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Mostly, I think I am a grown-up… or at least I pretend to be. There is no definitive criteria for establishing adult-hood and maturity is not automatically granted at the age of 18. Occasionally I'll have one of those wow-I'm-getting-old moments and by occasionally, I mean all the time.
My best friend of almost 25 years is getting married. Yes, that would make us 21 years young. I am honored to be her bridesmaid and looking forward to the wedding. Although I don't mind humiliating myself by blogging about life's embarrassing moments, I won't humiliate her by mentioning we used to have practice weddings in the library with paper flowers, wedding invitations written on notebook paper, and an aisle we used to walk down near the non-fiction section.
I haven't been in a wedding since my own and I hadn't anticipated the challenges of being a bridesmaid and being a mom at the same time.
Ah, how un-fondly I look back on that moment when the bridal shop called to verify my unusual measurements were accurate. Nonetheless, I re-did my measurements to determine whether or not having a baby had turned me into a mis-shapen mutant and it had. I not-so-enthusiastically ordered a larger dress size and was distressed when I tried it on. Snug is not a word that makes women feel beautiful or sexy. Bless the seamstress who promised the next time I try the dress on, my expression will be happier. If that is the case, I might have clothes professionally altered more often just for the pep-talks.
While we were waiting to have the alteration ticket written up, my mother and I were discussing undergarments. Yes, undergarments. My mother suddenly laughed (although I take undergarments very seriously) and I realized my son was standing on the pedestal with a young girl who was having her prom gown fitted. Flirting already at 15 months… hide your daughters. After I offered an apology only necessary for me, I scooped him up and pondered the logistics of being a bridesmaid and being a mom.
We had a plan at the bridal shower for when he got fussy and I wasn't able to make him happy without neglecting my bridesmaid duties, but the wedding will be a bigger challenge. I think I can hear some moms telling me to just leave him at home, but my usual childcare options will be AT this wedding and making arrangements is a little more complicated seeing as how we are traveling for the wedding.
And how will I get ready? I have been responsible for getting myself, my husband, and my son ready for the past 15 months. I'm afraid if I'm not there to help they'll show up with no pants on or else inconveniently late. If the universe ever implodes and time collapses on itself, it is because a mother was not there to get her family ready.
This is another one of those unexpected ways a woman's life changes after having a baby. No matter what other role I might serve as a bridesmaid, a working woman, or someone trying to wash their car… first and foremost I am a mom now!
What experiences have you had with taking your child to a wedding? Success or embarrassing disaster? Any tips or tricks for taking your child to celebrate a special occasion?


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Flew the Ride back to back with the Park at the naish demo in OBX sound side.
Ride had a little more bar pressure but not heavy, slower of the two turning wise, better low end of the two, but you get the feeling that a lot of that impression is the bar pressure difference. It can flap a little in the loops along the trailing edge. Very easy to jump. Nice clean bar with no swivel.
The Park is the better looper. Crisper response. Also a really easy jumping kite, but had a little less power on the low end.... or at least it felt that way.
Rode 10m in both. Both are really really nice kites and I would consider the ride in a bigger kite but felt the park was a better fit for me in medium to small sizes.
The demo gang were great.
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By CHRIS WHITAKER
Georgia Southwestern had runs of 9-1 and 14-2 to start each half as the Lady Hurricanes dominated Albany State in a 70-59 win to open the new season Monday evening in the Storm Dome.
GSW led by as many as 28 in the second half before the Lady Rams closed the gap in the final minutes of the game.
"I think it's so funny, the way we ended, it felt like we lost the game," said coach Kelly Britsky. "Getting on top early definitely helped our confidence. I don't think we ever relinquished the lead. A lot of people scored tonight, and I think that shows a little more depth."
Whitley Wiltz, who broke her nose in practice about 2 1/2 weeks ago, led GSW with game-highs of 12 points and eight rebounds, and Terra Branch scored 10 and made three steals.
"Proud of Whitley - that mask has given her fits," said Britsky. "Proud of her stepping up as well as Terra. It was positive all the way around tonight. The biggest thing I was disappointed in was we were outrebounded by 10 (46-36). We pride ourselves on rebounding, and we definitely didn't do that tonight."
Jessica Bivins hit the first field goal of the season, a 3-pointer, as the Lady Hurricanes went into halftime with a 36-20 lead.
GSW forced 23 of Albany State's 41 turnovers in the first half and held it to 29 percent shooting in the half. GSW had 26 turnovers of its own in the game.
"We mixed our defenses up; we were running three different ones," said Britksy. "That caused a lot of their heartaches because they were not sure what we were in at times. We threw in trapping, and that took the advantage toward us."
Jonneshia Pineda and LaTonyah Bentley each scored seven points off the bench.
Britsky said the team has to get the third five playing better, as that's when the Lady Rams made their run at the end of the game.
"We want our weakest link to be strong. We're getting there, but not there yet," she said.
Rosetta Daniels led Albany State with 12 points off the bench.
"It's good to get the first win," said Britsky. "We're excited about the competition level; sometimes those first games are too easy. Hopefully we can start a rivalry with Albany State."
The Lady Hurricanes are back in action Friday and Saturday at the 2009 Saint Leo University Tournament. They play the hosts, Saint Leo, at 7:30 p.m. Friday and against Florida Southern at 5:30 p.m. Saturday.
PICTURED: Terra Branch
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Car News: 2014 Geneva Auto Show
2015 Mercedes-Benz S-Class Coupe Revealed Ahead of Geneva
- Mercedes S-Class Coupe revealed ahead of Geneva
- High-end coupe will replace today's CL-Class
- Many design cues borrowed from S-Class sedan
The 2015 Mercedes-Benz S-Class Coupe has been officially unveiled. Mercedes-Benz recently showed off the new model, set to replace the full-size CL-Class, ahead of its global debut next month at the Geneva Auto Show.
On the outside, the S-Class Coupe offers an elegant shape that includes few surprises. That's because it draws many styling cues from the full-size S-Class sedan, which was redesigned for the 2014 model year. In other words, expect soft, flowing lines, a graceful shape and understated looks that hardly reveal the coupe's performance potential.
Not surprisingly, that potential is strong thanks to a standard 4.7-liter turbocharged V8. It's the same engine in today's S550, and it's good for a whopping 455 horsepower and 516 lb-ft of torque. In typical Mercedes fashion, more powerful S-Class Coupe models are expected to follow after the base model's debut.
Inside, the S-Class Coupe also borrows a lot of design cues from the standard S-Class. They include four center-mounted air vents, upright dashboard screens and a center-mounted controller for the COMAND system. Of course, the S-Class Coupe will also feature high-end materials and an endlessly customizable interior.
So what sets the S-Class Coupe apart from its sedan stablemate? Aside from its 2-door body style, the coupe boasts a few changes over the typical S-Class. One is a subtle trunk spoiler in back, which is included on several sporty new Mercedes models. Another is the sporty 3-spoke steering wheel, which replaces the controversial 2-spoke unit in the S-Class sedan. And the S-Class Coupe boasts exclusive optional headlights fitted with 47 Swarovski crystals.
