plant genome sciences, and plant biology as a whole, are vital enterprises that contribute significantly to human health, energy security, and enlightened and careful environmental stewardship.


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Time Warner Cable, not Fox Sports/Prime Ticket, will emerge as the Dodgers' new cable TV partner starting in 2014, but only to help the team launch its own channel, sources reported to Bloomberg News this morning.
No deal has been signed — rumors are that it is in the $7 billion range, making it the most expensive local TV deal in history — but an announcement officially could come Thursday. Neither the Dodgers' Guggenheim Partners nor Time Warner Cable commented on the reports.
Prime Ticket had whipped up a deal in the neighborhood of $6 billion for 25 years, according to reports that leaked out in late November, hoping that word got out that it was serious about extending a partnership that had lasted more than a decade. Prime Ticket had first rights to renegotiate its deal that will expire after the upcoming season.
Time Warner was able to join the negotiations when the Prime Ticket exclusive window expired in November.
The immediate problem for the Dodgers will be to find channel space if it ventures off into its own. Time Warner Cable recently created the TWC SportsNet and Deportes channels when it obtained the long-term rights to the Lakers (as well as the Galaxy and Sparks), and then saw the anticipated growing pains of trying to get other cable and dish systems to pay as much as $3.95 per subscriber per month to carry it.
The Dodgers' defection to Time Warner would also be another huge blow to Fox Sports West/Prime Ticket, losing both its anchor tenants and programming content providers in the matter of two seasons.


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Suspected LAX gunman charged
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal prosecutors have filed charges of murder and commission of violence at an international airport against the unemployed motorcycle mechanic suspected of carrying out the deadly shooting at the Los Angeles airport.
If convicted, Paul Ciancia could get the death penalty. He was arrested Friday after authorities say he barged into a terminal, pulled an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle from his duffel bag and opened fire. A Transportation Security Administration officer was killed and several other people were injured, including two TSA officers, before Ciancia was shot by airport police.
U.S. Attorney Andre Birotte Jr. says the killing is "believed to be a premeditated act of murder in the first-degree."
Authorities believe someone dropped Ciancia off at the airport, and agents are reviewing surveillance tapes and other evidence to piece together the sequence of events.
According to authorities, the suspect appeared determined to lash out at the TSA, saying in a note that he wanted to kill at least one TSA officer and didn't care which one.
They say the suspect's note also mentioned "fiat currency" and "NWO," possible references to the New World Order, a conspiracy theory that foresees a totalitarian one-world government.
Ciancia, who was shot four times by airport police, remains hospitalized, but there's no word on his condition.


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A judge ruled Thursday that Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn's move to halt state lawmakers' paychecks is unconstitutional and they must be paid right away.
Cook County Judge Neil Cohen said the state Constitution makes it clear that lawmakers' pay can't be changed while they serve their terms. Cohen ordered Illinois Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka to pay the lawmakers immediately.
"Today the circuit court vindicated the Illinois Constitution as Judge Cohen ruled to protect and preserve the separation of powers," Senate President John Cullerton said. "Now that the governor's actions have been answered by a court, I trust that we can put aside all distractions and focus on the goal of pension reform."
Quinn used his line-item veto this summer to stop lawmakers' checks until they submit a solution to the state pension crisis. He warned of circumstances if they missed his deadline and described the pay halt as a wake-up call for those who have failed for two years to take action.
"This is an emergency," Quinn said at the time. "This is a crisis. This requires the full attention of those who were elected to the General Assembly."
A bipartisan committee has since been created to work through the pension issue, but it has not yet reached a recommendation.
Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and Cullerton filed a lawsuit against Quinn, alleging the veto power he used to suspend paychecks was unconstitutional. The lawsuit also named state Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka, who issues the paychecks.
The lawsuit cites part of the constitution that Judge Cohen pointed to Thursday which says you can't change a lawmaker's salary mid-term.
"Just as the Illinois Constitution of 1970 protects the right of each judge to receive a salary and not have their salary reduced during their term of office, the Constitution also requires that each legislator receive a salary and prohibits "changes" in the salaries of legislators during their terms of office," Madigan and Cullerton said in a lawsuit, filed in Cook County Court.
Quinn has stood by his decision.
When Quinn first announced the suspension, we asked readers in a flash survey whether the governor was right to suspend lawmakers' pay. Eighty-eight percent said yes, while 11 percent said no.
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Hidden Disneyland Details - Sparky's Empty Grave from Frankenweenie
Every Autumn, Disneyland's Haunted Mansion undergoes a whimsical transformation, becoming the Haunted Mansion Holiday. Inspired by Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), Madame Leota and the mansion's 999 haunts open their eerie estate to the quirky ghouls from Halloween Town. Beginning in 2001, Jack Skellington has hosted the annual holiday overlay, a mishmash of the otherwise mismatched Halloween and Christmas holiday seasons.
A new Disney Detail has been added to this year's Haunted Mansion Holiday. In anticipation of Tim Burton's latest Disney project, the stop-motion animated Frankenweenie (2012), a special grave and marker have been added to the pet cemetery in the mansion's front garden.
Though empty gravesites may not seem strange in a pet cemetery, or more specifically - Pet Sematary. This empty grave and bone shaped cross are tributes to Sparky, the four-legged star of Burton's Frankenweenie, which was released in theaters on October 5, 2012.


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IT Management Slideshow: 8 Things Business Hates About IT
By Edward Cone | Posted 01-05-2010
Susan Cramm's forthcoming book, 8 Things We Hate About IT: How to Move Beyond the Frustrations to Form a New Partnership With IT (Harvard Business Press, March 2010), examines the frustrations common to the business-IT relationship. "Nobody hates the people in IT, but everybody - business and IT leaders alike- hates the current IT system," says Cramm, founder and president of the IT leadership firm Valuedance. Her list of eight hates was validated by a 2009 survey of business and IT leaders. It's built around issues facing organizations, and includes perspectives from both sides.
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