Stay tuned for more information about the S-Class Coupe, as we'll have more news when the coupe debuts in Geneva.
What it means to you: The 2015 Mercedes-Benz S-Class Coupe takes today's CL-Class to a new level of opulence and elegance.


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Hacker group Anonymous claimed to have taken over the website of the U.S. Sentencing Commission in protest of attempts by federal officials to prosecute open-data campaigner Aaron Swartz.
Swartz killed himself earlier this month. And in a YouTube video Anonymous said he did so because he was faced with "an impossible choice" after federal prosecutors charged him in connection with copying academic journal articles from an online repository.
The video was reportedly posted on the website of the sentencing commission, but as of Saturday morning the site appeared to be offline.
In the nine-minute video, members of Anonymous, a loose affiliation of hackers, said they were ready to engage the U.S. Department of Justice in "a game in which the only winning move is not to play."
The video included clips from the 1983 movie War Games, in which a hacker inadvertendly triggers a nuclear war.
The group claims to have a number of encrypted files that could be embarrassing to the Justice Department and said it will release details of how to access them if the government does not reform its approach to sentencing criminals.
Richard McFeely, a senior FBI official who handles cybercrime, said in a statement that the bureau knew of the Anonymous attack as soon as it happened and has launched a criminal investigation.
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Eric Goldstein: Big Apple Operations
ERIC GOLDSTEIN has transformed the NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION by:
- Creating a team that is made up of diverse backgrounds and changing the department's management structure
- Using a data-driven approach to study the foodservice program and make identified improvements
- Increasing participation in breakfast and summer meals by using innovative techniques such as mobile trucks
- Gradually making changes to the menus to gain student acceptability while increasing the healthfulness of the items served
As Frank Sinatra famously sang about New York City, "If I can make it there, I'm gonna make it anywhere." That certainly rings true for Eric Goldstein, chief executive of The Office of School Support Services for the New York City Department of Education. The department serves 860,000 meals a day at 1,709 schools. "It's hard to wrap your mind around that," Goldstein admits. And if running foodservice for the nation's largest school district wasn't enough, Goldstein also is in charge of transportation and high school sports.
Building a team: Goldstein was hired in 2004 as a deputy overseeing food, transportation and high school sports. He was promoted to chief executive in 2007. Before joining NYC schools, Goldstein had no food experience. He had worked in England for different companies that focused on publishing and private equity, among other professions. "I have a very disjointed career," Goldstein says. "Food found me. I'm not one of those people who said, 'I want to be in the food business.' I love to eat but food was more of a hobby. I came to this job more from a business and operational background. I earned my Ph.D. in food on the job."
Because of Goldstein's business background, he saw that the department could look at its financial side in a different light. "School food is this quasi-corporate entity. Even though we are in the Department of Education, we've got revenue, expenses and a product," he says. "Typically government looks at revenue and expenses separately. We said, 'I've got private sector experience and a lot of other people have private sector experience so let's start looking at revenue and expense together through a retail lens.' We put the right management team in place and brought in some outside talent.
"I think we're structured well," Goldstein adds. "We have a great team of people who are smart and dedicated. We have a real wonderful chili, if you look at us in a food term."
One of Goldstein's major initiatives when he took over as chief executive was to hire people who didn't necessarily have a foodservice background but who had business expertise. Goldstein hired one deputy who was a high-ranking officer in the Marines to work on the department's logistical side. Goldstein says this "enables us to really focus and think about how we address our business through a retail lens."
In addition to hiring diverse talent, Goldstein reorganized the department's management structure. The department was divided into four categories: field operations, compli-
ance, food and food support and services. Each of New York City's five boroughs has its own regional director. Following the reorganization, Goldstein says communication improved because a process was put in place for the flow of information.
Numbers crunching: After the people were in place, Goldstein focused on developing metrics. The original plan was for each cafeteria to run its own profit and loss statement. "One problem we had was that because of our systems, our data is about three months slow," Goldstein says. "And I realized our people didn't know how to handle a P&L or read a P&L. It was a totally ineffectual tool. So I said, 'What's a really good tool that we can nucleate our thinking around?' The answer was cost per meal."
Now each school computes its cost per meal, based on food cost only. Managers can then use that data to determine how their schools rank when compared with similar schools.


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Great article Drew – I love any way to speed up pages without harming the aesthetics, and I'm sure IE will catch up in their next version – they're not so bad at that these days.
There's one thing I think is missing from this technology. In your 'HEADER 1' example, you've shown the BODY with a patterned background, the DIV with a solid white and then some RGBA transparency on the H1 so it partially shows through to the DIV. What if you wanted the type to show through all the way to the BODY background but still keep the rest of the DIV solid white?
I suppose there would have to be another property where you specify through how many elements you want to 'burrow' the transparency. Unless I am being dumb and there is a way?


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Despite the challenges faced in scaling up feedstock and fuel production, commercial aviation could yet achieve the goal of meeting 1% of its jet-fuel needs from sustainable biofuels by 2015, says a senior Boeing executive.
"It's going to be really close," says Billy Glover, vice president of market strategy for Boeing Commercial Airplanes, adding that "1% by 2015" was set by Boeing as in "internal, aspirational" target at a time when many thought finding biofuel alternatives to petroleum-based jet fuel was impossible.
Speaking after United Airlines signed its first, small biofuel offtake agreement and announced plans to release the first formal request for proposals (RFP) for larger quantities of biofuels, Glover says "there are other things in the works, but it's not a sure thing."
"We selected 1% as an inflection point, significant enough to be able say we are really going to get enough volume to get the economies of scale and to get an idea where the economics of biofuels are going," he says.
Describing United's purchase agreement with AltAir Fuels for 15 million gal. of biofuel over three years for use at Los Angeles International Airport as "a historic milestone," Glover says the airline's planned RFP for 30-40 million gal./year of biofuel at one of its hubs "is a strong indication we are right at the front end of achieving some industrial scale."
The United RFP "is the next step to understanding the availability, pricing and competitiveness of biofuels," he says. "We are right at the inflection point today."
Issuing a formal RFP emerged as a key action from a year-long study by the Midwest Aviation Sustainable Biofuels Initiative (Masbi), led by a consortium of United, Boeing, Honeywell company UOP, the Chicago Department of Aviation and the Clean Energy Trust.
Boeing has been involved in several such regional initiatives, including the Sustainable Aviation Fuels Northwest report completed in 2011, and Glover says the Masbi report shows aviation's understanding of the biofuels industry and policy issues has matured.
"There is a maturity that was not there a couple of years ago," he says, citing as an example the report's recommendation that master limited partnerships—an investment structure and tax regime now limited to the conventional petroleum industry—be allowed for renewable fuels.
"We have done regional studies in Australia, Mexico, and one in Brazil we have just completed, and in each case we learn something more," Glover says. "Each one increases the momentum towards the longer-term goal" of reducing aviation's carbon footprint and dependence on fossil fuel.


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In my latest post, I wrap up NH, preview Saturday's primary in SC, and argue that Mitt Romney's nomination is not actually a foregone conclusion.
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VU on Politics – RSS Feed Fixed
A few people mentioned that the RSS feed for the new CSDI blog wasn't working last week. It's now been fixed, and can be accessed via the link below. Let me know if you have any more problems.
New Blog: VU on Politics
The CSDI recently unveiled its new blog, VU on Politics, which will feature insight and analysis from John Geer, Larry Bartels, Joshua Clinton, David Lewis, Alan Wiseman, and many others. My first contribution (adapted from yesterday's post on this site) went live this afternoon.
I'll be posting commentary on the 2012 race on both sites throughout the year, but the content on each will be unique—straightforward analysis will mainly go to the CSDI site, while posts on this blog will be more diverse in their focus, level of detail, and tone. So I hope you'll follow both, and look forward to sharing my thoughts more regularly in the coming months.
The Fundamentals of the New Hampshire Primary
Last night's caucuses in Iowa apparently succeeded in thinning out the GOP herd: Bachmann's out, Perry's returning to Texas to "reflect" for a while, and Jon Huntsman was less than a hundred votes away from officially receiving 0%.* It seems we've finally reached the point where the race can be discussed in terms of more than just Ron Paul's eyebrows, Rick Perry's arsenal, or Michele Bachmann's steadfast opposition to the concept of "facts". And so in honor of the occasion, I present the first installment of my commentary on the 2012 elections.
Today, I'm in a Granite State of mind.** I've always liked New Hampshire. Growing up just over the MA border, it was where everyone went for tax free shopping, illicit fireworks, socialized liquor distribution, better skiing, and vacations when you didn't have the money to buy plane tickets. I still have many friends there and get back as often as I can, and even wonder whether this will be the year I finally make it up Mt. Washington.***
So it's been something of a personal peeve to me that in nearly all the coverage of the NH primary (both this year and in previous cycles), commentators have either treated the state as (a) a quirky, unrepresentative backwater with inflated electoral power, or (b) a mystical land of cold-tempered sages who control our political destinies. While I hate to be a buzzkill, the reality is that New Hampshire is just a regular state, with regular people, which has traditionally held the first primary and which continues to do so because nobody's found a politically feasible way to change that yet.
To understand what the NH primary actually means, it's important to take a more precise look at what distinguishes New Hampshire relative to the rest of the country. Two main idiosyncrasies tend to come up with regard to this year's primary. First, because of New Hampshire's size, many discussions are premised upon the idea that it isn't representative of the broader electorate. And second, Romney is widely expected to win in New Hampshire because it's in the former MA governor's "backyard." To see whether those ideas hold water, I decided to turn to something rarely found in recent coverage: actual data.
Because of the wide variation in survey methodology across polls (which makes it hard to compare polls' results to one another or to national-level data) and the scarcity of raw data, I decided to turn to the 2008 National Annenberg Election Survey. While the NAES's state-level sample size is smaller than I'd like, it provides the ability to compare responses across groups and states beyond what's possible with individual primary election polls. And just as importantly, the NAES contains a wide array of variables providing highly-detailed responses, so the resulting data can be directly compared to data from other sources—in this case, the results of the Iowa caucus entrance polls. (While using 2008 data in the context of the 2012 race naturally introduces some degree of error, in this context it's unlikely to be a major concern: my interest is in the prevalence of certain "fundamental" variables that are highly-stable from year to year.)
I've tallied the results of questions on the NAES which correspond with those found on the Iowa entrance polls, and present results for all respondents in (a) New Hampshire and (b) the US as a whole, then provide the same results for (c) GOP primary voters nationwide in 2008 and (d) Iowa caucusgoers in 2012. First, some observations about the uniqueness of New Hampshire's residents:
- In terms of race and ethnicity, NH is much more representative of the broader electorate than one might think. It is indeed much more likely to be white, non-hispanic, and native-born than the rest of the country, but in the context of analyzing the GOP primary, that hardly makes a difference—all three groups are similarly overrepresented among 2008 primary voters and made up the vast majority of this year's caucusgoers as well.
- With regard to age, education, and income, NH differs only modestly from national averages.
- The biggest difference in terms of demographics is the low prevalence of evangelicals in NH, at less than half the national average.
- Politically, NH residents are far more likely to call themselves independent than others, but this matters more in terms of identity than ideology: the number of self-identified conservatives is only slightly below the national average, and the proportion of those who call themselves "very conservative" is similar.
- The much higher rate of independent identification does not mean NH is full of moderates—breaking the data down further (not shown), the percentage of respondents describing themselves as "moderate" is less than 4 points higher in NH than elsewhere. While there may be some differences in ideology, they're not nearly as extreme as the party identification rates might suggest.
So when looking at the GOP primary, New Hampshire isn't nearly the backwater many imagine it to be. With the (admittedly big) exception of the rates of evangelicalism, New Hampshire actually does a fairly good job of reflecting the broader electorate. Given that the main argument for the value of the NH primary is that New Hampshire's small size forces candidates to engage in on-the-ground campaigning and allows the voters to learn about the candidates, it's hard to think of another state so small in both population and geography that would better serve as a stand-in for the rest of the country.
This leads into the second point I brought up above—whether Romney's presumed strength in New Hampshire is due to proximity. This notion has always seemed suspect to me, since Romney was never that popular in Massachusetts, and there's nothing in his record that would specifically appeal to the New Hampshire GOP (given that his only notable accomplishment was enacting universal healthcare with an individual mandate). Considering the fundamentals in New Hampshire alongside the cross-tabs of the Iowa entrance poll, Romney's supposed advantage would be more plausibly attributed to the characteristics of NH voters, especially in contrast to Iowa's caucusgoers:
- In terms of race, ethnicity, and age, there's little reason to suspect that these will have much impact on the outcome.
- But Romney does stand to do well in NH due to a greater number of college graduates and high-income households in NH than in the rest of the country, both groups which favored Romney in Iowa.****
- With regard to religion, NH has very few evangelicals, while Iowa is at the opposite end of the spectrum (57% of caucusgoers). Given that non-evangelicals supported Romney at nearly three times the rate of evangelicals, this is a huge advantage for him in NH.
- Nearly half of Iowa's caucusgoers identified as "very conservative", but that pattern almost certainly won't repeat in NH. Given that Romney does much better with moderate and slightly conservative voters, Romney is again in a stronger position in NH than he was in Iowa, and to a lesser extent should do better in NH than in the rest of the country as well for the same reason.
- Though Ron Paul triumphed among independent caucusgoers in Iowa, Romney came in second with independents. Barring an unlikely Ron Paul landslide, the high number of independents in NH should also give Romney an edge over his opponents.
So with all of those factors considered, a strong showing by Romney in New Hampshire would be likely no matter where he came from. At best, he might get a bit of a boost from increased name recognition, but those benefits would be minimal given his prominence in the campaign and his 2008 run—all else equal, by now he would be very well known in New Hampshire whether he had been governor of Massachusetts or Montana. But even if he were helped to some degree by familiarity, it would not do him much good if he weren't already a match for the state's electorate. After all, as he's become more known throughout the country during this campaign, it hasn't appeared to help him at all with voters; as often as not, those who find out who he is learn that they'd rather have someone else.
Finally, what does this mean for the other candidates? For many of the same reasons Romney does well in New Hampshire, Santorum should suffer relative to his Iowa performance—though such a decline could be somewhat offset if he gets most of Perry's and Bachmann's supporters (who appear most similar to his own in terms of fundamentals), and maybe a few of Gingrich's as well. The wildcard here is Ron Paul: given the independent nature of NH voters, he should conceivably do better there than most other places, but his eccentricities (both personal and political) suggest a ceiling in his potential support. He received 8% of the NH vote in 2008 and stands to improve upon that next week, but it's hard to see him becoming truly competitive on a national scale—South Carolina won't be nearly so welcoming as New Hampshire.
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Nico Rosberg won the Monaco Grand Prix from pole position on Sunday to take the overall championship lead from his teammate Lewis Hamilton, who came in second to give Mercedes a fifth straight 1-2 finish.
Hamilton appeared unhappy before, during and after the race in what promises to be a thrilling fight both on and off the track between the two drivers for the remaining 13 GPs.
Rosberg clinched his second victory of the season and fifth of his career, making a strong start and holding off Hamilton to repeat his maiden GP win from pole here in Monaco last year. Rosberg now leads Hamilton by four points: 122-118.
"The pressure was on all the way but I kept it cool and was able to win," said the German, who celebrated by hugging his team engineers.
"It's a special win, definitely, because Lewis has had the momentum with results and I managed to do that somewhat this weekend," said Rosberg, who struggled to manage his fuel load at times. "Fuel was very critical and caught me off guard a bit."
Rosberg finished 9.2 seconds ahead of Hamilton, who was just 0.4 faster than Daniel Ricciardo. The Red Bull driver was unable to get past Hamilton on a track that is the most difficult to overtake on in Formula One. Spaniard Fernando Alonso was fourth for Ferrari.
Four-time defending champion Sebastian Vettel's frustrating season with Red Bull continued as he abandoned early with a power unit failure.
Mercedes has taken every pole position so far this season: four for Hamilton and two for Rosberg, who won the season's opening race in Australia.
But the relationship between the childhood karting rivals seems to be deteriorating rapidly. They did not appear to shake hands after the race, and Hamilton looked visibly tense in the post-match race conference as he sat next to Rosberg.
"I felt I was very strong today," said Hamilton, who complained that his visibility was impaired by some dirt in his left eye. "Racing with one eye is virtually impossible to do. I was trying to open up my visor, which made it worse. I drove with my all heart and did everything I could do — fairly. I feel I drove fairly all weekend."
That comment looked like a veiled swipe at Rosberg for his controversial driving in qualifying.
During the race a tense Hamilton even snapped back at his team when told that Ricciardo was closing the gap on him.
"I don't care about Ricciardo, what's the gap to Nico?" said Hamilton, who earlier complained about the timing of a pit stop to underline what has been a tense weekend within Mercedes.
Hamilton was made to care about Ricciardo by the end and spent the final four laps blocking the Australian. It was a second straight third-place finish for the impressive Ricciardo, who is now ahead of Vettel, his more illustrious teammate.
"It is thrilling to be on the podium here in Monaco," Ricciardo said. "The start was not good, not what I wanted, actually dropped back to fifth. Third was the best we could do, so not a bad day."
Hamilton did pressure Rosberg at times and would certainly have attacked more on another track. But Monaco's 78-lap circuit — which has the slowest average speed on the F1 calendar —meant Rosberg's position was relatively safe throughout, unless Hamilton tried a risky move that could have made him crash.
Overtaking is so tough that 10 of the past 11 winners have done so from pole, the exception being Hamilton in 2008, the year he won the title.
Qualifying first for the race came amid controversial circumstances for Rosberg, who was cleared by stewards of any wrongdoing after making a late error that led to a yellow flag and curtailed Hamilton's chances of beating his time with less than one minute remaining in Saturday's session.
It was an incident that fueled the growing rivalry between the two runaway leaders in the overall standings. The British driver insinuated afterward that he would get revenge and evoked memories of the bitter rivalry between the late Ayrton Senna of Brazil and Frenchman Alain Prost when they raced for McLaren in the late 1980s.
Hamilton, who three days ago had taken the astonishing step of questioning his own teammate's hunger with somewhat disparaging comments, even intimated that he would "take a page out of his book" when referring to how Senna dealt with his conflict with Prost.
The safety car came out on lap one after Sergio Perez was bumped off the track by his former teammate Jenson Button's McLaren on the first lap, smacking into the barriers at the Mirabeau turn.
Vettel, who won 13 races last season, pitted after a few laps. Although he went back out, his team ordered him back in on lap eight.
The safety car was the only threat to Rosberg's momentum, and it came out again on lap 26 when German driver Adrian Sutil's Sauber went into the barriers on the run down to the chicane, sending debris flying onto the track. Mercedes pitted both their cars, although Hamilton seemed unhappy about it.
"I can't believe we just had to pit," Hamilton said. "Can you just inform me of what options I have?" He even sounded suspicious when he said : "We should have pitted on that lap (before) — but I knew you wouldn't call me in guys."
Ironically, though, the stop worked in Hamilton's favor, as he trimmed Rosberg's lead to 0.8 seconds — but that was as close as he got.
Nico Rosberg won the Monaco Grand Prix from pole position on Sunday to take the overall championship lead from his teammate Lewis Hamilton, who came in second to give Mercedes a fifth straight 1-2 finish.


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Ploner Musiktag. (Kantate C: Mahnung an die Jugend, sich der Musik zu befleissigen). By Paul Hindemith (1895-1963). For children's choir (SMezA) with solo voice, speaker, and string orchestra, winds and drums ad lib. (solo voice). This edition: ED 1624-02. Choral Music. Grade 3. Individual part. Text language: German. 8 pages. Duration 35 minutes. Published by Schott Music (SD.49030626).
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Robert ButlerDepartment of Physics, University of Portland, OR
Robert Butler was at the University of Arizona from 1974 through 2004 and was involved in field projects on six continents. In 2004, he moved to the University of Portland where he teaches Earth System Science; Natural Hazards of the Pacific Northwest; and Introduction to Marine Science. His scholarly work includes directing the Teachers on the Leading Edge collaborative, a K-12 Earth Science teacher professional development program, and education and outreach activities connected with the National Science Foundation's EarthScope Project.
- Engaging Secondary School Students and Nonscience Undergraduate Majors in EarthScope Science
LuAnn DahlmanNOAA Climate Program Office
LuAnn Dahlman is a writer and editor for the Communications and Education group at NOAA's Climate Program Office. She earned a Bachelor's Degree in Geology at Arizona State University, and served as a practicing educator, K-12 curriculum developer, and workshop leader for inservice educators for more than 20 years. She has served as co-PI and Project Director on several NSF projects that encourage the use of technology and Earth science data for teaching and learning. During the 2006-2007 field season, Ms. Dahlman worked as a member of the ANDRILL project—ANtarctic geology DRILLing—recovering sedimentary rock records from beneath McMurdo Ice Shelf in Antarctica.
- Adventures of an ANDRILLian: Geoscience research in Antarctica
- How We Know What We Know about Global Climate Change
- Promoting a Revolution in Earth and Space Science Education: Strategies for increasing the rigor and perception of Earth science courses in high schools
Susan DeBariGeology Department and Science Education Program, Western Washington University
Susan DeBari has a joint appointment in the Geology Department and the Science Education Program at Western Washington University. Her teaching and research efforts are split between both disciplines, with active research programs in subduction zone magmatism and effective learning strategies in introductory geology courses. She is involved in a NSF Math-Science Partnership whose goal is to reform K-12 science education in northwestern Washington through teacher professional development and improved teacher preparation programs. Susan teaches geology courses for undergraduate and graduate students, and science methods classes for future teachers.
- Geology and Everyday Thinking: An introductory geology curriculum for future teachers that models the key findings of "How People Learn"
- Workshop. Modeling effective teaching strategies for pre-service teachers: research-based strategies used in an introductory geology curriculum
- Teaching undergraduate petrology as a writing-intensive field course
Thomas R. Koballa, Jr.University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Thomas R. Koballa, Jr. is a professor of science education in the Department of Mathematics and Science Education at the University of Georgia. Dr. Koballa holds a bachelor's degree in Biology and master's degree in Science Education from East Carolina University, and a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from the Pennsylvania State University. He is past president of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching and the recipient of the Association of Science Teacher Education's Outstanding Mentoring Award. He teaches undergraduate and graduate classes in science education and has authored or coauthored more than 60 journal articles and chapters. His current research foci include science teacher learning and mentoring.
- Science Teacher Mentoring Content, Practices, and Culture: Explore mentoring content, mentoring practices, and mentoring culture, three areas of importance to science education leaders responsible for guiding the work of science teachers.
- Investigating the Fundamentals of Science Instructional Planning: Learn the fundamentals of science instructional planning through your answers the following questions: Whom are you planning to teach?, What are you planning to teach?, How are you planning to manage the learning environment?, and How are you planning to assess student learning?
- Assessing Science Learning: Explore the fundamentals of a balanced and seamless science assessment system, and how assessment can be used to improve science teaching and learning.
Thomas HicksonUniversity of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN
Tom Hickson teaches geology at the University of St. Thomas (in St. Paul, not the Virgin Islands, unfortunately) where he has helped to invigorate the geosciences through innovative curricular design, teaching, and undergraduate research. He is currently director of environmental science at St. Thomas, a program that he was instrumental in creating in 2008-09. He has attended a number of "On the Cutting Edge" workshops as both a participant and session leader, and he led the "Teaching Sedimentary Geology in the 21st Century" workshop in 2006. Tom's main efforts center on integrating in-depth, project-based experiences into his courses and the use of physical models to teach environmental geology, geomorphology, and sedimentology. He also is strongly committed to implementing real-world data into all of his courses and encouraging his students to 'think like geoscientists.'
- No more lecture, way more engagement: developing a 100% project-based course from the ground up
- Building and using physical models in the classroom
- Many options for many types of students: Integrating undergraduate research across the geoscience curriculum
Stephen PompeaNational Optical Astronomy Observatory, Tucson, AZ
Stephen Pompea is enthusiastic about using creative instructional materials and innovative programs to reach new audiences in earth science and astronomy education. As Manager of Science Education and Scientist at NOAO in Tucson he is currently a PI or Co-PI on four major NSF-funded science education projects. He brings a unique perspective that reflects his work as an earth science classroom teacher and informal science educator, in industry and academia as an infrared instrument designer, and as a creator of instructional materials at all levels. He was educated at Rice University, Colorado State University, and the University of Arizona, where he received his Ph.D. in astronomy and serves as an Adjunct Associate Professor. He manages over fifteen diverse programs in science education, has received a number of teaching and invention awards, and is the co-author of three books in the UC Berkeley Lawrence Hall of Science GEMS series including Invisible Universe and The Real Reasons for the Seasons.
- GLOBE at Night: Starting and Maintaining a Worldwide Citizen Science Project
- Starting an Effective Science Outreach Program: Is There an Easy Way?
- Sonification: How Scientific Data Can Become Music, and Teach!
Wayne PowellBrooklyn College of the City University of New York, New York, NY
Wayne Powell is an Associate Professor and Chair of Geology at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York. He focuses on the development of earth science teacher-training programs that integrate neighborhood-based learning through partnerships with non-formal education organizations such as museums and parks. Based in New York City, Wayne is particularly interested in how urban resources (cultural, natural and professional) can be best used to overcome the challenges of inner-city education. In the past five years, he has been supported in these endeavors by four grants from NSF, and four grants from the New York State Education Department. Believing that active engagement in scientific inquiry is essential for both science students and science educators, Wayne maintains an active research program which focuses on applying petrological approaches to the understanding of processes such as ore genesis and taphonomy.
- City-As-Lab: A Model for Civically-Engaged Geoscience Education in an Urban Environment
- Pickled Priapulids: A Brine-Seep Origin for Fossil Beds of the Burgess Shale
Eric PyleDepartment of Geology & Environmental Science, James Madison University, VA
Eric J. Pyle has been an Associate Professor of Geology in the Department of Geology & Environmental Science at James Madison University since 2005, where he specializes in Geoscience Education issues, primarily at the secondary level. This includes extensive work with teachers of Earth science, with professional development and instructional materials as a focus. He worked as a science education specialist at WVU (1995-2004). A graduate of the UGA (science education), he worked as an Earth science teacher in North Carolina from 1986-1992, after receiving his MS from Emory University (Geology) and BS from UNC-Charlotte (Earth Science/Geology), concentrating on igneous/metamorphic petrology. A Past President of the West Virginia Science Teachers Association, he is currently the President-Elect of the Virginia Association of Science Teachers and 2nd Vice Chair of the Geoscience Education Division for GSA.
- Inquiry in Earth Science Education: Making Pre-college Earth Science a "Laboratory" Experience
- What Makes Teaching Support Learning? A Framework for Designing Geoscience Instructional Materials
- The Wilson Cycle as a Guiding Theory for Designing Instruction in the Geosciences (after 12/08)
Linda ReinenPomona College, Claremont, CA
Linda Reinen, Associate Professor of Geology, joined the Pomona College faculty in 1995. She has taught courses in geologic hazards, hydrogeology, neotectonics, structural geology, and research methods, and she received the Biggs Award for Excellence in Earth Science Teaching from the Geological Society of America in 2003. To promote active student participation in the learning process, she includes student-conducted research, quantitative reasoning, and numerical modeling in her courses. As part of her own research, she and her students investigate the mechanical behavior of crustal rocks using field-based, laboratory, and numerical methods.
- Using computational science to investigate and visualize complex geologic phenomena
- Integrating student-conducted research into the curriculum
Kristen St. John
James Madison University
Dr. Kristen St. John is an Associate Professor of Geology and Environmental Science at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, VA. She is a marine sedimentologist and specializes in high latitude paleoclimate records, particularly reconstructing ice-rafting histories. She has participated in several scientific ocean drilling expeditions with ODP/IODP. Kristen is the lead scientist-educator on an NSF-funded project branded as Building Core Knowledge – Reconstructing Earth History. This project integrates research on Earth history and climate change in the development of curricular materials for undergraduate geoscience and general education courses. Kristen was also a lead instructor for the IODP teacher professional development program at sea, The School of Rock. Her undergraduate teaching responsibilities include: Earth Systems and Climate Change, Oceanography for Teachers, Earth Science for Teachers, and Physical Geology.
- Engaging General Education Students with Scientific Ocean Drilling Data on Earth History and Climate Change
- The Science and Education of Polar Climate Change
- The School of Rock Experience - An Immersive Shipboard Teacher Research Program
Barbara TewksburyHamilton College, Clinton, NY
Barbara Tewksbury has taught geology at Hamilton College in Clinton, NY since 1978. She has spoken widely and published on effective teaching and geoscience education issues and has played a leadership role in the national geoscience education community for over fifteen years. She has given dozens of workshops to faculty in departments across the country and has been co-PI on a number of grants to offer workshops for geoscience faculty (including On the Cutting Edge). She is a Past President of the American Geological Institute, a Past President of the National Association of Geoscience Teachers, and a Fellow of the Geological Society of America. In 1997, she was named New York State Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
- Shaking the tree: strategies for designing effective courses
- Taking a critical look at assignment design
- Incorporating GIS into undergraduate geoscience courses
Michael WysessionWashington University in St. Louis
Michael Wysession, Associate Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, is a leading expert on using seismic imaging to determine the structure, composition and dynamics of Earth's mantle. He received the Presidential Faculty Fellowship and Packard Foundation Fellowship for his work. Wysession is a leader in geoscience education, as Chair of the Earth Science Literacy Initiative, Chair of Education and Outreach for the Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology, lecturer in a 48-lecture video course on "How the Earth Works" with The Teaching Company, and author/writer of textbooks at middle school, high school, undergraduate and graduate levels.
- Working Toward an Earth Science Literate Public
- The Future of Earth Science Textbooks
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Just a quick note to the mods about the Northwestern game's Liveblog today. First of all, thanks for all the hard work you put in. We all know that you give up a lot on gameday in order to make it good for us. Second, IMHO, it is easily forgiveable that amid the chaos, you accidentally let slip by two homophobic and racist comments. I know we can all agree that it the slip was inadvertent. The Wolverine fan-base is a relatively progressive one, and I can tell you that down here (Louisiana), use of epithets is rampant and rarely causes blowback on the person using it, and I'm proud that us Michigan fans immediately turn against bigotry appearing on our site. Third, as a loyal Liveblog user, I want to add my two cents about how to improve it. Right now, there are huge mood swings in those posting that shows up in unnecessarily harsh criticism of the team/coaches. Does every "fire Borges" whine have to be approved? At the same time, there isn't much decent commentary about what is happening on the field. I'd like to know more than what the TV heads say. Are there any freshmen getting subbed in? Personnel changes that are interesting? Goofy offensive/defensive sets? If I were ruler of the world, I'd have the Liveblog mods approve about 1/3 of the comments they currently approve, with focus on only the most insightful stuff that adds to the TV-watching experience. That being said, the mods have a tough task, and I think generally do a great job, and their effort is appreciated. As a longer-term suggestion, I wish we could highlight some of the MGoCommunity as possible online-radio broadcasters during the game. Some sort of decent alternative to listen to Spielman's PBP.


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Games::Go::Cinderblock::Delta - A changeset between 2 states
my $delta = $state1->delta_to($state2);
my $current_turn = $delta->turn->{after};
Games::Go::Cinderblock::Delta represents a set of changes between 2 states with the same rulemap. Each change is not necessarily defined; that would imply that that particular change does not occur.
This class has the following basic attributes:
Format for changes on the board:
{color => {add => [nodes], remove => [nodes]}, ...}
For example, a capture by black:
{b => {add => [[0,1]]}, w => {remove => [[0,0]]}}
This change generally tends to occur on every move.
{before => 'b', after => 'w'}
In the event of a capturing move, the captures value of the capturing side will change.
{b => {before => 0, after => 1}}
Decompose into arguments that could be used to initialize an identical delta. Rulemap not included.
Useful for JSON serialization.
If states are given a timestamp, it would be <prudent> to give deltas a representation of the time change.
2 options:
Nested data structure for changes in remaining time for each player. time-system-dependent, but time systems would be a part of rulemap, I imagine. I like this idea.
The number of milliseconds between the 2 states. This is a bad idea because it doesn't account for the twin paradox.


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The first thing you notice about the SR5006 is that the huge LCD display that seems ever-present on all brands of AV receivers has been replaced by a minimalist round display. It now only shows source and volume level as well as status messages and track titles for streaming music.
When we first connected the SR5006 to the Internet, it immediately detected a firmware update and prompted us to install it. That really just set the mentality of how we experienced the rest of this review. Marantz has a product that is both powerful and easy to use and they do a lot of things right. The SR5006 is a 100W x 7.1-channel AV receiver that can do a second Zone. The only exception is that it has only a single pair of speaker binding posts that can be used for either Surround Back or the second Zone. More advanced systems will give you both connections and then just change modes in the software.
As for connectivity, well, you can hook up 6 HDMI sources, 2 component video and 3 composite video inputs, plus USB and Internet streaming. Basically, Marantz gives you an almost infinitely flexible way to route DVD players, cable boxes, music players and more to your theater and around the home. They even support Apple's Airplay, which means you can stream music from your laptop, iPhone, or other i-device. And if you don't use Apple products, you can still connect through the front USB port or even purchase an optional Bluetooth receiver.
We tried out a lot of the Network audio features, including Airplay, Pandora, Rhapsody, and Internet Radio. Speaking of Internet radio, it actually picked up several local stations which was extremely cool – and far better quality than what we get over the air to boot. In fact, all of the streaming functions seemed very high quality – relatively speaking. Airplay, in particular seemed able to stream whatever bitrate we had encoded, including lossless. Going back to the simplicity thing, Marantz just makes it easy to listen to whatever you want. We found ourselves spending more time listening to music, and less worrying about configuration or how we needed to set everything up – it all just worked.
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Maternity clothing designer, star of Bravo's Pregnant in Heels, and mom-of-three Rosie Pope chatted with us about how she balances kids and work.
What's the best piece of advice you have for moms balancing work and kids?
It's a really hard thing to do, but you have to be in the moment. For me, I'm running all over the place all the time, so I had to learn that when I'm with my kids I have to be totally present in that moment. It's more about quality of time than quantity of time. It takes practice to be able to turn off your brain and not think about work when you're with your kids and vice versa, but it's essential to the success of making both things work.
Are there any products you would recommend to a mom juggling work and a newborn?
That's one of the reasons I paired with Philips Avent. I am constantly on the run with my 5 week old, and whether I'm on live TV or I'm filming I need to bottle feed. Having a bottle that's most like my breast has really made the world of difference for me.
What is the rudest thing someone said to you while you were pregnant?
I could say so many things, but people always asked me if I was pregnant with twins. Not that that would be a bad thing, but it basically implies that I look huge.
What's the last thing your child did that cracked you up?
My middle son is 16 months old and he wants so much to be like his older brother. My older son likes to sword fight, so my middle son treats his toothbrush like a sword and whenever we brush his teeth he makes swooshing sounds and tries to jab me with it!
On your show, you get some pretty crazy requests from clients. Did you ever request anything crazy while you were pregnant?
On set, there was always a box full of snacks, and after I got pregnant, I got hooked on chocolate and peanut butter covered pretzels, so I would make them refill it everyday.
What's the best family vacation you've taken so far?
It's not very exotic but we love to go to my in-laws' place on the Jersey Shore. For us it's the perfect place to go; it's a total tranquil escape. My kids love the rides on the boardwalk, which is the perfect place for younger kids. For us, its so much better than any five-star resort. If you're lucky you might even see Snooki!
What is your favorite piece from your maternity line, and why?
I love my dresses that go from desk to dinner, which is indicative of the way my life is. My favorite dress is the "India" dress—it is loose and easy fitting so you don't have to worry about being self conscious. To dress it up I recommend adding a belt.
Briefly describe your parenting style:
I am incredibly easy-going and open-minded when it comes to doing crazy things, like playing golf in the middle of our apartment. However, I'm incredibly strict when it comes to scheduling and bedtime and manners. I definitely walk the line of those things. I think playtime and fun are incredibly important, but structure is equally important.


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SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Tony Parker had 17 points and 11 assists and Tim Duncan added 19 points to help the San Antonio Spurs beat the Memphis Grizzlies 103-82 on Wednesday night, extending their home winning streak to 13 games.
The Spurs shot 58 percent from the field in becoming just the third team to score more than 100 points against the Grizzlies.Boris Diaw added 14, Kawhi Leonard 13 and Tiago Splitter 10 for San Antonio (30-11).
Rudy Gay scored 17 points as all five starters scored in double figures for Memphis (24-13), which lost its third straight. Marc Gasol had 12 points, Tony Allen and Zach Randolph each had 11 and Mike Conley 10.
San Antonio went 11 for 20 from the field in outscoring Memphis 25-15 in the third quarter. Parker, Leonard and Danny Green combined for 18 in the period.


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Series beers are all well and good, generally speaking. It's pleasant to sit down with a range of beers which have been brewed to have something in common, and which are presented in co-ordinated outfits (though to actually do so may occasionally be inadvisable). Maybe it's the collector gene firing, but having completed a whole series of beers is much more satisfying than having just ticked one.
The unfortunate side effect is when the drinker doesn't get the chance to complete the series. I spotted Dark Horse's five matching stouts, in their oh-so-arty bottles, on the shelves of Ølbutikken with my hands already full of other goodies. The third one in the series struck me as especially interesting, but it felt wrong to take it while leaving the other -- doubtless excellent, but not as weird -- beers behind. Yet I didn't have a choice. Damn you, Dark Horse: if you hadn't decided to number them I'd wouldn't now be feeling I've missed something.
But enough ethics and angst; the beer I came away with is called Tres and is something I've never seen nor even heard tell of before: a blueberry stout. From the dark brown head on a treacle-thick body I took it to be a strong one, an opinion backed up by the heady chocolate liqueur aroma and foretaste of smoke, vanilla, cocoa and marzipan. It tastes very much from the imperial school of stout-making. No ABV appears on the label and I was very surprised on looking it up to discover that it's a mere 4.5% ABV. Session strength imperial stout? Yeah, I could go for that.
And where are the blueberries in all this, I hear you cry. Well, they're there, hanging on at the tail end for dear life. I couldn't be at all sure if real fruit was used as it's a slightly syrupy, sweet flavour. It could pass unnoticed very easily, I think, were the drinker not informed in advance of its presence. I question whether it really adds anything much to a beer which was already a powerhouse of taste.
A positive assessment for this one overall, and it's good enough that the absence of major blueberries isn't upsetting or annoying. It's enjoyable for what it is, distinct from any individual ingredient and from any of its sibling stouts. Which I'll probably spend the rest of my days seeking.
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I've often seen this given as a (basic?) definition of 'wrong view' in various suttas:
The meaning of 'there is no fruit or result of good or bad actions' is quite clear from the translation. In case anyone else has ever wondered what it means by 'there is nothing given, nothing offered, nothing sacrificed', or 'no this world, no next world' (I was a little unsure) I found this:And what is wrong view? 'There is nothing given, nothing offered, nothing sacrificed. There is no fruit or result of good or bad actions. There is no this world, no next world, no mother, no father, no spontaneously reborn beings; no brahmans or contemplatives who, faring rightly & practicing rightly, proclaim this world & the next after having directly known & realized it for themselves.' This is wrong view.
So it seems that something got lost in translation (for me anyway). I had always wondered if 'there is no this world, no next world' was referring to someone who thinks that everything we see is just an illusion, that there isn't any point in doing good things because there is no moral order to anything - that literally 'there is nothing' - and other such nihilistic ideas. But apparently it simply refers to the view that 'there is no life after death' (quite a common view nowadays, ironically).Thanissaro Bhikkhu wrote:This is the materialist view espoused by Ajita Kesakambalin (DN 2), who maintained that there was no birth after death and that actions bore no results. "Nothing given" means that the act of generosity bears no karmic fruit. "No this world, no next world" means that there is no life after death. "No spontaneously reborn beings" means that there are no inhabitants of heaven or hell. http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .html#fn-3
So could someone please clarify one last thing: 'no mother, no father'...? Clearly we all came from our parents so what exactly does a micchāditthiko claim here?
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AB 32 Implementation:
Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards
Docket # 07-OIIP-1
Public Utilities
Energy Commission Committee that oversaw this proceeding:
Jackalyne Pfannenstiel, Chairman
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Jeffrey Byron, Commissioner
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The California Energy Commission and the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) will conduct joint workshops on topics related to the 1990 electricity and natural gas sectors baseline development, current entity-specific greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions levels, and policy issues related to entity-specific allowance allocation.
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Climate Action Team Energy Subgroup Submission for AB 32 Scoping Report
Electricity and Natural Gas Section Description, posted December 5, 2008. (PDF file, 10 pages, 60 kb)
Final Opinion & Recommendations
Final Opinion and Recommendations on Greenhouse Gas Regulatory Strategies,
Joint Agency final opinion, publication # CEC-100-2008-007-F. Posted: October 16, 2008.
Adopted on October 16, 2008, by the California Energy Commission and Public Utilities Commission.
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PRESENTATION:"Proposed Final Opinion on GHG Regulatory Strategies in the Energy Sectors - Key Findings and Recommendations", presentation by Pat Perez, Assistant Executive Director and Climate Change Program Liason, at Energy Commission special Business Meeting. Posted: October 16, 2008. (PDF file, 20 pages, 139 kb)
Proposed Final Opinion
On September 12, 2008, the California Energy Commission and the Public Utilities Commission released their proposed opinion on regulatory strategies to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions to meet Assembly Bill 32 goals. The Proposed Final Opinion on Greenhouse Gas Regulatory Strategies, prepared jointly by CPUC President Michael R. Peevey and California Energy Commission Chairman Jackalyne Pfannenstiel and Commissioner Jeffrey Byron, provides recommendations and outlines a variety of options for the California Air Resources Board to consider in deciding how to design a program to achieve the greenhouse gas emission targets in the electricity and natural gas sectors.
Proposed Final Opinion on Greenhouse Gas Regulatory Strategies,
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To be considered for adoption on October 16, 2008, by the California Energy Commission and Public Utilities Commission.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - Proposed Final Opinion on Greenhouse Gas Regulatory Strategies, publication # CEC-100-2008-004.
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Patterned Peplum Top
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Madrid, Spain
Based on the Lace Collar Top(08/2012), I made this top without the lace collar, the colours of the fabric were bold enough for me without a collar attached. I tried to make the pattern completely symmetrical(failed in the back part of the peplum).
The fabric I used is from Dries van Noten, from an older collection. The fabric is a kind of cotton, not stretchy at all, so the zipper(invisible zipper in the back)is around 55 cm long.
The pattern was easy to use, no difficulties in this pattern. I might try to make the same one in a longer dress version soon!
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Feb 5, 2013, 02.07 PMby gwenyver
Amazing fabric! Where did you find it?
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Feb 7, 2013, 03.26 PMby Claire van Kuijck
I know right? The colours are so bright, I love it. I found it at the Dries van Noten stocksale, in his atelier in Antwerp. At most stocksales designers give their leftover fabrics away for a good price, it's great for finding rare fabrics.
Jan 29, 2013, 06.43 PMby madyb
I love this!Amazing job!
Jan 23, 2013, 06.04 PMby LimeSoda
Project Runway is in your future most certainly, just because you seem to have an eye for matching fabric to an appropriate pattern. Lovely.
Jan 20, 2013, 08.32 AMby mokosha
sooo fantastic.. i love your work with matching pattern, it took the top to whole new dimension
Jan 19, 2013, 09.49 PMby 1sewingprincess
Great job. Looks perfect on you. What size did you use? Did you have to alter the armhole?
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Jan 19, 2013, 11.56 PMby Claire van Kuijck
Thanks! I used size 36. No, it fitted perfectly, i did make the sleeves a little tighter though.
Jan 19, 2013, 04.57 AMby nouvellegamine
gorgeous! I love the matching you did on the fabric!
Jan 18, 2013, 08.02 PMby chillwear
Amazing! What beautiful fabric.
Jan 18, 2013, 04.04 PMby Cristina Staicu
Looks like it's straight from the catwalk :) Beautiful!!
Jan 18, 2013, 08.55 AMby martinK
WOW, this is realy extraordinary great stuff! You find a good way of matching the fabric's patterns!!! congrats :-)
Jan 18, 2013, 08.16 AMby Claire van Kuijck
Wow, thanks everyone!
Jan 18, 2013, 06.43 AMby parze
Very nice pattern-matching.
Jan 18, 2013, 06.38 AMby Mary P.
Clever and beautiful!!!!
Jan 18, 2013, 06.24 AMby Mary Athey
Just fab!! The fabrics amazing x
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Love the fabric and how it is put together, looks like first class designers stuff :)
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WOW, I love this ! The fabric is amazing.
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Wow! It's beautiful. Well done.
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Second Revised Volume No. 1
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Effective Date: 09/01/1993, Docket: RS92- 27-003, Status: Effective
Original Sheet No. 45 Original Sheet No. 45 : Superseded
RATE SCHEDULE IT (Continued)
this Rate Schedule at the Point(s) of Delivery; provided,
however, Transporter shall not be obligated to, but may at
its option, deliver at any Point of Delivery on any day or
during any month a quantity of natural gas in excess of any
limitations of the quantities to be delivered to each Point
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After dressing Michael Jackson for the World Music Awards, Roberto Cavalli has moved on to dressing another pop icon — Christina Aguilera. He has created ten one-of-a-kind looks for the songstress to wear on her upcoming "Back to Basics" tour, kicking off in Houston on February 20, 2007. All the costumes will have a vintage flare, referencing everything from 1940's-era Marlene Dietrich to 1960's bathing suits. This isn't the first time that Cavalli has dressed Christina, and he explains "I am fascinated by the evolution of Christina's musical style, as well as her personal style, which has become increasingly glamorous and sophisticated with amazing attention to detail — all values I share in my design sensibility." The sketches are beautiful, but we can't wait to see them actually on Christina!
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VIENNA, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- Despite a volatile economic and political climate, Austrian energy company OMV reported strong performance for the year in part on Libyan oil production.
OMV reported an 82 percent increase in operating profit in part because of a production level in Libya that was close to pre-war levels.
OMV said its crude oil production in Libya was around 50 percent -- roughly 17,000 barrels per day -- of pre-war levels by the end of December. In its Wednesday announcement, the company said sales of Libyan crude oil exceeded production levels because of the build-up of inventories in the country.
Overall oil production was up 4 percent because of production in Libya, "which is now close to pre-crisis levels and was missing in (the second quarter of 2011) due to the armed conflict in the country," the company said.
European production of natural gas for the company, however, was down 1 percent compared with last year. OMV Chief Executive Officer Gerhard Roiss said in a statement that he was upbeat on gas projects given the recent decision on the Nabucco West pipeline planned from Azerbaijan.
"In the first half year of 2012, we continued our strong operating performance despite a very volatile political and economic environment," he said. "The implementation of our strategy which focuses on growth in upstream is taking shape."